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Term 1 Definition 1

Correct Answer: C

This is a tricky question! Although each of these seems

correct, one answer has been changed a bit from the
actual words used in the Agile Manifesto.
Which of the following is not a value stated in the Agile
Answers "A", "B" & "D" are from the Agile Manifesto word
Manifesto?
for word. The actual words used in the Agile Manifesto for
A) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools answer "C" are Customer "collaboration" over contract
B) Working software over comprehensive documentation negotiation, rather than Customer "communication" over
C) Customer communication over contract negotiation contract negotiation, and this is why "C" is the correct
D) Responding to change over following a plan
answer to this question.

It is very important that you study and fully understand

these Agile Manifesto values word for word because they
help form the foundation of all Agile Project Management
activities
Term 2 Definition 2

You are a Product Owner working on an agile software

development project and you have brought all the Scrum
team members together for the first Iteration Planning
meeting. You read the user stories to the team, and they Correct Answer: B
have provided estimates to complete these user stories.
You have promised to leave them alone during the This is an example of Reciprocal Commitment, where the
iteration to get the work done and they have agreed to Agile project team commits to delivering the specified
complete the work 100% according to the definition of functionality 100 % according the definition of done at the
done. What is this an example of? end of the iteration, and the product owner, organization
and customer agree not to change priorities during the
A) Two-way communication iteration and leave the team alone to "do the work".
B) Reciprocal commitment
C) Bi-partisan agreement
D) Emotional intelligence

Term 3 Definition 3

Agile project management and product development uses

several different types of documents specific to each Correct Answer: A
iteration, which are referred to as "artifacts". All of the
following are Agile iteration artifacts except: The four main artifacts used in Agile project management
and product development are the Iteration Plan, Iteration
Backlog, Iteration Burndown Charts and Iteration Burnup
A) Iteration Vision Statement
Charts. The only type of "vision statement" used as an
B) Iteration Backlog artifact in Agile is the Product Vision Statement. The
C) Iteration Plan "Iteration Vision Statement" is a completely fake term that
D) Iteration Burnup Chart we made up for this question

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Term 4 Definition 4

Correct Answer: D

The four basic activities of XP that are performed during

Extreme Programming (XP) defines four basic activities the software development process are:
that are performed during the software development 1) Listening to the customer to determine what they want
process. These include designing, coding, testing and ... and also to your fellow development team members.
? 2) Designing the code based on your team's
understanding of the requirements resulting from
A) Collaborating Listening to the customer and your team.
B) Leveling
C) Communicating 3) Coding because the end product of the development
D) Listening effort is based on programming the code.
4) Testing the code that has been programmed to deliver
the highest quality code as close to bug-free as feasible.

Term 5 Definition 5

When it comes to estimating the requirements on your Correct Answer: D

Agile projects, there are three different “Sizing Units” that
can be used to determine the size (referring here "When it comes to estimating the effort to complete the
specifically to “Level of Effort”) of your Agile project requirements on your Agile projects, there are three
requirements (referring here specifically to “user different “Sizing Units” that can be used:
stories”), and the specific tasks to meet those
Real Time, which is sometimes called Real Days or Actual
requirements. Which of the Following is not recognized as
Days. This refers to the actual time during each day that
a “unit” that can be used for estimating the size of the
the team members are available and are productively
requirements on your Agile project?
working on specific Agile project tasks.
A) Real time
Ideal Time, or Ideal Days, where you make the assumption
B) Relative size
that your Agile project team members will have no
C) Ideal time
interruptions in their work, such as checking email or
D) Ideal size
attending meetings, and will be 100% productive every

Term 6 Definition 6

One of the major tools and techniques used in Lean Software

Development is value stream mapping. What is the primary
purpose of value stream mapping?
Correct Answer: B
A) To improve business processes
The single most important goal of using Value Stream
B) To identify and eliminate waste Mapping is to identify and eliminate waste.
C) To ensure product quality
D) To increase customer value

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Term 7 Definition 7

Which is NOT one of the steps XP uses when planning

at every timescale:

A.Break work items down into tasks(Correct Answer) Answer A

B.Set a budget
C.Estimate the items
D.List the work items that may need to be done

Term 8 Definition 8

Which of the following is not one of the seven lean

principles for software development?

A.Build quality in Answer: C

B.Respect people
C.Customer collaboration
D.Defer commitment

Term 9 Definition 9

Complex rules and regulations give rise to:

A.Complex, intelligent behavior

B.Complex, stupid behavior Answer: D
C.Simple, intelligent behavior
D.Simple, stupid behavior

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Term 10 Definition 10

What are the five XP values?

A.Commitment, feedback, simplicity, courage

and respect
B.Commitment, openness, focus, courage and Answer: C - Communication, feedback,
respect simplicity, courage and respect
C.Communication, feedback, simplicity,
courage and respect
D.Commitment, openness, simplicity, courage
and respect

Term 11 Definition 11

What are the five XP values?

