SOFTWARE ENGINEERING QUESTION PAPERS

Code No: R05220501 Set No. 1
II B.Tech II Sem Apr/May2008SOFTWAREENGINEERING
Answer any FIVE Questions
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1. Elaborate on evolution of software. [16]
2. (a) Differentiate between prototyping and incremental models.
(b) Explain the unifiedapproach to software development. Discuss the merits and demerits of this approach.[6+6+4]
3. Discuss about principal requirements engineering activities and their relationships. [16]
4. (a) Define and explain about coupling and cohesion. Also differentiate between them. (b) Discuss the statement, “Abstraction and refinement are complementaryconcepts”. [5+3+8]
5. (a) WhatismeantbyUserInterface? What arethethreeareasthat userinterface design focuses? Explain them.
(b) Discuss the importance ofuser interface design? [10+6]
6. (a) The software analysis and design are constructive tasks, and software testing is considered to be destructive from the point of view of developer. Discuss.
(b) Who will test the software, either developer or an independent test group? Discuss the advantage and draw backs of each one. [8+8]
7. (a) Computethefunctionpoint valueforaproject with thefollowing information domain characteristics. Number of external inputs: 32 Number of external outputs: 60 Number of external inquires: 24 Number of external interface files: 2 Number of internal logical files: 8 Assume that all complexity adjustment values are average.
(b) What is an indirectmeasure? And how are such measures common in software metrics work? [8+8]
8. (a) What is meant by FTR? Discuss about review reporting and record keeping.
(b) State and explain the guidelines for formaltechnical reviews. [8+8] 1 of2

II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations,
Apr/May 2008SOFTWAREENGINEERING
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
1. Give a generic view of Software Engineering. [16]
2. Discuss various evolutionary software process models in detail. [16]
3. Discuss an example of a type of system where social and political factors might strongly influence the system requirements. Explain why these factors are important in your example. [16]
4. (a) Define and explain abstraction and refinement. Also differentiate between them. (b) What is refactoring? Whyis it done? [4+4+3+5]
5. (a) What is a state machine model? Discuss with an example. (b) What is Object interface specification? Write a Java description of weather station interface. [8+8]
6. (a) Discuss about Security testing and Performance testing. (b) State and explain various debugging tactics. (c) What arethequestionsthat every softwareengineershouldaskbefore making the “Correction” that remove the cause of a bug? [6+4+6]
7. (a) Discuss about software tools for project and process metrics. (b) Discuss anyfour useful indicators for software quality. [8+8]
8. (a) Is it possible asses the quality of software if the customer keeps changing? What it is supposed to do? (b) Can a program be correct and still not exhibit good quality? Explain. [8+8] .....
II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations,
Apr/May 2008SOFTWAREENGINEERING
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
1. (a) Explain the five software assessment principles. (b) Discuss about various phases ofassessment. [6+10]
2. (a) What is water fall model? How is it different from other engineering process models? (b) Explain various types ofevolutionary development. [5+5+6]
3. (a) Why requirements review is conducted? Discuss various types of it.
(b) What is requirements management? Whyis it needed? [8+8]
4. (a) Define interface. Discuss various types of interfaces. Give examples for each.
(b) What is component? Also explain about component diagrams.[3+3+3+3+4]
5. (a) State the design principles suggested by Mayer for OOD.
(b) OODtends to be programming language dependent. Why? [8+8]
6. (a) List some of the problems that might be associated with the creation of an independenttestgroup.
(b) Whyis a highly coupled module is difficult to unit test? [8+8]
7. (a) Discussthesevenprinciplesof risk management which were identifiedbySEI.
(b) Distinguish between generic risks and product specific risks. [10+6]
8. AFormalTechnicalReview(FTR) effectiveonly ifevery one has prepared inadvance. How do you recognize a review participant who has not prepared? What do you do if you are the review leader? [16] .....

II B.Tech II Semester Regular Examinations,
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
1. (a) Explain the five software assessment principles.
(b) Discuss about various phases ofassessment. [6+10]
2. (a) What is water fall model? How is it different from other engineering process models?
(b) Explain various types ofevolutionary development. [5+5+6]
3. UsingyourownknowledgeofhowanATMis used,develop asetof use-casesthat could be used to derive the requirements for an ATM system. [16]
4. (a) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of modularization.
(b) Whyshould not we over modularize? How would you decompose a software solutiontoobtainthebestsetof modules. [8+3+5]
5. Draw a sequence diagram showing the interactions of objects in a group diary system when a group of people arrange a meeting. [16]
6. (a) What is the overall strategy for software testing? Explain it clearly.
(b) Discuss a testing strategyfor Object-Oriented architectures. [10+6]
7. (a) Explain the size-oriented metrics with an example.
(b) Discuss about Function-orientedmetrics. [8+8]
8. What is meant by SQA? Discuss in detail SQA activities. [16] ...