TCS ASPIRE ALL ASSIGNMENT , TEST.. search 15th April 2018 TCS Agile Methodology questions & Answers | 1. Which of these advocates the anti-gold-plating mechanism of Agile? ‘Ans: Simplicity-the art of maximizing the amount of work not done-is essential 2. Scrum master is responsible for? Ans: The Scrum process being adopted and used properly 3. Which scrum artifact helps in tracking progress? ‘Ans: Sprint burn down chart 4, Ateam is embarking on a release planning exercise. Which of the following is a required output of a release planning exercise? Ans: All of the above (A release backlog with estimates, Stories tentatively allocated to iterations, ‘An initial list of risks and open issues) 5. In Daily Standup, team reports status to Scrum master. Ans: False 6. Itis mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each sprint Ans: False 7. Who owns quality in a Scrum team? ‘Ans: Scrum team 8. A sustainable pace means? ‘Ans: The team Should establish a velocity which can be sustained within normal working hours 9. Definition of Done is only a Story Ans: False 10. A good scrum team should exhibit the following desirable qualities? Ans: The team is self-organizing 11. Poker planning isa size estimation technique Ans: True 12, What would you expect to see on the back of a story card? Ans: Acceptance criteria 113, Which of the following statements is correct regarding deliverables from an Agile project? ‘Ans: The products are of good quality, have a faster time to market and meet customer's exact needs14, Which of the following options is correct about the changing requirements in software development? Ans: Inevitable 15, The 3Cs of an user story are Ans: Card. Conversation, Confirmation 16. Who should attend Scrum retrospective? ‘Ans: Entire scrum team 17. Release Planning is a practice from Scrum? Ans: False 18, Agile methods mostly focus on which of the following options? ‘Ans: Producing value, both current and future 19, What are the three levels of planning that MOST agile teams are concerned with? Ans: Release, Iteration, Day 20. As product owner, which of the listed guidelines should you follow while creating the Product Backlog? Ans: (a) Split high priority customer requirements that are too big into multiple smaller stories (b) Update the Product Backlog whenever the customer or development team comes up with new requirements (©) Prioritize the requirements based on business value and risk 21. An Agile team. Ans: Collaborates and supports its team members 22. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length? ‘Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the project into consideration 23, The team is having the first Sprint Planning meeting. What are the activities that the team_ must perform during the meeting? Ans: (b) Team members should decide upon the work they can commit to in the sprint (d) The team should split the selected stories into sprint backlog tasks 24, Your team is working on a Backlog. Assume that the developers have already estimated the stories in the Backlog and have come up with 150 story points. The team's historical velocity is at 20 story points per 2 weeks iteration, How many iterations will be needed to finish a theme? ‘Ans: 8 iterations 25, Agile Manifesto has 4 values and..... principles? Ans: 12.0 26. Product owner and Scrum master can be the same person Ans: False27. Pair Programming is a XP Practice? Ans: True 28, The time box for a daily scrum is? ‘Ans: 15 min 29. You are hired to paint an unfamiliar house. Let's suppose you estimate the effort on painting each of the smaller bedrooms to be worth 5 points. What would be your estimate for the master bedroom if itis about twice the size of the smaller bedrooms? ‘Ans: 10 points 30. If there is a significant defect open on last day of sprint, from definition of Done Perspective, is the sprint end increment DONE? Ans: No its not DONE 31. Your project has a very aggressive timeline and has adopted the Agile(SCRUM) way of working. What techniques can help in better learning and sharing? Ans: All of these (Organize frequent knowledge sharing sessions, Paired responsibi Conduct retrospectives at the end of each sprint) 32, The Product owner in an Agile project. Ans: Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of features, but he/she has the final decision 33. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length? ‘Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the project into consideration 34, How many roles are defined in a scrum? Ans: 3.0 35, Which of the following are attributes of an Agile team? ‘Ans: All of these (Courage to change and adapt, Trust to fellow team members to do the work, Responsiveness to change) 36. The recommended approach to design in an Agile project is: Ans: Just enough design upfront 37. During a sprint the developers should be? ‘Ans: Able to contact to the Product Owner to clarify different aspects of the work 38, What is Kanban? ‘Ans: A visible chart of work to do, work in progress and work done 39. The Agile way is... ‘Ans: To produce working product of the right quality, early and incrementally 40. What does NOT match with Agile manifesto? ‘Ans: Processes and tools over individuals and interactions41. In the popularization technique called "MoSCoW’, the "M" stands for? ‘Ans: Must Have 42, The reason for holding regular Retrospectives is: ‘Ans: It allows learning which can be used to improve team performance 43, A development team determines that it has over-committed itself for a sprint. In such a situation, who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the work selected? ‘Ans: The Product Owner and the Development team ‘44, What do all Agile approaches have in common? ‘Ans: Iterative and incremental development 45, During an estimation meeting 3 team members are making an estimation for a story. Individually they estimate the story at 1, 3 and & story points. Which estimate should they use? ‘Ans: They should continue discussing the story until their estimates gets closer 46. The Agile process. ‘Ans: Encourages the team to meet regularly 47, Team A finished 43 story points in its last two-week iteration. Team B is working on a separate project and has twice as many developers. It also completed 43 story points in its last ‘two-week iteration. What does it imply? ‘Ans: You cannot say anything for sure 48, The Agile approach to documentation is: ‘Ans: Do the necessary documentation to support the development and use of the product 49, Scrum master is introducing scrum to new development team. The development team feels a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the scrum master take? ‘Ans: Begin facilitating productive, useful retrospectives 50. An Agile approach advocates which of the following approaches? Ans: Get something business-valuable delivered as quickly as possible, consistent with the right level of quality 51, Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? ‘Ans: The consistency reduces complexity and overhead 52, What is the purpose of sprint burn down chart? ‘Ans: It is used to measure how much work is left to be done 53, Daily standup meetings are not recommended for small items Ans: False 54, Who is respon: Ans: Product Owner le for Product backlog? 58, The person who addressed ill defined or tricky problems as wicked problems? Ans: Horst Rittel