PMI-ACP Exam Questions and Answers
Change -Answer In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide additional value
to the customer
Charter -Answer Document that formally begins the project - created during initiation and
include the project's justification, a summary level budget, major milestones, critical success
factors, constraints, assumptions, and authorization to do it.
Chicken -Answer Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
Coach -Answer XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the process
(delivering
value while learning)
Collaboration -Answer Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership -Answer Environment where the entire team is collectively
responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) - discourages
specialization
Collocation -Answer Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication -Answer Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent and
freeflowing
,Command & Control -Answer Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by individuals
higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance -Answer Meeting a regulation (project justification)
Cone of silence -Answer Creating an environment free of distractions and interruptions for
the team
Cone of Uncertainty -Answer describes the difficulty of estimating early due to unknowns
and how that should improve over time. Implies that the ability to estimate should get more
accurate if estimates are agiven shortly before the work is performed.
5 Levels of Conflict -Answer Problem Recognized, Disagreement, Contest, Fight/Flight,
World
War
Conflict Resolution -Answer Coming to an acceptable agreement when areas of conflict
arise
Continuous Integration -Answer Regularly checking in each team member's work, building
and testing the entire system
Coordination -Answer Orchestrating their work together with the goal of higher
productivity
& teamwork
, Cumulative Flow Diagram -Answer Single chart that shows feature backlog, work-
inprogress, and completed features over time
Customer -Answer Actual end-user or representative who will define and prioritize
business
Value
Wave -Answer
Speculate phase -Answer
ACP -Answer Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening -Answer Focuses on understanding what is said and provides feedback to
confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining, Actively Responding.
Affinity Estimation -Answer Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-sized
groups.
Agile Manifesto -Answer Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling -Answer A representation of the workflow of a process or system that the
team can review before it is implemented in code. Stakeholders should be able to understand
it.
Agile Space -Answer Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency
Change -Answer In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide additional value
to the customer
Charter -Answer Document that formally begins the project - created during initiation and
include the project's justification, a summary level budget, major milestones, critical success
factors, constraints, assumptions, and authorization to do it.
Chicken -Answer Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
Coach -Answer XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the process
(delivering
value while learning)
Collaboration -Answer Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership -Answer Environment where the entire team is collectively
responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) - discourages
specialization
Collocation -Answer Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication -Answer Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent and
freeflowing
,Command & Control -Answer Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by individuals
higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance -Answer Meeting a regulation (project justification)
Cone of silence -Answer Creating an environment free of distractions and interruptions for
the team
Cone of Uncertainty -Answer describes the difficulty of estimating early due to unknowns
and how that should improve over time. Implies that the ability to estimate should get more
accurate if estimates are agiven shortly before the work is performed.
5 Levels of Conflict -Answer Problem Recognized, Disagreement, Contest, Fight/Flight,
World
War
Conflict Resolution -Answer Coming to an acceptable agreement when areas of conflict
arise
Continuous Integration -Answer Regularly checking in each team member's work, building
and testing the entire system
Coordination -Answer Orchestrating their work together with the goal of higher
productivity
& teamwork
, Cumulative Flow Diagram -Answer Single chart that shows feature backlog, work-
inprogress, and completed features over time
Customer -Answer Actual end-user or representative who will define and prioritize
business
Value
Wave -Answer
Speculate phase -Answer
ACP -Answer Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening -Answer Focuses on understanding what is said and provides feedback to
confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining, Actively Responding.
Affinity Estimation -Answer Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-sized
groups.
Agile Manifesto -Answer Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling -Answer A representation of the workflow of a process or system that the
team can review before it is implemented in code. Stakeholders should be able to understand
it.
Agile Space -Answer Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency
