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Question #1
Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
A. Close Project or Phase
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Control Procurements
D. Close Procurements
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Correct Answer: B
Question #2
Which tool or technique is used in the Estimate Costs process?
A. Acquisition
B. Earned value management
C. Vendor bid analysis
D. Forecasting
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Correct Answer: D
Question #3
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 #4
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: C
Question #5
A ScrumMaster consistently holds Daily Scrums and keeps them to 15 minutes or less. The ScrumMaster brings a list of assigned tasks and checks the status of each task with the relevant team members. The ScrumMaster then assigns new tasks for the day and ends the meeting. Is this an appropriate approach to running Daily Scrums?
A. Yes, the ScrumMaster should get status updates and distribute new tasks to the team
B. Yes, the ScrumMaster should hold Scrums daily and keep the time to 15 minutes or less
C. No, the ScrumMaster should act in the role of facilitator to foster team self-organization
D. No, the ScrumMaster should allow the Scrum to run as long as is required by the team
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Correct Answer: A
Question #6
Why should a project team reduce the work in progress?
A. It indicates poor project quality
B. It represents team members’ utilization
C. It represents unrealized value
D. It shows that the project is behind schedule
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Correct Answer: B
Question #7
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
A. Scope baseline
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project schedule
D. Resource calendars
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Correct Answer: C
Question #8
An agile coach realizes that a team responsible for a major release is a few months behind schedule. The marketing department is unaware of this delay, and is planning to start the marketing campaign and announce the release. What should the agile coach do?
A. Meet with the agile team lead to discuss ways to improve team velocity and get back on track
B. Use this as a learning opportunity and allow the team to handle the situation when the marketing campaign begins
C. In the upcoming retrospective, discuss ways to improve sharing project status information
D. Meet with the marketing stakeholders to explain that the team will miss the planned release date
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Correct Answer: D
Question #9
What Agile requirements management approach displays a roadmap using the following approach? The horizontal axis shows a high level overview of the system under development and the value it adds to the users. The vertical axis organizes detailed stories into releases according to importance, priority, etc.
A. Release Planning Matrix
B. User Story Map
C. Agile Requirements Map
D. User Story Burndown Map
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Correct Answer: B
Question #10
Two similar stories, A and B, are estimated at 3 story points. Story C, is estimated at 8 points. After an iteration in which A and C were completed, it is found that story A took much longer than story
C. What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Assign story B more than 8 story points so to provide a better estimate
B. Add points to story B’s iteration to account for the error but keep story B at 3 points
C. Assign more resources to story B to bring it in line with the estimate
D. Reestimate all stories including values for A, B and C
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Correct Answer: A
Question #11
When implementing Agile Project Management, risk management that occurs simply by following Agile best practices such as iterative planning and review activities is called:
A. Inherent risk management
B. Organic risk management
C. Overt risk management
D. Intrinsic risk management
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Correct Answer: B
Question #12
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 #13
The team estimation game method mainly consists of a:
A. Pile of cards with user, capability, and value to be prioritized by the project team
B. Spreadsheet with backlog issues to be prioritized and each to be given a prioritizationnumber
C. White board session where iterations are estimated and related to the project road map
D. Brainstorm session where resources are related to prioritized work packages
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Correct Answer: A
Question #14
In XP, what is the practice of creating a story about a future system that everyone – customers, programmers, and managers – can tell about how the system works?
A. Extreme persona
B. Wireframe
C. System metaphor
D. Simple design
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Correct Answer: C
Question #15
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: A
Question #16
The stakeholder register is an output of:
A. Identify Stakeholders
B. Plan Stakeholder Management
C. Control Stakeholder Engagement
D. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #17
The primary purpose of a Sprint Review is for the team to:
A. Demonstrate what was accomplished during the sprint
B. Discuss what went well, what didn’t, and ways to improve
C. Prioritize and estimate stories planned for the next sprint
D. Individually provide status updates on user stories in progress
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Correct Answer: A
Question #18
During which meeting do team members synchronize their work and progress and report any impediments to the Scrum Master for removal?
A. Sprint Planning meeting
B. Daily Scrum
C. Sprint Retrospective
D. Weekly Status meeting
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Correct Answer: B
Question #19
A ScrumMaster:
A. prioritizes the work for each iteration
B. directs the activities of the team
C. provides leadership, guidance, and coaching
D. manages the project scope and budget
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Correct Answer: C
Question #20
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 #21
Continuous integration ensures that a product is:
A. Ready to ship when all features are complete
B. Delivered for testing at the end of each day
C. Technologically ready to deploy at any time
D. Deployed after final business approvals
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Correct Answer: C
Question #22
What is the definition of velocity?
A. The number of Sprints per release
B. The number of items resolved in a daily Scrum
C. The number of story points completed in Sprint
D. The number of User Stories in a release
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Correct Answer: C
Question #23
When the Agile team works in a single location, the team is said to be ________.
A. Co-located
B. Distributed
C. Outsourced
D. Functional
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Correct Answer: B
Question #24
Which one of the following is NOT a Scrum Event?
A. Sprint
B. Daily Scrum
C. Sprint Review
D. Weekly Status
E. They are all Scrum events
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Correct Answer: D
Question #25
Which layer of the product planning structure defines details at the capability or feature level?
A. Iteration
B. Roadmap
C. Release
D. Wave
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Correct Answer: C
Question #26
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
A. Start-to-start (SS)
B. Start-to-finish (SF)
C. Rnish-to-finish (FF)
D. Finish-to-start (FS)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #27
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 #28
In Pair Programming, one programmer is responsible for all the coding in an iteration then the programmer switch for the next iteration?
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: B
Question #29
Identify all members of a Scrum Team: (Choose three.)
A. Customer
B. Stakeholder
C. Product Owner
D. Scrum Master
E. Project Manager
F. Development Team
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Correct Answer: D
Question #30
Tools and techniques used in Direct and Manage Project Work include:
A. Process analysis and expert judgment
B. Analytical techniques and a project management information system
C. Performance reviews and meetings
D. Expert judgment and meetings
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Correct Answer: A
Question #31
A key component of Agile software development is:
A. Requirements should be complete before beginning development
B. Change must be minimized
C. Risk management is robust
D. Requirements are able to evolve during development
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Correct Answer: D
Question #32
Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
A. External
B. Lead
C. Discretionary
D. Mandatory
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Correct Answer: C
Question #33
A common reason that a story may not be estimable is that the:
A. team lacks domain knowledge
B. business needs are prioritized over the system design
C. developers do not understand the tasks related to the story
D. team has no experience in estimating
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Correct Answer: B
Question #34
Which tool allows the Product Owner to focus on providing the greatest value and Return on Investment (ROI) to the organization?
A. Burn up chart
B. Product Backlog
C. Affinity estimate
D. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #35
A product owner asks a newly formed scrum team how many story points will be completed in a sprint. What should the scrum master do?
A. Engage the team to determine the sprint velocity based on previous agile projects
B. Average the sprint velocity based on input from team members
C. Share the sprint velocity obtained from the sponsor with the team
D. Run multiple sprints before determining the sprint velocity with the team
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Correct Answer: D
Question #36
The number of days needed between feature specification and production delivery is called:
A. Cycle time
B. Real time
C. Ideal time
D. Calendar time
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Correct Answer: A
Question #37
Frequent verification and validation is key in Agile but each approach produces a very different result. Verification determines ________________ whereas validation determines _____________.
A. if the product is “done” | if the product is “done-done”
B. if I am I building the product right | if I am I building the right product
C. if I am I building the right product | if I am I building the product right
D. if the product has passed unit testing | if the product has passed acceptance testing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #38
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 #39
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 #40
An output of the Develop Project Team process is:
A. change requests
B. team performance assessments
C. project staff assignments
D. project documents updates
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Correct Answer: D
Question #41
Which Knowledge Areas include processes from the Closing Process Group?
A. Project Quality Management and Project Time Management
B. Project Scope Management and Project Risk Management
C. Project Stakeholder Management and Project Cost Management
D. Project Integration Management and Project Procurement Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #42
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
A. Planning
B. Executing,
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #43
If there are multiple Scrum teams working on a product, each needs its own definition of Done.
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: A
Question #44
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 #45
Which type of story would be used when an estimate is not available due to lack of knowledge of the technology required to implement the story?
A. Defect
B. Slack
C. Spike
D. Nonfunctional
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Correct Answer: D
Question #46
Testing that often occurs between “Done” and “Done, Done” is:
A. Exploratory testing
B. Acceptance testing
C. Unit testing
D. Test driven development
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Correct Answer: A
Question #47
Risk exposure is the:
A. Funds set aside to contain the risk
B. Probability a risk will occur
C. Amount of money the risk will cost if it occurs
D. Amount of damage to the project if the risk occurs
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Correct Answer: B
Question #48
What does Scrum mean by Transparency?
A. Users can perform code reviews at any time
B. Documentation is available to anyone
C. All team members sit in a visible location
D. The process is understandable by all stakeholders
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Correct Answer: D
Question #49
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: C
Question #50
Who, along with the project manager, is supposed to direct the performance of the planned project activities and manage the various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within the project?
A. The customer and functional managers
B. The risk owners and stakeholders
C. The sponsors and stakeholders
D. The project management team
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Correct Answer: B
Question #51
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 #52
An Agile team best ensures product quality through:
A. The development team’s use of pair programming
B. Quality assurance’s daily collaboration with the development team
C. More frequent inspection after each iteration
D. Feedback gathered during iteration retrospectives
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Correct Answer: C
Question #53
Product Backlog Items (PBI) described as emergent, are expected to:
A. Become new technology requirements
B. Grow and change over time as users' stories are completed
C. Become the highest priority items
D. Be the most recent stories added to the backlog
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Correct Answer: A
Question #54
A product owner concludes that the majority of a project’s value can be delivered by completing only the first half of the prioritized backlog. What should the product owner do next?
A. Remove the second half of the backlog, and communicate their decision in the next backlog grooming meeting
B. Reprioritize backlog items to future iterations
C. Work with the team to deploy the first half of the backlog to ensure that value is realized
D. Meet with project stakeholders to review the backlog and determine if the scope should be adjusted
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Correct Answer: C
Question #55
A project is starting and the type of work is complex and suitable for agile. In assessing the team members, it appears that co-location would be a challenge. What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Select and implement collaboration tools to augment team interactions
B. Provide each geographical area with their own product owner and divide the work between the teams
C. Increase the number of requirements documents and ensure they are clearly communicated
D. After several sprints, calculate velocity based on primary team location and use secondary team as reserve
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Correct Answer: C
Question #56
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
A. influencing
B. leadership
C. motivation
D. coaching
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Correct Answer: C
Question #57
A team is transitioning from a predictive approach to an agile approach. Historically, the team has delivered work products that did not meet customer expectations. What agile practice can help the team to alleviate this?
A. Test-driven development (TDD)
B. Clear definition of done and regular demos
C. Collaborative team planning games
D. Consistent team velocity
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Correct Answer: B
Question #58
Which one of the following is NOT a Scrum Event?
A. Sprint
B. Daily Scrum
C. Sprint Review
D. Weekly Status
E. They are all Scrum events
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Correct Answer: D
Question #59
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: D
Question #60
Extreme Programming (XP) includes which of the following practices? (Choose three.)
A. Simple Design
B. Coding standardsC
D. Sustainable Pace
E. Eliminate Waste
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Correct Answer: ABD
Question #61
An agile practitioner wants to communicate the effect of technical debt on the project. What should the practitioner do?
A. Post and discuss rises in the burn down chart
B. Adjust story points to account for technical debt
C. Log technical debt as an impediment
D. Add refactoring tasks to all stories
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Correct Answer: D
Question #62
Which is an enterprise environmental factor?
A. Marketplace conditions
B. Policies and procedures
C. Project files from previous projects
D. Lessons learned from previous projects
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Correct Answer: C
Question #63
A common reason that a story may not be estimable is that the:
A. team lacks domain knowledge
B. business needs are prioritized over the system design
C. developers do not understand the tasks related to the story
D. team has no experience in estimating
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Correct Answer: B
Question #64
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 #65
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
A. Networking
B. Training
C. Negotiation
D. Issue log
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Correct Answer: B
Question #66
Agile Analysis is a phase in the lifecycle of an Agile project.
