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NEW QUESTION 1
A product's scope and acceptance criteria have been defined, and the product is planned for release at the end of the next quarter. What should the project team do next?

• A. Estimate the project team's capacity.
• B. Determine how much work can be delivered.
• C. Calculate how much work will fit into the next iteration.
• D. Estimate items in the product backlog.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
A newly formed scrum learn wants to foster an environment of transparency and experimentation. The team decides to use a Kanban board to record and track encountered impediments Emphasis is placed on how issues are reserved and the strategies for preventing them in the future.
Over time, what will be the result of this approach?

• A. Kaizen
• B. Specific measurable, assignable realisti
• C. and time-based (SMART) goals
• D. Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• E. Muda

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 3
A project Worn meets to estimate user stones for a sprint. While an important non-functional requirement must be delivered in the sprint the estimate exceeds sprint capacity.
What should the team do?

• A. Estimate only functional requirements that will impact product quality
• B. Add learn resources
• C. Refer the issue to the product owner
• D. Break non-functional requirements into those that can be delivered in the given sprint

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 4
What can an agile team use to prioritize stones?

• A. Planning poke' technique
• B. Weighted average calculation
• C. Risk-value quadrant
• D. INVEST scale

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
During a daily stand up meeting, a developer expresses concerns that the selected technology limits the number of concurrent users. What should the agile team lead do?

• A. Ask the team to conduct research to find a viable solution.
• B. Select a better technology for team implementation.
• C. Obtain customer input on their technology requirements.
• D. Consult the product owner about their non-functional requirements.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 6
A company has decided to combine Iwo similar products consisting of multiple teams into one product Engaged customers want to know how the company is looking at re-organizing it's teams.
What strategy should be employed to re-organize the teams?

• A. All the teams from both products should be simultaneously called together and allowed to completely self-manage
• B. Teams that worked on similar components in the separate products should be combined to minimize disruption and capitalize on synergies
• C. After grouping individuals by role multi-discipline teams should be created that are comprised of one member from each role
• D. Features should be prioritized and then teams should be orgainzed around those priorities

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 7
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 it 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.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 8
An agile team is planning the next iteration tor 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 me product owner
• C. Add code cleanup activities to the next deration 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

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 9
A project team realizes that an important task on the iteration backlog will take more time than originally estimated. What should the project team do?

• A. Continue working on the task until it is completed.
• B. Remove the task owner from the project team.
• C. Add resources to reduce time to task completion.
• D. Stop working on the task and include it in the next iteration.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 10
An agile coach realizes that a team responsible for a major release is a few months behind schedule The marketing department is unaware of this delay and is planning to start the marketing campaign and announce the release What should the agile coach do?

• A. Meet with the agile team lead to discuss ways to improve team velocity and get back on track.
• B. Use this as a learning opportunity and allow the team to hand* the situation when the marketing campaign begins.
• C. In the upcoming retrospective, discuss ways to improve sharing protect status information.
• D. Meet with the marketing stakeholders to explain that the team will miss the planned release date.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 11
During a project's last few sprints, an agile practitioner notices an increase in defects. A root-cause analysis indicates that a poor understanding of the requirements was caused by the inability of the product owner to communicate clearly.
What should the agile practitioner do?

• A. Inform the product owner's manager so that corrective action may be taken.
• B. Communicate this to the product owner, and offer to help facilitate discussions with the team.
• C. Encourage a team member to raise this during the retrospective to ensure that the product owner is aware.
• D. Escalate this issue to the sponsor so that corrective action may be taken.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 12
The product owner of an agile project is frustrated because the team is unable to deliver as many features as expected. The product owner asks the team to reduce test-automation levels, since the quality assurance team will test the product at project completion. The product owner expects that more features will be delivered in each iteration using this approach
What should the agile practitioner do?

• A. Ask the opinion of key stakeholders and the client to ensure the correct approach is being used
• B. Work with the team to use this approach and request a quality assurance iteration after every three iterations
• C. Propose to completely eliminate test automation, since this is a quality assurance function
• D. Suggest merging the quality assurance and delivery teams to enhance each iteration's test-automation levels and reduce redundancy

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 13
During a planning session, four out of five team members vole to include eight story points m a particular story, while the fifth member votes for five story points How should this be handled7

• A. The story should be assigned eight story points as per the majority vote.
• B. The story should be added to the backlog and reassessed later
• C. The story should be assigned points after a discussion with the fifth team member to see if a consensus can be reached
• D. The decision for the number of story points should be made by the customer

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 14
What is the first thing an agile development team should do when planning an iteration?

• A. Assign the tasks to one team member.
• B. Separate the stories into tasks.
• C. Estimate the stories' tasks.
• D. Help establish the next sprint's goal.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 15
A team working with a new technology faces a significant amount of uncertainty about its ability to deliver stories due to technical issues. What should the team do?

• A. Capture risks and make them visible, and use a burn down chart to focus on reducing risks early in the project.
• B. Ask the scrum master to extend the sprint's duration to allow more time to work through technical issues.
• C. Place the impacted stories on the story board, and use daily stand ups to make the product owner aware of the technical issues.
• D. Seek guidance from the development manager.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 16
During a Kanban team's daily stand up, an agile coach observes that the team seems disinterested in the work status. While it appears that there are no issues with flow, there is a marked lack of attention to team effort. When the agile coach queries the team for reasons, members explain that work continues to be scheduled with no end in sight.
What should the agile coach do?

• A. Work with the team to determine points at which to celebrate its work.
• B. Provide the team with a break by scheduling a team event.
• C. Have the team increase work in progress (WIP) levels to more quickly complete the flow.
• D. Rejuvenate the team by temporarily reducing WIP levels.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 17
During an iteration planning meeting, the team suggests changes to add product value that will require extra work and impact the schedule. What should the agile project leader do?

• A. Re-estimate the project.
• B. Finish the product as it was initially planned.
• C. Try to include as many changes as possible.
• D. Ask the product owner for approval to proceed.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 18
How can an agile practitioner ensure that all key stakeholders are properly engaged in planning?

• A. Collect stakeholder requirements.
• B. Conduct an iteration planning meeting.
• C. Communicate product backlog items to the stakeholders.
• D. Facilitate a product development roadmap workshop.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 19
During a current sprint a learn member asks permission horn the scrum master lo investigate an alternative design approach What should the scum master do?

• A. Discourage the team member from deviating from the plan and document the request during the retrospective
• B. Encourage the team member to research the issue and present the findings during the retrospective
• C. Discourage the team member from using experimentation.'spikes unless it is fully developed and accounts for a variety of use cases
• D. Encourage the team member to use experimentation ‘spikes for continuous improvement and help the team understand why it is important

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 20
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