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MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY

REGULAR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS


2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
SCIENCES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(COMPUTER SCIENCE)

COURSE CODE: COM 3104


COURSE TITLE: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

DATE: DECEMBER 4TH, 2019 TIME: 8:30- 10.30 A.M

INSTRUCTIONS

 Answer Question ONE and any other TWO Questions From Section II
 Question 1 is compulsory.
 Time 2HRS.
SECTION 1
Question 1, compulsory (30 marks)
(a) What are the four important attributes that all professional software
should have? Suggest four other attributes that may sometimes be
significant. (4 marks)
(b) Based on your own knowledge of some of the application types
discussed in this course, explain, with examples, why different
application types require specialized software engineering
techniques to support their design and development. (6 marks)

(c) Discover four ambiguities or omissions in the following statement of


requirements for part of a ticket-issuing system (8 marks)

(e) When describing a system, explain why you may have to design the
system architecture before the requirements specification is
complete. (4 marks).
(f) Explain why software testing can only detect the presence of errors,
not their absence. (4 marks)

(g) Explain why a software system that is used in a real-world


environment must change or become progressively less useful.
(4 marks)

SECTION II

Question 2, optional (20 marks)

a) Giving reasons for your answer based on the type of system being
developed, suggest the most appropriate generic software process
model that might be used as a basis for managing the development of the
following systems: (12 marks)

1. A system to control anti-lock braking in a car

2. A virtual reality system to support software


maintenance

3. A university accounting system that replaces an


existing system

4. An interactive travel planning system that helps


users plan journeys with the lowest environmental
impact

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(b) Suggest why it is important to make a distinction between developing
the user requirements and developing system requirements in the
requirements engineering process. (8 marks)

Question 3, optional (20 marks)

(a) Explain how the principles underlying agile methods lead to the
accelerated development and deployment of software.
(12 marks)

(b) Extreme programming expresses user requirements as stories, with


each story written on a card. Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of this approach to requirements description.
(8 marks)

Question 4, optional (20 marks)

(a) How might you use a model of a system that already exists? Explain
why it is not always necessary for such a system model to be
complete and correct. Would the same be true if you were developing
a model of a new system? (10 marks)

(b) Using the UML graphical notation for object classes, design the
following object classes, identifying attributes and operations. Use
your own experience to decide on the attributes and operations
that should be associated with these objects. (10 marks)
1. A messaging system on a mobile (cell) phone or
tablet
2. A printer for a personal computer
3. A personal music system
4. A bank account
5. A library catalogue

//END

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