IREB Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which of the following statements best characterizes the relationship between a requirements engineer and a stakeholder in the role of a tester? (1 Point)

A. The requirements engineer delivers input for the work of the stakeholder.

B. The output from the requirements engineer is managed by the stakeholder.

C. The stakeholder delivers input for the requirements engineer.

D. The stakeholder monitors the work of the requirements engineer.

E. The work of the requirements engineer is not related to the role of the stakeholder.

Which sentence best characterises the term "stakeholder"? (1 Point)

A. The external actors interacting with a system and the technical interfaces to surrounding systems are designated as stakeholders.

B. Stakeholders are persons and organisations affected by the development and the use of the system or of the product.

C. Stakeholders are special interest representatives who are responsible for the approval of the first project phase.

D. A stakeholder is responsible for the administration of the software development environment.

According to the Kano model, there is a particular category of system attributes that has an almost linear

relationship between satisfaction and degree of compliance.

For which category is this so? (1 Point)

A. Basic attributes

B. Performance attributes

C. Excitement attributes

D. Needs

E. Goals

In requirements engineering, a differentiation is made between system scope and context scope. In both cases it is possible that so-called grey zones may appear. For each statement, indicate if it is true or false. (2 Points)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

F. F

G. G

H. H

You are employed as a requirements engineer in a company in the logistics sector and are involved in a

project that aims to replace a legacy application for distribution and shipment of goods with a new system.

A colleague has already created a context diagram.

You are assigned to check this. What are your thoughts about this? Indicate for each statement whether it

is true or false. (3 Points)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

F. F

G. G

H. H

Evaluate the following guidelines as to whether they should or should not be adhered to when writing a requirements specification: (2 Points)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

F. F

G. G

H. H

I. I

J. J

K. K

L. L

M. M

N. N

O. O

P. P

Requirements must be checked in terms of content, documentation and agreement. Indicate with regard to this whether each statement is true or false. (2 Points)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

F. F

G. G

H. H

You are employed as a requirements engineer in a company that develops control software for electric

motors. During your work it becomes increasingly evident that the developers are very well aware of the

necessary requirements, even though the requirements are not documented in their entirety. Nevertheless,

you decide to document requirements systematically.

Which two of the following

arguments justifies this step? (2 Points)

Documenting requirements systematically is important, because...

A. ... implementation without documented requirements is not possible.

B. ... non-documented requirements are difficult to negotiate between the stakeholders.

C. ... the coverage of the requirements by means of test cases cannot be checked.

D. ... documented requirements are also good requirements.

Requirements documentation can either be natural language or model-based. Which two statements are most applicable? (2 Points)

A. If documentation is model-based, natural language documentation can be dispensed with.

B. As models are more formal, they offer a higher degree of uniqueness compared to natural language.

C. In requirements engineering models are more suitable than textual descriptions to reduce the complexity of the entity being considered.

D. When deciding between model-based and natural language documentation, model-based is preferable.

Your company works intensively with models in requirements engineering and uses UML for the description of models. Which three capabilities should a modeling tool possess in order to be able to create traceable models in the requirements engineering? (3 Points)

A. The model elements can be stored under version control

B. The models are checked for conformity with the UML definition

C. The model is exported in the XML format

D. Every model element must possess an ID

E. Model elements can be linked via hyperlinks

F. Themodelingtool creates reports suitable for management