JNTU Kakinada B-Tech 3-2 RT32051 I SOFTWARE ENGINEERING R13 April 2018 Question Paper

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B) 2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What are the characteristics of software? [3M]
b) What is requirement elicitation? [4M]
c) What is the importance of software design? [3M]
d) What is the need of documenting in the software development? [4M]
e) Define a risk. How to handle it? [4M]
f) What is meant by good quality software? [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What is a myth? Give a focus on various software myths regarding
Management and Practitioner.
[8M]
b) What are the advantages of iterative development? Compare iterative
development with Incremental delivery approach
[8M]
3 a) What are the goals of Requirement Engineering? What are the tasks performed
in requirement engineering?
[8M]
b) Discuss the components of a Software Requirement Specification document.
[8M]
4 a) Explain modularity, Refinement and Re – factoring in Software design process. [8M]
b) Compare and contrast transform analysis with transaction analysis.
[8M]
5 Describe how Flow graph notation and cyclomatic complexity assist in testing.
[16M]
6 a) What is a change? How it can be incorporated in the software? [8M]
b) Explain size oriented metrics with suitable examples.
[8M]
7 a) What are the different ways in which quality can be reviewed? Explain them [8M]
b) What are the objectives of software Maintenance? Explain in detail
maintenance metrics
[8M]

*****

R13
SET – 1
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B) 2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What are the characteristics of software? [3M]
b) What is requirement elicitation? [4M]
c) What is the importance of software design? [3M]
d) What is the need of documenting in the software development? [4M]
e) Define a risk. How to handle it? [4M]
f) What is meant by good quality software? [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What is a myth? Give a focus on various software myths regarding
Management and Practitioner.
[8M]
b) What are the advantages of iterative development? Compare iterative
development with Incremental delivery approach
[8M]
3 a) What are the goals of Requirement Engineering? What are the tasks performed
in requirement engineering?
[8M]
b) Discuss the components of a Software Requirement Specification document.
[8M]
4 a) Explain modularity, Refinement and Re – factoring in Software design process. [8M]
b) Compare and contrast transform analysis with transaction analysis.
[8M]
5 Describe how Flow graph notation and cyclomatic complexity assist in testing.
[16M]
6 a) What is a change? How it can be incorporated in the software? [8M]
b) Explain size oriented metrics with suitable examples.
[8M]
7 a) What are the different ways in which quality can be reviewed? Explain them [8M]
b) What are the objectives of software Maintenance? Explain in detail
maintenance metrics
[8M]

*****

R13
SET – 1
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) Define software engineering. [3M]
b) What is the relation between analysis and design? [4M]
c) What is the importance of Use-case diagram? [3M]
d) What is a test case? How test suite is constructed? [4M]
e) What is the need of estimation in software development process? [4M]
f) Compare reengineering with reverse engineering. [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What do you mean by team process model and personal process model?
Differentiate them.
[8M]
b) Explain with neat diagram the prototyping model for software development
[8M]
3 a) Justify why requirement engineering works as a bridge between design and
construction.
[8M]
b) Explain the need of requirement prioritization? How the requirements are
prioritized?
[8M]
4 a) How system modeling is achieved using UML? Explain with a suitable
example.
[8M]
b) How we perform design evaluation? Explain it with suitable example.
[8M]
5 How equivalence partitioning and Boundary value analysis assist in testing?
Explain.
[16M]
6 What measures and metrics can be used to assess the quality of requirements
and design model, source code and test cases? Explain them.
[16M]
7 a) What is software quality? Explain MC Calls and FURPS quality factors. [8M]
b) What are formal technical reviews? How they are conducted? [8M]

