2008 BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY B.C.A COMPUTER APPLICATION BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION (BCA), APR - 2008 - SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (SEM 3) QUESTION PAPER

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), APR - 2008

System Analysis and Design (Sem 3)

1. _____________ is the extent to which a sub system performs a single function.
a. Cohesion
b. Coupling
c. Modularity
d. Decomposition
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2. Designing and building a scaled down but functional version of a desired system is the process known as _____________.
A. Participartory design
b. Prototyping
c. Joint application design
d. Object oriented design
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3. A common form of a process model representation is _____________ diagram.
a. State transition
b. Entity relationship
c. Data-flow
d. Context level
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4. a. Which one of the following is not belongs to modern methods for determining system requirements.
a. JAD
b. GSS
c. CASE TOOLS
d. Interview
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5. A _____________ is an assertion or rule that governs the validity of data manipulation operations.
a. Trigger
b. Attribute
c. Domain
d. Entity
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6. A _____________ is a structured repository of data about data.
a. Decision table
b. Data dictionary
c. Decision tree
d. Database
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7. Which one of the following is not belongs to the types of system feedback?
a. Status information
b. Prompting cues
c. Encryption
d. Error messages
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8. The relational database model was contributed by _____________.
a. Yourdon
b. Constantine
c. De Marco
d. CODD
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9. _____________ testing, simulated but typical data are used for system testing in the developers site.
a. alpha
b. beta
c. unit
d. stub
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10. Reverse engineering and re-engineering tools used for maintenance is called _____________ tools.
a. CASE
b. Design recovery
c. I-CASE
d. Configuration management
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11. a. Explain the four classes of uniformation systems.

Or

b. Describe the characteristics of a system.
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12. a. What is business process reengineering?

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b. Explain the categories of CASE tools.
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13. a. Explain the components of decision table.

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b. Describe decision tree with an example.
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14. a. Describe the general guidelines for the design of forms and reports.

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b. Describe the various methods of interaction with the system.
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15. a. Explain the types of maintenance.

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b. What is meant by configuration management?
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16. a. Elaborate on the various skills required for a systems analyst.

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b. Discuss the concept of feasibility analysis.
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17. a. Explain the interview and questionnaire methods of determining requirements.

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b. Discuss the components of DFD with an example.
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18. a. Explain the conceptual data modeling with entity relationship model.

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b. What is structured English? Discuss the differences between structured English and pseudo-code?
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19. a. Discuss the methods of designing interfaces and dialogues.

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b. How will you design databases for an application?
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20. a. Explain the various types of testing.

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b. Discuss the different approaches to system installation.
8.0 Mark(s)
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