B.C.A. (Semester VI) Examination, 2017
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Day Date: Tuesday, 18-04-2017 Max. Marks: 80
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.30 PM
N.B. Q.1 and Q.7 are compulsory.
Attempt any two questions from Q. 3 and 4.
Attempt any one question from Q. 5 and 6.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Choose correct alternatives: 16
A plan is necessary to
Organize the work Define the scope of work
Mobilize resources All of the above
Project is a planned activity.
True False
The products handed over to the clients at the end of projects
are called as
Software Application program
Deliverable Intermediate products
The time between start and end of a task are
Turnaround Elapsed
Throughput Pessimistic time
The first phase of waterfall mode is User requirements.
True False
The standard way of evaluating the economic benefits of any
projects is to carry out a
Price benefit analysis Cash flow analysis
Cost benefit analysis Fund flow analysis
The time taken to break even or pay back the initial
investment is called
Back period Payback period
Cash back period Rate of return
Risk management consists of
Risk analysis and risk estimation
Risk control and risk planning
Risk identification and monitoring
Risk control, planning, identification and monitoring
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The working model of one or more aspects of the projected system is
Evolutionary model V-process model
Spiral model Software prototyping
10) The main goal of quality assurance is to
Set coding standards
Improve software project management
Reduce the technical and programming risks in developing the
software
Specify corrective actions
11) to the effort needed to make changes to the
software.
Functionality Maintainability
Reliability Efficiency
12) classified into Functional and Non-functional.
Project Requirements Start date Risk
10) the method of recording and displaying the way in which
targets have changed throughout the duration of the project.
Gantt chart Bar chart Timeline Schedule
11) Cash flow forecast will indicate when expenditure and income will
take place.
True False
12) Size/effort
process rate productivity rate
project rate property rate
13) LOC means
Lines of code List of code
Length of code Legend of code
Q.2 Explain main risk factors which may be encountered in the
development of software.
06
Explain V-process model. 06
Write a note on strategic assessment. 04
Q.3 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Lines of code
and function point counts metrics for measuring
system.
06
What is critical path? Explain the significance of critical path. 06
Write note on requirement specification. 04
Q.4 Explain cash flow forecasting. 06
List and explain the objectives of activity planning. 06
Write short note on bottom-up estimating. 04
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Q.5 Explain different levels of CMM. 08
Explain the different stages in contract management in detail. 08
Q.6 Explain the term.
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Structure
08
Explain prototyping with its advantages in detail. 08
Q.7 Write short notes on the following (Any four) 16
Objectives for software developers
Product Breakdown Structure
Cost schedules
Importance of software quality
Timeline chart