The InnerSource Workbook

Chapter 2. Video: The Trusted Committer Role in InnerSource

Questions

TIP: More than one answer may be correct for some questions.

SEGMENT: Introduction

Question 1. What best describes the motivation behind the name “trusted committer”?

1. They are the only ones trusted to make commits to the project.

2. They are trusted to keep the software and the community that is developing it healthy.

3. It is the role name used by Apache and GitHub.

4. They are trusted by the product owner to commit the most important features.

SEGMENT: Ensuring Product Quality

Question 2. Which of the following is a responsibility of a trusted committer?

1. Ensuring that a contribution reflects end-user needs

2. Ensuring high code quality in their own submissions and those of other contributors

3. Defending the community’s coding and participation standards

4. Documenting these standards

Question 3. Management tasks of the trusted committer include:

1. Tracking release dates and recommending changes to these dates when needed.

2. Scheduling the time of other contributors.

3. Recruiting outside contributors.

4. Recommending promotions for contributors.

Question 4. Ideally, contributors view trusted committers as:

1. Models for their own behavior.

2. A layer of the management structure for approving code changes.

3. Sources of information about how to write successful contributions.

4. Expert coders who implement the contributors’ suggestions.

Question 5. How do trusted committers maintain product quality? ...