cmmi associate exam

What capability area includes Monitoring and Control PA?

Planning and Managing Work

What Practice Area includes practices that would help provide an understanding between the acquirer and supplier to maximize the success of agreed-on efforts and deliverables?

Supplier Agreement Management

A Capability Area view is a subset of the CMMI V2.0 model that describes a predefined set of Practice Areas that make up a specific Capability Area. (T/F)

True

The Practice Area where the intent is to identify issues with the help of fellow experts is?

Peer Reviews

Which type of appraisal can have its scope reduced by an average of 1/3 following a Benchmark appraisal?

Sustainment

In an organization using agile methods such as Scrum, a release burndown chart showing the number of story points remaining would be a good example of the work remaining. (T/F)

True

What Practice Area is about preventing the recurrence of undesirable outcomes or ensuring recurrence of positive outcomes?

Causal Analysis and Resolution

Which Practice Area contains practices related to the following statement? "When we schedule a technical review of a test work product, our procedures require that we make sure that testers are available to participate."

Planning

To meet the intent of CMMI practices, an organization must have a process for each Capability Area. (T/F)

False

All Practice Areas in the Supplier Management model view have Supplier Management context specific information associated with them. (T/F)

True

Which related Practice Area can provide information about developing and following plans for implementing process improvements in Process Management (PCM)?

Planning

As part of Governance, senior management is responsible for developing business strategies, defining business objectives, and setting organizational direction. (T/F)

True

To get ideas on where an organization can achieve business value from the CMMI, a review of which statements within a Practice Area could provide insight?

Value Statement

Which Capability Area would be a good place to explore if you are having challenges with the design and integration of technical interfaces?

Engineering and Developing products

What Practice Area includes the practice "Develop high-level estimates to perform the work?"

Estimating

In order to enable performance improvement, performance objectives must be traceable to business objectives. (T/F)

True

Performance improvement needs can be determined from an analysis of organizational measurement and performance data. T/F

True

The business value of improving processes can be evaluated in terms of improved performance results. T/F

True

What Practice Area has a practice about identifying improvements to the processes and process assets?

Process Management

What person or group is responsible for ensuring that the processes used in the organization align with business objectives?

SM

What Capability Area includes the Monitor and Control (MC) Practice Area?

Planning and Managing Work

What Practice Area includes practices that would help provide an understanding between the acquirer and supplier to maximize the success of agreed-on efforts and deliverables?

Supplier Agreement Management

What Capability Area includes the Implementation Infrastructure (II) Practice Area?

Sustaining Habit and Persistence

What Capability Area includes the Configuration Management (CM) Practice Area?

Supporting Implementation

What Capability Area includes the Organizational Training (OT) Practice Area?

Managing the Workforce

A Capability Area view is a subset of the CMMI V2.0 model that describes a predefined set of Practice Areas that make up a specific Capability Area. (T/F)

True

The Practice Area where the intent is to identify issues with the help of fellow experts is?

Peer reviews

Which type of appraisal can have its scope reduced by an average of 1/3 following a Benchmark appraisal?

Sustainment

Within a Practice Area, each evolutionary level builds on the previous levels and adds new functionality or sophistication. (T/F)

True

Every CMMI practice requires its own process. (T/F)

False

In an organization using agile methods such as Scrum, a release burndown chart showing the number of story points remaining would be a good example of the work remaining. (T/F)

True

This type of appraisal may be conducted every 24 months after a Benchmark appraisal as long as the Organizational Unit (OU) remains eligible.

Sustainment

For the Capability Area of Sustaining Habit and Persistence (SHP), select the Practice Areas:______.

Gov&II.

What Practice Area is about preventing the recurrence of undesirable outcomes or ensuring recurrence of positive outcomes?

Causal Analysis and Resolution

Which Practice Area contains practices related to the following statement? "When we schedule a technical review of a test work product, our procedures require that we make sure that testers are available to participate."

Planning

What Capability Area includes the Governance (GOV) Practice Area?

Sustaining habit and persistence

To meet the intent of CMMI practices, an organization must have a process for each Capability Area.

False

The Estimating (EST) Practice Area has a close relationship with what other Practice Area:_____.

Planning

All Practice Areas in the Supplier Management model view have Supplier Management context specific information associated with them.

True

What Practice Area is about transforming stakeholder needs into customer requirements?

Requirement development and management

Which related Practice Area can provide information about developing and following plans for implementing process improvements in Process Management (PCM)?

Planning

As part of Governance, senior management is responsible for developing business strategies, defining business objectives, and setting organizational direction.

True

To get ideas on where an organization can achieve business value from the CMMI, a review of which statements within a Practice Area could provide insight?

Value Statement

Which Capability Area would be a good place to explore if you are having challenges with the design and integration of technical interfaces?

Engineering and developing products

What Practice Area is about providing the resources, funding, and training to ensure that the processes important to an organization are persistently and habitually used and improved?

Implementation infrastructure

What Practice Area includes the practice "Develop high-level estimates to perform the work?"

Estimating

What Practice Area includes the practice "Senior management holds people accountable for adhering to organization directives and achieving process implementation and improvement objectives."

Governance

This type of appraisal features a rigorous method capable of achieving high accuracy and reliable appraisal results and requires Practice Area ratings.

