Deck 29: Agile Development

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Agile development methodologies welcome changes in requirements.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

Extreme programming is one of the alternatives to the systems development life cycle (SDLC).

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

In a scrum,who is a product owner?

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

A)Points are assigned by the clients at the beginning of the project.
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 estimate the relative difficulty,rather than the relative duration of tasks.

Question 24

According to agile development methodologies,testing never involves business customers.

Question 25

Who are considered scrum team members?

Question 26

Scrum essentials encourage minimal documentation.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

A)scrum master
B)product owner
C)database designer
D)business analyst

Question 29

Agile development methodologies discourage interaction between developers and customers.

Question 30

What are the principles of agile development methodologies?

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

Briefly outline the scrum essentials.

Question 35

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 a working version

Question 36

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

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

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

Question 40

The function of a scrum master is to ________.

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

Question 41

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)velocity
B)capacity
C)momentum
D)vector

Question 42

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

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

Which of the following statements is true about velocity?

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