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A resource on your project has asked for a copy of the word processing software in use at your company so that they can install it at home and complete project work from there. What do you do? A. Refer him to the IT group for assistance. B. Show him where to download a copy on the Internet. C. Loan him your personal copy. D. Burn a copy of the software on CD.
A
A team is new to Agile approaches and is currently struggling with the new concepts, tools and techniques. How would you explain ideal time to them? A. How long a story will take to complete without any interruptions. B. The expected time required to deliver a story considering team assignments. C. The shortest duration required to deliver a story. D. The ideal time to include stories in an iteration plan.
A
Agile teams generally use which of the following tools to keep project stakeholders informed of the project's progress? A. Burndown charts B. Sprint diagrams C. Flowcharts D. Gantt charts
A
An Agile team wants to setup an information radiator that will be utilized to manage the product and sprints backlog and show the flow of work and its bottlenecks. Which Agile tool would you recommend to achieve this objective? A. Scrum Board B. Daily Standup C. Kaizen Events D. War Room
A
The law of diminishing marginal returns is applicable to which type of the following features? A. Delighters B. Must-have C. Exciters D. Performance
B
Which of the following Agile terms means an agreed-upon condition, when satisfied, means a feature is complete? A. Acceptance constraints B. Definition of done C. Test case D. Triple constraints
B
Which of the following financial metrics is generally considered best to compare different projects? A. IRR B. IRR and NPV used together C. Payback period D. NPV
B
What is the recommended risk attitude for Agile teams? A. Delay the development of risky items as much as possible. B. Avoid risk until more information becomes available. C. Take on the risk as early as possible. D. For any given iteration, select a mix of risky and risk-free features to be developed.
C
When is a good time for soliciting feedback on project deliverables, processes and methods? A. During demonstrations. B. During daily standups. C. Throughout the life of the project. D. During retrospectives.
C
Which of the following attributes of an Agile team help the team develop and deliver often? A. Dedicated people. B. Collocation. C. Cross-functional team members. D. Stable work environment.
C
Which of the following is NOT an Agile methodology? A. FDD B. DSDM C. PDCA D. AUP
C
Which of the following statements regarding Scrum framework is incorrect? A. Scrum uses an iterative approach to deliver a working product. B. Scrum is run on time-boxed sprints. C. Scrum is a multiple-team process framework. D. The Scrum framework consists of roles, events, artifacts, and rules.
C
You have been hired by an organization as the Agile Consultant. The organization has recently embarked upon the Agile journey. Which of the following is not a change-friendly characteristic for organizations beginning to use Agile approaches? A. Focus on short-term budgeting and metrics versus long-term goals. B. Executive management's commitment. C. Existence of departmental silos. D. Talent management maturity and capabilities.
C
Which of the following is not a best practice associated with Feature-Driven Development (FDD)? A. Developing by feature B. Domain object modeling C. Configuration management D. Change control boards
D
Which of the following statements correctly describes the attitude of Agile teams towards changing requirements? A. Agile teams do not welcome change but not changing requirements. B. Agile teams welcome changing requirements during the start of the project. C. Agile teams welcome changing requirements during project planning. D. Agile teams welcome changing requirements, even late in development.
D
Your organization has a standing ethics review committee, and you are a member of this committee. A complaint has been filed against a project leader for allegedly violating a number of company policies. If the allegations are proved, they would be terminated for cause. During the investigation, their boss has been uncooperative. He asked the committee investigators not to contact his employee directly and has tried to slow down the process of investigation. What should you do? A. Check into the nature of relationship between the project leader and the boss. B. Conduct a more detailed investigation. C. Call the project leader for an interview. D. Refer the issue to the appropriate management.
D
Your team has just completed the first sprint on the project and is preparing for a demonstration of the completed features. Who do you need to invite for the demonstration to accept or reject the features? A. Scrum master B. Project manager C. Sponsor D. Product owner
D
An organization has historically rewarded managers for departmental efficiencies rather than end-to-end flow of organizational processes. This has resulted in departments working in silos. If you have to undertake an Agile project in this organization, which of the following challenges are you most likely to face? A. Creating cross-functional teams and acquiring the top-performing resources. B. Developing the project and the team charter. C. Collecting user stories and developing a feature chart. D. Training the team members on effective use of Agile methods.
A
For any given user story, which of the following equations always holds? A. Lead time = response time + cycle time B. Cycle time = lead time + response time C. No equation can be established D. Response time = lead time + cycle time
A
IRR is defined as the interest rate at which the NPV of a cash flow stream is equal to: A. Zero B. Opportunity cost C. Cost of capital D. ROI
A
It's easy to tell when a feature is 0% done (we haven't started it) and it's relatively easy to tell when we're 100% done (all tests passed for all the product owner's conditions of satisfaction). It is often hard to measure the progress anywhere in between. How should you report progress when faced with such a situation? A. Stick with 0% for work in progress and 100% complete once all conditions of satisfactions are met. B. Decompose stories into tasks and sub-tasks and do a bottom-up percentage of completion estimation. C. Mark the feature 50% complete upon completion of development and 100% complete when the conditions of satisfactions are met. D. Mark the feature 80% complete upon completion of development and 100% complete when the conditions of satisfactions are met.
A
Rather than formalizing an entire contracting relationship in a single document, Agile teams recommend documenting the mostly fixed items in a master agreement and separating all other items subject to change. Isolating the more changing elements of a contractual relationship: A. Simplifies modifications and thus flexibility. B. Encourages modifications and thus makes the contract redundant. C. Over-simplifies contracting and thus increases risk. D. Complicates contracting and thus decreases risk.
A
The product owner has asked you how many story points the team would like to include in the next sprint. What should you do next? A. Calculate the average velocity. B. Determine the number of story points available on the backlog. C. Quote the least velocity on the last five sprints. D. Quote the number of story points available divided by number of stories.
A
Traditional approaches govern vendor relationships by fixed milestones or phase gates focused on intermediate artifacts. On the other hand, Agile approaches require: A. Full deliverables of incremental business value. B. Incomplete deliverables at the end of each iteration. C. Partial but frequent deliveries. D. One delivery at the end of the project.
A
Traditional project management approaches included multiple KPIs that predicted the success of a project. How do we demonstrate success of an Agile project? A. By demonstrating that a working product has been delivered to the customer. B. By maintain a productive team velocity. C. By release on time. D. By reusing the traditional KPIs and measures.
A
When a project manager assumes the role of a coach and a facilitator for the project team, in an Agile environment, this role is known as: A. Servant-leader B. Project sponsor C. Domain expert D. Product owner
A
When computing the net present value of a project, a reasonable discount rate is used in the calculation. What is this discount rate? A. The opportunity cost B. The interest rate on a savings account C. The average inflation rate D. The discounts allowed to the customer
A
When conducting a release planning meeting, what should be the prime goal of the Agile team? A. Deliver smallest increment that provides the highest value to the customer. B. Develop a minimum viable product. C. Deliver all captured requirements in the smallest possible time. D. Deliver the product in the least possible cost budget.
A
When project managers act as servant-leaders, the emphasis shifts from: A. Managing coordination to facilitating collaboration. B. Penalizing the worst to rewarding the best. C. Planning project work to executing project work. D. Executing project work to planning project work.
A
Which of the following is a collection of lightweight Agile software development methods focused on adaptability to a particular circumstance? A. Crystal B. Critical Chain C. Kanban D. Fishbone
A
Which of the following is a simplistic version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and is an understandable approach to developing business application software using Agile techniques and concepts? A. Agile Unified Process B. Agility Driven Rational Unified Process C. Rational Rose Process D. Agile Rational Process
A
Which of the following is not one of the eight guiding principles of the DSDM framework? A. Develop a detailed project schedule B. Focus on the business need C. Deliver on time D. Never compromise quality
A
Which of the following item is of highest priority for an Agile project? A. An item that is required the most urgently. B. An item that has the highest NPV. C. An item that has the maximum number of assigned story points. D. An item has the highest return on investment.
