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Information System Development Question Paper
Information System Development
Course:Bachelor Of Science In Information Technology
Institution: Kca University question papers
Exam Year:2010
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2010/2011
FIRST YEAR STAGE EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 2202: INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
DATE: DECEMBER 2010 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE (Compulsory)
a) A theatre uses a network of computers for selling tickets from day to day. What type of information
system is the theatre using? (2 Marks)
b) Link each of these scenarios with one of the following stages of the systems development life Give
reasons for your answers (6 Marks)
i. A network administrator identifies the error rate of his organization’s Internet connection.
A school replaces old computers in the computer room with new ones during the school
holidays.
ii. A graphics company identifies some concerns in the way it currently stores and accesses
past customers’ details.
c) State and explain four main implementations that can be employed ( 4 Marks)
d) Identify three potential benefits of project management (3 Marks)
e) Examine the following algorithm. What type of data structure is student_name? (2 Marks)
For student_number ?? 1 to 25
Read student_name(student_number)
End for
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f) What general advantages are claimed for the use of a methodology in software development?
( 8 Marks)
g) Discuss the advantages of software development with reuse? (5 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) System developers have both ethical and professional responsibilities towards clients, fellow staff
and wider society. Discuss the ways in which the developer can maintain the highest standard of
professionalism. (6 Marks)
b) Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) tools can be used to help Ken Bakers designers,
develop models for their organisation. (6 Marks )
i) Describe the features that CASE tools provide which could aid Ken Bakers’s systems
development.
ii) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using CASE tools both to developers and
to Ken Bakers (8 Marks )
QUESTION THREE
a) During the detailed design of an object oriented system, the developer needs to consider reuse and
the assignment of responsibilities to classes. Explain how the following can guide the designer in
deciding where operations should be located:-
i) Low coupling. (4 Marks)
ii) High cohesion. (4 Marks)
iii) Polymorphism. (4 Marks)
b) How can collection classes be used to implement an association between two classes? (4 Marks)
c) How can referential integrity be enforced in an object oriented program? (4 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) An airline has plans to introduce a software system that schedules aeroplane maintenance and
reassigns aircraft when emergency maintenance has to take place. It has been suggested that, to
save money, the system should require no human intervention.
b) Identify THREE problems that might arise with this project (5 Marks)
c) Identify THREE stakeholders that would need to be consulted. Briefly justify EACH of your
choices. (5 Marks)
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d) Discuss FOUR ethical or legal issues that would need to be considered. (10 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Using examples explain three logical constructs of Structured English (9 Marks)
Use the following narration to answer the question below.Any order valued £75 or more is delivered
free. Orders valued less than £75 are charged by the number of items and type of delivery. Three items
or less costs £3.50 for standard or £5.00 for next day delivery. Four items or more costs £5.50 for
standard and £7.00 for next day delivery
i) Write an algorithm for the process using structured English. (6 Marks)
ii) Draw a decision table for the process. (5 Marks)
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