Practice C15-025–C15-036
C15-025 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Foundational · Recall
At a minimum, what information must be gathered for a DMMA?
A. Formal ratings of assessment criteria
B. Only executive opinions
C. Only technical system inventories
D. Only financial benchmarks
C15-026 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Standard · Understand
Why does Chapter 15 emphasize evidence such as artifacts and observed behavior?
A. Evidence allows the team to skip participant discussion.
B. Evidence supports a defensible view of whether a practice actually exists and how consistently it is performed.
C. Evidence proves the organization has reached Level 5.
D. Evidence is required only for technical Knowledge Areas.
C15-027 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Standard · Distinguish
What is the best distinction between a preliminary rating and a final rating?
A. A preliminary rating is always numeric; a final rating is always narrative.
B. A preliminary rating is from executives; a final rating is from IT.
C. A preliminary rating is the assessor's initial interpretation; the final rating is reconciled with participants and supported by documented evidence and model criteria.
D. A preliminary rating is current state; a final rating is target state.
C15-028 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Difficult · Apply
Finance rates a capability 4, IT rates it 2, and Operations rates it 3. What is the best next step?
A. Average the ratings and publish 3.
B. Use the highest rating because it reflects best practice.
C. Use the lowest rating because it is most conservative.
D. Review the framework criteria and supporting evidence, document a preliminary view, discuss differences, and reconcile to a consensus final rating.
C15-029 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Difficult · Apply
Managers say a backup process is mature, but no restore-test records, procedures, or logs can be found. How should the assessment treat the claim?
A. Use the available evidence to rate cautiously and investigate further rather than accepting the self-report as proof of mature practice.
B. Rate it high because managers are accountable for the process.
C. Rate it Level 0 automatically because one artifact is missing.
D. Ignore the process because technical evidence is outside a maturity assessment.
C15-030 — Evidence, Rating & Consensus · Expert · Apply
A framework permits weighting criteria by importance. When is weighting most defensible?
A. Whenever executives dislike the unweighted result.
B. When the method allows it, the weights are defined transparently, and they reflect the importance of criteria without replacing evidence-supported scoring.
C. Only after the assessment is finished so the desired score can be reached.
D. Whenever a low-scoring criterion would otherwise reduce the average.
C15-031 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Foundational · Recall
What is the primary purpose of interpreting DMMA results?
A. To re-score the organization until the result matches expectations
B. To solve every problem discovered during interviews
C. To identify improvement opportunities aligned with strategy and recommend next steps toward a target state
D. To replace the selected maturity framework with a roadmap
C15-032 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Standard · Understand
Why should assessment results be expressed in business terms such as customer satisfaction, sales, risk, or strategy?
A. Because maturity ratings are invalid unless tied to revenue.
B. Because technical findings should never be reported.
C. Because business language replaces the need for evidence.
D. Because leaders need to understand what capability gaps mean for organizational goals and the benefits of moving to the target state.
C15-033 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Standard · Distinguish
Which artifact is the better home for detailed ratings by topic, gap analysis, resource analysis, risks, options, governance, and reusable artifacts?
A. Assessment report
B. Executive briefing
C. Communication plan
D. Reassessment schedule
C15-034 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Difficult · Apply
Executives receive only a spreadsheet of ratings. What is the best improvement to the deliverable?
A. Add more decimal places to the scores.
B. Create a tailored executive briefing that summarizes strengths, gaps, business impacts, recommendations, targets, initiatives, and timelines.
C. Send all raw interview notes instead.
D. Remove the recommendations so the briefing stays objective.
C15-035 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Difficult · Apply
A roadmap lists four weak Knowledge Areas but contains no sequence, timing, expected maturity change, or oversight. What is missing?
A. A larger list of frameworks
B. A requirement that every Knowledge Area reach Level 5
C. The roadmap structure needed to operationalize improvement: sequenced actions, timeline, expected rating/capability change, oversight, and progress measurement.
D. A second current-state assessment before any action is defined
C15-036 — Interpretation, Briefing & Roadmap · Expert · Apply
Two gaps exist: Capability A is Level 1 but low strategic importance; Capability B is Level 2 but must reach Level 4 to meet a regulatory commitment. Which should normally lead the roadmap?
A. Capability A, because the lowest current score always comes first.
B. Both must receive equal resources because maturity models require uniform progress.
C. Neither; roadmap priorities should be unrelated to maturity gaps.
D. Capability B, because the target-state gap is strategically and regulatorily critical even though its current score is higher.