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Sce 201: Software Development Question Paper

Sce 201: Software Development

Course:Computer Engineering

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE (COMPUTER ENGINEERING)

SCE 201: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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DATE: MONDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 2010

TIME: 8.00 A.M. - 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question 1 (ONE) and any Two questions.
Question 1

a)
What do you understand by the term “Information System”?

(3 marks)
b)
What is your appreciation of an IS development methodology?

(3 marks)
c)
Explain any three negative effects of Information systems.

(3 marks)
d)
Analyze SIX major organizational factors are to be considered when planning new

information systems?

(6 marks)
e)
Discuss FIVE management challenges and opportunities in business process change

requirements.

(5 marks)
f)
Analyze three main reasons why you would develop models in IS development.

(3 marks)
g)
How is data modeling related to software development?

(2 marks)
h)
Consider an IS failure or success you have had in Kenya or elsewhere. What part of

the case can you attribute to technology, human or organizational aspects?

(5 marks)

Question 2

Total 15 marks
a)
Assume you are creating a bank information management system. Identify 5
classes that would be relevant, design them showing at least 5 properties and 4
methods per class.

(10 marks)
b)
Draw a class diagram for the above example.

(5 marks)
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Question 3

Total 15 marks
a)
Briefly evaluate the significance of these three aspects of software development.

i)
Software testing
ii)
Data migration
iii)
Handing

(9 marks)

b)
Discuss the role of various stake holders in an IS development project.
(6 marks)

Question 4

Total 15 marks
a)
Discuss the various stages of Traditional System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

(6 marks)
b)
For each of the SDLC stages, identify the main end deliverables.
(3 marks)
c)
Software development lifecycles are created with specific objectives. Discuss six

such objectives.

(6 marks)

Question 5

Total 15 marks

a)
A logical data model defines the complete set of documentation describing the data

structure of a system. Assume you are creating an information system of an

outpatient clinic. Draw a logical data model showing the flow of data from the time a

patient is admitted to the time the hospital bill is cleared.

(6 marks)

b)
An entity relationship diagram is one of the techniques for modeling data and acts as

a basis for designing a database. Assume that you are creating a banking information

system; identify the entities and draw an entity relationship diagram.
(9 marks
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