BPMN TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
Event
Is something that "happens" during a Process or a Choreography.
- Events affect the flow of the model and usually have cause (trigger) or an
impact (result).
- 3 types of Events: Start (Kreis), Intermediate (Kreis mit 2 Linien), and End
(dickerer Kreis)
Activity
Is a generic term for work that a company performs in a Process.
- can be atomic or non-atomic (compound=zusammengesetzt))
- types of activities that are part of a process model are: Sub-Processes and Task
Or:
-Tasks within a process
Pool
Represent the participant of a collaboration (organization or roles)
- stands for a single continuous process
- it also acts as a "swimlane" and a graphical container for partitioning a set of
Activities from other pools (usually B2B situations)
- MAY have internal details, in the form of the Process that will be executed
- external pools are also allowed, but only for message flows. Sequence flows
are forbidden.
Lane
Is a sup-partition within a process, sometimes a pool. They are used to organize
and categorize Activities.
, - no detailed definition!
Gateway
Is used to control the divergence and convergence of Sequence Flows in a
process.
- able to: determine branching, forking, merging, joining
All types of gateways are diamonds
Exclusive Gateway
only one path can be taken out of the gateway for each instance of a process
depending on the branching conditions.
If paths merge again it makes sense to use XOR Gateways (X) --> but it is NOT
mandatory to merge them again on a XOR. Alternatively they could directly go
into an event.
--> either...or
Parallel gateway (And-gateway)
- are places in the Process where multiple parallel paths are defined
- they are not required for forking(=gabeln) in most situations
- also used to synchronize (wait for) parallel paths
--> no logical condition
--> Merging IS mandatory
ANSWERS
Event
Is something that "happens" during a Process or a Choreography.
- Events affect the flow of the model and usually have cause (trigger) or an
impact (result).
- 3 types of Events: Start (Kreis), Intermediate (Kreis mit 2 Linien), and End
(dickerer Kreis)
Activity
Is a generic term for work that a company performs in a Process.
- can be atomic or non-atomic (compound=zusammengesetzt))
- types of activities that are part of a process model are: Sub-Processes and Task
Or:
-Tasks within a process
Pool
Represent the participant of a collaboration (organization or roles)
- stands for a single continuous process
- it also acts as a "swimlane" and a graphical container for partitioning a set of
Activities from other pools (usually B2B situations)
- MAY have internal details, in the form of the Process that will be executed
- external pools are also allowed, but only for message flows. Sequence flows
are forbidden.
Lane
Is a sup-partition within a process, sometimes a pool. They are used to organize
and categorize Activities.
, - no detailed definition!
Gateway
Is used to control the divergence and convergence of Sequence Flows in a
process.
- able to: determine branching, forking, merging, joining
All types of gateways are diamonds
Exclusive Gateway
only one path can be taken out of the gateway for each instance of a process
depending on the branching conditions.
If paths merge again it makes sense to use XOR Gateways (X) --> but it is NOT
mandatory to merge them again on a XOR. Alternatively they could directly go
into an event.
--> either...or
Parallel gateway (And-gateway)
- are places in the Process where multiple parallel paths are defined
- they are not required for forking(=gabeln) in most situations
- also used to synchronize (wait for) parallel paths
--> no logical condition
--> Merging IS mandatory
