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Software Project Management Unit 1 – Project Evaluation and Project Planning: AKTU previous year questions

18 AKTU questions from Unit 1 (Project Evaluation and Project Planning) asked in 2022–2025, tagged by marks, year and topic. In short: about 30 marks of every paper come from this unit; the most asked topic is Software Project Management Intro (8 times); 17 questions came back in a later year. The latest ones are listed below; on the page you can filter them by 2-mark or long questions, topic and repeats.

Unit 1 previous year questions

  • List some of the key characteristics of project. (2 marks, 2025, Software Project Management Intro)
  • Explain the significance of Software Project Management in today's industry. Highlight the key activities and methodologies involved. (7 marks, 2025, Software Project Management Intro)
  • Discuss in detail the stepwise project planning process. Illustrate with a suitable example. (7 marks, 2025, Stepwise Project Planning)
  • Discuss the various types of risk evaluation techniques used during project planning. (7 marks, 2025, Cost Benefit Evaluation)
  • Define the project with a suitable example. (2 marks, 2024, Software Project Management Intro)
  • Explain different types of projects. (2 marks, 2024, Software Project Management Intro)
  • Explain why the discounted cash flow technique provides better criteria for project selection than net profit or return on investment. (10 marks, 2024, Cost Benefit Evaluation)
  • The large software project that you are managing is doing very well. Your latest estimates predict that your team will finish the project at the end of June 2003, three months ahead of schedule and 15% under budget. Apply software management principles; which alternative would you choose? (i) Finish early in June (ii) Use 3 months for more testing (iii) Use 3 months to improve documentation. (10 marks, 2024, Management Principles and Control)
  • The status of cash flow for four projects is given in the following table. Calculate Net Profit (NP), Payback Period (PP), Return on Investment (ROI) and Net Present Value (NPV). You may assume discount rate to be as 10%. (10 marks, 2024, Cost Benefit Evaluation)
  • Explain how a B. Tech program is a project. (2 marks, 2023, Software Project Management Intro)
  • Discuss project portfolio management with examples. (10 marks, 2023, Management Principles and Control)
  • (i) Discuss characteristics of an objective of a project. (ii) Explain management principles for controlling and monitoring a project. (10 marks, 2023, Management Principles and Control)

Most asked Unit 1 topics

  • Software Project Management Intro – asked 8 times
  • Cost Benefit Evaluation – asked 6 times
  • Management Principles and Control – asked 3 times

Unit 1 question pattern

  • 2-mark questions: 6 asked in 2022–2025
  • 7-mark questions: 3 asked in 2022–2025
  • 10-mark questions: 9 asked in 2022–2025
  • About 30 marks from Unit 1 in every paper
  • 17 questions were asked again in a later year

Unit 1 questions year by year

  • 2025: 4 Unit 1 questions asked (23 marks across that year's papers)
  • 2024: 5 Unit 1 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)
  • 2023: 4 Unit 1 questions asked (32 marks across that year's papers)
  • 2022: 5 Unit 1 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)