WorksheetsAgileTestPMP
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 45mins
The Satir model correctly predict why some organizations have a challenging time changing methodology. What is the reason that based on the model?
Organizations don't spend enough time training their people and that causes chaos
Organization often determine that the new method isn't working because they have not reached the integration stage and have only seen the chaos
Organizations are used to doing things a certain way and nobody like to change
Organization don't allow enough time for the chaos, which in turn doesn't allow things to level out in integration
What wouldn't be a key focus of your agile approach?
Increasing return on investment
Expecting change and uncertainty
Measuring progress
Working incrementally
You've been asked to recommend how a team should transition to using agile. How would you reply?
Try out some agile practices first to see if they are helpful in your situation
Hire the best ScrumMaster you can afford and make that person accountable for the transition
Identify a successful agile team and copy what they are doing
Learn agile values and principles and use them to guide which practices to adopt in your situation
As an agile leader, what would be your highest priority?
Resolving conflicts and disagreements
Keeping the team member well fed
Making sure that team members understand what the project is trying to accomplish
Controlling the team's performance
What does the Agile Manifesto mean by “individuals and interactions over processes and tools”?
It means that processes and tools aren’t needed on Agile projects.
It means that without processes and tools, the individuals and interactions will not be effective.
It means that individuals and interactions are valued more than processes and tools.
It means that both are necessary and work together to produce working software.
The four primary roles of a servant leader include:
Shielding team members from interruptions
Resolving conflicts
Determining which stories to include in an iteration
Assigning tasks to the team members
You are a practicing Agile project manager, and you are explaining to your new team the value of retrospectives. What will the team understand about retrospectives once you have explained it to them?
Retrospectives are a planned review and reflection point.
Retrospectives are a necessary function of all Agile methodologies.
Retrospectives are when the customer tests the increment.
Retrospectives are for helping to groom the backlog.
The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?
Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.
Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
Add the item to the next Sprint.
Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Scrum Master
The Development Team
The Product Owner
The most junior member of the Team
When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item?
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
At the Sprint planning meeting.
Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member.
During the Daily Scrum.
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "Done?"
Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.
It depends.
Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.
The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.
Management may feel less anxious.
All of the above
What is the main purpose of imposing limits on work in progress?
To optimize throughput
To minimize resource allocation
To visualize lead time
To balance workflow
Which of the following is not a form of frequent verification and validation?
Pair programming
Unit testing
Iteration demos
Iteration planning
You are working on a software development team that follows a test-driven development process. The sequence of activities you would undertake is:
Write code, write test, refactor
Write test, refactor, write code
Write test, write code, refactor
Write code, refactor, write test
Which of the following is most likely to be a minimal viable product?
A bicycle that has no handlebars
A pen that has a reservoir for glow-in-the-dark ink as well as regular ink
An order entry system that has no user interface
A chair that has no back
Your customer is describing items they want on the next release of their corporate software program. During discussions of valuable features, they ask if the software can include a new and innovative feature they read their competition may be creating. Your team performs Kano Analysis and determines this feature request falls under the category of:
Satisfier
Exciters
Dissatisfiers
Indifferent
When you’re reviewing constraints on an Agile project, which of the following are considered not as flexible as others?
Scope and quality
Time and quality
Cost and scope
Cost and time
The team believes that it will take 15 hours of effort to write the user guide for the new product they are building. What should their estimate be for that task?
15 hours
18 hours, to add a buffer for distractions and availability issues
12 hours, since teams tend to overestimate how long a task will take
12 to 18 hours
We can say that an iteration demo is successful if
The product got shipped and the team would work the same way again.
The customer accepts the minimal viable product that has been built.
A gulf of evaluation is cleared up.
The product owner says the product increment is done.
Your team committed to delivering 10 story points this iteration, but it looks like you will only complete 8. You should:
Extend the iteration.
Add more resources to the team.
Complete 8 points, and put 2 back in the backlog.
Adjust the iteration plan from 10 points down to 8.
Which of the following best describes a team’s velocity from the first iteration on?
Velocity is based on the decomposition of activities and their sequence.
Velocity varies in the first iterations, increases, and eventually plateaus.
Velocity is determined by the product owner.
Velocity is based on approved deliverables, milestones, scope, and resource management plans.
It is important for the Agile team to be able to see the “Big Picture” in a visual way. Which of the following would be the best tool for prioritization?
Epic
User story
Wireframe
Story map
Your team is working with the customer on a brandnew project. The customer has established the primary scope of the work, but your team doesn’t quite have a process intact. You suggest to the team that they run an iteration that allows for process discovery but doesn’t yet deliver releasable value to the customer. This is otherwise known as which one of the following?
Iteration one
Initiation
Iteration Zero
Iteration discovery
As an agile team leader, you want to avoid:
Prioritizing team goals over individual goals
Providing rewards for expected behavior
Finding out what motivates the team members individually
Rewarding individual goals at the expense of project goals
Your team needs to keep the product owner and other stakeholders informed about how the project is progressing. What tool swill you use for this?
Velocity chart and risk burndown graph
Project roadmap and story maps
The teams task board with WIP limits
Prototypes, personas, and wireframes
High-performing agile teams feature which of the following sets of characteristics?
Consensus-driven, empowered, low trust
Self-organizing, plan-driven, empowered
Consensus-driven, empowered, plan-driven
Constructive disagreement, empowered, self-organizing
Osmotic communication works best when:
The team members understand each other's cultures.
The team is in the Performing stage.
The team members’ goals are aligned with the project goals.
The team members work near each other
Your key stakeholder is asking for comprehensive Gantt charts to determine how the project is progressing. What will you tell them?
“Sure, I’ll put one together for you.”
“In Agile projects, we don’t use Gantt charts.”
“I’ll ask the team to put it together.”
“Agile projects use low-tech, high-touch tools to radiate performance rather than Gantt charts."
Of the following, what is the best way that you can help your team stay connected when they are virtual?
Daily stand-ups
Mission statements, goals, and ground rules
Kickoff meetings
Video calls