A.Commitment, feedback, simplicity,

courage and respect
B.Commitment, openness, focus, Answer - C.Communication, feedback,
courage and respect simplicity, courage and respect
C.Communication, feedback,
simplicity, courage and respect
D.Commitment, openness, simplicity,
courage and respect

Term 12 Definition 12

In a user story, the details are

recorded in the

A.Requirement Answer: D.Confirmation

B.Card
C.Conversation
D.Confirmation

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Term 13 Definition 13

The purpose of story cards is to

provide a simple medium for (check all
that apply):

A.defining acceptance tests

Answers: A, C, D, E
B.planning iteration work
C.developing work estimates
D.recording high-level requirements
E.gathering basic information about
storie

Term 14 Definition 14

How do you estimate the unknown?

A.by using story points instead of

staff hours Answer: B.You can't
B.You can't
C.by using planning poker
D.by estimating progressively

Term 15 Definition 15

A trade-off matrix

A.helps manage cost during a project

B.establishes the overall financial and
business reasons for undertaking this Answer: D
project
C.helps manage risk during a project
D.establishes relative priorities of the
project constraints

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Term 16 Definition 16

The term "story" comes from:

A.Extreme Programming
Answer: A
B.DSDM
C.Scrum
D.Crystal Clear

Term 17 Definition 17

Agile expects uncertainty and

manages it through

A.Collaboration, iterations and

adaptation Answer: B.Iterations, anticipation, and
B.Iterations, anticipation, and adaptation
adaptation
C.Iterations, estimation and adaptation
D.Estimation, anticipation and
adaptation

Term 18 Definition 18
Agile projects are kicked off by at
least these three processes:

A.Product roadmap planning and

product release planning
B.Visioning, product roadmap Answer: B.Visioning, product roadmap
planning and product backlog planning and product backlog
definition definition
C.Visioning, product release planning
and product backlog definition
D.Develop project charter, develop
preliminary project scope statement
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Term 19 Definition 19

The Product backlog is

A.Static and Complete

Answer: B.Dynamic and Incomplete
B.Dynamic and Incomplete
C.Dynamic and Complete
D.Static and Incomplete

Term 20 Definition 20

Staging occurs:
A.During release planning
Answer: D.Prior to the start of the first
B.During iteration planning
sprint
C.After each iteration retrospective
D.Prior to the start of the first sprint

Term 21 Definition 21

Agile values this over contract

negotiation:

A.Working software Answer: C.Customer collaboration

B.Responding to change
C.Customer collaboration
D.Individuals and interactions

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Term 22 Definition 22

People who are learning and

mastering new skills pass through
these three different stages of
behavior:
Answer: B.Following, detaching, fluent
A.Following, detaching, mastery
B.Following, detaching, fluent
C.Learning, detaching, mastery
D.Learning, doing, teaching

Term 23 Definition 23

In agile projects, integrated change

control is referred to as
Answer: A.Continuous backlog
A.Continuous backlog management
management
B.Agile backlog management
C.Agile change management
D.Continuous change management

Term 24 Definition 24

Relative weighting is:

A.The ratio of a feature's cost to it's

value
B.The ratio of a feature's benefit to it's Answer: C.The ratio of a feature's
cost value to it's cost
C.The ratio of a feature's value to it's
cost
D.The ratio of a feature's cost to it's
benefit

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Term 25 Definition 25
The Speculate phase: Answer B
Explanation:
A.Concludes the project and passes The Envision phase clearly identifies
along key learnings what is to be done and how the work
B.Produces a release plan based on is to be accomplished
capabilities or stories The Speculate phase produces a
C.Delivers running, tested, accepted release plan based on capabilities or
stories stories
D.Clearly identifies what is to be done The Explore phase delivers running,
and how the work is to be tested, accepted stories
accomplished The Adapt phase reviews delivered
E.Reviews delivered results and the results and the team's performance
team's performance The Close Phase concludes the
j t d l k
Term 26 Definition 26

The product manager must:

A.There is no product manager role in

agile
B.Come from inside or outside the IT Answer: A, C
department
C.Come from outside the IT
department
D.Come from inside the IT department

Term 27 Definition 27

Kanban systems begin to solve (check

all that apply):

A.The low WIP problem Answer: B.The high WIP problem

B.The high WIP problem
C.The low ROI problem
D.The high ROI problem

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Term 28 Definition 28

Software Development is:

A collaborative game of invention and
A.
communication
A cooperative game of invention and
B.
communication
A collaborative game of analysis and
C.
construction
A cooperative game of analysis and
D.
construction

Term 29 Definition 29

The two primary factors that drive release

plans are:
A.customer value
B.risk
C.time-to-market
D.cost
E.return-on-investment

Term 30 Definition 30

The five core metrics used by the SLIM

model are (check five):
A.Quantity of function
B.Productivity
C.Time
D.Effort
E.Reliability
F.Code quality
G.Customer satisfaction
H.Internal Rate of Return
I.Velocity

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Term 31 Definition 31

Which of the following is NOT a principle

of XP?
A.Rapid Feedback
B.Travel Light
C.Assume Simplicity
D.Be Courageous

Term 32 Definition 32

Planning in XP is
A.a milestone
B.an activity, not a phase
C.done by the project manager
D.not done

Term 33 Definition 33

According to the Chaos report, in 1994

what percentage of software projects
were "challenged" or "failures?"
A.94%
B.82%
C.76%
D.64%

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Term 34 Definition 34

In agile estimating and planning:

A.We estimate size and duration
B.We estimate size but derive duration
C.We derive size but estimate duration
D.We derive size and duration

Term 35 Definition 35

In agile projects, integrated change

control is referred to as
A.Agile backlog management
B.Agile change management
C.Continuous change management
D.Continuous backlog management

Term 36 Definition 36

Agile projects are kicked off by at least

these three processes:
Product roadmap planning and product
A.
release planning
Visioning, product release planning and
B.
product backlog definition
Visioning, product roadmap planning
C.
and product backlog definition
Develop project charter, develop
D.preliminary project scope statement
and product roadmap planning

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Term 37 Definition 37

The purpose of story cards is to provide a

simple medium for (check all that apply):
gathering basic information about
A.
stories
B.recording high-level requirements
C.developing work estimates
D.defining acceptance tests
E.planning iteration work

Term 38 Definition 38

Velocity is:
The measured rate at which teams turn
A.sprint backlog items into running tested
features
The measured rate at which teams turn
B.product backlog items into running
tested features
The measured rate at which teams
C.
build product backlog items
The measured rate at which teams
D.
build sprint backlog items

Term 39 Definition 39

In agile, planning should:

be at the level of features because
A.
customers get no value from activities
be at the level of activities because
B.
customers get no value from features
be at the level of features because
C.
features are not independent
be at the level of activities because
D.
activities are independent

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Term 40 Definition 40

Which of the following are the five core

risks that dominate software projects?
(check five)
A.Inherent schedule flaws
B.Requirements inflation
C.Employee turnover
D.Specification breakdown
E.Poor productivity
F.Poor planning
G.Insufficient design
H.Unreasonable customer expectations

Term 41 Definition 41

Typical information on story cards

includes (check all that apply):
A.Story identifier and name
B.Estimated Value Points
C.Estimated Risk Points
D.Story dependencies

Term 42 Definition 42

A list of the risks your project faces that

focuses on your project's unique risks is
called a:
A.risk census
B.risk inventory
C.risk management plan
D.quantitative risk analysis
E.qualitative risk analysis
F.risk analysis

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Term 43 Definition 43

Which of the following BEST describes

the functions of an agile coach?
facilitator, teacher, conflict navigator,
A.
problem solver
manager, teacher, conflict navigator,
B.
problem solver
facilitator, interaction designer, teacher,
C.
manager
interaction designer, teacher, manager,
D.
collaboration conductor

Term 44 Definition 44

The trend of work remaining across time

is
A.A burnup graph
B.A cumulative flow diagram
C.A burndown graph
D.The team's velocity

Term 45 Definition 45

An agile release can be

A.internal or external
B.external or a forecast
C.internal or a forecast
D.internal, external or a forecast

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Term 46 Definition 46

Agile Planning (a.k.a. planning onion)

has 6 levels -

A. Strategy, Portfolio, Regulation,

Iteration, Daily, and Continuous
Answer: A. Strategy, Portfolio,
B. Strategy, Planning, Release, Regulation, Iteration, Daily, and
Iteration, Daily, and Continuous Continuous
C. Strategy, Portfolio, Release,
Iteration, Discussion, and Continuous
D. Strategy, Planning, Release,
Iteration, Diligence, and Continuous

Term 47 Definition 47

Which organization has set the de

facto standards for project Answer: C
management techniques? The Project Management Institute
(PMI) is the industry-recognized
A) PMBOK standard for project management
B) PMO practices.
C) PMI
D) PMA

Term 48 Definition 48

Which kind of sequence is the best Answer: A

for estimating user stories in an
Agile Team? Non-linear sequences work well
because they reflect greater
uncertainty associated with estimates
A) Non-linear for larger units of work. Either
B) Linear sequence works well; although my
C) Fibonacci sequence slight personal preference is for the
D) Story points first. Fibonacci sequence is an
example of such a sequence.

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Term 49 Definition 49

What are the Product Owner's

conditions of satisfaction of a User Answer: C
Story? A product owner's conditions of
satisfaction for a user story are the
A) Regression tests high-level acceptance tests that she
B) Integration tests would like to see applied to the story
C) High-level acceptance tests before considering it as finished.
D) Unit tests

Term 50 Definition 50

Which of the following is another

name for an Ishikawa diagram? Answer: A
A) Cause and Effect Diagram Ishikawa diagram is also known as
B) Bell Curve Cause and Effect Diagram, Fishbone
C) Pareto Diagram diagram
D)Trend Analysis

Term 51 Definition 51

You have 2 projects to select from.

Project A has NPV of $45,000 and
Project B has NPV of $85,000. What
is the opportunity cost of selecting Answer: A
project B? The cost of Project A - $40000.
A) $45,000
B) $85,000
C) $40,000
D) $130,000

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Term 52 Definition 52

Answer: D
Who is responsible for making On-Site Customers are responsible for
business decisions in XP Team? making business decisions. They
A) XP Coach point the project in the right direction
B) The Product Manager by clarifying the project vision,
C) The Product Owner creating stories, constructing a
D) XP Customer release plan, and managing risks.

Term 53 Definition 53
Please choose a correct principle Answer: D
from the list below that stands
behind Agile Manifesto: Some correct principles standing
A) Simplicity—the art of minimizing behind the Agile Manifesto are:
the amount of work not done—is "Simplicity—the art of maximizing the
essential amount of work not done — is
B) The best architectures, essential", "The best architectures,
requirements, and features emerge requirements, and designs emerge
from self organizing teams. from self-organizing teams", "At
C) At regular intervals, the team regular intervals, the team reflects on
reflects on how to become more how to become more effective and
efficient and then tunes and adjusts then tunes up and adjusts its behavior
its behavior accordingly accordingly". Therefore, only answer
D is correct
Term 54 Definition 54
A new developer has joined the
existing Scrum team. He/she is
having continuing conflicts with
existing members and is making the Correct answer: B
environment hostile. If necessary,
who is responsible for removing the Development Teams are structured
new team member, and why? and empowered by the organization to
organize and manage their own work.
A) The manager to whom h/she The Scrum Master can facilitate the
reports is responsible, because he/she decision, but the final decision is up to
has authority for hiring and firing the Development Team.
B) The Development Team is
responsible because it is a self-
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Term 55 Definition 55

The acronym DEEP acts as a

memory-jogger about a well-
groomed Product Backlog having
the four qualities: Correct answer: A
A) Detailed appropriately, estimated,
emergent, and prioritized Product Backlog has four qualities:
B) Detailed appropriately, estimated, detailed appropriately, estimated,
emergent, and predetermined emergent, and prioritized, making it
C) Detailed appropriately, estimated, DEEP.
emanating, and prioritized
D) Detailed appropriately, examined,
emergent, and prioritized
Term 56 Definition 56

You are an Agile project manager.

You've just accepted your first
project in a foreign country. You've
been in the country a week or two Correct answer: D
and are experiencing some
disorientation. This is known as Culture shock is the disoriented
which of the following? feeling that people might experience
when working in a foreign country.
A) Co-location
B) Diversity shock
C) Global culturing
D) Culture shock

Term 57 Definition 57
Correct answer: B
Most agile teams are only concerned
with the three innermost levels of the
What three levels of the planning
planning onion. Release planning
onion most agile teams are
considers user stories or themes that
concerned with?
will be developed for a new release of
A) Strategy, Portfolio, Product a product or a system. On the next
B) Release, Iteration, Day level is iteration planning, which is
C) Product, Release, Iteration conducted at the start of each
D) Portfolio, Program, Project iteration. Finally, there is daily
planning. Most agile teams use some
form of daily standup meetings to
coordinate work and synchronize daily
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Term 58 Definition 58

What are the usual Product Owner's

conditions of satisfaction for an Correct answer: A
iteration?
For an iteration, product owner's
conditions of satisfaction are typically
A) Features and high-level tests the features she'd like to have
B) Only features developed next, and some high-level
C) The list of tasks that Team comes tests about each feature.
with after sprint planning
D) All answers above are correct

Term 59 Definition 59

Correct answer: B
What is the best length of an
iteration in Scrum? There's no magic iteration duration
A) 1 week that is right for all teams under all
B) There is no ideal iteration length. It circumstances. The right iteration
depends on the project and can vary length for a team on one project may
C) 2 weeks not be the right length for the same
D) 1 month team on a different project.

