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1.Involving the team in Planning and Estimating and providing early feedback on
Delivery Velocity is BEST used to mitigate what kind of risk?
A. Schedule flaws
B. Requirements creep
C. Employee turnover
D. Poor productivity
Ans: A
4.What is the unit of measurement that is used to measure the size of a user story
for an Agile project?
A. Function points
B. Story points
C. Work breakdown points
D. Velocity points
Ans: B
8.Which of the following is NOT one of the five core risk areas common to all
projects?
A. Specification Breakdown
B. Scope Creep
C. Strategic Alienation
D. Intrinsic Schedule Flaw
Ans: C
9.A Persona used within an Agile user story can he thought of as:
A. A person who viIl only use the application infrequently
B. A person who will influence early adopters of the application
C. A formally-assigned user-acceptance tester
D. An imaginary representation of a user role
Ans: D
10.What are the benefits of using Sidky Agile Measurement Index (SAMI) to
measure agility of your
organization?
A. Return on time invested (ROTI) can be calculated quickly and accurately.
B. Avoid random selection of methodology, make sure practices work coherently and ensure
practices focus on value delivery.
C. Perform Earned value management (EVM).
D. Avoid risk on critical projects.
Ans: B
11.If a team can complete 10 story points In an iteration then how long will it take
for the team to complete 100 story points?
A. 10 Iterations
B. 10 waves
C. 20 Iterations
D. 20 waves
Ans: A
14.For one of your product, optimal cost of change (CoC. was estimated to be 100
story points but at the end of the iteration actual C0C was found to be 200 story
points. What is the Technical debt that your project had encountered (if any)?
A. None. “Velocity” the great equalizer will take care of Technical debt.
B. None. Your developers will work extended hours to pay back the Technical debt in next
iteration so it can be ignored for now.
C. 100 Story points
D. 200 Story points
Ans: C
15.A person who makes decision and practices Scrum to the core is performing
what role?
A. Pig
B. Chicken
C. Scrum Master
D. Scrum Team
Ans: A
18.There was an Issue In your project and your manager kept asking “why?’
several times. What is he doing?
A. He Is executing collaboration.
B. He is executing “Five whys” a Lean tool.
C. He Is executing “get your attention” tool.
D. None of the above
Ans: B
20.You are working on a newly formed Agile team. Your coach gathers the team
and asks every one to close their eyes and start counting one at a time,
synchronously. What is the coach trying to do with this exercise?
A. Collaborating using circle counting game.
B. Coordinating using mute mapping game.
C. Consensus gathering using some random game he Invented.
D. Consent gathering using some random game he Invented.
Ans: A
22.What do you infer from this following user story? “As a sales agent, I want a
client search feature so that I can find my preferred clients quickly and easily.”
A. Good. No additional information required.
B. Good. Need clarification on “quick and easy” for UI testing.
C. NOT good. Too big.
D. NOT good. Too small.
Ans: B
29.You are a coach facilitating retrospective meeting. What is the main purpose of
this meeting that facilitator need to ensure during the meeting?
A. Peer pressure, Fine-grain coordination, Focusing on the few, Daily commitment and
Raising impediments.
B. Know the work, Get a fresh start, Commit to shared goals and Create focus and
abundance.
C. True-up, Show and tell, Get direct feedback, Offer insights and Ask for help.
D. Inspect and adapt. Look back at how, not what Do (even) better next time.
Ans: D
33.Before a tester begins the process of exploratory testing, what tool should he
have in place to give him an idea of what to explore in the systems and what kinds
of things to look for?
A. A Roadmap
B. A Bug List
C. A Defect Document
D. A Charter
Ans: D
35.Collaboration requires that the team must take joint responsibility for their
work. In order for this to effectively take place, what must the team members
build?
A. A definition of done
B. Continuous flow
C. Trust
D. An information radiator
Ans: C
36.In Agile development, when a developer estimates a story point by gauging the
amount of effort required to complete a task based on the amount of time she will
have to focus exclusively on the task, with no interruptions, what estimate unit is
she using?
A. Ideal Time
B. Velocity
C. Alternative Time
D. Time box
Ans: A
37.What two things should be completed before moving on to the next iteration
planning begins?
A. the commitment ceremony and an iteration demo
B. emergency request and an iteration demo
C. a retrospective and the commitment ceremony
D. an iteration demo and a retrospective
Ans: D
39.The intersection of a trend line for work remaining (or backlog) and the
horizontal axis indicating the most probable completion of work at the point in
time would be found in which graphical chart?
A. Burn-up chart
B. Velocity graph
C. Burndown chart
D. Execution chart
Ans: C
40.During this Team meeting everyone provides a status update to the other team
members. It a 10-15 minute semi-real-time’ status meeting that allows
participants to become aware of potential challenges as well as coordinate efforts
to resolve difficult and/or time-consuming issues.
A. Brevity Meetings
B. Collaboration Meeting
C. Brown Bag Meetings
D. Daily Stand-ups
Ans: D
41.When a Team takes the opportunity to gather for a meeting and reflect on
situations they encountered during a project, in an effort to better align their
processes with their changing situations, what Agile tool are they said to be
using?
A. A contingency review
B. Brainstorming
C. A lessons learned Scrum
D. A retrospective
Ans: D
42.As a Product Owner is sitting through a demonstration meeting for his product,
he realizes that if changed the release schedule of a newly identified feature he
could immediately increase the business value of the project without increasing
the cost of implementation. By realizing this value and making this last minute
adjustment which of the following BEST describes what was done to the project?
A. Improved the quality of a feature in the product.
B. Increase risk of project failure.
C. Change the requirements specification.
D. Increase the ROl of the project.
Ans: D
43.Which of the following is not part of the Manifesto for Agile Software
Development
A. Teams 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
Ans: A
44.The fifth of the twelve Principles behind the Agile Manifesto” states:
Build projects around ___________ individuals.
