Bharathiar University 2009-6th Sem B.C.A Computer Application Bachelor of , - - Software Engineering - Question Paper

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), APR - 2009

Software Engineering (Sem 6)

1. ______________ is a document that defines the operation and use of the programs.
a. Software
b. System
c. Instruction
d. Engineering
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2. ______________ software is a collection of programs written to service other programs.
a. System
b. Application
c. Modeling
d. None of these
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3. ______________ analysis is a software engineering task that bridges the gap ranging from system level requirements engineering and software design.
a. Requirement
b. Project
c. System
d. None of these
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4. An option approach to requirements analysis, called ______________.
a. Prototyping
b. Software analysis
c. Requirement
d. None of these
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5. ______________ is an iterative process through which requirements are translated into a 'blue print' for constructing the software.
a. Software design
b. Software quality
c. Structured design
d. Design method
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6. A data ______________ is a named collection of data that defines a data object.
a. Abstraction
b. Encapsulation
c. Model
d. None of these
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7. ______________ is a process of executing a program with the intent of finding an fault.
a. Testing
b. Designing
c. Coding
d. Documentation
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8. A simple notation for the representation of control flow called a ______________.
a. Flow graph
b. Simple graph
c. Algorithm
d. None of these
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9. ______________ refers to the degrees to which the human is 'integrated' with automated tools to create an effective reverse engineering process.
a. Interactivity
b. Completeness
c. Documentation
d. None of these
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10. The core of reverse engineering is an activity called ______________ abstractions.
a. Extract
b. Functional
c. Control
d. None of these
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11. a. What is meant by Software? Write its characteristics.

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b. Write any 3 software applications and discuss the identical.
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12. a. discuss the software prtotyping.

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b. Write a note on data dictionary.
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13. a. With a neat diagram, discuss the 4 layers of the object-oriented design pyramid.

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b. Write a note on design heuristics.
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14. a. List out the testing principles of software testing techniques.

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b. discuss the concept of control structure testing.
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15. a. Write notes on the following:
i. Recovery testing
ii. Performance testing

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b. What is CASE? Write its building blocks.
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16. a. discuss the generic view of software engineering.

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b. With a neat diagram, illustrate the protyping model.
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17. a. explain the concept of system specification.

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b. define the following: Data objects, Attributes and Relationships.
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18. a. discuss the different design concepts.

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b. explain the concepts of cohesion and coupling.
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19. a. What is a white-box testing? List the errors identified by it.

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b. discuss the concept of basis path testing.
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20. a. define the concept of reverse engineering.

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b. Ennumerate the taxonomy of CASE tools.
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Earning:   Approval pending.