You work as the Senior Project manager in Dotcoiss Inc. Your company has started a software
project using configuration management and has completed 70% of it. You need to ensure that the
network infrastructure devices and networking standards used in this project are installed in
accordance with the requirements of its detailed project design documentation. Which of the
following procedures will you employ to accomplish the task?
A.
Configuration identification
B.
Physical configuration audit
C.
Configuration control
D.
Functional configuration audit
Explanation:
Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) is one of the practices used in Software Configuration
Management for Software Configuration Auditing. The purpose of the software PCA is to ensure
that the design and reference documentation is consistent with the as-built software product. PCA
checks and matches the really implemented layout with the documented layout.
Answer option D is incorrect. Functional Configuration Audit or FCA is one of the practices used in
Software Configuration Management for Software Configuration Auditing. FCA occurs either at
delivery or at the moment of effecting the change. A Functional Configuration Audit ensures that
functional and performance attributes of a configuration item are achieved.
Answer option C is incorrect. Configuration control is a procedure of the Configuration
management. Configuration control is a set of processes and approval stages required to change a
configuration item’s attributes and to re-baseline them. It supports the change of the functional and
physical attributes of software at various points in time, and performs systematic control of changes
to the identified attributes.
Answer option A is incorrect. Configuration identification is the process of identifying the attributes
that define every aspect of a configuration item. A configuration item is a product (hardware and/or
software) that has an end-user purpose. These attributes are recorded in configuration
documentation and baselined. Baselining an attribute forces formal configuration change control
processes to be effected in the event that these attributes are changed.