UWEC IS 310 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
A company uses a concept of Product Line to denote a group of
Products that it wants to track together in reporting. Each
Product can at any point in time be moved from one Product
Line to another and each Product continues to exist even if the
Product Line to which it belongs is deleted. What is this
structure called? Correct Answer Aggregation
A fundamental divergence between traditional vs. agile
organizations in software cost estimating is that: Correct
Answer Only traditional organizations expand requirements
based on BRUF, enabling highly accurate software estimates.
A Gantt chart is: Correct Answer A project management tool
listing tasks, their sequence, durations, and team members.
A not-for-profit organization has always exactly one paid staff
member for each volunteer team. Each team has at least one
member but may have many. What type of a relationship this is?
Correct Answer One-to-many
A product backlog item (PBI) is: Correct Answer Any of the
above.
A production-like environment is most important for: Correct
Answer User acceptance testing (UAT).
A project that fails to do which the following tasks or events
cannot add value to the business: Correct Answer Go live
deployment to production.
,A stand-up meeting is used to conduct: Correct Answer The
daily meeting of project team members.
A user story: Correct Answer Defines what capability the
system should provide the user.
Activities that prepare the business to adapt to and take
advantage of new system features are called: Correct Answer
Change management.
Agile is most appropriate when: Correct Answer What needs to
be built needs to be built as a series of prototypes
An advantage of hybrid release planning over agile release
planning is: Correct Answer Maximizing the likelihood of
achieving minimium viable project (MVP) scope prior to
running out of time and budget.
An agile task board: Correct Answer Does a better job than a
burndown chart in visualizing the step status of each task or
story.
An ATHLETE entity has two subtypes: Club and Varsity. An
athlete cannot belong to both subtypes but each athlete belongs
to one or the other. What would this combination be called:
Correct Answer Disjoint, total specialization
As a sprint executes, the estimated effort remaining for a sprint
story or task: Correct Answer May go up as a developer works
on the story or task, depending on actual progress.
,Assume four possible responses to an error situation by the
system: a) Provide contextual information regarding the
situation; b) Let the user decide the best course of action without
interference; c) Suggest a course of action and ask if it should be
executed; and d) Provide contextual information regarding the
situation and contact information for a human expert. Which is
the preference order for these courses of action by the system
according to the human-computer collaboration model? Correct
Answer c, d, a, b
Assume we evaluate domesticated animals and observe that cats
and dogs are both domesticated animals and that they both have
attributes that the other one does not have. Which process we
have followed? Correct Answer Specialization
Assume you have two entities, Team and Coach, and a many-to-
many relationship between them. Also, assume that a coach can
work with a team multiple different times during their career.
Which one(s) of the following structures can be used to model
this situation. Correct Answer An associative entity with a
primary key
At the end of a sprint, which of the following occurs: Correct
Answer All of the above are true.
Change management refers to: Correct Answer Tasks to
prepare the business to successfully deploy a new or enhanced
software system
, Compared to a house construction project from an existing
blueprint, systems projects generally involve: Correct Answer
Higher design risk and lower replication risk.
Compared to creating detailed, up-front requirements, agile
tends to view creating traditional detailed, up-front project plans
as: Correct Answer Also a waste of time.
Comparing a sprint review vs. a sprint retrospective: Correct
Answer All of the above are true.
Comparing big requirements up front (BRUF) and big design up
front (BDUF): Correct Answer BRUF pertains to functional
requirements and BDUF to non-functional requirements.
Comparing Gantt to Gantt-lite charts, which of the following is
NOT true: Correct Answer Gantt charts are used for up-front
requirements, while Gantt-lite charts are used to structure sprint-
based construction.
Comparing iterative vs. non-iterative software construction:
Correct Answer Iterative construction is always superior to non-
iterative construction.
Comparing policies and procedures (P&Ps) to training manuals:
Correct Answer None of the above are true.
