Software Engineering (BCS601) important topics for AKTU – unit-wise
Topics are ranked by how many times AKTU asked them across 5 papers. Finish the "very likely" topics first, then the top topics of each unit.
High-probability Software Engineering topics
- Software Design Concepts (Unit 3: Software Design and Metrics) – asked 20 times in 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Software Engineering Introduction (Unit 1: Introduction and SDLC Models) – asked 17 times in 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Software Maintenance (Unit 5: Maintenance and Project Management) – asked 13 times in 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
What to cover inside these topics
- Architectural Design (part of Software Design Concepts)
- Coupling and Cohesion (part of Software Design Concepts)
- Modularization and Design Charts (part of Software Design Concepts)
- Software Characteristics and Components (part of Software Engineering Introduction)
- Software Crisis (part of Software Engineering Introduction)
- Software Engineering Processes (part of Software Engineering Introduction)
- Categories of Maintenance (part of Software Maintenance)
- Re-Engineering and Reverse Engineering (part of Software Maintenance)
Most asked Software Engineering topics in each unit
- Unit 1 (Introduction and SDLC Models): Software Engineering Introduction – 17 times; Evolutionary and Iterative Models – 6 times; Spiral Model – 5 times
- Unit 2 (SRS and Software Quality Assurance): Software Quality Assurance – 12 times; Requirement Engineering Process – 8 times; Information and Data Modelling – 7 times
- Unit 3 (Software Design and Metrics): Software Design Concepts – 20 times; Software Measurement and Metrics – 10 times; Design Strategies – 1 times
- Unit 4 (Software Testing): Testing Levels and Types – 12 times; Functional Black Box Testing – 5 times; Top Down and Bottom Up Testing – 4 times
- Unit 5 (Maintenance and Project Management): Software Maintenance – 13 times; Cost and Effort Estimation – 7 times; Software Configuration Management – 6 times