April 2000
SD206 : SYSTEMS DESIGN

QUESTION 5

Total Marks: 15 Marks

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• Question 2
• Question 3
• Question 4
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for Question 5

(a)Give two reasons why fourth generation tools are more suitable than third generation tools for small to medium sized business application systems.[2 marks ]

(b)Give two limitations of fourth generation tools.[2 marks ]

(c)In the context of CASE describe the following terms:
(i)Front-end tools.[2 marks ]
(ii)Back-end tools.[2 marks ]
(iii)Integrated tools.[2 marks ]

(d)What is the ultimate goal of CASE technology?[1 mark ]

(e)Describe the following CASE components
(i)Interface generators.[2 marks ]
(ii)Code generators.[2 marks ]