Term 60 Definition 60

Story points and ideal days are

estimates of the ... of a feature Correct answer: C
A)Time Story points and ideal days are
B) Failure estimates of the size of a feature.
C)Size
D) Success

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Term 61 Definition 61

The top of the Burndown Bar Chart

moved down. What does it most likely
Correct answer: D
mean?
A)The team increases its estimates If the team makes progress or reduces
B) New items are added to the backlog its estimates, the top of the bar moves
C) Items are taken out of the backlog down.
D) The team makes progress or
reduces its estimates

Term 62 Definition 62

If there is not enough time to Correct answer: B

develop all the requested features,
what would be the BEST action? During the Sprint: Scope may be
Increase the size of the team to deliver clarified and re-negotiated between
more the Product Owner and Development
B) Negotiate to reduce the scope of Team as more is learned. Delivering
some tasks only the highest priority User Stories
C) Deliver only the highest priority can effect that Sprint Goal. Also User
User Stories Stories and tasks are not prioritized
D) Increase team efficiency by within a Sprint.
introducing new practices

Term 63 Definition 63

Correct answer: B
You run a customer support
organization and want to effectively Scrum is not well suited for highly
manage your support activities. New interrupt-driven work. In this situation,
support requests arrive frequently you will not be able to reliably plan
(hourly). In this situation, what iterations for a week or more, because
approach is the best to choose? you won't know what the work will be
A) Scrum that far into the future. In interrupt-
B) Kanban driven environments you would be
C) Lean better off considering an alternative
approach called Kanban.
D) Six Sigma

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Term 64 Definition 64
Correct answer: C

Functional requirements, non- Functional requirements, non-

functional requirements, and issues functional requirements, and issues,
- are all prioritized in order of which are prioritized in order of
importance to the business; and importance to the business and
dependencies are all kept in the: dependencies and then estimated. The
A) Project Plan precision of the estimate depends on
B) Project specification the priority and granularity of the
C) Product Backlog Product Backlog item, with the highest
priority items that can be selected in
D) Sprint Backlog the next Sprint being very granular
and precise.
Term 65 Definition 65
You work as XP Coach. A critically
significant person goes on holiday, Correct Answer: B
stays home with a sick child, takes a Collective code ownership spreads
new job, or suddenly retires. You responsibility for maintaining the code
need to spend much time training to all the programmers. Collective
for a replacement. Which of XP code ownership is exactly what it
practices can address these sounds like: everyone shares
problems best of all, reducing them responsibility for the quality of the
almost entirely? code. No single person claims
ownership over any part of the
A) Coding Standards system, and anyone can make any
B) Collective Code Ownership necessary changes anywhere.
C) Continuous Integration
D) Sustainable Pace
Term 66 Definition 66

What is the most effective way of

combating the problem of tardiness
to the stand-up meetings? Correct Answer: B
A) Punishment The most effective way of combating
Start and end meetings on time even if this problem is to start and end
people are absent meetings on time, even if people are
C) Bring the problem to the absent.
Retrospective meeting and blame the
people there
D) Cut the salary

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Term 67 Definition 67

Detailed project reports are

generated on a weekly basis, stored
in a repository, whereto all Correct answer: D
managers have access, the reports
being password-protected. This is An Information Refrigerator is a chart
an example of? you have to open up and dig around in
before you find the ketchup you're
A) Iteration Report looking for.
B) Information Radiator
C) Secure documentation
D) Information Refrigerator

Term 68 Definition 68

Correct answer: A
Which Lean principle does the
principle of writing less code refer Write less code - the more code you
to? have the more tests you need thus it
requires more work and if you're
A) Eliminate Waste writing tests for features that are not
B) Build Quality In needed you are simply wasting time.
C) Deliver Fast This refers to Eliminate Waste
D) Create Knowledge principle.

Term 69 Definition 69

A team wants to estimate each new

story against an assortment of 3
stories that have already been Correct answer: C
estimated. This is commonly
referred to as ... ? This is referred to as triangulation. To
triangulate, compare the story
A) Disaggregation estimated against a few other stories.
B) Relative sizing
C) Triangulation
D) Three-point estimation

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Term 70 Definition 70

Different programmers on your XP

Team are responsible for different Correct answer: D
projects. Should the team
collectively own all these projects?
If you have combined programmers
Not necessarily, it's ok to have different working on several projects into a
programmers single team, then the whole team
responsible for different projects should take responsibility for all the
B) There is no one correct answer code.
C) It's up to XP Coach to decide
D) The whole team should take
responsibility for all code

Term 71 Definition 71
Which of the following is NOT one of Correct answer: D
the three must-have steps that
Kanban advocates? In particular, Kanban advocates that
Visualize how the work flows through you: Visualize how the work flows
the system through the system, Limit the work in
Limit the work in process (WIP) at each process (WIP) at each step to ensure
step to ensure that that you are not doing more work than
ou are not doing more work than you you have the capacity to, Hold
have the capacity to Retrospective Meetings for improving
Measure and optimize the flow of work your process. It's ok to run
through the system to Retrospective meetings, but this is not
make continuous improvements a must for Kanban.
D) Hold Retrospective Meetings for
Term 72 Definition 72

When should we most likely re-

estimate a story?
Correct answer: A
Keeping in mind that story points and
A) When its relative size has changed ideal time estimate the size, it gets
When a story took longer to implement easier to see that we should re-
than we thought estimate only when we believe a
C) When a story took less time to story's relative size has changed.
implement than we thought
D) When a story is a partially
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Term 73 Definition 73

