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PRACTICE EXAM: 1 1. Story size cannot be specified as one of the following A. Ideal days, B. Actual days, C. Story points. D. Iteration Days

2. One of the following is not agile tooling, A. Elevator statement. B. Product data sheet. C. RACI Matrix. D. Product Vision Box.

3. One of the below is not a valid step in value stream mapping, A. Define the current state B. Clarify the current opportunity C. Depict the future state D. Realize the value by the customer.

4. Which One of the below questions not asked in the daily stand up Meeting? A. What have you done since last meeting? B. Check the product status from all the members of an agile team. C. What you are planning to do between Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers now and next meeting? D. Is there any obstacle on the way?

5. One of the following is not a valid Retrospective Structure. A. Set the stage. B. Gather Data. C. Swap time. D. Close the Retrospective.

6. Not a valid agile empirical process. A. Transparency. B. Inspection. C. Adoption. D. Validation.

7. One of the following is not a valid job role of agile manager. A. Ensure the process is followed. B. Shields the team from interruptions. C. Assign jobs to the team. D. Remove impediments that blocks progress.

8. PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Act) cycle is created by A. Maslow. B. Tuchman. C. Deming. D. Ishikawa.

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9. One of the below is not a valid step in active listening, A. Listening. B. Understanding. C. Leaving early. D. Responding.

10. Not a valid agile manifesto A. Process and tools over individuals and interactions. B. Working software over comprehensive documentation. C. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. D. Responding to change over following a plan.

11. Not a characteristic of project charter A. Charter names the project manager and gives authority to them to apply resources. B. Charter is a high level document and does not include project details. C. Project charter must be signed by the project manager and stakeholders and reviewed by the product owner. D. The charter should include critical success factors.

12. Not a primary role in scrum A. Product owner. B. The team. C. Project manager. D. Scrum master.

13. Not one of the XP roles A. XP coach. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers B. XP customer. C. XP Tester. D. Product Owner.

14. Choose the one given in the list, which is not a valid Lean principle, A. Eliminate waste. B. Collective code ownership. C. Deliver as early as possible. D. Empower the team.

15. Schedule variance can be calculated as, A. EV - AC (earned value - Actual cost). B. EV/AC (Earned value / Actual cost). C. EV - PV (schedule variance = Earned value - Planned value). D. EV/ PV (earned value/ planned value).

16. TDD (test driven development) is characterized by A. Test, code, deliver. B. Test, code, configure, and deliver. C. Test, code, refactor, and deliver. D. Test, code, recode, and deliver.

17. Not one of the valid step in the FDD (Feature driven development) Framework, A. Develop the model. B. Plan by feature. C. Validate the feature.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. Design by feature.

18. In agile responsibility for prioritizing user stories belong to, A. Belongs to the combined effort of product owner and the team. B. Belongs to the team only. C. Belongs to the product owner. D. It is the responsibility of scrum master.

19. In XP 2 programmers work in pairs is called as A. Pair programming. B. Extreme programming. C. Parallel Programming. D. Job shadowing.

20. During the Retrospective session, few issues were found. The person is responsible for to resolve all the issues? A. Scrum master. B. Product owner. C. The entire team. D. Project manager.

21. The meetings held at the end of the iteration, which is product based A. Daily standup meeting. B. Team meeting. C. Review meeting. D. Retrospective meeting.

22. One of the following is not a feedback cycle in agile Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. Project Planning meeting. B. Iteration Review meeting. C. Retrospective meeting. D. Daily standup meeting.

23. One of the following is not related to the core principles of Kanban development, A. Limit WIP (work in progress). B. Pair Programming. C. Visualize the flow D. Improve collaboratively.

24. One of the choices are not a valid hierarchy of requirements from large to small, A. Feature user story task B. Epic feature user story task C. Feature epic user story task D. Task user story Feature.

25. One of the technique used to eliminate waste by analyzing the flow of information and materials is called A. Burn up chart. B. Force field analysis. C. Value stream mapping. D. Decomposition.

26. The team meeting used to synchronize their team activities and report any impediments that blocks the progress is called, A. Product Demo. B. Daily standup meeting.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Retrospective meeting. D. Status meeting.

27. The best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from one of the following, A. Product owner. B. Scrum master. C. Self-organizing teams. D. From Subject matter experts.

28. Calculate the process efficiency of the below process, 1 hour meeting has taken 5 minutes to prepare the contents and send email, 3 minutes to book the conference room. A. 95% B. 96 % C. 88 % D. 25 %

29. The agile principle related to changes, A. Agile isn’t welcoming changes in requirement after the project is started. B. Agile welcome changing requirements, even late in development. C. In agile changes to requirements would go through strict change control process and get approval from many departments. D. In agile before the project start the requirements are finalized and base lined. All changes go through the change control process.

30. According to agile manifesto, which one of the below is valid combination related to individuals and interactions, A. Over following a plan. B. Over contract negotiation. C. Over comprehensive documentation. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. Over process and tools.

31. According to agile principle, one of the below is the primary measure of progress, A. Extensive documentation. B. Working software. C. Good architecture. D. Encouraging working environment.

32. One of the below is the usage of 5 Why technique A. To find out the supporting/opposing forces in the organization. B. To ask questions to find out the project status by the agile manager. C. To identify the root-cause. D. To communicate clearly to the team members.

33. One of the tools/techniques used for continuous improvement in the project. A. Planning poker. B. Wideband Delphi. C. Kanban board. D. Affinity estimating

34. ATDD Steps are, A. Discuss, Distill. B. Discuss, Develop. C. Discuss, Demo. D. Discuss, Distill, Develop, and Demo.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 35. Not one of the Responsibilities of product owner, A. They are responsible to write user stories. B. Remove the obstacles/impediments for the team. C. Voice of customer and representing stakeholders and business. D. Prioritize the user stories.

36. The nature of work done on iteration 0 A. No new work is done during this iteration. B. Only the next few iterations are planned in detail, more distant are planned at a higher level. C. Team present work product to stakeholders, so that they can review the product and give feedback. D. To do all those things that your project is ready to start like, develop product backlog, having a release plan.

37. The person who owns the product changes are, A. The team. B. Scrum master. C. The product owner. D. XP team.

38. The timing of sprint retrospective meeting, A. After the Sprint Review. B. After the product review. C. After sprint review and prior to the next sprint planning meeting. D. At the end of every release.

39. The product backlog grooming process is led by whom? A. Product Owner. B. The team. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. XP coach. D. Project Manager.

40. One of the below is not the guideline to improve cycle time A. Build the roadmap as a swarm. B. Select the iteration length that is sustainable. C. Reduce the number of user stories in the iteration. D. Define the metrics for iterations and releases.

41. Your agile team completed 20 story points, in the recent 4 releases. What is your team’s velocity? A. 80 B. 20 C. 5 D. 24

42. In this plan the required features are defined first, and then the release date is calculated later. A. Time boxed B. Scope boxed C. Product vision box D. Product boxed

43. Alright, let’s decide in the parking lot. This argument between 2 team members denotes the following type of conflict. A. Level 1 B. Level 2 C. Level 3 D. Level 5

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 44. The term opposite to information radiator is called, A. Product vision box B. Task board C. Dashboard D. Information Refrigerator.

45. Current iteration ends, and the customer says the product didn’t meet the acceptance criteria. As a scrum master the response is A. Add it in the next iteration backlog. B. Extend the duration of the iteration. C. Cancel the current iteration. D. Ignore the opinion from a customer, since the task is fixed during iteration.

46. In the last iterations your team completed 4 user stories worth of 10 points each, 3 user stories worth of 5 points each, and nearly completed 1 user story which has a worth of 20 storypoints. What is your team’s velocity? A. 75 B. 35 C. 55 D. None of the above.

47. The total number of story points to be completed is 45. Number of team members in the agile team is 6. The velocity of the team is 5. How many iterations will it take for the team to complete the 45 story points? A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 48. Team 1 completes 30 story points in a 2 week iteration. Team 2 completes only 15 story points and it has more team members than team 1. You are the agile manager for both the teams. In this situation, how you can handle? A. Push Team 2 to complete more story points like Team 1. B. Increase the number of resources in the Team 2, to match the story points of Team 1. C. Agree story points completed is different for teams, and it is normal. D. Increase the bonus for Team 2 to motivate them to complete more stories.

49. Result of iteration planning meeting, A. Iteration backlog. B. Product backlog. C. Sprint backlog. D. Risk backlog.

50. John and Peter are working in the same working area. Tim is talking to Peter regarding the changes which aregoing to happen in the organization. Since John and Peter are in the same area, John overheard the conversation. This type ofcommunication in agile is called, A. Indirect communication. B. Osmotic communication. C. Indirect communication. D. Verbal communication.

51. The chart which shows a bird’s eye view of the project, and shows work completed in story points. Used to identify it instantly if there is any deviation from the planned project work. A. Dashboard. B. Burn down chart. C. Burn up chart. D. Kanban board.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 52.In agile development team, the developer estimates the time required to complete an activity, assuming there are no interruptions, so that work can be completed 100% efficiently is called, A. Shuffle Time. B. Cycle Time. C. Actual Days. D. Ideal Time.

53. Valid format of user story, A. Independent, negotiable, valuable,estimable, small, and testable B. As a , I want , so that C. I want . D. As a , I want .

54. Not one of the Agile Manifesto A. Working software is the primarymeasure of progress. B. Customer collaboration over contractnegotiation. C. Responding to Change over following a plan. D. Individuals and Interactions over process and tools.

55. One of the agile framework based on the project size and project criticality. A. XP B. TDD C. Crystal D. Lean

56. In case of distributed team in agile, need to consider A. High communication bandwidth. B. Synchronizing communication. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. None of the above. D. Both A and B.

57. Most effective method of communication. A. Verbal. B. Email communication. C. Face to Face. D. Through web chatting.

58. A tool used to examine organizational factors that are supporting or opposing the change is called, A. SWOT analysis. B. Force Field Analysis. C. Stakeholder Analysis. D. Elevator Statement.

59. One of the following is not common approach used in Brainstorming, A. Planning poker. B. Free for all. C. Silent idea generation. D. Round Robin.

60. Fibonacci sequencing, A. A nonlinear number used in estimation by adding the sum of 2 previous numbers. B. A nonlinear number used in estimation by subtracting the 2 previous numbers. C. A nonlinear number used in estimation by multiplying the 2 previous numbers. D. A nonlinear number used in estimation by dividing the 2 previous numbers.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 61. One of the below is not related to pride related factors in team motivation theory. A. Pride in work. B. Pride in contribution. C. Pride in Job title. D. Pride in accomplishment.

62. The contract type in which it allows customers to end the project and stop paying when they don’t see value in the project. A. Fixed Price Contract. B. Phased development contract. C. Agile iteration contract. D. Time and materials contract.

63. Retrospective Structure has thefollowing elements, A. Set the Stage, B. Gather Data C. Generate Insights D. All of the above.

64. One of the following is not a PMI code of Ethics. A. Responsibility. B. Integrity. C. Respect. D. Fairness.

65. One of the below is a valid customer category in KANO analysis, A. Exciters. B. Satisfiers. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Indifferent. D. All of the above.

66. When agile team members are assigned to multiple projects or assigned to project as well as operational support called as, A. Projectized organization. B. Functionally assigned. C. Fractionally assigned. D. Distributed team.

67. Acronym to use for user story attributes, A. MoSCoW B. DEEP C. DRY D. INVEST

68. Activities to help set the stage in Retrospectives are, A. Check in. B. Working Agreements. C. Focus on/ focus off. D. All of the above.

69. Team based Activities used in the close the retrospective, A. Plus/Delta. B. ROTI (Return on time invested). C. HHH (helped, hindered, hypothesis). D. All of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 70. Success criteria to watch out for once the project is done, A. The project got shipped out of the door. B. Leadership remain intact. C. The project team works the same way again. D. All of the above.

71. Characteristics of high performance team are, A. Self-organized team. B. Truest each other. C. All of the above. D. Participatory decision making.

72. During process analysis anti-patterns to watch out for, A. One size fits all. B. Intolerant. C. Embellished. D. All of the above.

73. ATDD (Acceptance Test-Driven Development) cycle stages are, A. Discuss B. Distill C. Develop D. All of the above.

74. The team formation & situational leadership model which one of the following is not correct. A. Forming (Directing). B. Storming (Coaching).

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Norming (Command). D. Performing (Delegating).

75. Servant leadership roles are, A. Shield team from interruptions. B. Remove obstacles. C. Communicate project vision. D. All of the above.

76. Which of the below are valid XP practices A. Pair programming. B. Collective code ownership. C. Refactoring. D. All of the above.

77. FDD (Feature driven development) steps are, A. Develop overall model. B. Build a feature list. C. Plan by feature. D. All of the above.

78. Crystal methodologies promote the below agile methodologies, A. Osmotic communication. B. Frequent delivery. C. Personal safety. D. All of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 79. Kanban development core principles are, A. Visualize the workflow. B. Limit the WIP (work in progress). C. Manage the flow. D. All of the above.

