PMI-ACP Mock Exam 2
D
'Remember the future' and 'Prune the product tree' are examples of ___________ and used to ___________. A. Estimation techniques, determine relative size of stories B. Prioritization techniques, determine relative priorities of stories C. Brainstorming techniques, solve problems D. Innovation games, collect requirements
D
(MMF) is the minimum set of features in a product that the users can start using and get benefit without waiting for more. A. Delighters B. Story maps C. Walking skeleton D. MMF
A
A looselyengaged stakeholder requests John the Scrum Master, to show him the latest weekly status report to check the project health and the remaining amount of work in the project. Instead, John takes the stakeholder to the team wall where a few pertinent updates are posted continuously. To address the stakeholder's query, John specifically points out to A. Burndown chart B. Sprint backlog C. Task board D. Velocity trend
C
A persona in an Agile project is: A. The proxy user who can provide requirement in absence of the product owner. B. The person who provides acceptance of the product increment at the end of every iteration. C. An imaginary representation of a user role to collect requirements from his or her perspective. D. An onsite customer or anyone he/she assigns to be co-located with the team to provide clarifications on the fly.
C
A product owner MUST attend a planning poker estimation session. Without his presence: A. The session will not be moderated. B. The team will have a tendency to overestimate. C. The team will not get the necessary clarifications regarding the stories getting estimated. D. There will be no timekeeping
A
A product owner decides that the amount of risks in the project has escalated so much that it does not seem feasible to continue with the project. There is no visibility of profitability in sight. Termination of such a project is which kind of risk response? A. Avoid B. Mitigate C. Transfer D. Accept
B
A product roadmap contains all of the following except: A. Milestones of each release B. Estimates of epics and themes C. Contents of each releases D. Depiction of value-driven delivery to the customer
B
A senior executive appoints a product owner for an Agile team. He explains that the key responsibility of the product owner is to: A. Make sure that the Agile team is operating efficiently and effectively. B. ROI is maximized during every iteration. C. Team has a sustainable pace and is not getting burned out. D. The number of escaped defects reaching the customer is as minimal as possible.
C
A servant leader: A. Is aware of his and his team member's emotions and controls them. B. Is an expert in people management and lays down ground rules that the team members must obey. C. Is attentive to the needs of the team and helps to remove impediments. D. Monitors and controls affairs of the project by using a lot of metrics that the team needs to capture and plot on a daily basis.
D
A team's average velocity is 40 story points per 2-week iteration. There are 600 story points left in backlog. How many iterations are needed to complete the backlog? A. 30 B. 25 C. 20 D. 15
A
A team's average velocity is 45 story points per 2-week iteration. There are 490 story points left in backlog. How many weeks are needed to complete the backlog? A. 22 B. 20 C. 10 D. 11
B
A user story reads: As a borrower of a book from the library, I would prefer to search a book quickly. The user story is not good because: A. It doesn't seem to be specific or valuable from the borrower's standpoint. B. It does not quantify what 'quickly' means. Without a response time it's difficult to measure. C. It is not estimable since the acceptance criteria is not specified. D. It is too small and not detailed enough.
C
Affinity estimating is the process of: A. Averaging the best and worst case estimates. B. Checking that the stories in the same functional areas are of equivalent magnitude. C. Checking that the stories of the same estimated size are of equivalent complexity. D. Checking that the stories of the same estimated size are of the same technology.
C
Agile project charter is different than s traditional project charter because: A. Agile projects do not require a charter. B. While creating an Agile project charter, what approach to be used is not clear. C. The scope is less clearly defined on Agile projects. D. Agile projects typically are small, so a small charter is enough.
A
Agile projects deliver reliable results by: A. Engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership. B. Recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value and creating an environment where they can make a difference. C. Making continuous flow of value our focus. D. Group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness
B
Agile projects unleash creativity and innovation by: A. Engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership. B. Recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value and creating an environment where they can make a difference. C. Making continuous flow of value our focus. D. Group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness.
