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Question #1

Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?

A. Project Risk Management

B. Project Human Resource Management

C. Project Scope Management

D. Project Stakeholder Management

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Correct Answer: C

Question #2

How does the Scrum Master provide the most value to the Team?

A. By facilitating discussions between the Product Owner and the Development Team

B. Ensuring time-boxes are kept

C. Removing impediments to the Development Team

D. Scheduling Scrum events

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Correct Answer: C

Question #3

What are the primary outputs of a release planning session?

A. Release vision, assumptions, action items, and iteration goals

B. Prioritized Product Backlog, risks, action items, and release goals

C. Estimated iteration velocities, risks, action items, and Release Backlog

D. Risks, action items, dependencies, and Release Backlog

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Correct Answer: D

Question #4

At the end of a product development phase, an agile project team confirms that all tests have passed. The product is released, but the customer complains that it is deficient. What should the project team have done prior to product release?

A. Requested approval from the project sponsor

B. Undertaken a review of all requirements

C. Conducted an end-of-phase demonstration

D. Performed a retrospective to validate project deliverables

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Correct Answer: D

Question #5

A project manager at a publishing company decides to initiate the editing phase of the project as soon as each chapter is written. Which type of Sequence Activities tool and technique is involved, considering that there was a start-to-start relationship with a 15-day delay?

A. Slack

B. Float

C. Lag

D. Lead

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Correct Answer: D

Question #6

Which type of contract is most commonly used by buying organizations because the price for goods is set at the outset and is not subject to change unless the scope of work changes?

A. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustments Contract (FP-EPA)

B. Cost-Reimbursable Contract (CR)

C. Firm-Fixed -Price Contract (FFP)

D. Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee Contract (FPIF)

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Correct Answer: C

Question #7

The technique used to analyze the flow of information and materials through a system to eliminate waste is:

A. Fishbone diagramming

B. Flow charting

C. Value stream mapping

D. Pareto analysis

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Correct Answer: A

Question #8

Which of the following would be most likely to assist when a customer has difficulty prioritizing stories?

A. Split the stories into smaller ones to allow the customer to choose the pieces that they want

B. Have the team provide guidance into where their priorities lie to the customer

C. Provide additional technical details to give the customer insight into technical challenges

D. Have the team rewrite the stories with additional details to clarify requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #9

More details for a story are required before the upcoming sprint planning meeting. What should the scrum master do?

A. Email the product owner requesting detailed story specifications and wait for a response

B. Gather the details from the team members before sprint planning

C. Schedule a story grooming session with the product owner before sprint planning

D. Conduct a planning poker session with the team

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Correct Answer: B

Question #10

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 #11

Which three criteria should be looked at when setting iteration length?

A. Time needed to complete a user story, time needed to build and test the stories, and product team acceptance of the stories

B. Timeframe in which the stories must be released, the cost to deliver the features to market, and product team acceptance of the stories

C. Delivering chunks of user-valued functionality, time needed to build and test the stories, and product team acceptance of the stories

D. Features that categorize the product, the time needed to complete the features, and the cost to deliver the features to market

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Correct Answer: B

Question #12

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 #13

In a project, total float measures the:

A. Ability to shuffle schedule activities to lessen the duration of the project

B. Amount of time an activity can be extended or delayed without altering the project finish date

C. Cost expended to restore order to the project schedule after crashing the schedule

D. Estimate of the total resources needed for the project after performing a forward pass

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Correct Answer: A

Question #14

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 #15

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 #16

In Agile risk management, a risk burndown chart is best used to:

A. Qualitatively analyze the probability of a risk occurring

B. Track progress on risk reduction of technical risks

C. Document the external risks that could impact the project

D. Illustrate the project risk profile and new and changing risks

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Correct Answer: D

Question #17

eXtreme Programming (XP) teams strive to avoid:

A. Incremental design and architecture

B. Pair programming

C. Manual regression testing

D. Test-Driven Development (TDD)

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Correct Answer: C

Question #18

To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes:

A. scope creep

B. a change request

C. work performance information

D. deliverables

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Correct Answer: A

Question #19

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 #20

Who is responsible for prioritizing the stories that will be included in the iteration?

