Agile Exam Questions And Answers

Exam (elaborations) Agile Exam Questions And Answers 1- What does NOT match with Agile Manifesto?  Process and tools over individuals and interactions  Working software over comprehensive documentation  Responding to change over following a plan  Contract negotiation over customer collaboration 2- Which of the following statements about changing requirements in software development, are correct?  In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined, further changes should undergo heavy change control process  Changes are acceptable till design but once development starts, any further changes should be rejected  In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined, further changes can be easily accepted with light process  Organizations must adapt to rapidly changing market conditions to stay relevant in business 3- Which of the following statements BEST describe why Agile is winning?  Products produced by an Agile approach are cheaper than those produced by any other approach  Agile increases the chances of delivering early business value to the market and quickly incorporate the feedback from the market usage  Products have faster time to market but may not meet immediate customer needs  Products are expensive when compared with products produced by other approaches, but are of top quality. 4- Why were the `practitioners of alternative software development methods` not satisfied with the traditional waterfall method?  Waterfall is not a lightweight process  The practitioners did not like to work in a formal system and hence did not like any ‘methodology’ at all  Waterfall experience did not add value to their resume  Waterfall model failed to meet the demand for speed and was not friendly towards changing business needs and priorities 5- Which of the following BEST represent the Scrum approach to planning?  Planning is a continuous activity done faintly by Scrum Master and Product Owner  Detailed planning is done upfront and not revisited  Whole team together does just enough upfront planning followed by continuous planning throughout the project  Only planning in Scrum is one of the planning events 6- How should work be allocated to the team in a Scrum project?  The Scrum Master must assign tasks to individuals  Team members must volunteer for tasks appropriate to their skills  The complex tasks must be allocated by the Scrum Master  Tasks must be allocated to team members by the Product Owner  While senior team members volunteer for tasks, juniors must be assigned takas by the Scrum Master 7- The time box for a Daily Scrum is…  Two minutes per person  15 minutes  2 hrs  No time box  30 minutes 8- Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?  So that the place can be named as Daily Scrum Hub  The consistency reduces complexity and overhead  The Product Owner demands it  Rooms are hard to book and this helps in advance booking  There is no such rule 9- What BEST describe a Scrum Team?  Small but have enough members to create the Product Increment  Collaborate with each other to self-organize their work  Team members must be specialists  Cross Functional  Reports to Product Owner 10- The Product Owner in a Scrum project….  Has no control over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items  Has the final authority over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items  Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items, but the developers have the final say  Collaborates with de developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items but Product Owner has the final say  Creates the Product Backlog Items but leaves prioritization to Business Analyst