BPMN UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The thin circle at the start of a process is called a ... - CORRECT ANSWER - Start event
What does a start event do? - CORRECT ANSWER - It indicates where the process starts
The thick circle at the end of a process is called an ... - CORRECT ANSWER - End event
What does an end event signify? - CORRECT ANSWER - The process is complete
What are rounded rectangles? - CORRECT ANSWER - Activities
An activity like 'Check Credit' represents an ... - CORRECT ANSWER - Action; a specific
unit of work performed
What are activities, like 'Check Credit', distinct from? - CORRECT ANSWER - A function
(e.g. 'Credit Check') or a state (e.g. 'Credit OK')
What for should the name of an activity have? - CORRECT ANSWER - VERB-NOUN
An elements name in the XML is displayed as... - CORRECT ANSWER - The label of the
shape in the diagram
What is the 'happy path'? - CORRECT ANSWER - The normal sequence of activities
when no exceptions occur
What are diamond shapes called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gateways
, What do gateways represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch points in the flow
What is another name for the exclusive data-based gateway? - CORRECT ANSWER -
XOR gateway
What is another name for the XOR gateway? - CORRECT ANSWER - The exclusive
data-based gateway
How is an XOR gateway represented? - CORRECT ANSWER - A diamond with no
symbol inside
What does the XOR gateway mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - Take one path or the other
based on some data condition, such as 'Is the buyer's credit OK?'
How does a diagram communicate the process logic in relation to XOR gateways? - CORRECT
ANSWER - By the combination of the gateway label and lables on the sequence flows out
of the gateway?
What are gates? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sequence flows out of a gateway
What are sequence flows out of a gateway called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gates
What are gateways commonly used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Splitting exception
paths from the happy path
What is the Method & Style Principle regarding end events? - CORRECT ANSWER - Use
different end events to indicate distinct end states, and labeling each with the name of the end
state
How do we indicate the performer of each activity? - CORRECT ANSWER - Using lanes
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The thin circle at the start of a process is called a ... - CORRECT ANSWER - Start event
What does a start event do? - CORRECT ANSWER - It indicates where the process starts
The thick circle at the end of a process is called an ... - CORRECT ANSWER - End event
What does an end event signify? - CORRECT ANSWER - The process is complete
What are rounded rectangles? - CORRECT ANSWER - Activities
An activity like 'Check Credit' represents an ... - CORRECT ANSWER - Action; a specific
unit of work performed
What are activities, like 'Check Credit', distinct from? - CORRECT ANSWER - A function
(e.g. 'Credit Check') or a state (e.g. 'Credit OK')
What for should the name of an activity have? - CORRECT ANSWER - VERB-NOUN
An elements name in the XML is displayed as... - CORRECT ANSWER - The label of the
shape in the diagram
What is the 'happy path'? - CORRECT ANSWER - The normal sequence of activities
when no exceptions occur
What are diamond shapes called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gateways
, What do gateways represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch points in the flow
What is another name for the exclusive data-based gateway? - CORRECT ANSWER -
XOR gateway
What is another name for the XOR gateway? - CORRECT ANSWER - The exclusive
data-based gateway
How is an XOR gateway represented? - CORRECT ANSWER - A diamond with no
symbol inside
What does the XOR gateway mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - Take one path or the other
based on some data condition, such as 'Is the buyer's credit OK?'
How does a diagram communicate the process logic in relation to XOR gateways? - CORRECT
ANSWER - By the combination of the gateway label and lables on the sequence flows out
of the gateway?
What are gates? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sequence flows out of a gateway
What are sequence flows out of a gateway called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gates
What are gateways commonly used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Splitting exception
paths from the happy path
What is the Method & Style Principle regarding end events? - CORRECT ANSWER - Use
different end events to indicate distinct end states, and labeling each with the name of the end
state
How do we indicate the performer of each activity? - CORRECT ANSWER - Using lanes
