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    The document is an exam for a software engineering course containing 5 questions testing knowledge of software engineering principles and concepts. Question 1 has 10 parts testing understanding of software project failures, UML notations, requirements, object oriented analysis, design patterns, component-based design principles, and software verification and validation. Questions 2-4 contain additional concepts and notations to explain, with diagrams required for some parts. Question 5 focuses on configuration management and services provided by collaborative development environments.

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    W1-2-60-1-6

    JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY


    UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2018/2019
    YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1SPECIAL/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE
    OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
    IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    BIT 2321: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING II
    DATE: JANUARY 2019 TIME: 2 HOURS
    INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND ANY OTHER
    TWO QUESTIONS

    QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

    a) Give any 3 reasons of why software development projects fail (6 marks)

    b) Describe the following UML notations (3 marks)

    i) State Machine Notation


    ii) Interaction Notation
    iii) Actor Notation

    c) Distinguish between functional and non-functional requirements (2 marks)

    d) Explain the following object oriented analysis concepts: (4 marks)

    i) User interface classes


    ii) Business Domain classes
    iii) Process classes
    iv) Persistent classes

    e) Describe four characteristics of an effective design pattern (4 marks)

    f) Explain the following design principles underlying component based software


    engineering (4 marks)

    i) Independence of components (2 marks)


    ii) Integration of components (2 marks)

    g) What is the meaning of the following terms? (3 marks)

    i) Separation of concerns
    ii) Modularity
    iii) Functional independence

    h) Define configuration management (2 marks)

    1
    i) Distinguish between software verification and validation (2 marks)

    QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

    a) Describe the following software engineering concepts: (6 marks)

    i) Project
    ii) Reliability
    iii) Efficiency
    iv) Usability
    v) Partability
    vi) Reusability

    b) Explain four principles of software engineering (4 marks)

    c) Discuss with the aid of diagrams, the following UML notations.

    i) State machine diagrams (5 marks)

    ii) Activity diagrams (5 marks)

    QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

    a) Explain the following (6 marks)

    i) Process metrics
    ii) Project metics

    b) Discuss the following requirements elicitation activities (4 marks)

    i) Identifying actors
    ii) Identifyind use cases

    c) Describe the following analysis concepts (4 marks)

    i) Generalization
    ii) Specialization

    d) Analysis requires the cooperation of a wide range of individual. Explain the role of the
    following (6 marks)

    i) End User
    ii) Client
    iii) Analyst

    2
    QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

    a) Discuss the following key factors when planning resuse (8 marks)

    i) Development schedule of software


    ii) Expected software lifetime
    iii) Skill and experience of development team
    iv) Application domain

    b) Discuss the following technical activities of testing (12 marks)

    i) Usability testing
    ii) Unit testing
    iii) Integration testing
    iv) System testing

    QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

    a) Describe the following main concepts of configuration management (8 marks)

    i) Configuration item
    ii) Programmer’s Dictary
    iii) Version
    iv) Software Repository

    b) Describe the following services provided by a collaborative development environment


    (12 marks)

    i) Namespace
    ii) Calendar
    iii) Templates
    iv) Metrics support
    v) Communication analysis
    vi) Artificial – dustering

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