Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya 2007-3rd Sem M.C.A Computer Aplications .(ester) , .-., - university paper

MCA-302(N)
M.C.A.(Third Semester) EXAMINATION, Nov.-Dec.,2007
(New Course)
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
[MCA-302(N)]
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 100
Minimum Marks : 40

Note : There are 5 Units in paper. Attempt 1 ques. from every Unit.

Unit - I

1.(a) discuss System. elaborate the characteristics of system ? discuss the role of System Analyst.
(b) discuss different info gathering tools.
2.(a) discuss in detail System Development Life Cycles.
(b) discuss the process of design and different design methodologies.

Unit - II

3.(a) What do you mean by the term software engineering ? define the evolving role of software.
elaborate its attributes ?
(b) discuss the kinds of situations where iterative enhancement model might lead to difficulties
Compare iterative enhancement model and evolutionary development model.
4.(a) Differentiate ranging from program and software. Why documents and documentation have become
important ? discuss software characteristics.
(b) Compare waterfall model and the spiral model. How does project risk factor affect the apiral
model of software development ?

Unit - III

5.(a) What is risk ? Is it economical to do risk management ? What is its effect on overall cost
of the project ?
(b) Suppose we are faced with developing a system that we expect to have 100,000 lines of code.
calculate effort and development time for every of the 3 development mode.

Software
Project ab bb cb db

Organic 2.4 1.05 2.5 0.38
Semidetached 3.0 1.12 2.5 0.35
embedded 3.6 1.20 2.5 0.32

6.(a) What is Design ? explain the objectives of software design-differentiate ranging from
conceptual design and tech. design.
(b) What is the difference ranging from flowchart and structure chart ? discuss the strategy
of design. Also discuss top-down and bottom up design.

Unit - IV

7.(a) discuss Black Box testing. elaborate the different methods of Black Box testing ?
(b) discuss the terms quality, quality control, quality assurance and cost of quality.

8.(a) discuss decision table based testing. Write a procedure to obtain maximum of 3
numbers and develop decision table for this procedure.
(b) discuss Debugging techniques and the approaches induction approach and deduction
approach.

Unit - V

9.(a) discuss "Designing an MIS for an organization is an art and not a science" and "MIS
supports manager in his functional responsibilities".
(b) discuss how is organization a system where inputs are processed to get a desired output.
10.(a) discuss Planning. elaborate the dimensions of planning ?
(b) Differentiate ranging from the subsequent :
(i) Data and info
(ii) Data processing and info processing
(iii)MIS and Computer System

Earning:   Approval pending.