D
All are the following are helpful when performing risk management except: A. Risk-Based Spikes B. Risk-Adjusted Backlogs C. Risk Burndown Charts D. Risk Owner
D
All tasks that are to be completed before the final release of the product are called: A. The iteration backlog B. The project backlog C. The sprint backlog D. The product backlog
C
An Agile coach is building a high-performance team. Which of the following techniques can she adopt? A. Make all decisions on behalf of the team, saving their time. B. Demonstrate expertize by solving problems hands-on. C. Performing individual coaching interventions in the middle of the sprint when team members approach with problems. D. Intervene at every possible hint of conflict within the team.
D
An Agile leader is planning the seating arrangement for the team. He makes sure that everyone can see each other. The benefit of such a seating arrangement is that: A. The leader will be able to exercise authority. B. The leader is making optimum use of available space. C. The team will be able to see what the other person is doing. D. This helps in osmotic communication.
C
An Agile team is busy working with the product owner to shuffle the product backlog items based on value and risk severities that were identified so far. The team provides the inputs, but the product owner has the last say on the decisions made and keeps the accountability. The resulting list is called ___________: A. Risk register B. A DEEP backlog C. Risk-adjusted product backlog D. Iteration backlog
A
An Agile team's velocity is 18. The team is referring to the following stories in priority order on the product backlog: Story 1 - 4 Points Story 2 - 1 Points Story 3 - 5 Points Story 4 - 2 Points Story 5 - 13 Points Story 6 - 5 Points Story 7 - 5 Points What is the best choice of stories for the next iteration assuming that stories cannot be split any further? A. Story 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 B. Story 1, 2, 5 C. Story 1, 2, 3, 4 D. Story 3, 5
C
An iteration started with 10 user stories to deliver. In the middle of iteration, a team member got sick and was not available to work. During a daily stand-up meeting, this was raised to the Scrum Master to seek advice as team thinks they cannot deliver all 10 user stories in the iteration. What should be the Scrum Master's advice to team? A. Work overtime to catch up on the lost time. B. Fastrack if possible and extend the iteration. C. Complete what can be done and the pending items should be put in the backlog for future iterations. D. Reduce the scope of iteration from 10 user stories to 8 user stories and deliver as per the revised commitment.
B
Apart from story points, which of the following could be used as unit of estimates for Agile? A. Calendar days B. Coffee-cup sizes C. Person months D. Feature points
D
As far as whole-team coaching is concerned, the Agile coach is most active during: A. Beginning of the sprint. B. End of the sprint, during the retrospective. C. In the middle of the sprint. D. During sprint planning and retrospectives
C
As per Pareto's 80/20 principle: A. 80% of the defects are removed in the last 20% of the time left on the project. B. 80% of the users use 20% of the features in the product. C. 80% of the system errors can be removed by resolving 20% of the defects. D. 80% of the work in the team is done by 20% of the team members.
D
As per principle of systems thinking, Agile works well when a project is: A. Highly-complex requirements and highly-complex technology B. Low-complex requirements and low-complex technology C. Highly-complex requirements and highly-complex technology D. Medium-complex requirements and medium-complex technology
D
As per the Lean philosophy all of the following are categorized as wastes except: A. Defects B. Transport C. Overprocessing D. Communication that lacks richness
C
As per the estimation convergence / cone of uncertainty graph, estimates produced at the beginning of the project is called ___________ while that near the end of the project are called ___________. A. Budget, definitive B. Ballpark, accurate C. Rough order of magnitude, definitive D. Rough order of magnitude, precise
A
At the end of the iteration, the team observes that they have completed only 50% of a story that was initially estimated for 12 story points. How many story points from this story would count toward the team's velocity? A. 0 B. 6 C. 12 D. 18
B
Bill is a Java programmer and joins an Agile team that uses XP. He is new to Agile, so he tries to find out the way of working that is prevalent on the team. He is explained that the code is integrated: A. Finally, before the planned release date. B. Many times a day, almost after every check-in. C. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. D. Once in an iteration when it has been reviewed and unit tested.