80. The usage of this iteration at the end of the agile project increases the reliability of the project schedule. A. Iteration 0 B. Hardening iteration. C. Buffer iteration. D. Handoff iteration.

81. A daily meeting happened at the same time and at the same place to discuss 3 questions like what did you do yesterday, what you are planning to do today, and if there any obstacles blocking the way to do the task. This meeting is called as A. Retrospective. B. Product Review meeting. C. Team meeting. D. Daily stand up.

82. A variation in the scrum, which is an enhancement, i.e. scrum with lean thinking is called, A. Lean B. Scrum # C. Scrum ## D. XP.

83. During feature development, one of the below combination of features should be considered first, A. Low value, low risk. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers B. High value, low risk. C. High value, High risk. D. Low value, High risk.

84. One of the below options are not correct for successful agile teams, A. co-located. B. Work is assigned to them. C. Empowered. D. Self-organizing.

85. In the scrum process definition of done is not created by one of them in the list given below, A. Product owner. B. Scrum Master. C. Sponsor D. Team.

86. Project A has the IRR of 20 % and Project B has the IRR of 15 % and project C has the IRR of 25 %. In this option, which project do we need to select based on the IRR? A. A B. B C. C D. None of the above.

87. 2 meetings team held at the end of each iteration. A. Status meeting, Review meeting. B. Review meeting, Retrospective meeting. C. Team meeting, Review meeting. D. Retrospective meeting, Daily stand up meeting. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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88. One of the below is not a feedback cycle in agile, A. Daily standup meeting. B. Team meeting. C. Iteration Review meeting. D. Retrospective meeting.

89. One of the below is not a product owner’s role, A. Single voice of customer. B. Prioritize the product backlog. C. Remove the obstacles for the team. D. Helps to define the user story, and define acceptance criteria.

90. Osmotic communication is achieved through one of the following, A. Through distributed team B. co-location. C. Through video conference. D. Through web chatting like instant messenger.

91. The major phases of Agile unified process (AUP), A. Inception. B. Elaboration. C. Transition. D. All of the above.

92. One of the below is not a crystal principle, A. Frequent delivery.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers B. Pair programming. C. Continual feedback. D. Safety.

93. Criteria for evaluating contract suitability are, A. It must have the project objective. B. Key roles and responsibilities are defined. C. Risks and rewards divided by both the parties. D. All of the above.

94. Which one of the following defines the ground rules? A. All of the below. B. Everyone should come to the office at 9 am. C. Obstacles related to the project, should be discussed in daily stand up meeting. D. Everybody in the team should participate in the daily stand up.

95. The smallest set of functionality that will provide value to the customer is called as, A. Functionality B. MMF (minimum marketable value). C. Profitability. D. Revenue.

96. Which one of the following is true about tacit knowledge? A. Information held by a person about a business, project or activity. B. It is a risk, when it is held by one person. C. Undocumented information. D. All of the above.

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97. Which one of the below about schedule variance is correct, A. Negative schedule variance is desirable. B. Negative schedule variance denotes project is ahead of schedule. C. Negative schedule variance is undesirable, and it denotes project is behind schedule and over budget. D. Negative schedule variance denotes,the project is within the budget.

98. Which one of the below about cost variance is correct, A. A negative cost variance is desirable. B. Negative cost variance denotes project is ahead of schedule. C. A negative cost variance is undesirable, and it denotes project is behind schedule and over budget. D. Negative cost variance denotes the project is within the budget.

99. Which one of the below about the schedule performance index is correct, A. A value less than 1 schedule performance index is desirable. B. A value less than 1 schedule performance index means the project is ahead of schedule. C. A value less than 1 schedule performance index means the project is behind the schedule and undesirable and over budget also. D. Negative schedule performance index denotes the project is within the budget.

100. Which one of the below about thecost performance index is correct, A. A value less than 1 cost performance index is desirable. B. A value less than 1 cost performance index means the project is ahead of schedule. C. A value less than 1 cost performance index means the project is behind the schedule and undesirable and over budget also. D. Negative cost performance index denotes the project is within the budget.

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ANSWERS TO PRACTICE EXAM: 1 1. Answer: D. Explanation: Option D is not the correct option. Story size can be specified in Ideal days, actual days and story points.

2. Answer: C Explanation: RACI Matrix is not used in agile tooling.Elevator statements are brief and can be shared with a fellow elevator passenger,explain the project vision in the short amount of time it takes to ride an elevator from one floor to another. Product Datasheet used to display objectives of the project. It contains 1page summary of key objectives, capabilities, and information needed for the project. It contains graphic images and narrative content, notifying customers about what they can expect in the product.

3. Answer: D. Explanation: Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique used to analyze and design the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service to a consumer. The steps in value stream mapping have identified the value stream target, define the current state, clarify the current opportunity, and depict the future state. Option D is not the valid step in value stream mapping.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 4. Answer: B Explanation: In daily standup meeting 3 questions should be asked in general. 1. What did you work on yesterday? 2. What you are going to work on today? 3. Is there any impediments you are encountering? Option B is wrong. Daily stand up meeting is not for the product status update from team members.

5. Answer: C Explanation: Retrospective structure is as follows, set the stage, gather data, generate insights, and decide what to do, close the retrospective, shuffle time. Option C is not a valid retrospective structure.

6. Answer: D Explanation: Valid agile empirical process are Transparency, inspection and adoption. Option D is not a valid agile empirical process.

7. Answer: C Explanation: Except option C, other choices are valid roles of agile manager. Assign jobs to the team members are not the responsibility of the agile team manager. Team self organizes and assign the tasks between themselves.

8. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct answer. Maslow’s theory is used to motivate people based on the hierarchy of needs. Ishikawa diagram used to find out the root cause of the issue. Team formation is stated by Tuckman model. Plan, Do, check, Act is popularized by Deming.

9. Answer: C Explanation: Active listening steps are listening, understanding, retaining, responding. Leaving early is not a valid step in active listening. Option C is not correct. Option A, B, and D are correct steps in active listening.

10. Answer: A Explanation: Valid agile manifesto for agile software development are, individuals and interactions over process and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Customer collaboration over

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers contract negotiation. Responding to change over following a plan. Option A is not correct. It should be individuals and interactions over process and tools.

11. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is not correct. Other options A, B, and D are valid characteristics of the project charter. Charter names Project manager, and specify critical success factors. It is created based on some need for the organization.

12. Answer: C Explanation: Product owner usually writes the user stories, and responsible for product backlog. They are also responsible for backlog grooming and prioritization of user stories between iterations.The team is responsible for the product which is self-organizing, and tasks are not assigned to them. Scrum Master helps the team to follow process, and remove impediments on the way. Option C is not a valid primary role in the scrum.

13. Answer: D Explanation: The valid XP roles are XP coach, XP customer, XP tracker, XP tester and XP programmer. The product owner is a not a valid XP role. Option D is not correct. Valid options are A, B and C.

14. Answer: B Explanation: The main lean principle is eliminating waste. Valid lean principles are eliminating waste, empower the team, optimize as a whole, decide as late as possible, deliver as early as possible, amplify learning and build integrity in. Option B, which is not a valid, lean principle. It is one of the XP practices.

15. Answer: C Explanation: Schedule variance can be calculated as SV= EV - PV (schedule variance = Earned value Planned value). Option A which is to calculate the CV (cost variance) = EV – AC. Option B used to calculate the cost performance index. Option D is used to calculate the schedule performance index.

16. Answer: C

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Option C is the test driven environment characteristics, which are Test, code, refactor, and deliver. Option A refactor is missing. Option B configure is not the correct choice. Option D also not correct.

17. Answer: C Explanation: FDD (feature driven development) framework consists of this below steps, Develop the model, build a feature list, Plan by feature, design by feature, and build by feature. Validate the feature is not a valid FDD framework. Option C is not a valid FDD framework from the choices.

18. Answer: A Explanation: Option A is correct choice. The responsibility for prioritizing the user stories belongs to the joint effort of the team and product owner. Option B, Option C and Option D are not correct.

19. Answer: A Explanation: It is called pair programming. One pair writes the code and the other pair reviews the code. It helps reducing the defects in the programs.

20. Answer: C Explanation: Issues found during retrospectives are process based. This issue needs to be resolved by the entire agile team. Option C is the correct answer.

21. Answer: C Explanation: Product based meeting, which is held at the end of each iteration is called Review meeting. The retrospective meeting is held at the end of all iteration and it is process based. Agile Team identifies the ways to improve its performance through retrospective. Agile team has daily stand up meeting, which occurs daily at the same time, same place for 15 minutes to synchronize team member’s activities. It won’t happen at the end of the iteration. Option A, B and D are not valid choices.

22. Answer: A Explanation: Retrospective is one of the feedback cycle, which is used to improve the team performance. Daily stand up meeting also one of the agile feedback cycle and is conducted mainly to synchronize team member’s activities. It is used to identify the issues before they become problematic. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers At the Iteration Review meeting, team present work product to stakeholders, so that they can review the product and give feedback. Option A is not a valid feedback cycle in agile.

23. Answer: B Explanation: Option B relates to pair programming. 5 core principles of Kanban development are Limit WIP,Visualize the flow, manage the flow, make project policies explicit, and improve collaboratively.

24. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is not a valid hierarchy of requirements from large to small. Other options A, B and C are valid hierarchy of requirements from large to small. Task represents the smallest breakdown of work. User stories are divided into smaller manageable tasks.

25. Answer: C Explanation: Value Stream mapping is a technique in lean manufacturing to analyze the flow of materials and information required to deliver a product. Option C is correct. Burn up chart shows work completed in story points. This chart is not related to analyzing the flow of materials to eliminate waste. Force field analysis is a tool used to examine organizational factors that are supporting or opposing the change. It considers the organization’s driving and restraining forces & it is also not related. Dividing the user stories, into smaller, manageable tasks is called decomposition and this choice also not a valid choice.

26. Answer: B Explanation: Product Demo occurs last day of the iteration. The purpose of the meeting is for the team to show the customers and stakeholders the work they have done in the current iteration. The meeting is facilitated by the product owner. The activity that a team review its performance for the purpose of improving its performance. Held at the end of every iteration. Process centric meeting. During the retrospective, the team reflects on what happened in the iteration and identifies actions for improvement going forward. A daily standup meeting is to synchronize team member’s activities. Option B is the correct choice.

27. Answer: C Explanation:According to the agile principle, the best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. Option C is the correct choice. All other options are not correct.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 28. Answer: C Explanation:Process cycle efficiency can be calculated as Total value added time/Total cycle time. Value added time is 60 minutes. Total cycle time (5+ 3+ 60). So process cycle efficiency 60/68 = 88 %. Option C is the correct answer.

29. Answer: B Explanation: As per the agile principle, welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile process harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage. Option B is correct. Option A is not a valid agile principle. Agile naturally fits into changes are normal, and no need for strict change control process to get approval for changing requirements. Option D relates to waterfall projects.

30. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is correct. Individuals and Interactions over process and tools. Other options A, B and C are not correct.

31. Answer: B Explanation: According to the agile principle, working software is the primary measure of progress. Documentation also needed, only barely sufficient is enough. Good architecture, and encouraging working environment are not the valid choices. Option B is the correct answer.

32. Answer: A Explanation: Option A, is called the force-field analysis, which is used to find out the supporting and opposing forces in the organization during the introduction of changes or during the introduction of agile concepts. Option B is not correct. 5 why’s not asked to find out the project status. Option D also not correct. 5 why’s are asked to find out the root-cause of the issue.

33. Answer: C Explanation: Planning poker is one of the agile technique used to estimate the story points of a user story. It is used for estimation, and not used for continuous improvement. Wideband Delphi is a consensus based estimating technique, in which the estimators known each other and it is not the tool used for continuous improvement. Option D also not correct, Affinity estimating is an agile estimation technique, which is used for quickly estimating the relative work effort of a large number of user stories. Kanban board is a tool, which is used for continuous improvement. Using this value stream map can be created. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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34. Answer: D Explanation: In ATDD, we need to write test code before product code. The steps in ATDD are Discuss, Distill, Develop and Demo. Other options A, B, and C are not correct.

35. Answer: B Explanation: Option A, C, and D are the responsibilities of the product owner. Option B, which is to remove the impediments for the team is not the responsibility of the product owner. It is the responsibility of Scrum Master.

36. Answer: D Explanation: In a hardening iteration, the team stops focusing on delivering new features, and instead spends their time on stabilizing the system and getting it ready to be released. Option A is for Hardening iteration. Option B, Rolling wave planning is to plan the next few iterations in detail, more distant are planned at a higher level. Option C is related to Product Demo. Option D is the correct answer. Iteration Zero is an iteration where you set up all the servers, make sure we have a release plan, develop a product backlog, and in general do all those things that your project is ready to start.

37. Answer: C Explanation: Option A, the team owns the process changes through the retrospective process. Scrum master support the remove impediments for the team, and make sure the process is followed. The product owner is responsible for the changes related to the product and they represent customers. Option D is not the correct choice.

