PMI-ACP Free Practice Test

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?

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

Correct Answer: A

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?

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

Correct Answer: D

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?

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

Correct Answer: A

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

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

Correct Answer: D

A product that recently went to market is receiving a great deal of attention from upper management who expresses interest by directly emailing and calling the developer team. The team expresses frustration during a standup.
What should the Scrum Master do?

1. A. Ask the product owner how upper management's comments can be redirected.
2. B. Direct the developer team to ignore the phone calls and emails.
3. C. Ask the product owner to enter the requests into the product backlog as high priority.
4. D. Personally respond to upper management's phone calls and emails.

Correct Answer: A