MANAKULA VINAYAGAR INSTITUTE 2. Is software engineering a science or an art?

OF TECHNOLOGY A. Art B. Science C. both A & b D. None of these

KalitheerthalKuppam, Puducherry – 605 107 3. What does the term the Software Crisis refers to
Department of Computer Science & Engineering A. Expense of software is high B. Expense of Hardware is low
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING C. Both A & B D. A only
4. The statement “An ant can be killed using a gun” is given by
INTERNAL-I A. Micahel Jacksen B. Miller C. Dijikistra D. CAR Hoare
5. The semiconductor transistors replaced the prevalent
Duration: 8:50 am – 10:45am Date: 30.07.2015 A. Integrated Circuits B. VLSI C. Vacuum Tube D. Embedded
Year/Sem: III/V Total Marks: 50 Systems.
Part-A 6. The GO TO Statements Considered Harmful” article proposed by
Answer all the Questions (10x1=10) A. Micahel Jacksen B. Miller C. Dijikistra D. CAR Hoare
7. What is the expansion for CASE
1. Define software engineering.
A. computer accumulated system engineering
2. Why software engineering neither a form of science nor an art?
B. computer aided software engineering
3. Define exploratory style.
C. computer accumulated software engineering
4. Define software life cycle.
D. computer aided system engineering.
5. What is the different life cycle model?
8. Which of the following are essential program constructs (i.e. it
6. Define evolutionary model. would not be possible to develop programs for any given problem
7. What are the responsibilities of software project manager? without using the construct)?
8. Define LOC and function point. A. sequence B. selection C. jump D. Iteration
9. What are the three board categories of estimation techniques? 9. Spiral life cycle model is not suitable for products that are
10. What are different stages in COCOMO model 2? vulnerable to large number of risks.
Part-B A. TRUE B. FALSE
Answer any Three Questions (3X10=30) 10. In the waterfall SDLC model, unit testing is carried out during
which one of the following phases?
1. Explain about the Emergence of software engineering. (i) Coding (ii) Testing (iii) Design (iv) Maintenance
2. Explain about classical waterfall model and iterative waterfall model. 11. Unit testing is carried out in which phase of the waterfall model:
3. Discuss about prototype model and spiral model. (i) Implementation phase
4. Explain about heuristic estimation techniques. (ii) Testing phase
5. Discuss about empirical and analytical techniques. (iii) Maintenance phase
Part-C (iv) Design phase
Answer All the Objective Questions (20 X ½ =10 ) 12. Which of the following is not a standard software development
process model?
(i) Waterfall Model
1. Computers were very slow in the initial years and lacked (ii) Watershed Model
a. software engineers b. complex problems c. Intelligence d. (iii) RAD Model
sophistication (iv) V-Model
13. Which one of the following is a suitable SDLC model for 19. GUI part of an application software is typically developed using
developing a moderate- sized software for which the customer is which life cycle model?
not clear about his exact requirements? (i) Iterative waterfall model
(i) RAD model (ii) Spiral model
(ii) V-model (iii) Prototyping model
(iii) Iterative waterfall model (iv) Evolutionary model
(iv) Classical waterfall model 20. Which one of the following feedback paths is not present in an
14. Which one of the following life cycle models lacks the iterative waterfall model?
characteristics of iterative software development? (i) Design phase to feasibility study phase
(i) Spiral model (ii) Implementation phase to design phase
(ii) Prototyping model (iii) Implementation phase to requirements specification phase
(iii) Classical waterfall model (iv) Design phase to requirements specification phase
(iv) Evolutionary model
15. Which one of the following life cycle models does not involve
constructing a prototype any time during software development? ***** All the best *****
(i) Spiral model
(ii) Prototyping model
(iii) RAD model
(iv) Evolutionary model
16. Change requests from customers later in the development cycle
are easiest to handle in which of the following life cycle models?
(i) Iterative waterfall model
(ii) Prototyping model
(iii) V-model
(iv) Evolutionary model
17. The angular dimension of the spiral model does not represent
which one of the followings?
(i) Cost incurred so far
(ii) Number of features implemented so far
(iii) Progress in the implementation of the current feature
(iv) Number of risks that have been resolved so far
18. The radial dimension of the spiral model represents which one of
the followings?
(i) Cost incurred so far
(ii) Number of features implemented so far
(iii) Progress in the implementation of the current feature
(iv) Number of risks that have been resolved so far