ITPEC FE Subject A April 2024 Question 39
ITPEC FE Subject A April 2024 — Question 39 of 60
Reverse Engineering — analyzing existing software to clarify its specification and structure.
Reverse engineering works backward: from code/binary → back to design documents and architecture understanding.
Why not others:
- (a) Re-engineering — reconstructing the entire software after analysis
- (c) Refactoring — changing internal structure without altering external behavior
- (d) Auto code generation — generating source code from design info using tools
Key rule: Reverse = analyze existing code to recover what it does and how it's structured. No modification, just understanding.
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