Deck 27: Agile Development

Question 1

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)gained popularity when the U.S.Department of ________ stipulated that it would be used for all software development contracts.

A)Education
B)Agriculture
C)Commerce
D)Defence

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Designing only the portions of the system that are needed to complete the current work being done is known as ________ design.

A)scrum
B)just-in-time
C)frequent
D)waterfall

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Unlike agile techniques,the systems development life cycle (SDLC)delivers benefits early and often.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)processes are designed to frequently deliver a working version of a product.

Question 5

The nature of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)denies the fact that system requirements are fuzzy and always changing.

Question 6

According to the systems development life cycle (SDLC),the progress from requirements to implementation is nonlinear.

Question 7

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)generates value ________.

A)at the very end
B)in the beginning
C)at frequent intervals
D)after the design phase

Question 8

Which of the following statements indicates why the SDLC is falling out of favour?

A)It allows the team members to establish the project schedule.
B)The system design is revised frequently.
C)It is risky,as no value is generated until the end of the project.
D)Systems requirements do not change during a project.

Question 9

"Test as you go" is a principle of the SDLC.

Question 10

In software development,where requirements change periodically,the waterfall method works well.

Question 11

According to the systems development life cycle (SDLC),the progress from requirements to design to implementation is called the ________ method.

A)scrum
B)life cycle
C)waterfall
D)water cycle

Question 12

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)is falling out of favour because it is very risky.

Question 13

Agile development methodologies advocate the design of the complete system at the beginning.

Question 14

Which of the following is an advantage of using agile techniques over the SDLC?

A)A working version of the product is delivered frequently during the project.
B)Changes in systems requirements are incorporated towards the end of the project.
C)In projects using agile techniques,customers test only the completed version of the product.
D)System design is completed at the beginning of the project.

Question 15

Why is the systems development life cycle (SDLC)losing credibility?

Question 16

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)gained popularity when the U.S.Department of Commerce stipulated that it would be used for all software development contracts.

Question 17

Extreme programming is an alternative to the systems development life cycle (SDLC).

Question 18

Why is the systems development life cycle (SDLC)called the waterfall method?

A)It can be used only for projects on information systems.
B)It does not return to a development phase that has been completed.
C)It delivers a working version of the product at frequent intervals.
D)It uses feedback from team members to schedule tasks.

Question 19

The waterfall model used by the systems development life cycle (SDLC)is suitable for building physical things,such as a runway.

Question 20

Agile development methodologies welcome change in requirements.

Question 21

Briefly outline the scrum essentials.

Question 22

Scrum essentials encourage minimal documentation.

Question 23

According to scrum essentials,the first step of each work period is to ________.

A)conduct team meets
B)determine tasks to perform
C)select requirements to consider
D)deliver working version

Question 24

Agile development methodologies discourage interaction between developers and customers.

Question 25

Agile development methodologies are applicable only to team projects on information systems.

Question 26

Who are considered scrum members?

Question 27

Agile development techniques assume that the development teams are unaware of their weaknesses.

Question 28

In a scrum,who is a scrum master? What are his/her responsibilities?

Question 29

In the scrum process,a stand-up is a 15-minute team meeting.

Question 30

In paired programming,two computers are used by the same programmer.

Question 31

________ is the only person on a scrum team who has the authority to add,delete,or change requirements and their priority.

A)Product owner
B)Database designer
C)Scrum master
D)Business analyst

Question 32

The function of a scrum master is to ________.

A)change product requirements and their priority
B)test programs on a regular basis
C)stop misuse of meeting time
D)develop the database design

Question 33

As teams work together,they will learn the total number of points of work they can accomplish each scrum period.That term is called the team's ________.

A)vector
B)velocity
C)momentum
D)speed

Question 34

Which of the following development methodologies is associated with the scrum process?

A)agile development
B)rapid application development
C)systems development life cycle
D)V-Model

Question 35

In a scrum,who is a product owner?

Question 36

What are the principles of agile development methodologies?

Question 37

In ________,two members share the same computer and write a computer program together.

A)task parallelism
B)imperative programming
C)paired programming
D)parallel computing

Question 38

Just-in-time design may lead to substantial revision of the work product produced previously in the project.

Question 39

According to the scrum essentials,when is a project said to be done?

Question 40

According to agile development methodologies,testing never involves the business customer.

Question 41

Which of the following statements is true about velocity?

A)After a scrum team commits to requirements in a scrum period,it estimates the velocity it can achieve.
B)A team should approach the scrum master to change the order of the requirements it has committed to.
C)The customer sets the velocity of each scrum period.
D)When a project begins,the senior team members guess the velocity of the team.

Question 42

Which of the following statements is true of the points system?

A)Points estimate the relative difficulty,rather than the relative duration of tasks.
B)The most difficult task is assigned a point score of 1.
C)Consecutive integers are used to award point scores to tasks.
D)Points are assigned by the clients at the beginning of the project.

Question 43

Which of the following is a characteristic that makes agile development a valid systems development process?

A)Once a phase of development is completed,it is not revisited.
B)Process scheduling is performed by the scrum master.
C)Through iteration,team members decide when a project is complete.
D)Team iteration and feedback are used for scheduling and tasking.

Question 44

Scrum is distinguished from other agile development methodologies,in part,by the way that it uses requirements to drive planning and scheduling.