Answers: Knowledge Domain 4 - Build

the Test Environment

1. ________ and ________ are used within individual workbenches to produce the
right output products.
Your answer: procedures and standards
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2. The Standards Manager's role(s) include:
Your answer: a and b only
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3. A Toolsmith is:
Your answer: the person with specialized knowledge of the tool being introduced
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4. Whose responsibility is it to set policies?
Your answer: Senior management
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5. Which of these is typically NOT the role of management during tool selection?
Your answer: prepare a ranked list of selection choices
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6. If procedures and standards are working properly, they will:
Your answer: all of the above
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7. The standsards program is driven by management policies, but workers should
develop their own standards and procedures.
Your answer: True
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8. The software engineer's role in tool selection is...
Your answer: to identify, evaluate, and rank tools, and recommend tools to
management
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9. The highest level manager from each relevant group should be asked to join the
standards committee
Your answer: true
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10. A standards program should:
Your answer: both of these
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11. A valid risk to consider during tool selection is:
Your answer: all of the above
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12. A _______ is the step-by-step method followed to ensure that standards are met
Your answer: Procedure
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13. It is advisable to follow the QAI- recommended set of steps during tool selection
because...
Your answer: both of these
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14. A _______ is the emasure used to evaluate products and identify
nonconformance.
Your answer: standard
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15. The _______ should accept topics for standards, but the _________ should
develop individual technical standards.
Your answer: standards committee, ad hoc committee
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16. The ________ defines quality as "meeting the requirements"
Your answer: producer
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17. 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
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18. A ________ is the managerial desires and intents concerning either process
(intended objectives) or products (desired attributes)
Your answer: policy
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19. When implementing a new tool, it is a good idea to assign one person full time to
the tool's deployment.
Your answer: True
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20. When doing an informal tool acquisition, it is still necessary to write an RFP.
Your answer: False
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