A. False
B. True
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Correct Answer: A
Question #67
A development team and product owner disagree on a user story in the product backlog. What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Have the development team follow the product owner’s direction
B. Openly challenge the product owner in an effort to poke holes in their approach
C. Facilitate a conversation about the user story between the development team and the product owner
D. Serve as a nonpartisan evaluator of each option, and provide direction to the development team and product owner
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Correct Answer: D
Question #68
Which of the following best represents both a principle of the Agile manifesto and a Lean method of simplicity?
A. Maximizing the amount of work not done
B. Delivering early and continuously
C. Welcoming changing requirements
D. Deciding at the last responsible moment
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Correct Answer: B
Question #69
Which of the following helps to ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives?
A. Requirements traceability matrix
B. Work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionary
C. Requirements management plan
D. Requirements documentation
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Correct Answer: A
Question #70
When estimating initial velocity, the team should most likely:
A. Discuss among the team their expectations of how many story points they can address
B. Use a Kanban workflow to identify steps and calculate velocity
C. Use velocity of past iterations or make a calculated guess
D. Discuss with the customer their expectation for the velocity of producing the product
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Correct Answer: C
Question #71
In Agile projects, the technique in which planning is done at three distinct horizons is known as:
A. Monte Carlo Analysis
B. Portfolio Management
C. DelphiTechnique
D. Progressive Elaboration
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Correct Answer: D
Question #72
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 #73
A seven-member agile team’s composition varies considerably in age, gender, culture, personality type, and professional background. When planning a team-building event, what type of interpersonal skills should the project leader use?
A. Networking
B. Social awareness
C. Communication
D. Leadership
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Correct Answer: C
Question #74
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 #75
In the Lean process, the focus is on:
A. Managing team efficiency
B. Optimizing completed work across the process stream
C. Using the optimal resources
D. Cross training the team to eliminate bottlenecks
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Correct Answer: A
Question #76
Who developed extreme programming (XP)?
A. Mike Cohn
B. Ken Schwaber
C. Kent Beck
D. Alistair Cockburn
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Correct Answer: C
Question #77
The team is in the middle of an iteration and there is an urgent request for a small change to be introduced to the committed scope. Unless this change is accepted, there is no value to the customers during this iteration. What must the agile practitioner do?
A. Add the new change request as a new user story in the product backlog for the upcoming iteration
B. Evaluate the impact of the change request and let the team and product owner decide and re-prioritize based on value
C. Recommend cancelling the current iteration and plan the change request into the next iteration
D. Recommend that the product owner add this change request as a user story to the backlog for the current iteration
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Correct Answer: B
Question #78
When we use the term “container” in Scrum what are we referring to?
A. A Sprint or Iteration
B. Source code repository
C. Development team room
D. A vertical slice of functionality
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Correct Answer: A
Question #79
The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action is known as:
A. Plan Risk Management
B. Plan Risk Responses
C. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
D. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #80
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: C
Question #81
What should a team do when they complete all sprint goals earlier than expected?
A. Begin working on an item in the backlog
B. Ask the scrum master to select an item from the backlog on which to work
C. Ask the product owner to select an item from the backlog on which to work
D. Jointly decide with the scrum master on an item from the backlog on which to work
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Correct Answer: A
Question #82
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 #83
In Agile projects, how are planning outputs shared with stakeholders?
A. Using the most highly visible method possible
B. On a need-to-know basis depending on role
C. According to the project communications plan
D. Through a series of stakeholder meetings
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Correct Answer: A
Question #84
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: A
Question #85
Which Manage Communications tool or technique focuses on identifying and managing barriers?
A. Communication methods
B. Information technology
C. Communication models
D. Information management systems
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Correct Answer: B
Question #86
The purpose of Work in Progress (WIP) limits is to prevent the unintentional accumulation of work, so there isn’t a bottleneck.
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: A
Question #87
Suppose the current release will be complete after 6 two-week iterations. A team member is insisting that the Product Owner write the acceptance test cases for the entire release. How should the Scrum Master respond?
A. Since the release duration is not very long, agree with the idea and explain the advantage of doing this to Product Owner
B. It’s up to the team and Product Owner to determine if it is a good idea
C. Explain that stories should only be discussed in detail prior to development
D. Decide to dedicate first Sprint to elaborating all the stories
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Correct Answer: C
Question #88
Which conflict resolution technique searches for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily or partially resolve the conflict?
