Comprehensive PMI-ACP Exam Practice Questions & Answers, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner| SPOTO

Question #1

A company is starting to introduce Agile practices, and the project manager has been asked to identify how to introduce the new process. The project manager’s initial plan should be to:

A. Institute daily standup meetings immediately

B. Communicate the Agile Manifesto to the team

C. Balance teaching principles with Agile practices

D. Rate the team’s progress in learning new methods

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Correct Answer: C

Question #2

A project team is distributed across multiple countries, and they are having issues agreeing on what is being delivered and how it should be developed. Which of the following should the project manager do to alleviate some of the tension between team members, break down cultural barriers, and improve communication?

A. Ask the team to communicate only through email to clearly document issues

B. Discuss this issue with senior management and recommend that the team be co-located

C. Monitor performance and discuss the issues in detail at the next retrospective

D. Hold daily standup meetings with the two teams at a time that works best for everyone

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Correct Answer: D

Question #3

Which is the best option to improve project velocity?

A. Shield programmers from interruptions

B. Minimize customer involvement

C. Shorten the iteration length

D. Increase project team size

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Correct Answer: C

Question #4

Analyzing the current organizational processes, per project requirements, and making needed process changes is called:

A. Value Stream Mapping

B. Release Planning

C. Use Case Development

D. Process Tailoring

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Correct Answer: D

Question #5

This Emertxe Project Management (MPx) approach is when neither a goal nor solution is clearly defined.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: D

Question #6

Midway through a project, the product owner learns from the sponsor that a major component, which is already 20 percent complete, is unimportant to users. The component was part of the approved scope and a key selling point for the project. What should the product owner do next?

A. Obtain approval from the change control board to discontinue the component

B. Ask the team to continue developing the component

C. Ask the team to discontinue developing the component

D. Request the sponsor’s formal approval to discontinue the component

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Correct Answer: A

Question #7

Which type of analysis systemically gathers and analyzes qualitative and quantitative information to determine which interests should be taken into account throughout the project?

A. Product

B. Cost-benefit

C. Stakeholder

D. Research

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Correct Answer: B

Question #8

Which of the following is NOT one of the 12 core practices of XP:

A. The Planning Game

B. Planning Poker

C. Small Releases

D. System Metaphor

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Correct Answer: B

Question #9

During the daily standup meeting, a team member states that an issue has been encountered. This leads to the team members getting into a problem-solving discussion. How should the ScrumMaster respond?

A. Ask the team members to table the discussion until after the meeting is over

B. If the item is really important, allow the discussion to expedite resolution of the issue

C. Abruptly end the daily standup meeting and schedule another meeting to discuss the issue

D. Ask the team how they would like to use the daily standup meeting for that day

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Correct Answer: A

Question #10

Projects can be divided into phases to provide better management control. Collectively, what are these phases known as?

A. Complete project phase

B. Project life

C. The project life cycle

D. Project cycle

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Correct Answer: D

Question #11

Which technique helps to determine the risks that have the most potential impact on a project?

A. Cost risk simulation analysis

B. Expected monetary value analysis

C. Modeling and simulation

D. Sensitivity analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #12

In a Lean project environment, visual controls:

A. Can be used by management for communicating specific corrective direction

B. Are easy to use, reflect the team's progress, and show the team what to do next

C. Are helpful while the team is forming but are less important for more experienced teams

D. Should be kept to a minimum to avoid distracting the team from high-value activities

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Correct Answer: A

Question #13

When can pre-assignment of project team members occur?

A. When the project uses capital expenditures

B. When the required staff can be acquired from outside sources

C. When the project would be ignored due to travel expenses

D. When the project is the result of specific people being promised as part of a competitive proposal

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Correct Answer: A

Question #14

A new team member asks what changes could accelerate a change to the project plan. What should be the proper response?

A. Competitors joined forces with the team

B. The customer changed requirements

C. Project team members obtained additional certifications

D. Technology which did not interfere with the final product

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Correct Answer: C

Question #15

What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?

A. 7

B. 8

C. 14

D. 16

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Correct Answer: D

Question #16

Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?

A. Procurement audit

B. Lessons learned

C. Performance reporting

D. Payment requests

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Correct Answer: D

Question #17

In an Agile approach, at which meeting does a team examine the effectiveness of risk responses by conducting a risk audit?

A. Release planning

B. Sprint planning

C. Sprint Retrospective

D. Daily Scrum

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Correct Answer: C

Question #18

For a critical project, a new team has been formed from various departments. The project manager should start team building by:

A. Creating a project charter, documenting roles and responsibilities of each member, and sending it to the team members

B. Taking the team offsite for icebreaker sessions and other activities to ensure team members get to know each other

C. Assembling the team and discussing roles and responsibilities of each member on the team

D. Assembling the team and asking the members to achieve a milestone in a small iteration

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Correct Answer: C

Question #19

Following a successful product release, senior management asks an agile team how to improve the value of the product for the next release. What should the team do?

A. Conduct frequent demos and obtain feedback from users throughout the development of the next release

B. Inform senior management that since the product was successfully released, the project is considered delivered and should be closed

C. Request additional budget to implement a Scrum of Scrums approach to scale the teams and add capacity

D. Implement a better definition of done to ensure that continuous integration processes are managed effectively

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Correct Answer: A

Question #20

Who can cancel a Sprint?

A. The Development Team

B. Executive Stakeholders

C. The Product Owner

D. The Scrum Master

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Correct Answer: C

Question #21

In a burndown chart, if the remaining work line is above the expected work line, what does this signify?

