April 2025 Newsletter

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Question: What type of requirement may not be explicitly stated in the requirements baseline, but results from higher level requirements?

a. Nested

b. Secondary

c. Detailed

d. Derived

*See below for answer and rationale*

Answer A (Nested) is a programming term.

Answer B (Secondary), although it may be a process requirement, it is not a breakdown of higher-level requirements.

Answer C (Detailed), although you can describe a requirement, details of a particular requirement aren’t broken down at this point.

Answer D. Derived requirements are constraints developed during the design activities which arise as a result of the selected solution but not explicitly stated in the requirements baseline. Derived requirements are implied or transformed from a higher-level requirement.

D (Derived) is the correct answer.