JIRA Questions

1. Which workflow configuration is redundant due to JIRA’s default behavior?

a) A post function that assigns to the current user
b) A validator that checks for a comment
c) Adding the assignee field to transition screen
d) A commit created trigger
e) Setting the [Link] property to false
f) A condition for the transition issue permission
Ans – A validator that checks for a comment
Correct Ans - A validator that checks for a comment

2. Which of the following is NOT an issue type?

a) Epic
b) Minor
c) Subtask
d) Story
Ans – Minor
Correct Ans - Minor

3. For a particular project, issues need to be hidden from users. You decide to use Issue
Security to do this which allows developers to choose which “additional” users can see each
issue. How can you achieve this configuration?
a) Create the group Additional Users and use it in the security scheme
b) Grant the developers the right to change the users named in security scheme
c) Add extra security levels for Additional Users
d) Create a user-picker field for Additional Users and use it in the security scheme
Ans – Add extra security layers for Additional Users
Correct Ans - Create a user-picker field for Additional Users and use it in the security
scheme

4. A project manager wants to lock down editing of an issue when in the approved workflow
status. Which workflow feature would you utilize to achieve this?
a) Create a condition to check the issue status to hide the edit issue button
b) Create a workflow property on the approved status that disabled the issue editing
c) Create a validator check the issue status to deny editing the issue
d) Create a trigger on all transactions into approved that turns off editing on the issue
Ans – Create a workflow property on the approved status that disabled the issue editing
Correct Ans - Create a workflow property on the approved status that disabled the issue
editing

5. JIRA is a software tool commonly developed for:

a) Issue tracking
b) Bug tracking
c) Project management
d) All of the listed options
Ans – All of the listed options
Correct Ans – All of the listed options

6. Deleting an issue is a bad practice. Instead, move the issue to an idle/unused project. State
True or False
 a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Ans – TRUE

7. A new employee asks for your help with Jira emails. The employee works on several
projects, and the volume of JIRA notifications is excessive. Which 2 adjustments to the user’s
profile will remedy this problem?
a) Unassign as project lead
b) Disable Autwatch
c) Unassign as component lead
d) Set “My changes” to “Do not notify me”
e) Unsubscribe from filters
Ans – Disable Autowatch, Set “My Changes” to “Do not notify me”

8. JIRA integration with Microsoft applications is possible. State True or False

a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Ans – TRUE
Correct Ans - TRUE

9. Which project settings are searchable in the issue navigator?

a) Project name
b) Project category
c) Project description
d) Project scheme
e) Project key
f) Project URL
Ans – Project name, description, key

10. In general, it is allowed to share JIRA issues with other users. State True or False
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Ans – FALSE
Correct Ans - FALSE

11. Your company new JIRA and chief security officer interviews you on ways to enforce
company-wide security standards in JIRA. Which four feature do you describe to her?
a) Category permission
b) Global permission
c) Issue security permission
d) Comment visibility
e) Project permission
f) Field permission
Ans – Category, global, Issue security & Project permission

12. Select all the options that are relevant to labels

a) Easy to search
b) Help to categorize issues
c) Association between two issues
d) Labels are editable
Ans – Easy to search, Help to categorize issues, Association between the issues
13. If you want to assign issue to a particular person in the team, the you mention his/her name
as ______ while creating the issue
a) Asignee
b) Resolve
c) Move
d) Link
Ans- Asignee
Correct Ans - Asignee

14. Which of the below are events in JIRA?

a) Environment event
b) Custom event
c) Specific event
d) System event
Ans – Custom & System event
Correct Ans - Custom & System event

15. Which of the below options DOESN’T apply to subtasks?

a) Multiple subtasks
b) Separate workflow for subtasks
c) Subtask under subtask
Ans – Separate workflow for subtasks

16. You are designing a complex workflow. Two of the requirements are listed below:
i) Any user should able to trigger Put on Hold transition from any status in the
workflow
ii) Only users with the close issue permission should be able to close the issue at any
point in the workflow
Which of the below options will help you meet these requirements?
a) Common transition
b) Triggers
c) Conditions
d) Global transitions
e) Validators
Ans – Global transitions, validators
Correct Ans – Conditions, Global Transitions

17. During a CSV import, which field will cause an issue import to fail if the value in that field
“import as Blank” to existing field option?
a) Resolution
b) Affect version(s)
c) Component(s)
d) Priority
e) Status
Ans – Status

18. A new JIRA instance has been setup. Users are reporting that they cannot create dashboards
or save issue filters.
Identify the permissions JIRA users must be assigned in order to resolve the issue.
a) The export issues project permission
 b) The browser projects global permission
c) The dashboard and reporting global permission
d) The JIRA users’ global permission
e) The browse issue project permission
f) The create shared objects global permission
Ans - The create shared objects global permission
Correct Ans - The create shared objects global permission

19. Identify the option which is not covered when cloning a JIRA issue.
a) Summary
b) Issue type
c) Description
d) Attachments
Ans – Attachments
Correct Ans - Attachments

20. Amiri wants his project leads to have more responsibility, but he does not want to grant full
project administration permission. Which action requires the administer project permission?
a) Add components
b) Assign issues
c) Control issue security
d) Set fix version
e) Edit due date
f) Close and reopen issues
Ans – Add components
Correct Ans – Add components

21. Select the relevant options related to workflow.

a) Edit active workflow
b) Delete status from active workflow
c) Status does not require outgoing transition
d) Workflow has 3 component statuses, transitions and resolutions
e) A project can have multiple workflows
Ans - Edit active workflow, A project can have multiple workflows

22. One of your project administrators has a requirement that several fields must be filled out
before an issue is closed. The assignee will not have all the required information when the
issue is first created. Which 2 features should you use to meet this requirement?
a) Transition screen
b) Properties
c) Conditions
d) Field Configurations
e) Validators
Ans – Properties, field configurations
Correct Ans – Transition Screen*

23. Bulk changes is an option in JIRA to perform certain operations in bulk. Which of the below
options can be carried out through bulk change?
a) Workflow transition, delete, move, edit
b) Workflow troubleshooting, delete, move, edit
c) Permission change, workflow transition, move, delete
 d) Manage sprints, workflow transition, edit, move
Ans - Workflow transition, delete, move, edit
Correct Ans - Workflow transition, delete, move, edit

24. Which of the below options applies to JQL?

a) Stands for JIRA Query Language
b) Enables easy access to large data sets
c) Basic and advanced queries
d) Column customizations
e) All of the listed options
Ans – Stands for JIRA Query Language
Correct Ans – All of the listed options*

25. You can resolve an issue not assigned to you. State True or False
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Ans – TRUE
Correct Ans - FALSE