Previous year question paper for SAD (MCA 1st)

Section A

System: Definition, Characteristics, elements and types of system. System Development Life Cycle,

Role of system analyst, Initial investigation, Feasibility study-Technical, economic and behavioral

feasibility, Cost and Benefit analysis.

Section B

System Analysis: Problem Definition, Information requirements, Information gathering tools, Tools

of structured Analysis – Data Flow Diagrams, Data Dictionary, Decision Tree, Decision tables and

structured English.

Section C

System Design: Structured Design, Input design, and Output design, Form Design. File

Organization: Sequential Indexed Sequential, Chaining and Inverted list organization. System

Testing: Test Plan AND test data, type s of system test.

Section D

System Implementation: Implementation Plan, activity network for conversion, combating resistance

to change. Hardware/Software Selection: Procedure for selection, Major phases in selection, Make

v/s buy decision, Criteria for software selection.