IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR software engineering

Paper-1

1.     Define software engineering

2.     Explain about the emergence of software engineering.

3.     Mention the differences between software and program.

4.     Explain briefly about Data flow oriented design.

5.     Explain about Object oriented design.

6.     What do you understand by computers systems engineering?

7.     Briefly explain about requirement analysis and specifications.

8.     What does software design mean?

9.     Explain about software coding and its requirements

10.                        Write short notes on (i) Unit testing (ii) integration testing and(iii) system testing.

11.                        Explain the control flow based design?

12.                        Explain briefly about the various software life cycle models?

13. Write about verification and validation?

Paper-2

1.      Explain about software project planning.

2.      What does SPMP Document mean?

3.      What are the various techniques for project estimation? Explain about each briefly.

4.      Write short notes on (i) lines of code (ii) function point metric (iii) Delphi cost estimation.

5.      describe about staffing level estimation.

6.      Explain briefly about work breakdown structures and activity networks,CPM.

7.      Explain about Gantt and PERT charts.

8.      Explain about organization structure and its types.

9.      Describe about risk management,in software development.

10.  Explain about software configuration management and need for it.

11.  What do you understand by SCCS and RCS?

12.  Write the responsibilities of a software project manager.

Paper-3

1.      Define SRS

2.      What are the contents of SRS document?

3.      Explain in detail about SRS document.

4.      Describe functional requirements and functional requerements traceability.

5.      What are the characteristics of Good SRS Document?

6.      What causes bad SRS document

7.      Explain about the organization of SRS document

8.      Write short notes on tecniques for representing complex logic.

9.      Explain how to identify the functional requirements.

10.  Give examples for bad SRS documentation.

Write about requirement getting and analysis.

Paper-4

1.      What are the software design principles and concepts.

2.      state the classification of cohesiveness

3.      define Cohesion and Coupling ?

4.      State the classification of  coupling?

5.      compare the object oriented and function oriented design.

6.      What are the rules of User interface Design?

7.      Explain the User Interface Design Process.

8.      Explain the Various User Interface Design models.

9.      Compare the various types of interface.

10.  Explain in detail about Graphical and text based user interface.

11.  What are the various coding standards?

12.  Explain about code walk through.

13.  What do you understand by Unit Testing?

14.  Explain in detail about integration testing.

15.  Write about white box  testing method.

16.  state the debugging approaches and guidelines.

17.  Explain about in detail about integration testing.

18.  Write short notes on (i) Alpha testing (ii) Beta testing  (iii) Accepting testing (iv) stress testing.

19.  What are the benefits of testing?

20.  Write the characteristics for good user interface design.

21.  Discuss about various issues related to software coding and testing.

CHAPTER 5

1.      Define software reliability.

2.      compare harware and software reliability.

3.      explain about reliability meterics.

4.      what do you understand by reliability growth modeling?

5.      explin about statistical testing w.r.t. reliability.

6.      define software quality.

7.      explain about software quality management syste.

8.      explain in detail about ISO 9000

9.      Explain in detail about ISO 9001. (March/April 2008)

10.  What is SEI Capability Maturity Model . Explain briefly.

11.  Compare ISO 9000 and SEI/CMM.

12.  Writ eabout software reliability (march/april2008)

                  13.Write about software quality. (march/april 2008).

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unit test-I: January 2011                                                                       maximum marks:20
semester:V1
SUBJECT CODE & NAME: CM-605,SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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SECTION-A                                                                                                       3*2=6
ANSWER ALL QUESTION:

1. Differentiate between program and software product.
2. what is verification and validation? (or) define software metric. give example
3. Define software engineering?

                                                SECTION-B                                                         2*7=14

                                ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS:

1.  list SDLC models. explain any one software life cycle models
2. write the responsibilities of a software project manager. (or) explain about risk management in software development
3. explain about software project planning and SPMP document
4.