D
By maintaining a constant iteration length, the team: A. Establishes an operating rhythm. B. Creates a predictive delivery schedule where the scope is variable. C. Allows the team to measure a trend of their velocity, thereby improving future projections. D. All of the above.
D
Choose the most correct response: A. Two projects A and B have IRR -5% and -12% respectively. While catering for a budget cut, Project B is likely to get the axe and not Project A. B. IRR is the interest rate in which NPV of cash flows is equal to zero. C. ROI of all projects is higher if Agile is used instead of waterfall. D. Both A and B.
D
Drawing a tree, the participants are asked to add related features as leaves closer to the trunks and dependent features higher on the tree. This activity is called: A. Leaves and trunks B. Features and dependencies C. Define the scope tree D. Prune the product tree
A
During a 3-week iteration, the team completed 3 stories of 5 story points each, 2 stories of 12 story points each and completed 50% of two stories of 14 story points each. What is the team's velocity for this iteration? A. 39 B. 53 C. 67 D. None of the above
C
During a project audit, it is determined that the vendor is artificially inflating the estimates of the user stories. They are on a time-and-materials contract, so the longer they stay on in the project, the more revenue they generate. On getting to know such a practice, what should you do? A. Report to PMI®. B. Halve the estimates produced. C. Report the unethical conduct to the appropriate parties. D. Drag the vendor to the court.
C
During an internal project audit your project is marked as RED and highlighted as noncompliant as it does not have a detailed plan. You are asked to prepare the project plan and submit within 3 days instead of having plan for next 2 iterations. What should you do? A. Ask the team to create a plan based on experience. B. Ignore them, as this is an internal audit and has no adverse effect on you and the project. C. Conduct a meeting with them explaining the Agile methodology and progressive planning approach. D. Contact your management and ask for project exception from the audit.
D
During an iteration planning meeting, the product owner has just read out a story and provided some initial set of clarifications. The team is now going to use planning poker to estimate the story. The estimates produced in round one looks like 1, 2, 3, 2 and 8. What should happen now? A. Go with 2 since maximum people voted for it. B. Take the average of the 5 estimates. C. Take the worst case 8 as the estimate. D. Have the team members who voted for 1 and 8 explain their rationale and repeat the voting round
D
During iteration planning meeting, who is responsible to commit to deliver selected user stories in the iteration? A. Product Owner B. Agile project manager C. Scrum Master D. The team
A
During iteration planning stories are broken down into tasks that are entered into the iteration backlog. The tasks neither should not be too long nor too small to cause a tracking overhead. The thumb-rule of the length of each tasks is: A. 4-16 hours B. 0-8 hours C. One story point D. Less than half a day
B
During iteration planning, the Agile team comes across a story that has an iteration length that is almost 90% of the velocity of the team. What is the best suggestion that you can give to the team in this situation? A. Reject the story since it is not small enough. B. Split the story. C. Extend the iteration length. D. It is not advisable to compare estimates of a story with the team's velocity.
B
During sprint execution, Wilson notices that a story was missed and needs to be implemented. What would he do? A. Quickly estimate, design. and complete the implementation, even if that means working overtime. B. Ask the product owner to add the story to the product backlog for future prioritization and planning. C. Pick up the item during the retrospective to determine the root cause of why the item was missed during the planning stage. D. Extend the iteration deadline to accommodate the missed story.
