How Many Questions Of PMI-ACP Prep

NEW QUESTION 1
Midway through a two-week sprint, an agile team realizes that the features cannot be delivered within the sprint. The team determines that another week will be required to complete all committed features.
What should the team do?

• A. Plan for overtime, and include the effort as part of the estimation.
• B. Increase team velocity to deliver more story points.
• C. Identify the reason for over-commitment to the sprint and create an action plan for the following sprint.
• D. Add resources to assist with sprint execution.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
After completing the release plan, the team realizes that the project is very likely to have a negative ROI. What should the team do?

• A. Prioritize the backlog, and remove low-priority stories from the release plan to ensure a positive ROI.
• B. Replace some team members to reduce the release costs and minimize a negative ROI.
• C. Perform a root-cause analysis to remove waste from the delivery process and increase the ROI.
• D. Communicate the risk of a negative ROI to the stakeholders, and update the release plan.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 3
Midway through a project, the product owner learns from the sponsor that a major component, which is already 20 percent complete, is unimportant to users. The component was part of the approved scope and a key selling point for the project.
What should the product owner do next?

• A. Obtain approval from the change control board to discontinue the component.
• B. Ask the team to continue developing the component.
• C. Ask the team to discontinue developing the component.
• D. Request the sponsor's formal approval to discontinue the component.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 4
During its first sprint a new scrum team realizes that it has insufficient team members with test automation skills to effectively complete its stories. What should the team do?

• A. Cross-tram some members in the automation framework to broaden their capacity with that skill
• B. Ask the product owner to add team members to boost this particular skill set
• C. Send a member to automation framework training when funds are available
• D. Avoid using test automation by swarming on the testing tasks and using manual testing

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 5
There is a database feature requiring three members of a seven person team. A meeting is scheduled at the beginning of the sprint to go over technical needs to complete the story.
Who should the Scrum Master invite to the meeting?

• A. The core team and the customer
• B. The product owner and key stakeholders
• C. The customer and the sponsor
• D. The core team and the product owner

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 6
A new project starts and team members are pooled together to execute it. The team works together and moves from the forming stage into the storming stage. However, potentially destructive conflicts are now arising.
What should the agile coach do to develop members into a high-performance team?

• A. Teach the team how to work comfortably in chaos.
• B. Provide strong facilitation and conflict-resolution guidance.
• C. Allow the team to resolve issues on their own.
• D. Observe each team member and advise them on team relationships.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 7
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?

• A. Planning
• B. Daily scrum
• C. Sprint demo
• D. Retrospective

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
The learn is refining user stones during the backlog grooming session and confused on the acceptance criteria and level of details What should the agile practitioner do?

• A. Complete the test cases before creating the story m the backlog
• B. Define the detailed business requirements so that the team can continue with development
• C. Define me user stones with just enough details so the team can collaborate continuously
• D. Ensure the acceptance criteria Includes testing scenarios, so the learn can do thorough testing

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 9
During sprint planning the product owner wants the team to prioritize and deliver a number of features which nave the highest business value Due to technical dependencies the team does not agree with the prioritization What should the project leader do'

• A. Encourage the product owner and team to reprioritize the features and select ones which can be delivered without any dependencies
• B. Encourage the team to continue with the current plan do what they can, and carry forward the work not done to the next iteration
• C. Ensure the team captures the technical dependences as issues within the backing and prioritize based on value optimization
• D. Ensure that the required subject matter experts (SMEs) are engaged by the product owner to help with backlog prioritization

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 10
An agile team is preparing a release plan for a project. What information will the team need to complete this plan?

• A. Amount of work needed to complete a single user story
• B. Amount of work that can be accomplished by each team member
• C. Amount of work that can be accomplished in an iteration
• D. Amount of work that can be accomplished by the entire team

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 11
What estimation technique is an agile team using when collectively estimating the relative size of its stories using story points?

• A. Parametric
• B. One-to-one comparison
• C. Affinity
• D. Planning poker

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
A projects first iteration contains item A. and its second iteration contains item B. The first iteration is behind schedule which will impact the second iteration Since items A and B are similar a team member suggests beginning the design of item B. What should the agile practitioner do?

• A. Defer starting the design of item B until the second iteration is being planned
• B. Proceed with the design of item B, since it will hasten the second iteration
• C. Escalate the issue to me customer and obtain their approval before starting the design of item B
• D. Log the issue in the risk register and request change control board (CCB) approval

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 13
A new agile project manager accepts an assignment to manage a well-established team Many team members have worked together on this product tor several years. During a meeting, the project manager notices that team members otter little vocal interaction yet all required tasks are completed on time
What type of behavior does this describe?

• A. Synchronous
• B. Collaborative
• C. Passive-aggressive
• D. Random

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 14
A development team, new to scrum, questions the need to collect metrics on team performance. While team members understand velocity and burn down, they feel that once velocity becomes settled it is needless to keep track.
What should the agile coach tell the team?

• A. Continuing to track velocity allows functional managers to assess whether or not the team is performing at the desired rate.
• B. The trends will show how the team performs against other scrum teams in the organization.
• C. Tracking velocity will provide a baseline for the team to see how their continuous improvement efforts are working.
• D. Tracking velocity will document and communicate team health to the stakeholders.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 15
A Scrum Master would like to provide information to key stakeholders on the daily resource and project activities. Which tool should the Scrum Master use to provide these updates?

• A. Shared vision statement and sprint goal
• B. Release burnup chart
• C. Velocity metrics
• D. Iteration burndown chart

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 16
A learn using Kanban identifies mat 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?

• A. Reduce work in progress (W1P) limits to accommodate slack for riskier stories
• B. Create a triage step on the Kanban board to pre-identify risky stones
• C. Set a policy lo break down stories larger than a specified complexity, then adjust the WIP
• D. Create a dedicated overflow swimlane on the Kanban board for stones that are loo large

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 17
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.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 18
The amount of information captured in the project's defects is varying within the development team. Team members are becoming frustrated with the defect quality inconsistencies and the frequent clarification required.
What should be done to address the issue?

• A. Stop the current iteration to discuss defect quality issues and explore solutions.
• B. Discuss and explore solutions in the next planning meeting and take corrective actions as required.
• C. Generate insights at the next retrospective and adjust processes as decided by the team.
• D. Assign corrective actions to the backlog for the team to identify the mandatory defect information.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 19
An agile team member identifies a potential problem within the project team How should the team's coach react?

• A. Document the problem escalate to the project manager, and develop a solution for the team
• B. Add the problem to the backlog and assign resolution to a future iteration
• C. Instruct the team to try to solve the problem within the team
• D. Perform root cause analysis and report the problem to the product owner

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 20
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