PMI ACP Realistic Mock Exam 1 (2022/2023) Questions and Answers With Explanations.

PMI ACP Realistic Mock Exam 1 (2022/2023) Questions and Answers With Explanations. Exam A QUESTION 1 The best description of the purpose of the daily standup in Agile projects is to: A. Resolve the key issues and risks that are likely to hinder project progress. B. Provide insight and reassurance to the Product Owner to strengthen that relationship. C. Inform the project lead of project status for reporting to stakeholders. D. Raise the visibility of each person’s work and to ensure the work is integrated. Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 2 Which are some of the most important benefits of an Agile team sitting together in a co-located, open environment? A. Osmotic communication is reduced; space is used more efficiently; groups work together more effectively, and team dynamics are improved. B. Costs are reduced as the need for conference rooms decreases, and the team can keep track of where members are more accurately. C. Team members can be held more accountable for their time and effort, and pair programming is easier as people have less distance to move to sit with their partner. D. Communication is improved; wait-time and rework are reduced; barriers between groups break down, and groups gain respect for each other professionally. Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 3 Which of the following is a list of capabilities, features, and stories that the Product Owner has identified? A. Burndown chart B. Story card C. Vision document D. Backlog Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 4 Which layer of the product planning structure defines details at the capability or feature level? A. Iteration B. Roadmap C. Release D. Wave Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 5 In an Agile approach, at which meeting does a team examine the effectiveness of risk responses by conducting a risk audit? A. Release planning B. Sprint planning C. Sprint Retrospective D. Daily Scrum Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 6 The ScrumMaster and the Product Owner disagree on the value of a Product Backlog item. In order to resolve the disagreement, the first step the ScrumMaster should take is to ask: A. The Product Owner to clarify the requirement. B. The business owner to resolve the problem. C. The business analyst to research the product value. D. Another project manager how to resolve the problem. Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 7 Which management style does Agile advocate? A. Task B. Team C. Product D. Performance Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 8 Collaboration can be defined as working together to jointly produce a deliverable or make a decision, whereas coordination is: A. Agreeing on a due date. B. Sharing information. C. Agreeing on the design. D. Pair programming. Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 9 Project managers use velocity to determine: A. If the team is committing to an appropriate amount of work for the iteration. B. How much work each team member is capable of completing during an iteration. C. How much work teams that are similar in size are capable of completing during an iteration. D. If the Product Owner is prioritizing work appropriately in preparation for iteration planning. Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 10 When is the ideal time to hold a retrospective? A. Right after iteration planning B. Just before iteration planning C. At the start of the next release D. During the iteration review/demo Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 11 Refactoring, as it applies to the practice of extreme Programming (XP), refers to: A. Restructuring the estimate by applying a higher cost performance index during ¡°what if¡± analysis. B. Modifying the project due to scope changes, resource availability, and cost and schedule variances. C. Modifying the cost baseline due to an increased estimate at completion and a negative cost variance. D. Restructuring of code so as to improve the code without changing its external behavior. Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 12 Which of the following would be most likely to assist when a customer has difficulty prioritizing stories? A. Split the stories into smaller ones to allow the customer to choose the pieces that they want. B. Have the team provide guidance into where their priorities lie to the customer. C. Provide additional technical details to give the customer insight into technical challenges. D. Have the team rewrite the stories with additional details to clarify requirements. Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 13 When interacting with team members, the Agile project manager should: A. Ask team members to do things by phrasing the statement as a request rather than as a demand. B. Ignore team member input and emotions when important decisions have to be made. C. Proceed cautiously when requesting team members to do something likely to make them unhappy. D. Disagree with the team based on the merit of the issue without considering how the team is feeling. Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 14 Which best describes the attributes of the IN VEST criteria in a user story? A. Incremental, Net, Variation, Exceed, Scope, and Training B. Interdependent, Nonfunctional, Value, Exploratory, Sprint, and Timebox C. Innovation, Nested, Vision, Estimating, Scalable, and Team D. Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 15 A user story says that a product must be very fast. During the demo, the Product Owner is dissatisfied with the speed of the product. The most likely reason that this occurred is because the user story was: A. Too large. B. Not estimated correctly. C. Not testable. D. Not descriptive of the value. Correct Answer: D Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 16 Team A is producing 61 points per iteration and Team B is producing 20 points per iteration. Team A has more senior engineers. A manager demands that Team B match Team A’s points in the next iteration. Based on this information, it is reasonable to tell the manager that: A. it is impossible to compare two separate teams on points alone. B. Team B’s points will match Team A if Team B gets more senior engineers. C. Team B must have help self-organizing so their points match Team A. D. Team B’s points will increase if the Product Owner becomes more involved. Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 17 Which of the following is a list of valid Agile project planning practices? A. Release planning, Iteration planning, and Estimation B. Estimation, Spike Solutions, and Iteration planning C. Iteration planning, Continuous Integration, and Estimation D. Vision, Release planning, and Performance Optimization Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 18 Who is responsible for prioritizing the stories that will be included in the iteration? A. ScrumMaster B. Developer C. Product Owner D. Team Correct Answer: C Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 19 On a project using eXtreme Programming (XP), a customer test is a: A. Technique to determine if the software is easy for customer use. B. Tool for a customer to verify the business requirements. C. Technique to determine if a customer will use a software feature. D. Test for determining if a customer will purchase the product. Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 20 What is the best description of the relationship between Scrum and extremeProgramming(XP)? A. XP is a component of Scrum. B. The principles of each are often complementary. C. Scrum is a component of XP. D. The principles of each are often contradictory. Correct Answer: B Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 21 Agile project development processes typically: A. Encapsulate analysis, design, code, and test within an iteration. B. Document each business process individually and in detail. C. Use a Gantt chart with well-defined activities, responsibilities, and time frames. D. Map the iteration backlog to a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 22 Which of the following is an example of a visual aid used in Lean-Agile software development? A. Business value delivered chart B. Product technical specifications C. Automated code coverage report D. Scrum-of-Scrum report Correct Answer: A Section: (none) Explanation Explanation/Reference: Explanation: QUESTION 23 What is the ideal approach for an Agile project manager to take when considering fractional assignments? A. Do nothing, as fractional assignments will not impact project performance. B. Allow resources to be assigned to no more than two projects at a time. C. Only allow nonessential resources to be fractionally assigned. D. Avoid them and have resources assigned to only one project at a time. Correct Answer: D