38. Answer: C Explanation: Sprint retrospective held after the sprint review and prior to the next sprint planning meeting. Option A, B, and D are not correct.

39. Answer: A Explanation: backlog grooming is the effort led by product owner, and supported by the team. Option A is the correct answer. It is supported by the team, scrum master and all. Option C XP coach, Option D, Project manager are not correct choices.

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40. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is not correct. To improve the cycle time, we should not reduce the user stories in the iteration. Option A, B and D are the guidelines to improve the cycle time.

41. Answer: B Explanation: Average numbers of story points completed per iteration are called velocity. In this case the as an average of 20 story points completed in the latest 4 releases. So the team velocity is 20. Correct Answer: B. other choices are not correct.

42. Answer: B Explanation: In a Time boxed plan, work cannot take more than the maximum amount of time defined. The product vision box contains graphic images and narrative content; notify customers what they can expect in the product. It is one of the agile tools used. There is no term called product boxed in agile. The correct answer is B. In the scope boxed plan the features are defined first, and then the release date is calculated.

43. Answer: D Explanation: Level 5 conflict. (Not resolvable, better separate the members). The correct option is Level 5 Conflict, which is option D. Other choices are not correct. Level 1 conflict: Problem to solve (It is based on a problem, not moved towards the individual persons). Level 2 conflict: Disagreement (It is not related to the problem now. It is getting personal, and self-protection is important at this level). Level 3 Conflict: Contest (It moved beyond the issues now. People taking sides and supporting their side in the arguments). Level4 conflict: Fight or Flight (resolving the issue is not the goal at this level. It becomes like it is either us or the opposite group). Level 5 Conflict: World War (issues not the matter now. Not resolvable, better separate the members).

44. Answer: D Explanation: The term opposite to information radiator is called information refrigerator. The product vision box contains graphic images and narrative content; notify customers what they can expect in the product. It is one of agile tools used. The dashboard is also one type of information radiator. A dashboard is a type of information radiator that uses the red, green, yellow colors that indicates the status of the project. Task board is the information radiator used by teams in their standup meetings to focus their discussions on the necessary topics.

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45. Answer: A Explanation:Once we get the feedback from customers, regarding the product didn’t meet the acceptance criteria required by customers, then scrum master need to add it in the next iteration backlog. Option B is not correct; usually we won’t extend the duration, to update the product features required by customers. Option C also not correct. The current iteration should not be cancelled to accommodate the requested changes. Option D also not correct. As a scrum master, we can’t say, during the fixed iteration task is fixed.

46. Answer: C Explanation:Nearly completed story is not taken into account for velocity calculation. So the velocity is (4*10 + 3*5 = 40 + 15 = 55).

47. Answer: D Explanation:Total number of story points/velocity (45/5 =9). The team will complete the story points in 9 iterations.

48. Answer: C Explanation: Different teams completes different story points during the iteration. We should not compare the story points between the teams. Each project is different, and each team has a different meaning / complexity of the definition of story point. So option C is the correct option. Other options are not correct.

49. Answer: A Explanation: Iteration backlog is the result of the iteration planning meeting. Sprint backlog is the result of sprint planning meeting. Option D is not correct.

50. Answer: B Explanation: The way team members overhear and absorb communication in their working environment is called Osmotic communication. Option B is correct. Other Options A, C, and D are not correct.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Burn up chart shows both planned work and completed work during an iteration & it shows the project from a bird’s eye point of view. It tracks the progress of the project towards completion. It used to identify if there is any deviation from the planned project work. Option C is the correct choice. The dashboard shows the day-to-day information that the team provides, so that the management knows about the project. Burn down chart shows the work remaining in story points or ideal days in a project. Kanban board is a tool used for continuous improvement.

52. Answer: D Explanation: Option A is shuffle time, which is the time taken to shift between activities or during meetings. Cycle time is the time taken for the work from start to finish. Time required to complete an activity that considers typical interruptions, that results in efficiency below 100% is called Actual Days. Ideal Time is the time required to complete an activity, assuming there are no interruptions, so that work can be completed 100% efficiently. Option D is the correct option.

53. Answer: B Explanation: Option A is the attributes of the user story. Option B is the format of the user story. Option C and Option D are not correct options.

54. Answer: A Explanation: Option A is not an agile manifesto. It is one of the 12 agile principles.

55. Answer: C Explanation: Crystal is the agile framework based on the project size and project criticality. The framework contains Crystal clear, Crystal yellow, Crystal orange, Crystal Red and Crystal Maroon. The framework depends on the team size and criticality of the project, it moves from Clear to Maroon. Correct Choice Option C. XP is the framework emphasizes the practice of collective ownership, continuous integration and pair programming. In TDD First the developer writes an (failing) test case that defines a desired improvement, then produces the minimum amount of code to pass that test, and finally refactor the new code. Lean focus on value stream mapping. Eliminate waste is the core principle of ;ean. Option C is the correct Choice.

56. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. In distributed teams the key factors to consider are high communication bandwidth, and synchronizing communication. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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57. Answer: C Explanation: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. It is one of the agile principle. Option C is the correct Answer.

58. Answer: B Explanation: Option A SWOT analysis, used in strategic planning. Stakeholders are those whoever has an interest in the project happening in the organization. Stakeholder analysis is not a valid option. Elevator statements are brief and can be shared with a fellow elevator passenger, explain the project vision in the short amount of time it takes to ride an elevator from one floor to another, which is not correct. Force field analysis considers driving and opposing forces. Force field analysis is a tool used to examine organizational factors that are supporting or opposing the change.

59. Answer: A Explanation: Brainstorming is a collaborative activity for the purpose of generating creative ideas. It is the group effort to find a solution for the problem by gathering ideas spontaneously given by the team. The 3 approaches used in brainstorming are free-for-all, silent idea generation and round robin. Planning poker -One of the agile technique used to estimate the story points of a user story. Option A is not the approach used in brainstorming.

60. Answer: A Explanation: A nonlinear number, which the next number is derived by adding the previous 2 numbers. The reason for using the Fibonacci sequence is to reflect the uncertainty in estimating larger items. Option A is the correct choice. The remaining choices are not correct.

61. Answer: C Explanation: The pride related factors used in team motivation are pride in work, pride in the contribution and pride in accomplishment. Pride in Job Title is not a valid motivation, pride related factor in team motivation. Option C is the correct answer.

62. Answer: D

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: In a fixed-price contract is a contract where the amount of payment does not depend on the amount of resources or time expended on the project. The phased development project is funded on a quarterly basis. The Agile iteration contract is the one based on the team agreed to deliver the product with the specified quality at the end of the iteration, and at the same time product owner not changing the priorities during the iteration. In Time & materials contract, allows customers to end the project and stop paying when they don’t see value in the project. Option D is the correct option.

63. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct Answer. Retrospective structure contains set the Stage, Gather Data, Generate insights, decide what to do, close the Retrospective, Shuffle time.

64. Answer: B Explanation: From the choices option B is not a valid PMI code of Ethics. The valid PMI code of ethics are Responsibility, Respect, Fairness and Honesty.

65. Answer: D Explanation: Kano analysis used to classify the customer preference into 4 categories as Exciters, Satisfiers, Dissatisfiers, and indifferent. (Exciters) The features delivered give high value benefits to the customers. (Satisfiers) The features bring value to the customer. (Dissatisfiers) Users dislike the product, if the feature is not there. (Indifferent), Features have no impact to the customers.

66. Answer: C Explanation: When agile team members are assigned to multiple projects or assigned to project as well as other roles is called as fractionally assigned. The Agile project manager avoids them and have resources assigned to only one project at a time. Option C is the correct Answer. Other options A, B, and D are not correct.

67. Answer: D Explanation: Attributes of a user story INVEST (independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable). Option A MoSCoW is used to prioritize user stories in agile (Must have, should have, could have, won’t have). Option B DEEP is used to denote the Product backlog (It should be Detailed, Estimable, Emergent, Prioritized). DRY denotes Don’t Repeat Yourself. It means don’t repeat the code.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 68. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct Answer. The activities to help to set the stage includes, Check in, focus on/focus off, Working agreement and ESVP (explorers, shoppers, vacationers, Prisoners).

69. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct choice. Team based activities used in the close the retrospective stage are Plus/Delta, ROTI, HHH and Appreciations.

70. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct choice. The success criteria are project got shipped, leadership not changed, team work the same way again in the next project also.

71. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct choice. Some of the characteristics of high performance team are Selforganized, committed team, trust each other member of the team, Team has empowered to make the decisions and not wait for the manager to make decisions, Team participation in major decision making, Team decisions are based on the consensus driven.

72. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. Some of the anti-patterns to watch-out for in the process analysis are one size fits all, intolerant, heavy, embellished, used once etc.

73. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. ATDD stages are, discuss, distill, develop and demo. Discuss – during the discuss stage, clarify the details related to the requirements with the product owner. Distill – find out the necessary tests related to that. Develop – Develop the code and test the code with the tests developed. Demo – Once the code is passed, then give the demo to the customer.

74. Answer: C Explanation: In the team formation & Development and situational leadership model, the leader’s roles are as follows, Forming (Directing), Storming (Coaching), Norming (supporting), Performing (Delegating). Option C is not correct. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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75. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The primary duties of the leader serving the team are shield team from interruptions, remove obstacles to progress, communicate project vision to the team, and carry food and water (providing essential resources to keep the team productive).

76. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. XP practices are whole team, pair programming, collective code ownership, refactoring, planning games, small releases, sustainable pace, metaphor, continuous integration, simple design, Test driven development.

77. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. Feature driven development stages are, develop overall model, build a feature list, plan by feature, design by feature, build by feature.

78. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The crystal methodologies principles are frequent delivery, osmotic communication, reflective improvement, personal safety.

79. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. Kanban development core principles are visualize the workflow, limit the work in progress, manage the flow, make process policies explicit and improve collaboratively.

80. Answer: C Explanation: Iteration 0 in general to do all those things that your project is ready to start. It’s happening at the beginning of the project. During hardening iteration no new work is done during this iteration. In a hardening iteration, the team stops focusing on delivering new features, and instead spends their time on stabilizing the system and getting it ready to be released. Buffer iteration is the process of adding an iteration to deal with the unexpected changes or risks to avoid the project delays and increase reliability of project schedule. Hand of iteration is to do the tasks like documentation for the project, attending final approval meetings, etc. Correct Answer: C.

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81. Answer: D Explanation: Retrospective is process based meeting, which is used for team process improvements & this happens at the end of every iteration. Customer review is called product demo. It occurs last day of the iteration. The purpose of the demo meeting is for the team to show the customers and stakeholders the work they have done in the current iteration. Team meeting is normal meeting, depends on the nature of the project, and team members availability it is arranged. Daily stand up is the meeting the 3 questions asked, what did you do yesterday? What you are planning to do today? Is there any obstacles on your way? Correct Answer: Option D.

82. Answer: B Explanation: The correct answer is B. Scrum with lean thinking is called as Scrum #. Other options are not correct.

83. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct answer. During feature development always consider the high value, high risk product features first. Other options are not correct.

84. Answer: B Explanation: Agile teams are crossfunctional, co-located, and task is not assigned to them. The agile team selects the task themselves called self-organized. And the agile team is empowered to make decisions regarding the project. Option B is like waterfall approach. In waterfall approach task is assigned to the team by the project manager. So option B is not correct for successful agile teams.

85. Answer: C Explanation: The definition of done is created by the entire team, scrum master, and product owner. It is a joint effort involved with everyone in the project. It is not defined by the sponsor alone. Option C is the right answer.

86. Answer: C Explanation: Always select the project with high IRR (internal rate of return). So in this case we select project C, which has the highest IRR among the choices. Correct Answer: C

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87. Answer: B Explanation: 2 meetings, team held at the end of each iteration Review meeting, and Retrospective meeting. During the review meeting potentially shippable product increment is presented to stakeholders for their review. This review meeting is product based meeting. Retrospective meeting is process based. In this meeting team identify the ways to improve deliverables. Option B is the correct answer. Other options are not correct.

88. Answer: B Explanation: Daily Standup meeting is used to synchronize team member’s activities. It is one of the feedback meetings related to the team. 3 questions asked in the daily standup. 1. What have you done since last meeting? 2. What you are planning to do between now and next meeting 3. Is there any obstacles on the way? Iteration Review meeting used to happen at the end of each iteration and it is product centric. During this meeting customer review the product and provide their feedback. Retrospective meeting used to happen at the end of every iteration, and it is process centric. Team meeting is not the feedback cycle in agile. Option B is the correct answer.

89. Answer: C Explanation: The product owner is the single point of contact for customers, and helps the team to prioritize the product backlog based on customer priorities. They help to define user story and define the acceptance criteria. Remove the obstacles for the team is not the product owner’s responsibility. It is the responsibility of scrum master. Option C is the correct answer.

