Maharashi Dayanand University (MDU) 2007 M.C.A Computer System Analysis & Design - exam paper

Q1. (a) What is system design? elaborate different design strategies and methods? explain briefly.
(b) What are audit trails? Illustrate their significance.
Q2. (a) What is system testing? elaborate its objectives? discuss.
(b) What is software quality? elaborate the parameters that co-determine the software quality? Illustrate.
Q3. (a) How do decision tables and decision trees differ from every other? explain the relevance of every.
(b) What do you understand by system conversion? elaborate the ways to system Conversion? How do they take place?
Explain.
Q4. (a) elaborate different kinds of system testing? Illustrate the purpose of every through suitable examples.
(b) What do you mean by Fact-finding? elaborate different fact-finding techniques? explain their suitability.

Q5. (a) What is system development lifecycle (SDLC)? Outline the phases of SDLC with a brief description of every.
(b) What do you mean by cost-benefit analysis? Illustrate its significance.
Q6. (a) What do you mean by System Requirement Specifications (SRS)? Decide SRS for a General Payroll System.
(b) discuss the subsequent giving suitable illustration:
1. Decision Analysis
2. Data dictionary
Q7. discuss the following:
(a) Criteria for Hardware and software selection
(b) Data flow diagrams
(c) PERT
Q8. (a) What is system investigation? explain the important considerations involved in system investigation.
(b) What is Bench Marking? How do you achieve bench-marking? discuss few important Bench-marking
techniques.

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