D
During value-based prioritization of user stories, Wiegers' technique considers all the following aspects except A. Cost B. Risk C. Value D. Testability
A
For the same parameters given in the previous question (#50), what is the Schedule performance index (SPI)? A. 0.8 B. 0.66 C. 0.83 D. 1.25
D
Harry is a member of the Agile team. He is not a tester, but is interested to randomly check a few things about the system behavior without a lot of up-front planning. He begins with the charter and spends an hour or so trying different things that otherwise are not documented as user stories. Harry is conducting: A. Refactoring B. Peer reviews C. Acceptance testing D. Exploratory testing
D
In a control chart, a process is expected to be out of control: A. When the measured parameter is below the lower control limit. B. When the measured parameter is above the upper control limit. C. When the rule of seven is violated. D. Any of the above.
C
In a distributed team, which is the most effective tool to use for communication between team members? A. Email B. Wiki C. Skype D. Audio playback
A
In an Agile project charter, you will not find the: A. Detailed project scope B. Estimated project cost C. Expected ROI D. Project objective
B
In focus on / focus off activity, what is focused on rather than an argument? A. Inquiry B. Conversation C. Dialogue D. Understanding
C
In the 100-point method for prioritization of user stories: A. Each participant is given a set of 100 stories to prioritize. B. Participants are given 100 minutes to sort out the prioritization of a list of stories. C. Participants are given 100 points that they can randomly allocate to stories based on their perceived importance to them. D. Each participant is asked to pick the 4 most important stories and asked to divide 100 points between them.
A
It is observed that the bottom of the bar in the burndown chart is raised above the X-axis. What does that mean? A. Scope has beenremoved. B. Scope has beenadded. C. This could be a mistake in plotting. D. Team is tracking ahead of the estimated velocity
A
Jeremy, an Agile developer practices picks up a story from the sprint backlog. He begins with writing the automated unit tests before writing the code. Jeremy is following the practice of: A. Test-first development B. Pair programming C. Continuous integration D. Feature-driven development
B
Kaizen is a Lean principle. The literal meaning of the Japanese word Kaizen is: A. Continuous integration B. Continuous improvement C. Frequent validation and verification D. Billboard
D
Kanban boards reflect WIP limits against each stage of the workflow. The drawbacks of WIP include the following: A. Hides bottlenecks. B. Results in context switching. C. Delayed feedback. D. All of the above.
B
On a burndown chart, the top of the bar moved lower from one iteration to the next. What does that imply? A. The team corrected some of the underestimates of the past. B. The team completed work in the previous iteration. C. Scope got added into the backlog. D. Scope got removed from the backlog.
D
On an Agile project, you get to see estimates of a user story expressed as: A. Completed by November 15th 2016. B. Completed within 3 months from when the user story was started. C. Completed before the start of the next user story. D. Completed within 40 to 60 hours.
A
On the branch of a decision tree, you see a decision has a 60% chance of earning a $1000 profit, but also a 40% chance of a $2000 loss. What is the EMV of this branch on the decision tree? A. -$200 (loss) B. $600 (profit) C. -$800 (loss) D. None of the above
D
One of the core practices in XP is 'Small releases'. Following are the advantages except: A. Deliver value early and quickly. B. Mitigate risks of a 'big-bang' integration. C. Adapt to changes incrementally. D. Limit work in progress.
C
One of the key stakeholders suggested changing the priority of a user story by making it number one on the backlog. The story was earlier placed third on the prioritized backlog. He is very influential and powerful in the department. How should you act on the suggestion made? A. Accept the suggestion, change the prioritization order and inform all stakeholders. B. Simply decline. Inform him that product backlog has already been prioritized and no more changes can be made. C. Inform and discuss this with product owner. D. Explain why this is placed at number 3 in backlog and importance of other top user stories to deliver early.
A
One thing to avoid when choosing a new Agile practice over an existing process is: A. Accepting the claims of new practice without validation. B. Taking time to research the validity of the benefits claimed for the new practice. C. Testing the approach on a small scale before committing to it on the project. D. Discontinuing the activities that have led to the underlying problems we want to address.
B
Planning poker allows multiple rounds of estimates.Which other technique allows a similar approach? A. Shu-Ha-Ri B. Wideband Delphi C. Triple nickel D. Circle of questions
A
Project cost calculation must include: A. Total cost = (Time X Resource rate) + other project costs B. Total cost = (Team velocity X average labor rate) + additional project costs C. Total cost = (average team size X average labor rate) + non-labor project costs D. Total cost = (team size X hourly rate) + additional project costs
B
Richard has been appointed as an Agile coach. The team is newly formed, so he has to explain a lot of Agile practices. He asks the team to practice Just-In- Time (JIT) planning as that is the followed in Agile. What is the main reason that Richard cites to support the practice of JIT planning? A. A JIT plan is easier to create and maintain by the project manager. B. JIT planning helps to accommodate changes far more easily instead of using change control principles. C. JIT planning keeps the team on their toes and helps to constantly maintain focus among the team members. D. JIT planning helps to keep stakeholders at bay, since they cannot see the overall picture.
B
Sidky has defined SAMI (Sidky Agile Maturity index) that has five evolutionary stages of Agile maturity in an organization. In the right sequence, they are as follows: A. Collaborative, engaging, integrated, adaptive, encompassing. B. Collaborative, evolutionary, integrated, adaptive, encompassing. C. Integrated, collaborative, evolutionary, adaptive, encompassing. D. Collaborative, evolutionary, integrated, encompassing, adaptive.
A
Stakeholder management is important for an Agile team because: A. Having stakeholders that engage and participate in the project is a critical success factor. B. Without that there is likely going to be scope creep. C. They need to be plotted on a power-interest grid. D. They need to be plotted on an engagement assessment matrix.
B
Story points are used as one of way to estimate Agile projects. These story point estimates are: A. Absolute B. Relative C. The sum of the features in release D. A fraction of the velocity of the team
D
The 4th stage of a retrospective is "Decide what to do." As a part of this stage: A. Action items are added to the product backlog and the product owner is asked to determine the ROI and priority. B. The Scrum Master takes notes and allocates them to whoever is best skilled to carry out the action items. C. The retrospective leader starts the "Helped, Hindered, Hypothesis" activity to determine if the retrospective itself was useful. D. Team members self-volunteer to take specific actions from the next sprint itself.
D
The Agile team has just completed the sprint review and the feedback on the product increment was mostly positive, but a few new features have been called out. What do you think the team should do first after the review meeting? A. Start implementation for the new features requested. B. Update the backlog and estimate for the new features requested. C. Complete stories that were left out in the sprint. D. Spend time to reflect on currently used processes and how they can be improved in the retrospective meeting.
B
The customer has provided a bunch of requirements to the Agile team. But they are not sure what the collection of the requirements will finally look like. They asked the team if they could complete the entire design and give them a preview. Since up-front design is not encouraged, the Agile team instead produced a: A. Spike B. Prototype C. Persona D. Definition of done
D
The daily stand-up meeting was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. However the team waited till 9:08 a.m. before all participants came into the meeting room. Morning greetings exchanged between the participants. By then the clock showed 9:12 a.m. There was an issue reported by a team members and team gets into brainstorming and spent another 10 minutes. Finally, the meeting was over at 9:37 a.m. Calculate the process cycle efficiency of this process. A. 73% B. 57% C. 52% D. 68%
D
The sponsor of an Agile project approaches the Scrum Master and asks him about the burn rate of the team per sprint. The team consists of 6 members each of whose billing rate is $50 per hour. Assuming a 40 hour week and an iteration length of 2 weeks, what is the burn rate per sprint? A. $36,000 B. $20,000 C. $30,000 D. $24,000
B
The three pillars of empirical process control are: A. Planning, Adaption, Retrospective B. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation C. Planning, Inspection, Consistency D. Collaboration, Value-driven, Kaizen
A
