CPRE-FL Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which two statements are correct with regard to the introduction of a requirements engineering tool? (2 Points)

A. The introduction of a tool defines the future requirements engineering approach

B. Risks associated with the introduction can be identified through a pilot operation

C. The requirements engineering processes must be clearly defined before introduction

D. The license costs are generally the greatest cost block relating to the introduction of a requirements engineering tool

You would like to design a requirements document in such a way that it is particularly well suited to the project participants who are to continue working with it. Please select from the following statements the two most appropriate assignments of requirement properties to participants. (1 Point)

A. For the tester the requirements must be practicable.

B. For the developers the requirements must be easily changeable.

C. For all participants the requirements must be consistent.

D. For the project manager the requirements must be evaluated.

E. For maintenance the requirements must be testable.

Sentence-templates can be used to document natural language requirements. You want to introduce such a sentence-template in your project and must convince your project manager of its advantages. Which two arguments do most likely put forward in this discussion? (2 Points)

A. High quality requirements are guaranteed already from the initial documentation.

B. Requirements that are formulated according to the sentence-template contain no linguistic transformation effects.

C. Drafting requirements in accordance with sentence-templates can be learned in a short time.

D. The use of a sentence-template basically delivers greater information content.

E. A requirement drafted according to a sentence-template satisfies all quality criteria for requirements.

Validating requirements is one of the main activities of requirements engineering. Which four of the following techniques are suitable for requirements validation? (2 Points)

A. Stakeholder analysis

B. Walk through

C. Ranking

D. Monitoring

E. Decomposition

F. Apprenticing

G. Generalization

H. Validation by using an interface prototype

I. Perspective-based reading

J. Inspection

K. Visualization

You are project manager for a system that your company is creating for the military in the field of logistics. A requirements engineer has been assigned to your project but does not have all the desirable skills for this role. In respect to the attributes of the requirements engineer, which of the following statements implies the greatest risk for the requirements engineering? (1 Point)

A. The requirements engineer is not familiar with the military ranks and so cannot deal adequately with the hierarchical sensitivities.

B. The requirements engineer does not have detailed knowledge of the military norms and standards that should be applied to the system.

C. The requirements engineer has no solid project management training.

D. The requirements engineer is introverted and has no knowledge of requirements elicitation and documentation.

Which sentence best characterises the term "stakeholder"? (1 Point)

A. The external actors interacting with a system and the technical interfaces to surrounding systems are designated as stakeholders.

B. Stakeholders are persons and organisations affected by the development and the use of the system or of the product.

C. Stakeholders are special interest representatives who are responsible for the approval of the first project phase.

D. A stakeholder is responsible for the administration of the software development environment.

At a technical college, each student is supervised by a lecturer. Some lecturers supervise several students, some none.

Which of the following class diagrams best shows this student-lecturer relationship? (2 Points)

A. Option A

B. Option B

C. Option C

D. Option D

The activity diagram below shows a simplified order processing procedure. Which of the following statements is correct for this flow? (2 Points)

A. The flow is not modelled correctly, since no condition (branch)should be present within a fork.

B. The flow is modelled correctly: the goods branch as well as the export and domestic order branch are processed in parallel to one another.

C. The flow is not modelled correctly, since the branches for the domestic and export orders must be consolidated via a diamond symbol.

D. The flow is modelled correctly and the "issue invoice" activity is conducted after the "compile goods" activity.

Assess the following statements about the natural language documentation of requirements in terms of being applicable or not applicable. (2 Points)

A. B, D, F, H, J

The following state diagram is to be found in a requirements specification for an order management system. Which of the following requirements is consistent with the diagram and which are not? (2 Points)

A. A, D, F, G