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Question 3

During a retrospective, the agile practitioner discovers that a team member's process improvement idea has worsened the outcome.
What should the agile practitioner do?

A Commend the team on trying the idea, then encourage discussion regarding alternatives
B Ask a manager to direct the team on fixing the process
C Encourage the team to continue executing the idea to see if it improves
D Privately speak with the team member to convey that their idea worsened the outcome

Question 4

Early in a project, stakeholder analysis is performed; however, an organizational restructure redefines key roles.
What should the project team do?

A Note the changes to the restructure and roles that affect team activities
B Use direct engagement and two-way conversation to update the stakeholder analysis for any new stakeholder requirements
C Email a copy of the project vision to those redefined for key roles and ask if they need to be involved in the project
D Obtain a copy of the redefined key roles to update the stakeholder analysis

Question 5

A team member has spent 5 days on a spike and the first set of experiments has not been successful. The issue is the development team member has determined a short-term rather than a long-term solution.
What should the project leader do?

A Assign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
B Re-estimate the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
C Stop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
D Schedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike

Question 6

An agile team notices that the same problems continue to occur during multiple iterations. Several team members have suggestions to fix the problem.
What is the proper agile approach to handle this?

A Hold frequent retrospectives and share the responsibility for making changes
B Understand that this is the nature of innovative business and strive to work harder
C Collect team member feedback and discuss them privately with the product owner
D Conduct a team-building exercise to increase trust among the team members

Question 7

An experienced product owner presents the epics and corresponding stories during a release planning session with the established team. The executive sponsor asks the team when the features will be delivered.
What should the agile team do?

A Evaluate how much can be delivered based on the Scrum Master's estimation
B Identify a set of user stories based on the team's velocity
C Initiate an estimation session
D Consult historical data for project completion

Question 8

An agile team is planning the next iteration for a product release that has accumulated technical debt.
What should the team do?

A Add code cleanup activities to the product backlog and request prioritization by the product owner
B Add code cleanup activities to the next iteration and request clarification from the product owner
C Add code cleanup activities to the next iteration and ask the product owner to end the current iteration
D Add code cleanup activities to the next release backlog and request documentation from the product owner

Question 9

An agile project manager is planning the initial scope, schedule, and cost range estimates on a new project. The team will be using Kanban to control work.
What metrics should the team use to measure performance?

A Lead time, throughput, and due date performance
B Work in progress limits, Kanban board, and time boxes
C Work item types, sprint cadences, and defect classes
D Burndown charts, scatter diagrams, and throughput

Question 10

During project inception, an agile practitioner engages the stakeholder to ensure alignment on the project's strategy and vision. The stakeholder asks for detailed requirements, design, and delivery plans.
What should the agile practitioner do?

A Provide all information requested by the stakeholder
B Set expectations regarding the appropriate level of details requested during this stage
C Inform the stakeholder that no detailed documents are provided using agile practices
D Ask the team to supply the information to the stakeholder

Question 11

A product owner feels that the last sprint failed to sufficiently deliver what was valuable to their organization's overall project goals.
What should the scrum master mention at the next retrospective?

A Solutions to project problems that were built into the last sprint
B Problems that arose
C Solutions that saved the organizations the most time and money
D Problems that were solved

Question 12

A new product owner needs to manage the backlog of a high-visibility, fast-moving project that is consuming a considerable amount of time.
What should the product owner do?

A Schedule regular meetings with the scrum team to write, groom, and size user stories
B Focus on stores based on the highest number of story points to first address those items with the highest value
C Seek regular input from project stakeholders, and reflect this input in the backlog's priorities
D Schedule in-person, monthly meetings with key stakeholders to review the project's progress

Question 13

A new team member asks what changes could accelerate a change to the project plan.
What should be the proper response?

A Competitors joined forces with the team
B The customer changed requirements
C Project team members obtained additional certifications
D Technology which did not interfere with the final product

Question 14

A team identifies the number of threats and lists them in the order in which they were identified. After analyzing a cause-and effect diagram, the ownership of the threats and their treatment is assigned, and a number of risk cards are placed on the Kanban board.
What approach should be used to manage these threats?

A Create a risk register detailing the threats, their causes, and their treatment strategies, and complete ownership to provide together risk control and a stakeholder
B Focus on the threats during the daily stand up and ensure they are visible to the entire team and other interested parties
C Prioritize the risks based on their criticality and timing, and track actions to closure
D Ensure that the prioritization of threats is complete, and that ownership actions are assigned and visible to everyone

Question 15

During product development, changes in technology and regulations require the team to reassess product architecture.
How should this technical debt be captured?