A. ScrumMaster

B. Developer

C. Product Owner

D. Team

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Correct Answer: C

Question #21

The 80/20 rule is also known as what law?

A. Little Law

B. Pareto’s Law

C. Mohr’s Law

D. The Law of Averages

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Correct Answer: B

Question #22

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 #23

A project’s first iteration contains item A, and its second iteration contains item

B. The first iteration is behind schedule, which will impact the second iteration

B. What should the agile practitioner do?

A. Defer starting the design of item B until the second iteration is being planned

B. Proceed with the design of item B, since it will hasten the second iteration

C. Escalate the issue to the customer, and obtain their approval before starting the design of item B

D. Log the issue in the risk register, and request change control board (CCB) approval

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Correct Answer: A

Question #24

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 #25

Which of the following statements best describes the influence of stakeholders and the cost of changes as project time advances?

A. The influence of the stakeholders increases, the cost of changes increases

B. The influence of the stakeholders decreases, the cost of changes increases

C. The influence of the stakeholders increases, the cost of changes decreases

D. The influence of the stakeholders decreases, the cost of changes decreases

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Correct Answer: A

Question #26

A scrum team has eight developers, but only two are database engineers. During the last few retrospectives, the team identified that most sprint stories are dependent upon database engineers. This has created a bottleneck in completing stories. What should be proposed to the team?

A. Have other team developers attend training to learn database skills

B. Monitor the retrospectives of two additional sprints before taking action

C. Plan fewer stories for the sprint to reduce the database engineers' workload

D. Ask the scrum master to work with the product owner to remove backlog stories that have database dependency

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Correct Answer: A

Question #27

The Scrum Master as a Servant Leader is in service to which of the following?

A. The Development Team

B. The Organization

C. The Product Owner and the Development Team

D. The Organization, the Product Owner and the Development Team

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Correct Answer: B

Question #28

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 #29

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a rapid cycle of:

A. Requirements, coding, and testing

B. Testing, coding, and refactoring

C. Testing, refactoring, and validation

D. Requirements, coding, and refactoring

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Correct Answer: B

Question #30

_____________ an estimate refers to estimating a story based on its relationship to one or more other stories.

A. Triangulating

B. Triaging

C. Aggregating

D. Disaggregating

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Correct Answer: A

Question #31

A user story says that a product must be very fast. During the demo, the Product Owner is dissatisfied with the speed of the product. The most likely reason that this occurred is because the user story was:

A. Too large

B. Not estimated correctly

C. Not testable

D. Not descriptive of the value

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Correct Answer: C

Question #32

Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?

A. Bottom-up

B. Parametric

C. Analogous

D. Three-point

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Correct Answer: C

Question #33

The processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project has been undertaken to achieve are grouped within which Process Group?

A. Initiating

B. Planning

C. Executing

D. Monitoring and Controlling

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Correct Answer: A

Question #34

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: C

Question #35

Typically calculated in story points, this is the rate at which the team converts “Done” items in a single Sprint:

A. Burndown rate

B. Burn-up rate

C. Velocity

D. Capacity

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Correct Answer: C

Question #36

A company is moving into a new space and is determining the best configuration for offices. The management team is also considering moving to an agile process. What advice should an agilist give?

A. Arrange the office space to allow co-location of development teams and centrally located information radiators

B. Isolate each development team to reduce all outside distractions

C. Ensure management understands the need for isolation to allow for concentration

D. Define the agile method the company will be using, and implement the office configuration based upon that method

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Correct Answer: D

Question #37

The 3 items are required for an Agile, adaptive environment: (Choose three.)

A. People

B. Process

C. Product

D. Tools

E. Technology

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Correct Answer: ABC

Question #38

CRUD is an acronym that defines a way to split stories. What does CRUD stand for?

A. Create/Update/Delete

B. Capture/Replace/Update/Define

C. Create/Review/Update/Done

D. Create/Replace/Update/Define

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Correct Answer: B

Question #39

Which of the following is a list of capabilities, features, and stories that the Product Owner has identified?

A. Burndown chart

B. Story card

C. Vision document

D. Backlog

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Correct Answer: D

Question #40

The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:

A. a control chart

B. baseline

C. Create WBS

D. decomposition

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Correct Answer: A

Question #41

Team A is producing 61 points per iteration and Team B is producing 20 points per iteration. Team A has more senior engineers. A manager demands that Team B match Team A’s points in the next iteration. Based on this information, it is reasonable to tell the manager that:

A. it is impossible to compare two separate teams on points alone

B. Team B’s points will match Team A if Team B gets more senior engineers

C. Team B must have help self-organizing so their points match Team

A.

D. Team B’s points will increase if the Product Owner becomes more involved

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Correct Answer: C

Question #42

Collaboration can be defined as working together to jointly produce a deliverable or make a decision, whereas coordination is:

A. Agreeing on a due date

B. Sharing information

C. Agreeing on the design

D. Pair programming

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Correct Answer: B

Question #43

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a rapid cycle of:

A. Requirements, coding, and testing

B. Testing, coding, and refactoring

C. Testing, refactoring, and validation

D. Requirements, coding, and refactoring

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Correct Answer: A

Question #44

During the iteration planning of a newly onboarded agile team, the product owner adds a set of high priority user stories into the iteration backlog. What should the team do first to define the tasks needed to implement the user stories?

A. Self-organize

B. Assign tasks to each team member

C. Meet with the customer

D. Identify the Scrum Master

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Correct Answer: D

Question #45

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 #46

Traditional Project Management uses the Work Breakdown Structure to develop requirements in terms of activities. What type of breakdown structure is used in Agile for this purpose?

A. Feature Breakdown Structure

B. Product Roadmap

C. Product Breakdown Structure

D. Sprint Backlog

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Correct Answer: A

Question #47

The smallest amount of functionality that delivers customer value is best described as a:

A. Function point analysis

B. Right sized story

C. Minimum marketable feature

D. Userstory map

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Correct Answer: C

Question #48

What happens if the customer no longer wants the feature that the Sprint Goal intended to meet?

A. The Development Team should determine if there is value in the Sprint

B. The Executive Stakeholders should determine if the Sprint should continue

C. The Product Owner should cancel the Sprint

D. The Scrum Master should cancel the Sprint

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Correct Answer: C

Question #49

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: A

Question #50

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: A

Question #51

Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?

A. Control Scope

B. Collect Requirements

C. Create WBS

D. Define Scope

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Correct Answer: D

Question #52

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 #53

Which of the following would be most likely to assist when a customer has difficulty prioritizing stories?

A. Split the stories into smaller ones to allow the customer to choose the pieces that they want

B. Have the team provide guidance into where their priorities lie to the customer

C. Provide additional technical details to give the customer insight into technical challenges

D. Have the team rewrite the stories with additional details to clarify requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #54

Which type of estimate refers to estimating a story based on its relationship to one or more other stories?

A. Algorithmic

B. Computational

C. Triangulating

D. Rules of Thumb

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Correct Answer: A

Question #55

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a rapid cycle of:

A. Requirements, coding, and testing

B. Testing, coding, and refactoring

C. Testing, refactoring, and validation

D. Requirements, coding, and refactoring

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Correct Answer: B

Question #56

During Sprint Planning, the architect is constantly estimating higher than everyone else, and team members are increasing their estimates to accommodate her. This is an example of:

A. Dominating

B. Influencing

C. Dictating

D. Anchoring

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Correct Answer: D

Question #57

When is a Sprint finished?

A. When the definition of “Done” is met

B. When the Product Owner accepts the increment

C. When the time-boxed duration is met

D. When the work remaining is zero

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Correct Answer: C

Question #58

Toward the end of a project, the product owner discovers that the project has a high probability of failure due to a critical feature not functioning as expected. What should the product owner do?

A. Terminate the project to cut losses

B. Review possible options and make an informed decision to cut losses based on delivered business value

C. Bring in experts to increase the probability of success

D. Continue the project, release the product without the failing feature, and fix the feature in a subsequent release

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Correct Answer: D

Question #59

An input to the Plan Stakeholder Management process is:

A. The project charter

B. The stakeholder analysis

C. A communication management plan

D. A stakeholder register

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Correct Answer: D

Question #60

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: B

Question #61

In the Plan Stakeholder Management process, expert judgment is used to:

A. Provide information needed to plan appropriate ways to engage project stakeholders

B. Ensure comprehensive identification and listing of new stakeholders

C. Analyze the information needed to develop the project scope statement

D. Decide the level of engagement of the stakeholders at each required stage

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Correct Answer: D

Question #62

The definition of when and how often the risk management processes will be performed throughout the project life cycle is included in which risk management plan component?

A. Timing

B. Methodology

C. Risk categories

D. Budgeting

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Correct Answer: A

Question #63

When interacting with team members, the Agile project manager should:

A. Ask team members to do things by phrasing the statement as a request rather than as a demand

B. Ignore team member input and emotions when important decisions have to be made

C. Proceed cautiously when requesting team members to do something likely to make them unhappy

D. Disagree with the team based on the merit of the issue without considering how the team is feeling

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Correct Answer: A

Question #64

Which of the following is an example of a visual aid used in Lean-Agile software development?

A. Business value delivered chart

B. Product technical specifications

C. Automated code coverage report

D. Scrum-of-Scrum report

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Correct Answer: B

Question #65

Which of the following statements is true for measuring team velocity?

A. Velocity is not accurate when there are meetings that cut into development time

B. Velocity measurements are disrupted when some project resources are part-time

C. Velocity tracking does not allow for scope changes during the project

D. Velocity measurements account for work done and disruptions on the project

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Correct Answer: D

Question #66

During iteration planning, the team is discussing the design for a user story. A team member states that a design document should be started since the system is complex in nature. Another team member responds that in Agile there is no documentation. How should the ScrumMaster respond?

A. Agree that documentation should be avoided, since it slows the progress of the team

B. Explain that interactions are valued over documentation, but documentation is not forbidden

C. Ask the manager if the technical processes mandate that designs be documented

D. Ask the Product Owner if it is acceptable for the resources to spend time on documentation

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Correct Answer: A

Question #67

Which of the following best describes a core belief of Agile?

A. The best customer feedback comes near the end of the project when there is workingsoftware to review

B. Project status can be gauged by frequently reviewing completed milestones as reflected in the plan

C. Working solutions are the most accurate way of seeing the progress of the effort

D. Unique skill sets are harnessed when team members play different roles on a project

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Correct Answer: A

Question #68

The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:

A. Project management plan

B. Project charter

C. Work breakdown structure

D. Stakeholder register

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Correct Answer: A

Question #69

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: B

Question #70

Which of the following is an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Develop Project Charter process?

A. Organizational standard processes

B. Marketplace conditions

C. Historical information

D. Templates

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Correct Answer: A

Question #71

Which element does a project charter contain?

A. Management reserves

B. Work breakdown structure

C. Stakeholder list

D. Stakeholder register

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Correct Answer: B

Question #72

At the start of a typical project life cycle, costs are:

A. low, peak as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end

B. low, become steady as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end

C. high, drop as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end

D. high, become low as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end

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Correct Answer: D

Question #73

Which is a communication method used in the Report Performance process?

A. Expert judgment

B. Project management methodology

C. Stakeholder analysis

D. Status review meetings

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Correct Answer: B

Question #74

Which input to Collect Requirements is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on requirements?

