Jira Jira Reporting and Dashboards 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a Jira dashboard?
- A type of sprint board
- A customizable home page displaying gadgets with project data (Correct answer)
- A report exported to PDF
- A project roadmap view
Correct answer: A customizable home page displaying gadgets with project data
A Jira dashboard is a configurable page made up of gadgets that display real-time project metrics and information.
Question 2: What is a gadget in Jira?
- A Jira plugin for code review
- A configurable widget added to a dashboard to display specific data (Correct answer)
- A shortcut key for navigating Jira
- A type of automation rule
Correct answer: A configurable widget added to a dashboard to display specific data
Gadgets are configurable components placed on dashboards to visualize specific metrics such as issue statistics or activity streams.
Question 3: Which Jira report shows the average time issues spend in each workflow status?
- Velocity Chart
- Control Chart (Correct answer)
- Burndown Chart
- Sprint Report
Correct answer: Control Chart
The Control Chart displays the cycle time for issues and shows how long items spend in each status on average.
Question 4: What does the Issue Statistics gadget on a Jira dashboard display?
- A count of issues grouped by a chosen field such as priority or status (Correct answer)
- A timeline of all issues created this month
- The number of active sprints
- The team's velocity for the past 10 sprints
Correct answer: A count of issues grouped by a chosen field such as priority or status
The Issue Statistics gadget shows a breakdown of issues by a selected field, allowing quick visual analysis.
Question 5: In Jira, who can view a shared dashboard by default?
- Only the creator
- All logged-in users if shared with all users (Correct answer)
- Only project administrators
- Only users in the same team
Correct answer: All logged-in users if shared with all users
Dashboards can be shared with all logged-in users, specific groups, or projects, depending on the sharing settings configured.
Question 6: What is the Created vs. Resolved report in Jira used for?
- Tracking sprint velocity over time
- Comparing the rate of issue creation against issue resolution to identify backlog trends (Correct answer)
- Monitoring workflow transition times
- Reporting on team member workloads
Correct answer: Comparing the rate of issue creation against issue resolution to identify backlog trends
The Created vs. Resolved chart shows whether the team is resolving issues faster or slower than new issues are being created.
Jira Jira Reporting and Dashboards 1
What is a Jira dashboard?