90. Answer: B Explanation: The way team members overhear and absorb communication in their working environment. The team benefits from osmotic communication by collocating its team members. If we isolate the agile team members, Osmotic communication won’t happen. Osmotic communication is not happening through instant messenger, or video conference. The team needs to be co-located to make osmotic communication happen. Option B is the correct Answer.

91. Answer: D Explanation: The 4 major phases of agile are inception, elaboration, construction, and transition. Option D is the correct answer.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 92. Answer: B Explanation: The key crystal principles are frequent delivery, continual feedback, constant communication, safety, focus, automated tests and integration. Option B Pair programming is related to XP. Option B is the correct choice.

93. Answer: D Explanation: Criteria for evaluating contract suitability are it should have the project objective, Key roles are defined in the contract, the scope is defined in the contract, and risks and rewards are shared by the parties.

94. Answer: A Explanation: Option A is the correct choice. Unwritten rules about the expectations of the project. Establish the ground rules for the team and the project.

95. Answer: B Explanation: Smallest set of functionality, which gives value to the customer. Build the smallest thing possible to get value as soon as possible. It has 3 attributes minimum, marketable and feature. Option B is correct Answer.

96. Answer: D Explanation: Tacit knowledge is the information held by a person about a business, project or activity. It is a risk, when it is held by one person and it is not shared. This knowledge is undocumented information, which is not shared. Option D is the correct Answer.

97. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is correct. SV = EV - PV (schedule variance = Earned value - Planned value). Schedule variance is negative means the project is behind schedule or over the budget.

98. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is correct. CV = EV - AC (cost variance = Earned value – Actual cost). Cost variance negative means the project is behind schedule or over the budget.

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99. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is correct. SPI = EV /PV (schedule performance index = Earned value /Planned value). A value less than 1 schedule performance index means the project is behind the schedule and undesirable and over budget also.

100. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is correct. CPI = EV /AC (cost performance index = Earned value /Actual cost). A value less than 1 cost performance index means the project is behind the schedule and undesirable and over budget also.

PRACTICE EXAM: 2

1. Which of the below is correct about continuous integration? Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. The code changes are checked into version control after every iteration. B. The code changes are checked in for every release. C. The code changes are checked in and tested every day. D. The code changes are checked in once the project is complete.

2. Wireframe models used to help the agile teams with A. Helps to elicit requirements that regular personas might miss. B. A fictional user of the system under development C. Confirm the created design. D. None of the above.

3. One of the below is the valid list of emotional intelligence quadrants, A. None of the above. B. Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. C. Self, Others, Recognize, Regulate. D. Self, Others, Regulate, Recognize.

4. One of the choices given below denotes dysfunctions of team, A. Absence of trust. B. Inattention to results. C. Lack of commitment. D. All of the above.

5. List the steps used in estimating process, A. Determine the size of the project. B. Calculate the work effort to do the work. C. Convert the work effort into the schedule.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. All of the above.

6. In the current iteration the agile team committed for 20 story points. But during the last day of the iteration looks like they have completed only 15 story points. As an agile manager, what is your reaction? A. Ignore the situation. B. Complete the 15 story points and keep the remaining 5 story points in the backlog. C. Cancel the current iteration. D. Extend the iteration duration.

7. One of the following is correct about progressive elaboration, A. Detailed planning occurs at the beginning. B. No planning in progressive elaboration. C. Detailed planning occurs as more details emerge in the project. D. None of the above.

8. One of the options given below is the common failure modes, A. Prefer to fail conservatively. B. Making mistakes. C. Being inconsistent. D. All of the above.

9. A short period of proof-of-concept work is called as, A. Risk-based-spike. B. User story. C. TDD (Test driven development). D. None of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 10. One of the benefits of retrospectives for the agile team, A. Improved productivity B. Improved quality. C. Improved capacity. D. All of the above.

11. One of the activities to help to set the stage in retrospective process is, A. Focus on/Focus off B. ESVP C. Check in D. All of the above.

12. In ESVP (Explorers, Shoppers, Vacationers, Prisoners), the definition of Vacationers is defined as, A. They are eager to discover new ideas and insights. B. They find all the available information & have new idea based on that. C. Vacationers are not interested in the retrospective work, to get away from the regular job they participate in the retrospective session. D. They feel like they are forced to attend the retrospective session.

13. Lessons learnt happens during, A. During only the first few iterations. B. During the product demo. C. Throughout the project duration. D. Only after the project failure during the post review session.

14. Agile project teams do the planning at 3 levels named as, A. Schedule, cost, quality B. Release, iteration, retrospective. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Release, Iteration, Daily. D. None of the above.

15. One of the following is a central repository that helps to track changes, and save changes and provides the history of changes. A. Release plan. B. Product vision box. C. Version control system. D. None of the above.

16. The total number of story points planned for a release is called, A. None of the above. B. Release baseline. C. Schedule baseline. D. Performance measurement baseline

17. The main reason for most of the product failures are, A. Technical risk. B. Inefficient quality control. C. Market risk. D. All of the above.

18. Waterfall approach is called as, and agile approach is called as, A. Active, Reactive. B. Not flexible, Flexible. C. Plan driven, Value driven. D. All of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 19. When it is necessary to split a user story A. Whenever the project manager thinks to split the story. B. Not necessary to split the user story. C. The user story is large to fit within a single iteration. D. None of the above.

20. The agile triangle constraints are, A. Time, cost, Scope B. Value, Quality, Constraint C. Both of the above. D. None of the above.

21. The process to minimize the work-inprocess and maximize the business value is called as, A. XP B. ITIL C. None of the above. D. Lean

22. The list of capabilities, stories, features that the product team identified is called, A. Backlog. B. User stories. C. Capacity. D. All of the above.

23. The usage of story cards in agile, A. All of the above. B. Both C and D.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Provides estimates about the stories. D. Provides basic information about stories.

24. The least preferred contract type of agile project is, A. Time & Materials Contract B. Phased contract. C. Agile iteration contract. D. Firm Fixed Price Contract.

25. Remove obstacles for the team is the responsibility of scrum master. By removing obstacles, we are eliminating A. Road blocks. B. Impediments. C. Project Risk. D. None of the above.

26. Risk mitigation technique that happens due to continuously integrate the code changes and confirm the changes to the code has not broken the base code is called, A. None of the above. B. Pair programming. C. Continuous migration. D. Continuous integration.

27. The diagram which reduces risk due to workload imbalance by spreading it more evenly is called as, A. Pareto chart. B. Burn up chart. C. Cumulative Flow diagram. D. Burn down chart.

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28. A meeting which is for the team and by the team, in which the team choose the topic to discuss is called as, A. Iteration planning meeting. B. Open space meeting. C. Retrospective meeting. D. Daily standup meeting.

29. A typical, normal work day is called as, A. All of the above. B. Ideal Day. C. Normal Day. D. Actual Day.

30. The day which is defined as the time required to complete an activity, assuming there are no interruptions, so that work can be completed 100% efficiently, A. Ideal days. B. A & D C. Actual Days. D. Normal working day.

31. The time boxed plan is what? A. The product scope is committed, but the release date is not confirmed. B. Both the product scope, and release date are confirmed in advance. C. The release date is committed, but the features to be developed for the release is not defined. D. None of the above.

32. When the team considers the factors that will support or oppose a change in the organization process is called, Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. Force field analysis. B. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. C. Deming PDCA cycle. D. SWOT analysis.

33. The terminology, which look forward in the future and learn the unknown and reduce the uncertainty is called, A. Estimating. B. Predicting. C. None of the above. D. Scanning.

34. Decisions are made at the time of last responsible moment is called as A. All of the below. B. Deferring commitment. C. Soft commitment. D. Hard commitment.

35. To deliver the most valuable requirements to the customer first, makes the customer happy, because they start realizing the benefits. This kind of product delivery is called, A. Rapid delivery. B. Fast delivery. C. None of the above. D. Incremental delivery.

36. If the defects are found very late in the agile software project, it causes A. Less expensive. B. More expensive.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. It is not making any difference in cost. D. None of the above.

37. The software developed is not done completely, A. If it has bugs. B. If the software can’t ship. C. If the testing is not done. D. None of the above.

38. In Agile EVM the progress is usually measured at the end of A. All of the below. B. Project level. C. Release level. D. Iteration level.

39. Restructuring the code, without changing the external behavior of the code is called as, A. Working in pairs. B. Validating the code. C. Refactoring D. None of the above.

40. Work in progress limit is defined as 10. The maximum number of things that can be allowed in the stream is, A.11 B. 15 C. 10 D. 20

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 41. In Burn down charts, X and Y axis we track, A. X axis track time, and Y axis track the work remaining B. X axis track the work remaining, and Y axis track the time. C. Both A & B. D. None of the above.

42. The different levels of agile project planning are, A. Project Vision. B. Product Roadmap. C. Release Planning. D. All of the above.

43. The values used in agile modeling are, A. Communication. B. Simplicity. C. Courage. D. All of the above.

44. Prototyping is one of the agile, A. Version control technique. B. Feedback technique. C. Code review. D. None of the above.

45. The process which is performed frequently for the quality of the product is called as, A. Validation. B. Frequent verification and validation.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Verification. D. None of the above.

46. Critical soft skills are, A. Listening. B. Negotiation. C. Facilitation. D. All of the above.

47. The agile manifesto, which is considered team empowerment is A. Individuals and interactions over process and tools. B. Working software over comprehensive documentation. C. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. D. Responding to Change over following a plan.

48. An initial node in a large user story is called as A. Epic B. C and D. C. User stories. D. Task.

49. Self-organizing teams can make their own A. Product owner makes the decision on a self-organizing team. B. Scrum master makes decision on selforganizing team. C. Can’t make their own decisions. D. Decisions.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 50. Project charter includes, A. Milestones. B. Critical success factors. C. Vision. D. All of the above.

51. The undue influence of a single strong willed member often because of undisclosed agenda is called, A. Influencing. B.Anchoring C. Refactoring. D. Pair programming.

52. Artifacts in the agile projects, A. Product backlog. B. Product vision statement. C. Product roadmap. D. All of the above.

53. Provides authority to the project manager to apply resources for the project. A. Elevator Statement. B. Product vision box. C. Business case. D. Product backlog.

54. Advantages of collocated team in agile, A. Closer working relationships. B. Collaboration.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Enables face-to-face communication. D. All of the above.

55. Meaning of done-done means product is, A. Coded. B. Tested. C. Defect-free. D. All of the above.

56. The last step in FDD (Feature driven development) is A. Develop overall model. B. Build by feature. C. Plan by feature. D. Design by feature.

57. The team stops focusing on delivering new features, and instead spends their time on stabilizing the system and getting it ready to be released is called, A. Iteration 0. B. Handoff iteration. C.Hardening iteration. D. Buffer iteration

58. Name one of the innovation games used in agile, A. Bang for the buck B. Speed boat C. Prune the product tree D. All of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 59. Not one of the Kanban principles, A. Visualize the flow. B. Limit the amount of work in progress. C. Refactoring. D. Enhance the workflow.

60. Not one of the Lean process, A. Individuals and interactions over process and tools. B. Empower the team. C. Optimize the whole. D. Eliminate waste.

61. The smallest set of functionality, which gives value to the customer is called, A. Marketable feature. B. Minimum marketable feature. C. Product features. D. Desired feature.

62. MoSCoW technique used for prioritization of user stories. W stands for, A. Would have. B. Will have. C. Won’t have. D. None of the above.

63. INVEST acronym used in the user story development? The letter “T” stand for A. Traceable. B. Testable.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Team effort. D. Taxable.

64. In Agile iteration contract, A. Mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner not changing the iteration backlog priorities. B. Mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner can change the iteration backlog priorities. C. When the customer doesn’t see value, they stop paying and project ends. D. When the customer sees value, they stop paying and project continues.

65. In Time and materials contract, A. When the customer sees value, they stop paying and project ends. B. When the customer doesn’t see value, they stop paying and project ends. C. Mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner can change the iteration backlog priorities. D. Mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner not changing the iteration backlog priorities.

66. In Phased development contract, A. When the customer doesn’t see value, they stop paying and project ends. B. Mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner not changing the iteration backlog priorities during the iteration. C. Funded based on a quarterly basis, and additional funding approved following each successful release. D. All of the above.

67. Objectives of kickoff meeting, A. Communicate project vision to the team. B. Establish the ground rules for the team and the project. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Review the business case. D. All of the above.

68. ______________ is used to quantify the work effort and complexity required to develop a user story related to other stories. A. A story card. B. User stories. C. Story points. D. None of the above.

69. A task of short experiment, carried out to gain the knowledge about a specific question is called, A. Refactoring. B. Flexibility matrix. C. Spike. D. Pair programming.

70. A process of collecting time series data points about one or more variables and examines the data to detect the patterns to predict the future is called A. Variance analysis. B. Trend analysis. C. Process analysis. D. Force field analysis.

71. Placing stories on the wall greatest to the least called A. Absolute sizing. B. Sizing. C. Relative sizing D. Comparative sizing.

