PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
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What is a common dysfunction in an Agile team?
A. Prioritizes motivation
B. Team makes their own decisions
C. Prioritizes quality
D. Inattention to results
Your team has found a defect. What should you do next to create value to the customer?
A. Use slicing or disaggregation
B. Add the issue to the current iteration
C. Add the issue to the product backlog
D. Calculate the defect rate
Who usually approves of iterations?
A. Project manager
B. Project team
C. Product owner
D. Product manager
A new hire has only experience with traditional project management. You are asked to discuss the Agile values in order to develop a shared mindset across the team. What would you tell her about Agile project management?
A. Focus on highest-value items first
B. Documentation is clear and complete
C. All issues should be identified at the start of the project
D. Feedback is obtained at the end each project cycle
You’ve built an Agile team that resolves their differences, appreciate colleague's strengths, and respect the team. They accept their roles and responsibilities. Which stage is next is next in the Tuckman’s Model of Team Development?
A. Norming
B. Adjourning
C. Storming
D. Performing
Which approach represents identifying and removing roadblocks, supporting experiments, and taking smart risks?
A. Architectural leadership
B. Kano analysis
C. Adaptive leadership
D. Fishbone analysis
You are noticing feature creep where new features are added without analyzing the relevance or need. They seem to be losing focus on delivering the most valuable work first. What would be the best approach?
A. Estimate work left to be done
B. Define the time period during which designated work is completed
C. Review the velocity of the team
D. Add small chunks of functionality that should take one to two days to finish
Mary notices an increase number of bottlenecks in the team. The developers are waiting on the testers, and the QA folks. She wants to avoid bottlenecks and create a high-functional team. What should Mary do?
A. Add another project manager
B. Include more generalists
C. Use IRR
D. Include more specialists
If you were aligning to the Agile Manifesto, which aspect would you value?
A. Contract negotiation over customer collaboration
B. Processes and tools over individuals and interactions
C. Working software over comprehensive documentation
D. Following a plan over responding to change
You just hired a remote member from a different country to join your Agile team. You want to continue daily collaborative communication. What’s the best type of communication channel you should encourage?
A. Video conferencing
B. Written documentation
C. Workshops
D. Telephone calls
What is a principle of DSDM?
A. Eliminate waste
B. Collective code ownership
C. Business need is the primary goal
D. Develop an overall model
You are consulting the stakeholders and the product owner develops and maintains a product backlog. The stakeholders help create user stories. Which phase does this represent?
A. Development phase
B. Release planning phase
C. Review and adapt phase
D. Initiation phase
What is a stage of Feature-Driven Development (FDD)?
A. Demonstrate control
B. Build the features list
C. Build incrementally
D. Develop iteratively
What is used in trend analysis?
A. Lagging metrics
B. Customer metrics
C. Profiting metrics
D. Leading metrics
What is a benefit of a common team space?
A. Team diversity
B. Controlled collaboration
C. Quiet writing
D. Tacit knowledge
What is a principle of Lean?
A. Task switching
B. Visualization
C. Relearning
D. Defer commitments
Bob is a senior project manager at a large organization with traditional beliefs of functional departments and a structured hierarchy. Scrum, Kanban, and XP are used. He is looking to scale Agile throughout the organization. Which framework would be most useful in this scenario?
A. MMF
B. SAFe
C. SoS
D. LeSS
What is characteristic of a high-performing Agile team?
A. Leadership role is fluid
B. Highly specialized skills
C. Focus on processes
D. Conflict is avoided
Which option is the best example of a user story with functional requirements?
A. I need to buy the sheet music I am currently looking at to see the chords
B. As a user, I want the search online to be secure
C. As manager, I need to see the performance of my team so that I can identify needed training
D. As gamer, I need to write out the rules, the process, and the character stories
What is the process for stakeholder management?
A. Communicate, simplify, encourage, feedback
B. Define, engage, develop, test
C. Collaboration, create, brainstorm, host
D. Identify, plan, manage, and monitor
You’ve noticed your project team’s throughput has fluctuated and even decreased in the last few iterations. It seems there might be issue with the process the team uses. What should you do?
A. Use frequent verification and validation
B. Review the product release plan
C. Implement a simple workflow for the team
D. Identify the issues with cycle time using a control chart
As a project manager, what can help you foster innovation, collaboration, and creativity on team?
A. Create a red zone
B. Focus on listening
C. Be self-aware
D. Create a green zone
What is the title of the project manager in an XP development project?
A. Coach
B. Project manager
C. Product owner
D. Product manager
What is the most useful aspect of a project charter?
A. Communication plan
B. Story maps
C. Success criteria
D. WIP limits
Niles lead an Agile team. They worked on a highly complex project which derailed at the last minute. They are in a Sprint retrospective and individuals are blaming others. The stakeholders were not kept informed. What approach should Niles take to maximize value to the customer, on a similar size project next time around?
A. Release less frequently
B. Increase the increment size
C. Maximize resource utilization
D. Periodic retrospectives
When is the best time to establish continuous integration architecture?
A. Iteration Spike
B. Post mortem
C. Retrospective
D. Iteration Zero
You are estimating the work effort with a range of variance, in an Agile project. Your team is using experiments and innovation to close the cone of uncertainty. You explain and show key stakeholders the planning results in order to increase commitment level and reduce uncertainty. Which term best describes this activity?
A. Timeboxing
B. Regulatory compliance
C. Agile discovery
D. WIP limits
Which of the following is NOT an example of participatory decision models?
A. Shared collaboration
B. Convergent
C. Complex adaptive
D. Fist of Five
David is working on home food delivery system for vendors and restaurants. The customer is happy with app interface but wants to leverage Google Maps to show all the vendors in the region. The stakeholders agree that this adds value to the customer and needs to be part of the project. David and her team are working on the next iteration. What should David do?
A. Increase the frequency of reviews
B. Minimize project cost overrun
C. Consult the product owner
D. Increase the team size
Which estimate considers the product backlog?
A. Iteration zero
B. Ideal time
C. Project charter
D. ROI
What is the most common tool for process analysis?
A. Technical debt
B. Burn-up chart
C. FMEA
D. Radar diagram
Mamdouh is quantifying the risks on the Agile project and prioritizing them. He’s considered the size of impact or severity of the risk, type of risk, and the likelihood of the risk occurring. What else should he consider?
A. Risk-based spike
B. Architectural spike
C. Mitigation strategy
D. Risk adjusted backlog
Why is it important to keep the stakeholders involved in the project?
A. To monitor the product owner’s decisions
B. To intervene team issues
C. To confirm commitment to decisions
D. To identify risk
Individuals are paired up and given instructions on how to create an origami. In round 1, the pair sit back to back and one person instructs while the other folds. In round 2, they sit facing each other to fold the origami but the folder can’t see the instructions. In round 3, they sit side by side so they can both see the instructions and the progress of the origami. What tool or technique is used in this scenario?
A. Collaboration games
B. Brainstorming
C. User stories
D. Round-robin
As the leaders of an Agile project team, you need to embrace an emergent leadership role. How best should you support your team?
A. By directing, coaching, delegating, and executing
B. By directing, coaching, supporting, and reporting
C. By directing, coaching, supporting, and delegating
D. By directing, controlling, supporting, and delegating
Raheem’s Agile team is making a final group decision. With a synchronized vote, he sees the bulk of the votes with one finger. Which decision making method is Raheem’s team using?
A. Thumbs up/thumbs down
B. Fist of Five
C. Highsmith Decision Spectrum
D. Simple voting
You have a strong-willed individual on your Agile team. He likes control and wants to be the solution to every issue. He is opinionated and confrontational. What can help?
A. Agile discovery
B. Timeboxing
C. Emotional intelligence
D. Learning cycle
What can negatively impact stakeholder engagement?
