Knowledge Domain 4 - Build the Test Environment

Maura Shortridge

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  1. ________ and ________ are used within individual workbenches to produce the right output products.
  2. Your answer:
    tools and techniques
    procedures and standards
    none of these
    processes and walkthroughs


  3. The Standards Manager's role(s) include:
  4. Your answer:
    training the standards committee
    promoting the concept of standards
    choosing members for ad hoc committees
    a and b only


  5. A Toolsmith is:
  6. Your answer:
    always the head software engineer
    the person with specialized knowledge of the tool being introduced
    both of these
    neither of these


  7. Whose responsibility is it to set policies?
  8. Your answer:
    Testers
    Senior management
    Lead technical staff
    Independent audit boards


  9. Which of these is typically NOT the role of management during tool selection?
  10. Your answer:
    identify tool objectives
    define selection criteria
    make the final selection of the tool or the source
    prepare a ranked list of selection choices


  11. If procedures and standards are working properly, they will:
  12. Your answer:
    reduce the cost of doing work
    increase quality
    make budgets and schedules more predictable
    all of the above


  13. The standsards program is driven by management policies, but workers should develop their own standards and procedures.
  14. Your answer:
    False
    True


  15. The software engineer's role in tool selection is...
  16. Your answer:
    to identify, evaluate, and rank tools, and recommend tools to management
    to determine what kind of tool is needed, then find it and buy it
    to initiate the tool search and present a case to management
    none of these


  17. The highest level manager from each relevant group should be asked to join the standards committee
  18. Your answer:
    true
    false


  19. A standards program should:
  20. Your answer:
    be able to enforce standards
    roll out ad hoc committees to develop standards
    both of these
    neither of these


  21. A valid risk to consider during tool selection is:
  22. Your answer:
    difficult to use
    requires excessive computer resources
    lacks adequate documentation
    all of the above


  23. A _______ is the step-by-step method followed to ensure that standards are met
  24. Your answer:
    SDLC
    Project Plan
    Policy
    Procedure


  25. It is advisable to follow the QAI- recommended set of steps during tool selection because...
  26. Your answer:
    a methodical process will help avoid the pitfalls of "just picking one"
    it assigns a toolsmith who can troubleshoot or tune the tool to the organization's needs
    both of these
    neither of these


  27. A _______ is the emasure used to evaluate products and identify nonconformance.
  28. Your answer:
    policy
    standard
    procedure
    mission


  29. The _______ should accept topics for standards, but the _________ should develop individual technical standards.
  30. Your answer:
    standards committee, ad hoc committee
    standards manager, ad hoc committee
    standards committee, standards manager
    standards manager, standards committee


  31. The ________ defines quality as "meeting the requirements"
  32. Your answer:
    producer
    developer
    consumer
    tester


  33. When developing ___________, it is important to ask these questions: - is every organizational function involved - are activities having a vested interest involved, such as authors
  34. Your answer:
    developing standards
    conducting walkthroughs
    creating test cases
    all of the above


  35. A ________ is the managerial desires and intents concerning either process (intended objectives) or products (desired attributes)
  36. Your answer:
    policy
    procedure
    standard
    vision


  37. When implementing a new tool, it is a good idea to assign one person full time to the tool's deployment.
  38. Your answer:
    True
    False


  39. When doing an informal tool acquisition, it is still necessary to write an RFP.
  40. Your answer:
    True
    False



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