Jira Interview Questions and Answers – Part 3

How would you share a query with another JIRA user?

• Send the JIRA query in as text in an email
• Create a dashboard with the query and share the dashboard
• Share the query by clicking the “share query” button in the search pane.
• Create a filter and share the filter (Ans)

What does it mean that the workflow scheme is active?

• It is in use and you have limited posibilites for change (Ans)
• The workflow scheme is used by more than one project
• The workflow scheme is obsolete
• It is in use but you can still make any change

What is not true about transitions?

• Transitions cannot be bi-directional (Ans)
• You can trigger webhooks with transitions
• A transition is needed in order to change status
• You can only several transitions pr step

Which is a valid JQL?

• order by summary, project=ART
• project=ART and or project=MISC
• select * from project=ART
• project=ART order by summary desc (Ans)

You should avoid using

• Work board
• Classic boards (Ans)
• Report board
• Plan board

Start by creating the following type of tickets in Jira to create your backlog (Hint: INVEST)

• Epic
• Task
• Bug
• Story (Ans)

Use this report to determine bottlenecks

• Epic report
• Cumulative flow diagram (Ans)
• Burndown chart
• Sprint report

The start-stop-continue approach is used during?

• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective (Ans)
• Daily Scrum
• Requirement planning

What type of project should we create in Jira for the purpose of this training?

• Agile Scrum (Ans)
• Kanban
• Jira classic
• Gantt-chart project

The following is only a listener during the Daily Scrum because is involved and not committed?

• Executive team (Ans)
• Product Owner
• Team Member
• Scrum Master

You create sprints in

• Release mode
• Plan mode (Ans)
• Work
• Project Overview

The following is the old way of development where devs went into a room for months and came out with an application

• Feature driven development
• Scrum
• Test driven development
• Waterfall (Ans)

The following is an involved team member

• Team Member
• Scrum Master
• Project Manager (Ans)
• Product Owner

The key principle of scrum is

• Start with what you do now
• Plan all your work and schedule for the duration of the project
• Recognize that requirements can change (Ans)
• Deliver a new version to customers every 2 to 4 weeks

Where do you use primarily Report Mode?

• Sprint Planning Meeting
• Sprint Retrospective (Ans)
• Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review

You release a version in

• Work mode (Ans)
• Plan mode
• Project Overview
• Release mode

To grant a user permission to use JIRA you go to:

• Application Access (Ans)
• Roles
• Groups
• Permissions

A Role within JIRA is:

• A point-in-time for a project. They help you schedule and organize your releases
• Created within Permission Schemes, which are then assigned to specific projects
• A way to manipulate the display and behavior of issue fields
• A flexible way to associate users and/or groups with particular projects (Ans)

The first step to implement Kanban is:

• Assign new roles to team members
• Map out your current process
• Not change anything (Ans)
• Measure impact

In both Kanban and Scrum you make people:

• Limit their work in progress
• Meet on – daily basis
• – core part of the process (Ans)
• Assume new roles according to their contribution

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