Software Engineering
Unit 3

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⭐ Important Questions

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UNIT-3: Software Design - PYQ Analysis

Repeated Questions

Question 2022 2023 2024 2025 Frequency
UML Modeling ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ 1
Function Oriented Design ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌ 2
Object Oriented vs Function Oriented ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌ 2
Design Principles ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ 3
Architectural Styles ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ 3
Architectural Views ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ 2
Design Metrics ❌ ✅ ❌ ✅ 2
SA/SD ❌ ❌ Short Note ✅ 2
Component Based Design ❌ ✅ Short Note ❌ 2

⭐ Most Important for 2026

UNIT-3 : Software Design

June 2025

  1. Describe any four fundamental Software Design Principles.
  2. Explain SA/SD approach to Function-Oriented Design.
  3. What are Architectural Views?
  4. Briefly describe different Architectural Styles.
  5. Key Design Metrics used to evaluate Software Design Quality.

Dec 2024

  1. Differentiate Function-Oriented and Object-Oriented Development.
  2. How is System Modeling achieved using UML?
  3. What is Function-Oriented Design?
  4. Different Architecture Styles and Patterns.

June 2024

  1. Pattern Based Software Design.
  2. Function-Oriented Design.
  3. Golden Rules of User Interface Design.

Nov 2023

  1. Difference between Function-Oriented and Object-Oriented Modeling.
  2. Design Metrics and their Importance.
  3. Function-Oriented Design Strategies.

June 2023

  1. Basic Principles of Software Design.
  2. SA and SD.
  3. Component Based Design and its Advantages.
  4. Object Models.

Nov 2022

  1. Design Concepts and Principles.
  2. Architecture and Architectural Styles.
  3. Multiple Concurrent Views of Architecture.

June 2022

  1. Software Modeling and Model Views.
  2. Object-Oriented Design and Metrics.
  3. Interface Analysis and Design Model.

About This Unit

Software Engineering Unit 3 mainly focuses on software designing techniques and software architecture. This unit is very important because software design converts requirements into a working system blueprint.

Topics like UML, Architectural Design, UI Design and Design Metrics are frequently asked in RGPV examinations and technical interviews.

These notes are specially designed in easy language for engineering students to quickly understand concepts and score better in examinations.