Task 3 PMI-PBA Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   What does a traceability process define?

   • AThe specific tools to be used for traceability
   • BThe metrics to measure traceability effectiveness
   • CThe roles and responsibilities of team members
   • DHow traceability is created, maintained, and used throughout the project lifecycle
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2. 2foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of an artifact that may need to be traced?

   • AOffice supply inventory
   • BEmployee performance reviews
   • CTeam meeting minutes
   • DTest cases
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4. 3expert · hard

   A business analyst is selecting a traceability tool for a 200-person program with 15,000 requirements, multiple concurrent releases, and a regulatory requirement for an audit trail of who changed which link and when. The organization has a moderate budget. The BA must balance tool capability, cost, and adoption. What should the BA recommend?

   • AA shared spreadsheet on a network drive, since it is free and everyone already knows how to use it.
   • BA commercial requirements management tool with role-based permissions, audit trail, and automated link analysis, with a phased rollout to manage adoption.
   • CAn open-source wiki with manual link tracking, customized by the internal IT team.
   • DA commercial tool deployed to the entire organization on day one with no training or rollout plan.
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5. 4foundation · easy

   What does the 'completeness' metric in traceability assess?

   • AWhether the team is satisfied
   • BWhether the project is on schedule
   • CWhether all required traceability links have been established
   • DWhether the budget is sufficient
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6. 5application · medium

   A business analyst is defining the traceability process for a project that uses a hybrid (waterfall for requirements, agile for development) lifecycle. Requirements are baselined at the start, but development proceeds in two-week sprints with frequent test updates. What process should the BA define for maintaining the traceability matrix?

   • AAssign the development team to update the matrix daily, since they are the ones creating the test cases.
   • BUpdate the matrix only when a requirement changes, since test cases are too volatile to track continuously.
   • CMaintain the matrix in a static document and update it only at the end of the project for the final report.
   • DUpdate the matrix at the end of each sprint to capture new and changed test cases, with a full re-baseline at each phase gate.
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