A. Stakeholder register

B. Scope management plan

C. Stakeholder management plan

D. Project charter

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Correct Answer: D

Question #75

When an Agile project team receives an “emergency request” during an iteration, which is the best first step that the Agile project manager should take?

A. Stop work on unfinished user stories and work on the urgent request

B. Call a team meeting and change the iteration scope to include the request

C. Provide the customer with options provided by the project team

D. Explain that the team cannot do the added work until the next iteration

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Correct Answer: C

Question #76

What is the responsibility of an extreme Programming (XP) customer role?

A. Testing the daily increments of the software developed

B. Writing the stories and acceptance tests for each story

C. Planning and task allocation for the developer and tester

D. Interacting closely with users and representing the XP team

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Correct Answer: B

Question #77

CRUD is an acronym that defines a way to split stories. What does CRUD stand for?

A. Create/Update/Delete

B. Capture/Replace/Update/Define

C. Create/Review/Update/Done

D. Create/Replace/Update/Define

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Correct Answer: A

Question #78

An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:

A. smooth/accommodate

B. force/direct,

C. collaborate/problem solve,

D. compromise/reconcile

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Correct Answer: C

Question #79

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 #80

What is the responsibility of an extreme Programming (XP) customer role?

A. Testing the daily increments of the software developed

B. Writing the stories and acceptance tests for each story

C. Planning and task allocation for the developer and tester

D. Interacting closely with users and representing the XP team

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Correct Answer: B

Question #81

In Agile risk management, a risk burndown chart is best used to:

A. Qualitatively analyze the probability of a risk occurring

B. Track progress on risk reduction of technical risks

C. Document the external risks that could impact the project

D. Illustrate the project risk profile and new and changing risks

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Correct Answer: D

Question #82

During planning for the next iteration, an agile team identifies most of the story points that are expected to be delivered. How should an agile practitioner work with the team to help identify the iteration’s remaining scope?

A. Convince the team to stop planning and keep the size small

B. Identify the technically minimal and achievable tasks

C. Refer to the remaining prioritized backlog items

D. Select some of the smallest items from the backlog

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Correct Answer: C

Question #83

A tool and technique used during the Collect Requirements process is:

A. prototypes

B. expert judgment

C. alternatives identification

D. product analysis

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Correct Answer: B

Question #84

At the completion of a project, a report is prepared that details the outcome of the research conducted on a global trend during the project. Which item did this project create?

A. Result

B. Product

C. Service

D. Improvement

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Correct Answer: A

Question #85

A user story says that a product must be very fast. During the demo, the Product Owner is dissatisfied with the speed of the product. The most likely reason that this occurred is because the user story was:

A. Too large

B. Not estimated correctly

C. Not testable

D. Not descriptive of the value

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Correct Answer: A

Question #86

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 #87

Choose which three statements are true about Approved Iterations: (Choose three.)

A. Meets the definition of Done

B. The Architect has approved it

C. It is communicated to all Team members and stakeholders

D. As a result, the Product Owner updates Roadmaps and Release Plans

E. There is no technical debt

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Correct Answer: E

Question #88

The Kaizen philosophy is change:

A. For the better

B. Driven by process improvement

C. Driven by teams

D. Forsmallgroups

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Correct Answer: A

Question #89

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 #90

Which of the following is an output of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?

A. Change requests

B. Performance reports

C. Organizational process assets

D. Project management plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #91

What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?

A. Risk register

B. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)

C. Risk management plan

D. Risk category

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Correct Answer: B

Question #92

Wideband Delphi is used by an Agile Project manager to support what activity?

A. Prioritization

B. Scheduling

C. Estimation

D. Risk Management

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Correct Answer: C

Question #93

Wireframe models help Agile teams:

A. Test designs

B. Confirm designs

C. Configure reports

D. Track velocity

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Correct Answer: B

Question #94

Collaboration can be defined as working together to jointly produce a deliverable or make a decision, whereas coordination is:

A. Agreeing on a due date

B. Sharing information

C. Agreeing on the design

D. Pair programming

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Correct Answer: B

Question #95

In eXtreme Programming (XP), analysis, design, coding, and testing phases are done:

A. At the beginning of the iteration

B. Every day

C. In sequence

D. Without documentation

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Correct Answer: B

Question #96

Emotional intelligence includes all of the following except:

A. Self-awareness

B. Motivation

C. Commitment

D. Influence

E. Intuitiveness

F. Conscientiousness

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Correct Answer: C

Question #97

Product roadmaps are more accurate the closer we get to an actual release.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: A

Question #98

The behavior where the Scrum Team focuses on one or more stories until they are done is called:

A. Collaboration

B. Swarming

C. Pair-programming

D. Sprinting

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Correct Answer: B

Question #99

For the best results in an Agile project, customers should:

A. set priorities and identify product features

B. interview new team members for fit

C. approve development plans and tasks

D. set sprint and release schedules

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Correct Answer: A

Question #100

A product owner adds a 21-point, high-priority story to a sprint backlog. The team is concerned that it cannot be completed during the current sprint. What should the team do?

A. Advise the product owner that the story will have to wait until the next sprint

B. Work extra hours to complete the story and satisfy the customer’s requirements

C. Break down the story into smaller increments and negotiate other stories on the sprint backlog

D. Increase the length of the sprint to accommodate the story

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Correct Answer: B

Question #101

When interacting with team members, the Agile project manager should:

A. Ask team members to do things by phrasing the statement as a request rather than as a demand

B. Ignore team member input and emotions when important decisions have to be made

C. Proceed cautiously when requesting team members to do something likely to make them unhappy

D. Disagree with the team based on the merit of the issue without considering how the team is feeling

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Correct Answer: A

Question #102

Which of the following statements is true for measuring team velocity?

A. Velocity is not accurate when there are meetings that cut into development time

B. Velocity measurements are disrupted when some project resources are part-time

C. Velocity tracking does not allow for scope changes during the project

D. Velocity measurements account for work done and disruptions on the project

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Correct Answer: D

Question #103

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 #104

Agile development prevents technical debt.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: B

Question #105

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 #106

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 #107

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 #108

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

A. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software

B. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project

C. Continuous creation of technical debt and good design enhances agility

D. Working software is the primary measure of progress

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Correct Answer: C

Question #109

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: B

Question #110

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 #111

The project manager at an organization has just realized that some of the engineering staff has been allocated to project Y and will not be available to finish task X. The project manager has also discovered that at the current pace, it will not be possible to complete the project on time. Due to cost constraints, hiring more work force is not a viable option. Which tools are at the manager's disposal?

A. Resource leveling and fast tracking

B. Fast tracking and crashing

C. Crashing and applying leads and lags

D. Scheduling tools and applying leads and lags

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Correct Answer: B

Question #112

What are the primary outputs of a release planning session?

A. Release vision, assumptions, action items, and iteration goals

B. Prioritized Product Backlog, risks, action items, and release goals

C. Estimated iteration velocities, risks, action items, and Release Backlog

D. Risks, action items, dependencies, and Release Backlog

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Correct Answer: D

Question #113

Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?

A. Executing Process Group and Project Time Management

B. Executing Process Group and Project Cost Management

C. Planning Process Group and Project Time Management

D. Planning Process Group and Project Cost Management

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Correct Answer: B

Question #114

During the iteration planning of a newly onboarded agile team, the product owner adds a set of high priority user stories into the iteration backlog. What should the team do first to define the tasks needed to implement the user stories?

A. Self-organize

B. Assign tasks to each team member

C. Meet with the customer

D. Identify the Scrum Master

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Correct Answer: D

Question #115

The Monitoring and Controlling Process Group includes processes that:

A. Establish the scope, objectives, and course of action of a project,

B. Define a new project or a new phase of an existing project

C. Track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of a project

D. Complete the work defined in the project management plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #116

All of the following occur in the second half of the Sprint planning meeting EXCEPT:

A. The Development Team identifies improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint

B. The Product Owner is answers questions and clarifies User Stories

C. The Development Team commits to work in the Sprint

D. Tasks are defined for the User Stories

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Correct Answer: A

Question #117

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 #118

Who is responsible for prioritizing the stories that will be included in the iteration?

A. ScrumMaster

B. Developer

C. Product Owner

D. Team

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Correct Answer: D

Question #119

A project team identifies a number of technical challenges with features in the next sprint. What should they do?

A. Request direction from the technical manager

B. Encourage the product owner to reallocate the features to another sprint

C. Determine who is best qualified to address the challenges

D. Ask the product owner to assign the tasks to the most appropriately skilled resources

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Correct Answer: C

Question #120

No one but the Scrum Team attends the Sprint Planning meeting.

A. True

B. False

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Correct Answer: B

Question #121

A full-time project manager with low to moderate authority and part-time administrative staff is working in an organizational structure with which type of matrix?

A. Strong

B. Weak

C. Managed

D. Balanced

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Correct Answer: A

Question #122

Most experienced project managers know that:

A. every project requires the use of all processes in the PMBOK? Guide

B. there is no single way to manage a project

C. project management techniques are risk free

D. there is only one way to manage projects successfully

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Correct Answer: A

Question #123

Which type of estimate refers to estimating a story based on its relationship to one or more other stories?

A. Algorithmic

B. Computational

C. Triangulating

D. Rules of Thumb

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Correct Answer: A

Question #124

The Perform Quality Assurance process occurs in which Process Group?

A. Executing

B. Monitoring and Controlling

C. Initiating

D. Planning

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Correct Answer: B

Question #125

The ___________ the technical debt means the ________ the intrinsic quality? higher, higher

B. higher, lower

C. lower, lower

A.

D. lower, higher

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Correct Answer: A

Question #126

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 #127

Suppose your team velocity is 8 story points, and the product backlog items are ordered by priority as shown below. If you are in a Sprint Planning meeting and need to commit to the User Stories for the next iteration, which ones will you select?

A. Story 1, 2, and 3

B. Story 1, 2, and 4

C. Story 1 and 2

D. Story 2, 3, and 4

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Correct Answer: B

Question #128

In Agile risk management, a risk burndown chart is best used to:

A. Qualitatively analyze the probability of a risk occurring

B. Track progress on risk reduction of technical risks

C. Document the external risks that could impact the project

D. Illustrate the project risk profile and new and changing risks

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Correct Answer: D

Question #129

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: B

Question #130

Wireframe models help Agile teams:

A. Test designs

B. Confirm designs

C. Configure reports

D. Track velocity

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Correct Answer: B

Question #131

The diagram below is an example of a:

A. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)

B. Project team

C. SWOT Analysis

D. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Correct Answer: C

Question #132

A team’s technical lead believes that manual testing should be conducted by junior team members below their level. The junior team members think it is unfair and refuse the tasks. What should the scrum master do?

A. Tell the technical lead to do the testing

B. Facilitate an open and focused team discussion that reinforces team agreements

C. Ask the team manager to advise the technical lead that all tasks are important

D. Encourage the team to take ownership of the delivery

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Correct Answer: B

Question #133

Which of the following is critical for the success of distributed Agile teams?

A. Cost containment

B. High volume of communication

C. Shared knowledge

D. Culture of collaboration

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Correct Answer: D

Question #134

In Sprint Planning, the development team estimates User Stories provided by the Product Owner and agrees to ones that can be completed in the Sprint. This is an example of:

A. Osmotic Communication

B. Reciprocal Commitment

C. Universal Acceptance

D. Tacit Agreement

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Correct Answer: B

Question #135

If a customer really wants a feature added to a Sprint, how should the Development Team respond?

A. Add the feature into the current Sprint backlog

B. Escalate to the Scrum Master

C. Add the item to the Product Backlog for prioritization in the next Sprint

D. Ask the Product Owner to work with the customer

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Correct Answer: D

Question #136

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

Question #137

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: D

Question #138

Which of the following are 2 attributes of Exploratory testing? (Choose two.)

A. It involves minimum planning and maximum test execution

B. It is typically automated

C. It is unscripted testing

D. It is often the sole testing technique

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Correct Answer: D

Question #139

The most powerful capability of Scrum teams is that they:

A. Work in timeboxed sprints

B. Are self-organized and empowered

C. Work from a prioritized backlog

D. Value individuals and interactions

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Correct Answer: B

Question #140

Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a rapid cycle of:

A. Requirements, coding, and testing

B. Testing, coding, and refactoring

C. Testing, refactoring, and validation

D. Requirements, coding, and refactoring

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Correct Answer: B

Question #141

Senior management is frustrated at the lack of a detailed implementation plan that shows exactly when the project will end and when all requirements will be met. The team has been using a rolling wave planning approach so far on the project. How should the agile practitioner explain to senior management the benefits of this approach?

A. It ensures a consistent level of details is available in the project schedule

B. It prevents a wasteful buildup of requirements inventory that may never be processed

C. It provides a concrete definition of project scope, cost and duration

D. It allows the team to lock down the stories to be included in a release

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Correct Answer: A

Question #142

A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:

A. budget at completion (BAC)

B. earned value management (EVM)

C. to-complete performance index

D. cost performance index

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Correct Answer: A

Question #143

A user story says that a product must be very fast. During the demo, the Product Owner is dissatisfied with the speed of the product. The most likely reason that this occurred is because the user story was:

A. Too large

B. Not estimated correctly

C. Not testable

D. Not descriptive of the value

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Correct Answer: D

Question #144

A new product owner shares the product vision during the team launch event. The team asks for clarification on the product roadmap and its high-level features. What should the product owner do?

A. Determine the required tasks for implementing the high-level features

B. Identify the detailed design for the high-level features

C. Prioritize the product backlog for the upcoming release

D. Estimate the user stories in the iteration backlog

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Correct Answer: A

Question #145

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 #146

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 #147

If the Sprint Backlog cannot be completed in a Sprint, who resolves the issue?

A. Product Owner

B. Scrum Master

C. Development Team

D. Both the Product Owner and Development Team

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Correct Answer: C

Question #148

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 #149

Typically calculated in story points, this is the rate at which the team converts “Done” items in a single Sprint:

A. Burndown rate

B. Burn-up rate

C. Velocity

D. Capacity

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Correct Answer: C

Question #150

After completing the release plan, the team realizes that the project is very likely to have a negative ROI. What should the team do?

A. Prioritize the backlog, and remove low-priority stories from the release plan to ensure a positive ROI

B. Replace some team members to reduce the release costs and minimize a negative ROI

C. Perform a root-cause analysis to remove waste from the delivery process and increase the ROI

D. Communicate the risk of a negative ROI to the stakeholders, and update the release plan

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Correct Answer: D

Question #151

In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?

A. Acquire Project Team

B. Develop Project Management Plan

C. Manage Project Execution

D. Develop Project Charter

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Correct Answer: C

Question #152

Success is measured by benefits realization for a:

A. strategic plan

B. project

C. portfolio

D. program

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Correct Answer: D

Question #153

The velocity chart, storyboard, burndown chart, and impediment list are often communicated using:

A. Status reports

B. Information radiators

C. Portfolio presentations

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Correct Answer: B

Question #154

Your sponsor has asked for clarification on when releases of your product will ship and what those releases will contain. Which Agile deliverable would best answer their needs?

A. Product demo

B. Product roadmap

C. Product backlog

D. Sprint backlog

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Correct Answer: B

Question #155

Variance and trend analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?

A. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

B. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

C. Control Risks

D. Plan Risk Responses

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Correct Answer: C

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