A Financial application has a file that contains currency exchange rate information. This data is used to convert currency from U.S. dollars to local country currency. This file is considered to be:

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ALERT SYSTEM - ALERT NOTIFICATION
-Brokers use the Alert Profile screen to maintain the Alert Profile logical file. They can Add, Change, Delete and View alert information.
-Brokers also maintain a list of many securities to monitor. The securities information is considered to be part of the Alert Profile.
-The Alert Profile record is not considered complete until at least one security has been entered. The account number, alert contact name, alert phone number, and security id are required fields. The user is required to enter at least one of the remaining fields: low price threshold, high price threshold, and high volume threshold, they may enter values in all three.
-When an Alert Profile record is Added a validation is performed on the account number against the Account Master logical file and a validation on the securities against the Securities logical file.
-When Alert Profile records are Changed a validation is on the account number against the Account Master. All fields can be modified.
-No validations are performed for the Alert Profile View.
-When an Alert Profile record is Deleted the user must enter the account number, alert contact name, alert phone number. The account number is validated against the Account Master.
-Error messages are displayed whenever validations fail


Select the complexity of each function:

Which of the following does not represent the user view, and should not be used for FP counting purposes?

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ITEM CHECK-OUT SCREEN
-Library employees use the Item Check-Out screen when a member is ready check out the book(s) and/or magazine(s) he wishes to borrow. The library employee enters the member id number, and when the employee exits the member id attribute, if the member id is valid, the member name is retrieved from the Member Information logical file and displayed in the member name attribute. The library employee enters the item type (b for book, m for magazine) and the item code; the item title is retrieved from the Book Information logical file and displayed in the item title attribute. The library employee then enters the lending date and the due date, and presses the Add button. The information is stored in the Check-Out logical file.
-Library employees use the Item Check-Out screen to update the due date of a book or magazine if a member requests additional lending time. The employee enters the member id number, and when the employee exits the member id attribute, if the member id is valid, the member name is retrieved from the Member Information logical file and displayed in the member name attribute, the library employee enters the item type (b for book, m for magazine) and the item code; the item title is retrieved from the Book Information logical file and displayed in the item title attribute and the lending date and due date are retrieved from the Check-Out logical file. The library employee then updates the due date, and presses the Update button. The new due date is stored in the Check-Out logical file.
-The head librarian receives two reports from the Library Check-Out application. The first report is the Overdue Report which is a list of overdue items categorized into < 30 days overdue, 30 - 90 days overdue and > 90 days overdue.
-The second report is the Low Usage Report that calculates which fiction books have not been checked out in the last 24 months and lists the title of those books. This report is run on demand. A High Usage Report with the number of times an item has been checked out has been put on hold and will not be released.
-A proposed Member Check-Out Report with a list of books checked-out and recommended titles will not be developed until privacy issues have been resolved.
-From the Names of Possible Functions listed identify the transactional functions for the current Library Check-Out application. Select N/A if a Name of Possible Function does not apply.
Identify the functions used:

Which statement ALWAYS applies to both EOs and EQs?

Which rule applies to identifying a data function?

An enhancement project added 3 high complexity EIs, changed 1 EI from average to low complexity and deleted 3 low complexity EIs. What is the EI contribution to enhancement function point measure?

Identify the potential EI from the following activities:

What is the primary intent of an ILF?

The Job Management application includes the following:
-Three files of business data: Employee, Job, and Invoice -Job Rates file contains data that is stored in order to process the business rules against the business data. -The Payment Type file is identified by the developer In response to the technical requirements of the users.
Which of these files are candidates for counting as logical files (ILF or EIF)?

What does approximating FPs permit you to do in order to accomplish a function point analysis?

The application functional size after an enhancement project does NOT include the size of the: