CS-05 : ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS & DESIGN DEC 1996

 

Time : 3 Hours

Max. Marks : 75


Note : There are 6 questions in this paper. Question no. 1 is compulsory and carries 30 marks. From the remaining questions, you may attempt any three. Each of these carries 15 marks.


 

1.   Write brief notes on any five of the following :  
   

(a). Ergonomics  
(b). Green PC.  
(c). Audit trails  
(d). Hot sites  
(e). Software quality  
(f). OCR  
(g). Prototype design model  
(h). Decision table  

2.  

Illustrate with suitable examples, the relative merits of system flowcharts, decision tables and decision trees? Which of these do you find easiest to draw and understand?
3.   Comment on the following models to bring out their contribution to defining controls :  
   

(a).  Data flow diagram.  
(b).  Entity-relationship model  
(c).  Data dictionary.  

4.  

What hardware and software would be required by an organisation contemplating use of multi-media in its work ? What are the ways in which a business organisation could benefit by installing a multi-media machine in its premises ? How would you distinguish between a development and a delivery machine multi-media?
5.  

What are the different forms in which software pirarcy is carried out ? As an advisor to an organisation that is moving towards purchase of new software, what would you suggest as module to prevent their efforts in inhouse software development from being stolen ?   
6.    What fact finding techiniques would you use in each of the following sircumstances ?  
  (a).  Deciding on the design of a new application form for IGNOU Courses.  
  (b). Deciding on the design of a ballot paper that can be automatically scanned for counting votes.