Diagnostics C15-025–C15-036
C15-025
Correct: A — Chapter 15 says formal ratings of assessment criteria are the minimum information gathered, with additional evidence as appropriate.
- A: Correct.
- B: Executive opinions are one possible input, not the minimum formal data form.
- C: Inventories may be evidence but are insufficient alone.
- D: Financial benchmarks may help but are not the minimum assessment input.
Source: p. 513 · Confusion pair: Minimum assessment input · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-026
Correct: B — Evidence makes the current-state view defensible by showing whether a practice actually exists and how consistently it is performed.
- A: Discussion/reconciliation still matter.
- B: Correct.
- C: Evidence can support any level; it does not prove L5.
- D: Evidence is relevant across capabilities, not technical KAs only.
Source: pp. 510, 513–514 · Confusion pair: Opinion vs evidence · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-027
Correct: C — Preliminary is the assessor's initial interpretation; final is reconciled with participants and supported by evidence/model criteria.
- A: Both can use numbers and narrative.
- B: The distinction is not executive vs IT.
- C: Correct.
- D: Both refer to current-state assessment; target state is a separate concept.
Source: pp. 513–514 · Confusion pair: Preliminary vs final rating · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-028
Correct: D — Conflicting ratings should be reconciled through framework criteria and supporting evidence, not averaged or resolved by picking an extreme.
- A: Mechanical average can hide different evidence/interpretations.
- B: Highest may be unsupported.
- C: Lowest may also be unsupported.
- D: Correct — evidence-supported reconciliation to consensus.
Source: pp. 513–514 · Confusion pair: Conflicting ratings · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-029
Correct: A — Absence of proof calls for caution and investigation, not blind trust or automatic zero.
- A: Correct — use available evidence and investigate.
- B: Manager accountability does not replace evidence.
- C: Missing one artifact does not automatically prove no capability.
- D: Technical operating evidence is valid DMMA evidence.
Source: pp. 510, 513–514 · Confusion pair: Claim vs proof · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-030
Correct: B — Weighting is defensible when the method permits it, it is transparent, and it reflects criterion importance without replacing evidence-supported scoring.
- A: Political dislike is not a valid weighting principle.
- B: Correct.
- C: Post-hoc manipulation harms integrity.
- D: A low score alone is not a reason to reweight.
Source: pp. 513–514 · Confusion pair: Weighting vs score manipulation · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-031
Correct: C — Interpretation connects current-state results to strategy-aligned improvement opportunities and next steps toward target state.
- A: Interpretation is not score manipulation.
- B: Problem-solving follows in the improvement program.
- C: Correct.
- D: Roadmap does not replace the assessment framework.
Source: p. 514 · Confusion pair: Interpretation purpose · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-032
Correct: D — Leaders need to understand what gaps mean for business goals and the benefits/risks of moving toward target capability.
- A: Not every maturity issue maps directly to revenue.
- B: Technical findings can be included and translated.
- C: Business framing complements rather than replaces evidence.
- D: Correct.
Source: p. 514 · Confusion pair: Rating vs business meaning · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-033
Correct: A — The assessment report is the comprehensive diagnostic deliverable containing detailed ratings, gaps, risks, options, resources, governance, and artifacts.
- A: Correct.
- B: Briefing is a tailored executive synthesis.
- C: Communication plan precedes assessment and manages participant messaging.
- D: Reassessment schedule governs later trend measurement.
Source: pp. 514–515 · Confusion pair: Report vs briefing · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-034
Correct: B — Executives need interpreted decision support: strengths, gaps, business impacts, recommendations, targets, initiatives, and timing.
- A: More decimal places do not create meaning.
- B: Correct.
- C: Raw interview notes are excessive and unreconciled.
- D: Recommendations are explicitly part of the briefing purpose.
Source: p. 515 · Confusion pair: Raw ratings vs executive briefing · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-035
Correct: C — A roadmap must operationalize improvement through sequenced actions, timing, expected capability movement, oversight, and progress measurement.
- A: Framework selection is upstream.
- B: L5 everywhere is not a target rule.
- C: Correct.
- D: Reassessment follows improvement; it does not substitute for roadmap design.
Source: p. 515 · Confusion pair: Gap list vs roadmap · Autopsy tag: unassigned.
C15-036
Correct: D — Capability B leads because target-state need and regulatory risk make its gap more important despite a higher current score.
- A: Lowest current score is not a universal priority rule.
- B: Different capabilities can legitimately have different target levels/priorities.
- C: Maturity gaps are a core roadmap input.
- D: Correct — business-driven gap/risk determines priority.
Source: pp. 508–509, 514–515 · Confusion pair: Current score vs target-state priority · Autopsy tag: unassigned.