How should a decision diagram be named? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.

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Options

• AActivity style
• BOutput style
• CPassive style
• Dquestio n style
• EDecision style

• A
  73% (27)
• C
  16% (6)
• E
  11% (4)

Explanation

Decision diagrams (such as those in DMN - Decision Model and Notation) support three recognized naming styles: Activity style names the decision as an action (e.g., "Determine Eligibility"), Output style names it after what it produces (e.g., "Eligibility Status"), and Question style frames it as a question (e.g., "Is the applicant eligible?"). These three styles give modelers flexibility while keeping names meaningful and consistent.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• C (Passive style): Not a recognized naming convention in decision modeling standards - "passive" has no defined meaning in this context.
• E (Decision style): Also not a standard convention; it's essentially redundant since all items in a decision diagram are already decisions - naming them "Decision style" adds no useful distinction.

Memory tip: Think AOQ - Action, Output, Question. A decision can be named by what it does (Activity), what it delivers (Output), or what it asks (Question). If you can't map a naming style to one of those three intents, it's probably a distractor.

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