Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle CT-ATLAS Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16expert · hard

   A team is piloting a new test environment provisioning process. They have defined metrics and a baseline. During the Do phase, they find that the new process is not working as expected and is causing delays. What is the most appropriate action?

   • AAbandon the pilot immediately and revert to the old process.
   • BDocument the issues, continue the pilot as planned, and collect data to understand the root cause.
   • CModify the plan on the fly to fix the issues and continue.
   • DExpand the pilot to more teams to get more data.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   Which activity is typical of the Plan phase in a PDCA improvement cycle?

   • ACollecting data from the execution of a new testing tool
   • BFormulating a hypothesis about how to reduce test execution time
   • CUpdating the test process documentation to reflect a successful change
   • DComparing actual test results to expected results
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4. 18foundation · easy

   Which action is typical of the Act phase in a PDCA cycle?

   • AUpdating the test process documentation to include a new best practice
   • BFormulating a hypothesis about how to improve test coverage
   • CComparing actual test results to expected results
   • DCollecting data from a pilot run of a new testing tool
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5. 19foundation · easy

   What are the four phases of the PDCA cycle, in order?

   • APlan, Check, Do, Act
   • BAct, Plan, Do, Check
   • CPlan, Do, Check, Act
   • DDo, Plan, Check, Act
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6. 20expert · hard

   A large organization wants to improve the reliability of their test automation. They have two potential improvement ideas: (1) implement a new test data management tool, and (2) refactor the test framework. They have limited resources and can only pursue one idea at a time. In the Plan phase, what is the most effective approach?

   • ADefine a hypothesis for each idea, select the one with the highest expected impact, and define metrics and baseline for that idea.
   • BDefine metrics for both ideas and run two separate PDCA cycles in parallel.
   • CChoose the idea that is easiest to implement, regardless of impact.
   • DImplement both ideas simultaneously to maximize improvement.
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