- ________ and ________ are used within individual workbenches to produce the right output products.
Your answer:
tools and techniques
procedures and standards
none of these
processes and walkthroughs
- The Standards Manager's role(s) include:
Your answer:
training the standards committee
promoting the concept of standards
choosing members for ad hoc committees
a and b only
- A Toolsmith is:
Your answer:
always the head software engineer
the person with specialized knowledge of the tool being introduced
both of these
neither of these
- Whose responsibility is it to set policies?
Your answer:
Testers
Senior management
Lead technical staff
Independent audit boards
- Which of these is typically NOT the role of management during tool selection?
Your answer:
identify tool objectives
define selection criteria
make the final selection of the tool or the source
prepare a ranked list of selection choices
- If procedures and standards are working properly, they will:
Your answer:
reduce the cost of doing work
increase quality
make budgets and schedules more predictable
all of the above
- The standsards program is driven by management policies, but workers should develop their own standards and procedures.
Your answer:
False
True
- The software engineer's role in tool selection is...
Your answer:
to identify, evaluate, and rank tools, and recommend tools to management
to determine what kind of tool is needed, then find it and buy it
to initiate the tool search and present a case to management
none of these
- The highest level manager from each relevant group should be asked to join the standards committee
Your answer:
true
false
- A standards program should:
Your answer:
be able to enforce standards
roll out ad hoc committees to develop standards
both of these
neither of these
- A valid risk to consider during tool selection is:
Your answer:
difficult to use
requires excessive computer resources
lacks adequate documentation
all of the above
- A _______ is the step-by-step method followed to ensure that standards are met
Your answer:
SDLC
Project Plan
Policy
Procedure
- It is advisable to follow the QAI- recommended set of steps during tool selection because...
Your answer:
a methodical process will help avoid the pitfalls of "just picking one"
it assigns a toolsmith who can troubleshoot or tune the tool to the organization's needs
both of these
neither of these
- A _______ is the emasure used to evaluate products and identify nonconformance.
Your answer:
policy
standard
procedure
mission
- The _______ should accept topics for standards, but the _________ should develop individual technical standards.
Your answer:
standards committee, ad hoc committee
standards manager, ad hoc committee
standards committee, standards manager
standards manager, standards committee
- The ________ defines quality as "meeting the requirements"
Your answer:
producer
developer
consumer
tester
- When developing ___________, it is important to ask these questions: - is every organizational function involved - are activities having a vested interest involved, such as authors
Your answer:
developing standards
conducting walkthroughs
creating test cases
all of the above
- A ________ is the managerial desires and intents concerning either process (intended objectives) or products (desired attributes)
Your answer:
policy
procedure
standard
vision
- When implementing a new tool, it is a good idea to assign one person full time to the tool's deployment.
Your answer:
True
False
- When doing an informal tool acquisition, it is still necessary to write an RFP.
Your answer:
True
False