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

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?

An application enhancement adds 3 business functional attributes to each of 3 files. Each of these files had been valued at 2 RETs and 19 DETs. All of the DETs for each of these files are maintained using the same screen in the application. What is the functional size of the transactional function after the enhancement?

Which of the following statements is a characteristic of the GSC - complex processing?

What is the primary intent of an EIF?

A baseline count is to be conducted for the Payment Information Application (PIA).

Client Credit History logical file is made available to the teller while processing a customer's wire payment. The Client Credit History logical file is retrieved from the Credit Master Application (CMA).

PIA also receives an end-of-day import file of wire payments from the Foreign Banking (FB) application. PIA maintains all customer wire payments in the Wire Payment logical file. During the processing of the wire payments, the currency is converted from the customer's local currency to PIA's currency using the FB application Currency logical file.

The teller must review the client credit history, and then update the Credit Limit logical file in the PIA before processing the wire payment.

Tellers maintain the Customer Account logical file using the maintain customer account function within PIA.

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

Identify the data functions used:

An External Input is an elementary process that:

LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS)

• The Lend Text functions allow the LIS user to register information about the texfs lending in the Lend logical file. Data stored and maintained in Lend are: ISBN code, enroll code, lend date, due date, return date.
• LIS maintains information about the Distributors from whom the library orders books, magazines and other publications. Account number, distributor name and 10 other logical pieces of information are maintained.
• Library Branch data is stored in LIS and is maintainable by the library staff. Information Is maintained on 10 branches. Data maintained includes branch id, branch name, location, directions, hours of operation, and 17 other logical pieces of information.
• Purchase Wish List logical file is maintained by LIS. Employees enter books, magazines, video recordings, audio recordings and personal computer software that they believe the library patrons would be interested in borrowing. This list is used as a source when making purchase decisions. The information is grouped by media type and information is collected based on the media type.
• There are 8 common pieces of data collected for all media types

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• Employee logical file is maintained in the LIS application and contains information about the library staff, including employee id, name, address, full or part time status, and title.

Determine the complexity of the following functions:

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 Human Resources (HR) application contains 5 data functions.

Determine the complexity of data functions:

Select the complexity for each function:

The Stock Purchasing (SP) and Point of Sale (POS) applications have the following requirements.

• The POS application maintains details of customer purchases in the Item Purchases logical file.
• The SP application is used to place orders with suppliers based on daily inventory levels.
• The SP application is used to maintain supplier information. The Supplier Information logical file contains descriptions of items the supplier stocks and supplier contact information.
• The Inventory logical file is maintained by the SP application through a daily batch process which references the Item Purchases logical file.
• When the batch process is complete, the SP application displays a list of items that are below 20% of normal inventory levels. The user selects items to be ordered and specifies the supplier. The SP application then generates a purchase order for each supplier. The purchase orders are sent electronically to each supplier and stored in the Order logical file.
• From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the data function both the SP and POS applications. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

Complete the statement. Developers translate the__________ into software in order to provide a solution.

The development project functional size is defined as:

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:

An EIF referenced by mere then one application counts as:

Which elementary process processes data or control information sent from outside the application's boundary?

TAX APPLICATION

For the TAX application the user required the migration of existing taxpayer information (name, tax identification number, location name) to the TAX application. A conversion file with taxpayer data was created and imported into the Taxpayer logical file in the TAX application. The source of the data was the Account Holder logical file.

The user required the ability to Add, Change and Delete the taxpayer information in the Taxpayer logical file.

The user required the ability to View the taxpayer information prior to changing or deleting information.

From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the base functional components for the TAX application baseline. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Functions does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

The Human Resources (HR) application includes functionality to maintain the Department logical file.

• The user enters a department number and presses the View button to display an existing department. An error message is displayed if the department does not exist.
• When the user adds or updates a department, the cost center is validated against the Cost Center logical file. The Cost Center logical file is maintained in the Payroll application.
• The user Adds a new department by entering department #, Name, phone #, mail stop, cost center and manager. The user completes the add by pressing the Add button. An error message displayed if the department # already exists.
• The user Updates information about the displayed department. Name, phone #, mail stop, cost center and manager may be changed. The user completes the update by pressing the Update button.
• The user Deletes the displayed department by pressing the Delete button.
• A manager must be selected using the Manager Drop Down list, which displays manager name and department number. The Employee logical file is maintained in the HR application and is the source for the Manager Drop Down list.

Determine the complexity for department transactions.

Select the complexity for each function.

