TWC Sample Questions & Answers
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- Question 1Advanced
Issue Lifecycle, Workflow, and Boards · Issue Lifecycle and Workflows
A Project Administrator is designing a custom workflow for a compliance tracking project. They need to ensure that an issue can only transition to 'Under Review' if the 'Compliance Document' custom field is not empty. Which workflow element must be configured to enforce this strict rule?
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Correct answer: C
Validators check that any input made to the transition is valid before the transition is performed. If a validator fails (e.g., a required field is empty), the transition is aborted.
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> InProgress InProgress --> UnderReview: Transition note right of UnderReview Validator checks: Is 'Compliance Document' field populated? If Yes -> Proceed If No -> Abort end note - Question 2IntermediateSelect 2
Issue Lifecycle, Workflow, and Boards · Kanban Boards
An Agile Coach is helping a support team transition from Scrum to Kanban. The team wants to understand which board features are exclusive to Kanban in Jira to optimize their continuous flow. Select TWO features that are fundamentally designed for Kanban boards rather than Scrum boards in Jira. (Select TWO)
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Correct answers: A, C
WIP limits are a core Kanban concept designed to prevent bottlenecks and optimize continuous flow. While technically configurable on Scrum boards, they are fundamentally a Kanban feature.
Kanban boards in Jira operate on a continuous pull system without the need to start or complete sprints, distinguishing them from Scrum boards.
- Question 3Beginner
Basic Concepts · Projects and Project Types
A Department Head is initiating a new Jira project for a small marketing team that wants full autonomy to create their own custom fields and workflows without requiring Jira Administrator intervention. Which project type is specifically designed for this level of team autonomy?
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Correct answer: B
Team-managed projects (formerly Next-gen projects) are designed specifically for team autonomy. Project Administrators can create their own issue types, custom fields, and workflows without affecting other projects or requiring global Jira Admin rights.
- Question 4Advanced
Basic Concepts · Filters and JQL basics
Scenario: Acme Corp is using Jira Cloud to manage a highly complex multi-team software release. The QA team needs to find specific blocker bugs that are either assigned to the 'Backend' component or have the 'Security' label, but they only want to see issues that are currently in the 'In Progress' status.
The lead engineer writes the following JQL:
issuetype = Bug AND priority = Blocker AND component = Backend OR labels = Security AND status = "In Progress"When executing this query, the team notices that they are seeing 'Done' issues and 'To Do' issues in their results, which violates their requirements.
What is the architectural reason for this JQL failure, and how must the query be restructured?
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Correct answer: A
In JQL, the AND operator takes precedence over the OR operator. Without parentheses, the query evaluates as: (Bug AND Blocker AND Backend) OR (Security AND In Progress). This means any Backend Blocker Bug will be returned regardless of its status. Using parentheses forces the OR condition to evaluate together as a single requirement.
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