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BCA Guru Nanak Dev University 2011 Exam Paper for Software Engineering

Guru Nanak Dev University Previous Years Question Papers - BCA Software Engineering 2011 Exam Paper - Free Download

Guru Nanak Dev University
B.C.A Bachelor of Computer Application
Software Engineering
April 2011 Question paper
Time Allowed : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 100
Note:Attempt any FIVE questions.All questions carry equal marks.The students can use only non-programmable and non-storage type calculator.
Q1) (a)What are software metrics? What are the qualities of a good software metrics? Also discuss
the uses of basic software metrics?
(b) What is programming style? Discuss important elements of a good programming style.
Q2) (a)What is software quality assurance(SQA)? What are its goals and objectives? Explain.
(b) What do you understand by software project scheduling? Enumerate the activities involved in
project scheduling.
Q3) (a)What is software project planning? Outline the goals of software project planning as well as
activities involved in software project planning.
(b) What are the function point metrics? How are they calculated and used? Explain.
Q4) Explain the following :
(a) Information Hiding
(b) COCOMO II model
(c) Structured Programming
Q5)(a)What do you understand by software life cycles model? What are various important
software lifecycle models? Discuss the essence of a model.
(b)What is software testing? How is testing important in software life cycle? Discuss the objective
of software testing.
Q6) (a)Differentiate between the following:
1.Alpha and Beta Testing.
2.Execution based and non execution based testing
3.Black Box and White Box testing
(b) What is the concept of modularity? What is the effective modular design? Illustrate.
(c) What is McCabes cyclomatic metric? How does it help out? Discuss.
Q 7) (a) What is software design? Discuss software design principles and significance of each.
(b) Differentiate between the following:
(i) Module coupling and Cohesion
(ii) Good design and bad design
Q8) (a)What is software documentation? What are its various types? Discuss importance of each.
(b) What is software crisis? How is it related to software engineering? Discuss the reasons of software crisis.
(c) Differentiate between Function- Oriented and Object- Oriented design methods.

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