A. Force/direct
B. Withdraw/avoid
C. Compromise/reconcile
D. Collaborate/problem solve
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Correct Answer: A
Question #89
An Agile team best ensures product quality through:
A. The development team’s use of pair programming
B. Quality assurance’s daily collaboration with the development team
C. More frequent inspection after each iteration
D. Feedback gathered during iteration retrospectives
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Correct Answer: B
Question #90
What is one of the benefits of incremental delivery?
A. Value is delivered more quickly, as software can be released after every iteration
B. More customers can be handled simultaneously, as each regularly receives a delivery
C. Fewer bugs are introduced, as code is delivered to users more frequently
D. Costs are reduced, as less verification is required to regression test each iteration
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Correct Answer: A
Question #91
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: B
Question #92
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: B
Question #93
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: B
Question #94
How is the participatory design process characterized?
A. A well-planned and well-documented process is documented for each of the iterations in the project
B. Users including project team members participate in the planning process for the project plan
C. End users participate and assist in the design process from the beginning of the project
D. A high level brainstorming process is conducted for the project team and the project sponsor
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Correct Answer: C
Question #95
Empirical process control constitutes a continuous cycle of inspecting the process for correct operation and results and adapting the process as needed. What characteristics does this apply to in Scrum?
A. Self-organization, Collaboration and Time-boxing
B. Quality, Cost and Scope
C. Scrums, Sprint and Releases
D. Transparency, Inspection and Adaption
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Correct Answer: D
Question #96
What of the following is not a step in the Value Stream Mapping process?
A. Define the current state
B. Collect data
C. Amplify Learning
D. Depict the future state
E. Develop an implementation plan
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Correct Answer: C
Question #97
The best reason for extreme character personas in writing user stories is to:
A. Identify errors in product design and testing
B. Help identify user stories that would otherwise be missed
C. Provide precision to support vague user concepts
D. Provide value to the Sprint planning session
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Correct Answer: B
Question #98
The Scrum Master’s job is to work with the Scrum Team and the organization to increase the awareness of the artifacts. Which pillar of Scrum does this represent?
A. Transparency
B. Inspection
C. Adaption
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Correct Answer: B
Question #99
When developing user stories, user expectations are best captured in what form?
A. Acceptance tests
B. Entrance criteria
C. Done criteria
D. Go and no-go limits
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Correct Answer: D
Question #100
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 #101
Which of the following best represents both a principle of the Agile manifesto and a Lean method of simplicity?
A. Maximizing the amount of work not done
B. Delivering early and continuously
C. Welcoming changing requirements
D. Deciding at the last responsible moment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #102
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: C
Question #103
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: A
Question #104
Suppose you are a Scrum Master on a new Agile team. Which of the following strategies is best way to resolve conflict on the team?
A. Collaborate
B. Negotiate
C. Smooth over
D. Ignore
E. Use your authority
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Correct Answer: A
Question #105
Which of the following is NOT a metric that measures the performance of DevOps in Agile?
A. Release date adherence percentage
B. Defects attributable to platform/support requirements
C. Percentage of NFRs met
D. Business value realized per release
E. Percentage increase in the number of releases
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Correct Answer: D
Question #106
Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?
A. Project team
B. Focus group
C. Change control board
D. Project stakeholders
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Correct Answer: A
Question #107
A project is starting and the type of work is complex and suitable for agile. In assessing the team members, it appears that co-location would be a challenge. What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Select and implement collaboration tools to augment team interactions
B. Provide each geographical area with their own product owner and divide the work between the teams
C. Increase the number of requirements documents and ensure they are clearly communicated
D. After several sprints, calculate velocity based on primary team location and use secondary team as reserve
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Correct Answer: A
Question #108
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 #109
A project is starting and the type of work is complex and suitable for agile. In assessing the team members, it appears that co-location would be a challenge. What should the agile practitioner do?
A. Select and implement collaboration tools to augment team interactions
B. Provide each geographical area with their own product owner and divide the work between the teams
C. Increase the number of requirements documents and ensure they are clearly communicated
D. After several sprints, calculate velocity based on primary team location and use secondary team as reserve
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Correct Answer: C
Question #110
The best reason for extreme character personas in writing user stories is to:
A. Identify errors in product design and testing
B. Help identify user stories that would otherwise be missed
C. Provide precision to support vague user concepts
D. Provide value to the Sprint planning session
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Correct Answer: C
Question #111
Identify the three components of the Agile Triangle. (Choose three.)
A. Quality
B. Value
C. Cost
D. Constraints
E. Scope
F. Leadership
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Correct Answer: A
Question #112
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 #113
Which tool allows the Product Owner to focus on providing the greatest value and Return on Investment (ROI) to the organization?
A. Burn up chart
B. Product Backlog
C. Affinity estimate
D. Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
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Correct Answer: A
Question #114
Which Agile methodology runs one week iterations; leverages the use of pair programming; and includes the roles of coach, customer, programmer, tracker, and tester?
A. Lean
B. Agile One
C. Scrum
D. XP
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Correct Answer: D
Question #115
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 #116
Identify Stakeholders is the process of identifying all of the people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests in, involvement in, and impact on the project:
A. manager
B. success
C. deadline
D. scope
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Correct Answer: D
Question #117
What is a tool to improve team performance?
A. Staffing plan
B. External feedback
C. Performance reports
D. Co-location
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Correct Answer: B
Question #118
At minimum, all Kanban boards should have the following columns:
A. To-Do, Doing, Done
B. Analysis, Design, Develop, Test, Deploy
C. Backlog, Design, Develop, Unit Test, Acceptance Test, Ready-to-ship
D. The Kanban columns are determined by the team
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Correct Answer: D
Question #119
A high-performance Agile team:
A. is fully committed to team success yet respects the prescribed roles and titles of team members
B. owns its decisions and commitments and is motivated to succeed at any cost
C. is self-organizing, empowered to make decisions, and consensus-driven, with constructive disagreement
D. produces a high volume of business value through intensive collaboration and avoidance of conflict
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Correct Answer: C
Question #120
The ScrumMaster notices repeated friction between two team members in the Daily Scrum meetings. The next step should be to:
A. Attempt to resolve the problem directly and immediately during a Daily Scrum meeting
B. Schedule a meeting with them after a Daily Scrum meeting to explore and resolve the issue
C. Ignore the friction because a self-organizing team must sort out team conflict issues
D. Ask for new resources to replace them before the friction undermines the team’s productivity
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Correct Answer: B
Question #121
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 #122
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 #123
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: C
Question #124
When is the ideal time to hold a retrospective?
A. Right after iteration planning
B. Just before iteration planning
C. At the start of the next release
D. During the iteration review/demo
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Correct Answer: C
Question #125
Which management style does Agile advocate?
A. Task
B. Team
C. Product
D. Performance
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Correct Answer: A
Question #126
A tool and technique used in the Develop Project Charter process is:
A. change control tools
B. expert judgment
C. meetings
D. analytical techniques
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Correct Answer: D
Question #127
What is used to provide a simple medium for gathering basic information about stories, recording high-level requirements, developing work estimates, and defining acceptance tests?
A. Story card
B. Burndown chart
C. Retrospective
D. Storyboard
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Correct Answer: A
Question #128
According to the fundamental principles of Lean Management, errors result from:
A. Inadequate user requirements and documentation
B. Misjudgment made by project teams and operations staff
C. Flaws in development and production systems
D. Insufficient management oversight of projects and operations
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Correct Answer: C
Question #129
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 #130
Which Control Stakeholder Engagement tool or technique allows the project manager to consolidate and facilitate distribution of reports?
A. Information management systems
B. Work performance reports
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Data gathering and representation
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Correct Answer: D
Question #131
Agile development prevents technical debt.
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: B
Question #132
The ScrumMaster notices repeated friction between two team members in the Daily Scrum meetings. The next step should be to:
A. Attempt to resolve the problem directly and immediately during a Daily Scrum meeting
B. Schedule a meeting with them after a Daily Scrum meeting to explore and resolve the issue
C. Ignore the friction because a self-organizing team must sort out team conflict issues
D. Ask for new resources to replace them before the friction undermines the team’s productivity
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Correct Answer: B
Question #133
Which type of story would be used when an estimate is not available due to lack of knowledge of the technology required to implement the story?