It is possible that newly discovered

Correct answer: A
tasks should take up so long that
they could not be completed during It is possible that newly discovered
an iteration. The team may need to tasks will take long enough that they
reduce the functionality of a story or cannot be completed during an
drop one entirely. With whom should iteration. In that case, the team will
they discuss the possible solutions need to discuss the situation with the
in such a situation? Product Owner and see if there is still
A) Product Owner a way to meet the iteration goal; they
B) Scrum Master may need to reduce the functionality
C) Upper Management of a story or drop one entirely.
D) Stakeholders
Term 74 Definition 74
John is a Java developer in XP Correct answer: A
Team. He is constantly fixing the
build when other people break it. He It's possible that John's team
is really upset and wants to get members haven't altogether bought
everyone to take continuous into the idea of continuous integration.
integration seriously. What advice There are many teams in which only
would you give him? one or two people have any interest in
continuous integration. Sometimes
A) Talk to the team about continuous they try to force continuous
integration and try to explain integration on their teams, usually by
he importance of it. Discuss the trade- installing a continuous integration
offs as a group, server without their consent. It's no
collaboratively, and make a group surprise that the team should react to
decision such behavior by ignoring broken
Term 75 Definition 75

Which of the following does not Correct answer: C

pertain to the three categories of
Kano's approach? Kano's approach gives us a way to
separate features into three
A) Threshold, or must-have, features categories: threshold or must-have
B) Linear features features, linear features, exciters and
C) Non-linear feature delighters.
D) Exciters and delighters

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Term 76 Definition 76

Correct answer: A
Lean Software Development focuses
on the following principles, except Lean Software Development focuses
for... on seven principles: eliminating
waste, amplifying learning, deciding
A) Deciding as early as possible as late as possible, delivering as fast
B) Eliminating waste as possible, empowering the team,
C) Empowering the team building integrity in, and seeing the
D) Building integrity in whole.

Term 77 Definition 77
Correct answer: D

Under what methodology an Speed measurements in Kanban

agreement is most likely to emerge projects—time from release off a
to the following effect: "we agree to backlog into development until feature
deliver new features within 21 days complete (tested, accepted)—are
with a 95% confidence limit"? being used in service level
A) XP agreements. Because of the strict
B) Scrum work-in-process limits, agreements
C) RUP such as "we agree to deliver new
D) Kanban features within 21 days with a 95%
confidence limit" can be made.

Term 78 Definition 78
If you're working on a project that Correct answer: C
has knowledge silos—in other
words, little pockets of code that To begin, take advantage of pair
only one or two people understand programming. When somebody picks
—then collective code ownership a task involving code you don't
might seem daunting. Which of XP understand, volunteer to pair with him.
practices addresses this problem When you work on a task, ask the
best of all, coming in as a help to local expert to pair with you. Similarly,
study the code that you are not if you need to work on some
familiar with? unfamiliar code, take advantage of
A) Coding Standards your shared workspace to ask a
B) Continuous Integration question or two.
C) Pair Programming

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Term 79 Definition 79

What abbreviation is used for Correct answer: D

describing the attributes of a good
User Story? To create good stories we focus on six
attributes. A good story is:
A) DEEP Independent, Negotiable, Valuable to
B) DRY users or customers, Estimable, Small,
C) YAGNI Testable.
D) INVEST

Term 80 Definition 80
A facilitated process, where team
members sort out the order of the
product backlog in ascending order
from the smallest to the largest user
story, with the rest of the team Correct answer: A
validating the same, while user
stories are finally getting grouped This is an example of Affinity
by such a sizing method, as the 'T- Estimating.
shirt size' or the 'Fibonacci
sequence', - is called:
A) Affinity Estimating
B) T-shirt estimating
C) Wideband Delphi Estimating
Term 81 Definition 81

All the interruptions that may occur,

while an Agile team is at work, can
be referred to as ...
A) Opportunity lost
B) Low productivity or performance Correct answer: C
) Difference between ideal and elapsed
time
D) Lack of management support
Value-Driven Delivery by Mike Griffiths

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Term 82 Definition 82
Which of the following is NOT an Answer: D
advantage of limiting work in progress Explanation: Since this question is
(WIP)? looking for the answer that is NOT an
A. It reduces the potential need to advantage of limiting WIP, if an option
rework a large collection of fl awed, is true, that means it is not the answer
partially completed items. we are looking for. Limiting WIP does
B. It helps optimize throughput to reduce the potential need for rework. It
make processes work more efficiently. also improves process efficiency and
C. It brings bottlenecks in the helps us find production bottlenecks.
production process to the surface so The only option listed here that is NOT
they can be identified and resolved. an advantage of limiting WIP is the
D. It maximizes resource utilization to one that refers to maximizing resource
make processes work more efficiently. utilization. Limiting WIP focuses on
ti i i th h t t
Term 83 Definition 83

