I40-420 Practice Exam Questions with Answers Certified Function Point Specialist Certification

Documentation of a function point count can include:

The Order Entry Modification screen populates all order details into the Order logical file. The modification process also populates the Advance Shipment Notification logical file and references the Available Inventory logical file. The user required before and after images to be captured for 3 attributes in the Oder logical file. The technical team has decided to store this data in the Order Audit file for ease of access. How many transactional functions and logical files are counted in the modification process?

The Job Management application includes the following:

• Three files of business data: Employee, Job, and Invoice
• Job Rates file contains data that is stored in order to process the business rules against the business data.
• The Payment Type file is identified by the developer In response to the technical requirements of the users.

Which of these files are candidates for counting as logical files (ILF or EIF)?

What is the purpose of a FP count?

Which processing logic can be performed by an EQ?

What is the primary intent of an ILF?

An enhancement project does not change the functional sizing of the application, but just the GSCs. The application's aAFP was 101 FPs, with a VAF of 1.01. The following generic system characteristics are changed as described: a) Flexible query and report facility was provided that can handle simple requests; now this facility can handle complex requests b) Business control data was kept in tables that are maintained by the user with on-line interactive processes, but changes take effect only on the next business cycle; now changes can take effect immediately What is the aAFPA?

The data retrieved from the state drop down list is obtained by reading the State file that contains only state code and state description. The State file is not updated frequently as states are not added on a frequent basis. How would the drop down list be measured?

An existing EO is updated from 17 DETs and 1 FTR with the addition of 2 new DETs and 3 new FTRs. What is the FP of this updated EO?

Determine the complexity of the data and/or transactions identified in the following scenario:

• The Library Information System (LIS) user Adds new member information by entering the member code, the member name, the telephone number, the address and the starting membership date. Information is stored and maintained in the Member logical file.
• The LIS user Changes some member information or Deletes it, by entering the member code. The LIS retrieves all the information related to the member code and displays it on the screen. Then, the LIS user Changes all the data displayed, with the exception of the member code, or completely Deletes the member information. If the member code is not found in the Member logical file, then an error message is displayed to the user.
• The LIS user Views member information by entering the member code and/or the member name on the screen. All the member data is retrieved and displayed in the search results. If the member code and/or the member name is not found in the Member logical file, then an error message is displayed to the user.
• All functions are activated by pressing the OK button.

Determine the complexity for the following functions:

Select the complexity for each function:

What is the term for data that specifies what, when or how data is to be processed by an elementary process?

Which of the following defines the purpose of a count?

Control information is defined as data that:

Which functional size (FS) is associated with the measurement at any time dring the application's lifecycle?

Which GSC describes the degree to which processing logic influenced the development of the application?

An External Input is an elementary process that:

Which of the following functions is (are) counted for a development project FP count?

An EI is defined as:

Within the Human Resources Application, information for an employee is added by entering general information. In addition to the general information, the employee is either a salaried employee or hourly employee. Each type of employee has unique attributes. Either type of employee can have information about dependents. How many RETs are described in this scenario?

The add, change, delete and retrieve job information functionalities are modified as part of an enhancement. A new summary report totaling job information is added. What transactions are counted for the enhancement project?

An application retrieves records from a data store and displays the retrieved data on an HTML page. The HTML page contains a scroll bar to view all of the attributes. A user must scroll down through 4 screens of information to see all of the attributes contained on the HTML page. How is this counted?

The Pay Employee elementary process calculates the total paycheck amount using the payment cycle timing and send the completed paycheck to the printer. The payment cycle contains timing information that affects the Pay Employee elementary process. Identify the function that represents the Pay Employee transaction?

Four different country managers require a report about the sales turnover for their respective countries. Country managers 1 and 2 require the data to be sorted in the ascending order of the sales, whereas country mangers 3 and 4 require the data to be sorted in the ascending order of sales and profit. How many elementary processes would be counted for the sales turnover report?

The human resources department has 2 applications that use the Candidate Information file. Candidate Information contains 86 logical pieces of data.

• The Candidate application maintains and/or references 86 pieces of data from Candidate Information. The Candidate application groups the data into candidate personal and candidate work history.
• The Hiring application references 53 pieces of data from Candidate Information. The Hiring application groups the data into Candidate Record.

How would you count the Candidate Information file for each Application?

A Call Center (CC) application is being enhanced to maintain and display 2 new pieces of information. The CC will add the 2 new DETs to all 5 of the modified transactional functions.

• The Product Summary Report had 2 FTRs and 12 DETs.
• Add Literature and Change Literature had 4 FTRs and 19 DETs.
• The Literature Report (no calculations or derived data) had 4 FTRs and 19 DETs.
• The Call Log Report (no calculations or derived data) had 1 FTRs and 19 DETs.

What is the complexity of the transactional functions after the enhancement?

