Assignment:
1 An initial investment will be paid off at the end of the _____ period
discount rate
net present value
Payback
return on investment
2 Eddie, a scrum team member consistently shows up late for the daily scrum. Other than Eddie, who is responsible for the integrity of Eddie's agreements with his team?
The product owner, who is in charge
The scrum master, who manages the team
The team and the scrum master must help create the circumstances for the team to take this responsibility. This may include techniques such as nudging people and modeling behavior.
3 According to Bill Wake, the INVEST acronym can help you remember what a well-formed product backlog Items looks like. What do the last three letters stand for?
Ecclesiastical, Sacred, Truthful
Easy, Sane, Traceable
Estimable, Small, Testable
Effective, Secure, Trusted
Enormous, Severe, Tricky
4 Who estimates the effort to complete a product backlog Item?
The product owner, with input from the Scrum development team
The Scrum development team, after clarifying the requirement
The Scrum Master, with input from the Scrum development team
The most senior people in the organization, such as engineering managers or the software architect
5 How many sprints are planned during a sprint planning meeting?
One sprint only. Once the team has established a consistent velocity, the product owner can use this philosophy to make longer range forecasts and release plans.
All the sprints left in the project. We know more on the first day of a project than we will know in the future.
Four sprints
6 In scrum, how often is the Sprint Retrospective Meeting conducted?
Every day
Every sprint
Every project
7 If we keep the product backlog visible and encourage open communication, will the product backlog usually get bigger or smaller over time?
The product backlog will grow because people ask for things in response to what they've seen.
The product backlog will shrink because scrum teams work so fast
8 When specifying the user interface, you might consider all of the following except _____.
Branding graphics
communication protocols
data validation guidelines
navigation links that will appear on every screen
9 The goal is to specify the requirements precisely enough that a developer knows what to build and a tester can determine if it was built correctly.
True
False
10 One-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many are possible _____ one might specify for relationships between entities in an ERD.
Cardinalities
Designations
Primitives
Stores
11 Which of the following user stories specifies a quality attribute?
As a chemist, I want to request a chemical, so I can perform experiments
As a help desk technician, I want the knowledge base to respond to queries within five seconds, so the customer doesn't get frustrated and hang up
As a mother, I want to take recognizable pictures of my daughter during school performances, so that I can share them with her grandparents
As a student, I want to be able to check my grades online, so I don't have to wait until I get to school to see how I'm doing in the class
12 Which of the following types of prototypes focuses on technical soundness?
Preliminary
Mock-up
Proof-of-concept
Terminal
13 All but which of the following is a technique for prioritizing requirements.
Duck duck goose
In or out
MoSCoW
Three-level scale
14 When testing a use case, you should check all but which of the following?
Alternative flows
Deletions
Exceptions
Normal flow
15 You can deliver a product that has all the desired functionality but that user's hate because it doesn't match their (often unstated) quality expectations.
True
False
16 Which adaptive approach works well for projects with highly uncertain or volatile requirements?
Agile
Object oriented
Sequential design
Waterfall
17 In the product backlog, user stories have a designated status. For which status is the scrum master needed most?
Blocked
Completed
Defined
In Progress
18 Scope change is welcome in which of the following development methods?
Agile
Traditional
Waterfall
All of the above
19 After decision makers define a requirements _____, the business analyst should place the requirements under change control.
Baseline
Metric
Snapshot
Standard
20 Match the requirements development tasks listed below with the appropriate descriptions.
21 Business analysts do most of their work in seclusion, rarely interacting with others.
True
False
22 Many agile projects conduct an upfront planning iteration to define the overarching product vision and other business requirements for the project.
True
False
23 Customer involvement is a critical factor in delivering excellent software.
True
False
24 During elicitation, one effective technique is to create a "Wall of Wonder" where participants can write and post their ideas.
True
False
25 User stories contain all but which of the following.
Department
Goal
Rationale
Type of user