Project X has a IRR of 12%, and

Answer: C
project Y has a IRR of 10%. Which
Explanation: The answer is project X,
project represents the better rate of
simply because it has the larger
return?
internal rate of return (IRR). We don’t
need to consider the payback period
A. It depends on the payback period
or the NPV because the question asks
B. Project Y
which project has the better rate of
C. Project X
return, which is its IRR.
D. Project X or Y, depending on NPV

Term 84 Definition 84
Answer: C
Which of the following is NOT a Explanation: To get the correct
recognized prioritization scheme? answer, we need to examine each
option to find the one that is NOT a
A. Prioritization based on business prioritization scheme (or that sounds
value least likely to be one). Prioritization
B. Prioritization based on reducing based on business value is the most
risk common prioritization method, so it is
C. Prioritization based on iteration certainly a valid prioritization scheme.
velocity Prioritization based on risk is also a
D. Prioritization based on business valid prioritization scheme. Likewise,
value and risk prioritization based on both business
value and risk is valid. The only option
t dh th t i NOT lid

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Term 85 Definition 85

Answer: B
Explanation: Creating a product
roadmap is a release planning
What is a product roadmap? technique. A roadmap is not a list of
A. A list of reports and screens screens and reports, because we can
B. A view of release candidates build a roadmap for a product even if
C. Instructions for deployment the project has no screens and
D. A backlog prioritization scheme reports. The other options of
deployment instructions and a
backlog prioritization scheme are also
incorrect.

Term 86 Definition 86
Answer: C
Explanation: Since agile contracts
Which of the following is true about have to take into account the difficulty
agile contracts? of defining the required product
characteristics in advance, they need
A. They only work when the specs are to work even when the specs are not
fully defined. fully defined. Agile contracts can be
B. They only work for time and used with time and materials
materials agreements. agreements but they also work well for
C. They can accommodate changes. fixed price projects where a cost limit
D. They cannot easily accommodate cannot be exceeded and functionality
changes. is trimmed to meet the budget. A major
reason agile contracts were developed
t d t h th t
Term 87 Definition 87

Answer: C
What is the present value of $8,000 in Explanation: The unit of currency
4 years, if the interest rate is 5%? makes no difference in calculating
A. $7,634 present value; whether dollars, the
B. $6,775 formula is still = FV / (1 + r)n. So if the
C. $6,582 interest rate is 5%, $8,000 in 4 years
D. $6,5752 will be worth $8,000 / (1 + 0.05)4, which
equals $6,582.

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Term 88 Definition 88

We put risks in the backlog to: Answer: C

A. Avoid having to keep separate risk Explanation: The unit of currency

lists makes no difference in calculating
B. Keep the team focused on risks present value; whether dollars, the
C. Ensure that they get worked on in formula is still = FV / (1 + r)n. So if the
the early iterations interest rate is 5%, $8,000 in 4 years
D. Prevent the team from forgetting will be worth $8,000 / (1 + 0.05)4, which
about the risks equals $6,582.

Term 89 Definition 89
Answer: C
Explanation: Here we have a few
We put risks in the backlog to: reasonable choices to consider, but
only one option is the main reason.
A. Avoid having to keep separate risk Putting risks in the backlog does
lists prevent us from having to maintain a
B. Keep the team focused on risks separate list, but that is not the reason
C. Ensure that they get worked on in we do it. It also helps keep the team
the early iterations focused on the risk, but again, that is
D. Prevent the team from forgetting not the main reason we do it.
about the risks Preventing the team from forgetting
about the risk is a lot like the previous
idea, and is also not the real reason
t i k i t th b kl I t d
Term 90 Definition 90
On Saturday morning, Tom and his Answer: A
young son Tim make cupcakes Explanation: This question involves
together. Although Tom does not like two separate calculations of process
cupcakes, he values the 30 minutes cycle efficiency—one for Tom, who
with his son that it takes to make considers the baking process to be
them. Tim thinks that making the the value-added time, and one for Tim,
cupcakes is a chore, but he really who considers the eating process to
values the 5 minutes that he spends be the value-added time. To work out
eating them. What are the process the process cycle efficiency, we need
cycle efficiencies for Tom and Tim? to know both the total cycle time and
the value-added time. The total cycle
A. 86% and 14% time is the same for both of them: 30 +
B. 14% and 86% 5 = 35 minutes. The formula for
C 50% d 50% l l ti th l

