Software Project Management Unit 4 – Project Management and Control: AKTU previous year questions
19 AKTU questions from Unit 4 (Project Management and Control) 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 Earned Value Analysis (8 times); 19 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 4 previous year questions
- What is earned value analysis? (2 marks, 2025, Earned Value Analysis)
- Describe different types of cost monitoring techniques and their effectiveness. (7 marks, 2025, Earned Value Analysis)
- Explain the framework for managing and controlling software projects. (7 marks, 2025, Monitoring and Control Framework)
- Explain the importance of management contracts and contract management in project control. (7 marks, 2025, Contract Management)
- Discuss the activities under software configuration management. (2 marks, 2024, Change and Configuration Control)
- Explain the steps to handle the change control process in a software project. (2 marks, 2024, Change and Configuration Control)
- Discuss Software Configuration Management. (10 marks, 2024, Change and Configuration Control)
- Calculate Estimate At Completion (EAC) and Variance At Completion (VAC) if both SPI and CPI influence the project work when given variables are: BAC = $22,000, EV = $13,000, PV = $14,000, AC = $15,000. (10 marks, 2024, Earned Value Analysis)
- You are managing a project that is six months from its execution. Calculate the project's schedule performance index and cost performance index on the review date. AC of Activity A = ₹2,00,000, Activity B = ₹1,00,000. PV of A = ₹1,80,000, B = ₹80,000. Activity A is 100% complete, Activity B is 75% complete. (10 marks, 2024, Earned Value Analysis)
- Discuss advantages of software configuration management. (2 marks, 2023, Change and Configuration Control)
- Explain effect on Project if CPI>1.1 and SPI>1.2 (2 marks, 2023, Earned Value Analysis)
- Discuss Framework for management & control in context of cost and schedule. (10 marks, 2023, Monitoring and Control Framework)
Most asked Unit 4 topics
- Earned Value Analysis – asked 8 times
- Change and Configuration Control – asked 5 times
- Monitoring and Control Framework – asked 4 times
Unit 4 question pattern
- 2-mark questions: 7 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 4 in every paper
- 19 questions were asked again in a later year
Unit 4 questions year by year
- 2025: 4 Unit 4 questions asked (23 marks across that year's papers)
- 2024: 5 Unit 4 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)
- 2023: 5 Unit 4 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)
- 2022: 5 Unit 4 questions asked (34 marks across that year's papers)