There are anumber of projects running where your company is losing money. To reduce the losses, company decides to review and terminate a project. Consequently, 3 projects were shortlisted for review. Which project should be terminated first? Project 1 has an internal rate of return of -7% Project 2 has an internal rate of return of -3% Project 3 has an internal rate of return of -5% A. Terminate project 1 B. Terminate project 2 C. Terminate project 3 D. Terminate all projects, all have negative IRR and are losing money
C
Thumb voting is a group decision-making technique. Holding a thumb sideways indicates: A. Agreement B. Disagreement C. Neutrality D. Strong support
A
To track and report the status of schedule and cost, which tool is best to use? A. S-curve graph B. Gantt chart C. Burndown and burnup chart D. Project plan
B
Use the Earned Value Management technique to determine the status of the project. The parameters are EV = $4000, PV = $5000 and AC = $6000. A. Project is behind schedule and within budget. B. Project is behind schedule and has cost overrun. C. Project is ahead of schedule and within budget. D. Project is ahead of schedule and has cost overrun
A
What are the five XP values? A. Communication, feedback, simplicity, courage and respect B. Commitment, openness, simplicity, courage and respect C. Commitment, openness, focus, courage and respect D. Commitment, feedback, simplicity, courage and respect
D
What are the success criteria for a methodology while performing process analysis? A. The project got stopped, sponsorship remained intact and the team would work the same way again. B. The project got stopped, leadership remained intact and the team would work the same way again. C. The project got shipped, sponsorship remained intact and the team would work the same way again. D. The project got shipped, leadership remained intact and the team would work the same way again.
A
What are the three parameters of the Agile triangle? A. Value, quality, constraints B. Cost, time, scope C. Value, cost, customer satisfaction D. Value, cost, quality
B
What do you expect from a servant leader? A. Tracks tasks on the Kanban board. B. Empowers the team. C. Collects requirements and gather user stories. D. Hosts the iteration review meeting.
D
What does the term "Done Done" mean in Agile projects? A. Unit testing completed, all tests passed. B. Accepted by the sponsor. C. Development done, ready for exploratory testing. D. Ready for Production release and available to the end user.
D
What is expected from a traditional Project Manager on Agile projects? A. People management. B. Responsible to pick up and estimate user stories for next iteration. C. Direct team on how to work, track their progress. D. None of the above.
B
What is the Internal Rate of Return (IRR)? A. It is a metric that is used to calculate the amount of an investment. B. It is a metric that is used to calculate the profitability of an investment. C. It is a metric that is used to determine whether the source of return is from internal or external sources. D. It is a metric that is used to compare prevailing interest rates.
C
What is the purpose of a risk burndown graph? A. Track risk impact over iterations. B. Track risk probability over iterations. C. Track risk severity over iterations. D. Track risk frequency over iterations
A
What should be the severity order of the following four risks in descending order? Risk A has an impact of 0.3 and a probability of 0.2. Risk B has an impact of 0.4 and a probability of 0.2. Risk C has an impact of 0.3 and a probability of 0.5. Risk D has an impact of 0.5 and a probability of 0.8. A. D, C, B and A B. D, B, C and A C. D, C, A, B D. D, B, A, C
C
When an item is blocked, Kanban teams gather around and collectively work to remove the obstacle. This is prioritized over picking up any new piece of work and ensures continuity of flow through the system. This technique is called: A. Collective ownership B. Self-organization C. Swarming D. Group decision-making
D
Which artifact is the best to display when releases of the product will be ready and what all features will be included in those releases? A. Developer team B. Product backlog C. Product owner D. Product roadmap
B
Which is a correct pairing of adaptive leadership and team phases? A. Directingand Storming, Coaching and Forming, Supporting and Norming, Delegating and Performing B. Directingand Forming, Coaching and Storming, Supporting and Norming, Delegating and Performing C. Coaching and Forming, Supporting and Storming, Directing and Norming, Delegating and Performing D. Coaching and Forming, Supporting and Storming, Directing and Delegating, Performing and Norming
C
Which is the best definition of escaped defect? A. A defect that has simply escaped the attention of the tester. B. A defect that should have been caught during exploratory testing. C. A defect that went undetected and landed with the customer. D. A defect that unearths inefficiencies in the processes that needs to be rectified in the next iteration.
