Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) 2007 B.Tech Information Technology SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - university 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. (a) elaborate the various outputs produced during the development of a software.
[8]
(b) provide the outline of prototyping model of software with advantages. [8]
2. List the major risks in a software project. elaborate the major ways to abate the
risk of cost and schedule overruns? [16]
3. (a) Can an object standalone? Justify your ans with an example. [8]
(b) Write outline for object description, and discuss every item in the outline. [8]
4. (a) elaborate Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagrams? How E-R notation is useful
for data modeling? [8]
(b) elaborate the common characteristics and differences in various requirement
analysis techniques? [8]
5. (a) discuss the various steps to be conducted for software design from project
management point of view. [8]
(b) discuss how every step in Software Engineering process is a refinement in the
level of abstraction of the software solution. [8]
6. (a) discuss the concepts of objects, operations and messages [5]
(b) define the 5 OO design problems suggested by Meyer [5]
(c) discuss the concepts of class, instance and Inheritance with example. [6]
7. define software maintenance activities and explain about re-engineering. [16]
8. explain in detail about Business Process Re engineering. [16]

Earning:   Approval pending.