Total No. of Questions : 6] SEAT No.

:
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[Total No. of Pages : 2

M.E. (Computer Engineering)

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(2017 Pattern) (Semester-I) (510101)

Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 50

Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3) Draw neat diagrams where necessary.

Q1) a) Explain the meaning of research. What are objectives and outcomes of
research? With an example of research work, state the two significant
objectives and outcomes. [9]
OR
b) What is need of code of ethics in research? State code of ethics for
Employer, General Public and nation. [9]

Q2) a) Explain the purpose of literature survey. Explain with example the purpose
and use of three different literature sources. [8]
OR
b) What is a research plan? What is use and relevance of Numerical
Modeling, theoretical derivation & calculations and curve marching? [8]

Q3) a) Explain need for statistical analysis. With example state the one
dimensional and two dimensional measures used in research. [8]
OR
b) State the use of following tools: [8]
i) PSPP
ii) SOFA
iii) AQUAD
iv) CAT
OR
P.T.O.
Q4) a) State the importance of optimization in Engineering Research. What is
gradient optimization? Explain with example. [9]
OR
b) What are advantages and limitations of Simplex method for optimization?
Explain with example the terms Cost function and constraints with respect
to simplex method. [9]

Q5) a) When to use surveys in research? Discuss the ergonomics and human
factors to be taken care in surveys with examples. [8]
OR
b) Discuss the guidelines for conducting surveys. comment on survey
delivery, respondents selection and timelines. [8]

Q6) a) What are methods to report research findings? What are guidelines for
ensuring the Quality of thesis? [8]
OR
b) State the guidelines for ensuring the Quality of Research paper. What are
expectations for research presentation? [8]

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Total No. of Questions : 7] SEAT No. :
P3955 [5462] - 679
[Total No. of Pages : 1

M.E. (Computer Engineering)

Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms
(2017 Course) (Sem - I) (510102)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 50
Instructions to the candidates:
1) Q.No.7 is compulsory, solve any 5 from Q.No 1 to Q.No.6
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4) Assume suitable data, if necessary.

Q1) a) What is natural computing? [1]

b) Write simulated annealing algorithm. [4]
c) What is positive feedback? List examples of positive feedback. [3]

Q2) a) Discuss selection and mutation of Evolutionary Programming [4]

b) Discuss selection and crossover of Evolutionary Strategies. [4]

Q3) a) Interpret the biological terminology into Ant colony Optimization and
Ant Clustering Algorithm. [4]
b) Write Ant clustering algorithm. [4]

Q4) a) Write pseudocode of flower pollination algorithm and discuss idealized

rules of flower pollination algorithm. [4]
b) Discuss self tuning framework and self tuning of firefly algorithm [4]

Q5) a) Interpret the immunological terminology into the computational domain

of AIS. [4]
b) Illustrate procedure to generate antibodies from gene libraries. [4]

Q6) a) Discuss architecture of Framstick. [4]

b) Illustrate boid flocking. [4]

Q7) a) What is artificial life? What are the goals of artificial life. [4]
b) Discuss ant system for Travelling salesman problem. [6]

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Total No. of Questions : 12] SEAT No. :
P3956 [Total No. of Pages : 2
[5462] - 680
M.E. (Computer Engineering)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND VERSION CONTROL
(2017 Course) (Semester - I) (510103)

Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks :50

Instructions to the candidates:
1) Attempt Q1 or Q2, Q3 or Q4, Q5 or Q6, Q7 or Q8, Q9 or Q10, Q11 or Q12.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4) Assume suitable data if necessary.

Q1) What are the limitations of linear development process? Explain the incremental
and reactive software development process. [9]

OR

Q2) Explain in detail quality attributes of the design product. What are the techniques
used for assessing the design quality? [9]

Q3) Describe the components of the data centered software architecture. What
are the benefits and limitations of data centered architectures? [8]

OR
Q4) What are the various distributed architecture styles? Explain them with suitables
examples. [8]

Q5) Explain in detail the architecture reconstruction process. [8]

OR

Q6) Explain the following terms. [8]

a) Module views
b) Component - and - connector views.

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Q7) a) Explain the principles of source code management. [4]
b) Write short note on: Improving quality of processes by system
virtualization. [4]

OR

Q8) a) Explain the configuration management framework. [4]

b) Write short note on: Environment configuration control. [4]

Q9) Explain version control best practices on Git for management of files. [8]

OR

Q10) What are the different types of version control systems? Explain them in
detail. [8]

Q11) Explain the setup of any version control tool with respect to. [9]
a) basic configuration
b) commits
c) branching

OR

Q12) Compare the features of the following version control tools. [9]
a) GIT
b) GitHub
c) CVS

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Total No. of Questions : 12] SEAT No. :
P3957 [5462] - 681 [Total No. of Pages :2
M.E. (Computer Engineering)
EMBEDDED AND REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM
(2017 Pattern) (Semester-I) (510104)

Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks :50

Instructions to the candidates:
1) Attempt Q.No1 or Q.No2, Q.No3 or Q.No4, QNo.5 or Q.No.6, Q.No.7 or Q.No.8,
Q.No9 or Q.No.10, Q.No.11 or Q.No.12.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4) Assume suitable data, if necessary.

Q1) Explain with diagram different characteristics of embedded systems. [8]

OR

Q2) Explain the need of watchdog timer and reset after the watched time. [8]

Q3) Describe build process for embedding software. [8]

OR

Q4) Explain embedded system design technologies. [8]

Q5) Describe and compare RS232C and SDIO Devices. [9]

OR

Q6) Explain types of serial communication with examples. [9]

Q7) How precedence constraint decides in real time tasks? Explain. [8]
OR
Q8) What are the function parameters and resource of real time process? Explain
in brief. [8]

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Q9) Explain shared data problem while handling interrupts in detail. [8]
OR

Q10)What are the advantage and disadvantage of disabling interrupts during the
running of a critical section of a process? Explain. [8]

Q11)Describe the features of QNX Neutrino. [9]

OR

Q12)Explain the process for developing embedded software. [9]

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