What fundamental belief does CMMI hold regarding organizational change and process improvement?
A.Change should focus on recovering quickly from a crisis after it occurs.
B.Change is only necessary when the organization is in a state of emergency.
C.Change should be a normal, incremental process with a focus on future crisis prevention.
D.Change must be massive and immediate to bring about high quality quickly.
What is the primary characteristic of activities and process management at CMMI Maturity Level 2 (Managed)?
A.Processes are managed with established policies and frameworks to ensure services are delivered as planned.
B.Standard processes for software development and management are established, documented, and organization-wide.
C.Processes are quantitatively controlled using statistical and quantitative techniques to establish predictability.
D.The organization is completely focused on continuous process improvement and addressing common causes of variation.
Which of the following characteristics best describes the software development environment at CMMI Maturity Level 1 (Initial)?
A.Processes are planned, documented, and monitored at the project level.
B.Standard processes are tailored from organization-wide guidelines.
C.The environment is unstable, processes are imperfectly defined, reactive, and development is ad hoc.
D.Processes are quantitatively controlled using statistical and other quantitative techniques.
What is the key difference in process application between CMMI Maturity Level 2 (Managed) and CMMI Maturity Level 3 (Defined)?
A.At Level 3, project processes are tailored from the organization's set of standard processes, whereas at Level 2, processes can be quite different for each project instance.
B.At Level 3, processes are controlled using statistical techniques, while Level 2 uses subjective estimations.
C.At Level 3, process performance is controlled by narrowing process variation, whereas Level 2 focuses on defect prevention.
D.At Level 3, processes are completely ad hoc and reactive, whereas at Level 2, they are proactive.
CMMI is not a process and does not prescribe how to do your work; rather, it tells the organization ________.
A.what to do to achieve high quality
B.the total financial cost of the software project
C.the programming efficiency of developers
D.the exact technical reasons for project failure
The capability level in the CMMI framework reflects on how well an organization is ________ to a specific process area.
A.deviated
B.indifferent
C.restricted
D.aligned
What is a primary characteristic of CMMI Maturity Level 2 (Managed) that distinguishes it from Maturity Level 1?
A.Continuous process optimization is proactively performed to address common causes of variation.
B.Standard software engineering and management processes are tailored from the organization's standard processes.
C.Processes are planned, monitored, and controlled at the project level, and responsibilities are defined to ensure services are delivered as planned.
D.Processes are statistically analyzed and controlled using fine-grained quantitative metrics.
Which of the following terms best describes the core nature of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)?
A.A collection of software development organizations
B.A collection of best practices in systems, products, and software development
C.A database of engineering design and UI demo templates
D.A set of rigid programming rules and syntax guidelines
CMMI Maturity Level 3 (Defined) is characterized as a major paradigm shift from relying on individual 'Heroes' to relying on standardized ________.
A.Network Platforms
B.Processes
C.Places
D.Technology
At which level of CMMI is there no roadmap for software development (i.e., the process is completely ad hoc and reactive)?
A.Maturity Level 1
B.Maturity Level 4
C.Maturity Level 2
D.Maturity Level 3
