Deck 2: Process and Methods

Question 1

A work breakdown structure is a list of tasks broken down to small manageable activities.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

At the CMMI Level 1,an organization focuses on continuous process improvement.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to some researchers mentioned in the textbook,CIM leads organizations to be innovators and not followers.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

At the CMMI Level 5,software processes are defined by individuals in an organization.

Question 5

The Capability Maturity Model for software implementation is used by many organizations to identify best practices that are useful in increasing the maturity of their processes.

Question 6

Stakeholders are people involved in the project or those who have an impact on the project activities.

Question 7

At the CMMI Level 4,an organization typically does not provide a stable environment for developing and maintaining software.

Question 8

According to some researchers,CIM may hinder creativity due to enforcement of standards,and cause organizations to be narrow-minded,to be totally focused only on serving customers,and to focus too much on cost efficiency.

Question 9

Tangible benefits arising from project implementation using CIM principles include a shorter manufacturing cycle time,lower inventory,lower project reject rate,and increased customer satisfaction.

Question 10

The CMMI Level 3 uses an organization-wide software process database to collect and analyze data available from a project's defined software processes.

Question 11

Six Sigma asserts that continuous efforts to reduce process variation are important to overall performance and customer satisfaction in a project.

Question 12

A project service request is a document that shows project details and the project team with stakeholders' approval and customer authorization to work on a project.

Question 13

Delivery is one of the PMBOK process groups.

Question 14

At the CMMI Level 2,all projects in an organization use an approved,tailored version of the organization's standard and tested software process for developing and maintaining software.

Question 15

Seven Sigma is oriented toward the solution of problems at the root level and the prevention of their recurrence.

Question 16

Software process capability focuses on achieved results.

Question 17

At the CMMI Level 5,common causes of defects are discovered,identified,prioritized,and eliminated.

Question 18

A business process is a collection of related,structured business activities or tasks in a specific order that produce a specific service or product for a customer.

Question 19

Continuous Improvement Management is a methodology that involves all employees of an organization in a systematic,structured process to implement continuous improvement in quality in projects.

Question 20

A procedure defines how to do a task.

Question 21

The extreme programming model is very suitable for large projects.

Question 22

Higher stability of deliverables is one of the reasons why agile methods are used.

Question 23

The spiral model uses a linear approach for project definition and implementation.

Question 24

Project scope management involves

A)developing a project charter.
B)collecting requirements.
C)defining activities.
D)acquiring a project team.

Question 25

Restricted development means that project activities are packaged to fit time boxes.

Question 26

A systematic method to continuously augment how organizations conduct business and projects best defines

A)process improvement.
B)product improvement.
C)value chain improvement.
D)business process reengineering.

Question 27

A specific ordering of structured activities with defined inputs and outputs best defines

A)process.
B)value chain.
C)function.
D)system.

Question 28

With the spiral model,activities are managed concurrently and more people are working on the project so the complexity of projects increases.

Question 29

Which of the following is a collection of processes and knowledge areas generally accepted as best practices within the project management discipline?

A)RAD
B)PMBOK
C)UCOK
D)PMBPR

Question 30

Developing schedules,milestones,and critical paths is associated with the

A)initiating process group and the cost management knowledge area.
B)executing process group and the communications management knowledge area.
C)planning process group and time management knowledge area.
D)executing process group and the risk management knowledge area.

Question 31

The traditional SDLC's popularity is because of its flexibility.

Question 32

The most important feature of the XP philosophy relative to SDLC is that programmers can respond to changing customer requirements at any time.

Question 33

When compared to the traditional SDLC,changing scope is more costly with the iterative SDLC.

Question 34

A disadvantage of the traditional SDLC is that it does not work well with global and virtual teams.

Question 35

The PMBOK process groups include each of the following except

A)executing.
B)monitoring and controlling.
C)maintaining.
D)closing.

Question 36

Environment is a supporting RUP workflow.

Question 37

Assessing the value and performance of the project and surveying satisfaction are associated with the

A)planning process group and the time management knowledge area.
B)initiating process group and the human resource management knowledge area.
C)controlling process group and the scope management knowledge area.
D)closing process group and the communications management knowledge area.

Question 38

PMBOK knowledge areas include

A)project quality management.
B)project communication management.
C)project procurement management.
D)all of the above.

Question 39

Benefits of process improvements include

A)improvements in project quality.
B)increase in project value.
C)improved efficiency and effectiveness.
D)all of the above.

Question 40

Coordinating all other project management knowledge areas describes

A)project integration management.
B)project communications management.
C)project procurement management.
D)project quality management.

Question 41

A potential for growth in capability that indicates both the richness of an organization's software process and the consistency with which it is applied in projects throughout the organization best defines

A)system maturity.
B)organizational maturity.
C)software process maturity.
D)business process maturity.

Question 42

The Six Sigma DMAIC phase that identifies the problem statement of a project is

A)measure.
B)define.
C)analyze.
D)investigate.

Question 43

Continuous Improvement Management principles include each of the following except

A)fact-based decision making.
B)employee involvement.
C)rapid engineering.
D)strategic alliance.

Question 44

The CMMI Level 3 objectives include

A)planning organization-level process development and improvement activities.
B)developing and maintaining a standard software process for the organization.
C)identifying all defects in software using CIM and Six Sigma and removing defects to improve quality.
D)all of the above.

Question 45

CMM benefits include

A)allowing software organizations to focus on software process activities.
B)allowing software organizations to strategize how to evolve toward a culture of software engineering and management excellence.
C)providing guidance to organizations on how to gain control of their processes to develop and maintain software.
D)all of the above.

