THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (TEAU)

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND IT

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
JAN – APRIL 2019, MAIN EXAMINATION

COURSE : SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

CODE : CIT 2202
TIME : 2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Paper is made up of FIVE (5) Questions, question ONE is compulsory plus any other
TWO questions.
2. Credit is given for legibility, clarity of expressions and use of relevant illustrations.
3. Clearly write your registration number on each answer sheet used.

DO NOT WRITE ANYWHERE ON THIS QUESTION PAPER

QUESTION ONE

a) Discuss any 4 roles of a systems analyst. (8 marks)

b) Discuss any 3 stages of the rapid application development.
(6 marks)
c) Describe the term System Design (2 marks)
d) Identify and explain any 4 functions of the steering committee in systems analysis and
design (8 marks)
e) Describe any 3 benefits of the spiral model. (6 marks)

QUESTION TWO

a) Discuss any 5 steps in preliminary investigation. (10 marks)

b) Discuss any 5 stages of the Shelly terminology of the Systems development lifecycle.
(10 marks)

QUESTION THREE

a) Identify and explain any 3 limitations of Joint Application development.

(6 marks)
b) Discuss any 4 stages of the Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology.
(8 marks)
 c) Discuss any 3 limitations of the system development lifecycle. (6 marks)

QUESTION FOUR

a) Discuss any five benefits of prototyping. (10 marks)

b) Identify and explain any 4 stages of the V model (8 marks)
c) Describe the term iteration (2 marks)

QUESTION FIVE

a) Discuss 5 objectives of preliminary investigation. (10 marks)

b) Discuss any 5 stages of the general systems development lifecycle. (10 marks)