Question 1

A team using Kanban identifies that their cycle time has significant variation After brainstorming the team determines that the root cause is the stones' varying sizes and risks. What should the team do?

Options :

A : Reduce work in progress (WIP) limits to accommodate slack for riskier stories

B : Create a triage step on the Kanban board to pre-identify risky stories

C :

Set a policy to break down stories larger than a specified complexity then adjust the WIP

D :

Create a dedicated overflow swimlane on the Kanban board for stories that are too large

Answer: C

Question 2

A scrum master of a team that is new to Scrum wants to share the purpose of the daily coordination meeting. What should the scrum master tell the team?

Options :

A :

The purpose of the daily coordination meeting is for the scrum master to be able to follow up on the sprint plan. The team should explain what may be impeding them from reaching the sprint goal.

B :

According to the Scrum guide, the daily coordination meeting is part of the Scrum framework. The purposes of this meeting are to enable the scrum master to verify the team is on track and to escalate impediments.

C :

The daily coordination meeting is an effective way for the development team to follow up on progress toward the sprint goal and discuss anything that may hinder their work. It is a way to actively manage risks and dependencies.

D :

The daily coordination meeting is held to verify that people are working on the right things. The whole Scrum team should be able to answer these questions: What did I do yesterday, what will I do today, and what can stop me from making progress?

Answer: C

Question 3

An agile team lead is assigned to a project that must ensure data security. What should the team lead do to guarantee that security, as a non-functional requirement, is managed throughout the project?

Options :

A :

Include security concerns on the agenda for every meeting.

B :

Request that a security expert be added to the team.

C :

Add security as a non-functional requirement to the risk register, and review regularly.

D : Ensure that planning and prioritizing includes consideration of security requirements

Answer: D

Question 4

The project team is ahead of schedule and beginning lo gold-plate the feature included in the current sprint. What should the agile project manager do?

Options :

A :

Since the team has extra lime, notify the product owner and secure approval for the extra work on this feature.

B :

Encourage the team to document the improvement and prioritize it for the upcoming iteration, instead of building it now.

C :

Instruct the Scrum Master to have the team use the extra time to complete the extra feature work in the current iteration.

D :

Notify the product owner and have the product owner verify the backlog priority, then encourage team to continue working on the backlog.

Answer: D

Question 5

A scrum master is part of a project team using technologies overseen by the IT department. The IT director oversees several company initiatives and is unfamiliar with the details of each one.

As an active project stakeholder, to which meeting should the IT director be invited?

Options :

A : Planning

B : Daily scrum

C : Sprint demo

D : Retrospective

Answer: C

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