Several functions are outlined within the following scenario for the Internet Application (IA):

• From the company intranet the user selects the IA application.
• The purchase item option allows the user to pay their internet shopping bill, after performing inquiry selection of items for purchase. The pay bill option updates the Customer, Inventory and Purchase History logical files.
• If this is the user's first purchase, the Customer Information screen captures information about the customer and stores it on the Customer logical file. Once the customer information is saved and the customer chooses the next option, they are returned to the Pay Bill option.
• If the user is an existing customer, they may view their customer information. The customer has the option of changing their information, but cannot delete it.
• An itemized report totaling monthly customer purchases is created at the end of each month.

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

Identify the functions used:

Data used by the Payroll Activity application is organized in the following logical groups:

The Absence file and Pay Period file were implemented as part of the technical solution to facilitate business transactions.

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

Identify the data functions used:

Identify the data and/or transactional functions in the following scenario:

In an international company, the user requires the Human Resources (HR) application to provide the following capabilities:

• All hourly employees must be paid In United States dollars
• When adding or changing employee information (name, social security number, number of dependents, type code, supervisory level, standard hourly rate, collective bargaining unit number, and location name), on the employee screen, the HR application must access the Currency application (CA) to retrieve a conversion rate. After retrieving the conversion rate, the HR application converts the employee's local standard hourly rate to a U.S. hourly rate using the following calculation:

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• When deleting employee information, on the employee screen, the HR application must NOT access the CA application to retrieve a conversion rate.
• The HR application must maintain employee information in the HR Employee logical file

• From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the base functional components for the HR application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function Type does not apply.

Identify the functions used.

What is the definition of "consistent state?"

The primary intent of an EQ is to:

LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS) - REPORTS

LIS produces five reports:

• Text Out On Loan

• References Customer logical file
• References Text logical file
• Displays 8 fields

• Text Overdue

• References Customer logical file
• References Text logical file
• Displays 4 fields

• Text With Multiple Hold Requests

• References Text logical file
• References Publisher Guide logical file
• References Customer logical file
• Displays 25 fields

• Inventory List

• References Inventory logical file
• Displays 12 fields including 1 calculated field

• Text On Order

• References Order logical file
• References Publisher Guide logical file
• References Text logical file
• References Employee logical file
• Displays 15 fields including 2 calculated fields

Determine the complexity of the following functions.

Select the complexity for each function:

EXAM SCHEDULING SYSTEM (ESS) - EXAM SCHEDULING FUNCTIONS

• The controller uses the Maintain Exam Schedule screen to schedule exams for various courses and subjects.
• The exam serial number from the University Master logical file is entered in the screen. On pressing the Retrieve key, the exam name, controller number, finals week start date and finals week end date efe displayed from the University Master logical file. In addition, exam status, course id, subject id, exam date, start time, end time, proctor and message are displayed from Schedule Information logical file.
• The Add or Modify options allow addition/update to the course id, subject id, exam start date, start time, end time, proctor and message using the exam serial number as the key field. The data in the add/update mode gets saved in the Schedule Information logical file with the 'pending approval' in the exam status, no other data is stored.
• Course id, subject id and exam date pick lists provide data from static tables.
• The exam dates should be within the finals week start and end dates

Determine the complexity for functions listed:

Select the complexity for each function:

The counting scope is defined as:

Which of the following statements about an External Input is true?

The Measurement Process includes which of the following?

In FP count calculations, the term DEL is the size of the function being:

What indicates the conceptual interface between the software under study and its users?

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?

Which of the following would apply when counting FTRs for an EQ?

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following statements regarding Function Point Analysis (FPA) is true?

When counting an EI, which of the following statements is true of the term maintain?

Which processing logic can be performed by an EQ?

Which of the following statements about an External Inquiry are true?

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

Which of the following statements about an External Output are true?