Comparing projects focused on construction of new features vs.
projects focused on configuration of COTS software, today it is
typically the case that for implementation tasks: Correct
Answer Construction projects will use an agile, iterative
A company uses a concept of Product Line to denote a group of
Products that it wants to track together in reporting. Each
Product can at any point in time be moved from one Product
Line to another and each Product continues to exist even if the
Product Line to which it belongs is deleted. What is this
structure called? Correct Answer Aggregation
A fundamental divergence between traditional vs. agile
organizations in software cost estimating is that: Correct
Answer Only traditional organizations expand requirements
based on BRUF, enabling highly accurate software estimates.
A Gantt chart is: Correct Answer A project management tool
listing tasks, their sequence, durations, and team members.
A not-for-profit organization has always exactly one paid staff
member for each volunteer team. Each team has at least one
member but may have many. What type of a relationship this is?
Correct Answer One-to-many
A product backlog item (PBI) is: Correct Answer Any of the
above.
A production-like environment is most important for: Correct
Answer User acceptance testing (UAT).
A project that fails to do which the following tasks or events
cannot add value to the business: Correct Answer Go live
deployment to production.
,A stand-up meeting is used to conduct: Correct Answer The
daily meeting of project team members.
A user story: Correct Answer Defines what capability the
system should provide the user.
Activities that prepare the business to adapt to and take
advantage of new system features are called: Correct Answer
Change management.
Agile is most appropriate when: Correct Answer What needs to
be built needs to be built as a series of prototypes
An advantage of hybrid release planning over agile release
planning is: Correct Answer Maximizing the likelihood of
achieving minimium viable project (MVP) scope prior to
running out of time and budget.
An agile task board: Correct Answer Does a better job than a
burndown chart in visualizing the step status of each task or
story.
An ATHLETE entity has two subtypes: Club and Varsity. An
athlete cannot belong to both subtypes but each athlete belongs
to one or the other. What would this combination be called:
Correct Answer Disjoint, total specialization
As a sprint executes, the estimated effort remaining for a sprint
story or task: Correct Answer May go up as a developer works
on the story or task, depending on actual progress.
,Assume four possible responses to an error situation by the
system: a) Provide contextual information regarding the
situation; b) Let the user decide the best course of action without
interference; c) Suggest a course of action and ask if it should be
executed; and d) Provide contextual information regarding the
situation and contact information for a human expert. Which is
the preference order for these courses of action by the system
according to the human-computer collaboration model? Correct
Answer c, d, a, b
Assume we evaluate domesticated animals and observe that cats
and dogs are both domesticated animals and that they both have
attributes that the other one does not have. Which process we
have followed? Correct Answer Specialization
Assume you have two entities, Team and Coach, and a many-to-
many relationship between them. Also, assume that a coach can
work with a team multiple different times during their career.
Which one(s) of the following structures can be used to model
this situation. Correct Answer An associative entity with a
primary key
At the end of a sprint, which of the following occurs: Correct
Answer All of the above are true.
Change management refers to: Correct Answer Tasks to
prepare the business to successfully deploy a new or enhanced
software system
, Compared to a house construction project from an existing
blueprint, systems projects generally involve: Correct Answer
Higher design risk and lower replication risk.
Compared to creating detailed, up-front requirements, agile
tends to view creating traditional detailed, up-front project plans
as: Correct Answer Also a waste of time.
Comparing a sprint review vs. a sprint retrospective: Correct
Answer All of the above are true.
Comparing big requirements up front (BRUF) and big design up
front (BDUF): Correct Answer BRUF pertains to functional
requirements and BDUF to non-functional requirements.
Comparing Gantt to Gantt-lite charts, which of the following is
NOT true: Correct Answer Gantt charts are used for up-front
requirements, while Gantt-lite charts are used to structure sprint-
based construction.
Comparing iterative vs. non-iterative software construction:
Correct Answer Iterative construction is always superior to non-
iterative construction.
Comparing policies and procedures (P&Ps) to training manuals:
Correct Answer None of the above are true.
Comparing projects focused on construction of new features vs.
projects focused on configuration of COTS software, today it is
typically the case that for implementation tasks: Correct
Answer Construction projects will use an agile, iterative