A. The project is ahead of schedule

B. The project is behind schedule

C. The resources are performing above expectation

D. The project is being well managed

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Correct Answer: B

Question #22

The length of time to recover the cost of a project investment is the:

A. Net Present Value

B. Payback Period

C. Earned Value

D. ROI

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Correct Answer: B

Question #23

Which 5 roles are defined by Extreme Programming? (Choose five.)

A. Scrum Master

B. Coach

C. Customer

D. Stakeholder

E. Programmer

F. Tracker

G. Product Owner

H. Tester

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Correct Answer: E

Question #24

The product owner of an agile project is frustrated because the team is unable to deliver as many features as expected. The product owner asks the team to reduce test-automation levels, since the quality assurance team will test the product at project completion. The product owner expects that more features will be delivered in each iteration using this approach. What should the agile practitioner do?

A. Ask the opinion of key stakeholders and the client to ensure the correct approach is being used

B. Work with the team to use this approach, and request a quality assurance iteration after every three iterations

C. Propose to completely eliminate test automation, since this is a quality assurance function

D. Suggest merging the quality assurance and delivery teams to enhance each iteration’s test-automation levels and reduce redundancy

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Correct Answer: C

Question #25

What Agile concept expresses delivering value in slices rather than in layers/stages?

A. Definition of Done

B. Value Mapping

C. Sashimi

D. Lean Value

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Correct Answer: C

Question #26

Which term best describes an Agile project's approach to risk analysis?

A. Regression

B. Pareto

C. Qualitative

D. Monte Carlo

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Correct Answer: D

Question #27

Which of the following is part of the 12 practices defined in eXtreme Programming (XP)?

A. Risk management

B. Small releases

C. Project management

D. Project charter

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Correct Answer: B

Question #28

Suppose 8 new members joined the development team, and the team size is now 15. The daily Scrum is getting noisy and exceeding the 15 minutes time-box. What is the most effective way to address this situation?

A. Divide the team into two teams with minimum dependency and have two separate daily Scrums

B. Do nothing; allow the large team to exceed the time-box by a few minutes each meeting

C. Increase the time-box for the daily Scrum to 30 minutes

D. Ask the team members to only update on the impediments and highlight only the important ones

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Correct Answer: A

Question #29

Which of the following 2 statements are TRUE about Product Refinement? (Choose two.)

A. Should take no more than 10% of the Development Team’s time

B. The Scrum Master facilitates these sessions

C. Multiple Scrum Teams may participate in this process

D. The Product Owner is responsible for all estimates

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Correct Answer: AC

Question #30

On a particular project, product quality is being measured at regular intervals and is consistently below the acceptable level. In a Lean environment, how should this problem be addressed?

A. The team should implement more rigorous testing at the end of each development cycle

B. Management should direct the team on specific actions that they should take to improve quality

C. Management should guide the team as it seeks to improve itself and reduce errors in the system

D. The Project Champion should review the acceptable quality threshold to ensure that it is realistic

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Correct Answer: C

Question #31

Which written document helps monitor who is responsible for resolving specific problems and concerns by a target date?

A. Project Plan

B. Responsibility Matrix

C. Issue Log

D. Scope Document

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Correct Answer: A

Question #32

Prioritize from high to low the sequence of User Story development.

A. Lower-value, low-risk

B. High-value, low-risk

C. High-value, high-risk stories

D. Low-value, high-risk

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Correct Answer: ABCD

Question #33

Following chart lists stories for a release of an Agile project; If the team completes Story A, Story B, and 50% of Story C for the first iteration, what is the team's velocity?

A. 9

B. 10

C. 12

D. 15

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Correct Answer: C

Question #34

When using Agile Earned Value Management (EVM), progress should be measured at which level?

A. Task

B. Iteration

C. Product

D. Release

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Correct Answer: D

Question #35

Which activity is an input to the Conduct Procurements process?

A. Organizational process assets

B. Resource availability

C. Perform Integrated Change Control

D. Team performance assessment

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Correct Answer: B

Question #36

Who is responsible for determining the business value of each feature?

A. Product Owner

B. Steering committee

C. ScrumMaster

D. Team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #37

The most appropriate model for a geographically distributed project team is one in which the team is distributed across:

A. relatively few locations, with each location team comprised of a complete development group developing decoupled subsystems

B. locations in the same time zone, working on the same systems while leveraging rich communication channels

C. relatively few locations, and tasks are divided along functional lines with design in one location, coding in another, and testing in another

D. many locations, with relatively few people at each location developing and testing decoupled subsystems

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Correct Answer: A

Question #38

Retrospectives provide an opportunity for the team to:

A. Reflect at the end of every iteration and identify improvements that will increase the quality of the product

B. Participate in a mandatory meeting to share status updates across the team and to ensure that everyone is on track

C. Understand from the management if the project is achieving the Scope, Quality, Cost, and Schedule goals

D. Set goals at the beginning of the iteration and identify requirements that can be delivered in that iteration

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Correct Answer: A

Question #39

On an Agile team, the project leader works to remove impediments from blocking the team’s progress. This is known as what type of leadership?

A. Servant

B. Command and control

C. Consensus-driven

D. Functional management

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Correct Answer: A

Question #40

During a retrospective, team members suggest process improvement ideas. The agile team lead knows that, while many of these ideas are different from standard practices, a few of them are good. What should the agile team lead do?

A. Require the team to try only those ideas that will ensure success

B. Allow the team to try ideas, but remind them that results will be reviewed by high-ranking executives

C. Associate idea successes and failures with the team's incentive plan to ensure accountability

D. Encourage the team to try the ideas, even if failure may be the outcome

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Correct Answer: A

Question #41

Extreme Programming (XP) defines four basic activities that are performed during the software development process. These include designing, coding, testing and …?

A. Collaborating

B. Leveling

C. Communicating

D. Listening

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Correct Answer: D

Question #42

The best approach to estimate the work on a project when using story points is to have:

A. Team members assign estimates by averaging Planning Poker cards

B. The most senior team member prepare the estimates

C. Two or three senior team members estimate and take the average of their times

D. The team work together to agree on estimates in a group setting

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Correct Answer: D

Question #43

Assuming all projects require the same amount of up-front investment, the project with the highest ______________ would be considered the best and undertaken first.

A. Earned Value Management (EVM)

B. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

C. Net Present Value (NPV)

D. Budget at Completion (BAC)

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Correct Answer: B

Question #44

Which Agile estimation technique is based upon relative sizing?

A. Ideal time

B. Bottom up

C. Story points

D. Little’s Law

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Correct Answer: C

Question #45

Which artifact is useful for seeing total project risk increasing or decreasing over time?

A. Burndown bar chart

B. Risk Burn-Up chart

C. Risk Burndown Graph

D. Risk Map

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Correct Answer: C

Question #46

During a review session, a customer representative is concerned that a story fails to satisfy the scope of work. However, the product owner declares that the scope of work is complete. What should be done with this story?

A. Mark it as incomplete and prioritize it for the next sprint

B. Mark it as complete, since the product owner has the final say

C. Discard it and create a new story for the remaining scope of work

D. Mark it as complete, since the team completed the scope of work

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Correct Answer: A

Question #47

An organization adopts Agile practices and implements an incremental delivery strategy. If implemented correctly, the company should recognize improved:

A. procurement processes by requiring vendors to ship materials as needed

B. project cost management by making incremental payments on contracts

C. customer satisfaction by specifying project shipping dates in the contract

D. project Return on Investment (ROI) by releasing individual features to market

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Correct Answer: D

Question #48

What Agile planning artifact should be updated at minimum semi-annually?

A. Product Vision

B. Product Roadmap

C. Release Plan

D. Sprint Plan

E. Daily Plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #49

Refactoring is a key way of preventing technical debt.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: A

Question #50

While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:

A. ends

B. begins

C. delays

D. deviates

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Correct Answer: A

Question #51

When is the best time to perform Earned Value Measurement (EVM) in Agile projects?

A. After the iteration

B. After a release

C. During an iteration

D. Never – we don’t perform EVM in Agile

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Correct Answer: A

Question #52

The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:

A. adaptive

B. reflexive

C. predictive

D. iterative

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Correct Answer: B

Question #53

Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?

A. Project document updates

B. Activity list

C. Activity attributes

D. Project calendars

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Correct Answer: A

Question #54

A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?

A. Identify Risks

B. Control Risks

C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

D. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #55

A project team estimates that they should complete 30 story points in the current iteration. Partway through the iteration they realize that they will complete 50 story points at their current rate. The team should:

A. Shorten the iteration to meet the estimated velocity

B. Continue to work with the estimated velocity

C. Increase their estimated velocity

D. Release members to meet the estimated velocity

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Correct Answer: D

Question #56

After a successful product deployment, a key stakeholder informs an agile team member that an implemented feature is failing to deliver its expected business value. The team member replies that the requirement was provided by the customer, and that the scope was clearly met. If the problem were an issue of requirement elicitation rather than delivery, what should have been done to avoid this situation?

A. Stakeholders should have regularly been engaged to obtain feedback and reduce the functionality risk

B. The team should have used the lean principle of delay, so that actual facts could be considered rather than assumptions and predictions

C. Interdependent teams should have been engaged using a collaborative approach to identify and leverage the best support

D. An owner should have been identified to obtain timely stakeholder feedback

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Correct Answer: C

Question #57

An input to the Control Quality process is:

A. Activity attributes

B. Quality control measurements

C. Enterprise environmental factors

D. Deliverables

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Correct Answer: C

Question #58

Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?

A. Probability and impact matrix

B. Contingency analysis report

C. Risk urgency assessment

D. Rolling wave plan

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Correct Answer: D

Question #59

Which process identifies whether the needs of a project can best be met by acquiring products, services, or results outside of the organization?

A. Plan Procurement Management

B. Control Procurements

C. Collect Requirements

D. Plan Cost Management

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Correct Answer: B

Question #60

Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?

A. Conduct Procurements

B. Plan Procurements

C. Administer Procurements

D. Close Procurements

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Correct Answer: B

Question #61

Acceptance tests of user stories are specified by the:

A. Customer at the start of the iteration

B. Customer as late as possible during the iteration

C. Tester after the team has finished the coding

D. Development team at the start of the iteration

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Correct Answer: A

Question #62

What is the first thing that a team should do to estimate user stories for a project?

A. Sort the user stories according to priority

B. Schedule a team meeting to understand them

C. Define the story points measure

D. Estimate through function point analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #63

Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?

A. Activity-on-arrow diagramming

B. Precedence diagramming

C. Project schedule network diagramming

D. Mathematical analysis diagramming

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Correct Answer: A

Question #64

What do project reports show during the Sprint review meeting?

A. Estimates compared to the baseline

B. Actual results to the plan

C. Return on investment (ROI)

D. Earned value measurement (EVM)

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Correct Answer: A

Question #65

All of the following are attributes of the definition of “Done”, EXCEPT:

A. It is a static artifact

B. It is an audible checklist

C. It is a primary reporting mechanism for team members on User Story progress

D. It is crucial to a high-performing team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #66

A benefit of using virtual teams in the Acquire Project Team process is the reduction of the:

A. cultural differences of team members

B. possibility of communication misunderstandings

C. costs associated with travel

D. costs associated with technology

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Correct Answer: B

Question #67

Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?

A. Reserve analysis and expert judgment

B. Facilitation techniques and meetings

C. Expert judgment and analytical techniques

D. Performance reviews and meetings

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Correct Answer: B

Question #68

Which of the following are TRUE about the Sprint Review? (Choose two).

A. It should be a formal presentation

B. Stakeholders may attend

C. The Product Owner presents what backlog items are “Done”

D. The Scrum Master demonstrates the product

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Correct Answer: BC

Question #69

When using Agile Earned Value Management (EVM), progress should be measured at which level?

A. Task

B. Iteration

C. Product

D. Release

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Correct Answer: B

Question #70

Who is responsible for the “definition of done”?

A. The team

B. The Product Owner

C. Management

D. Project manager

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Correct Answer: A

Question #71

The ScrumMaster and the Product Owner disagree on the value of a Product Backlog item. In order to resolve the disagreement, the first step the ScrumMaster should take is to ask:

A. The Product Owner to clarify the requirement

B. The business owner to resolve the problem

C. The business analyst to research the product value

D. Another project manager how to resolve the problem

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Correct Answer: D

Question #72

Which are some of the most important benefits of an Agile team sitting together in a co-located, open environment?

A. Osmotic communication is reduced; space is used more efficiently; groups work together more effectively, and team dynamics are improved

B. Costs are reduced as the need for conference rooms decreases, and the team can keep track of where members are more accurately

C. Team members can be held more accountable for their time and effort, and pair programming is easier as people have less distance to move to sit with their partner

D. Communication is improved; wait-time and rework are reduced; barriers between groups break down, and groups gain respect for each other professionally

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Correct Answer: D

Question #73

The purpose of developing a project scope management plan is to:

A. Manage the timely completion of the project

B. Ensure that the project includes all of the work required

C. Make sure the project will satisfy the needs for which it was begun

D. Reduce the risk of negative events in the project

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Correct Answer: D

Question #74

On a project using eXtreme Programming (XP), a customer test is a:

A. Technique to determine if the software is easy for customer use

B. Tool for a customer to verify the business requirements

C. Technique to determine if a customer will use a software feature

D. Test for determining if a customer will purchase the product

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Correct Answer: A

Question #75

Which of the following is NOT a principle of the Agile Manifesto?

A. Working software is delivered frequently

B. Close, daily co-operation between business people and developers

C. Daily team meetings to review progress and address impediments

D. Projects built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted

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Correct Answer: C

Question #76

Which of the following Project Communication Management processes uses performance reports as an input?

A. Manage Stakeholder Expectations

B. Report Performance

C. Distribute Information

D. Plan Communications

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Correct Answer: A

Question #77

What is the sequence of Tuckman’s stages of team formation and development progress?

A. Storming

B. Performing

C. Norming

D. Forming

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Correct Answer: ABCD

Question #78

Which of the following occurs in the first Sprint?

A. Create a project plan

B. Develop a shippable piece of functionality

C. Complete your reference architecture

D. Develop the Product Roadmap

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Correct Answer: B

Question #79

At a strategic level, what is the most appropriate way for an Agile team to estimate a project?

A. Creating a strategic plan by estimating hours and days required

B. Using an abstract measurement to estimate Product Backlog items

C. Estimating source lines of code needed to implement the features

D. Taking an initial set of estimates and adding an appropriate risk factor

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Correct Answer: A

Question #80

During the daily standup meeting, a team member states that an issue has been encountered. This leads to the team members getting into a problem-solving discussion. How should the ScrumMaster respond?

A. Ask the team members to table the discussion until after the meeting is over

B. If the item is really important, allow the discussion to expedite resolution of the issue

C. Abruptly end the daily standup meeting and schedule another meeting to discuss the issue

D. Ask the team how they would like to use the daily standup meeting for that day

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Correct Answer: A

Question #81

What is the common communication bridge between the team and the Product Owner?

A. Burndown chart

B. Product Backlog

C. Scrum team meeting

D. Sprint release plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #82

What are three processes used to begin an Agile project?

A. Iterations, Product Road map Planning, and Number of Sprint Iterations

B. Visioning, Product Roadmap Planning, and Product Backlog Definition

C. Visioning, Product Backlog Definition, and Project Charter Creation

D. Burndown chart, Product Roadmap, and sprints’length

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Correct Answer: B

Question #83

In an Agile approach, project values are most effectively implemented when they are determined by the:

A. sponsor

B. team

C. project manager

D. methodology

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Correct Answer: B

Question #84

The advantage of face-to-face collaboration emphasized in eXtreme Programming (XP) is that it:

A. allows team members to use common language in their design and code

B. delays feedback much more than scheduled inspections

C. eliminates communication delays and misunderstandings

D. allows team members to correct some mistakes on the fly

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Correct Answer: C

Question #85

Which of the following is the hierarchy of User Story creation?

A. Task, User, Story, Feature, Theme

B. Theme, Epic, User Story, Task

C. User Story, Epic, Theme, Feature

D. Goal, Epic, Activity, User Story

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Correct Answer: B

Question #86

Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?

A. Reserve analysis

B. Three-point estimating

C. Parametric estimating

D. Analogous estimating

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Correct Answer: B

Question #87

A business analyst has identified a new risk in an Agile project. What is the best first step the business analyst should take regarding this risk?

A. Call a meeting with the project manager and senior management to determine how the risk will be managed

B. Email the project manager and add it to the risk register so that it is discussed during the next daily standup

C. Add the risk in a clearly visible location and ensure it is discussed after the next daily stand up

D. Call an immediate meeting with all team members to discuss the newly identified risk

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Correct Answer: C

Question #88

Acceptance tests of user stories are specified by the:

A. Customer at the start of the iteration

B. Customer as late as possible during the iteration

C. Tester after the team has finished the coding

D. Development team at the start of the iteration

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Correct Answer: A

Question #89

The following chart lists stories for a release of an Agile project: If the velocity of the team is 10, how many iterations will be needed to complete all of the stories?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 7

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Correct Answer: B

Question #90

Which of the following is NOT considered an enterprise Agile method?

A. DAD

B. XP

C. LeSS

D. SAFe

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Correct Answer: ACD

Question #91

Which of the following defines the goal of testing in Lean software development?

A. Testing is to improve the process and quality

B. Testing plays the most crucial role in ensuring the intrinsic value of the product

C. In Lean software development, testing always refers to Test Driven Development

D. Testing is primarily performed to ensure that we don’t have escaped defects

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Correct Answer: A

Question #92

A reminder for the developer and Product Owner to have a conversation is:

A. The Sprint planning meeting

B. Backlog grooming

C. A User Story

D. An Agile reminder

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Correct Answer: C

Question #93

Which of the following is an input to Develop Human Resource Plan?

A. Team performance assessment

B. Roles and responsibilities

C. Staffing management plan

D. Enterprise environmental factors

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Correct Answer: A

Question #94

Which of the following drivers is the most important factor in determining the order in which stories will be developed?

A. Relative cost

B. Customer value

C. Development effort

D. Dependencies

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Correct Answer: B

Question #95

Who can change the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?

A. Senior Executives

B. The Product Owner

C. The Scrum Master

D. The Development Team

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Correct Answer: D

Question #96

A customer and a product delivery team meet to discuss a product’s attributes, goals, expectations, hypothesis, and high-level needs. What is a benefit of this meeting?

A. The team will learn how its contribution will create product value

B. It will enable team acceptance of client priorities

C. It will enable the team to see the entire project in one glance

D. It will enable the team to ask any questions to the customer upfront

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Correct Answer: A

Question #97

Net present value (NPV) is a ratio that compares the value of a dollar today to the value of that same dollar in the future. An NPV that is negative suggests what?

A. The project should be rejected

B. I don’t have enough information

C. The project should be deferred

D. The project should be put on hold until the value is 0

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Correct Answer: C

Question #98

Which of the following strategic considerations often results in project authorization?

A. Customer requests and/or issue resolution

B. Stakeholder expectations and/or strategic opportunity (business need)

C. Technological advancement and/or senior executive request

D. Market demand and/or legal requirements

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Correct Answer: B

Question #99

The process of reviewing, testing, and accepting implemented features is called:

A. Retrospective

B. Stakeholder review

C. Scope verification

D. Iteration planning

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Correct Answer: B

Question #100

The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?

A. -2,000

B. -1,000

C. 1,000

D. 2,000

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Correct Answer: D

Question #101

A project has a current cost performance index (CPI) of 1.25. To date, US$10,000 have been spent on performing the project work. What is the earned value of the work completed to date?

A. US$S000

B. US$9500

C. US$10,000

D. US$12,500

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Correct Answer: B

Question #102

Velocity is the:

A. total number of Product Backlog hours completed in an iteration divided by the number of developers

B. measured rate at which teams turn Product Backlog items into running, tested features

C. measured rate at which the project manager turns the Product Backlog into tested features

D. total number of Product Backlog hours completed when developers work in pairs

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Correct Answer: B

Question #103

When introducing agile processes to a company, a quality assurance (QA) manager resists and believes that the switch to agile will remove quality controls and documents. How should the agile practitioner address this concern?

A. Educate the QA manager that in agile, quality is integrated from the beginning to end of the project

B. Write backlog items that include QA as part of the description

C. Ask for the current QA documents and incorporate them into the technical debt backlog

D. Ask the product owner to write tests and QA controls into the acceptance criteria

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Correct Answer: C

Question #104

A project team is distributed across multiple countries, and they are having issues agreeing on what is being delivered and how it should be developed. Which of the following should the project manager do to alleviate some of the tension between team members, break down cultural barriers, and improve communication?

A. Ask the team to communicate only through email to clearly document issues

B. Discuss this issue with senior management and recommend that the team be co-located

C. Monitor performance and discuss the issues in detail at the next retrospective

D. Hold daily standup meetings with the two teams at a time that works best for everyone

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Correct Answer: D

Question #105

Team velocity is used to:

A. Measure the percentage of features completed

B. Judge productivity within the iteration

C. Predict schedules for mature teams

D. Give feedback on delivered value

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Correct Answer: C

Question #106

The following chart lists stories for a release of an Agile project: If the velocity of the team is 10, how many iterations will be needed to complete all of the stories?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 7

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Correct Answer: B

Question #107

The process improvement plan details the steps for analyzing processes to identify activities which enhance their:

A. quality

B. value

C. technical performance

D. status

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Correct Answer: C

Question #108

This role champions the products, provides the budget and supports the Scrum Master in removing impediments

A. Subject Matter Expert

B. Product Owner

C. Business Owner

D. Project Manager

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Correct Answer: C

Question #109

There must be a release every Sprint.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: C

Question #110

On what should Agile estimates be based?

A. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) from each iteration aligned with the project management plan

B. A disciplined iteration schedule, which improves predictability, combined with reaction to changes

C. Ball park figures collected from past Agile projects with scopes similar to the current project

D. Initial resource breakdown based on the available person days in the full project duration

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Correct Answer: A

Question #111

A visual control used in Lean software development to represent the velocity of business solutions delivered over time is a:

A. Business Value Delivered Chart

B. Burndown Chart

C. Cumulative Flow Diagram

D. Burn-Up chart

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Correct Answer: C

Question #112

For a "caves and commonroom arrangement, the most appropriate prerequisite is that the people in the room must be working on:

A. Whatever they choose

B. Individual projects

C. The same set of multiple projects,

D. The same project

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Correct Answer: D

Question #113

This Emertxe Project Management (MPx) approach is when neither a goal nor solution is clearly defined.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: B

Question #114

Who is responsible for determining the business value of each feature?

A. Product Owner

B. Steering committee

C. ScrumMaster

D. Team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #115

The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the schedule performance index (5PI) for Task 4?

A. 0

B. 0

C. 1

D. 1

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Correct Answer: B

Question #116

When moving to Agile project management, a key factor for the project manager’s success will be:

A. shifting from a controlling mindset to a facilitating mindset

B. directing the work in a more incremental fashion

C. only assigning tasks for the next iteration

D. giving up control and rotating management through the team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #117

What is the ideal approach for an Agile project manager to take when considering fractional assignments?

A. Do nothing, as fractional assignments will not impact project performance

B. Allow resources to be assigned to no more than two projects at a time

C. Only allow nonessential resources to be fractionally assigned

D. Avoid them and have resources assigned to only one project at a time

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Correct Answer: D

Question #118

Project or phase closure guidelines or requirements, historical information, and the lessons learned knowledge base are examples of which input to the Close Project or Phase process?

A. Organizational process assets

B. A work breakdown structure

C. The project management plan

D. Enterprise environmental factors

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Correct Answer: D

Question #119

The purpose of the iteration retrospective is to:

A. Report progress of the work effort, what work will be done next, and review impediments to progress

B. Prioritize the Product Backlog, generate development and testing estimates, and plan the next iteration

C. Provide a demonstration of the features developed during the iteration, get feedback from users, and begin testing

D. Identify what worked well, what did not work well, and what actions should be taken to improve the process

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Correct Answer: D

Question #120

Which technique is used by a project team to estimate the amount of work that can be done per iteration?

A. Velocity measurement

B. Relative prioritization

C. Planning Poker

D. Release planning

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Correct Answer: C

Question #121

Which type of manager is assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives?

A. Program

B. Functional

C. Project

D. Portfolio

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Correct Answer: D

Question #122

What is the first thing that a team should do to estimate user stories for a project?

A. Sort the user stories according to priority

B. Schedule a team meeting to understand them

C. Define the story points measure

D. Estimate through function point analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #123

While struggling to take ownership of delivery, an agile team fails to keep up with its sprint commitments. What should the agile coach do?

A. Work with the sponsor to develop team expectations

B. Provide the customer with a list of deliverables and obtain agreement

C. Encourage the team to more frequently interact with all stakeholders

D. Work on finishing upfront product design rather than comprehensive documentation

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Correct Answer: A

Question #124

An agile team is working on a new product. To ensure that all unknown issues are clarified before committing to the scope, the team plans to work only on spike user stories for the next three sprints. What should the agile coach do in this situation?

A. Ensure that the spikes identify the risks early in the project to increase the chances of success

B. Ensure that the business sponsor accepts the proposal and agrees to fund the additional spike sprints

C. Recommend that, in the first sprint, user stories with higher priority be executed in addition to the spike

D. Support the decision, because release planning will be improved, and the product backlog can be better groomed after all spikes are executed

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Correct Answer: C

Question #125

The measure of productivity of a Kanban team is:

A. Cycle time

B. Lead Time

C. Work in Progress

D. Velocity

E. Throughput

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Correct Answer: C

Question #126

What is a high-level representation of the features or themes that are to be delivered in each release?

A. Release plan

B. Product roadmap

C. Iteration plan

D. Product Backlog

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Correct Answer: B

Question #127

Which answer best describes Wide Band Delphi (e.

G. Planning Poker) estimating?

A. Team members provide story estimates individually and discuss their reasoning until a consensus on the estimate is reached

B. Team performance on prior projects is analyzed, and actual hours and durations are used to determine estimates for similar user stories

C. Team members apply relative sizing to each task, and story points are triangulated based on the other stories in the Sprint Backlog

D. Team members assign a realistic and a pessimistic estimate to each story, and points are assigned based on the calculated average

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Correct Answer: C

Question #128

At which point of the project is the uncertainty the highest and the risk of failing the greatest?

A. Final phase of the project

B. Start of the project

C. End of the project

D. Midpoint of the project

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Correct Answer: A

Question #129

Your Agile team is working on the fifth iteration of their project, and the sponsor is reviewing their risk burn down chart. How will the sponsor know if risk is being managed on the project?

