IFPUG i40-420 online test

Certified Function Point Specialist Exam

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Question 1

When counting DETs which of the following rules apply?

  • A. Count a DET for each recursive field on the ILF or EIF
  • B. Count a DET for each piece of data in an ILF or EIF required by the user to establish a relationship with another ILF or EIF
  • C. Count a DET for each repeating field that is identical in format
  • D. Count a DET for each field that appears more than once in an ILF or EIF
Answer:

B

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Question 2

Which of the following is an attribute used to represent relationships of one entity to another?

  • A. Primary key
  • B. Secondary key
  • C. Foreign key
  • D. Domestic key
Answer:

C

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Question 3

Which category (ies) of data entities is (are) usually identified to satisfy the Functional User
Requirements?

  • A. Business data
  • B. Reference data
  • C. Code data
  • D. Both A and B
Answer:

D

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Question 4

What is a (are) valid example(s) of code data?

  • A. Substitution data
  • B. Static data
  • C. Valid values
  • D. All of the above
Answer:

D

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Question 5

What is a user identifiable group of logically related data or control information referenced by the
application, but maintained within the boundary of another application?

  • A. An ILF
  • B. An IIF
  • C. An EIF
  • D. An ELF
Answer:

C

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Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an example of the purpose of a function point count?

  • A. To enable comparison of functionality delivered by two applications
  • B. To determine maintenance support cost per function point
  • C. To understand the percentage of lines of code that is being reused across three different applications
  • D. To determine the effort and duration of a development project
Answer:

C

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Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding the counting scope is true?

  • A. It defines the set of Functional User Requirements to be included in the FP count
  • B. It always includes more than one application
  • C. It determines the purpose of the applications being counted
  • D. It defines a (sub) set of the modules being sized
Answer:

A

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Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true of a boundary?

  • A. It encloses the logical data maintained by the application
  • B. It is the physical interface between the software under study and its users
  • C. It is dependent on the user's external business view of the application and is independent of technical and/or implementation considerations
  • D. It defines what is external to the application
Answer:

B

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Question 9

An example of the purpose of an FP count is to provide:

  • A. input to the estimation process needed to determine the level of effort to develop the first release of an application
  • B. a comparison of functionality delivered by two different suppliers' packages
  • C. determine the size of an application as part of the organization's effort to determine the size of its software portfolio
  • D. All of the above
Answer:

D

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Question 10

Which of the following defines the purpose of a count?

  • A. Provides an answer to a business question, and it is the business question that determines the purpose
  • B. Influences the positioning of the application between the software under review and the surrounding software
  • C. Influences the type of FP count to answer the business problem under investigation
  • D. Provides an input to the estimation process needed to determine the level of effort required to develop the first release of an application
Answer:

A

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