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72. The coach sees an increase in number of escaped defects, which are traced back to a developer. What action he needs to do, A. Address this issue with the developer. B. Address this issue with the team. C. Bring this issue in the daily standup meeting. D. Ignore this issue.

73. Management asked the agile team for a detailed project plan. The response of the agile coach should be, A. Tell the management, that plan is not needed for an agile project. B. Request the team to stop the work, and prepare the detailed project plan. C. Prepare the detailed project plan. D. Take the opportunity to educate the senior management on agile principles

74. During iteration H A. No new functionality has been developed during this iteration. B. New functionality has been developed during this iteration. C. Work to prepare formal documentation and other deliverables that needs for the project. D. Adding an iteration to deal with the unexpected changes or risks to avoid the project delays and increase reliability of project schedule.

75. The number of story points completed by the agile team during an iteration is called, A. Burn ratio. B. Burn rate. C. Velocity. D. Team’s burn rate.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. Burn up chart. B. Burn down chart. C. Cumulative flow diagram. D. Product vision box.

77. Type of information radiator that use green, yellow, and red color indicators to show the status of specific aspects of the project is called, A. Burn down chart. B. Burn up chart. C. Dashboard. D. Product vision box.

78. One of the reasons, to implement agile in the organization, A. Minimize cycle time. B. Increase the market opportunities for the organization. C. Reduce threats. D. All of the above.

79. This chart shows the work remaining in story points or ideal days in the project. A. Burn up chart. B. Dashboard. C. Burn down chart. D. Product vision box.

80. The chart shows the work completed, in story points or ideal days in the project, A. Burn down chart. B. Burn up chart. C. Cumulative flow diagram. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. Dashboard.

81. A tool which is used mainly to balance workload imbalances by spreading it more evenly is called as, A. Burn up chart. B. Kanban board. C. Cumulative flow diagram D. Burn down chart.

82. ____________can be defined as organizations pay, even though no deliverables are produced, but based on the level of effort. A. Level of effort. B. Law of large numbers. C. Level of risk. D. None of the above.

83. User stories at the top of the backlog are, A. Not well defined. B. Well defined. C. Prioritized. D. Not-prioritized.

84. A tool used for continuous improvement is called, A. Kanban board. B. Product vision box. C. Elevator statement. D. Information Radiator.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. Actual Time. B. Ideal Time. C. Shuffle time. D. Calendar Time.

86. Agile manager collects lessons learnt during A. End of every iteration. B. End of every release. C. Throughout the project. D. End of every retrospective.

87. A chart which is used in collecting requirements, when some distractions happen during discussion is called as A. Burn down chart. B. Parking lot chart. C. Burn up chart. D. Kanban board.

88. Definition of done can be created by, A. Team. B. Product owner. C. Scrum master. D. All of the above.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. All of the above.

90. Work in progress, agile team prefers to A. Increase. B. Reduce. C. Stop. D. None of the above.

91. One of the below is not an emotional intelligence quadrant A. Self-awareness B. Project-awareness. C. Self-management D. Social awareness

92. Escaped defects are identified by the, A. Customer. B. Agile team. C. Quality control team. D. Operations.

93. Persona has one of the following, A. Name. B. Picture. C. Behavioral traits. D. All of the above.

94. Product backlog should be,

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers A. Detailed B. Estimable C. Prioritized D. All of the above.

95. Sprint 0 focuses on, A. Developing initial requirement B. Initial architecture C. Setting up the environment D. All of the above.

96. Standard that an agile team to follow in the work environment is called as, A. Agile contract. B. Team agreement. C. Working agreement. D. Agile agreement.

97. One of the below is not a core principle of XP, A. Planning game. B. Working software is the primary measure of progress. C. Collective code ownership. D. Refactoring.

98. One of the below is not an information radiator, A. Burn up chart. B. Excel sheet stored in the computer. C. Burn down chart.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers D. Dashboard.

99. Team space encourages the following, A. Collaboration. B. Communication. C. Transparency. D. All of the above.

100. The meetings usually held at the end of the iteration A. Review meeting (product based). B. Retrospective meeting (process based). C. A and B. D. Team happy hour.

ANSWERS TO PRACTICE EXAM: 2

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 1. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct answer. One risk mitigation technique used in an agile environment, that developers need to continuously integrate their code to verify recent changes haven’t broken the base code, which is already developed. Continuous Integration helps to find the code issues as soon as possible.

2. Answer: C Explanation: Wireframes are simple block diagrams that show the placement of elements in a user interface and demonstrate the intended layout and functionality of a solution. Option C is the correct answer. Option A is for Extreme persona. Option B is defined for Persona.

3. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. Option B is for the team formation stages. Option C is not correct.

4. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The main dysfunctions of agile team are absence of trust, inattention to results, lack of commitment, fear of conflict and avoidance of accountability.

5. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The normal steps used in estimating process are determining the size of the project, calculate the work effort to do the work in hours, convert the work effort into the schedule, and calculate the cost.

6. Answer: B Explanation: Option B is the correct answer. Iteration is always time boxed, and duration should not be extended. In this situation, the team should complete the 15 story points and keep the remaining 5 points in the backlog.

7. Answer: C

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: progressive elaboration is a process of refining the product vision, so that the highest priority features are developed. In this planning occurs in phases rather than all at the beginning. Plan at high level in the beginning, and detail planning occurs close to the project.

8. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The common failure modes are making mistakes, being inconsistent, being creatures of habit, prefer to fail conservatively.

9. Answer: A Explanation: Option A is the correct answer. A short period of proof-ofconcept of work is called riskbasedspike. Option B and Option D are not correct.

10. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. The benefits of retrospectives of the agile team are improved productivity, improved quality, improved capacity and improved capability.

11. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the correct answer. In Retrospective process the activities, help to set the stage are Focus on / Focus off, ESVP, working agreements and check in.

12. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct answer for vacationers. Option A is for Explorers. Option B is for shoppers. Option D is for Prisoners.

13. Answer: C Explanation: Option C is the correct answer. Lessons learnt should be captured throughout the project from the team. If something good or bad happens during the project, the team remembers then it is fresh, and forget key details after some time.

14. Answer: C

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Option C is the correct answer. 3 levels of planning are released, iteration, and daily. Other options A, B, and D are not correct.

15. Answer: C Explanation: Version control system is a central repository that helps to track changes, and save changes and provides the history of changes. Other options are not correct.

16. Answer: D Explanation: Performance measurement baseline is defined as the total number of story points planned for a release. Other options are not correct.

17. Answer: C. Explanation: The reason for product failure is market risk. None of the reasons given in significant compared to market risk.

18. Answer: C. Explanation: In waterfall (traditional) approach everything is planned in advance, it is called as a Plan driven approach. An agile approach to most valuable requirements to customer are delivered first, it is called value driven approach. Other given options are not correct.

19. Answer: C Explanation: Sometimes the user story is too large to fit into single iteration. At those times, we need to split the user story.

20. Answer: B Explanation: Agile triangle relates to value, quality and constraint. Time, cost, Scope is related to traditional management.

21. Answer: D. Explanation: Value stream mapping is a lean tool used to analyze the value stream by means of eliminating waste, and minimize the work-in-process and maximize the value. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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22. Answer: A. Explanation: The list of capabilities, stories, features that the product team identified is called as backlog. It used to be maintained by the team, led/prioritized by the product owner.

23. Answer: D. Explanation: Story cards are used to provide basic information about user stories like requirements, acceptance criteria etc. Acceptance criteria are written on the back of the story card.

24. Answer: D. Explanation: Firm fixed price contract is the least preferred contract type of agile projects. In this contract the price is fixed, but agile welcome changes even in the last minute also. So it is difficult to accommodate changes in this type of contract.

25. Answer: C Explanation: By the way removing obstacles/impediments, we are eliminating the risk of the agile project.

26. Answer: D Explanation: Continuous integration is one of the risk mitigation technique used in agile environment that developers need to continuously integrate their code to verify recent changes haven’t broken the base code, which is already developed.

27. Answer: C Explanation: CFD, reduces risk due to workload imbalance by spreading it more evenly. This chart gives the quick overview of what is going on the project. We can find how much work is done, ongoing work, pending work, etc. It is used where the bottlenecks are there in the workflow. Through CFD we are able to track how long it will take to deliver the desired results, the total size of the backlog is reduced or constant or increasing, etc.

28. Answer: B

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: The meeting, which is for the team and by the team, in which the team choose the topic to discuss is called as an open space meeting.

29. Answer: D Explanation: A normal work day is called actual day, which starts at either 9 am or 8 am, and contains 8 work hours and 1 hour break.

30. Answer: A. Explanation: Time required to complete an activity, assuming there are no interruptions, so that work can be completed 100% efficiently is called ideal days.

31. Answer: C Explanation: In time boxed plan, the release date is committed, but the features to be developed for the release is not defined.

32. Answer: A xplanation: Force field analysis is a tool, used to examine organizational factors that are supporting or opposing the change. It considers the organization’s driving and restraining forces.

33. Answer: D. Explanation: The terminology, which look forward in the future and learn the unknown and reduce the uncertainty is called as scanning. Other options are not correct.

34. Answer: B Explanation: Decisions are made at the time of last responsible moment is called as Deferring commitment. Other options are not correct.

35. Answer: D. Explanation: Build the smallest thing possible to get value as soon as possible to the customer. E.g. Release the software in incremental by releasing the key features in the first iteration.

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36. Answer: B. Explanation: If we find the defects very late in the project, it is more expensive to fix it. If we find the defects very early in the project phase, it is less expensive to fix.

37. Answer: B. Explanation: The developed software is not done completely, if the developed software cannot be shipped.

38. Answer: D Explanation: In Agile EVM the progress is usually measured at the end of every iteration.

39. Answer: C Explanation: Restructuring the code, without changing the external behavior is called as refactoring.

40. Answer: C Explanation: If the WIP limit is defined means, we can’t add more than the limit to the value stream.

41. Answer: A Explanation: In burn down chart plotted against the time vs work remaining. In x axis, we plot the time, and the Y axis, we plot the work remaining in the project.

42. Answer: D. Explanation: The different levels of agile project planning are product vision, product roadmap, release planning, and iteration planning, daily stand-up.

43. Answer: D. Explanation: The 4 values used in agile modeling are communication, simplicity, courage and feedback.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 44. Answer: B Explanation: Prototype is used to get valuable feedback from the users early in the project.

45. Answer: B. Explanation: The process which is performed frequently for the quality of the product is called as frequent verification and validation.

46. Answer: D Explanation: Critical soft skills are, listening, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation.

47. Answer: A. Explanation: Individuals and interactions over process and tools, this manifesto is related to team empowerment.

48. Answer: A. Explanation: Epic span around many iterations called a capacity. It is the largest part of the user story. Epic is a larger user story, can be decomposed into smaller user stories.

49. Answer: D Explanation: Self-organizing team can make their own decisions. The best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

50. Answer: D. Explanation: Project charter includes project vision, milestones, and critical success factors.

51. Answer: B. Explanation: Undue influence by a single strong willed member often because of undisclosed agenda is called anchoring.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 52. Answer: D. Explanation: Records of project inputs, outputs are called artifacts. E.g. of artifacts in agile product backlog, product vision statement, product roadmap.

53. Answer: C Explanation: Business case is a written document that explains how the use of resources is aligned with the accomplishment of a goal. It provides authority to the project manager to apply resources for the project.

54. Answer: D. Explanation: Having co-located teams improve communication, closer working relationships, collaboration, and enables face-to-face communication.

55. Answer: D. Explanation: Done-done means the product is coded, tested, defect-free and accepted by the product owner.

56. Answer: B. Explanation: Feature Driven Development is an iterative software development methodology intended for use by large teams working on a project using object-oriented technology. The steps are, - Develop an overall model - Build a feature list - Plan by feature - Design by feature - Build by feature

57. Answer: C Explanation: In a hardening iteration, the team stops focusing on delivering new features, and instead spends their time on stabilizing the system and getting it ready to be released.

58. Answer: D Explanation: Bang for the buck, Speed boat, Prune the product tree is the some sample innovation games. Generally it is used to identify customer requirements, improve retrospectives, prioritize backlogs etc.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 59. Answer: C Explanation: Kanban is based on 3 basic principles • Visualize the workflow • Limit the amount of work in progress • Enhance the workflow

60. Answer: A. Explanation: Lean focus on value stream mapping. Eliminate waste is the core principle of lean. Lean Principles • Eliminate waste • Empower the team • Deliver fast • Optimize the whole • Build quality in • Defer decisions • Amplify learning.

61. Answer: B. Explanation: Smallest set of functionality, which gives value to the customer. Build the smallest thing possible to get value as soon as possible. It has 3 attributes minimum, marketable and feature. Other options are not correct.

62. Answer: C. Explanation: One of the Prioritization technique used. (Must have, should have, could have, and won’t have). Other options are not correct.

63. Answer: B. Explanation: Attributes of a user story INVEST (independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable).