*****
R13
SET – 2
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B) 2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What are the characteristics of software? [3M]
b) What is requirement elicitation? [4M]
c) What is the importance of software design? [3M]
d) What is the need of documenting in the software development? [4M]
e) Define a risk. How to handle it? [4M]
f) What is meant by good quality software? [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What is a myth? Give a focus on various software myths regarding
Management and Practitioner.
[8M]
b) What are the advantages of iterative development? Compare iterative
development with Incremental delivery approach
[8M]
3 a) What are the goals of Requirement Engineering? What are the tasks performed
in requirement engineering?
[8M]
b) Discuss the components of a Software Requirement Specification document.
[8M]
4 a) Explain modularity, Refinement and Re – factoring in Software design process. [8M]
b) Compare and contrast transform analysis with transaction analysis.
[8M]
5 Describe how Flow graph notation and cyclomatic complexity assist in testing.
[16M]
6 a) What is a change? How it can be incorporated in the software? [8M]
b) Explain size oriented metrics with suitable examples.
[8M]
7 a) What are the different ways in which quality can be reviewed? Explain them [8M]
b) What are the objectives of software Maintenance? Explain in detail
maintenance metrics
[8M]

*****

R13
SET – 1
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) Define software engineering. [3M]
b) What is the relation between analysis and design? [4M]
c) What is the importance of Use-case diagram? [3M]
d) What is a test case? How test suite is constructed? [4M]
e) What is the need of estimation in software development process? [4M]
f) Compare reengineering with reverse engineering. [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What do you mean by team process model and personal process model?
Differentiate them.
[8M]
b) Explain with neat diagram the prototyping model for software development
[8M]
3 a) Justify why requirement engineering works as a bridge between design and
construction.
[8M]
b) Explain the need of requirement prioritization? How the requirements are
prioritized?
[8M]
4 a) How system modeling is achieved using UML? Explain with a suitable
example.
[8M]
b) How we perform design evaluation? Explain it with suitable example.
[8M]
5 How equivalence partitioning and Boundary value analysis assist in testing?
Explain.
[16M]
6 What measures and metrics can be used to assess the quality of requirements
and design model, source code and test cases? Explain them.
[16M]
7 a) What is software quality? Explain MC Calls and FURPS quality factors. [8M]
b) What are formal technical reviews? How they are conducted? [8M]

*****
R13
SET – 2
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What do you understand by evolutionary model? [3M]
b) Describe the specifications used to specify requirements. [4M]
c) What are the characteristics of object oriented design? [3M]
d) What are strategic issues in software testing? [4M]
e) What is an effort? How is it estimated? [4M]
f) What is software reuse? How object oriented approach provides it? [4M]
PART ?B
2 a) ?Software engineering is a layered technology?. Justify. [8M]
b) Draw and explain the spiral model with its advantage and disadvantages?
[8M]
3 a) Why the understanding requirements from stake holders are difficult task?
Explain.
[8M]
b) Describe different checks to be carried out during requirements validation
process.
[8M]
4 a) What are coupling and cohesion? High cohesion and low coupling is required
for efficient software. Why?
[8M]
b) What is modularity? For a good quality software modularity is important.
Why? Justify.
[8M]
5 a) Describe various functional and unit testing techniques in detail. [8M]
b) What is the use of code verification? How code verification is carried out?
[8M]
6 Explain in detail function point metric. List all the value adjustment factors.
What are the metric for specification quality?
[16M]
7 a) Describe the role of software reviews in achieving good quality software. [8M]
b) What is the difference between verification and validation? Explain with an
example.
[8M]

*****
R13
SET – 3
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B) 2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What are the characteristics of software? [3M]
b) What is requirement elicitation? [4M]
c) What is the importance of software design? [3M]
d) What is the need of documenting in the software development? [4M]
e) Define a risk. How to handle it? [4M]
f) What is meant by good quality software? [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What is a myth? Give a focus on various software myths regarding
Management and Practitioner.
[8M]
b) What are the advantages of iterative development? Compare iterative
development with Incremental delivery approach
[8M]
3 a) What are the goals of Requirement Engineering? What are the tasks performed
in requirement engineering?
[8M]
b) Discuss the components of a Software Requirement Specification document.
[8M]
4 a) Explain modularity, Refinement and Re – factoring in Software design process. [8M]
b) Compare and contrast transform analysis with transaction analysis.
[8M]
5 Describe how Flow graph notation and cyclomatic complexity assist in testing.
[16M]
6 a) What is a change? How it can be incorporated in the software? [8M]
b) Explain size oriented metrics with suitable examples.
[8M]
7 a) What are the different ways in which quality can be reviewed? Explain them [8M]
b) What are the objectives of software Maintenance? Explain in detail
maintenance metrics
[8M]

