CS-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
- CS-403 paper, Jun 2026
- CS-403 paper, Jun 2025
- CS-403 paper, Dec 2024
- CS-403 paper, Jun 2024
- CS-403 paper, Nov 2023
- CS-403 paper, Jun 2023
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CS-403
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 The Software Product and Software Process 5 topics
- Software Product and Process Characteristics
- Software Process Models (Linear Sequential Model, Prototyping Model, RAD Model, Incremental Model, Spiral Model, Component Assembly Model, RUP, Agile processes)
- Software Process customization and improvement
- Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
- Product and Process Metrics
Unit 2 Requirement Elicitation, Analysis, and Specification 7 topics
- Functional and Non‑functional requirements
- Requirement sources and elicitation techniques
- Analysis modeling for function‑oriented and object‑oriented software development
- Use‑case modeling
- System and software requirement specifications
- Requirement validation
- 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 17 topics
- Software static and dynamic analysis
- Code inspections
- Software testing fundamentals
- Software test process
- Testing levels
- Test criteria
- Test case design
- Test oracles
- Test techniques
- Black‑box testing
- White‑box unit testing and unit testing frameworks
- Integration testing
- System testing and specialized testing
- Test plan
- 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 maintenance
- Software configuration management (SCM)
- Software change management
- Version control
- Change control and reporting
- Program comprehension techniques
- Re‑engineering and reverse engineering
- Tool support
- 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
- Project metrics
Exam insights
Counted from 7 past CS-403 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 The Software Product and Software Process 23 marks
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Unit 2 Requirement Elicitation, Analysis, and Specification 22 marks
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Unit 3 Software Design 19 marks
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Unit 4 Software Analysis and Testing 23 marks
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Unit 5 Software Maintenance & Software Project Measurement 23 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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Compare and explain function-oriented modeling vs object-oriented (analysis) modeling.
Asked 4 times: 2026, 2023, 2020
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Explain Software Configuration Management (SCM).
Asked 4 times: 2026, 2024, 2020
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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