A
Which of the following organizational improvement models consist of five phases: initiating, diagnosing, establishing, acting and learning? A. IDEAL B. PMBOK C. Malcom Baldrige D. CMMI
A
Which of the following statements is correct for all project life cycles? A. Each project life cycle shares the element of planning. B. Each project life cycle allows teams to segment work into a sequence of predictable groupings. C. Each project life cycle only provides finished deliverables that the customer may be able to use immediately. D. Each project life cycle allows feedback on partially completed on unfinished work.
A
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Kanban method? A. The Kanban method is less prescriptive than some Agile approaches and less disruptive. B. The Kanban method is relatively difficult to implement. C. The Kanban method prescribes the use of timeboxed iterations. D. The Kanban method is based on the principle of pushing items through the process.
A
You and your team are about to start a new project. In the past, the team has faced issues with estimating user stories and provided inaccurate estimates. All of the following actions can help mitigate this risk from happing on this project EXCEPT: A. Develop a team charter. B. Reduce story size by splitting stories. C. Use relative estimation. D. Use Agile modeling or spiking.
A
You are assisting Benjamin, another project lead, to interview candidates for a resource position on his project. While reviewing your interview notes together, you notice that he sorts the candidate's resumes into two piles: One pile for further interviews, the other for candidates that did not meet the requirements for the position. You also notice that he has placed several of the highly qualified candidates in the second pile, stating that those interviewees "did not fit the corporate profile." Upon further review, you discover that all these candidates are of the same ethnic group. What do you do? A. Report this to the appropriate management. B. Excuse yourself from the interviewing process. C. File a complaint with PMI. D. Do nothing
A
You are currently forming a team for a project that will be developed on Agile principles and practices. You requested a full-time accountant on the team but got a part-time accountant. What should you do first? A. Negotiate with the functional manager for a full-time resource. B. Ask the part-time resource to maintain daily time-sheets. C. Escalate the issue to the product owner. D. Plan enough work in each iteration so that the part-time resources do not get overloaded.
A
You are developing an online complaint management system. Recently the product owner has requested you to drop a feature from the current iteration plan that was earlier requested by the compliance department. What should you do? A. Drop the feature from the iteration plan and notify compliance. B. Reject the change request as feature was requested by compliance. C. Arrange a meeting between the product owner and compliance. D. Drop the feature from the release plan.
A
You are invited to lunch by the manager of a seller organization. Your organization does not permit receipt of gifts from vendors. You should: A. Insist on paying for your lunch. B. Avoid going out to lunch with anyone from the seller organization. C. Accept the offer since it has a very small value. D. Go out for lunch and refrain from informing your managers about the lunch.
A
You have been assigned a new project. The project involves disruptive technologies. The project scope is not clear which has introduced a lot of risk into the project. You have requested to use Agile to manage this project. Why? A. Agile techniques and approaches effectively manage disruptive technologies, scope changes and project risk. B. Agile techniques and approaches effectively manage disruptive technologies. C. Agile techniques and approaches effectively manage project risk. D. Agile techniques and approaches effectively manage scope changes.
A
You have been assigned as the Agile coach for an Agile team. Which of the following is your correct role? A. Mentor B. Facilitator C. Problem solver D. Information radiator
A
You have just been awarded a new project. The goal of the project is to cut the indirect production cost of your manufacturing client by 15% with a focus on inventory management costs. You are confident that you can achieve this goal as you have recently helped several other organizations in the same industry to achieve a similar objective by introducing your proprietary inventory management and control framework. What is the problem with the project objective? A. It is not time bound. B. It is not measurable. C. It is not specific. D. It is not attainable.
A
You have just completed planning the first sprint of your project. What should be your next step? A. Communicate the plan to relevant stakeholders. B. Groom the product backlog. C. Estimate the user stories. D. Prioritize the user stories.
A
You want to establish a mechanism to facilitate coordination between Agile teams by communicating between projects; a platform that will enable sharing items such as progress, issues, retrospective findings, and improvement experiments. You need: A. An Agile PMO B. Command and control center C. Collocation D. External consultant
A
"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" is one of the key Agile Manifesto values. Which of the following Agile approaches helps in achieving this value? A. Agile measurements B. Daily standups C. Backlog preparation D. Demonstration and review
B
"Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done is essential" is one of the 12 fundamental principles of Agile. Which of the following Agile techniques helps realize this principle? A. Retrospectives B. Backlog preparation and refinement C. Kanban boards D. Daily standups
B
"Working software over comprehensive documentation" is one of the key Agile Manifesto values. Which of the following Agile approaches helps in achieving this value? A. Daily standups B. Demonstrations and reviews C. Agile measurements D. Chartering the project and the team
B
15. You will soon be leading a complex project. Project communication is critical to the success of the project; specifically, all team members need to be kept updated on project progress. Which of the following approaches will produce the best results? A. Discuss progress during sprint planning events. B. Use a Kanban board. C. Discuss progress during retrospectives. D. Discuss progress during daily standups.
B
According to the Agile principles, when should the business people interact with the project team? A. During the start and the end of the project. B. Daily throughout the project. C. During the release and iteration planning. D. During the release planning.
B
Agile approaches could be alternatively defined as a: A. Continuous cost management approach B. Continuous risk management approach C. Continuous stakeholder management approach D. Continuous time management approach
B
Agile methods and practices have both direct and indirect benefits. In Agile projects, which of the following Agile techniques also helps in managing quality of deliverables? A. Backlog grooming B. Rapid feature delivery C. User story sizing D. Team chartering
B
An Agile team has recently been assigned to design and deploy an ERP system for an external organization. During the project kick-off meeting, the team stressed the flow of value through rapid feature delivery to the customer. All of the following are the benefits of this mindset except: A. Teams finish valuable work faster. B. Teams waste much less time because they multi-task. C. People are more likely to collaborate. D. Teams deliver earlier return on investment through rapid feature delivery.
B
An Agile team is currently working with the product owner to define the release plan. Which of the following approaches would produce the highest return on investment (ROI)? A. Allowing the Agile team to prioritize the backlog items. B. Define a minimum viable product and prioritizing associated features. C. Estimate the backlog items in ideal days instead of story points. D. Estimate the expected velocity and the number of change requests per iteration.
B
An Agile team is managing its work in progress on a Kanban board. Recently the WIP limits have been met and the team cannot pull further work from the "Ready" column into the "WIP" column. What is the question all team members need to address in the next daily stand-up? A. Where do we go to celebrate today? B. What do we do as a team to move work from the "WIP" column to the "Done" column? C. Who is the weakest link on the team that has caused this issue? D. How much increase in the WIP limit is required at this stage?
B
In Scrum, who is responsible for exploring Scrum tools and techniques and select the right ones to be used by the team? A. Product owner B. Scrum master C. Agile team D. Agile coach
B
Mark is the project manager on an Agile project. During the daily team meeting, he reviews the iteration plan and assigns tasks to team members. He also collects reported issues and negotiates with functional managers to get them resolved. What do you think of this Agile team? A. The team requires coaching on Agile practices. B. The team is not self-organizing. C. Mark is the product owner on this project. D. Mark has got a dictatorial attitude.
B
Which of the following is an acceptable use of Gantt charts for Agile projects? A. Each project task on the Gantt chart has a dedicated task calendar. B. Gantt charts stop at the feature level and does not decompose each user story into its constituent tasks. C. All project tasks are estimated before being mapped on a Gantt chart. D. All project tasks mapped on the Gantt chart are resource loaded.
B
Which of the following is one of the major challenges faced by an organization just beginning to use Agile approaches? A. Daily stand-ups could be viewed as time-intensive activities. B. Iterative prototypes involve rework that could be viewed negatively. C. Avoidance of multi-tasking introduces inefficiency. D. Agile approaches could be viewed as plan-driven.
B
Which of the following metrics can be used to determine the value of a feature? A. CPI B. ROI C. TCPI D. SPI
B
Which of the following roles doesn't fit the definition of an Agile servant-leader? A. Team facilitator B. Business owner C. Project manager D. Scrum master
B
Which of the following roles is responsible for helping the management of an organization to understand the advantages of Agile practices, tools and techniques? A. Product owner B. Agile coach C. Scrum master D. Agile manager
B
Which of the following techniques involves the use of story cards, continuous integration, refactoring, automated testing, and test-driven development? A. Lean B. XP C. Six Sigma D. Scrum
B
Why do Agile approaches recommend forming dedicated project teams? A. Flexibility in dealing with change. B. Increased focus and productivity. C. Reduced project cost. D. Out of the box thinking.
B
You are an Agile process analyst and are assigned to work for Anu who is leading a complex Student Services Design project for a university. Anu insists that the team create highly detailed project plans before commencing the work. What should you do? A. Brush up your resume and start applying for external jobs. B. Show Anu how you have had success in the past using Agile approaches and why they are better. C. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor. D. Put your foot down and don't compromise on Agile values and principles.
B
You are leading a complex project with a huge list of features. Due to schedule and budget constraints, you might not be able to develop all of the features. Which of the following would help in developing the feature set that maximizes business value? A. Decision tree analysis B. MoSCoW analysis C. Analysis of variance D. Feasibility analysis
B
You are leading a green-field ERP system design and development project. It is critical that each team member's work products are frequently integrated and validate with one another. Which Agile technique should you encourage the team to use? A. Continuous WIP B. Continuous Integration C. Continuous Improvement D. Continuous Delivery
B
You have been assigned to automate the core processes of an organization. Due to the size and the complexity of the project you would need multiple teams working concurrently to achieve the project objectives. Which of the following approaches is recommended in this situation? A. AgileUP B. Scrum of Scrums (SoS) C. XP D. Scrum
B
You have just been assigned as the project manager for a new project. The goal of the project is to improve the business operations so that the corporate ROI is increased by 5% in the next three years. What is the problem with this objective? A. It is not attainable. B. It is not specific. C. It is not measurable. D. It is not time-bound.
B
You have recently joined a new company as a project lead. While reviewing the procurement arrangements for a project you will be taking over, you see that the company is considering using one of the most expensive manufacturers to provide certain equipment required for the project. At your previous employer, you had used a different supplier for the same equipment and had paid significantly less. Without telling your boss, you now call that supplier for a quote. Have you violated the rule of keeping proprietary information confidential? A. No. There is no harm in sharing the information with your current employer, because you are no longer working for your old employer. B. You have not violated any rule. C. Yes. The supply source is proprietary information, and you should not contact the supplier. D. Maybe. You need to talk to your boss first.
B
You have to resolve a conflict. Your programmer has developed a new feature. The product owner is not happy as he wasn't involved in this decision. What should you do? A. Ask both parties to amicably resolve the issue. B. Agree with the product owner and ask him how he wants to resolve the issue. C. Support your team member as the project team can make business decisions. D. Remove the feature from the next release.
B
8. Which of the following statements regarding the "Cone of Uncertainty" is correct? A. It flattens over time. B. It widens over time. C. It narrows over time. D. It drops over time.
C
9. Which of the following Agile methods is openly credited as the first Agile method that contains a specific component no other methods have: the focus on delivering multiple measurable value requirements to stakeholders? A. Extreme Programming B. Continuous Integration C. Evolutionary Value Delivery (EVO) D. Disciplined Agile (DA)
C
According to the Agile principles, the best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from the: A. Product owner. B. Project customers. C. Self-organizing team. D. Scrum master.
C
All Agile teams need servant-leadership on the team. Which of the following is usually not considered a servant-leadership skill? A. Facilitation B. Impediment removal C. Backlog grooming D. Coaching
C
An Agile team measures story points without completing the actual feature or story. What is the problem with this approach? A. Ineffective use of a Kanban board. B. Increased response time. C. Violation of Agile Principles. D. Decrease of team's velocity.
