Cloud Computing Foundations
Week 2
Effective Technical Communication Quiz
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Question 1
A former startup engineering manager mentions that often “Agile” project management alone is not enough to ship a minimum viable product (MVP). What could help?
You got it! DevOps Best Practices included the practice of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery as well as Microservices. They substantially increase velocity for a software project.
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Question 2
What is an example of repeatable technical documentation?
You got it! If the data is available via a public url, like a Github it is reproducible.
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Question 3
What is an advantage of a hosted Jupyter Notebook like CoLab versus a self-hosted Jupyter?
You got it! The library and code should run with no or minimal changes.
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Question 4
Which of the following traits is a characteristic of an effective team?
You got it! Having a clear goal that motivates the team is critical to an effective team.
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Question 5
What are the advantages of using a spreadsheet to plan out a project?
You got it! A spreadsheet row lends itself to planning via a time interval.
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Question 6
What is an example of a project management Anti-Pattern?
You got it! Without weekly demos it is difficult to assess progress.
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Question 7
What is an example of a “Triple Threat” skill to improve hireability?
You got it! Getting an industry recognized certification significantly improves hireability.
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Question 8
What is one advantage of the Markdown language for documentation?
You got it! The format is intuitive to beginners and easily changeable.
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Question 9
What is an example of critical thinking building block skill?
You got it! Books have a significant advantage over the news in that they are designed to be read and thought about. Reading many different types of books on a regular schedule is one of the best ways to build critical thinking skills.
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Question 10
What is an example of pseudoscience?
You got it! This is an example of a conspiracy theory that preys on the uniformed. It also violates Parkison’s Law “work expands to the time allotted to it”. It is more work to keep a conspiracy going, then to do the disputed work in most conspiracy scenarios.