A Include it in the product backlog and use a new indicator to annotate that is technical debt
B Include it in the product backlog as a low-priority issue
C Since it is not a part of agile methodologies, it should not be tracked
D Have team members maintain personal lists of issues and consolidate the lists during review

Question 16

The agile team disagrees with the business stakeholders on completing some epics.
What could help eliminate misunderstandings?

A Agree on requirements with all stakeholders
B Begin planning every four iterations
C Consider previous sprint demo feedback when planning the next sprint
D Include the reasons for the project in the contract

Question 17

A customer and a product delivery team meet to discuss a product's attributes, goals, expectations, hypothesis, and high-level needs.
What is a benefit of this meeting?

A The team will learn how its contribution will create product value
B It will enable team acceptance of client priorities
C It will enable the team to see the entire project in one glance
D It will enable the team to ask any questions to the customer upfront

Question 18

When introducing agile processes to a company, a quality assurance (QA) manager resists and believes that the switch to agile will remove quality controls and documents.
How should the agile practitioner address this concern?

A Educate the QA manager that in agile, quality is integrated from the beginning to end of the project
B Write backlog items that include QA as part of the description
C Ask for the current QA documents and incorporate them into the technical debt backlog
D Ask the product owner to write tests and QA controls into the acceptance criteria

Question 19

While struggling to take ownership of delivery, an agile team fails to keep up with its sprint commitments.
What should the agile coach do?

A Work with the sponsor to develop team expectations
B Provide the customer with a list of deliverables and obtain agreement
C Encourage the team to more frequently interact with all stakeholders
D Work on finishing upfront product design rather than comprehensive documentation

Question 20

During a team meeting, members who are subject matter experts (SMEs) mention that they are continuously working on repetitive tasks, which has lowered motivation.
What should the agile practitioner do?

A Organize a team-building activity to improve team morale
B Have team members work in pairs to learn from each other and develop new skills
C Ask team members to perform a value stream analysis of their activities
D Add more resources to the team to help with tasks

Question 21

An agile team is working on a new product. To ensure that all unknown issues are clarified before committing to the scope, the team plans to work only on spike user stories for the next three sprints.
What should an agile coach do in this situation?

A Ensure that the spikes identify the risks early in the project to increase the chances of success
B Ensure that the business sponsor accepts the proposal and agrees to fund the additional spike sprints
C Recommend that, in the first sprint, user stones with higher priority be executed in addition to the spike
D Support the decision, because release planning will be improved, and the product backlog can be better groomed after all spikes are executed

Question 22

How can an agile team working on a new product ensure alignment with external stakeholders?

A Ask the product owner to provide a detailed product specification document
B Conduct story-mapping exercises to clarify deliverables and release priorities
C Hold a kick-off meeting to assign roles and responsibilities
D Work with the scrum master and stakeholders to ensure agile principles are followed

Question 23

What can an agile team use to prioritize stories?

A Planning poker technique
B Weighted average calculation
C Risk-value quadrant
D INVEST scale

Question 24

Midway through an iteration, an agile team learns that a team member will be unavailable for the next two iterations.
As a high-performance team, what should the team do?

A Raise an impediment that resource tasks will be blocked and notify the product owner
B Ask the delivery manager for a temporary resource
C Ask the scrum master to assign that team member's tasks to the next available resource
D Assume the team member's tasks to meet iteration goals, and notify the product owner

Question 25

During a daily stand up, the tester engages the developer in a discussion about what will be tested during unit testing versus regression testing.
What should the scrum master do?

A Ask the tester and developer to discuss it after the meeting, since it is not a part of the daily stand up
B Encourage the discussion to resolve impediments
C After the meeting, escalate this issue to the tester's supervisor to ensure that this does not reoccur
D Ask more questions about the testing techniques to obtain clarification on team efforts for quality improvements

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A newly formed development team experienced difficulty with accurately estimating product backlog items. As a result, the team failed to deliver all of the features in the sprint backlog for the past two iterations.
What should the team do to improve the accuracy of their estimates?

A Decrease the sprint time box until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
B Discuss estimating techniques in the daily scrum meeting
C Increase the size of the development team until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
D Begin tracking estimated effort metrics as an input to performance evaluation

During a sprint, the team encounters a technical problem that becomes an impediment to completing two stories.
What should the scrum master do?

A Ask the lead developer to identify a solution, and then share the details with the team
B Ask a technical manager or architect to determine a solution to the problem
C Work with the product owner to add a spike to the next sprint to identify a solution
D Create a collaborative team environment so that the team can explore a solution together

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