64. Answer: A. Explanation: In agile iteration contract, mutual agreed deliverables by the team, and product owner not changing the iteration backlog priorities during the iteration. Other options are not correct.

65. Answer: B Explanation: In Time and materials contract, when the customer doesn’t see value, they stop paying and project ends. Other options are not correct.

66. Answer: C Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: In Phased development contract funded based on a quarterly basis, and additional funding approved following each successful release. Other options are not correct.

67. Answer: D. Explanation: Objectives of kickoff meeting are to communicate the project vision to the team, establish the ground rules for the team and project, review the business case.

68. Answer: C Explanation: Story points used to quantify the work effort and complexity required to develop a user story related to other stories. Other options are not correct.

69. Answer: C Explanation: Spike is a task of short experiment, carried out to gain the knowledge about a specific question. Knowledge gained by an exploratory spike, do understand the issue is called process centric knowledge. Other options are not correct.

70. Answer: B. Explanation: A process of collecting time series data points about one or more variables and examines the data to detect the patterns to predict the future is called trend analysis. Other options, A, C, D are wrong.

71. Answer: C. Explanation: Placing stories on the wall greatest to the least called relative sizing. It is one of the estimation technique. Other options are not correct.

72. Answer: B. Explanation: Since agile is empowered, self-organizing team, the coach should address this issue with the team. Other options A, C, D are not correct.

73. Answer: D.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Management asked the agile team for a detailed project plan. The agile coach uses this opportunity to educate the senior management on agile principles. Other options are not correct. 74. Answer: A. Explanation: During iteration H, no new functionality has been developed during this iteration. Other options are not correct.

75. Answer: C. Explanation: The number of stories that a team can deliver within the iteration is called velocity. Other options are not correct.

76. Answer: A. Explanation: Information radiator that shows story points planned and completed during an iteration is called as burn up chart. Other options are not correct.

77. Answer: C. Explanation: Type of information radiator that use green, yellow, and red color indicators to show the status of specific aspects of the project is called as Dashboard. Other options are not correct.

78. Answer: D. Explanation: One of the reason, to implement agile in the organization, should minimize cycle time, and increase the market opportunities for the organization and reduce threats.

79. Answer: C Explanation: Burn down chart shows the work remaining in story points or ideal days in the project. Other options are not correct.

80. Answer: B Explanation: The chart shows the work completed, in story points or ideal days in the project is called as Burn up chart. Other options are not correct.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 81. Answer: C. Explanation: A tool which is used mainly to balance workload imbalances by spreading it more evenly is called as cumulative flow diagram. Other options are not correct.

82. Answer: A. Explanation: Level of effort can be defined as organizations pay, even though no deliverables are produced, but based on the level of effort. Other options are not correct.

83. Answer: B. Explanation: User stories at the top of the backlog are well defined. Other options are not correct.

84. Answer: A. Explanation: A tool used for continuous improvement is called Kanban board. Kanban is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively. Kanban board used for continuous improvement. Other options are not correct.

85. Answer: C. Explanation: Time taken to shift betweenactivities during meetings is called Shuffle time. Other options are not correct.

86. Answer: C. Explanation: Agile manager collects lessons learnt throughout the project. Other options are not correct.

87. Answer: B. Explanation: A chart which is used in collecting requirements, when some distractions happen during discussion is called as a Parking lot chart.

88. Answer: D Explanation: Definition of done can be jointly created by the team, product owner and the scrum master. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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89. Answer: D. Explanation: Continuous improvement can be followed on the agile practices Daily stand up meeting, Pair programming, Demo, Review, Retrospectives.

90. Answer: B. Explanation: Work in progress, agile team prefers to reduce because, Work in progress has cost (investment), but no value (output).

91. Answer: B. Explanation: Emotional intelligence quadrants are Self-awareness, Selfmanagement, Social awareness, and Social skills.

92. Answer: A Explanation: Escaped defects are identified by the customer.

93. Answer: D. Explanation: Persona is a fictional user of the system under development. A persona is a fictionalcharacter that represents a subset of the market we want to capture. Persona typically has a name, a picture, and relevant characteristics such as age or income group, behavioral traits. They encourage us to follow a user-centric approach.

94. Answer: D. Explanation: Product backlog should be detailed, estimable, emergent, prioritized.

95. Answer: D. Explanation: Spring 0 focuses on developing initial requirement, initial architecture, and setting up the environment.

96. Answer: C Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Standard that an agile team to follow in the work environment. It is posted in a common place.

97. Answer: B. Explanation: Working software is the primary measure of progress is the agile principle.

98. Answer: B. Explanation: Excel sheet stored in the computer is not an information radiator.

99. Answer: D Explanation: Team space should encourage collocation, collaboration, communication, transparency and visibility. It should enhance productivity. Agile team space should encourage the maximum interaction and communication from the team members.

100. Answer: C Explanation: 2 meetings usually held at the end of the iteration. Review meeting (product based) and Retrospective meeting (process based).

PRACTICE EXAM: 3

1. High bandwidth communication A. Messenger communication B. Phone call C. Face to face communication 4. Email communication

2. What is meant by continuous integration? A. All changes needs to be approved by change control manager before production deployment. B. All code changes are checked in and tested every day. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. At the beginning of the day, all code changes must be checked in. D. Team uses the common code base to integrate the code.

3. Which Agile methodology is widely used? A. SCRUM B.LEAN C.XP D.KANBAN

4. Which one of these statements reflects agile principle? A. Projects are built around process rather than product. B. Projects are built around technical coding expert. C. Projects are built around motivated individuals. D. Projects are built around project manager’s choice.

5. Not a valid combination in Agile Manifesto? A. Responding to change over following a plan. B. Individuals and Interactions over process and tools. C. Process and tools over individuals and interactions. D. Working software over comprehensive documentation.

6. What is meant by Osmotic Communication? A. The information posted in public area, where all stakeholders can know the status of the project. B. Project manager sends email regularly to team members for key issues. C. The way team members overhear and absorb communication in their working environment. D. Face to Face Communication is called Osmotic communication.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 7. Difference between Traditional Delphi and Wideband Delphi technique? A. Wideband Delphi produces a range of estimates. B. Traditional Delphi is a voting technique, but Wideband Delphi is not. C. The experts are aware of other estimators in Wideband Delphi. D. The experts are not aware of other estimators in Wideband Delphi.

8. The usage of extreme Persona? A. Extreme personas can help to elicit requirements that regular personas might miss. B. It is the extreme personality of the team member. C. Extreme Persona’s help to find the workflow. D. No difference between persona’s and extreme personas.

9. What question should not be asked in daily stand up meeting? A. What did you work on yesterday? B. What you are going to work on today? C. Is there any impediments you are encountering? D. Update the project status of last week’s work.

10. Limiting the Work In progress principle is associated with? A. Kaizen B. Kanban C. Fishbone diagram D. Lean

11. Who manages the iteration backlog? A. The Project Manager B. The sponsor

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. The Team D. The Product owner

12. Smallest set of functionality, which gives value to the customer, is called? A. User story B. Key feature C. A minimal marketable feature D. Story Point

13. Who is the single voice of customer in SCRUM? A. The project manager B. The Product owner C. The Sponsor D. The Scrum Master

14. The person responsible to write user stories? A. The Product Owner B. The tester C. The customer D. Project Manager

15. Decide as late as possible is associated with which methodology? A. Lean B.XP C. Scrum C. Crystal

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 16. How often does the entire team meet on agile project? A. Once weekly B. Daily C. At the beginning of each iteration D. Depends on the agreement between team members and product owner.

17. Estimating the effort of user stories will be represented by? A. Cycle time B. Ideal days C. Velocity D. Calendar Days

18. The number of stories that a team can deliver in an iteration is known as, A. Cycle time B. Velocity C. Burn Rate D. Story point

19. The tool representing the work remaining on a project is: A. The product backlog B. iteration backlog C. Kanban board D. information refrigerator

20. The best definition of done is defined as? A. Determined by Project manager B. Determined by customer

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Determined by the team D. Defined by scrum master

21. What is WIP limit? A. It is a limit that how many user stories can be completed. B. It is a limit that how many iterations can be completed in a project. C. It is a limit that how many Work in progress can be in process at one time. D. It is the team capacity within a sprint.

22. How is information Radiator helpful? A. It is a visual representation or chart that shows project status regarding a project. B. It tracks the number of defects in the project. C. It displays number of working days for a project. D. It provides information about the stakeholder locations.

23. The activity that a team review its performance for the purpose of improving its performance for the next iteration? A. Velocity B. Refactor C. Retrospective D. Planning poker

24. The scrum meeting that is time boxed for 4 hours? A. Sprint Planning meeting. B. Release planning meeting. C. Retrospective meeting. D. Daily stand up meeting.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 25. Goals are defined by SMART. What does “M” mean? A. Modifiable B. Measurable C. Monetary value D. Methodology

26. The framework that emphasizes the practice of collective ownership, continuous integration, and pair programming? A. XP B. Lean C. Crystal D. DSDM

27. The best definition of prioritization? A. The relative ordering of user stories, with respect to value. B. Always prioritize, based on the priority of project manager. C. Always prioritize, based on the priority of product owner. D. The team defined the prioritization.

28. Which of the following is not a part of active listening? A. Talking loudly. B. Taking notes. C. Being silent. D. Focus complete attention on the speaker.

29. MoSCoW technique is used to prioritize user stories in agile. What does the C stand for? A. Could have B. Could not have Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Communication D. Clarity

30. In agile methodology the user stories are prioritized by the following? A. By value B. By difficulty C. By product owner’s choice D. By project manager’s choice

31. How does the team benefit from osmotic communication? A. By collocating its team members. B. By isolating its team members. C. By separating team members by functionality. D. By communicating through electronic media.

32. Key soft skill negotiation quality? A. Collaboration B. Controlling C. Compromise D. Communication skills

33. What is schedule variance? A. SV = EV –PV (Earned value – Planned value) B. SV = PV - EV C. SV = BAC - PV D. SV = EV/PV

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 34. Which value is the secondary value of agile manifesto? A. Contract negotiation B. Working software C. Customer collaboration D. Responding to change

35. What is story point? A. A fixed unit of development effort. B. A unit of work C. How the user story is described and assigned a number to that. D. A fixed unit of testing effort

36. How does the agile team estimate the relative size of a user story? A. Using velocity B. Using story points C. Using burn rate D. Using team size

37. The agile technique used to estimate story points of a user story? A. Affinity estimating B. Wideband Delphi C. Delphi D. Planning poker

38. Remove obstacles for the team. Whose responsibility is this? A. Scrum master B. Project manager

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39. Value stream mapping is an example of? A. Process Analysis technique B. Code refactoring technique C. Code approval D. Continuous integration

40. The following is agile feedback technique” A. Finding Defect B. Prototyping C. Source code review D. Team meeting

41. What is iteration backlog? A. A list of features developed in an iteration. B. A list of features developed in multiple sprints. C. Features developed in a project. D. Features developed in a release.

42. What is called persona in agile? A. A fictional user of the system under development. B. Customer’s personality. C. A fictional user of the system in production. D. A personality in the project having authority.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 43. Agile team is prioritizing user stories. Which technique is used to prioritize user stories? A. MoSCow B. Fish bone diagram C. Maslow’s theory D. Herzberg’s theory

44. How often is code integrated on XP? A. Once per release B. At least once per day C. weekly once D. At the end of the iteration

45. What is meant by empowered team? A. A team takes ownership of a product and is collectively responsible for its delivery. B. Project manager makes the decision for the team. C. Product owner told how to develop the user story. D. Team always got instruction from higher authority regarding the decisions.

46. An agile team sets a WIP limit of 5 for its sprint. In this case how many features can be developed simultaneously during the sprint? A. Not more than 5 B. Not more than 4 C. Not more than 3 D. Not more than 6

47. Agile team members make decisions collaboratively and take ownership of a decision. The decision model is known as? A. Participatory

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48. What is meant by MMF (minimum marketable feature)? A. A feature that will give value to customer. B. A feature that has high IRR. C. A feature which is important to customer, and high IRR. D. Decision based on customer market.

49. The document that holds list of product features, to be developed in the project? A. Sprint backlog B. Product backlog C. Iteration backlog D. Release list

50. The delivery which is used in agile? A. Incremental delivery B. Real time delivery C. Iteration delivery D. functionality delivery

51. Which level of agile planning helps estimate when a product will be ready for release? A. Project planning B. Release planning C. Sprint planning D. Iteration planning

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52. Type of activity a team carries out when risk happens? A. Spike. B. Cancel the Project. C. Report to management. D. Contingency plan.

53. The type of risk that is managed in agile? A. Qualitative B. Reactive C. Quantitative D. Qualitative and quantitative

54. What does “S” stand for in the prioritization technique MoSCoW? A. Status B. Stability C. Should have D. Should not have

55. The SCRUM meeting which is time boxed to 4 hours? A. Release plan meeting B. Sprint review meeting C. Retrospective meeting D. Daily scrum meeting

56. The INVEST acronym used in user story development? The letter “I” stand for A. Indexed

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57. What is the meaning for the term KANBAN? A. Signboard B. Continuous improvement C. Work in progress D. Information Radiator

58. What is called escaped defect? A. A defect, which is not possible to correct. B. A defect which is not captured by the development/testing team, and found by the customer. C. A defect, which always happens in production environment. D. A defect, which can’t be rectified in the current release.

