Sample questions

1 1. An under-estimate of effort is MOST likely to lead to which of the following?

(a) decreased productivity;

(b) decreased quality;

(c) a less competitive bid for a contract;

(d) a longer project duration.

2 2. Which of the following estimating methods is MOST likely to be used bottom-up?

(a) parametric;

(b) algorithmic;

(c) Delphi;

(d) activity-based.

XYZ organization Scenario

Staff have managed to develop information systems at a rate of five function points per staff-day. A new system has been assessed as requiring 120 function points to implement, but the staff available are relatively inexperienced and are only 80% as productive as the staff usually used in such projects.

Both questions 3 and 4 use this scenario ...

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