B
Which is the fastest way to generate a lot of good quality requirements? A. Surveys B. Facilitated workshops C. Wisdom of crowd D. Dot voting
C
Which of the following Agile Manifesto values deals with working closely with business or client? A. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. B. Working software over comprehensive documentation. C. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. D. Responding to change over following a plan.
A
Which of the following Agile principles shows "Architecture and design emerge from a collaboration between teams"? A. The best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from selforganizing teams. B. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. C. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need and trust them to get the job done. D. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
A
Which of the following Emotional Intelligence pairings is correct? A. Self-management relates to self-control. B. Self-awareness relates to empathy. C. Social skills relate to influence. D. Social awareness relates to self-confidence.
B
Which of the following artifacts helps to bring product owner and team together collaboratively? A. Iteration Plan B. The Product Backlog C. The Iteration Backlog D. Burndown chart
A
Which of the following best describes the value of all the future cash inflow and outflow in today's value by factoring in the rate of interest? A.( Net Present Value) B. Discounted value C. Payback value D. Future value
B
Which of the following is a valid prioritization method for an Agile project? A. Sidky maturity model B. Monopoly money C. Kanban D. Value stream mapping
C
Which of the following is an Agile Manifesto value? A. Individuals and interactions over comprehensive documentation. B. Working software over following a plan. C. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. D. Working solutions over processes and tools.
D
Which of the following is not a Kanban principle? A. Limit WIP B. Visualize work C. Make processes explicit D. Limit feedback loops
C
Which of the following is not a Lean principle? A. Eliminate waste B. Empower the team C. Optimize learning D. Defer decision
B
Which of the following is not a characteristic of high performing Agile teams? A. Constructive disagreement B. Plan driven C. Empowered D. Self-organizing
C
Which of the following is not a good idea to have in a brainstorming session? A. Send meeting invites with a clear agenda in advance. B. Have an experienced facilitator lead the session. C. Allow people to vent their frustrations and criticisms openly. D. Have a diverse group so as to consider many different perspectives.
A
Which of the following is not a valid reason to update the product backlog? A. Change in the composition of the development team B. Addition of new stories or risks C. Change in priorities D. Finding from previous sprints
D
Which of the following is not appropriate to be discussed in a daily stand-up meeting? A. The application developer is on vacation, so the code changes are on hold. B. Build failed for the transaction validator. This is expected to be fixed by today evening. C. Code upgrade for the payment module is completed. D. That configuration fix made by Harry last week has caused a significant improvement in our batch jobs. However there is room for a bit more improvement.
B
Which of the following is part of Agile Manifesto? A. Contract negotiation over following a plan B. Working software over comprehensive documentation C. Process and tools over individuals and interactio D. Responding to change over processes and tools
C
Which of the following is the best Agile team? A. An Agile team with specialists. B. An Agile team that avoids conflicts. C. An Agile team that collaborates and self-organizes continuously. D. An Agile team that has no one to blame if things go wrong
B
Which of the following is the best definition of 'definition of done'? A. A term defined when the project is completed and ready to be shipped to production. B. A term defined by the team to determine when a user story is completed and ready for shipping to a customer. C. A term defined to indicate acceptance of features by the end user. D. A term defined to indicate when the Scrum team can take credit for their accomplishment and demo their deliverables.
A
Which of the following is the least desirable practice in the case of a distributed team? A. Setting ground rules that a team in a particular time zone will have to extend their working hours to ensure overlap. B. Use collaboration tools and videoconferencing whenever practical. C. Have some time overlap between remote teams for handoffs and daily interactions. D. Maintain common coding rules and tools for continuous integration.
