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WorksheetsAgile Exam Preparation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A newly formed agile project team has developers that work on front-end, back-end, testing, and requirements development. Only one developer has the specific knowledge and skills key to several project iterations.
How should the team minimize the risk of temporarily losing this developer?
Add specialty people to the team to alleviate potential bottlenecks and increase performance.
Create a working agreement to minimize the out-of-office time that any member may use during the project.
Rotate team members on and off the team as needs rise and fall.
Begin pair programming to increase team members' experience.
Agile team members are gathering inputs for planning their first iteration of software development project. Which of the following would help the team the most to save time and reduce a risk of a failure?
Velocity values from similar project executed by another team
Retrospective decision from the best team in the organization
The source code of similar product from previous project
Definition of Done of the similar product from previous project
A Scrum Master is conducting sprint retrospective meeting which is becoming contentious. Which of the following action might the Scrum master take to address team conflict?
Intervening at the first sign of conflict to avoid escalation and potentially damaged relationship
Intervening when heated discussion occur, and taking a break if needed to address individuals privately.
Addressing inappropriate behavior during the meeting to hold individual accountable to the team
Using authority as Scrum master to decide for the team when the discussion reachs an impasse
After completing three iterations, an Agile team has determine that it will take 292 story point to complete the remaining portion of the Project. The average velocity of the Team for the first three iterations was 30 story points. How many additional iterations will it take for the team to complete the Project?
11 iterations
8 iterations
9 iterations
10 iterations
When Agile team focus on creating comprehensive documentation, they will have less time to :
Play collaborative games to have fun at work
Prepare progress status reports for Management
Response to changes requested by the Customer
Negotiate contract with the third-party vendors.
An agile team has been working overtime for the last few iterations. The project manager has decided that from now on the team should maintain a 40-hour workweek. What is the most likely reason behind the project manager's decision?
To minimize the amount of work in progress
To prioritize high-risk user stories for the next sprint
To deliver working software frequently
To promote sustainable development
A few days before the end of the last iteration, the team informs the project manager that they will be unable to finish two work packages, A and B, because the WBS is insufficiently refined. The team thinks they might be able to complete package A on time but will need an additional week to complete package B which has a higher priority. What is the best course of action for the project manager?
Instruct the team to complete package B since it has a higher priority
Extend the iteration length in order to finish both packages A and B
Facilitate to Crashing & Fast tracking
Consult with the product owner and make a decision accordingly
An agile project is in its third sprint. The participation from sales and the sponsor is infrequent.
The sponsor states that they will participate when an important portion of the functionality becomes available.
What should the agile leader do?
Accept the sponsor's response.
Adjust the backlog priorities so that each sprint contains at least one important portion of functionality.
Escalate the issue to their manager.
Explain the importance of early feedback in reducing the need for future rework and waste.
A project iteration has multiple issues, and the project team is unsure which members have the responsibility for them. What should the agile practitioner do?
Have the project leader delegate the issues to appropriate team members.
Offer to help the team to be more effective through transparency and collaboration.
Ask the product owner to direct the team on prioritizing and addressing the issues.
Create tasks for each of the issues, and assign them to the appropriate team members.
An experienced technical leader of agile teams must develop a new, complex component for a new project. What should the technical leader do to ensure that the architecture and high-level designs are comprehensive and understood by the team?
Create the architecture and high-level design and train the team.
Develop the initial architecture and high-level design then discuss with the team.
Create a story for the deliverables and assign it to the most senior person on the team.
Conduct a brainstorming session with stakeholders and the team and create the deliverables.
