UNIT 3 - Unit wise Questions for Pune University (TE Computer)

Software Engineering

Unit wise questions

Unit 3 – Design Methods and Models

Topic – Concept of Design

1.      Explain the following design concepts

(a) modularity   (b) architecture.   (May 2011 – 6 Marks)

2.      What do you understand by refactoring? Give the importance of refactoring in improving the quality of software. (Dec 2011, 6 Marks)

3.      What are the characteristics of a well formed design class? (Dec 2012, 6 Marks)

4.      Differentiate between abstraction and refinement. (Dec 2012, 4 Marks )

5.      Explain the following design concepts

(a)   Refinement  (b) Modularity  (c) Architecture (May 2013, 8 Marks)

Topic – Design Quality

6.      Explain the quality attributes considered in software Design. (Dec 2012, 8 Marks)

7.      What are the design quality guidelines? (May 2014, 8 Marks)

Topic – Design Principles, Design Classes

8.      State and explain any 4 design principles. (Dec 2013, 8 Marks)

9.      Explain the types of design classes. (Dec 2013, 6 Marks)

Topic – Design Model and Elements

10.  Describe the design model with a neat diagram and give the traceability of each layer of the design model to analysis model. (Dec 2011, 8 Marks)

11.  What are the deployment levels design elements? (Dec 2011, 4 Marks)

12.  Explain the elements of design model. (May 2013, 8 Marks)

13.  What are the elements of data design? What are the guidelines for the data design? (May 2014, 8 Marks)

Topic – Software Architecture

14.  Explain software architecture as a concept of software design. (May 2012, 4 Marks)

Topic – Architectural Styles and Patterns

15.  Explain data centered and layered architectures with neat diagrams. (Dec 2011, 8 Marks)

16.  Explain any 3 architecture styles. (May 2012, 6 Marks)

17.  Explain in brief – Call and Return Architecture. (May 2012, 4 Marks)

Topic – Architectural Design

18.  What do you mean by software architecture? Explain the system context diagram elements with an example. ( May 2011, 6 Marks)

19.  What do you mean by archetypes? (Dec 2011, 4 Marks)

Topic – User Interface Design

20.  What is the necessity of the good user interface? What are the rules to keep in mind while designing the user interface? (May 2012, 6 Marks)

21.  What are the design principles for reducing the user’s memory load in user interface design? (Dec 2012, 6 Marks)

22.  What are the interface design principles and guidelines? (May 2014, 8 Marks)

Topic – User Interface Analysis and Design

23.  Explain the user interface design process. (May 2011, 6 Marks)

24.  Explain the user interface design issues. (May 2011, 6 Marks)

25.  Highlight the principles specific to the design of a web application interface. (May 2012, 5 Marks)

26.  Explain the user interface design steps. (Dec 2012, 8 Marks)

27.  Explain the user interface design process. (Dec 2013, 6 Marks)