Agile mock test - Mock Exam 9
Questions & Answers
The practice of leading through service to the team, by focusing on understanding and
addressing the needs and development of team members in order to enable the highest
possible team performance, is known as:
A. Transactional leadership
B. Laissez-faire
C. Servant-leadership
D. Bureaucratic leadership - correct Answer-C. Servant-leadership
Explanation
C - Servant-leadership is the practice of leading through service to the team, by
focusing on understanding and addressing the needs and development of team
members in order to enable the highest possible team performance. [Agile Practice
Guide, 1st edition, Page 154] [Value-driven Delivery]
You are conducting a workshop on Agile methods, tools and techniques. Most of the
participants have a background in traditional project management which pivots around
managing project baselines. How does Agile view project baselines?
A. Agile teams focus primarily on scope baseline and disregard cost and schedule
baselines.
B. Project baselines are promises that Agile team strive to meet.
C. All project baselines are consolidated into a single product backlog.
D. Baselines are often an artifact of attempted prediction. - correct Answer-D. Baselines
are often an artifact of attempted prediction.
Explanation
D - Unlike traditional methods, Agile methods do not pivot around project baselines.
Agile teams view baselines as artifacts of attempted prediction, which usually are not
accurate representations of reality. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 61] [Team
Performance]
Which project artifact first documents the "definition of done" for the project?
A. Product backlog
B. Sprint backlog
C. Project charter
D. Product roadmap - correct Answer-C. Project charter
Explanation
, C - The project charter documents the "definition of done" for the project. The project
charter is usually the first project artifact. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 49]
[Value-driven Delivery]
Which of the following attributes of an Agile team facilitate better communication and
improve team dynamics?
A. Collocation
B. Stable work environment
C. Cross-functional team members
D. Dedicated people - correct Answer-A. Collocation
Explanation
A - Collocation facilitates better team communication and improves team dynamics.
[Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 40] [Team Performance]
You have just been assigned as the project manager for a new project. The goal of the
project is to cut the production cost of raw materials in the next six months so that the
company can lower the price of goods and obtain a competitive advantage. According
to the feasibility report there a couple of feasible approaches that have been analyzed
that can result in reasonable cost savings. What is the problem with this objective?
A. It is not time bound.
B. It is not attainable.
C. It is not specific.
D. It is not measurable. - correct Answer-D. It is not measurable.
Explanation
D - Although the objective is specific (reduction of the cost of raw materials) the problem
with the objective that it is not measurable. Say if the project results in 10% cost
savings, will this be called a success or a failure? [Derby, E. and Larsen, D., 2006. Agile
Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. 1st ed. Texas: Pragmatic Bookshelf, Page
107] [Agile Principles and Mindset]
You are examining your project's statistics. For the iterations one to six the team's
velocity has been 40, 50, 43, 47, 46, and 44 story points respectively. What is the most
reasonable velocity estimate for the next sprint?
A. Future velocity cannot be predicted.
B. 40 story points.
C. 50 story points.
D. 45 story points. - correct Answer-D. 45 story points.
Explanation
D - The velocity is moving around 45 story points and the variation is showing a
declining trend. It is most likely that the variation will further reduce and the team's
velocity will stable around 45 story points. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 61]
[Team Performance]
Questions & Answers
The practice of leading through service to the team, by focusing on understanding and
addressing the needs and development of team members in order to enable the highest
possible team performance, is known as:
A. Transactional leadership
B. Laissez-faire
C. Servant-leadership
D. Bureaucratic leadership - correct Answer-C. Servant-leadership
Explanation
C - Servant-leadership is the practice of leading through service to the team, by
focusing on understanding and addressing the needs and development of team
members in order to enable the highest possible team performance. [Agile Practice
Guide, 1st edition, Page 154] [Value-driven Delivery]
You are conducting a workshop on Agile methods, tools and techniques. Most of the
participants have a background in traditional project management which pivots around
managing project baselines. How does Agile view project baselines?
A. Agile teams focus primarily on scope baseline and disregard cost and schedule
baselines.
B. Project baselines are promises that Agile team strive to meet.
C. All project baselines are consolidated into a single product backlog.
D. Baselines are often an artifact of attempted prediction. - correct Answer-D. Baselines
are often an artifact of attempted prediction.
Explanation
D - Unlike traditional methods, Agile methods do not pivot around project baselines.
Agile teams view baselines as artifacts of attempted prediction, which usually are not
accurate representations of reality. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 61] [Team
Performance]
Which project artifact first documents the "definition of done" for the project?
A. Product backlog
B. Sprint backlog
C. Project charter
D. Product roadmap - correct Answer-C. Project charter
Explanation
, C - The project charter documents the "definition of done" for the project. The project
charter is usually the first project artifact. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 49]
[Value-driven Delivery]
Which of the following attributes of an Agile team facilitate better communication and
improve team dynamics?
A. Collocation
B. Stable work environment
C. Cross-functional team members
D. Dedicated people - correct Answer-A. Collocation
Explanation
A - Collocation facilitates better team communication and improves team dynamics.
[Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 40] [Team Performance]
You have just been assigned as the project manager for a new project. The goal of the
project is to cut the production cost of raw materials in the next six months so that the
company can lower the price of goods and obtain a competitive advantage. According
to the feasibility report there a couple of feasible approaches that have been analyzed
that can result in reasonable cost savings. What is the problem with this objective?
A. It is not time bound.
B. It is not attainable.
C. It is not specific.
D. It is not measurable. - correct Answer-D. It is not measurable.
Explanation
D - Although the objective is specific (reduction of the cost of raw materials) the problem
with the objective that it is not measurable. Say if the project results in 10% cost
savings, will this be called a success or a failure? [Derby, E. and Larsen, D., 2006. Agile
Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. 1st ed. Texas: Pragmatic Bookshelf, Page
107] [Agile Principles and Mindset]
You are examining your project's statistics. For the iterations one to six the team's
velocity has been 40, 50, 43, 47, 46, and 44 story points respectively. What is the most
reasonable velocity estimate for the next sprint?
A. Future velocity cannot be predicted.
B. 40 story points.
C. 50 story points.
D. 45 story points. - correct Answer-D. 45 story points.
Explanation
D - The velocity is moving around 45 story points and the variation is showing a
declining trend. It is most likely that the variation will further reduce and the team's
velocity will stable around 45 story points. [Agile Practice Guide, 1st edition, Page 61]
[Team Performance]