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Term 91 Definition 91
Answer: C
Explanation: Here we need to
Which of the following combinations eliminate the incorrect options to find
is a valid mix for story prioritization? the remaining valid
combination. At first glance,
A. Customer importance and business “customer importance and business
urgency urgency” sounds like it might be a
B. Risk reduction and technical plausible option—but since both
dependency components are based on the
C. Customer value and risk reduction customer’s preference, they are
D. Team preference and customer similar enough that this isn’t really a
value valid mix. “Risk reduction and
technical dependency” can be
li i t d b thi bi ti
Term 92 Definition 92
To cut costs, company X has decided Answer: C
to cancel one of its money-losing
projects. Project A has a IRR of –4%, Explanation: Without more
project B has a IRR of –5%, and information, such as ROI (return on
project C has a IRR of –6%. Which investment, but we are actually
project should be cut? looking at loss instead of return in this
case), the logical option is to cut the
A. The more negative the results are, project that has the highest rate of
the better, so cut project A. loss. This means that we would cut
B. Less-negative results are bad, so project C, since it has the largest
cut project B. negative internal rate of return.
C. To reduce losses, choose project C. Canceling all the projects is not the
D. Cancel projects A, B, and C, as they answer, since the question says that
ll l i X h d id d t l ONE
Term 93 Definition 93

What is asked at a daily scrum meeting?

A. What is your current status?

B. What % complete is your current
task?
C. What did you do yesterday? Answer, C, D, F
D. What will you do today?
E. What is your favorite color?
F. Do you have any roadblocks?
G. How many hours did you work
yesterday?

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Term 94 Definition 94

What are the roles on a Scrum project?

A. Scrum Master
B. Resource Manager Answers: A, C, D
C. Team Member
D. Project Manager
E. Product Owner
F. Business Analyst

Term 95 Definition 95

Who is responsible for risk management

on an agile project?

A. The product owner Answer: D

B. The ScrumMaster
C. XP Customer
D. The team
E. The project manager

Term 96 Definition 96

What roles are defined by XP?

A. XP Coach
B. XP Project Manager Answer: A, C, D, F
C. XP Customer
D. XP Tracker
E. XP Sponsor
F. XP Tester

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Term 97 Definition 97

What should the team do?

A. Story 1
B. Story 2
C. Story 3 Answer: A, B, C, D, F
D. Story 4
E. Story 5
F. Story 6
G. Story 7

Term 98 Definition 98

In XP a _____ is used to communicate

architecture and design.

A. UML
B. SRS Answer is D
C. Architecture Diagram
D. Metaphor
E. Power Point
F. Sticky note

Term 99 Definition 99

According to the Agile Manifesto,

_________ is the primary measure of
progress, on an agile project.

A. Percent complete Answer is C

B. Critical path progress
C. Working software
D. Customer Satisfaction
E. Tests passing
F. Defect resolution

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Term 100 Definition 100

The practice of improving a design

without changing how the product
functions is called _______.

A. Rework Answer is B
B. Refactoring
C. UPcoding
D. Elicitation
E. Continuous Integration

Term 101 Definition 101

Which of the following is NOT an XP

Value?

A. Simplicity Answer is C
B. Courage
C. Focus
D. Communication
E. Respect

Term 102 Definition 102

What is the main planning process used

in XP?

A. Iteration Planning Answer is C

B. Sprint Planning
C. Planning Game
D. Planning Poker

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Term 103 Definition 103

Scrum is a minimal, lightweight, Answer: A, E, F

framework.
The artifact \"Sprint Burndown chart\"
A. Sprint backlog has been replaced in the Scrum Guide
B. Software Requirements by \"an Increment of working
Specification software\" but in the ACP Exam it is
C. Gantt Chart still based on the old answer \"Sprint
D. Sticky notes Burndown chart\" you should know
E. Product Backlog this for the exam.
F. Burn down chart

Term 104 Definition 104

At regular intervals, the team reflects on

how to become more effective, then
tunes and adjusts its behavior
accordingly.
Answer E
A. Lesson's learned
B. Post Mortem
C. Project Review
D. Sprint post mortem
E. Retrospective

Term 105 Definition 105

Which of the following is (are) not a

step(s) in Value Stream Analysis:

A. Seek Perfection
B. obtain consensus on a time box Answer: B & E
C. Identify the product or service to
be mapped
D. Look for ways to create flow
E. Look for ways to establish push

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Term 106 Definition 106

Which of the following is a facilitator of

Osmotic communication?

A. Story cards Answer: B

B. Collocation
C. Continuous Integration
D. Definition of Done
E. Retrospective

Term 107 Definition 107

According to the Agile Manifesto what is

the most effective form of
communication?
Answer is D
A. Clear Documentation
B. Story Cards
C. minimum necessary
D. Face-to-face

Term 108 Definition 108

According to the Agile Manifesto

Principles Our highest priority is to satisfy
the customer through early ...

A. Definition of requirements Answer is B

B. Delivery of Valuable Software
C. Documentation of Customer
need
D. Definition of Value

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Term 109 Definition 109

Kaizen means...

Continuous Improvement (A) Answer: B

A method for flowing work (B)
A peaceful environment (C)
Work completed (D)

Term 110 Definition 110

Continuous Attention to what, enhances

agility?

A. Good Design Answer: A, C

B. Customer Value
C. Technical Excellence
D. Collaboration

Term 111 Definition 111

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