Benchmark

What Practice Area provides business value by reducing cost and rework by uncovering issues or defects early?

Peer reviews

What Practice Area includes the practice "Senior management ensures that measures supporting objectives throughout the organization are collected, analyzed, and used?"

Governance

What Capability Area includes the Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) Practice Area?

Selecting and managing suppliers

In order to enable performance improvement, performance objectives must be traceable to business objectives.

True

Which Practice Area contains practices related to the following statement? "Our senior management team meets every quarter to review the status of our process improvement action plan, and to resolve any serious problems."

Governance

Which of the following statements about Appraisal Team Members (ATMs) are true?

I. They are assigned specific roles and tasks by the team leader.

II. They must meet experience and training requirements.

III. They may be from either within or outside of the appraised organization.

I, II and III

The order of the practices in each Practice Area and group requires a sequential order for the practices to be performed in a process.

False

What Practice Area has practices that help senior management to ensure that competencies and processes are aligned with the organization's objectives?

Governance

Performance improvement needs can be determined from an analysis of organizational measurement and performance data.

True

What Capability Area includes the Process Asset Development (PAD) Practice Area?

Improving performance

The intent of a Practice Area may be met by a single process or multiple processes depending on the needs of an organization's business.

True

What Practice Area has a practice about identifying improvements to the processes and process assets?

Process management

The business value of improving processes can be evaluated in terms of improved performance results.

True

What Practice Area contains practices about evaluating and managing selected interfaces or connections of the supplier's Technical Solution?

Supplier agreement management

Which Practice Area contains practices related to the following statement? "We are always pursuing new technologies which means we need to look at what skills our people will need in the future to make sure that we prepare them for new opportunities."

Organizational training

Each Practice Area contains a set of practices required to achieve a defined intent and value.

True

What person or group is responsible for ensuring that the processes used in the organization align with business objectives?

Senior management

Which Capability Area contains practices that would be a useful start for an organization that is concerned about issues with subcontractors?

Supplier source selection

Which related Practice Area can provide information about senior management's role in providing guidance for process improvement efforts in Process Management (PCM)?

Governance

Which Practice Area contains practices related to the following statement? "We limit the access to a particular server that we use as the repository for all of our controlled baseline product files."

Configuration management

Which of the following represents a business value of Requirements Development and Management (RDM)?

Ensures that customers needs and expectations are satisfied

What Practice Area contains practices that increase the likelihood that the correct version of the solution will be delivered to the customer?

Configuration management

What Practice Area contains practices that help increase the probability of meeting business objectives by ensuring that corrective action is taken when performance deviates significantly from the plan?

Monitoring and control

Which Practice Area is about managing uncertainties that may have negative or positive impacts on achieving objectives?

Risk and opportunity management

What Practice Area provides business value by reducing cost and rework by uncovering issues or defects early?

Peer reviews

Practice levels enable an organization to focus on improvement within individual Practice Areas.

True

Practice Area levels provide a required sequence for implementation of processes.

False

Level 4 practices use statistical and quantitative techniques to monitor and track actual results against measurement objectives.

True

A model view can include model components that are important to or selected by the end user.

True

In general, agile teams using Scrum may develop the high-level estimates as required in Estimating (EST) practice 1.1 during the backlog grooming and sprint planning steps.

True

The Supplier Agreement Management (SAM) Practice Area addresses evaluating supplier deliverables.

True

What Practice Area is about ensuring that products or product components fulfill their intended use in their intended environment?

Verification validation

Which Practice Area is about managing and implementing the continuous improvement of processes and infrastructure?

Process management

What Practice Area is about providing organizational process assets that projects may tailor as necessary to perform the work?

Process asset development

What Practice Area includes the practice "Develop high-level estimates to perform the work?"

Estimating

What Practice Area includes the practice "Plan for the knowledge and skills needed to perform the work?"

Planning

What Practice Area includes the practice "Evaluate the adherence to and effectiveness of the organizational processes."

Implementation infrastructure

CMMI practices describe what to do, not how it should be done or who is responsible for doing it.

True

Processes that meet the intent of the Practice Areas and practices may be performed iteratively, in parallel, or in any other order that best meets the needs of an organization's business.

True

As part of Governance, senior management is responsible for developing business strategies, defining business objectives, and setting organizational direction.

True

To meet the intent of CMMI practices, a process or processes must be appropriate for the context of the work being performed.

True

A list of action items from a meeting is an example of a work product for Risk and Opportunity Management (RSK) practice 2.1, which reads "Analyze identified risks or opportunities."

False

What Capability Area includes the Decision Analysis and Resolution (DAR) Practice Area?

Supporting implementation

What Capability Area includes the Implementation Infrastructure (II) Practice Area?

Sustaining habit and persistence

What Capability Area includes the Risk and Opportunity Management (RSK) Practice Area?

Managing business resilience

Which Practice Area contains practices used to ensure that work products and processes adhere to applicable standards and organizational templates?

Process quality assurance

Implementation Infrastructure (II) and Governance (GOV) are necessary for the implementation of all other Practice Areas.

True

The Practice Area that "provides guidance to senior management on their role in the sponsorship and governance of process activities" is called:_____.

Governance

The Practice Area that "ensures that the processes important to an organization are persistently and habitually used and improved" is called:_____.

Implementation infrastructure