AL-403 RGPV B.Tech
Software Engineering (SE)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
7 papers, latest Jun 2026
- AL-403 paper, Jun 2026
- AL-403 paper, Jun 2025
- AL-403 paper, Dec 2024
- AL-403 paper, Jun 2024
- AL-403 paper, Nov 2023
- AL-403 paper, Jun 2023
Syllabus, notes and important questions for AL-403
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 The Software Product and Software Process 12 topics
- Software product and process characteristics
- Linear sequential (waterfall) model
- Prototyping model
- Rapid application development (RAD) model
- Incremental model
- Spiral model
- Component‑assembly model
- Rational Unified Process (RUP)
- Agile process models
- Software process customization and improvement
- Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
- Product and process metrics
Unit 2 Requirement Elicitation, Analysis, and Specification 8 topics
- Functional and non‑functional requirements
- Requirement sources and elicitation techniques
- Analysis modeling for function‑oriented development
- Analysis modeling for object‑oriented development
- Use‑case modeling
- System and software requirement specifications
- Requirement validation
- Requirements traceability
Unit 3 Software Design 9 topics
- Software design process
- Design concepts and principles
- Software modeling and UML
- Architectural design
- Architectural views and styles
- User‑interface design
- Function‑oriented design
- Component‑based design (SA/SD)
- Design metrics
Unit 4 Software Analysis and Testing 18 topics
- Static and dynamic software analysis
- Code inspections
- Fundamentals of software testing
- Software test process
- Testing levels (unit, integration, system, acceptance)
- Test criteria
- Test‑case design
- Test oracles
- Test techniques (black‑box, white‑box, etc.)
- Black‑box testing
- White‑box unit testing and unit‑testing frameworks
- Integration testing
- System testing and specialized testing
- Test plan development
- Test metrics
- Testing tools
- Introduction to object‑oriented analysis and design
- Comparison with structured software engineering
Unit 5 Software Maintenance & Software Project Measurement 18 topics
- Need and types of software maintenance
- Software configuration management (SCM)
- Software change management
- Version control
- Change control and reporting
- Program comprehension techniques
- Re‑engineering and reverse engineering
- Tool support for maintenance
- Project management concepts
- Feasibility analysis
- Project and process planning
- Resource allocation
- Software effort, schedule, and cost estimation
- Project scheduling and tracking
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Software quality assurance (SQA)
- Project plan development
- Project metrics
Exam insights
Counted from 7 past AL-403 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 The Software Product and Software Process 25 marks
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Unit 2 Requirement Elicitation, Analysis, and Specification 20 marks
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Unit 3 Software Design 20 marks
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Unit 4 Software Analysis and Testing 25 marks
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Unit 5 Software Maintenance & Software Project Measurement 22 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Explain Software Configuration Management (SCM), its functions and major activities with example.
Asked 5 times: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023
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Explain the RAD model with neat diagram, its phases, importance, applications and situations where it is useful.
Asked 4 times: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020
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Compare and explain function-oriented modeling vs object-oriented (analysis) modeling.
Asked 4 times: 2026, 2023, 2020