Jira Interview Questions and Answers – Part 2

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

What commandline tool you access in order to increase the memory for JIRA?

  • servicemem.exe
  • tomcat7w.exe (Ans)
  • jirasetup.exe
  • perfmon.exe

What does public mode mean in JIRA?

  • You can only run with a trial license
  • The server is placed on the internet.
  • Users can sign up them selfs. (Ans)
  • All information on the server is open for all users

What happens if you write a numberical value in quick search?

  • You can only use full keys in the quick search field
  • You get a syntax error message
  • If the numberical part of the issue key correspond to the input, the issue is displayed (Ans)
  • A create issue box is shown

Which is a not valid JQL?

  • text ~ “gps”
  • key=art-1 order by summary desc
  • order by summary
  • art-1=key (Ans)

Which is a valid way of making a field required?

  • By using a notification scheme
  • In the project setup menu, you click on the fields you want to set as required
  • By setting the required flag at the issue configuration
  • With a Field Configuration (Ans)

What does “transition” mean in JIRA?

  • Updating an issue
  • Closing an issue
  • Sending an issue to another system
  • Move from one status to another (Ans)

Which is not directly linked to a project?

  • Versions
  • Workflow scheme
  • Field Configuration Scheme
  • Screen (Ans)

What is true for a small JIRA installation?

  • Recent multicore server with 2 GB of RAM and a 7200 HD will do (Ans)
  • JIRA must have at least 4 GB of RAM allocated
  • You must have a minimum 8 core server with 16 GB of RAM and a SSD Raid setup
  • JIRA can only run on SATA hard-drives

How would you do a manual installation of Jira?

  • Use the archive-files and manually copy files (Ans)
  • You must use the installation wizard with -q parameters
  • Manual installations can only be done using the on-demand solution
  • You cannot do a manual installation of Jira

What is true about an issue?

  • All of the statements are correct (Ans)
  • An issue can be for example a bug, task or improvement
  • An issue must be belong to a project
  • An issue must have an unique key

Which is not a built-in event for triggering a webhook?

  • Issue Deleted
  • Issue Created
  • Worklog Updated
  • Worklog deleted (Ans)

What is the best way to migrate from Bugzilla?

  • You cannot migrate from Bugzilla
  • Use the built-in importer (Ans)
  • Use the CSV-importer
  • Import the values directly into the JIRA-database
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