TOPIC: PMI-ACP Question/Topic of the week : Season-3

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Question 45: Which of the following Scrum event centers on the 'product'?

A ) Daily Standup Meeting
B ) Sprint Planning Meeting
C ) Sprint Review Meeting
D ) Sprint Retrospective Meeting

Correct Answer to Q#45: C

The Sprint Review Meeting is a product-centric meeting held at the end of each sprint where the development team demonstrates the functionality they have completed during the sprint, asks for feedback, and seeks the acceptance of this functionality by the Product Owner.

Reference: Project Management Communication Tools, William Dow, 2015

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Question 46: What is considered the most effective method of communication on an Agile project?

A ) Osmotic Communication
B ) Electronic Communication
C ) Face-to-Face Communication
D ) Virtual Communication

Correct Answer to Q#46: C

Face-to-face communication is the verbal exchange of information by senders and receivers in real time and is considered the most effective form of communication in both Agile Project Management and Traditional Project Management. Collocation helps make Face-to-Face Communication a reality for an Agile project team.

Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming and the Unified Process, Scott Ambler, 2002.

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Question 47: A project team is discussing the priorities associated with different project management methodologies. What would an agile practitioner say is the top priority?

A. Working software and lean documentation
B. Individuals and interactions and lightweight processes and tools
C. Customer satisfaction through delivery of valuable products
D. Responding to change and progressive elaboration of plans

Correct Answer to Q#47: C

Answer and Explanations:

Answer A: Incorrect. While "working software over comprehensive documentation" is one of the four values of the Agile Manifesto, the Agile Manifesto does not indicate working software as the highest priority.

Answer B: Incorrect. "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" is a value of the Agile Manifesto, but it is not the top priority.

Answer C: Correct. This answer choice most closely resembles the highest priority according to the Agile Manifesto which states, "Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software."

Answer D: Incorrect. "Responding to change over following a plan" is one of the four values of the Agile Manifesto. However, the Agile Manifesto does not specify responding to change as the top priority.

Exam Reference: Agile Practice Guide, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, Page(s) 8-9

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Question 48: A product owner and the scrum team members are conducting their first sprint planning meeting. The user stories are read to the team, and the team members have provided estimates to complete these user stories. As the team proceeds to develop the user stories during the sprint, what should the product owner do?

A. Add more features for the team to develop so they can deliver more value
B. Let the team work and answer any questions that might arise during this sprint
C. Shield the team from interruptions and facilitate discussions for the team members
D. Extend the sprint's length if it appears the team cannot complete the work on time

Correct Answer to Q#48: B

Answer and Explanations:

Answer A: Incorrect. Adding more work for the team to complete within the sprint violates the implied agreement between the development team and the product owner.

Answer B: Correct. Letting the team work and answering any questions that might arise during the sprint reflects the commitment that the developers and the product owner have made.

Answer C: Incorrect. Shielding the team from interruptions and facilitating team discussions is among the responsibilities of the scrum master, not the product owner.

Answer D: Incorrect. Sprint length is set at the beginning of the project and typically does not change. Any work items that cannot be completed by the team during the sprint should be returned to the product backlog and rescheduled for the upcoming sprints.

Exam Reference: Agile Practice Guide, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, Page(s) 41; see alsoAgile Game Development with Scrum, Clinton Keith, 2010

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Question 49: Which of the following is not a value stated in the Agile Manifesto?

A ) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
B ) Working software over comprehensive documentation
C ) Customer communication over contract negotiation
D ) Responding to change over following a plan

Correct Answer to Q#49: C

This is a tricky question! Although each of these seems correct, one answer has been changed a bit from the actual words used in the Agile Manifesto.
Answers "A", "B" & "D" are from the Agile Manifesto word for word. The actual words used in the Agile Manifesto for answer "C" are Customer "collaboration" over contract negotiation, rather than Customer "communication" over contract negotiation, and this is why "C" is the correct answer to this question.

It is very important that you study and fully understand these Agile Manifesto values word for word because they help form the foundation of all Agile Project Management activities.

Reference: The Agile Manifesto

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Question 50: What Agile role is sometimes referred to as 'the voice of the customer'?

A ) Scrum Master
B ) Development Team Lead
C ) Product Owner
D ) Project Manager

Correct Answer to Q#50: C

Think about which of these roles has the closest and most frequent contact with the customer on an Agile project. The Product Owner is responsible for bridging the gaps between the customer, business stakeholders, and the development team and is sometimes referred to as 'the voice of the customer'.

Reference: Agile Project Management for Dummies, Mark Layton, 2012 Kevin Reilly

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Question 51: During what Agile meeting is a potentially shippable product increment shown to all interested stakeholders?

