Question 1

How should iterations for an agile project be planned?

Options :

A : At the beginning of each iteration by pulling from product backlog.

B : Iteratively by the product owner to ensure global optimization.

C : Throughout the project by using iteration reviews to continuously improve quality.

D : At the retrospective meetings to ensure nothing is missed from one iteration to the next.

Answer: A

Question 2

Letting go of command and control style of management and providing more autonomy can be difficult for many organizations. The best way to enable teams to become more self-organizing is to:

Options :

A : Use the team lead as a proxy manager who will keep the teams on track

B : Let the leader or manager be embedded within the team and take up specific responsibility to govern

C : Documenting procedures (and any exceptions) clearly so that management doesn’t have to step in each time

D : Use empowered teams with few guardrails so they can make decisions on their own

Answer: D

Question 3

Coordinating release schedules is an important decision point in the Coordinate Activities process goal. The best way to achieve this is to:

Options :

A : Specify clear release windows to the stakeholders

B : Release the solution into production - one project at a time

C : Adopt a continuous deployment strategy backed up by sophisticated automated build and test processes

D : Use a release train approach

Answer: C

Question 4

A team decided to skip the daily standup meetings as they were co-located and meeting daily was not adding value. As the process coach for the team, what position should the team lead take in response to this?

Options :

A : Caution the team that skipping daily standups is against agile principles

B : The team lead should encourage the team to think if the change is suitable for them given their unique context

C : Tell the team that the daily standup cannot be cancelled, but they may choose not to attend if they like

D : The team lead should generally never interfere in the team-s thinking and let them choose their process

Answer: B

Question 5

A client representative asked a team member when a particular version of a product will be available for download. How should the team member respond?

Options :

A : The team member should direct the client representative to the product owner

B : The team member should provide the date projected by the project burndown chart

C : The team member should respond that in an agile project it is not possible to project an end date

D : The team should ask the customer to specify a date and work towards it

E : The team lead should step in and provide the answer

Answer: A

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