A. Defect
B. Slack
C. Spike
D. Nonfunctional
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Correct Answer: C
Question #134
When a team member encounters an issue in an agile environment, what should they do?
A. Limit communication between the team members and the customer to prevent unnecessary anxiety
B. Manage communication between all team members and the customer to promote effective and transparent collaboration
C. Manage communication between a few team members and the customer so that they may convey information to other team members
D. Facilitate one-on-one communication between team members to reduce conflict and inefficiencies
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Correct Answer: D
Question #135
A project team member agrees to change a project deliverable after a conversation with an external stakeholder. It is later discovered that the change has had an adverse effect on another deliverable. This could have been avoided if the project team had implemented:
A. Quality assurance
B. A stakeholder management plan
C. Project team building
D. Integrated change control
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Correct Answer: B
Question #136
In a Lean Software Development environment, the Project Leader strives to eliminate:
A. Work in Process (WIP) and bugs
B. Delays and building what is not needed
C. Defects and features with low value stream values
D. Poor requirements and changing scope
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Correct Answer: B
Question #137
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: D
Question #138
How should an agile project leader interact with the product owner?
A. Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to review development features and trace them back to the product roadmap
B. Ensure that they attend regular sprint meetings to provide product-feature feedback
C. Share any new versions of the project plan with them, including updated statuses for tasks and project milestones
D. Schedule meetings where they can provide team direction regarding new-feature priorities and upcoming sprints
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Correct Answer: D
Question #139
A product owner complains that some of the requirements identified several iterations ago have not been implemented. The product owner wants to know why the status of these requirements was not communicated. What should the Scrum Master do?
A. Point out that the team chose to work on other requirements to speed up the project
B. Ensure that the product owner reviews the contents of the information radiator
C. Ensure that the next sprint planning meeting reviews the satisfaction histogram
D. Point out that it is the responsibility of the product owner to clarify requirements
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Correct Answer: D
Question #140
An input of the Create WBS process is:
A. requirements documentation
B. scope baseline
C. project charter
D. validated deliverables
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Correct Answer: A
Question #141
An Agile team expects a velocity of 8. During sprint planning, the stories were estimatedand prioritized in the following order: Story A_4Story Points Story B_2Story Points Story C_3 Story Points Story D_2Story Points Which stories should the team include in Sprint 1, without splitting the stories?
A. Stories A, C, and D
B. Stories A, B, and C
C. Stories A, B, and D
D. Stories B, C, and D
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Correct Answer: C
Question #142
Which is the first step in setting up Kanban?
A. Place prioritized goals on the left column of the board
B. Decide on limits for items in queue and work in progress
C. Map your current workflow
D. Lay out a visual Kanban board
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Correct Answer: C
Question #143
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 #144
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 #145
What is the purpose of running a test before you develop the code?
A. To complete all test cases
B. To ensure it fails
C. To ensure it passes
D. To be cross-functional
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Correct Answer: B
Question #146
Continuous integration ensures that a product is:
A. Ready to ship when all features are complete
B. Delivered for testing at the end of each day
C. Technologically ready to deploy at any time
D. Deployed after final business approvals
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Correct Answer: C
Question #147
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: C
Question #148
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 #149
What is the role in an eXtreme Programming (XP) project that ensures the right project processes are applied?
A. Domain Expert
B. Product Owner
C. ScrumMaster
D. Coach
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Correct Answer: D
Question #150
An organization highly values security. However, a team member on a project has found a way to save time and money with less robust security features. What should the team member do?
A. Influence the customer
B. Mention the idea at the next retrospective
C. Show the customer how much time and money would be saved
D. Present the idea at the next ceremony attended by stakeholders to obtain their input
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Correct Answer: C
Question #151
Which of the Perform Quality Assurance tools and techniques may enhance the creation of the work breakdown structure (VVBS) to give structure to the decomposition of the scope?
A. Activity network diagrams
B. Affinity diagrams
C. Matrix diagrams
D. Interrelationship digraphs
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Correct Answer: A
Question #152
The person responsible for the Scrum process, making sure it is used correctly and maximizing its benefit:
A. Product Owner
B. Coach
C. Scrum Master
D. Scrum Manager
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Correct Answer: A

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