Every process is organized into distinct phases. What is a phase organized into?

Correct answer. A phase is organized into activities.

In general, what are the smallest manageable units of work to do within a process?

Correct answer. Tasks are the smallest managed units of work to do.

What is the term to describe a sequence of phases outlining the structure of work to create a software product?

Correct answer. All processes, linear, iterative and parallel, have a commonality that they are made up of a sequence of phases.

Which one of the following statements is true?

Correct answer. A software life cycle process organizes work for a software product into phases.

What are examples of resources needed to make a software product?

Correct answer. Time and money are examples of things that advance or fund the work to be done for the software product.

What are examples of roles played by people for a software product?

Correct answer. Programmer and tester are roles with associated duties. A specific developer could play one role or the other role as needed.

As defined and depicted in the course, which one of the following statements is true?

Correct answer. A task can use a work product to produce another work product.

From the course, which two of the following statements is true?

This is a correct answer because practices are tactics or guidelines used to make the activities in a process happen more effectively.

From the course, what are examples of specification activities?

Correct answer. Identifying ideas or needs, eliciting requirements, and managing requirements are all specification activities.

From the course, in which phase would an activity to conduct reviews and audits upon the product occur?

Correct answer. Conducting reviews and audits is an activity in the verification and validation phase.

Which one of the following process models is not an example of a linear process model?

Correct answer. The Unified model is an example of an iterative, not linear model.

Which two of the following statements are not true of the Waterfall software process model?

This is a correct answer because in the Waterfall model, software requirements are defined upfront and not easily changed.

Unlike Waterfall and V, what does the Sawtooth software process model further allow?

Correct answer. Beyond Waterfall and V models, the Sawtooth model adds opportunities to show intermediate prototypes to the client.

In the Spiral software process model, what is the correct order of quadrants or phases in each iteration?

Correct answer. This is the correct order for the quadrants in the Spiral process model.

The Unified software process model is iterative because of which of the following reason(s)? (Choose two that are correct)

This is a correct answer because phases of the model happen in a cycle, and a cycle can be repeated.

In the Unified software process model, requirements are conceived in the ___ phase and further refined in the ___ phase.

Correct answer. Requirements are conceived in the inception phase, and further refined in the elaboration phase.

In incremental prototyping, the product is built up by adding successive increments. What kinds of features get done in the successive increments?

Correct answer. Incremental prototyping uses a triage method, prioritizing features to add into must do, then should do, and then could do.

Continuous delivery mainly aims to achieve _______________ by the end of each iteration?

Correct answer. Continuous delivery mainly aims to have working software that is tested, ready-to-run, and releasable to others.

Which of the following statements is not an outcome of the planning game in Extreme Programming that involves the client and development team?

Correct answer. Extreme Programming is an Agile methodology, and it does not necessitate contracts.

A specific Extreme Programming practice is to have a system ___, so that the product intent or design can be easily explained to others.

Correct answer. System metaphor is the specific Extreme Programming practice.

Which one of the following upholds the Extreme Programming practice of simple design?

Correct answer. Designing just what you need to make your high-priority requirements work leads to simple design.

Which of the following statements is true about the Extreme Programming practice of continuous testing?

Correct answer. Extreme Programming applies test-driven development, where tests are written for a required feature before its source code is written.

In the Extreme Programming practice of continuous testing, what type of test is used by the client to check that each expected feature of the overall product works as specified?

Correct answer. An acceptance test is used by the client to check that each expected feature of the product works as specified.

In the Extreme Programming practice of pair programming, which two of the following statements is true?

This is a correct answer because a pair of developers works at the same computer, on the same task.

In Scrum, the project timeline is divided into fixed-length time boxes known as ___, with each typically lasting ___.

Correct answer. The time boxes for the project are known as sprints, with each typically lasting one or two weeks.

In Scrum, the ___ is responsible for ___ on the product backlog.

Correct answer. In Scrum, the product owner is responsible for defining and prioritizing requirements for the product backlog.

In Scrum, who can make changes to the requirements on the product backlog?

Correct answer. Only the product owner can make changes to the requirements on the product backlog.

What are two scrum events that are facilitated by a scrum master?

Correct answer. Daily scrum and sprint planning are two scrum events that are facilitated by a scrum master. ution

How can waste arise in software development? (Choose two that are correct)

This is a correct answer because work that keeps each developer busy, but doesn't fully finish required features, could become wasted work.

In Lean software development, how can amplifying learning occur? (Choose two that are correct)

This is a correct answer because having the client see the features of all the alternative solutions is a way to discover their needs and amplify learning about the problem.

In Lean software development, what does the principle of deciding as late as possible mean?

Correct answer. Decisions are made after having enough information from considering the alternatives.

In Lean software development, what does the principle of delivering as fast as possible mean? (Choose three that are correct)

This is a correct answer because iterations are short, so feedback is frequent, and product evolution is rapid.

In Lean software development, what does building quality or integrity in mean? (Choose two that are correct)

This is a correct answer because practices like pair programming or test-driven development can avoid or quickly catch errors while making the software product.