Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) — Question 16

You work as the senior project manager in SoftTech Inc. You are working on a software project using configuration management. Through configuration management you are decomposing the verification system into identifiable, understandable, manageable, traceable units that are known as Configuration Items
(CIs). According to you, which of the following processes is known as the decomposition process of a verification system into Configuration Items?

Answer options

• A. Configuration status accounting
• B. Configuration identification
• C. Configuration auditing
• D. Configuration control

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Configuration identification, as it specifically refers to the process of breaking down a system into identifiable Configuration Items. The other options, while related to configuration management, serve different purposes: A pertains to tracking the status of configurations, C focuses on ensuring compliance and correctness, and D deals with managing changes to the configurations.