*****

R13
SET – 1
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) Define software engineering. [3M]
b) What is the relation between analysis and design? [4M]
c) What is the importance of Use-case diagram? [3M]
d) What is a test case? How test suite is constructed? [4M]
e) What is the need of estimation in software development process? [4M]
f) Compare reengineering with reverse engineering. [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What do you mean by team process model and personal process model?
Differentiate them.
[8M]
b) Explain with neat diagram the prototyping model for software development
[8M]
3 a) Justify why requirement engineering works as a bridge between design and
construction.
[8M]
b) Explain the need of requirement prioritization? How the requirements are
prioritized?
[8M]
4 a) How system modeling is achieved using UML? Explain with a suitable
example.
[8M]
b) How we perform design evaluation? Explain it with suitable example.
[8M]
5 How equivalence partitioning and Boundary value analysis assist in testing?
Explain.
[16M]
6 What measures and metrics can be used to assess the quality of requirements
and design model, source code and test cases? Explain them.
[16M]
7 a) What is software quality? Explain MC Calls and FURPS quality factors. [8M]
b) What are formal technical reviews? How they are conducted? [8M]

*****
R13
SET – 2
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What do you understand by evolutionary model? [3M]
b) Describe the specifications used to specify requirements. [4M]
c) What are the characteristics of object oriented design? [3M]
d) What are strategic issues in software testing? [4M]
e) What is an effort? How is it estimated? [4M]
f) What is software reuse? How object oriented approach provides it? [4M]
PART ?B
2 a) ?Software engineering is a layered technology?. Justify. [8M]
b) Draw and explain the spiral model with its advantage and disadvantages?
[8M]
3 a) Why the understanding requirements from stake holders are difficult task?
Explain.
[8M]
b) Describe different checks to be carried out during requirements validation
process.
[8M]
4 a) What are coupling and cohesion? High cohesion and low coupling is required
for efficient software. Why?
[8M]
b) What is modularity? For a good quality software modularity is important.
Why? Justify.
[8M]
5 a) Describe various functional and unit testing techniques in detail. [8M]
b) What is the use of code verification? How code verification is carried out?
[8M]
6 Explain in detail function point metric. List all the value adjustment factors.
What are the metric for specification quality?
[16M]
7 a) Describe the role of software reviews in achieving good quality software. [8M]
b) What is the difference between verification and validation? Explain with an
example.
[8M]

*****
R13
SET – 3
Code No: RT32051

III B. Tech II Semester Regular and Supplementary Examinations, April – 2018
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Computer Science and Engineering)Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)2. Answering the question in Part-A is compulsory
3. Answer any THREE Questions from Part-B
*****
PART ?A
1 a) What are the advantages of iterative development? [3M]
b) Compare functional and non functional requirements. [4M]
c) How function oriented design is different from object oriented design? [3M]
d) What is testing? How is it different from debugging? [4M]
e) What is a milestone? How to set them in project planning? [4M]
f) List out the steps involved in re-engineering process. [4M]
PART -B
2 a) What are the generic frame work activities that are present in every software
process?
[8M]
b) Give the characteristics of software that make it separable to hardware.
[8M]
3 a) What is the need of requirement analysis? What are the problems that arise
during requirement analysis?
[8M]
b) What is requirement specification? Explain various ways of writing system
requirements.
[8M]
4 a) What is meant by cohesion and coupling criteria?s that address the functional
Independence? List all the types of cohesion.
[8M]
b) Write advantages of object oriented design. Explain how we can identify
objects classes.
[8M]
5 Explain various structural testing techniques with suitable examples.
[16M]
6 How does software configuration management facilitate the changes that may
occur during various stages of a system development life cycle? Illustrate with
an example.
[16M]
7 a) Describe the factors that influence the quality of software product [8M]
b) Define maintenance. Describe various methods of estimating maintenance cost. [8M]

*****
R13
SET – 4
Code No: RT32051