Give them the ___________ and support they need. and trust them to get the job done.
A. specialized, tools
B. motivated, environment
C. technical, documentation
D. motivated, documentation
Ans: B
46.The following image represents what in the Net Present Value (NPV)
calculation?
(1+i)-t
A. The amount by which the future net cash flow will be incremented over a release.
B. The amount by which the present net cash flow will be discounted.
C. The amount by which the future net cash flow will be discounted.
D. The sum of the current net cash flow will be discounted.
Ans: C
49.The product owner is leading the Team to decide which features they should
include in the Sprint Backlog first. They decide to select the most important
features by identifying which features will bring the most benefits if implemented,
as well as the penalty incurred if not implemented, on a relative scale of 1 to 9.
This can best be described as:
A. Relative prioritization
B. Value base computation estimate
C. Must-have prioritization
D. Darwinism estimation
Ans: A
50.A method of testing that involves writing an executable test before the solution
is coded and typically developed in conjunction with the Product Owner and/or
customer, then evaluate to determine whether or not a feature satisfies its
acceptance criteria can BEST be described as:
A. Behavior driven development
B. Customer Driven Development
C. Acceptance Test-Driven Development
D. Story Based Test Development
Ans: C
51. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the
iteration (timebox) length?
A. Iterations (timeboxes) should always be 30 days
B. The team determines iteration (timebox) length by dividing the total number of story
points by the average velocity of the team
C. Iterations (timeboxes) should always be two weeks
D. The team should agree on the length of the iteration (timebox) taking the size and
complexity of the project into consideration
Ans: D
54. What are the advantages of maintaining consistent iteration (timebox) lengths
throughout the project?
A. They help to establish a consistent pattern of delivery
B. They help the team to objectively measure progress
C. They provide a consistent means of measuring team velocity
D. All of the above
Ans: D
55. Tracking project issues in an Agile project is the primary responsibility of the…
A. Tester
B. Project Leader
C. Functional Manager
D. Developer
Ans: B
58. Which of the following best represents the Agile approach to planning?
A. Planning is a waste of time and should not be done
B. Planning should be done in detail at the outset and then not revisited
C. Planning is an iterative job and involves the whole team
D. Planning should all be done by the Project Manager
Ans: C
61. What is the effect of having large visible project plan on a wall?
A. It is a fire risk and a health hazard
B. It communicates progress to the team and other stakeholders
C. It is dangerous, as management will misinterpret what the team is doing
D. It is useless, as it does not allow the team to innovate
Ans: B
63. What should the team do if the customer representative is too busy to be
available?
A. Carry on with the work without customer input. It will probably be faster without
customer interference anyway
B. Send the customer an email warning that the end product will be completed on time, but
will not meet their needs
C. Allow a developer to take on the role of customer representative
D. Draw the problem to the attention of the Project Leader and ultimately the Project
Sponsor
Ans: D
64. Which one of the following is a key feature that you would expect to find in an
Agile project?
A. A large number of written progress reports
B. No project documentation, as all communication is tacit information
C Good face-to-face communication, supplemented by lean but sufficient documentation
D. All documentation done in previous projects would be replicated for the Agile project.
Ans: C
66. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding acceptance of any
deliverables on an Agile Project?
A. The team should allow only senior managers to sign off deliverables
B. The team should get acceptance of project deliverables from the appropriate
stakeholders at least at the end of every timebox / iteration
C. The team should get acceptance of project deliverables from the users during a UAT
phase at the end of the project
D. Acceptance of any particular deliverable on the project is gained from all stakeholders at
the same time.
Ans: B
71. Which one of the following statements is true for Agile projects?
A. All project stakeholders should attend every requirements workshop
B. Retrospectives are only run at the end of a project
C. It is best if project manager facilitates the project’s workshops
D. A facilitator will manage the structure of a facilitated workshop
Ans: D
72. Which one of the following is an important feature of the stand-up / wash up
meeting?
A. Everyone must stand for the whole time
B. The meeting must be short and well structured
C. The Project Manager must ensure it is clear to all which team members are not
performing
D. No-one is allowed to leave the stand-up meeting until all problems raised have been
solved
Ans: B
74. One of the stages you would expect to see a team go through is:
A. Storming
B. Warming
C. Calming
D. Yawning
Ans: A
75. When estimating is done for the project, the solution developers should be:
A. Involved in the process
B. In total control of the process
C. Told what the estimates should be
D. Not making estimates at all
Ans: A
86. What is the risk that an Agile leader takes in empowering the team?
A. The Agile leader might lose their job as the team is doing all the work
B. If the team fails, the Agile leader will not get a performance bonus
C. The Agile leader has less direct control over the team’s work, but still has the
responsibility
D. The Agile leader cannot share the glory of team success
Ans: C
90. In the popular prioritization technique called “MoSCoW”, the “M” stands for:
A. May have
B. Major
C. Must Have
D. Mandatory
Ans: C
91. The working culture of an Agile team is …
A. Collective
B. Collaborative
C. Connective
D. Contemplative
Ans: B
103. If a new requirement emerges once an Agile project is running, it should be:
A. Automatically included in the work of the project
B. Automatically excluded and left until a later project
C. Assessed for importance and, if important to the business, included in the project,
displacing less important requirements
D. Put onto a list for consideration by the wider group of stakeholders after the project has
been completed
Ans: C
105.Which of the following best describes the technique that is used when there is
a desire to make a collective decision among individuals, in a non-judgmental
setting, to discuss a specific agenda item with the goal of coming up with a plan of
action.
A. Release plan meeting
B. Charter review
C. Brainstorming
D. Iteration planning meeting
Ans: C