311 SCRUM FINAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT a question that is asked in a Scrum meeting?​

The _____ approach is an SDLC approach that assumes the output of each phase are frozen before moving on to the next phase.​

The objective of the ____ is to keep the system running productively during the years following its initial installation.​

An approach to the SDLC where the phases overlap is often referred to as the _______ approach.​

Which of the following methodologies use an adaptive approach to systems development?​

Which of the following is NOT an XP practice?​

The basis of an XP plan is a set of ____ that users develop.​

Scrum focuses primarily on the ____ level

Which of the following is NOT an Agile Modeling principle?​

The term "_______" is used to separate out some aspect of the real world that is important to understand when we build a model.​

The term "____" means that work activities are done once, then again, and yet again.

A Scrum sprint is a firm ____ time box, with a specific goal or deliverable.

In Agile modeling what are the two important reasons for building models?​

Which of the following is completed in the inception phase of the UP?​

A(n) ______ is a representation of an important aspect of the real world.​

What is the primary goal in Agile Modeling?​

UP disciplines are involved in each iteration, which is typically planned to span ____.​

The UP ____ discipline involves setting up the guidelines to manage releases and versions.

A(n) _____ approach to the SDLC is used when the exact requirements of a system or needs of users are not well understood.​

The first release-level activity in an XP development approach is ____.​

A(n) _____ provides guidelines to follow for completing every activity in systems development, including specific models, tools, and techniques.​

Which of the following is NOT one of the major activities of the support phase?​

An adaptive approach to a development project is best used when _______.​

A(n) "_______" is a guideline to help an analyst complete a specific task and often includes step-by-step instructions to do something such as how to create a model.​

In XP development, a(n) ____ can guide members toward a vision and help them understand the system.​

The term ____ refers to an approach that completes parts of a system in one or more iterations and puts them into operation for users.​

The first XP development activity is creating ____.​

Which of the following is completed in the transition phase of the UP?

Which of the following is a basic value of agile software development

In Scrum, the ____ maintains the product backlog list.​

The UP life cycle model includes all of the following:​

​The UP ____ discipline involves setting up the guidelines to manage releases and versions.

Which is NOT a criterion that is used to determine how to define tasks for a work breakdown structure.​

Which of the following is NOT a standard reason for initiating a system development project.​

According to the Dr Dobbs report on project success what is the approximate percent of Agile or iterative projects that can be considered completely successful?​

A ____ combines three components: the problem description, the business benefits, and the system capabilities.​

Which of the following is also called a steering committee?

The fear of using a computer (computer phobia) is a type of _______ risk.​

What technique is used to control the scope in an Agile project?​

The time from the deployment of a new system until the break-even point is reached is sometimes called the ______.​

Which is NOT an activity associated with establishing the project environment?​

The present value of $200,000 development costs in year 0 assuming a 10% discount rate is:

Which of the following is NOT a common question asked by the client before giving project approval?​

Missing milestones on a project may be an indication of project that has high _______ risk.​

The organization and direction of other people to achieve a planned result within a predetermined schedule and budget is called what?​

Which of the following is NOT one of the internal responsibilities of a project manager?​

Given a project schedule with all tasks connected with one-way arrows and task durations. The critical path is _____.​

Which of the following is NOT one of the activities of the second core process to plan and monitor the project.​

Which of the following principles of project management evaluates Requests for Proposals?​

​Which would be the least desirable reason to initiate a new development project?

​Estimating the effort required and identifying task dependencies is usually part of the work to create what?

Usually the highest cost for the development and deployment of a new system is _____.​

Which of the following best describes the reason why projects fail?​

Project Quality Management is different for Agile projects because they place heavy emphasis in what additional area?​

Which of the following is NOT one of the external responsibilities of a project manager?​

Which of the following statements best defines what a project is?​

​The creation of a work breakdown structure is helpful in the development of what?

When the project team asks "Are our working relationships with the user effective?" it is doing what?

The net present value for a year is calculated by _______.​

Which of the following is NOT one of the activities associated with staffing the project team?​

Which of the following is NOT one of the PMBOK knowledge areas?​

Which is NOT one of the primary areas for risk and feasibility analysis?​

Which of the following is also called a steering committee?​

​If one class calls a method in another class, but uses the wrong API method names, this is would be an error that would first be identified by what kind of test?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of parallel deployment?

​Which of the following is a major advantage of input, process, output development order?

​Which of the following is a disadvantage of top-down program development order as compared to bottom-up program development order?

​A(n) ____ test is a test performed to determine whether the system fulfills user requirements.

A stress test is also called a _____ test.

​Which of the following is NOT a condition describing a test case?

​A(n) ____ version is a system that is stable enough to be tested by end users.

​The primary advantage of ____ deployment is its simplicity.

The primary purpose and benefit of a build and smoke test is to _______ .

​The primary disadvantage of ____ deployment is increased complexity.

​In a ____ deployment, the system is installed and brought into operation in a series of steps.

​A ____ system is a copy of the production system that is modified to test a maintenance change.

​Another common name for a production version is a(n) ______.

​An error condition consisting of an error in the passing of parameters -- a method passes or returns an unexpected value such as a negative price -- is usually found in what kind of testing?

​A principle of iterative development is to implement the high-risk components of the system first. This approach best falls into what kind of development paradigm?

Which is NOT one of the primary characteristic of unit testing:

The acronym SCCS is an abbreviation of ____.

​Most organizations use a(n) ____ form to propose and document a maintenance change.

Under input, process, output (IPO) development order, programs or methods that ____ are developed first.

​____ testing examines the behavior of an entire subsystem or independent subsystem with respect to technical and user requirements.

​A(n) ____ version is a system version created for long-term release to users.

A build and smoke test is often performed how frequently?

​A(n) ____ version is a system that is incomplete but ready for some level of rigorous testing.

Which of the following is an advantage of top-down program development order as compared to bottom-up program development order?

​Often the deployment of a new system will require training. What groups typically may require training?

​Complex modifications to database structure for a new system may require ____ the data after the changes.

​Which is NOT one of the types of items that is tested during system testing?

​Which is NOT a reason that a full parallel deployment and operation may not be practical?

Under which of the following circumstances might a direct deployment be a good choice?

The goal of _______ is to identify and fix as many errors as possible before units are combined into larger software units.

Which of the following is NOT a typically used development order for program modules?

​A maintenance change typically skims or skips the ____ activities of the system development life cycle (SDLC).

Drivers are used extensively in ____ development, because called methods and child modules are developed and unit-tested before their parents are developed.

A minor production release, called a(n) ____ version, provides bug fixes and small changes to existing features.

____ testing tests the behavior of a group of modules or methods.