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BPMN Questions and Correct Answers
The thin circle at the start of a process is called a ... Ans: Start
event
What does a start event do? Ans: It indicates where the process
starts
The thick circle at the end of a process is called an ... Ans: End
event
What does an end event signify? Ans: The process is complete
What are rounded rectangles? Ans: Activities
An activity like 'Check Credit' represents an ... Ans: Action; a
specific unit of work performed
What are activities, like 'Check Credit', distinct from? Ans: A
function (e.g. 'Credit Check') or a state (e.g. 'Credit OK')
What for should the name of an activity have? Ans: VERB-NOUN
An elements name in the XML is displayed as... Ans: The label of
the shape in the diagram
What is the 'happy path'? Ans: The normal sequence of activities
when no exceptions occur
What are diamond shapes called? Ans: Gateways
What do gateways represent? Ans: Branch points in the flow
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What is another name for the exclusive data-based gateway? Ans:
XOR gateway
What is another name for the XOR gateway? Ans: The exclusive
data-based gateway
How is an XOR gateway represented? Ans: A diamond with no
symbol inside
What does the XOR gateway mean? Ans: 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? Ans: By the combination of the gateway label and
lables on the sequence flows out of the gateway?
What are gates? Ans: Sequence flows out of a gateway
What are sequence flows out of a gateway called? Ans: Gates
What are gateways commonly used for? Ans: Splitting exception
paths from the happy path
What is the Method & Style Principle regarding end events? Ans:
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? Ans: Using
lanes
What do lanes represent? Ans: Roles or organisational units that
perform activities in the process
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BPMN Questions and Correct Answers
The thin circle at the start of a process is called a ... Ans: Start
event
What does a start event do? Ans: It indicates where the process
starts
The thick circle at the end of a process is called an ... Ans: End
event
What does an end event signify? Ans: The process is complete
What are rounded rectangles? Ans: Activities
An activity like 'Check Credit' represents an ... Ans: Action; a
specific unit of work performed
What are activities, like 'Check Credit', distinct from? Ans: A
function (e.g. 'Credit Check') or a state (e.g. 'Credit OK')
What for should the name of an activity have? Ans: VERB-NOUN
An elements name in the XML is displayed as... Ans: The label of
the shape in the diagram
What is the 'happy path'? Ans: The normal sequence of activities
when no exceptions occur
What are diamond shapes called? Ans: Gateways
What do gateways represent? Ans: Branch points in the flow
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What is another name for the exclusive data-based gateway? Ans:
XOR gateway
What is another name for the XOR gateway? Ans: The exclusive
data-based gateway
How is an XOR gateway represented? Ans: A diamond with no
symbol inside
What does the XOR gateway mean? Ans: 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? Ans: By the combination of the gateway label and
lables on the sequence flows out of the gateway?
What are gates? Ans: Sequence flows out of a gateway
What are sequence flows out of a gateway called? Ans: Gates
What are gateways commonly used for? Ans: Splitting exception
paths from the happy path
What is the Method & Style Principle regarding end events? Ans:
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? Ans: Using
lanes
What do lanes represent? Ans: Roles or organisational units that
perform activities in the process
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