TITLE HET: DIPLOMA: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT DOCUMENTATION, ANALYSIS & DESIGN 1B

SUBJECT CODE SAD220
TEST/EXAM DP TEST
SEMESTER 2ND
DATE WRITTEN 23 SEPTEMBER 2014

TOTAL MARKS 120

DURATION 2 HOURS
PASS MARK 50%
WEIGHTING 10%
EXAMINER KERISHA GOVENDER
MODERATOR NEELOFAR SHAIK
SITE PIETERMARITZBURG

REQUIREMENTS:

Learner Requirements: Stationery and Examination Book

Equipment Requirements: None

This paper consists of:

1. Section A : Matching / True and False 30 marks

2. Section B : Short / Medium Questions 50 marks
3. Section C : Long / Essay type Question 40 marks

Please answer ALL questions.

PLEASE READ THE ASSESSMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT FOLLOW

Learners are warned that contravening any of the examination rules or disobeying the
instructions of an invigilator could result in the examination being declared invalid. Disciplinary
measures will be taken which may result in the students’ expulsion from Damelin.

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ASSESSMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS

Please ensure that you have read and fully understand the following assessment rules and
regulations prior to commencing with your assessment:

1. To be permitted access to the examination, a learner must arrive with:

- an Identity Document or other official proof of identity (for example,
- a student card, passport or driver's licence card with photo); and
- the required exam stationery.
2. No learner may enter the examination room more than 30 minutes after the examination
sitting has commenced and no candidate may leave the room less than one hour after the
examination sitting has commenced.
3. No extra time will be allowed should a student arrive late.
4. All learners must sign the Attendance Register for the examination on arrival.
5. It is the responsibility of learners to familiarise themselves with the examination rules prior
to sitting for the examination.
6. All examinations are to be written on the date and time officially stipulated by the College.
7. It is the responsibility of learners to ensure that they are writing the correct paper and that
the question paper is complete
8. Cell phones must be switched off prior to entering the exam venue. Cell phones and
wallets may be placed under candidates' chairs rather than at the front of the room.
9. Learners may not handle cell phones or wallets during the exam.
10. No weapon of any description may be taken into the assessment room.
11. All personal belongings are to be placed at the front of the examination room. Personal
belongings brought to the examination are at the owner's risk.
12. Smoking is not permitted and learners will not be allowed to leave the examination room in
order to smoke
13. Once the examination has commenced, all conversation of any form between candidates
must cease until after candidates have left the room, after the examination.
14. Only the official College examination book, as supplied by the College, may be used.
15. Learners must ensure that their student number is written on the answer book.
16. Learners are responsible for ensuring that they follow the instructions in the examination
for submitting their answers.
17. Please read the instruction appearing on the examination paper carefully
18. The number of every question must be clearly indicated at the top of every answer.
19. No pages may be torn out of the answer book. All question papers and scrap paper must
be handed to the invigilator after the examination.
20. Learners finishing earlier are to leave the examination room as quietly as possible on the
instruction of the invigilator, and may not talk until outside the building where the
examination is being written.
21. Only under exceptional circumstances will a learner be permitted to leave the examination
room during the examination, and if the invigilator gives permission. An invigilator must
accompany the learner. Only one learner at a time may be absent from the examination
room.
22. Candidates may not act dishonestly in any respect.

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SECTION A [30 Marks]
QUESTION 1: MATCHING [20]
Match Column A with Column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1 Validation A Where users or potential users of a system test the
system in their own environment.
2 Verification B May be triggered by changing business
requirements, by reports of software defects, or by
changes to other systems in a software system’s
environment.
3 Development Testing C Asks; are we building the right product?
4 Release Testing D It involves establishing the overall architecture of
the system, identifying the different system
components and understanding the relationships
between them.
5 User Testing E Are not just concerned with software but also with
hardware and the system’s interactions with users
and its environment.
6 Software Evolution F Asks; are we building the product right?
7 Sociotechnical Systems G Where the system is tested to discover bugs and
defects.
8 Systems Engineers H These include one or more technical systems but,
crucially, also include people who understand the
purpose of the system within the system itself.
9 Systems Developers I The aim is to check that the system meets the
requirements of system stakeholders.
10 Systems Design J Maintain, audit and improve organisational support
systems by working on the internal operations of
computers, using existing systems or incorporating
new technologies to meet particular needs.

QUESTION 2: [10]
TRUE & FALSE
1) To demonstrate to the developer and the customer that the software meets its
requirements is a goal of testing.
2) Parameter interfaces are those in which data or sometimes function references are
passed from one component to another.
3) System testing checks that components are compatible interact correctly and transfer
the right data at the right time across their interfaces.
4) Test-driven development is of most use in new software development where the
functionality is either implemented in new code or by using well-tested standard libraries.
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 5) Alpha, Beta and Acceptance testing are types of User Testing.
6) In software maintenance fault repairs is coding errors that are usually relatively cheap to
correct; design errors that are more expensive as they may involve rewriting several
program components.
7) High quality, Low Business is one of the four clusters of systems in software evolution.
8) The operating system layer of the sociotechnical system interacts with the hardware
and provides a set of common facilities for higher software layers in the system.
9) In systems procurement decisions are made on the scope of a system that is to be
purchased, system budgets and timescales, and the high-level system requirements.
10) System failures, which affect the availability of a system, potentially affect all users of
the system.

SECTION B [50 Marks]

QUESTION 3 [50]
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Differentiate between Validation and Verification testing in software development.
(6)
2. Discuss the three advantages of software inspection over testing. (6)
3. What is software evolution? (3)
4. Discuss change management with regards to software evolution processes.
(10)
5. List three types of software maintenance. (3)
6. Explain the term adaptive maintenance. (2)
7. List four strategies for evolving legacy systems. (4)
8. Name and briefly explain the four clusters of systems. (12)
9. What are the four issues that should be raised with system stakeholders regarding the
business value of the system? (4)

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SECTION C [40 Marks]
QUESTION 4: ESSAY TYPE [40]
Choose either question 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3.
4.1 Discuss fully four types of testing used in software development.
OR
4.2 Discuss fully sociotechnical systems. In your answer you will need to mention the seven
layers, complex systems, systems engineering, systems procurement, systems development
and systems operations.
OR
4.3 Discuss fully the four principal dimensions to dependability of a system. Your answer should
focus on availability, reliability, safety and security.

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