PMI-ACP Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which are some of the most important benefits of an Agile team sitting together in a co-located, open environment?

A. Osmotic communication is reduced; space is used more efficiently; groups work together more effectively, and team dynamics are improved.

B. Costs are reduced as the need for conference rooms decreases, and the team can keep track of where members are more accurately.

C. Team members can be held more accountable for their time and effort, and pair programming is easier as people have less distance to move to sit with their partner.

D. Communication is improved; wait-time and rework are reduced; barriers between groups break down, and groups gain respect for each other professionally.

On an Agile team, the project leader works to remove impediments from blocking the team's progress. This is known as what type of leadership?

A. Servant

B. Command and control

C. Consensus-driven

D. Functional management

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an Agile plan?

A. Follows rolling wave planning approach

B. Are top down

C. Easy to change D. Shows dependencies of one task to others

Which of the following testing is done manually by the XP team?

A. Regression testing

B. Unit testing

C. Integration testing

D. Exploratory testing

What Agile planning artifact is created by the Product Owner and the development team?

A. Product Vision

B. Product Roadmap

C. Release Plan

D. Sprint Plan

E. Daily Plan

Sprints lengths can vary each Sprint as long as they don't exceed a month.

A. True

B. False

Scrum is a container for other techniques and methodologies.

A. True

B. False

How often should Development Team members change?

A. No more than every three Sprints

B. Never

C. Each Sprint

D. As needed

How does the Scrum Master provide the most value to the Team?

A. By facilitating discussions between the Product Owner and the Development Team

B. Ensuring time-boxes are kept

C. Removing impediments to the Development Team

D. Scheduling Scrum events

Based upon this Burndown chart, is this project ahead of schedule or behind schedule?

A. Ahead of schedule

B. Behind schedule

Which of the following is NOT considered an enterprise Agile method?

A. DAD

B. XP

C. LeSS

D. SAFe

During a retrospective, team members suggest process improvement ideas. The agile team lead knows that, while many of these ideas are different from standard practices, a few of them are good. What should the agile team lead do?

A. Require the team to try only those ideas that will ensure success.

B. Allow the team to try ideas, but remind them that results will be reviewed by high-ranking executives.

C. Associate idea successes and failures with the team's incentive plan to ensure accountability.

D. Encourage the team to try the ideas, even if failure may be the outcome.

An organization initiates a pilot project to introduce agile methodology for the successful delivery of projects.

What should the project manager do to share this project's knowledge and learning with wider organizational business groups?

A. Invite people from across the organization to attend daily stand ups

B. Invite people from across the organization to attend retrospectives

C. Invite people from across the organization to attend the release meeting and project retrospectives

D. Regularly meet with people across the organization to share the project's lessons learned and best practices

During a team meeting, members who are subject matter experts (SMEs) mention that they are continuously working on repetitive tasks, which has lowered motivation. What should the agile practitioner do?

A. Organize a team-building activity to improve team morale

B. Have team members work in pairs to learn from each other and develop new skills

C. Ask team members to perform a value stream analysis of their activities

D. Add more resources to the team to help with the tasks

An agile team is under pressure to deliver an application. The product owner anticipates many change requests from customers once the product is released? What should the agile team do?

A. Demand frequent product reviews by the product owner

B. Continuously work with the product owner to do backlog refinement and product reviews

C. Have the product owner provide detailed requirement specifications to ensure the proper features are delivered

D. During the planning session, ensure the team is committed to deliver within the specifications