59. Your agile team completed 10 story points, in the recent 4 releases. What is your team’s velocity? A.10 B. 20 C. 2.5 D. 40

60. In the last iterations your team completed 3 user stories worth of 5 points each, 2 user stories worth of 10 points each, and nearly completed 1 user story which has worth 15 story points. What is your team’s velocity? A. 35 B. 50 C. 60

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61. What is the duration of iteration? A. One month B. One week C. 2 to 4 weeks D. Depends on the project

62. When an agile team shares/hears information unconsciously by means of collocated, what is this method of communication called? A. Osmotic communication B. Team communication C. Verbal communication D. Formal communication

63. When a team in trusted and selforganized and make decisions collectively it is called? A. Independent team B. Cross functional team C. Motivated team D. Empowered team

64. The agile estimation technique, which is used for estimating the relative work effort of large product backlog? A. MoSCoW technique B. Affinity estimating C. 3 point estimating D. Wideband Delphi estimating

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 65. What is the purpose of value stream mapping? A. Identify the Work In progress. B. Identify the key process, which is giving revenue to the organization. C. Identify waste throughout the process. D. Identify the profitable stream in the organization.

66. In scrum methodology, which of the below serves a connection between the product owner and the team? A. The iteration backlog B. The product backlog C. Sprint review D. Elevator statement

67. Performing frequent verification and validation helps to ensure? A. Track the cost B. Track the budget C. Track the schedule D. Product quality

68. When is the product roadmap created? A. At the beginning of the release B. At the beginning of the iteration C. During sprint review D. At the beginning of the project

69. The definition of brainstorming? A. A collaborative activity for the purpose of generating creative ideas. B. Team get-together activity. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. It is done to review the product. D. A collaborative activity for the purpose of sprint goal.

70. An agile method to improve team motivation? A. Providing guidance B. Providing feedback C. Empowerment D. Conduct team get-together

71. The duty of servant leader? A. Help the product owner B. Leader also a team member C. Work with the team in key project D. Providing support and remove obstacles

72. Agility is the ability to balance A. quality and quantity B. flexibility and stability C. cost and effort D. triple constraints

73. TDD has 4 steps. The first step in TDD is? A. Write a test B. Verify and validate the test C. Write code D. Refactor the product code

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 74. Your agile team is dividing user stories, into smaller, manageable tasks. What is this process called? A. Reflection B. WBS C. Task D. Decomposition

75. Ideal team member location in agile? A. Collocation B. Virtual C. Distributed D. Global

76. The process, when a team constructively criticizes its performance for the purpose of improving performance? A. Feedback B. Performance review C. Reflective D. Performance assessment

77. 3 levels of agile planning? A. Daily planning, iteration planning, and release planning. B. Daily standup meeting, daily planning, release planning. C. Retrospective, reflective workshop, rolling wave planning. D. Product backlog planning, iteration planning, and release planning.

78. One of the following is a secondary value in agile manifesto? A. Individuals and interactions B. Working software Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers C. Customer collaboration D. Following a plan

79. One of the following is a primary value in agile manifesto? A. Process and tools B. Responding to change C. Contract negotiation D. Comprehensive documentation

80. Optimal team size in agile? A. 10 B. 5 C. 7 (plus or minus) 2 D. 15

81. What are ground rules? A. Written rules about the project B. Rules that is written in information radiator C. Rules created by PMO. D. Unwritten rules about the expectations of the project

82. Which is not true about project charter? A. It names the project manager, and gives the Project manager authority to apply resources. B. Project charter is only used in waterfall projects C. It should include high level project requirements. D. It is high level document, that doesn’t include project details.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 83. Which one of the below is not agile principles? A. Working software is the primary measure of progress. B. Efficient way to communicate is informal communication. C. Efficient way to communicate is face to face communication. D. Business people and developers work together daily, throughout the project.

84. Product backlog should be? A. Detailed, Estimable, Emergent, Prioritized B. Independent, Valuable, negotiable, Testable C. Detailed, Elegant, entertaining, prioritized D. None of the above

85. Attributes of user story A. Independent, Detailed, negotiable B. Detailed, Estimable, Emergent,Prioritized C. Independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, testable D. None of the above

86. Refactoring? A. Should not change the code’s behavior. B. It is done to test the code. C. Should change the code’s behavior. D. None of the above.

87. Kanban denotes? A. Continuous improvement B. Signal

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88. Not a Key step in active listening? A. Listening B. Understanding C. Collaboration D. Actively responding

89. Not one of the 5 levels of conflict? A. Problem to solve B. Escalation C. Disagreement D. Contest

90. 3 pillars of scrum A. Visibility, Feasibility, Adaption B. visibility, inspection, exploration C. Visibility, change control, problem detection D. Visibility, Inspection, Adaption

91. Which one of the question is not asked in the daily scrum meeting? A. What have you done since last meeting? B. Project Status. C. What are you planning to do today? D. Any obstacles on the way?

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 92. Not the practices followed in Extreme programming (XP)? A. Spike B. Planning game C. Continuous integration D. Refactoring

93. Not one of the XP Roles? A. XP coach B. XP programmer C. XP Tracker D. Product owner

94. Not one of the Lean principles? A. Continuous integration B. Eliminate waste C. Amplify learning D. Empower the team

95. One of the below ground rules is not correct? A. It is written by the coach. B. They apply to all team members. C. It is unwritten rules applicable to the project. D. It communicates project expectations.

96. The agile team places stories on the wall in order of effort from greatest to least. This is an example of? A. Relative sizing B. 3 point estimation Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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97. Who has the responsibility to update the Kanban board? A. Team should update, as the work progresses on the project B. Product owner C. Project manager D. Scrum master

98. Limiting the Work in progress is closely associated with, A. Kaizen B. Kanban C. Deming D. Herzberg theory

99. In which methodology, do programmers work in pairs? A. Crystal B. XP C. Scrum D. Lean

100. Unit of work, that do not add value, but need to be done are known as, A. Iteration backlog B. Tasks C. Story points D. Capabilities

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1. Answer: C. Explanation: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is called face-to-face conversation. One of the Agile Principle. Most of the message is communicated through other means than words, such as gestures and facial expressions.

2. Answer: B Explanation: One risk mitigation technique used in agile environment, that developers need to continuously integrate their code to verify recent changes haven’t broken the base code, which is already developed. Continuous Integration helps to find the code issues as soon as possible.

3. Answer: A Explanation:Scrum is the most widely used methodology available in market.

4. Answer: C Explanation: Other choices are wrong. In agile, Projects are built around motivated individuals in the team.

5. Answer: C Explanation: Choices A, B, and D denotes the Agile Manifesto. Choice C is not a valid combination of agile Manifesto.Correct Agile Manifesto: Individuals and Interactions over process and tools.

6. Answer: C Explanation: The team benefits from osmotic communication by collocating its team members. Although osmotic communication is more valuable for larger projects, it is, of course, increasingly difficult to attain as the team size grows. It is better suited for smaller projects.

7. Answer: C Explanation: In traditional Delphi experts are not aware of other estimators. But in wideband Delphi estimation, experts are aware of other estimators. All other choices are not correct. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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8. Answer: A Explanation: Persona typically has a name, a picture, and relevant characteristics such as age or income group, behavioral traits. Extreme personas can help to elicit requirements that regular personas might miss.Extreme Persona are the people who are not regular users of the product. Considering them helps in identifying the stories which could be missed otherwise.

9. Answer: D Explanation: Daily standup meeting is conducted mainly to synchronize team member’s activities. 3 questions mainly asked in the daily meet up are, • What did we do yesterday? • What are we planning to do today? • Is there any obstacles blocking the way to do the task?

10. Answer: B Explanation: Kanban is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively. It is based on 3 basic principles, • Visualize the workflow • Limit the work in progress • Enhance the workflow All other choices are not correct. Fishbone diagram is used to identify rootcause of the issue. Kaizen is Japanese management philosophy of continuous improvement. Lean focus on value stream mapping. Eliminate waste is the core principle of lean.

11. Answer: C Explanation: Items selected from the product backlog for the particular iteration. Prioritized user stories in the product backlog that the team is committed to develop during a particular iteration.

12. Answer: C Explanation: Build the smallest thing possible to get value as soon as possible. It has 3 attributes minimum, marketable and feature. E.g. Release the software in incremental by releasing the key features in the first iteration.

13. Answer: B Explanation: The product owner is the single point of contact for customers in SCRUM. They are the voice of customers and represent stakeholders and business, setting priorities and deliverables. Other choices PM, sponsor and scrum master are not correct.

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14. Answer: A Explanation: Product owner is responsible to write user stories. They serve a connection between the customer and the team. They are responsible to write user stories and prioritize them. Tester/customer/PM are not responsible to write user stories.

15. Answer: A Explanation: Decide as late as possible is one of the lean principle. It is not applicable to XP, SCRUM and CRYSTAL.

16. Answer: B Explanation: Entire agile team meet daily. Team has daily stand up meeting, which occurs daily at the same time, same place for 15 minutes to synchronize team member’s activities. All other choices are not correct for agile team.

17. Answer: B Explanation: Story size specified by Ideal days, actual days, story points. It is the time required to complete an activity assuming there are no interruptions, so that work can be completed 100% efficiently. Cycle time is not used for estimating user stories. It is the time taken to complete the work from start to finish. Velocity is used to find the number of stories that a team can deliver within the iteration. Calendar days are also not used to estimate the effort of user stories.

18. Answer: B Explanation: Please refer the previous answer explanation. The number of stories that a team can deliver within the iteration is called velocity.

19. Answer: A Explanation: The tool which represents the work remaining on the project is called product backlog. Prioritized user stories in the product backlog that the team is committed to develop during a particular iteration is called iteration backlog. The team should update the Kanban board as work progresses on the project. It is a kind of information radiator. Information Refrigerator is used to denote a chart which is not visible to everyone, and must be opened up and explored in order to be understood. It is also a type of restricted information radiator. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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20. Answer: C Explanation: It is determined by the team. Both team and product owner decides what is done to the project. A list of criteria needs to be met before a product is considered to be done. It is not determined by the PM or customer or the Scrum master.

21. Answer: C Explanation: It is used to limit the number of stories developed by the team. When the limit is reached, no more work is added to the stream. Once the work is completed and moved to done, then only additional work is added to the stream.

22. Answer: A Explanation: A visual representation that shows the status regarding a project. Visual display of current work status, so interested persons can get the information without disturbing the team. It has product vision, backlog, release plan, burn up, burn down chart and working agreements. Information Radiator is not used to detect tracks or provide information about stakeholder location. It also won’t display the number of working days for a project.

23. Answer: C Explanation: Retrospective used for the process improvement in the team work. During the retrospective, the team reflects on what happened in the iteration and identifies actions for improvement going forward. Velocity is the number of stories that a team can deliver within the iteration and is not related to performance. Refactor is restructuring the code, without changing the external behavior of the code and not a performance related review for the team. Planning poker is one of the agile technique used to estimate the story points of a user story code and is not related to the performance related review for the team

24. Answer: A Explanation: Sprint planning meeting time boxed for 4 hours. Release planning meetings typically last between 4 and 8 hours. Retrospective meeting generally last up to an hour. Daily stand up meeting generally last for 15 minutes.

25. Answer: B Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Goals are defined by the acronym SMART. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time bounded. Other than B, all options are wrong.

26. Answer: A Explanation: Core principles of XP. -Planning game - Small releases -Simple design -product theme -TDD (test driven development) -Refactoring -Pair programming -Collective code ownership - Continuous integration. Other choices are not correct.

27. Answer: A Explanation: Choices B, C, and D are wrong. It means the relative ordering of user stories, with respect to value.

28. Answer: A Explanation: Receive -- analyze -- evaluate – handle (active listening). Part of Active Listening: Taking notes, Focus complete attention to the speaker, being silent etc. Not Part of Active Listening: talking loudly, leaving early, and asking closed end questions.

29. Answer: A Explanation: One of the Prioritization technique used. (Must have, should have, could have, and won’t have). A here denotes could have. All other choices are not correct.

30. Answer: A Explanation: Consider the value to the customer first, when prioritizing user stories. It is not the choice of PM or Product owner.

31. Answer: A Explanation: The way team members overhear and absorb communication in their working environment. The team benefits from osmotic communication by collocating its team members. If we isolate the agile team members, Osmotic communication won’t happen. Separating team members by functionality is also a wrong choice; it will block the osmotic communication for the agile project team. Option D is also a wrong choice.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 32. Answer: A Explanation: Soft skills for agile Emotional intelligence, adaptive leadership, collaboration, servant leadership, conflict resolution. Controlling, compromise and communication skills are not soft skills for agile.