Select the complexity for each function:

LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS) - REGISTER A TEXT

• The LIS user Adds data related to a new text in the Library, by entering ISBN code, title, author, publisher, series, typology, publishing date and acquisition date on the screen and pressing the OK button. All data entered is maintained in the Text logical file. The ISBN code and the publisher are validated against the Publishers Guide logical file.
• The LIS user Views data related to an existing text in the Library by entering the ISBN code, title, author or publisher on a selection screen.
• If only one text matches the selection criteria, the View Text screen is displayed. ISBN code, title, author, publisher, series, typology, publishing date and acquisition date are displayed.
• If a record in the Text logical file does not match the criteria entered, an error message is displayed to the user.
• If more than one record matches the criteria, the Multiple Text List List is displayed. For each of the texts that matches the criteria the following attributes are shown: ISBN code, title, author, publishing date and the percentage match to the criteria. The LIS user can display the View Text screen by selecting a single text and pressing the OK button.
• The LIS user Changes Text text data by changing any values on the View Text screen with the exception of the ISBN code and pressing the Change button. If the publisher is changed it is validated against the Publishers Guide logical file.
• The user Deletes text data from the Text logical file by entering on the screen the ISBN code of the text and pressing the Delete button.

Determine the complexity of the following functions:

Select the complexity for each function:

The Procurement application user requires the ability to control how and when reports are printed. The following list shows the specific user requirements for generating reports:

• Display a list of reports that are available to be printed.
• The user selects a report to be printed. If report control information exists for the requested report, the report control is displayed from the Report Control logical file.
• If report control information has not been specified for the requested report, the user may add the following report controls:

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• If report control information exists for the requested report, the user may update or delete the report controls.

From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the transactional functions for the Procurement application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

ALERT SYSTEM - ALERT NOTIFICATION

• Brokers use the Alert Profile screen to maintain the Alert Profile logical file. They can Add, Change, Delete and View alert information.
• Brokers also maintain a list of many securities to monitor. The securities information is considered to be part of the Alert Profile.
• The Alert Profile record is not considered complete until at least one security has been entered. The account number, alert contact name, alert phone number, and security id are required fields. The user is required to enter at least one of the remaining fields: low price threshold, high price threshold, and high volume threshold, they may enter values in all three.
• When an Alert Profile record is Added a validation is performed on the account number against the Account Master logical file and a validation on the securities against the Securities logical file.
• When Alert Profile records are Changed a validation is on the account number against the Account Master. All fields can be modified.
• No validations are performed for the Alert Profile View.
• When an Alert Profile record is Deleted the user must enter the account number, alert contact name, alert phone number. The account number is validated against the Account Master.
• Error messages are displayed whenever validations fail

Select the complexity of each function:

The Patient Billing application includes functionality to maintain the Patient logical file.

• The user enters a patient id and presses the View button to display an existing patient record, including diagnosis description and insurance company name. An error message is displayed if the patient record does not exist.
• The user Adds a new patient by entering a patient ID and the remaining values. The user completes the add by pressing the Add button. An error message is displayed if the patient id already exists.
• The user Updates information about the patient. All attributes can be modified except for patient id. The user completes the update by pressing the Update button
• A diagnosis code must be selected using a drop down list for the primary diagnosis and the secondary diagnosis. The drop down list function is identical for primary and secondary diagnosis. The Diagnosis logical file is maintained in the Patient Billing application and is the source for the Diagnosis Code Drop Down list. The Diagnosis Code Drop Down list displays the diagnosis code, description and authorized days of hospitalization.
• An insurance company code must be selected using the Insurance Company Drop Down list. The Insurance logical file is used as the source. The Insurance Company Drop Down list displays the insurance company number, group type and name.
• All other drop down lists use static data as the source.

Determine the complexity for the following functions:

Select the complexity for each function:

Several functions are outlined within the following scenario for the Accounts Receivable application:

• From the main menu, the user selects the receive payment option.
• The receive payment option opens a screen which allows the user to add or change payment information on the Payment Information logical file after performing an inquiry on payments received for the customer. The receive payment option updates the Customer Master logical file to store a current outstanding balance due. If there was no existing outstanding balance, the current balance is added to the Customer Master logical file.
• From the main menu, the user selects the balance review option.
• The balance review option accesses the Customer Master logical file and allows the user to create a summary report with customer balance totals.
• The balance review summary option accesses the Customer Master and Currency Translation logical files. A report is created that contains a comprehensive list of all past balance changes in both company standard currency and customer local currency.

From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the transactional functions for the Accounts Receivable application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

A Corporate Finance application is being developed.

The application adds or updates the Receivable logical file and the Payable logical file. The user requires that this information is sent to the Accounts application to keep accounting records consistent. The combined receivable and payable data is sent to the Accounts application daily at 8:00 PM.

When implementing a solution to send the receivable and payable information, it was decided to include a header and trailer record with the accounts information. These records are used by the Corporate Finance user to ensure that everything was technically correct when transmitting the file.

From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the transactional functions for the Corporate Finance application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

The Account Reconciliation Application (ARA) is used by banking operations to match credit (in) and debit (out) transactions within client accounts. Both credit and debit transactions are received from several other applications and stored as the Client Reconciliation logical file. ARA is capable of automatically matching transactions based on the Business Parameters logical file which is maintained by users in the ARA.

Access permissions in the User Access logical file are maintained by users in the ARA, and contain online user account permissions and approval levels.

The users can maintain their own report forms in the Reporting logical file. All reports use the Currency logical file, which is maintained by an external application, to convert the local payment currency to Euros.

From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the data functions for the ARA. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used: