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P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name:………………….
Fifth Semester B.Voc. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CSS
Skill Course XX: (for Software Development)
AUSD573: Software Engineering
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. Define software Engineering.
2. COCOMO stands for
3. What does level 0 DFD represents
4. What is decision tree
5. Define UML.
6. What is collaboration diagram
7. Define objects.
8. Define software testing.
9. Who conducts beta test
10. Define error.
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, not exceeding a paragraph of 50 words.
11. Differentiate between product and process.
12. Sketch a neat diagram and explain the spiral model of software development life cycle.
13. Write down the steps in requirement engineering process.
14. What is decision table
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15. Differentiate between verification and validation.
16. What is a modular system List the important properties of modular system.
17. Why does the software design improve, when we use object oriented design
18. What is meant by metric and measurement
19. Define use cases.
20. Explain cause effect graphing.
21. Define the following terms
Fault Failure
22. Discuss the various steps of data flow testing.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, in a page of 100 words.
23. Explain characteristics of good SRS.
24. What are the advantages of software prototyping
25. What is object oriented analysis and design
26. Write a note on structure chart
27. Explain in detail, about data modelling.
28. Explain class diagram in detail.
29. Define test cases.
30. Describe the equivalence class partitioning method. Compare it with boundary value analysis method.
31. How to compute the cyclomatic complexity Explain with an example.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. What is software development life cycle Discuss the waterfall model in detail.
33. What is the difference between module coupling and module cohesion Explain different types of coupling and cohesion.
34. Explain object oriented design concept in software engineering.
35. What are test cases and test orades Compare black box and white box testing methods.
15 30 Marks)