A ) Iteration Acceptance Meeting
B ) Iteration Planning Meeting
C ) Iteration Review Meeting
D ) Iteration Retrospective Meeting

Correct Answer to Q#51: C

The Iteration Review Meeting occurs at the end of the iteration where the development team presents the potentially shippable product component they have developed during the current iteration to all interested stakeholders.

Reference: PMI-ACP and Certified Scrum Professional Exam Prep and Desk Reference, John Stenbeck, 2013. Kevin Reilly

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Question 52: On your Agile projects there is sometimes undocumented knowledge or information that is only known by certain project team members, and is usually kept to themselves. What is the name of this type of knowledge?

A ) Common Knowledge
B ) Shared Knowledge
C ) Tacit Knowledge
D ) Tribal Knowledge

Correct Answer to Q#52: C

Undocumented knowledge or information that people keep to themselves on an Agile project team without wanting to share with the rest of the team is known as Tacit Knowledge.

Reference: The Connected Leader: Creating Agile Organisations for People, Performance and Profit, Emmanuel Gobillot, 2006.

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Question 53: Stakeholders want to understand what progress an agile team has made in their last iteration. What should stakeholders review to determine this information?

A. The team's velocity chart
B. The results of the spike
C. Product backlog
D. Fishbone slices

Correct Answer to Q#53: A

A velocity chart shows the amount of value delivered in each iteration allowing the stakeholders to understand what progress the team has made during the iteration.

Exam Reference:

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Examination Content Outline, 2014, Tracking team performance; see also confluence.atlassian.com/agile/jira-agil...g-the-velocity-chart

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Question 54: A cross-functional agile team has experienced many disruptions in recent sprints since various members needed time off due to planned holidays and unplanned absences for personal reasons. What should the team have done differently?

A. Increased specialization among team members
B. Engaged in more planning
C. Provided for more safety in estimates
D. Shortened the sprint length during the project

Correct Answer to Q#54: C

On average through the course of all the sprints, some amount of time allocated for unplanned events (such as team taking time off) needs to be included as a safety in the team’s estimates.

Reference: Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn, 2005, Reflecting Uncertainty in Estimates; see also www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/sprint...ots-of-interruptions

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Question 55: An agile team is estimating the level of effort necessary to complete their user stories. They decide to make the assumption that the team members will not have any interruptions to project work and will be productive 100% of the time. Which of the following is the team using?

A. Real time
B. Relative size
C. Ideal size
D. Ideal time

Correct Answer to Q#55: D

Answer and Explanations:

Answer A: Incorrect. Real time, which is sometimes called real days or actual days, refers to the actual time during each day that the team members are available and are productively working on specific agile project tasks. Real time takes into account the reality that the team will not be productive 100% of the time.

Answer B: Incorrect. Relative size is the recommended 'sizing unit' to use for requirements size estimation on an agile project. This sizing unit allows for the estimation of the 'level of effort' a user story will take to complete, relative to the other user stories that will be performed on an agile project. The question describes a different method of estimating the level of effort.

Answer C: Incorrect. ‘Ideal size’ is a made up term and not a recognized sizing unit for estimating the level effort required to complete a task necessary to complete a user story.

Answer D: Correct. Ideal time is where the assumption is made that the agile project team members will have no interruptions in their work, such as checking email or attending meetings and will be 100% productive every hour of every day.

Exam Reference: Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn, 2005

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Question 56: An agile coach noticed that team members are afraid to ask questions, do not collaborate with each other, and avoid taking responsibility for their actions. What is the most likely reason for such behavior among the team members?

A ) Fear of conflict
B ) Lack of leadership
C ) Avoidance of accountability
D ) Absence of job security

Correct Answer to Q#56: A

Fear of conflict is one of the main reasons for team members to avoid taking responsibility, to be afraid to ask questions, and not to collaborate with each other.

Reference: Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, Lyssa Adkins, 2010, Coach as Conflict Navigator

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Question 57: You and your Agile project team are currently demonstrating a potentially shippable product increment to you project stakeholders. What Agile meeting are you conducting?

A ) Review Meeting
B ) Daily Standup Meeting
C ) Retrospective Meeting
D ) Deliverables Meeting

Correct Answer to Q#57: A

At the end of each iteration, you and your project team will demonstrate a potentially shippable product increment to your project stakeholders. This occurs during an Iteration Review Meeting.

Reference: The Concise Executive Guide to Agile, Israel Gat, 2010.

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Question 58: An agile team has decided to create an artifact to demonstrate the product increment for the purpose of gathering feedback from the stakeholders. How should the project team accomplish this task?

A. Construct a wireframe
B. Build a prototype
C. Develop a persona
D. Utilize a template

Correct Answer to Q#58: B

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of a product to explore the basic size, look and feel of a product without simulating the detailed functionality of the product. A prototype can be used to demonstrate the product increment and gather feedback from the stakeholders, making this choice the best answer to the question asked.

