DASSM Online Practice Questions and Answers

The primary purpose of creating a minimally viable product (MVP) is to:

A. Commit to continuous improvement by adding value

B. Establish the validity of a hypothesis by putting a prototype in front of customers

C. Finalize the product design through a series of experiments

D. Create a marketable product complete with useful features

Which artifact collects all the work flowing to the team?

A. Business backlog

B. Iteration backlog

C. Product backlog

D. Release roadmap

True or False: The FLOW view for Disciplined Agile means that there are no starts and stops in any DA project

A. True

B. False

All of the following are key principles to keep in mind as the team chooses and evolves it's Way of Working (WoW) except:

A. Pragmatism

B. Delight customers

C. Choice is good

D. Context counts

The architecture of a product is usually proven in which phase of a project?

A. Elaboration

B. Construction

C. Inception

D. Transition

Which of the following is one of the 4 views of Disciplined Agile?

A. Mindset

B. Enterprise

C. Technology

D. Goals

Which of the following is not a responsibility of the team members in a disciplined agile team?

A. Set appropriate expectations about release timings with the customer

B. Self-organize

C. Evolve their way of working

D. Evolve the architecture with help of architecture owner

Which of the following best expresses the meaning of a Value Stream Map?

A. The physical movement of parts or people in a process

B. A pictorial representation of the organization's product or offerings

C. A method used to quantify the return on investment for an organization

D. A series of steps that are carried out to deliver something of value to the customer

If you can measure only one thing you should measure the cost of delay. This is reflected in which of the following principles of DA?

A. Keep workloads within capacity

B. Accelerate value delivery

C. Collaborate proactively

D. Optimize flow

What kind of metrics are favored in Disciplined Agile projects according to the Disciplined agile manifesto and principles?

A. Automated measures helping to make data driven decisions

B. Subjective measures more than objective measures

C. Scalar measures over trend indicators

D. Individual measures over team measures

True or False: On an Agile team, the Product Owner is the go-to person for business domain information

A. True

B. False

True or False: In a complex adaptive system, it is usually better to have one best practice instead of patterns of good practices

A. True

B. False

Push is when work is:

A. Delayed until later

B. Given to people

C. Expedited to meet a deadline

D. Outsourced to a vendor

Which of the following is NOT an important part of improving the WoW for a team?

A. Do the best you can

B. Stick to a method once you discover it

C. Always try to get better

D. Start where you are

True or False: To understand a complex adaptive system, the best way is to develop a perfect understanding of the individual parts.

A. True

B. False