A. Adaptive leadership
B. Reviews
C. Irregular availability
D. Informal communication
Which one of the following is NOT an example of task boards?
A. Kaizen board
B. Kanban board
C. Scrum board
D. Agile board
Adam is in a meeting where management and the project team is included. They want to review the successes and failures over the last 6 months. What type of meeting does this represent?
A. Post-mortem
B. Retrospective
C. Pre-mortem
D. Intraspective
When should an Agile project management force a decision on a team?
A. To define the Definition of Done
B. After contract negotiations
C. After a brainstorming session
D. Regulatory compliance
You’ve been listening and serving your project team. When there are opportunities, you coach and help them grow. You’ve been promoting the energy and intelligence of others in creativity and collaboration. What are other aspects should you consider in a servant leadership role?
A. Promoting self-awareness, safety, respect, and trust
B. Defining the processes in the project
C. Directing the flow of communication
D. Creating a structured environment
During a Daily Scrum, you are helping ensure that everyone on the team has a common understanding of the values and principles of Agile, you’ve covered aspects including satisfying the customer and working together. What is another Agile principle?
A. Avoid adjustments in process
B. Collaborate with communication tools
C. Create virtual teams
D. Motivate individuals
You’re reviewing procurement process for an Agile project, what happens after the bidder conference?
A. SOW update
B. Statement of work
C. Review and negotiation
D. Contract
The Satir Model define who change impacts the organization. How does Agile Principles and mindset support this model?
A. Educate the organization and influence processes, behaviors, and people
B. Plan at multiple levels creating appropriate detail
C. Contribute to self-organizing work by empowering others
D. Reduce distractions in order to establish a predictable outcome
The product owner and development team are going through the product backlog. They identifying the priorities and a team member raises a concern about a low priority item, stating they could try a different approach. The team is already behind, what is the best course of action?
A. Explain completing the task on time is higher priority
B. Create a new task with the new approach
C. Increase the priority of the task
D. Allow the team member to try the new approach
As you’re building an online ordering system. Which one is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
A. A landing page which showcases the offerings in the product line
B. A wireframe of the website
C. A functioning website that’s been developed and tested for six months
D. A story map of the user stories
Why should Agile leaders continuously improve their emotional intelligence?
A. To identify future project leads
B. In order to encourage collaboration on the team
C. To stay competitive in the business environment
D. To embrace globalization
Your team needs to estimate the effort of coding a new feature but has zero experience with the size and scope of the new feature. What should the team do?
A. Architectural spike
B. Risk-based spike
C. Release spike
D. Visioning spike
You find out the team was creating a product feature that was not requested or required by the customer. After reviewing it with the customer, they are not happy. What happened, and what should you do?
A. Prioritization, use contingency reserves
B. Scope creep, request for additional financial support
C. Agile discovery, use Agile sizing and estimating
D. Gold plating, use pair programming
The development team experimented with a different approach but failed. What is one of the roles of a Scrum Master to help “fix” the situation?
A. Observe and support the team
B. Determine priority of the failed task
C. Create a new work request
D. Reveal necessary adjustments
Juan is on an Agile team that supports the decisions made by the product owner to determine the features that should go in a release. They also set expectations and inspect all aspects of quality. How can the ScrumMaster empower the team?
A. Define the velocity of the team
B. Define the length of an iteration
C. Give complete control to the team
D. Support team members to step-up
What are acceptance criteria in Agile project management?
A. Performance scope of the product
B. Defect detection rate
C. Conditions that a product must satisfy
D. Product backlog at completion
What is most useful when approaching value-based decomposition?
A. Technical debt
B. Coarse-grained requirements
C. Backlog
D. Ideal time
Dave is a ScrumMaster and aims to provide transparency regarding work status by communicating team progress, work quality, impediments, and risks in order to help the primary stakeholders make informed decisions. He wants to keep the stakeholders aware of how the increased scope has impacted the goals of the project. Which information radiator should be used?
A. Burn down chart
B. Burn up chart
C. Story maps
D. Project charter
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