AMIETE – CS/IT (NEW SCHEME) – Code: AC63/
AT63
Subject: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Time: 3 Hours
Max. Marks: 100
NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.
· Question 1 is compulsory and
carries 20 marks. Answer to Q.1 must be written in the space provided for it in
the answer book supplied and nowhere else.
· Out of the remaining EIGHT
Questions, answer any FIVE Questions. Each question carries 16 marks.
· Any required data not
explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.
Q.1 Choose the correct or the best alternative in the following: (2
10)
a. ___________
process is intended to establish the existence of defects in Software System
(A) Verification (B) Debugging
(C) Defect
Testing (D) None of the above
b. Which of the following is not an
Iterative model?
(A) Incremental Development (B) Evolutionary development
(C) Spiral Model (D) None of the above.
c. Which
of the following is a metric for specifying non-functional requirements?
(A) Speed. (B) Power.
(C) Line
of Codes. (D) None of the Above.
d. The
most widely used data modeling technique is ___________.
(A) Data
Flow Diagrams (B) Entity-Relation-Attribute Modeling
(C) UML
Modeling. (D) Behavioral Modeling
e. Which
of the following is not an advantage of using a distributed approach to system
development?
(A) Resource
Sharing (B) Fault Tolerance.
(C) Openness (D) Security
f. What
is configuration management in software engineering?
(A) Overall
management of the design of the system
(B) Management of the
configurable components in a system.
(C) The
identification of the configuration of a system at discreet points in time to
control changes to the configuration.
(D) In
object-oriented programming, the management of objects that control the
configuration of some other function(s) in the system.
g. Which modeling methodology most
clearly shows the classification and abstraction of entities in the system?
(A) data
flow model (B) event driven model
(C) object
oriented model (D) entity-relationship model
h. One
of the approaches to developing dependable software is:
(A)
Fault tolerance
(B)
Security
(C) Exhaustive
Testing
(D) None of the
above.
i. Which
of the following is aiding in Rapid application development?
(A) Database
Programming Languages
(B) Form and Report
generators.
(C) Links
to office applications
(D) All of the above.
j. Software
_____ is work done to enhance software functionality, correct errors and
improve the performance of software
(A) Sre-design (B) maintenance
(C) corrections (D) Re-engineering
Answer any FIVE
Questions out of EIGHT Questions.
Each question
carries 16 marks.
Q.2 a. Explain
with the help of neat diagrams any three Software process models. Give examples
when each of these models will be suitable. (12)
b. What
do you understand by the term “emergent system properties”, Explain. (4)
Q.3 a. Explain
the following system models:-
(i) Behavioral model. (ii)
Structural model. (6)
b. List any four metrics for
specifying non-functional requirements which may be placed on a system. (4)
c. For
the case study of “ATM Banking”, draw a data flow diagram modelling the data
processing involved when a customer withdraws cash from the machine. (6)
Q.4 a. Explain
in detail the concepts of Software prototyping as an aid towards Rapid Software
development (8)
b. Explain
various formal specification techniques. (8)
Q.5 a. Using
the example of a multi-user, web based System to provide a film and photograph
Library, explain the Client-Server model of Architectural design. (6)
b. Draw
the architecture of an integrated CASE toolset. (4)
c. What do you mean by an object request broker?
Explain the principles underlying the CORBA standards. (6)
Q.6 a. Using
examples explain the difference between an object and object class. (4)
b. Discuss the benefits of software reuse. (6)
c. Explain in detail the CBSE process using
suitable diagram. (6)
Q.7 a. With the help of suitable diagram explain the
UI design process. (6)
b. Explain
the two approaches N-version programming and Recovery blocks of software fault
tolerance. (5)
c. Explain features of dependable process and
dependable programming. Give an
illustration. (5)
Q.8 a. Explain the concept of structural testing.
For the Binary search routine, derive the test cases. Write binary search
routine and find paths. (6)
b. Briefly
explain the estimation techniques of software cost estimation. (6)
c. Draw the block diagram of the cleanroom
development process. (4)
Q.9 a. What do you understand by software metrics?
Explain in detail the difference between predictor metrics and control metrics. (6)
b. Explain
with the help of a neat diagram the staged CMMI mode. (6)
c. List and explain briefly the two types of
Configuration Management workbenches. (4)