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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2020/2021
YEAR 2 SEMESTER I EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, YEAR 4 SEMESTER I
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
SPI 2203/ICS 2302 Software Engineering And Software Engineering 1 Year 2
Semester I
Date: Wednesday 2nd March, 2022 Time: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE (compulsory) and any other two questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Discuss document analysis as a requirements elicitation technique citing its advantages
and disadvantages . (6 Marks)
b) Describe “software crisis” in software engineering (4 Marks)
c) Discuss the key challenges of rapid prototyping? (6 Marks)
d) Discuss any five ways in which conflicts arising from change requests can be
resolved (5 marks)
e) Describe the process model you would adopt for student portal project and justify
your choice with its advantages and disadvantages (9 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Explain how the principles underlying agile methods lead to the accelerated software
development (8 marks)
b) Define a software process model (2 marks)
c) Using a diagram Explain the four phased prototyping model (6 marks)
d) Explain why incremental development is the most effective approach for developing
business software systems. Why is this model less appropriate for real-time systems
engineering? (4 marks)