Question 46

The conceptual phase of any system or just the software facet of a system best describes the SDLC

A)preliminary design phase.
B)analysis phase.
C)systems investigation phase.
D)launch phase.

Question 47

Six Sigma's problem solving methodology is called

A)DMAIC.
B)RAPID.
C)ENGAGE.
D)REVIVE.

Question 48

At which CMMI level are software processes documented,standardized,and integrated into a standard "to-be" practiced process for an organization?

A)Level 7
B)Level 0
C)Level 1
D)Level 3

Question 49

The final output of the analysis SDLC phase describes

A)how various processes will work with the proposed system or software.
B)how the system will interact with other systems.
C)how and what data,information,and knowledge are collected in the organization.
D)all of the above.

Question 50

A process improvement approach that is used to find and eliminate errors and defects,reduce cycle times,reduce cost,improve productivity,and meet customer expectations best defines

A)Join Application Design.
B)Rapid Application Development.
C)Object Oriented Analysis and Design.
D)Six Sigma.

Question 51

A software company where software process is ad hoc and occasionally even chaotic is at the CMMI

A)Level 0.
B)Level 1.
C)Level 3.
D)Level 5.

Question 52

CMMI Level 4 objectives include

A)manage measurable metrics and software goals.
B)plan organization-level process development and improvement activities.
C)establish a baseline for software engineering process and management.
D)constantly changing the software process as the project progresses.

Question 53

A model for software implementation used to identify the software process maturity level of organizations best defines

A)CMM.
B)PDM.
C)SPM.
D)SAP.

Question 54

Each of the following is an objective of the CMMI Level 2 except

A)identify and control requirements,specifications,and test plans.
B)document and control all changes in software projects.
C)use a reactionary approach to projects.
D)keep software activities consistent with system requirements.

Question 55

A working prototype that is implemented to design and define various functionalities of the project and show customers the friendly software interface and the story line of functionalities involved in the project best describes the SDLC

A)analysis phase.
B)systems investigation phase.
C)preliminary design phase.
D)testing phase.

Question 56

A set of activities,methods,practices,and transformations that people use to develop and maintain software and its associated products that include project plans,design documents,code,test cases,and user manuals best defines

A)system.
B)software process.
C)business process.
D)work process.

Question 57

CMMI Level 5 objectives include

A)establishing a baseline for software engineering process and management.
B)planning continuous process improvement activities and encouraging employees to participate in those activities.
C)keeping software activities consistent with system requirements.
D)reverting back to coding and testing during a crisis.

Question 58

Deming,Juran,and other scholars found the common denominator in any quality system is

A)people.
B)change.
C)communication.
D)structure.

Question 59

Which Six Sigma DMAIC phase focuses on why and how defects and errors occur?

A)control
B)define
C)measure
D)analyze

Question 60

Which of Six Sigma's DMAIC phases focuses on the measurement of internal process that affect factors that are critical to quality?

A)analyze
B)define
C)measure
D)improve

Question 61

The UP phase concentrating on "high-risk" components of the proposed system in order to minimize the overall risk of the proposed system best defines

A)construction.
B)inception.
C)transition.
D)elaboration.

Question 62

Define CIM.What are its seven principles?

Question 63

Core RUP workflows include each of the following except

A)integration.
B)deployment.
C)implementation.
D)business modeling.

Question 64

For the quality management knowledge area,identify five activities that would be carried out.

Question 65

List the nine PMBOK knowledge areas.

Question 66

What is Six Sigma? What is DMAIC?

Question 67

Identify five benefits of process improvements.

Question 68

The UP phase where components of the system are developed and tested is

A)construction.
B)transition.
C)inception.
D)elaboration.

Question 69

Disadvantages of the iterative SDLC include each of the following except

A)revisiting and revising prior phases is not easy to accomplish.
B)high-level design has to predict all integrations well in advance.
C)needs great effort to manage all integrations.
D)project teams should be able to estimate well enough to plan all integrations.

Question 70

Supporting core RUP workflows include each of the following except

A)configuration and change management.
B)affirmation.
C)project management.
D)environment.

Question 71

Advantages of the Scrum model include

A)great when requirements are fluid.
B)works well with inexperienced team members.
C)does not require a significant time commitment from customers.
D)very suitable for large projects.

Question 72

The spiral model of software process involves

A)determination of objectives,alternatives,and constraints.
B)evaluation of alternatives,risk identification,and risk resolution.
C)planning and development of the next level of the project.
D)all of the above.

Question 73

Documentation resulting from the SDLC launch phase includes

A)operating instructions and user manuals.
B)final design specifications.
C)software requirements.
D)interface design specifications.

Question 74

A graphical language for visualizing,specifying,constructing,and documenting object-oriented software best defines

A)CASE.
B)UML.
C)JAD.
D)RAD.

Question 75

Factors for using Agile methods include

A)prioritization of tasks is done by key stakeholders.
B)works well with true teamwork and collaboration.
C)shortened development cycles.
D)all of the above.

Question 76

The UP phase focused on specification of use-cases and scope definition of a project is

A)construction.
B)elaboration.
C)inception.
D)transition.

Question 77

The Unified Process

A)is great for development of large-scale projects.
B)is great for development of geographically and globally dispersed projects.
C)provides better overall quality.
D)is all of the above.

Question 78

A process model used to develop object-oriented software best defines

A)unified process.
B)XML.
C)CMMI.
D)AM.

Question 79

The UP phase where the proposed,implemented system is deployed to end users best describes the

A)construction phase.
B)transition phase.
C)inception phase.
D)elaboration phase.

Question 80

Best practices supported by RUP include each of the following except

A)manage requirements.
B)use component-based architectures.
C)develop software iteratively.
D)facilitate a linear approach to software development.