PMI-ACP Exam Questions and Verified Answers
(15pgs).
ACP - Correct Answer Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening - Correct Answer Focuses on understanding what is said and provides
feedback to confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining,
Actively Responding.
Affinity Estimation - Correct Answer Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-
sized groups.
Agile Manifesto - Correct Answer Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling - Correct 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 - Correct Answer Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency and visibility
Agile Tooling - Correct Answer Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - Correct Answer Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying
the problem and underlying need
Artifact - Correct Answer The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing,
model, or code.
Brainstorming - Correct Answer Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large
number of ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - Correct Answer A chart used to communicate progress during and at
the end of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
, Burn Rate - Correct Answer The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes
resources; cost per iteration.
Burn-Up Chart - Correct Answer Chart that shows completed functionality over time.
Progress trends up as stories are completed (value accumulated). Does not show work-
in-progress, so it is not an accurate way to predict end of project
Ceremony - Correct Answer A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as
iteration planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
Change - Correct Answer In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide
additional value to the customer
Charter - Correct 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 - Correct Answer Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
Coach - Correct Answer XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the
process (delivering value while learning)
Collaboration - Correct Answer Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership - Correct Answer Environment where the entire team is
collectively responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) -
discourages specialization
Collocation - Correct Answer Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication - Correct Answer Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent
and free-flowing
Command & Control - Correct Answer Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by
individuals higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance - Correct Answer Meeting a regulation (project justification)
(15pgs).
ACP - Correct Answer Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening - Correct Answer Focuses on understanding what is said and provides
feedback to confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining,
Actively Responding.
Affinity Estimation - Correct Answer Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-
sized groups.
Agile Manifesto - Correct Answer Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling - Correct 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 - Correct Answer Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency and visibility
Agile Tooling - Correct Answer Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - Correct Answer Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying
the problem and underlying need
Artifact - Correct Answer The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing,
model, or code.
Brainstorming - Correct Answer Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large
number of ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - Correct Answer A chart used to communicate progress during and at
the end of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
, Burn Rate - Correct Answer The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes
resources; cost per iteration.
Burn-Up Chart - Correct Answer Chart that shows completed functionality over time.
Progress trends up as stories are completed (value accumulated). Does not show work-
in-progress, so it is not an accurate way to predict end of project
Ceremony - Correct Answer A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as
iteration planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
Change - Correct Answer In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide
additional value to the customer
Charter - Correct 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 - Correct Answer Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
Coach - Correct Answer XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the
process (delivering value while learning)
Collaboration - Correct Answer Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership - Correct Answer Environment where the entire team is
collectively responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) -
discourages specialization
Collocation - Correct Answer Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication - Correct Answer Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent
and free-flowing
Command & Control - Correct Answer Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by
individuals higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance - Correct Answer Meeting a regulation (project justification)
