CS-05 : ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS & DESIGN DEC 1995
 

Time : 3 Hours  

Max. Marks : 75


NOTE: There are 6-question no.6 is compulsory and carries 25 marks. From the remaining questions, you may attempt any three. Each of these questions carries 15 marks.
 

1.  

What are the attributes which a good system analyst must have ?  If you are invited by a school principal to help develop an information systems for career information and guidance for its school-leaving students, would you go about fact-finding?  Illustrate with some examples of choice of appropriate tools.
2.  

What are the ingredients that of into the making of a feasibility document?  Describe the relative importance of each of these in reading a final decision of whether to of ahead with a system development project.
3. (a) What is the maximum number of columns in a decision table which contains four statements each of which can be answered as YES or  NO ?
  (b) Describe the types of data dictionaries in used and their relative advantages.
4.   The concern about quality of Software is sometimes referred to as a 'software crisis'.  Elaborate on the meaning of the phrase and comment on the available approaches and practices to cope with the issue.
5.  

The overall implementation plan for a computerised information system has identified the following steps and estimated the time required for its implementation as follows:
   
Order Computing Platform  8 weeks
Prepare Site 12 weeks
Review Specifications 5 weeks
Install equipment 12 weeks
Test Hardware 8 weeks
Training 8 weeks
Write Programs 12 weeks
Test Programs 5 weeks
Test Software 12 weeks
Convert Systems 10 weeks
Implement followup 8 weeks
Accept 5 weeks
    Draw a P.E.R.T chart for the said activities and mark to identify the critical path.
6.   Write brief notes on any five of the following :
  (a) Fact-finding techniques
  (b) HIPO
  (c) Management Information Systems
  (d) Quality assurance in software
  (e) Software piracy
  (f) System control
  (g) Entity-life histories
  (h) Benchmark testing.