Which statement correctly contrasts the continuous and staged representations?

Continuous assesses process areas individually; staged assesses a set of process areas together

Continuous is for small organizations; staged is for large organizations

Continuous uses maturity levels; staged uses capability levels

Continuous is required for certification; staged is optional

An organization using the staged representation has achieved Maturity Level 2 (Managed). What is the next step in their improvement path?

Achieve Maturity Level 3 (Defined) by standardizing processes across the organization.

Achieve Maturity Level 5 (Optimizing) by focusing on continuous improvement.

Achieve Maturity Level 4 (Quantitatively Managed) by using statistical techniques.

Achieve Maturity Level 1 (Performed) by ensuring processes are performed.

During a continuous representation assessment, the test design process area is found to be 'not performed'. Which capability level should be assigned?

Capability Level 0 (Incomplete)

A company is using the continuous representation to improve its testing process. They have achieved Capability Level 2 (Managed) for test execution and Capability Level 1 (Performed) for test design. What does this indicate about their improvement approach?

They are following a predefined path that requires all process areas to be at the same capability level.

They are not allowed to have different capability levels for different process areas.

They are improving different process areas to different capability levels based on their priorities.

They have achieved an overall maturity level of 2 for the entire testing process.

An organization is using the continuous representation to assess its test planning process area. The assessment team finds that the process is performed but not managed. According to the capability levels in the continuous representation, which capability level should be assigned?

Capability Level 0 (Incomplete)

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Domain 2Objective 2

Continuous and Staged Representations CTEL-ITP-ATP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Domain 2: Model-based Improvement domain, which makes up ~30% of our current practice bank.

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An organization using the staged representation has achieved Maturity Level 2 (Managed). What is the next step in their improvement path?
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18application · medium
During a continuous representation assessment, the test design process area is found to be 'not performed'. Which capability level should be assigned?
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19application · medium
A company is using the continuous representation to improve its testing process. They have achieved Capability Level 2 (Managed) for test execution and Capability Level 1 (Performed) for test design. What does this indicate about their improvement approach?
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An organization is using the continuous representation to assess its test planning process area. The assessment team finds that the process is performed but not managed. According to the capability levels in the continuous representation, which capability level should be assigned?
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