A. As the team mitigates or avoids risk, the chart should trend up

B. As the team mitigates or avoids risk, the chart should trend down

C. As the team mitigates or avoids risk, the chart should have less information

D. As the team mitigates or avoids risk, the chart should be distributed to the sponsor

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Correct Answer: B

Question #130

A risk response strategy in which the project team shifts the impact of a threat, together with ownership of the response, to a third party is called:

A. mitigate

B. accept

C. transfer

D. avoid

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Correct Answer: A

Question #131

Scrum practices are facilitated by the:

A. ScrumMaster

B. Product Owner

C. Project Sponsor

D. Scrum team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #132

High-performing teams feature which of the following sets of characteristics?

A. Consensus-driven, empowered, low trust

B. Self-organizing, plan-driven, empowered

C. Constructive disagreement, empowered, self-organizing

D. Consensus-driven, empowered, plan-driven

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Correct Answer: C

Question #133

The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline is:

A. Determine Budget

B. Baseline Budget

C. Control Costs

D. Estimate Costs

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Correct Answer: A

Question #134

On a risk map or a risk heat map, the vertical and horizontal axes represent:

A. Effort and Impact

B. Probability and Impact

C. Probability and Exposure

D. Impact and Exposure

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Correct Answer: B

Question #135

Which are some of the most important benefits of an Agile team sitting together in a co-located, open environment?

A. Osmotic communication is reduced; space is used more efficiently; groups work together more effectively, and team dynamics are improved

B. Costs are reduced as the need for conference rooms decreases, and the team can keep track of where members are more accurately

C. Team members can be held more accountable for their time and effort, and pair programming is easier as people have less distance to move to sit with their partner

D. Communication is improved; wait-time and rework are reduced; barriers between groups break down, and groups gain respect for each other professionally

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Correct Answer: B

Question #136

Which of the following is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within a related contract?

A. Product scope description

B. Procurement statement of work

C. Project schedule

D. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Correct Answer: B

Question #137

At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?

A. Forming

B. Storming

C. Norming

D. Performing

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Correct Answer: A

Question #138

What is the sequence of Tuckman’s stages of team formation and development progress?

A. Storming

B. Performing

C. Norming

D. Forming

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Correct Answer: ABCD

Question #139

How long is the time-box for the daily Scrum?

A. It depends

B. 5 minutes per person on the Development Team

C. 15 minutes

D. Whatever the Team decides

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Correct Answer: B

Question #140

Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?

A. Enhance

B. Share

C. Exploit

D. Accept

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Correct Answer: B

Question #141

Which of the following is most appropriate to always participate in Planning Poker?

A. Product Owner

B. Stakeholders

C. Team members

D. Project manager

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Correct Answer: C

Question #142

Which of the seven principles of software development is best intended to solve the problem of inventories causing hidden errors in the process?

A. Fast-Flexible-Flow

B. Optimize the Whole

C. Deliver Early and Often

D. Eliminate Waste

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Correct Answer: B

Question #143

Which of the following is not an Agile methodology?

A. Scrum

B. Feature Driven Development (FDD)

C. Extreme Programming (XP)

D. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

E. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

F. Crystal Clear

G. Rational Unified Process (RUP)H

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Correct Answer: D

Question #144

In which meeting do you capture lessons learned?

A. Sprint Planning

B. Sprint Review

C. Sprint Retrospective

D. Daily Status Meeting

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Correct Answer: C

Question #145

A value stream map is a tool used to identify the:

A. Waste across the entire process

B. Highest value product features

C. Most valuable team interactions

D. Most likely flow of project risks

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Correct Answer: A

Question #146

How often should Development Team members change?

A. No more than every three Sprints

B. Never

C. Each Sprint

D. As needed

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Correct Answer: D

Question #147

Agile project development processes typically:

A. Encapsulate analysis, design, code, and test within an iteration

B. Document each business process individually and in detail

C. Use a Gantt chart with well-defined activities, responsibilities, and time frames

D. Map the iteration backlog to a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Correct Answer: A

Question #148

Based on the following figure, during Iteration 5, there was an increase in story point value (shown on the graph); however, the team completed all of the work it promised to deliver in the iteration and existing estimates were not changed. From this information, one can inferthat:

A. Work was removed from the Product Backlog

B. Work was added to the Product Backlog

C. The team's velocity increased

D. The team's velocity decreased

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Correct Answer: B

Question #149

This Agile methodology’s properties include Focus, Osmotic Communication and Project Safety.

A. Scrum

B. Crystal Clear

C. Extreme Programming

D. Kanban

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Correct Answer: C

Question #150

Applying the Pareto rule when prioritizing the Product Backlog means that:

A. features that are lower priority are more likely to slip to the next iteration

B. the value of a feature is not realized until the feature is complete

C. more recent requests are usually more important to the business

D. a small percentage of the work will provide a large percentage of the value

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Correct Answer: D

Question #151

The cost estimation techniques used on Agile projects are:

A. Rule of thumb

B. Bottom-up

C. Parametric

D. Top-down

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Correct Answer: D

Question #152

The acronym MoSCoW stands for a form of:

A. Estimation

B. Risk identification

C. Prioritization

D. Reporting

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Correct Answer: C

Question #153

In reference to Scrum, each sprint should produce:

A. An increment of potentially shippable product functionality

B. Aset of documented product requirements and specifications

C. Arelease with testable and measurable functionality

D. An increment of potentially testable product functionality

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Correct Answer: C

Question #154

A project team meets to estimate user stories for a sprint. While an important non-functional requirement must be delivered in the sprint, the estimate exceeds sprint capacity. What should the team do?

A. Estimate only functional requirements that will impact product quality

B. Add team resources

C. Refer the issue to the product owner

D. Break non-functional requirements into those that can be delivered in the given sprint

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Correct Answer: D

Question #155

Question: Which of the following BEST describes ROTI?

