PMI-ACP practice test

1. Question 1 · 1

   A newly formed development team experienced difficulty with accurately estimating product backlog items. As a result, the team failed to deliver all of the features in the sprint backlog for the past two iterations. What should the team do to improve the accuracy of their estimates?

   Choose one answer.

   • Decrease the sprint time box until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
   • Discuss estimating techniques in the daily scrum meeting
   • Increase the size of the development team until the team is able to deliver the entire agreed-upon sprint backlog in a single sprint
   • Begin tracking estimated effort metrics as an input to performance evaluation

2. Question 2 · 1

   During a sprint, the team encounters a technical problem that becomes an impediment to completing two stories. What should the scrum master do?

   Choose one answer.

   • Ask the lead developer to identify a solution, and then share the details with the team
   • Ask a technical manager or architect to determine a solution to the problem
   • Work with the product owner to add a spike to the next sprint to identify a solution
   • Create a collaborative team environment so that the team can explore a solution together

3. Question 3 · 1

   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?

   Choose one answer.

   • Commend the team on trying the idea, then encourage discussion regarding alternatives
   • Ask a manager to direct the team on fixing the process
   • Encourage the team to continue executing the idea to see if it improves
   • Privately speak with the team member to convey that their idea worsened the outcome

4. Question 4 · 1

   Early in a project, stakeholder analysis is performed; however, an organizational restructure redefines key roles. What should the project team do?

   Choose one answer.

   • Note the changes to the restructure and roles that affect team activities
   • Use direct engagement and two-way conversation to update the stakeholder analysis for any new stakeholder requirements
   • Email a copy of the project vision to those redefined for key roles and ask if they need to be involved in the project
   • Obtain a copy of the redefined key roles to update the stakeholder analysis

5. Question 5 · 1

   A team member has spent 5 days on a spike and the first set of experiments has not been successful. The issue is the development team member has determined a short-term rather than a long-term solution. What should the project leader do?

   Choose one answer.

   • Assign the spike to another resource to continue research for the long-term solution
   • Re-estimate the spike, encourage experimentation and collaborate with the team
   • Stop experimentation and negotiate the short-term solution with the customer
   • Schedule a root-cause analysis with the development team on the main issues with the spike

6. Question 6 · 1

   An agile team notices that the same problems continue to occur during multiple iterations. Several team members have suggestions to fix the problem. What is the proper agile approach to handle this?

   Choose one answer.

   • Hold frequent retrospectives and share the responsibility for making changes
   • Understand that this is the nature of innovative business and strive to work harder
   • Collect team member feedback and discuss them privately with the product owner
   • Conduct a team-building exercise to increase trust among the team members

7. Question 7 · 1

   An experienced product owner presents the epics and corresponding stories during a release planning session with the established team. The executive sponsor asks the team when the features will be delivered. What should the agile team do?

   Choose one answer.

   • Evaluate how much can be delivered based on the Scrum Master's estimation
   • Identify a set of user stories based on the team's velocity
   • Initiate an estimation session
   • Consult historical data for project completion

8. Question 8 · 1

   An agile team is planning the next iteration for a product release that has accumulated technical debt. What should the team do?

   Choose one answer.

   • Add code cleanup activities to the product backlog and request prioritization by the product owner
   • Add code cleanup activities to the next iteration and request clarification from the product owner
   • Add code cleanup activities to the next iteration and ask the product owner to end the current iteration
   • Add code cleanup activities to the next release backlog and request documentation from the product owner

9. Question 9 · 1

   An agile project manager is planning the initial scope, schedule, and cost range estimates on a new project. The team will be using Kanban to control work. What metrics should the team use to measure performance?

   Choose one answer.

   • Lead time, throughput, and due date performance
   • Work in progress limits, Kanban board, and time boxes
   • Work item types, sprint cadences, and defect classes
   • Burndown charts, scatter diagrams, and throughput

10. Question 10 · 1

    During project inception, an agile practitioner engages the stakeholder to ensure alignment on the project's strategy and vision. The stakeholder asks for detailed requirements, design, and delivery plans. What should the agile practitioner do?

    Choose one answer.

    • Provide all information requested by the stakeholder
    • Set expectations regarding the appropriate level of details requested during this stage
    • Inform the stakeholder that no detailed documents are provided using agile practices
    • Ask the team to supply the information to the stakeholder

11. Question 11 · 1

    A product owner feels that the last sprint failed to sufficiently deliver what was valuable to their organization's overall project goals. What should the scrum master mention at the next retrospective?

    Choose one answer.

    • Solutions to project problems that were built into the last sprint
    • Problems that arose
    • Solutions that saved the organizations the most time and money
    • Problems that were solved

12. Question 12 · 1

    A new product owner needs to manage the backlog of a high-visibility, fast-moving project that is consuming a considerable amount of time. What should the product owner do?

    Choose one answer.

    • Schedule regular meetings with the scrum team to write, groom, and size user stories
    • Focus on stores based on the highest number of story points to first address those items with the highest value
    • Seek regular input from project stakeholders, and reflect this input in the backlog's priorities
    • Schedule in-person, monthly meetings with key stakeholders to review the project's progress

13. Question 13 · 1

    A new team member asks what changes could accelerate a change to the project plan. What should be the proper response?

    Choose one answer.

    • Competitors joined forces with the team
    • The customer changed requirements
    • Project team members obtained additional certifications
    • Technology which did not interfere with the final product

14. Question 14 · 1

    A team identifies the number of threats and lists them in the order in which they were identified. After analyzing a cause-and effect diagram, the ownership of the threats and their treatment is assigned, and a number of risk cards are placed on the Kanban board. What approach should be used to manage these threats?

    Choose one answer.

    • Create a risk register detailing the threats, their causes, and their treatment strategies, and complete ownership to provide together risk control and a stakeholder
    • Focus on the threats during the daily stand up and ensure they are visible to the entire team and other interested parties
    • Prioritize the risks based on their criticality and timing, and track actions to closure
    • Ensure that the prioritization of threats is complete, and that ownership actions are assigned and visible to everyone

15. Question 15 · 1

    During product development, changes in technology and regulations require the team to reassess product architecture. How should this technical debt be captured?

    Choose one answer.

    • Include it in the product backlog and use a new indicator to annotate that is technical debt
    • Include it in the product backlog as a low-priority issue
    • Since it is not a part of agile methodologies, it should not be tracked
    • Have team members maintain personal lists of issues and consolidate the lists during review

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