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III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What is CMM? Discuss how various maturity levels of CMM can be measured.
(b) What is software standard? Explain various sources of it. [10+6]

2. Recommend the life cycle model( waterfall or evolutionary ) for the following soft-
ware systems.
a) Customer relations management
b) Supply chain management. [8+8]

3. (a) What is view point? Discuss the statement, “Different view points on a prob-
lem is essential”.
(b) Discuss about VORD method in detail. [6+10]

4. (a) What is a design class? How is it evolved?

(b) Discuss the desirable characteristics of a design class. [4+4+8]

5. (a) Discuss the Mandel?s user interface design principles that help make the in-
terface consistent.
(b) With a neat diagram explain the user interface design process. [8+8]

6. (a) Describe the benefits that smoke testing provide, when it is applied on com-
plex, time critical software engineering projects.
(b) What is a “Critical Module” and why should we identify it?
(c) Discuss about integration test documentation. [6+6+4]

7. Discuss about Risk Mitigation, Monitoring, and Management (RMMM). [16]

8. (a) Discuss the role of an SQA group.

(b) Distinguish among bug, error, and defect. [10+6]

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Code No: R05321903 Set No. 2
III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. What is software process assessment? Describe it’s purpose. Why SPICE has been
developed as a standard for software process assessment. [3+3+10]

2. (a) Discuss how non-functional requirements arise.

(b) Explain the problems with non-functional requirements. [8+8]

3. What is object model? Explain various types of object models with examples.[16]

4. (a) Elaborate on architectural complexity.

(b) Why ADLs are used? Give a summary of important ADLs.
(c) What is instantiation? How would you describe instantiations of a system?
[4+4+2+2+4]

5. Draw a sequence diagram showing the interactions of objects in a group diary

system when a group of people arrange a meeting. [16]

6. (a) What is meant by strategy for software testing? What are the things incor-
porated in the testing strategy?
(b) Distinguish between Verification and Validation. [10+6]

7. (a) Discuss the relationship between lines of code and function points.
(b) What is Object-Oriented metrics and how it is different from LOC and FP
metrics? [8+8]

8. What is meant by SQA? Discuss in detail SQA activities. [16]

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Code No: R05321903 Set No. 3
III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What is personal process model? What framework activities are used during
PSP?
(b) What is launch script? Where is it recommended? [8+8]

2. (a) Define interface specification. Explain the interfaces that have to be defined.
(b) Discuss the requirements which a software document should satisfy. [8+8]

3. Discuss about principal requirements engineering activities and their relationships.

[16]

4. (a) Illustrate about component level design elements in detail.

(b) What is deployment diagram? Draw a deployment diagram for Safe Home
system in UML. [6+4+6]

5. State and explain various Object-Oriented Design concepts. [16]

6. (a) what is meant by regression testing? Explain the different classes of test cases
that regression test suit contains.
(b) What is meant by smoke testing? What are the activities that smoke testing
encompasses? [8+8]

7. (a) With a sample risk information sheet, explain the RMMM plan.
(b) Discuss about software tools for risk management. [10+6]

8. A Formal Technical Review (FTR) effective only if every one has prepared in ad-
vance. How do you recognize a review participant who has not prepared? What
do you do if you are the review leader? [16]

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Code No: R05321903 Set No. 4
III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Suggest three specialized software tools which might be developed to support a

Process improvement programme in an organization. [16]

2. (a) What is water fall model? How is it different from other engineering process
models?
(b) Explain various types of evolutionary development. [5+5+6]

3. What is requirements validation? Explain different requirements validation tech-

niques. [4+12]

4. Discuss about various software design concepts. Explain the role of each design
concept. [8+8]

5. State and explain clearly the various user interface design issues. [16]

6. (a) What is SMI? How it can be calculated?

(b) A legacy system has 940 modules. The latest release required that 90 of these
modules be changed. In addition, 40 new modules were added and 12 old
modules were removed. Compute the SMI for this system. [8+8]

7. What is meant by risk projection? Discuss in detail the various steps in risk pro-
jection. [16]

8. (a) Discuss about product standards and process standards.

(b) What are the areas covered by ISO 9001 model for quality assurance. [8+8]

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