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  1. A telecom software team measures 'velocity' across sprints. If velocity drops significantly, this most likely indicates:

    Answer: Impediments, technical debt, or scope expansion are slowing progress

    A sudden velocity drop typically signals unresolved blockers, growing technical debt, or uncontrolled scope additions within the sprint.

  2. In an Agile telecom project, the Product Owner's primary responsibility during the SDLC is to:

    Answer: Manage and prioritize the product backlog

    The Product Owner owns and prioritizes the backlog, ensuring the team works on the highest-value items aligned with business goals.

  3. A telecom company's software release failed because the production environment differed from the test environment. This failure is best prevented by:

    Answer: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure environment parity

    Infrastructure as Code ensures production and test environments are provisioned identically from the same version-controlled scripts.

  4. During SDLC for a telecom network function virtualization (NFV) platform, which document would capture the APIs between virtualized network functions?

    Answer: Interface Control Document (ICD)

    An Interface Control Document formally defines the APIs, data formats, and protocols between interacting system components.

  5. A Certified Telecommunications Executive evaluating SDLC maturity would use which framework to assess and improve software process capability?

    Answer: CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration)

    CMMI provides a structured framework for assessing and improving an organization's software development process maturity across five levels.

  6. In a telecom software project using SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), a 'Program Increment (PI)' most closely corresponds to which SDLC concept?

    Answer: A time-boxed planning and execution cycle delivering integrated value

    A PI in SAFe is a fixed time-box (typically 8–12 weeks) in which Agile Release Trains plan and deliver incremental, integrated product value.

  7. Which SDLC risk is most specific to telecommunications software that must remain operational 24/7 during upgrades?

    Answer: Zero-downtime deployment failure

    Telecom systems require zero-downtime (rolling or blue-green) deployments; failure to achieve this causes service outages that violate SLAs.