33. Answer: A Explanation: It is the difference between Earned value and planned value. All other choices are wrong.

34. Answer: A Explanation: Agile manifesto (highlighted values on the right hand side are secondary values). Individual and interactions over process and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Customer collaboration over contact negotiation. Responding to change over following a plan.

35. Answer: A Explanation: It is a fixed unit of development effort. Used to quantify the work effort and complexity required to develop a user story related to other stories. Option B, C and D are not correct answers. It is not a unit of work. It is not a fixed unit of testing effort also.

36. Answer: B Explanation: Agile team estimate the relative size of a user story using story points. Velocity is defined as the number of stories that a team can deliver within the iteration. Burn rate is the cost of agile team or the rate at which it consumes resources. Option A, C, and D are not the correct choices.

37. Answer: D Explanation: Affinity estimating is an agile estimation technique, which is used for quickly estimating the relative work effort of large number of user stories. Wideband Delphi A consensus based estimating technique, in which the estimators known each other. In Traditional Delphi, the experts are not aware of other estimators. Planning poker -One of the agile technique used to estimate the story points of a user story.

38. Answer: A

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Removing the obstacles for the team is the responsibility of the Scrum master. It is not the responsibility of PM or sponsor or product owner. Scrum master ensures that process is followed, shields the team from interferences and removes impediments.

39. Answer: A Explanation: A technique in lean manufacturing to analyze the flow of materials and information required to deliver a product. Code refactoring technique is not related to value stream mapping. Code approval and continuous integration are not value stream mapping.

40. Answer: B Explanation: Prototyping is one of the agile feedback technique for the product. Prototype is used to get valuable feedback from the users early in the project. Finding defect, source code review and team meeting are not the feedback techniques in agile.

41. Answer: A Explanation: Prioritized user stories in the backlog that the team is committed to develop during a particular iteration. Other options are not correct.

42. Answer: A Explanation: A fictional user of the system under development. A persona is a fictional character that represents a subset of the market we want to capture. Persona typically has a name, a picture, and relevant characteristics such as age or income group and behavioral traits. They encourage us to follow a user-centric approach. Option B, C and D are not correct.

43. Answer: A Explanation: MoSCow is used to prioritize user stories. Fish bone diagram is used to find the root cause of the problem. Maslow’s theory is used to motivate people based on hierarchy of needs. Herzberg’s theory is also a motivation theory.

44. Answer: B Explanation: In XP, code developed is integrated at least once per day. We can find out integration issue, interface issues earlier by doing this. All other options are not correct. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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45. Answer: A Explanation: An empowered team takes ownership of a product and is collectively responsible for its delivery. Decision authority belongs to the entire team and not related to any single individual. Option B, Option C is wrong. If PM or product owner makes decision for the team it is not empowered. Team that always got instruction from higher authority regarding the decisions is also not an empowered team.

46. Answer: A Explanation: If WIP limit is reached no new item is moved into the next column until other items are moved out. In this case it won’t exceed the limit of 5. Option B, C and D are wrong.

47. Answer: A Explanation: The decision model where agile team members make decisions collaboratively and take ownership of decision. This decision model is known as participatory decision making. In command and control, some individual takes the decision not the team. Option C and D are wrong and not in agile.

48. Answer: A Explanation: Smallest set of functionality, which gives value to the customer. Build the smallest thing possible to get value as soon as possible. Option B: feature has high IRR, which is wrong. Option C: A feature which is important to customer, and high IRR is also wrong. Option D: Decide based on customer market is also incorrect.

49. Answer: B Explanation: Both Sprint backlog, and iteration backlog holds a list of product features, to be developed in the sprint/iteration. Release list is not a valid choice. Only product backlog holds list of product features, to be developed in the project.

50. Answer: A Explanation: The delivery which is used in agile is incremental delivery. The product is delivered in increments in iterations. Option B, C, and D are not valid choices.

51. Answer: B Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: It is release planning. It is planned on tactical level. During Release planning to develop project schedule, which is developed twice a year. Each Release plan contains many iterations. Roadmap contains many release plans.

52. Answer: D Explanation: Spike is a task of short experiment, carried out to gain the knowledge about a specific question. It is not carried out when risk happens. Contingency plan is a backup plan a team have when a risk happens to a project. Option A, B and C are not valid options.

53. Answer: A Explanation: Only qualitative risks are managed in agile. All other options are not correct.

54. Answer: C Explanation: One of the Prioritization technique used. (Must have, should have, could have, and won’t have). C here denotes should have. All other choices are not correct.

55. Answer: B Explanation: Sprint Review meeting time boxed for 4 hours. Release planning meetings typically last between 4 and 8 hours. Retrospective meeting generally last up to an hour. Daily stand up meeting generally last about 15 minutes.

56. Answer: B Explanation: Independent is the correct answer. Attributes of a user story INVEST (independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable).

57. Answer: A Explanation: Kanban means Signal. The team should update the Kanban board as work progresses on the project. Kanban is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively. Kanban board is used for continuous improvement. All other choices are not the correct meaning of Kanban.

58. Answer: B Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: A defect which is not captured by the development/testing team, and found by the customer.Less Escaped Defects almost means a good job by the Quality Assurance team. Always, team tries to keep the number of escaped defects very low. It is possible to correct, but it takes time. Fixing a single escaped software defect can take from a week to several weeks of effort to correct. It does not happen in production environment, it is usually found by customer. Option D is also incorrect.

59. Answer: A. (average number of story points completed per iteration is called velocity). Other choices are not correct.

60. Answer: A 3*5 + 2*10 =15+20 =35 (A is the right answer). Nearly completed story is not taken intoaccount for velocity calculation.

61. Answer: C Explanation: In general, iteration is between 2 to 4 weeks.

62. Answer: A Explanation: The way team members overhear and absorb communication in their working environment. The team benefits from osmotic communication by collocating its team members. Team communication, verbal communication and formal communication are incorrect choices.

63. Answer: D Explanation: An empowered team takesownership of a product and is collectively responsible for its delivery. Decision authority belongs to the entire team and is not related to any single individual. Cross functional team do not make decisions like empowered team. Independent team and motivated team are not the correct options.

64. Answer: B Explanation: Affinity estimating is an agile estimation technique, which is used for quickly estimating the relative work effort of a large number of user stories in the product backlog. User stories are arranged in a wall from small to large size depending on the efforts to develop. MoSCoW technique is a prioritization technique, not an estimation technique. 3 point estimating is estimation, and is the techniques that could be used to estimate a task. In three-point estimation, 3 values are produced for every task called Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers best case, most likely and worst case estimate. Wideband Delphi estimating is a consensus-based estimating technique.

65. Answer: C Explanation: A technique in lean manufacturing to analyze the flow of materials and information required to deliver a product. Value stream mapping is a lean-management technique for analyzing the current state and designing a future state. It is used to identify waste in the process.

66. Answer: B Explanation: product backlog serves a connection between the product owner and the team. Iteration backlog is limited to only one iteration. Sprint review is after every sprint, to review the product. This option is not correct. Elevator statements are brief and can be shared with a fellow elevator passenger, explain the project vision in the short amount of time it takes to ride an elevator from one floor to another. This option also not correct.

67. Answer: D Explanation: Performing frequent verification and validation helps to ensure product quality. At the end of iteration during a product review, it is reviewed by the product owner, and defects are corrected in the next iteration. All other options track the cost, track the budget and product quality and are not correct choices.

68. Answer: D. it is created at the beginning of the project. It is not created during the sprint review. Also product roadmap is not created at the beginning of the release or iteration.

69. Answer: A Explanation: A collaborative activity for the purpose of generating creative ideas. It is the group effort to find a solution for the problem by gathering ideas spontaneously given by the team. It is not a team gettogether activity. It is not done to review the product. A collaborative activity for the purpose of sprint goal, this is also an invalid option.

70. Answer: C

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: Providing guidance/feedback is not an agile concept. A team takes ownership of a product and is collectively responsible for its delivery. Since the team collectively takes the decision, they try to give their best. Option D is also not a correct answer.

71. Answer: D Explanation: Option A, B, and C are not duties of servant leader. Providing support and removing obstacles are the duties of a servant leader.

72. Answer: B Explanation: Agility is the ability to balance between flexibility and stability. All other choices are not correct.

73. Answer: A Explanation: First the developer writes a (failing) test case that defines a desired improvement, then produces the minimum amount of code to pass that test, and finally refactor the new code. The steps are • write a test • verify and validate the test • write product code and apply the test • Refactor the product code. Verify and validate the test is the second step in TDD. Write code is the third step in TDD. Refactor the product code is the 4th step in TDD.

74. Answer: D Explanation: Agile team is dividing the user stories, into smaller, manageable tasks. This process is called decomposition. Reflection is not the valid option. Task is the result of decomposition.

75. Answer: A Explanation: The team benefits from osmotic communication by collocating its team members. Collocation is the ideal agile team location. Virtual, distributed and global are not ideal team members location in agile.

76. Answer: C Explanation: The process, when a team constructively criticizes its performance for the purpose of improving performance is called reflective. The workshop is called reflective workshop. Feedback, performance review and performance assessment are not valid choices. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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77. Answer: A Explanation: Option A is a valid level of agile planning. Other options given are not correct.

78. Answer: D Explanation: Individuals and Interactions overprocess and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Customer collaboration overcontract negotiation. Responding to Change over following a plan. The value on the left is more important than that on the right. Right hand side values are secondary values.

79. Answer: B. Explanation: Responding to Change over following a plan. (Primary value Left hand side)

80. Answer: C Explanation: It is 7 plus or minus 2.

81. Answer: D Explanation: Unwritten rules about the expectations of the project. Establish the ground rules for the team and project. E.g. everybody needs to come to the office on time. It is a useful tool to guide group behavior. It is often called as working agreements. Other choices are not correct.

82. Answer: B. Explanation: Project charter can be used waterfall as well as agile projects. Option B is not correct. It can be used for agile projects also. Other options given are related to project charter.

83. Answer: B Explanation: Efficient way to communicate is face to face communication. Informal communication is not correct. Other options given are agile principles. Question is for which choice is not a correct agile principle.

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PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers 84. Answer: A (Remember DEEP) Explanation: Product backlog should be Detailed, Estimable, Emergent and Prioritized.

85. Answer: C (remember INVEST) Explanation: Attributes of a user story INVEST (independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable).

86. Answer: A Explanation: It shouldn’t change the code’s behavior. Refactoring is not done to test the code. Other options are not correct.

87. Answer: B (in English it means signal) Explanation: Kanban means Signal. The team should update the Kanban board as work progresses on the project. Kanban is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively.

88. Answer: C Explanation: Part of Active Listening: Taking notes, Focus complete attention to the speaker, being silent etc. Not Part of Active Listening: talking loudly, leaving early, and asking closed end questions.

89. Answer: B. Explanation: Problem to solve, Disagreement, Contest, crusade (flight/fight), World war. This are the 5 levels of conflict.

90. Answer: D Explanation: 3 pillars of scrum are Visibility, inspection and adoption. Other options are not correct.

91. Answer: B Explanation: 3 Questions asked in the daily scrum meeting, What have you done since last meeting? What are you planning to do today? Any obstacles on the way? Asking about project status should not be asked in the daily scrum meeting. Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

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92. Answer: A Explanation: Core principles of XP. Planning game, Small releases, Simple design, product theme,TDD (test driven development),Refactoring, Pair programming, Collective code ownership, Continuous integration. Spike is not one of the core principles in XP.

93. Answer: D Explanation: XP Roles are, -XP coach, XP Customer, XP Programmer, XP Tracker, XP Tester. Product owner is not one of the XP roles.

94. Answer: A Explanation: Core Lean Principles • eliminate waste • empower the team • deliver fast • optimize the whole • build in quality • defer decisions • Amplify learning

95. Answer: A Explanation: ground rules are unwritten rules about the expectations of the project. Establish the ground rules for the team and project. E.g. everybody needs to come to the office on time. It is a useful tool to guide group behavior. It is often called as working agreements. Option A is not a ground rule.

96. Answer: A Explanation: Agile team orders stories on the wall in order of effort from greatest to least is relative sizing. All other options are not correct. 97. Answer: A Explanation: The team should update the Kanban board as work progresses on the project. Kanban is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively. It is the team’s responsibility to update the Kanban board. It is not the individual responsibility of product owner/project manager/scrum master. 98. Answer: B Explanation: It is associated with Kanban. Deming cycle is related to PDCA. Herzberg theory is one of the motivation theory which is not related to limiting the work in progress. Kaizen is used for continuous improvement. 99. Answer: B Please help me with my coffee ☺ PayPal ID : [email protected]

PMI ACP Practice Exams with explanatory Answers Explanation: In XP methodology, programmers work in pairs. Other options are not correct. 100. Answer: B Explanation: Unit of work that do not add value, but need to be done are called tasks. Characteristics of task, • They represent the smallest breakdown of work. • We can see the task related information on information radiator. • They do not necessarily add value.

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