Software Engineering (IT-604 (B)) - Important Questions

Explain iterative waterfall for software life cycle and discuss various activities in each phase.

Explain the necessities of a software life cycle model and elaborate on the various issues of the software life cycle.

Explain the agile process/model in detail.

Explain the advantages of Extreme Programming.

Explain the phases/steps of the SDLC model with diagram, why it is needed, and the end product/deliverable of each phase.

What is Software Crisis? What are the main reasons of software crisis?

Explain the COCOMO / Constructive Cost Model in detail, including its models and project types

Discuss the various methods used for software cost estimation.

State the advantages and disadvantages of LOC-based cost estimation.

What are the different categories / types of software projects according to the COCOMO estimation model?

Explain the ways and means for collecting the software requirements and how are they organized and represented?

Explain the Feasibility studies. What are the outcomes? Does it have either implicit or explicit effects on software requirement collection?

Explain the typical structure of an SRS document and its parts.

Justify that design is not coding and coding is not design.

Explain architectural design and procedural design for software.

What is coupling? Explain its types.

Explain the use case diagram of an ATM machine with a neat diagram.

List desirable characteristics of a good SRS document.

Differentiate between function-oriented and object-oriented software development.

Explain software maintenance activities and the maintenance process model, including its importance and why maintenance is required.

Explain the prototype/prototyping model, how prototypes are prepared, when it is beneficial to construct one, and whether it increases overall development cost.

Explain integration testing and its outcomes.

Explain system testing with a case study for an operating system.

Write short note on any three:

Differentiate between unit testing and system testing.

What is Boundary Value Analysis? Give two examples of boundary value testing.

What do you mean by FTR? Explain in detail.

What are the different activities involved in project planning?

What is Re-engineering? Explain in detail.

What is project planning and why is it important?