What is the primary purpose of a traceability matrix?

To manage the project budget and expenditures

To track the progress of individual team members

To link requirements to business needs, project objectives, and other artifacts

To document the project's risk register

A pharmaceutical company is developing a new drug delivery device. Regulatory auditors require evidence that every design input requirement is verifiably linked to a specific test case, and that every test case traces back to a design input. The project team has 1,200 requirements and 3,400 test cases. The business analyst is defining the traceability approach. What should the BA recommend?

Trace only high-risk requirements to tests, and document the risk assessment as justification for excluding low-risk items from the matrix.

Trace at the feature level only, grouping requirements into features and linking each feature to a set of tests, to reduce the administrative burden.

Trace requirements to tests at the individual requirement level, using a bidirectional matrix, because regulatory compliance demands full coverage verification.

Create a one-way trace from requirements to tests, and rely on the test management tool's reporting to identify untested requirements.

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Domain 4Objective 3

Task 3 PMI-PBA Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Traceability and Monitoring domain, which accounts for 15% of the PMI-PBA exam. PMI does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~14–24 in this domain), expect 3–5 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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15%of the exam

Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of a traceability matrix?
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17foundation · easy
Which of the following is a tool commonly used for traceability?
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18foundation · easy
What factor influences the appropriate level of traceability detail?
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19foundation · easy
What is a key component of traceability governance?
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20application · medium
A pharmaceutical company is developing a new drug delivery device. Regulatory auditors require evidence that every design input requirement is verifiably linked to a specific test case, and that every test case traces back to a design input. The project team has 1,200 requirements and 3,400 test cases. The business analyst is defining the traceability approach. What should the BA recommend?
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Task 3 PMI-PBA Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

What is the primary purpose of a traceability matrix?

Which of the following is a tool commonly used for traceability?

What factor influences the appropriate level of traceability detail?

What is a key component of traceability governance?

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