Exam Reference: Agile Practice Guide, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, Page(s) 20-23; see also Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products - 2nd Edition, Jim Highsmith, 2009

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Question 59: Extreme Programming (XP) defines four basic activities that are performed during the software development process. These include designing, coding, testing and ... ?

A ) Collaborating
B ) Leveling
C ) Communicating
D ) Listening

Correct Answer to Q#59: D

The four basic activities of XP that are performed during the software development process are:
1) Listening to the customer to determine what they want and also to your fellow development team members.
2) Designing the code based on your team's understanding of the requirements resulting from Listening to the customer and your team.
3) Coding because the end product of the development effort is based on programming the code.
4) Testing the code that has been programmed to deliver the highest quality code as close to bug-free as feasible.

Reference: Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition), Kent Beck, 2004..

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Question 60: A project team is discussing the priorities associated with different project management methodologies. What would an agile practitioner say is the top priority?

A. Working software and lean documentation
B. Individuals and interactions and lightweight processes and tools
C. Customer satisfaction through the delivery of valuable products
D. Responding to change and progressive elaboration of plans

Correct Answer to Q#60: C

This answer choice most closely resembles the highest priority according to the Agile Manifesto which states, "Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software."

Exam Reference: Agile Practice Guide, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, Page(s) 8-9

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Question 61: According to Lean Manufacturing, which of the following terms refers to a set of unfinished work that produces no business value?

A ) Work In Process
B ) Work in Transition
C ) Work In Stagnation
D ) Work In Progress

Correct Answer to Q#61: A

Work in Process is a Lean Manufacturing term that refers to the set of unfinished items being developed or waiting in the backlog that produce no business value until they are fully completed. Work in Progress is a more general term that is not specific to Lean Manufacturing and refers to any work for which you are actively performing tasks at any given moment.

Reference: Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, Mary and Tom Poppendieck, 2003

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Question 62: Variance and Trend Analysis is a technique used on Agile projects to reduce risk. What type of Agile Risk Management is Variance and Trend Analysis considered?

A ) Organic Risk Management
B ) Organizational Risk Management
C ) Optimal Risk Management
D ) Overt Risk Management

Correct Answer to Q#62: D

Overt Risk Management is the implementation of risk management techniques on your Agile project to explicitly identify, track and create risk responses plans for project risks. Organic Risk Management is the amount of risk reduced on your project inherently by implementing Agile best practices. Organizational Risk Management and Optimal Risk Management are not terms recognized in Agile.

Reference: The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility, Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick, 2008.

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Question 63: You are performing integrated testing on each of the different product increments developed during each iteration so far to ensure that they work together as a whole. What type of iteration is this?

A ) Hybrid Iteration
B ) Hardening Iteration
C ) Heuristic Iteration
D ) Handoff Iteration

Correct Answer to Q#63: B

A Hardening Iteration is an iteration that Agile project teams use to perform integrated testing on each of the different product increments developed during each iteration so far to ensure that they work together as a whole.

Reference: Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum, Craig Larman & Bas Vodde, 2010

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Question 64: A team lead is currently demonstrating a potentially shippable product increment for project stakeholders. Which agile meeting is being conducted?

A. Iteration review meeting
B. Daily standup meeting
C. Iteration retrospective meeting
D. Iteration deliverables meeting

Correct Answer to Q#64: A

The iteration review meeting is a product-oriented meeting held at the end of the iteration to demonstrate product increments completed within that iteration.

Exam Reference: Agile Practice Guide, Project Management Institute Inc., 2017, Page(s) 55; see also PMI-ACP Exam Prep, 2nd Edition: A Course in a Book for Passing the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Exam, Mike Griffiths, 2012, Iterations

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Question 65: You are currently on an Agile project team developing a new bar code scanning device for a major drug store retailer and are currently creating user stories. One project team member is very strong-willed and is constantly trying to exert his influence over others to sway them to his way of thinking. This is an example of?

A ) Dominating
B ) Influencing
C ) Dictating
D ) Anchoring

Correct Answer to Q#65: D

Anchoring occurs when undue influence is exerted by an individual on an Agile project team to sway the other team members to their way of thinking.

Reference: The Smart Swarm: How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Using the Secrets of Flocks, Schools, and Colonies, Peter Miller, 2011.

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Question 66: Frequently integrating new and updated software code on an Agile project is called?

A ) Constant Integration
B ) Contiguous Integration
C ) Consistent Integration
D ) Continuous Integration

Correct Answer to Q#66: D

Continuous Integration is a technique used in Extreme Programming dictating that all updates to the application source code base be integrated and tested at least once per day.

Reference: Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition, Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres, 2004.