A. Measure of product backlog items (PBI) remaining

B. Measure of quality of features delivered in an iteration

C. Measure or required effort to complete an iteration

D. Measure of the effectiveness of the retrospective meeting

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Correct Answer: D

Question #156

Who is responsible for the Project Plan and Gantt Chart in Scrum?

A. Project Manager

B. Scrum Master

C. Product Owner

D. No Scrum role

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Correct Answer: CDF

Question #157

Which of the following change requests can bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan?

A. Corrective action

B. Defect repair

C. Preventative action

D. Probable action

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Correct Answer: A

Question #158

A company is starting to introduce Agile practices, and the project manager has been asked to identify how to introduce the new process. The project manager’s initial plan should be to:

A. Institute daily standup meetings immediately

B. Communicate the Agile Manifesto to the team

C. Balance teaching principles with Agile practices

D. Rate the team’s progress in learning new methods

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Correct Answer: C

Question #159

The cost estimation techniques used on Agile projects are:

A. Rule of thumb

B. Bottom-up

C. Parametric

D. Top-down

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Correct Answer: D

Question #160

Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?

A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract (CPFF)

B. Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (CPIF)

C. Firm Fixed Price Contract (FFP)

D. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment Contract (FP-EPA)

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Correct Answer: B

Question #161

Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?

A. Estimate Costs

B. Control Costs

C. Plan Cost Management

D. Determine Budget

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Correct Answer: B

Question #162

Trend analysis shows that velocity is significantly higher than predicted and the release can be completed one month ahead of schedule. The team recommends changing the end date to reflect this. What should the agile practitioner do?

A. Jointly meet with the team and product owner to discuss options and determine the end date

B. Announce that the team has exceeded the predicted velocity, and that the end date will be earlier than planned

C. Ask the product owner to include additional features in the product backlog, then replan subsequent iterations

D. Ask the team to decrease velocity to meet contractual obligations and document this decision

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Correct Answer: A

Question #163

Which is NOT a role on an XP team?

A. Coach

B. Customer

C. Product Owner

D. Programmer

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Correct Answer: C

Question #164

It is important for the Agile team to be able to see the “Big Picture” in a visual way. Which of the following would be the best tool for prioritization?

A. Epic

B. User story

C. Wireframe

D. Story map

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Correct Answer: D

Question #165

Configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and audit are all activities in which process?

A. Perform Quality Assurance

B. Direct and Manage Project Work

C. Monitor and Control Project Work

D. Perform Integrated Change Control

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Correct Answer: B

Question #166

A scrum master is part of a project team using technologies overseen by the IT department. The IT director oversees several company initiatives and is unfamiliar with the details of each one. As an active project stakeholder, to which meeting should the IT director be invited?

A. Planning

B. Daily scrum

C. Sprint demo

D. Retrospective

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Correct Answer: B

Question #167

The purpose of "setting the stage'' in a project retrospective is to:

A. Restate the goal of the meeting and create an open atmosphere

B. Review the scope statement and summarize project results

C. Elevate the team's morale and ensure that everyone participates

D. Describe the next Iteration and discuss lessons learned

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Correct Answer: B

Question #168

In reference to Scrum, each sprint should produce:

A. An increment of potentially shippable product functionality

B. A set of documented product requirements and specifications

C. A release with testable and measurable functionality

D. An increment of potentially testable product functionality

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Correct Answer: A

Question #169

Who is responsible for determining the business value of each feature?

A. Product Owner

B. Steering committee

C. ScrumMaster

D. Team

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Correct Answer: A

Question #170

Based on the following information, determine the number weeks until the next release.

A. 8 weeks

B. 12 weeks

C. 16 weeks

D. 9 weeks

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Correct Answer: C

Question #171

The purpose of the iteration retrospective is to:

A. Report progress of the work effort, what work will be done next, and review impediments to progress

B. Prioritize the Product Backlog, generate development and testing estimates, and plan the next iteration

C. Provide a demonstration of the features developed during the iteration, get feedback from users, and begin testing

D. Identify what worked well, what did not work well, and what actions should be taken to improve the process

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Correct Answer: D

Question #172

Acronym describing the attributes of a product backlog:

A. DEEP

B. INVEST

C. ITERA

D. DESPO

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Correct Answer: D

Question #173

The component of the risk management plan that documents how risk activities will be recorded is called:

A. tracking

B. scoping

C. timing

D. defining

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Correct Answer: C

Question #174

At completion of iteration planning, the team has finished identifying the tasks they will commit to for the next iteration. Which of the following tools best provides transparency into the progress throughout the iteration?

A. Burndown chart

B. Gantt chart

C. Hours expended chart

D. Management baseline chart

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Correct Answer: A

Question #175

In a vision meeting, the vision for the project is defined and presented by the:

A. management

B. project manager

C. customer

D. project team

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Correct Answer: D

Question #176

Operations and Maintenance staff should not be part of the Agile team.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: B

Question #177

Which of the following is part of the 12 practices defined in eXtreme Programming (XP)?

A. Risk management

B. Small releases

C. Project management

D. Project charter

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Correct Answer: B

Question #178

The purpose of "setting the stage'' in a project retrospective is to:

A. Restate the goal of the meeting and create an open atmosphere

B. Review the scope statement and summarize project results

C. Elevate the team's morale and ensure that everyone participates

D. Describe the next Iteration and discuss lessons learned

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Correct Answer: C

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