INTERNET APPLICATION (IA) -MAINTAIN INTERNET DATA

• From the IA main menu, the IA user selects the Purchase Item option.
• The Purchase Item option opens a screen which allows the user to pay their internet shopping bill after performing an inquiry of the items selected for purchase. The Pay Bill option updates the Customer logical file to store the date of last purchase. The Inventory logical file is updated to determine when stock is depleted. The Inventory logical file contains the following information: product id, units of measure, count of product on hand, count of product on order, count of product on back-order, and reorder point.
• The Product logical file is maintained by the PARTS application. Product contains product id, description, expected life of product, category, manufacturer, SKU, and weight.
• Upon the customer's first purchase, the Customer Information screen captures the following information about the customer and stores it on the Customer logical file which includes: customer number, name, street address, state/province/region, country, postal code, payment type, gender, and future email offer flag.
• The Purchase History logical file (PHF) is used to contain the history of customer purchases. The PHF contains a demographics section which contains the following: customer number, gender, product category, product id, and purchase frequency. The other part of the PHF contains information pertaining to the cost of purchases: customer number, purchase date, quantity, purchase cost, expected life of product. An additional part of the PHF contains information about email offers sent to the customer. This part of the PHF contains information: date of email, product id, sale price, sale end date, and offer end date.
• The purchase cost is stored in the PHF in US Dollars after conversion from the customer's local currency using the Currency logical file. The Currency logical file contains the following information: country currency converting from, country currency converting to, conversion rate, date and time of conversion rate.

Determine the complexity of the data functions:

Determine the complexity of the following function:

• The Organization consists of three levels of organizational hierarchy. There are one or more Groups to a Department and one or more Departments to a Division. When a Division is deleted all associated Departments and Groups are also deleted. Organization data (including all three parts) is maintained by the Payroll application.

• All the remaining tables are maintained by the HR application.
• All the remaining data is maintained by the HR application.
• The HR application stores information on the employee in the Employee logical file. Employee dependent information about the spouse and children of the employee are stored on the Employee Dependent table.
• Health insurance plan, dental insurance plan, life insurance, and accident insurance data is stored in the Benefits logical file.
• Pay rate, bonus percentage, vacation accrual rate, vacation balance, and pension accrual rate are stored on the Compensation logical file.
• Training classes attended and scheduled are stored in the Training logical file.
• The health insurance table contains the code and description for all Health Insurance plans offered to the employees for health coverage.
• The dental insurance table contains the code and description for all Dental Insurance plans offered to the employee for dental coverage

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

Identify the data functions used:

A file of user maintained help messages is kept current using the business administrator functionality of the system. How would this help message file be counted?

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?

Which would be measured as multiple EQs?

An application provides the users with screen help, field sensitive help, and system help. The help information is maintained within another application. How many EQs are counted?

The revenue and expense amounts are retrieved from the General Ledger data store without any graph below be counted?

A logical data store is maintained by the application being counted. It has tax code as the key attribute and tax rate as the only other attribute. How would this data store be counted?

The Insurance Claim application has a file for Claim Information which is used to capture 127 pieces of data about each claim that is submitted. The Claim Information file stores the data in four groups: insurance policy holder, claimant, nature of the claim, and scanned images of all documents related to the claim such as receipts and photos. How would the Claim Information file be counted?

A report is created that displays all of the high net worth clients. The report calculates the net worth of a client by totaling the balances from all of their accounts with the firm including unrealized gains and losses. If the net worth of the client exceeds $5 million the client is included on the report. The report retrieves the name, address and phone number from the master account file and generates a list. How would this be counted?

An enhancement adds 3 update screens to the application. Each of these screens updates 2 files and displays 17 data attributes. What is the functional size of the transactional functions after the enhancement?

A development project has created 450 FP in application functionality and created 45 FP in conversion functionality. What is the DFP?

Which requirement(s) would be accounted for using only the GSCs?

The Great Escape movie theater chain has theaters in multiple cities. The Great Escape Sales system needs to send sales tax collected to the correct government offices. The Sales system calculates the tax due by multiplying the theater's sales by the tax rate for the city where the theater is located. The Tax Rate table has Tax Rate ID, Location, Tax Rate, Effective Date, Expiration Date columns. Tax Rate records are added, changed and deleted by the developers using third party utilities with the information that is submitted by the Sales system users in Change Requests approved by the Change Control Board (CCB). How many function points would be counted for the Tax Rate table?

A Financial application has a file that contains currency exchange rate information. This data is used to convert currency from U.S. dollars to local country currency. This file is considered to be:

During the requirements phase for a new application, the user identified 3 logical groups of data. During the construction phase, our database technicians combined the 3 logical groups of data into 1 physical table. How many ILFs would be counted?

In an enhancement project, a processing logic change is made to the validation of a product record in the Inventory system. Only when a product record is added or changed the validation is performed. Add, Change, Delete, and an implied Inquiry transactions exist for the Inventory system. Which transactions should be included in the enhancement measure?

An application was 100 AFPB before enhancement.

• 4 FP were deleted
• Changed functionality was 12 FP before the enhancement and 14 FP after the enhancement
• 10 FP were added
• There were 18 conversion FP

What is the enhancement project functional size?

