Jira Jira Issue Management and Tracking 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which built-in Jira issue type is typically used to represent a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller stories or tasks?
- Epic (Correct answer)
- Bug
- Subtask
- Initiative
Correct answer: Epic
An Epic represents a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller Stories, Tasks, or Bugs across one or more sprints.
Question 2: What is the purpose of the 'Story Points' field in Jira?
- To track the number of hours spent on an issue
- To estimate the relative effort or complexity of an issue (Correct answer)
- To assign a priority level to the issue
- To count the number of subtasks within a story
Correct answer: To estimate the relative effort or complexity of an issue
Story Points are used to estimate the relative effort or complexity of an issue, not actual time, enabling teams to plan sprints using velocity.
Question 3: In Jira, which field is automatically populated when a user creates a new issue?
- Assignee
- Fix Version
- Reporter (Correct answer)
- Story Points
Correct answer: Reporter
The Reporter field is automatically set to the logged-in user who creates the issue and cannot be blank by default.
Question 4: What does it mean when a Jira issue is marked with the 'Blocker' priority?
- The issue blocks the sprint from starting
- The issue prevents other work and must be resolved immediately (Correct answer)
- The issue is blocked by another issue via a link
- The issue is flagged for admin review
Correct answer: The issue prevents other work and must be resolved immediately
Blocker priority indicates the issue is critically urgent and prevents other work from proceeding, requiring immediate resolution.
Question 5: Which Jira feature allows you to create a parent-child relationship between issues within the same project?
- Issue links
- Subtasks (Correct answer)
- Epics
- Components
Correct answer: Subtasks
Subtasks let you break a parent issue into smaller pieces of work, creating a direct parent-child hierarchy within the same project.
Question 6: What is the primary use of the 'Components' field in a Jira project?
- To group issues by sprint
- To assign issues to a specific team member
- To categorize issues into functional areas or subsystems of a project (Correct answer)
- To set the target release version for an issue
Correct answer: To categorize issues into functional areas or subsystems of a project
Components are used to partition a project into logical subsystems or functional areas, making it easier to filter and report on related issues.
Question 7: When you 'clone' an issue in Jira, which of the following is NOT copied by default?
- Summary
- Description
- Comments (Correct answer)
- Issue type
Correct answer: Comments
Cloning copies the issue's core fields like summary, description, and issue type, but comments are not included in the cloned issue by default.
Jira Jira Issue Management and Tracking 1
Which built-in Jira issue type is typically used to represent a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller stories or tasks?