B
Which of the following practices if followed persistently and continuously increases the quality of the product? A. Information radiators B. Verification and validation C. Affinity estimation technique D. BART analysis
A
Which of the following qualifies to be a good MMF? A. An online grocery shopping cart that allows you to view and save the items you want to buy and complete the purchase process. B. A bicycle having 2 wheels along with supporter, decorative lights, a water bottle space. C. A cell phone that allows you to make and receive calls, click photos and allows you to connect with social media and other Internet world. D. A camera that allows you to take photos and then access the Web to add descriptions and share them with friends.
C
Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. It is cheaper and easier to terminate an Agile project midway than a waterfall-based project. B. Agile project have a continuous focus on quality and planning. C. Fixed price contracts are best suited in Agile. D. There is no need of heavy change management processes to make and track changes in an Agile project.
B
While analyzing a risk, the team came up with the following figure. Probability = 65%, Impact = $1000$, Frequency = once in a week. What is the severity of this risk? A. $65 B. $650 C. 0.65 D. 0.00065
B
Who facilitates the sprint review? A. Sponsor B. Product owner C. Anyone from the self-organized team D. Scrum Master
A
Why is the presence of the customer representative made mandatory in Agile projects? A. The customer representative is the main judge for business value. B. The project leader needs to build personal rapport with the customer representative. C. The customer representative can dictate the project plan and suggest course corrections. D. All of the above.
A
Wideband Delphi technique is best described as: A. A group-based estimation approach B. A value-driven estimation approach C. A negotiating estimation approach D. A team-based estimation approach
B
You are a program manager and taking an interview for a PMP certified project manager position in your organization. This position is for a different project that will be led by a different program manager. During the interview process, you find the person violating the standards of PMI® code of ethics and professional conduct. However, you find him a suitable candidate for the position. What you should do? A. Confront the person. B. Report this to PMI® to get it appropriately investigated, as you have a suspicion, but no concrete evidence. C. Ignore it and do not recommend him to be hired him for the project manager position. D. Ignore it and recommend him for hiring as he will not be working with you, so it is of no harm to you.
A
You are into the 6th month of the project, which has an estimated schedule completion of 1year from start. Referring to the latest project status report submitted by you, your sponsor wants to understand why you show that the project will be completed a month earlier than the schedule project completion date. What data should you present in support of your report?
C
You are managing a complex program across the globe and team members are from different regions. You have a large number of team members working on projects and reporting to the respective project manager and then each project manager is reporting to you. Currently you have 10 different project managers on a program. To have an effective communication, how many communication channels will be there between you and project managers? A. 10 B. 45 C. 55 D. 110
D
You are managing a project and the labor cost per month for the whole team is 30,000 USD. The fixed cost for infrastructure procurement is estimated at 10,000 USD. Based on prioritized product backlog items and team velocity, the team will need 20 iterations of 1 month each to complete the work. Post backlog items are successfully delivered and a 1-month warranty period is requested for the team to remain intact before the project is closed and the team released. What would be the total cost of the project until completion? A. $5,90,000 B. $6,60,000 C. $6,30,000 D. $6,40,000
A
You called a TV engineer to repair your faulty TV set. You spent 10 minutes explaining the problem with the TV set. It took 4 hours for the engineer to repair the TV set and then you take another 10 minutes to check if the issue is fixed or not before the engineer leaves the site. In the whole exercise, what is the process cycle efficiency for the engineer and you? Assume that the engineer only values the repair time, whereas you value only the time explaining the issue and checking the TV set. A. 92.3% for engineer, 7.7% for you B. 93.7% for engineer, 6.3% for you C. 95.8% for engineer, 4.2% for you D. 98.3% for engineer, 1.7% for you
D
You should be flexible while leading and managinga team as an Agile coach and improve emotional intelligence. There are different aspects of emotional intelligence, divided into quadrants. What are they? A. Self, Team, Regulate, Recognize B. Self, Others, Regulate, Optimize C. Self, Team, Regulate, Optimize D. Self, Others, Regulate, Recognize