A Purchasing application prior to the enhancement had 204 FP. An enhancement project contributed the following:

• Added FP = 12
• Change Before FP = 30
• Deleted FP = 0
• Change After FP = 31
• Conversion FP = 0

What is the EFP?

An enhancement project adds 4 new EOs, changes 4 EOs, and deletes 4 EOs. Each of the EOs has 10 DETs and references 3 EIFs. The TDI remains 31. What is the aEFP?

A Human Resources application has online field help for the add, change and delete transactions. The help facility is maintained by a separate application. How would the field help be measured for the Human Resources application?

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?

The TDI changed from 41 to 46 during an application enhancement. What are the VAFB and VAFA?

An enhancement project involves both the Human Resource (HR) application and the Mail Distribution (MD) application.

The HR application maintains all data elements in the Employee logical file. The users of the HR application require validations for employee pay grade and employee job title in the Employee logical file. The employee pay grade will be validated against the Pay Grade logical file which is maintained by the Finance application. The employee job title will be validated against the Job Title logical file which is maintained by the Compensation application.

The MD application maintains two data elements in the Employee logical file. The users of the MD application require additional validations for building and floor within the employee mailing address. The building and floor will be validated against the Building logical file which is a new file being developed by this project.

The users will use the MD application to maintain the Building logical file. The users of the MD application also maintain building and floor in the Employee logical file.

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

Identify the data functions used:

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:

Several data functions are described in the scenario for the Internet Application (IA):

• The user may query store locations where an order can be picked up. The Store Location logical file is updated in the IA as new locations open
• The user may pay their internet shopping bill using the purchase item option. This option updates the Customer logical file with the date of purchase, the Inventory logical file with stock number and quantity, and Purchase History logical file with date, stock number, price and discounts applied.
• Prior to the completion of the purchase item option the purchase amount is converted from US dollars into the user' s local currency. The currency conversion requires reference data from the Currency Exchange logical file, which Is maintained through the Financial application. The Currency Exchange file is updated daily. The payment code is used to determine how the payment will be made.
• If this is the user's first purchase, customer Information is added to the Customer logical file. As part of adding customer information the Country file is referenced in order to store country code in the Customer logical file rather than country name.

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

Identify the data functions used:

The High Point grocery store has implemented a frequent buyer program. Discounts on various products will be provided as an incentive for customers to register in the program. The Frequent Buyer (FB) application is being built to collect and store the customer information and to keep track of the purchasing patterns of the customers.

• The customers will fill out a form providing their contact information and other demographic information
• FB users will use the Customer screen to Add Customer information in the Customer Master logical file.
• FB users also use the Customer screen to View Customer information and Change Customer Information.
• The Customer List report lists all customers and is available for display by selecting the Customer List report option from the Main Menu.

• From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the base functional components for the FB application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function Type does not apply.

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:

ITEM CHECK-OUT SCREEN

• Library employees use the Item Check-Out screen when a member is ready check out the book(s) and/or magazine(s) he wishes to borrow. The library employee enters the member id number, and when the employee exits the member id attribute, if the member id is valid, the member name is retrieved from the Member Information logical file and displayed in the member name attribute. The library employee enters the item type (b for book, m for magazine) and the item code; the item title is retrieved from the Book Information logical file and displayed in the item title attribute. The library employee then enters the lending date and the due date, and presses the Add button. The information is stored in the Check-Out logical file.
• Library employees use the Item Check-Out screen to update the due date of a book or magazine if a member requests additional lending time. The employee enters the member id number, and when the employee exits the member id attribute, if the member id is valid, the member name is retrieved from the Member Information logical file and displayed in the member name attribute, the library employee enters the item type (b for book, m for magazine) and the item code; the item title is retrieved from the Book Information logical file and displayed in the item title attribute and the lending date and due date are retrieved from the Check-Out logical file. The library employee then updates the due date, and presses the Update button. The new due date is stored in the Check-Out logical file.
• The head librarian receives two reports from the Library Check-Out application. The first report is the Overdue Report which is a list of overdue items categorized into < 30 days overdue, 30 - 90 days overdue and > 90 days overdue.
• The second report is the Low Usage Report that calculates which fiction books have not been checked out in the last 24 months and lists the title of those books. This report is run on demand. A High Usage Report with the number of times an item has been checked out has been put on hold and will not be released.
• A proposed Member Check-Out Report with a list of books checked-out and recommended titles will not be developed until privacy issues have been resolved.
• From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the transactional functions for the current Library Check-Out application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.

Identify the functions used:

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:

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: