Achieve Success in the IFPUG I40-420 Exam: A Detailed Certified Function Point Specialist Guide

An EO maintains 1ILF and references 3 ILFs. What is the minimum number of DETs necessary for it to be valued at 7 LFP?

A database table is maintained by the application being counted. It is an associative entity that has 5 foreign key attributes and no additional attributes. How would this associative entity 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?

An enhancement involves changing an EQ with 12 fields to include 3 extra fields. The EQ referenced 3 files before the change, and one extra file needs to be referred to as part of the change. How would the enhanced EQ be counted?

An enhancement project adds one new attribute to each of 10 ILFs. The 10 EIs that maintain these ILFs also include the new attribute. Before the enhancement, the ILFs each had 1 RET and 15 DETs, and the EIs each had 1 FTR and 15 DETs. What is the EFP for the enhancement project?

EXAM SCHEDULING APPLICATION (ESA) - EXAM SCHEDULING SCREEN

• The controller uses a screen to schedule exams for various courses and subjects. The exam serial number from the University Master logical file, maintained by the University Master Information application, is entered in the screen. On pressing the RETRIEVE key, the exam status, exam name, controller number, finals week start date and finals week end date are displayed.
• Detailed exam schedules stored within the Schedule logical file are also displayed on the screen as part of the RETRIEVE.
• By pressing the ADD key or MODIFY key, the user may add or update the course id, subject id, exam date, start time, end time, proctor and message using exam serial number as the key field. The data is saved in the Schedule logical file with the 'pending approval' in the exam status.
• Course id, subject id and exam date pick lists provide data from static tables.
• The exam date should be within the finals week start and end dates

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

Identify the functions used:

• The Foreign Exchange System (FXS) allows banking operations to monitor trades processed from different foreign exchange trading systems which are located in London, New York and Hong Kong.
• The Trade logical file is maintained using a series of batch jobs which copy each of the three foreign exchange data sets into FXS usable format. Once processed, the Add Trade batch function loads the data Into the Trade logical file and adds a date/time stamp.
• A Daily Trade Detail report is produced listing all trades monitored. This report is sorted by trading location.
• Two monthly reports are produced. A Monthly Summary Trade report is produced that contains summary trade numbers by trading location. A Monthly Trade Monitoring report is produced that lists all trades monitored, is sorted by trade date and contains a consolidated trade value.

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

Identify the functions used:

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 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:

• 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: