PMP-ACP Agile Study Items

What are the three keys to servant leader project management?

Purpose (defining the "why"), People (facilitating a good work space), and Process (helping the team stick to their preferred agile process

74. An agile team considers the risks on the project and includes tasks to address them as part of the project work. This is done using: The risk management plan, The risk association matrix, The risk decision tree, The risk-adjusted backlog.

The risk-adjusted backlog is a primary way in which risk is managed.

. A team facilitator (aka scrum master) facilitates the daily stand-up meeting for a team. The facilitator is going on a leave for 2 weeks. What should be done about the daily stand-up meetings in this period? The product owner should facilitate for that period. The stand-up meetings should be deferred until the scrum master returns. The stand-up meetings should happen regardless of whether the facilitator is present or not. The team should inform each other about the status through emails or other means of communication

The stand-up meetings should happen regardless of whether the facilitator is present or not.

What is the most effective agile team size?

3-9 members

Agile processes practice which type of approach: top-down, bottom-up, middle-out, inside-out?

Bottom-up

47. A team completed 10 work items in a five-day week and each item took about five days to complete. What is the cycle time? 5 days, 0.5 day, 1 day, 2 per day.

.5 day. Cycle time is the average time between the delivery of completed work items. 10 items in 5 days means half day per item.

What are the four core values of the agile manifesto?

1. Individuals and interactions of processes and tools 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. Responding to change over following a plan

What are the 5 properties of Kanban?

1. Visualize workflow 2. Limit WIP 3. Measure and manage flow 4. Make process policies explicit 5. Recognize improvement opportunities

21. In a given iteration, a team completed 5 stories of sizes 1, 3, 5, 8, and 13 respectively. Two other stories of size 5 each were almost complete but narrowly missed the definition of done. What is the velocity of the team in the iteration? 20, 30, 35, 40.

30. Velocity only accounts for completed stories as per the definition of done

34. The expected time for planning a four-week iteration is: 1-2 hours, 2-4 hours, 4-8 hours, 12-24 hours?

4-8. Typically an iteration planning should take 1-2 hours for each week of sprint duration (5-10% of effort)

The 70-20-10 rule of good conversation is a measure of: 70% active listening, 20% enquiring, 10% tracking, 70% active listening, 20% tracking, 20% enquiring, 70% active listening, 20% synthesizing information, 20% enquiring, 70% active listening, 20% summarizing information, 10% enquiring

70% active listening, 20% enquiring, 10% tracking

All of the following are characteristics of a product owner EXCEPT: A. Good technical skills B. Good domain knowledge C. Decisive D. Empowered

A

All of the following are examples of valid SCRUM rules EXCEPT: A. Scrum teams can add/remove items from a sprint B. Scrum teams are self-managed C. Scrum teams can seek external support during a sprint D. Scrum teams are cross-functional

A

In an Agile environment, which of the following is NOT a main reason for conflict? A. Stringent deadlines B. Different values C. Past history D. Position Focus

A

Which of the following is a true statement? A. Unsuccessful conflict management results in lower productivity and bad working relationships B. Successful conflict management results in greater productivity and bad working relationships C. Unsuccessful conflict management results in lower productivity and positive working relationships D. Successful conflict management results in lower productivity and positive working relationships

A

You are entrusted with the responsibility of 'Forming an Agile Team' to add business value to the project. What KEY competencies would you look for in creating the team? A. A blend of interpersonal and technical skills B. A blend of intrapersonal and technical skills C. Technical skills D. Interpersonal skills

A

Which of the following is a 'TRUE' statement? A Scrum Master monitors the project against ROI goals. A Scrum Team manages itself to commitments. Daily Scrum is used for problem solving. Facilitating discussion and handling conflict resolution is the product owner's responsibility.

A Scrum Team manages itself to commitments.

You are entrusted with the responsibility of 'Forming an Agile Team' to add business value to the project. What KEY competencies would you look for in creating the team?A blend of interpersonal and technical skills, A blend of intrapersonal and technical skills, Interpersonal skills, Technical skills

A blend of interpersonal and technical skills

Which of the following BEST describes a 'Product Owner'? A technical architect capable of making informed decisions. A business unit head capable of making individual decisions., A project lead capable of making informed decisions. A business unit head capable of making informed decisions.

A business unit head capable of making informed decisions.

In Agile terminology, an iteration is referred to as:A complete cycle of 'Design-Code-Test-Verify-Release' activities Time is not a constraint as Quality is most important. A complete cycle of 'Design-Code-Test-Verify-Release' activities in a short time scale. A complete cycle of 'Design-Code-Test-Verify-Release' activities in a large time scale. Progressive elaboration.

A complete cycle of 'Design-Code-Test-Verify-Release' activities in a short time scale.

Feature-driven development

A lightweight agile metho driven from the perspective of features valued by clients

What is a broken comb (or paint drip)?

A person with various depths of specialization in multiple skills required by the team

What is refactoring?

A product quality technique wwhereby the desing of a product is improved by enhancing its maintainability and other desired attributes without altering its expected behavior

113. A product roadmap is used as a ____________. Negotiation tool, Planning tool, Communication tool, Visioning tool.

A product roadmap is used as a communication tool.

What is a spike?

A short time interval within a project, usually time-boxed, during which a team conducts research or prototypes an aspects of a solution to prove its viability

78. If the agile project is release timeboxed, which of the following is true? There is no flexibility in the schedule.. The team should use MoSCoW prioritization to create a feature buffer. The iteration schedule can be extended. It is pointless to estimate as it is a "death march" project.

A team can maintain a feature buffer and follow a MoSCoW scheme to logically sequence the work.

What is swarming?

A technique in which multiple team members focus collectively on resolving a specific impediment

What is mobbing?

A technique in which multiple team members focus simultaneously and coordinate their contributions on a particular work item

23. Project A has an NPV of $15,000 and IRR of 15%. Project B has an NPV of $20,000 and IRR of 13%. Project C has an NPV of $18,000 and IRR of 12.5%. Project D has an NPV of $25,000 and IRR of 14%. Which project should be selected if only one can be funded? A, B, C, D

A. IRR is a superior measure and should be used for making decisions in benefit-cost analysis

77. A team estimated that the total ideal time requirement for a proposed set of work items is 500 hours. How should this be translated into elapsed time? Based on a conversion rate of ideal to actual time at a team level. Using the story pointing approach. By estimating the distractions expected for each team member. By breaking each task at a granular level and reestimating the actual time.

Actual time is the amount of time an assignment would take to complete. Ideal time is the amount of time an assignment would take if there were no interruptions or distractions. The conversion to elapsed time depends upon individuals involved but can usually be reasonably estimated at an aggregate or team level.

108. Which estimating technique can be used when there is limited amount of time to estimate a large number of stories? Planning Poker, Affinity estimating, Scatter diagrams, Wideband Delphi.

Affinity estimating is the practice of using common sizes to rapidly place user stories into similarly sized groups.

120. When would an agile project be appropriate? A simple project where the requirements are mostly undetermined, A simple project where the requirements are firmly set, A complex project where the requirements are mostly undetermined, A complex project where the requirements are firmly set.

Agile projects work best in projects that are complex and where the requirements are mostly undetermined.

What is eXtreme Programming?

An agile software development method that leads to higher quality software, a greater responsiveness to changing customer requirements, and more frequent releases in shorter cycles.

32. At a stakeholder meeting, all stakeholders are given fake money to purchase the features they like and need. This is an example of: An innovation game, Product mapping, Economic analysis, Market analysis?

An innovation game. An innovation game is used to frame the process of requirements gathering in a creative way.

49. All of the following are common ways to enable osmotic communication in distributed agile teams except: Appointing a spokesperson for each location. Looping the entire team in all project-related communications. Conducting live video conferences. Traveling frequently between locations and meetings.

Appointing a spokesperson restricts the channels of communication available.

14. Which of the following is the best description of the 5 Whys technique? Ask why while selecting the team, scrum master, and product owner. Ask why questions while understanding and analyzing user stories. Asking the why question at least 5 or as many times as necessary to understand the deeper root causes. Five people asking the why question to see if the answers are consistent.

Asking the why question at least 5 or as many times as necessary to understand the deeper root causes. Toyota used the 5 Whys in their manufacturing processes to detect and correct deeper root causes of issues

As a general guidelines, how often should teams demonstrate a working project?

At least once every 2 weeks

You are the lead for a project ABC and you receive communication from the client that the work units delivered by the team are not satisfactory. What is the BEST method to address this issue? A. Offer sincere apologies and convince him that a new team will deliver better deliverables B. Set up a meeting with the team to understand the exact situation C. Discuss with senior management D. Defend the team at any cost

B

John is a senior programmer working on an Agile software development project. The project has a coding standards checklist on how the code should be developed and maintained, however, John overlooks the standards and develops a program casually and performs a basic unit testing to see if it is running . He finds everything is fine. He then proceeds to move the code to production libraries late in the night. His manager, Smith, receives a call from the operations team that the program has failed in a 'Live' environment and maintenance activities are immediately required to resolve the issue. How do you BEST describe John's effort? A. It decreases the velocity B. It increases the technical debt C. It increases the spike D. It increases the velocity

B.

John is a senior programmer working on an Agile software development project. The project has a coding standards checklist on how the code should be developed and maintained, however, John overlooks the standards and develops a program casually and performs a basic unit testing to see if it is running . He finds everything is fine. He then proceeds to move the code to production libraries late in the night. His manager, Smith, receives a call from the operations team that the program has failed in a 'Live' environment and maintenance activities are immediately required to resolve the issue. How do you BEST describe John's effort? A. It decreases the velocity. B. It increases the technical debt. C. It increases the spike. D. It increases the velocity.

B. It increases the technical debt.

60. Documentation for an agile project should be _________________. Enough for someone else to understand, Thorough, Barely sufficient, Avoided

Barely sufficient

42. Refactoring should produce software that is: Better organized, Regression tested, Finished, Just passing acceptance tests.

Better organized. Refactoring is the reorganization of working code to bring the organization in line with its functionality and maintain it better.

In order to allow for early recognition and value driven delivery of work products, the requirements are BEST organized by: Arranging them in the Product Backlog on a 'First-come , first serve' basis, Breaking into stories, Arranging them in the Sprint Backlog on a 'First-come, first serve' basis, Breaking into minimally marketable features?

Breaking into minimally marketable features

How is the stakeholder feedback on the deliverables effectively utilized by the development team? By prioritizing and improving the quality of future deliverables, By prioritizing and shipping the remaining deliverables in a single increment, By prioritizing and improving the quality of current deliverables, By analyzing the feedback on the current deliverables and scheduling a meeting with senior management and the client on the way forward?

By prioritizing and improving the quality of future deliverables

The MoSCoW technique helps the stakeholders in: A. Determining time estimates B. Creating the initial scope C. Determining the priority of each requirement D. Determining cost estimates

C

What are the 5 steps to achieve operational and process excellence in an intuitive workspace? A. Seiso, Seiri, Seiton, Shitsuke, Seiketsu B. Seiso, Seiri, Seiton, Seiketsu, Shitsuke C. Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke D. Seiri, Seiso, Seiton, Seiketsu, Shitsuke

C. Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke

A 'Theme' is generally defined as a: Discreet piece of work required to complete a Story, Brief statement of product requirement, Collection of User Stories, Large user story which cannot be completed in a single sprint.

Collection of User Stories

All of the factors aid in the building of 'Value-Driven' delivery of work units EXCEPT: Defining deliverables by identifying units that can be produced incrementally in order to maximize their value to stakeholders while minimizing non-value-added work. Solicit customer and user feedback by reviewing increments often in order to confirm and enhance business value. Committed tasks need to be met. If necessary, the timelines can be extended to meet the revised scope of work. Prioritize the units of work through collaboration with stakeholders in order to optimize the value of deliverables.

Committed tasks need to be met. If necessary, the timelines can be extended to meet the revised scope of work.

112. How should a coach handle conflict? Coach should let the team settle the conflict unless the temperature of the conflict is very high, Conflict should be handled immediately, Conflict should be ignored, Conflict should be avoided.

Conflict is areas of disagreement on the team. Some conflict is healthy and encouraged on agile projects, as it can lead to process improvement and a higher quality product. Coach should let the team settle the conflict unless the temperature of the conflict is very high.

A basic feature of Extreme Programming (XP) is: manage the project team, continuous integration, identifying roles and responsibilities, conduct meetings?

Continuous Integration

What are common practices of eXtreme Programming?

Continuous Integration, test at all levels, acceptance test-driven development, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, spikes (time-boxed research or experiments)

Agility is enhanced by: Continuous attention to technical excellence and design, Hovering on the high level documentation and arriving at a decision, Possessing a mindset of good judgment, Working at rapid pace with minimum inputs?

Continuous attention to technical excellence and design

45. After the team has removed the bottlenecks in a Kanban system and established WIP limits, what should they focus on next? Introduce iterative development, Prioritize the requirements, Hand over to operations, Continuous improvement.

Continuous improvement. Kaizen means continuous improvement and prevents inertia from becoming a constraint.

73. Continuous integration is the practice of: Testing each unit daily. Reminding the team of agile practices often. Checking in the new features daily. Getting the software to the customer frequently.

Continuous integration is executed when code changes are checked in and tested daily.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Agile Manifesto? Individuals and interactions OVER processes and tools, Contract negotiation OVER customer collaboration, Responding to change OVER following a plan, Working software OVER comprehensive documentation?

Contract negotiation OVER customer collaboration

Which of the following is NOT a feature of 'Cross-Functional' teams? Problem solving, conflict, core specialists, creativity?

Core specialists

106. The process of cost estimating is accurate when _________________. Costs are estimated at the end of each iteration., Costs are estimated when the product backlog is completed. Costs go down as iterations progress. Costs are estimated using burn rate, velocity, product backlog, and release plan.

Cost estimates are most accurate when burn rates, velocity, product backlog, and release plans are used.

What are crystal methods?

Crystal method is a agile framework that is considered as a lightweight or agile methodologies which focuses on individuals and the interactions. The methods are color-coded to signify risk to human life. It is mainly for short-term projects by a team of developers working out of a single workspace.

What is the dynamic systems development method?

DSDM is an Agile method that focuses on the full project lifecycle, DSDM (formally known as Dynamic System Development Method) was created in 1994, after project managers using RAD (Rapid Application Development) sought more governance and discipline to this new iterative way of working.

All of the following are principles of 'Lean software development' EXCEPT: see the whole, build integrity in, decide as fast as possible, amplify learning?

Decide as fast as possible

Which of the following is a 'FALSE' statement? The Definition of Done (DoD) is used to validate whether all the major tasks are accounted for. Definition of Done (DoD) is a simple list of activities that add value to the product. Potentially shippable state of software is equivalent to the Definition of Done (DoD). Definition of Done (DoD) is a checklist of necessary value-added activities that assert the functionality of the features.

Definition of Done (DoD) is a checklist of necessary value-added activities that assert the functionality of the features.

72. A team finds that it frequently lands into trouble while implementing a feature due to unfulfilled external dependencies. They decided to ensure in the future that all dependencies should be met before an item can be accepted into an iteration for development. This needs to be included in the:. Acceptance criteria, Definition of ready, Definition of done, Iteration backlog.

Definition of ready determines when an item is ready for development.

The MoSCoW technique helps the stakeholders in: Determining time estimates, Creating the initial scope, Determining the priority of each requirement, Determining cost estimates?

Determining the priority of each requirement

110. A team finds that although they deliver working product increments every iteration, they are not deployed quickly enough due to the operational teams not being in a state of readiness. Which of the following techniques is most likely to help the team overcome this problem? Continuous integration, Continuous refactoring, DevOps, ITIL.

DevOps helps speed up the deployment of products from development to operations.

Simplicity -- the art of maximizing the amount of work not done -- is essential. What does this imply? Keeping a measure of maximum work performed, Develop the project just enough so that it addresses the objectives at the moment, Keeping a measure of work not performed, Develop the project without any complications?

Develop the project just enough so that it addresses the objectives at the moment

Adopting a Lean mindset leads to: increase abensteeism, disseminating knowledge, increasing lead time, reducing team size?

Disseminating knowledge

12. The developers in a team felt that all the stories were completed. A tester in the team disagreed with this. What is the best way to resolve this issue? Redefine the stories after each iteration. Approach the customer. Don't change the stories. The team agreed on the definition in advance. Rewrite ground rules.

Don't change the stories. The team agreed on the definition in advance. Done must be explicitly defined and agreed upon by the entire team.

In order to implement Lean, the first step should be to: Eliminate waste. Limit work-in-progress. Draw a value stream map. Continuously improve the process.

Draw a value stream map. Value stream mapping is a way of analyzing a chain of processes and is the first step to achieve elimination of waste.

Which of the following is NOT an enabler of Kaizen culture? Pull signaling system, Elaborate planning, Amplify learning, Waste elimination?

Elaborate planning

What are the seven lean principles?

Eliminate waste, amplify learning, decide as late as possible, deliver as fast as possible, empower the team, build integrity in, and see the whole

Which of the following is NOT a trait of Extreme Programming (XP)? Simplicity, communication, eliminating waste, courage?

Eliminating Waste

How frequently should the test-code-test cycle repeat itself in test-driven development? At least once a day. At the end of an iteration. Every few minutes. For each line of code?

Every few minutes. Test-driven development means the code should follow the tests and the cycle should repeat frequently

40. Mary is the scrum master for a new project and is working with the product owner and team on selecting the user stories for the first sprint. The team has committed to 30 story points for the sprint, but the product owner wants the team to deliver more. The team is uncomfortable committing more as it hasn't understood the stories well. What should Mary do? Explain to the product owner that the team determines their commitment and she needs to accept what they have identified. Encourage the product owner to review the stories and add more details and acceptance criteria to help the team better determine if they can deliver more stories. Ask the team to identify two additional stories for the sprint as a stretch goal. Add a story for the next sprint and add more details to the stories.

Encourage the product owner to review the stories and add more details and acceptance criteria to help the team better determine if they can deliver more stories. The product owner needs to provide the details that the team requires to make their commitments.

In an Agile environment, a 'Story Point' is referred to as: Smallest unit of work expressed in non-technical language, Estimates of effort as influenced by amount of work, complexity, and risk, Graphical, two-dimensional visualization of a product backlog, Prioritizing the product backlog?

Estimates of effort as influenced by amount of work, complexity, and risk

41. Team workspace should be arranged so the team members can: Form smaller group, Face the information radiator, Face each other, Have privacy.

Face each other. Team workspace should be arranged to maximize the interaction between team members for the best results.

25. The scrum master of a team is working on a critical task when another team member approached him for help. The scrum master should: Complete the critical task and then help the team member, First help the team member and then return to his task, Ask another team member to help, None of the above?

First help the team member and then return to his task. Scrum master duties always come first - before any other task that the scrum master is performing

Should managers focus on resource efficiency or flow efficiency?

Flow efficiency (including team-based metrics, not individual metrics)

44. A team is analyzing factors that drive change and restrict change. This is called __________. Change management, Product mapping, Force field analysis, Root cause analysis.

Force field analysis. Force field analysis is a technique for analyzing the forces that are encouraging and resisting potential or real change and the strength of these forces.

87. Which of the following is an appropriate measure to express the effort associated with user stories? Tasks, Ideal time, Velocity, Cycle time.

Ideal time is the amount of time an assignment would take if there were no interruptions or distractions.

In an Agile environment, feedback is about: individuals personality, individuals efforts to avoid failure, individuals current capabilities, individuals ability to fix and confirm the issues?

Individuals' current capabilities

From an Agile project perspective, 'Conceptual Integrity' means: continuous integration, individual design of componenet saligning with overall system design, satisfying the customer, overall maintenance of the system?

Individual design of components aligning with overall system design

What are the four values of the agile manifesto?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. Responding to change over following a plan.

What does IDEAL stand for

Initiating, diagnosing, establishing, acting, and learning

Which is the BEST form of 'refining requirements' in an agile environment? It would be best to cooperate with other team members to devise ground rules., It would be best to gain consensus on the acceptance criteria for features on a just-in-time-basis in order to deliver value. It's best to plan at strategic, release, and daily stand up meetings. It's best to practice servant leadership and ensure the team performs to its highest potential.

It would be best to gain consensus on the acceptance criteria for features on a just-in-time-basis in order to deliver value.

26. What is the appropriate level to measure earned value management in an agile project? Feature, Release, Iteration, Continuous?

Iteration. Earned value management in an agile project should be measured at the iteration level, because this is the level where velocity is measured and resources are applied.

Only if there is an immediate customer requirement, go ahead with the build phase' - This is an example of which methodology: Wireframe, kanban, just-in-time, scrum?

Just-In-Time (JIT)

The time between the initiation and delivery of a user story is referred to as? Cycle time, relative time, lead time, ideal time?

Lead time

54. A testing team finds that it is often in the firing line as they often have more work than they can handle. In the Kanban system the best way to handle this is to: Limit the work in progress at the testing stage.. Add team members to the testing team.. Focus more on automated testing.. Request developers to help out with testing.

Limiting the WIP will address the feeling of being overwhelmed with work and pave the way for more creative solutions to the problem.

31. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the work not done - is essential. What is the most appropriate interpretation of this agile principle? Working in short iterations automatically leads to simplicity., Look for simpler solutions to avoid overengineering and prevent unnecessary work. Simplicity is more important than avoiding maximum work. None of the above

Look for simpler solutions to avoid overengineering and prevent unnecessary work.

Value Stream Mapping is also known as: Material and Information Flow Mapping, Time and Material Information Flow Mapping, Time and Information Flow Mapping, Time and Material Mapping?

Material and Information Flow Mapping

53. What does the work in progress number represent on a Kanban board? The number of story points for the swim lane. The cycle time target for the swim lane. The minimum number of work items that should be in a swim lane. The maximum number of work items that should be in a swim lane.

Max number of work items in swim lane. The work in progress number on a Kanban board is the maximum number of work items in a swim lane.

The ability to respond effectively to changes requires that everybody pay attention to the process and practices of development In Agile, this term is referred to as: technical debt, mindfulness, time boxing, or refactoring?

Mindfulness

81. A large product requires four teams working in parallel. How many product backlogs should be produced? One, Four, Two, Six

One

What is a fishbowl window?

Ongoing video meeting to virtually simulate colocation of team members

The BEST way to 'Amplify Learning' is through: decide as late as possible, periodic reviews, increasing work, eliminating waste?

Periodic reviews

What is an "I" shaped person?

Person with a single deep area of specialization and no interest or skill in other skills required by the team

What is a "T" shaped person?

Person with one deep area of specialization and a broad ability in the rest of the skills required by the team

An example of continuous improvement method is: Muda, inventory, kanban, poka yoka?

Poka Yoka

56. Which value is NOT in the Agile Manifesto? Comprehensive documentation, Contract negotiation, Process improvement, Processes and tools.

Process improvement. The values of the Agile Manifesto are individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and responding to change over following a plan.

1. The goal of a sprint should be to: Deliver and deploy the product to productio, Complete as many features as possibl, Produce a product increment of a releasable quality, Fix all the defects in the product?

Produce a product increment of a releasable quality. A sprint is supposed to produce a product increment of releasable quality

39. Extreme programming believes in deeper involvement of the onsite customers in the team. Which of the following is NOT a customer role in extreme programming? Interaction designer, Business analyst, Product manager, Programmer.

Programmer is a developer role, not a customer role.

Which of the following is a good example of a value streaming tool? Quality filter map, scatter diagram, attribute change, pareto chart?

Quality filter map

55. For an agile team, the total release backlog is 250 points and each point costs $50 to deliver. The earned value at the end of the third iteration is 50 points and the CPI is 0.8. How much is the expected cost for the remaining project if the current cost performance is expected to continue in the future? $12,500 $10,000 $12,000 $8,000

Remaining points = 200. Budget for remaining points = 200 * 50 = 10,000. At a CPI of 0.8, expected cost of remaining work = 10,000/0.8 = $12,500

46. Pruning the Product Tree is a technique for: Release planning, Iteration planning, Requirement gathering, Integration testing.

Requirement gathering. The act of pruning the product tree is a technique for requirement gathering.

66. If the earned value is $1500 and the planned value is $1350, the team is: Ahead of schedule by $150. Behind schedule by $150. Over budget by $150. Under budget by $150

Schedule variance = EV - PV = $150. Therefore team is ahead of schedule by $150.

Emphasizing areas of agreement rather than areas of difference refers to which type of conflict-resolution technique? Smoothing, reconciliation, direct, collaborate

Smoothing

What percentage of productivity is lost during task switching?

Somewere between 20-40%

John is working on a software development project in an Agile environment and discusses with his team ways to improve and manage stakeholder expectations. Which of the following BEST describes his efforts in achieving this objective? Stakeholders' expectations and trust are gained by establishing a shared vision of the deliverables and by providing transparency of the work status, Creating an environment of trust so as to increase the impediments among stakeholders. Addressing the interests, needs and expectations of only those stakeholders who are highly influential. By monitoring and controlling the work of each team member in order to create business value with maximum delay?

Stakeholders' expectations and trust are gained by establishing a shared vision of the deliverables and by providing transparency of the work status.

A team assigned 3 story points to a story. The manager wanted to know how this can corelate to the time required to complete it. How should the team respond? A story point is roughly one hour of work. A story point is roughly one day of work. Story points are not directly correlated to time, rather through velocity, which specifies how many points a team can complete in an iteration. A team will establish a standard ratio between points and hours, which is constant for a specific team.

Story points are not directly correlated to time, rather through velocity, which specifies how many points a team can complete in an iteration. A story point is a unit of measure to express the estimated effort of the user story.

In an Agile environment, which of the following is NOT a main reason for conflict? Stringent deadlines, different values, past history, position focus?

Stringent Deadlines

65. During an iteration, a team member needs to be on standby support when a critical feature is being deployed over a weekend. None of the team members wants to sign up for this task. How should this situation be addressed? The senior most team member should be assigned. A draw of lots is used to decide who signs up for the task. The team should decide who picks up the task. The functional managers should decide who signs up the task.

Task assignments are done by the team in a self-organized agile team.

Which of the following is a 'TRUE' statement? Team member performance appraisal and feedback is provided by the Scrum Master. Team member performance appraisal and feedback is provided by the Product Owner. Team member performance appraisal and feedback is provided by the Project Manager . Team member performance appraisal and feedback is provided by the Human Resource manager.

Team member performance appraisal and feedback is provided by the Scrum Master.

Who owns project work in agile life cycles?

Teams collectively own the work

62. All of the following are lean principles, except _________________. Decide as late as possible, Build integrity in, Test as early as possible, See the whole

Test as early as possible. The seven lean principles: eliminate waste, amplify learning, decide as late as possible, deliver as fast as possible, empower the team, build integrity in, and see the whole are worded at Toyota in their manufacturing program.

The process of test-driven development has the following steps: Test, Code, Deliver, Refractor. Code, Refactor, Test, Deliver. Code, Test, Refactor, Deliver. Test, Code, Refactor, Deliver.

Test, Code, Refactor, Deliver. The steps for the process of test-driven development are test, code, refactor, and deliver.

92. The Kanban board is a simple artifact that serves all of the following purposes except: Acting as information radiator, Resolving impediments, Visualizing the workflow, Identifying constraints.

The Kanban board cannot show the underlying impediments, which have to be resolved by the team after analysis.

79. In a large project, the team identified the highest priority features and completed them first. The remaining features are almost at the same priority level and the team is confused which one to work on first. How should this be addressed? By completing the remaining stories in any order. By considering technical convenience as the key factor in determining sequence from this point. By reprioritizing the backlog frequently. By waiting for a few more high priority features to emerge before starting new work.

The backlog should be frequently re-prioritized.

114. The release burndown chart of a team shows an upward spike between the second and third iterations. What could cause this? The team cycle time dropped., User stories were added to the release backlog., The team velocity decreased, The team burn rate increased.

The burndown chart should show the backlog of work will lessen. When this does not happen, it means that additional work was added to the release causing a rise in the chart.

69. The Y-axis on a burnup chart is _________________. Resource, Cost, Functionality, Time to value.

The burnup chart plots time on the X-axis and functionality on the Y-axis.

What is technical debt?

The deferred cost of work not done (or done poorly) at an earlier point in the product life cycle

Which of the following is a 'True' statement with regards to generating a 'Positive Value'? The delivery units are produced incrementally with an emphasis on minimizing value-added work, The delivery units are produced only at the end of the project with an emphasis on maximizing value-added work, The delivery units are produced incrementally with an emphasis on minimizing non-value-added work, The delivery units are produced incrementally with an emphasis on maximizing non-value-added work?

The delivery units are produced incrementally with an emphasis on minimizing non-value-added work

Flow master

The equivalent of a scrum master for Kanban or other continuous flow agile methods

102. A stakeholder has asked for status of the project. What do you do? The product owner should provide the status., Ask the coach to gather status., Show them where the information radiator is., Gather the team for a status meeting.

The information radiator is used to communicate project status to the team and other stakeholders.

59. The amount of time for a feature to move from inception to live deployment is _________________. Burn rate, Lead time, Cycle time, Velocity.

The lead time is the amount of time needed from inception to live deployment.

98. The schedule of an agile project is generally established by _________________. Determining the critical path, The calculation of story points and team velocity, The calculation of work packages and scope, The estimation of tasks, dependencies, and duration.

The most important items in agile are story points and velocity. A story point is a unit of measure to express the estimated effort of the user story. Velocity is the number of features or user stories that a team delivers in a fixed iteration.

116. The agile team has collective responsibility for the following, except _________________. The product backlog, The code, The quality of the product, The completed speed stories.

The product owner maintains the product backlog.

63. During testing of a product, the tester and the developer disagreed on the usability of a particular feature. Who should resolve this confusion? The scrum master, The product owner, The team, The sponsor.

The product owner represents the customer, users, and stakeholders.

What is cycle time?

The time required to process an item

What is response time?

The time that an item waits until work begins

118. A team was working on a project with a release backlog of 200 points. Between iterations 1 and 3, they completed 50 points of work and the product owner added 20 points of work to the release. What should be the top of the burndown bar chart? At 170, At 150, At 130, At 200.

The top of the bar moves down as the team completes the work. As 50 points are completed, the top will be at 150

What is lead time?

The total time from the moment the item is added to the board to the moment it is completed

93. At what point does backlog refinement take place? During retrospection meeting, At special iterations scheduled for backlog refinement, Throughout the project, During iteration planning meeting

Throughout the project

All of the following are benefits of using a process map EXCEPT: writing procedures, understanding the timelines, facilitating the audit, identifying the inputs and outputs?

Understanding the timelines

What is pairing?

Using a partner to help work on and validate software

What questions does and agile project charter answer?

What are we doing the project? Who benefits and how? What does "Done" mean? How are we going to work together?

What four questions are asked during a FLOW-BASED agile stand-up?

What do we need to do to advance this piece of work? Is anyone working on anything not on the board? What do we need to finish as a team? Are there any bottlenecks or blockers to the flow of work?

Continuous integration is: When the development happens in real time. When code is integrated after the feature is updated. When all code changes are checked and tested every day. When the team works on a single set of code.

When all code changes are checked and tested every day.Continuous integration is executed when code changes are checked and tested daily.

18. Extreme programming believes in programmers working in pairs. Which of the following is an exception to this rule? When the team works on a SPIKE. When there is an emergency. When programmers are fixing defects. When programmers implement minor features.

When the team works on a SPIKE. SPIKE is an experiment, and therefore need not be written in pairs.

A definition of done clarifies when a particular work item can be marked as done. When is the definition of done first used by the team? While estimating the work. While marking a work item as complete. During the sprint to ascertain what all needs to be done. By the tester while checking the stories?

While estimating the work. While estimating the work the team should know what needs to be done, so that they can make informed commitments.

111. The team suggested estimates. The range of estimates were plotted on a graph with no names and discussed. What method did the team use? Hi-low estimates, Affinity estimating, The Wideband Delphi, Fibonacci sequences.

Wideband Delphi estimation includes plotting estimates on a chart with no names, and then the range of points is discussed, and the team attempts to reach a general consensus.

71. A team and business users are trying to agree on the design of a web interface for an ecommerce application. Which technique is likely to be most effective in this process? Wireframes, Brainstorming, Wideband Delphi, Force-field analysis.

Wireframes are simple means to express a user interface. Hence, in this case wireframes is the most effective technique.

What is the kanban method?

an approach of managing the flow of work with an emphasis on continuous improvement without overburdening the development team that focuses on productivity and efficiency. ... It is a method designed to help you optimize workflow and use your team's full capacity.

115. A team was working on a project with a release backlog of 200 points. Between iterations 1 and 3, they completed 50 points of work and the product owner added 20 points of work to the release. What should be the bottom of the burndown bar chart? At 150, At -20, At 20, At 50.

at -20. As twenty points get added, the bottom of the bar shifts down by 20 points.

99. The Agile Manifesto states 'Individuals and Interactions over _____.' Comprehensive documentation, Top down management and tooling, Processes and tools, Contract negotiation

processes and tools

68. The return on investment (ROI) for a project should be tracked and reported by ____________. Functional managers, The team, The scrum master, The product owner

product owner