PMI-ACP Free Practice Test

An agile practitioner wants to communicate the effect of technical debt on the project What should the practitioner do?

1. A. Post and discuss rises in the burn down chart
2. B. Adjust story points to account for technical debt.
3. C. Log technical debt as an impediment.
4. D. Add refactoring tasks to all stones

Correct Answer: C

A globally distributed project team is using email and phone calls as the only way to share information. Delays in resolving issues often occur due to misinterpreted communications, leading to a lower team velocity.
What steps should the project leader take to improve knowledge sharing?

1. A. Meet individually with each team member to identify the issues and relay information to the remaining members through status reports.
2. B. Establish a live video feed between the dispersed teams to enable spontaneous engagement and collaboration on issues.
3. C. Request that the customer co-locate the team to overcome the communication issues, as this is the only method to ensure agility.
4. D. Inform the customer of the challenges and lower velocity of the project to accomodate for the slower delivery pace.

Correct Answer: B

An agile team has been given a complex project with a basic set of requirements which need further elaboration and review. How should the team iteratively build out the backlog of requirements with the stakeholders?

1. A. Conduct a requirements gathering workshop.
2. B. Deliver the basic requirements iteratively.
3. C. Have the product owner fill out the requirements backlog.
4. D. Have the stakeholders fill out the backlog before starting the project.

Correct Answer: B

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?

1. A. Include security concerns on the agenda for every meeting.
2. B. Request that a security expert be added to the team.
3. C. Add security as a non-functional requirement to the risk register, and review regularly.
4. D. Ensure that planning and prioritizing includes consideration of security requirements.

Correct Answer: C

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?

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

Correct Answer: C