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

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Set No. 1
1. discuss the latest advances in 1 of the leading edge software application areas
among :
(a) Web based application. [8]
(b) Virtual Reality. [8]
2. Why is cost estimation in a software project a hazardous task? provide a few typical
scenarios that might reason the estimates to fail. [16]
3. discuss the various activities to be carried out in the requirements analysis phase
and discuss the importance of every activity in the process. [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. discuss clearly about how transaction analysis is useful in the data flow-oriented
design. [16]
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.