Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) 2007 B.Tech Information Technology SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - Question Paper

B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2007
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(Computer Science & Engineering)
Time: three hours Max Marks: 80
ans any 5 ques.
All ques. carry equal marks


1. discuss the following:
(a) Importance of software [8]
(b) Software myths. [8]
2. provide few examples of software development projects that would be amenable to prototyping. provide few applications that would be more difficult to prototype. Justify
your ans. [16]
3. elaborate the central issues in Software requirements specifications? Is it possible to have a system that can automatically verify completeness of an SRS document? If not, why ? [16]
4. (a) “Data Modeling can be viewed as a subset of OOA”. comment on this statement and justify your comments. [8]
(b) “Object Oriented Analysis is radically various from the conventional Structured analysis approach”, common on this statement. [8]
5. (a) What is program structure? Draw the most common control structure and
discuss various concepts described in it. [8]
(b) elaborate the classic data structures that form the building blocks for more
sophisticated structures? [8]
6. (a) State a few guidelines which focus on Data input in User Interface Design. [8]
(b) What is Software Procedure? discuss with an example. [8]
7. define software maintenance activities and explain about re-engineering. [16]
8. explain in detail about Business Process Re engineering. [16]

Earning:   Approval pending.