C
As you examine a list of job candidates for your project, you find that your cousin is one of the three shortlisted candidates. You know that they were desperately looking for a job. After reviewing the three resumes, you will send them to the electronics engineer for a technical interview. From your review of these resumes, you see that all three shortlisted candidates have similar qualifications and experience. What should you do? A. Call your cousin and conduct an informal interview yourself before forwarding the resumes. B. Consult your boss before forwarding the resumes for interview. C. Forward all three resumes. D. To avoid conflict of interest, ignore your cousin's resume but forward the other two resumes.
C
Julia was assigned to program a feature in five days. Julia completed the expected work in four days and added a few bells and whistles to the feature on the last day. This additional work is commonly known as: A. Value add B. Scope creep C. Gold plating D. Laissez faire
C
One of the 12 Agile principles requires that, "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly". Which of the following Agile techniques help achieve this? A. Chartering the project and the team B. Backlog refinement C. Retrospectives D. Daily standups
C
One of the 12 Agile principles states that, "Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project". Which of the following Agile techniques helps achieve this? A. Kanban boards B. Retrospectives C. Backlog preparation and refinement D. Daily standups
C
Project life cycles can be shown on a continuum ranging from predictive cycles on one end, to Agile cycles on the other end, with more iterative or incremental cycles in the middle. Another approach is to visualize the continuum with a two-dimensional chart with the frequency of delivery on the Y-axis and degree of change on the X-axis. What project life cycle should be proposed for the quadrant with a high degree of change and high frequency of delivery? A. Iterative B. Predictive C. Agile D. Incremental
C
The Agile practices, tools and techniques are geared towards projects operating in environments that: A. Control changes through a change request process. B. Require upfront collection and definition of the bulk of the requirements. C. Have high rates of change, complexity and risk. D. Involve project work that heavily is driven by industry standards.
C
The project sponsor has requested a project to be delivered using Agile methods. She has strongly encouraged the use of a product backlog, daily stand-ups, and using Kanban boards for WIP management. She has also designed an "Agile-compliance rewards" program that is supposed to handsomely reward the top performing team members. According to the servant-leadership mindset, what is wrong with this approach? A. Daily stand-ups; this will introduce management overhead. B. Use of Kanban boards; Scrum and Kanban methods are being blended. C. The rewards program; the servant-leadership model encourages creating an environment where everyone can succeed. D. WIP management; the servant-leader is responsible for the WIP management.
C
Which of the following events might call for early termination of a sprint in an iteration-based Agile project? A. A significant number of new features have been requested. B. The features currently being developed are no longer required. C. A project is no longer required. D. A significant number of change request against release features have been lodged.
C
Which of the following statements regarding LeSS and Scrum is correct? A. Scrum has one definition of "done" while LeSS has separate definitions of "done" for each team. B. Scrum requires one potentially shippable product increment at the end of each sprint, while LeSS mandates a single final delivery. C. Both approaches require a single product backlog. D. Scrum has a product owner but this role is not recognized in LeSS.
C
Which of the following statements regarding the iterative and incremental life cycles is correct? A. Both incremental and iterative life cycles allow customer feedback on partially completed or unfinished work. B. Both incremental and iterative life cycles only provide finished deliverables that the customer may be able to use immediately. C. Iterative life cycles allow customer feedback on partially completed or unfinished work while incremental life cycles only provide finished deliverables that the customer may be able to use immediately. D. Incremental life cycles allow customer feedback on partially completed or unfinished work while iterative life cycles only provide finished deliverables that the customer may be able to use immediately.
C
You are an Agile consultant hired by a construction firm. The firm wants to adopt Agile management approaches for all of its internal process improvement projects. You are currently developing a number of checklists that the organization can use while initiating projects. Which of the following doesn't influence the effectiveness of an Agile team? A. Team members' locations B. Team size C. Project complexity D. Team members' availability
C
You are reviewing the Agile project management practices of an organization and find out that Agile teams are rolling forward incomplete stories in one iteration to the next. How would you document this in your report to the senior leadership? A. Team should learn from its mistakes and not over estimate. Further, any rolled over work needs to be completed first in the next iteration. B. The teams should not leave incomplete work and should stretch the iterations in order to complete all scheduled stories. C. Automatic rollover of incomplete works is not a good Agile practice as each iteration should be planned afresh. D. A second Agile team needs to be setup to take care of the incomplete work while the primary team should move on with the release plan.
C
You have just finished your meeting with the project sponsor who has identified new project priorities. You have worked with the sponsor to assign relative priorities of the newly identified features. What should you do next? A. Work with the sponsor and estimate ideal days. B. Ask the project sponsor to provide a formal change request. C. Re-estimate the items in the backlog. D. Perform integrated change control.
C
Your organization has been awarded a contract to develop and implement a new resource management system for a client based in Asia. Your development team is distributed across Europe. You are also planned to relocate the implementation team to the client location. What would be your biggest challenge in such a setup? A. Documenting sprint retrospectives. B. Controlling project costs. C. Efficient and effective communication. D. Monitoring project progress.
C
AgileUP is an offshoot of the: A. Scrumban B. Rational Rose C. Object-oriented design D. Unified Process
D
An Agile team wants to outsource a chunk of project scope to a vendor. Instead of locking the entire procurement scope of work and budget into a single agreement, the team is considering decomposing the scope into fixed-price micro-deliverables. Which of the following can be used as micro-deliverables for the agreement? A. WBS and WBS Dictionary B. Kanban board C. Team charter D. User stories
D
If your cost of capital is 5%, and only one of the following projects can be executed, which of the following projects is the most lucrative assuming that all projects cost the same? A. Project D with a net profit of $210,000 at the end of year five. B. Project L with a net profit of $250,000 at the end of year eight. C. Project B with a net profit of $180,000 at the end of year two. D. Project R with a net profit of $200,000 at the end of year three.
D
On Agile projects, who is primarily responsible for developing product roadmaps? A. Agile coach B. Agile team C. Servant-leader D. Product owner
D
The product design your project team developed was extremely well-received by the customer. There were two key contributors to this design who went above and beyond the call of duty. The customer calls you to tell you how pleased he is with the design. What do you tell him? A. Tell the customer you worked very hard on the design, and you are happy he is pleased. B. Thank the customer. C. Ask to negotiate a bonus payment. D. Thank him on behalf of the team and call out the contributions two of the team members made.
D
What does an Agile team achieve by prioritizing project stories and features? A. Stakeholder engagement B. Risk reduction C. Determine conditions of satisfactions D. Optimize delivery of business value
D
Which of the following Agile approaches is more suitable for a project that requires a significant breadth of life cycle coverage and involves significant depth of guidance detail? A. FDD B. Kanban C. Scrum D. Disciplined Agile
D
Which of the following is NOT a prime benefit of prototyping project features? A. Clarifying user requirements B. Keeping the customer engaged C. Obtaining customer feedback D. Developing accurate estimates
D
You are an electrical engineer with extensive experience in managing transmission projects but limited experience with electronic design projects. However, in a stretch assignment, you were recently transferred to another department in your company that focuses on electronic design. Furthermore, you were asked to lead the technical team of a highly important project involving both transmission and electronic design. In preparation for a meeting with your manager to discuss this opportunity, you review the initial project design brief. Due to your limited background in electronic design, a number of items in this document seem unclear to you. When you arrive at your meeting, your manager asks if you will be leading the technical team. How do you respond? A. Decline the project, citing your lack of experience in electronic design. B. Accept the project, but do not discuss your qualifications or lack thereof. C. Accept the project and tell your manager that your expertise in transmission makes you an ideal technical lead on this project. D. State that you would like to lead the technical team, but you must disclose that your primary domain of expertise is transmission, and that you may need supplementary training in electronics design.
D
