CPSM CPSM Requirements Engineering & Analysis

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of requirements elicitation in a software project?

Accepted Answer

To discover and gather stakeholder needs and expectations

Answer

Requirements elicitation is the process of gathering stakeholder needs to establish a clear foundation for what the software must do.

Question 2

Which technique uses a structured group session to gather requirements from multiple stakeholders simultaneously?

Accepted Answer

Joint Application Development (JAD)

Answer

JAD sessions bring together stakeholders and developers in a facilitated workshop to collaboratively define requirements.

Question 3

A functional requirement describes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

What the system must do or a service it must provide

Answer

Functional requirements define the specific behaviors, functions, and services that a software system must perform.

Question 4

What is a use case primarily used for in requirements engineering?

Accepted Answer

Describing interactions between users and the system to achieve a goal

Answer

A use case captures the interactions between an actor (user or system) and the software to accomplish a specific goal.

Question 5

Which type of requirement specifies constraints on how the system performs its functions, such as response time?

Accepted Answer

Non-functional requirements

Answer

Non-functional requirements define system quality attributes like performance, reliability, and security rather than specific behaviors.

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