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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017

YEAR I SEMESTER II EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ICS 2210: SYSTEM ANYALYSIS AND DESIGN
DATE: JUNE 2017 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND ANY
OTHER TWO QUESTIONS

QUESTION ONE
(a) What is the purpose of conducting system analysis?
[3 marks]
(b) Discuss FIVE properties of a system.
[1 marks]
(c) What is SDLC
[3 marks]
(d) List FIVE models of SDLC
[5 marks]
(e) Discuss THREE types of system testing.
[9 marks]

QUESTION TWO
(i) What is a system?
[3 marks]
(ii) Discuss THREE basic constraints of a system.
[6 marks]
(iii) What is system model
[3 marks]
(iv) Explain FOUR types of the system models.
[8 marks]

QUESTION THREE
(i) What is SRS
[3 marks]
(ii) Explain the importance of requirements determination.
[5 marks]
(iii) Discuss FOUR techniques of requirements gathering.
[12 marks]
QUESTION FOUR
(i) What is feasibility analysis?
[3 marks]
(ii) Discuss THREE feasibility aspects used in system planning.
[9 marks]
(iii) Discuss TWO major benefits the system analyst should consider when performing the
economic feasibility study of the system. [8 marks]

QUESTION FIVE
(i) What is structured analysis?
[3 marks]
(ii) Define DFD
[3 marks]
(iii) Explain FOUR components of DFD
[8 marks]
(iv) The New Arusha Hotel wants a computerized system that will be used to conduct
transactions related to hotel reservation, to store and retrieve information from the
system for future use. A system should allow guest to book hotel rooms as well as
view hotel information that was uploaded by the system administrator. The
administrator can reserve a room booked by guest and update to room’s information.
Generate a context diagram of this Hotel Reservation Management System.
[6 marks]