CSQA Prep - Chapter 8 - Metrics And Measurement
This quiz covers skill category 8: Metrics and Measurement
- 1.What factors should be considered in evaluating a risk? (select all that apply) (8-26)
- A.
Profitability
- B.
Monetary Value
- C.
Schedules
- D.
Costs
- 2.Regardless of the method used, two elements must always be considered in a risk analysis. What are they? (8-25)
- A.
The probability of the event occurring
- B.
The impact if the event occurs
- C.
The timeline of the event
- 3.What are some key measurements that can be used to measure a process? (select all that apply) (8-12)
- A.
Lines of code
- B.
Products per person
- C.
Estimated vs. actual cost
- D.
Time spent fixing bugs
- E.
Deliverables completed on time
- 4.What is ordinal data? (8-4)
- A.
Data that cannot be ranked in any meaningful order.
- B.
Data that can be ranked but differences between values are not meaningful.
- C.
Data can be ranked and can exhibit meaningful differences between values
- 5.What are the major uses of quantitative data? (select all that apply) (8-13)
- A.
Manage and control the process
- B.
Improve the process
- C.
Manage the risks
- D.
Manage and control the product
- 6.What are the most common ways of quantifying software size? (select all that apply) (8-9)
- A.
Lines of code
- B.
Physical space
- C.
Function points
- 7.What are the attributes of good measurements? (select all that apply) (8-5)
- A.
Reliable
- B.
Ease of use
- C.
Valid
- D.
Timeliness
- 8.There are inherent risks in integrating new technology. What is the QA Analyst role in integrating new technology? (select all that apply) (8-31)
- A.
Determining the risks
- B.
Assure controls are adequate to reduce the risk
- C.
Modify existing processes for new technology
- D.
Programming the changes
- 9.A process is defined as stable when... (8-18)
- A.
Unique situations occur
- B.
Its mean and standard deviation remain constant over time
- C.
It is always an acceptable process
- 10.What are the distinguishing characteristics of risk? (select all that apply) (8-22)
- A.
Situational
- B.
Time-based
- C.
Interdependent
- D.
Magnitude dependent
- E.
Value-based
- 11.Risks can be categorized as...(select all that apply) (8-21)
- A.
Technical
- B.
Programmatic
- C.
Supportability
- D.
Cost
- E.
Schedule
- 12.What are the components that must be considered separately when determining how to manage a risk? (Select all that apply) (8-21)
- A.
The probability that the event will occur
- B.
The event that could occur
- C.
The impact or consequence of the event if it occurs
- 13.A _________ is a derived (calculated or composite) unit of measurement that cannot be directly observed, but is created by combining or relating two or more measures. (8-1)
- 14._________data has an absolute zero and meaningful ratios can be calculated. (8-3)
- 15.The measures of central tendency are the ________, __________, and _________. (list all three) (8-3)
- 16.The ___________ is the item at which half the items in the population are below this item and half the items are above this item.
- 17.Which of the below represents the items which are repeated most frequently? (8-4)
- A.
Mean
- B.
Median
- C.
Mode
- 18.This data can be ranked and can exhibit meaningful differences between values.
- A.
Ordinal data
- B.
Nominal data
- C.
Interval data
- D.
Ratio data
- 19.Who was a strong proponent of the use of statistics that took into account common and special causes of variation?
- A.
Dr. W. Edwards Deming
- B.
Mr. Smith
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