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CPRE FL practice questions: Practices for Requirements Elaboration
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1/5 · Practices for Requirements Elaboration
A requirements engineer plans a full-day session with twelve stakeholders from different departments to jointly elaborate requirements for a new order-processing system. A moderator guides the discussion, applies facilitation techniques, and steers the group toward a shared understanding. Which elicitation technique is being applied?
ADocument analysis
BRequirements workshop
CField observation
DStructured interview
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2/5 · Practices for Requirements Elaboration
A team wants to explore how a new user group will ideally work with a future system five years from now, describing an idealized picture of the future working environment without focusing on current technical constraints. Which creativity technique are they using?
ABrainwriting
BMind mapping
CPerspective-based reading
DVisioning
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3/5 · Practices for Requirements Elaboration
Which review technique involves reviewers each analyzing the requirements specification from a specific stakeholder viewpoint (e.g., user, tester, or architect) to increase defect-detection effectiveness?
AChecklist-based reading
BWalkthrough
CAd-hoc reading
DPerspective-based reading
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4/5 · Practices for Requirements Elaboration · easy
Which characteristic best distinguishes a 'structured interview' from a 'semi-structured' or 'unstructured' interview during requirements elicitation?
AA structured interview is always conducted with a single stakeholder, while semi-structured interviews always involve groups.
BA structured interview follows a predefined, fixed sequence of questions with little or no deviation during the session.
CA structured interview can only be used to elicit non-functional requirements, whereas unstructured interviews elicit only functional requirements.
DA structured interview requires no prior preparation because questions are generated spontaneously during the conversation.
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5/5 · Practices for Requirements Elaboration · hard
After identifying that two stakeholder groups hold conflicting requirements, a requirements engineer first analyzes each group's underlying interests behind their stated positions, then facilitates a negotiation aiming for a solution both groups can accept, and finally documents the agreed resolution. Which conflict-resolution approach does this describe?
AMajority voting, in which each stakeholder casts a vote and the requirement with the most votes is adopted without negotiation.
BIgnoring the conflict and specifying both contradictory requirements in the document, leaving resolution to the implementation team.
CA structured, stepwise conflict-resolution process that moves from understanding stakeholder positions/interests to negotiating a mutually acceptable (win-win) solution and recording the decision.
DEscalation, in which the requirements engineer immediately refers the conflict to senior management for a binding, unilateral decision without further analysis.
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