PMI-ACP EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(GRADED A)
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 and visibility
Agile Tooling - ANSWER Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - ANSWER Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying the
problem and underlying need
Artifact - ANSWER The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing,
model, or code.
Brainstorming - ANSWER Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large
number of ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - ANSWER A chart used to communicate progress during and at the
end of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
Burn Rate - ANSWER The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes
resources; cost per iteration.
, Burn-Up Chart - 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 - ANSWER A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as iteration
planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
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)
Decide As Late As Possible - ANSWER Postpone decisions as long as possible to
preserve possibilities and make final choice with as much knowledge as possible
DEEP - ANSWER Attributes of a product backlog - Detailed, Estimatable, Emergent,
Prioritized
Disaggregation - ANSWER Breaking down epics or large stories into smaller stories
(Similar to decomposition on traditional projects.)
Documentation - ANSWER Highly valued in traditional projects, less valued in Agile
(only needs to be barely sufficient)
Done - ANSWER Term that explicitly defines when work is complete - includes criteria
like complies, runs without errors, and passes predefined acceptance and regression
tests
DRY - ANSWER Don't Repeat Yourself. Reinforces the "maximize the work not done"
concept.
DSDM - ANSWER Dynamic Systems Development Model (an Agile framework primarily
used outside the US)
EVM - ANSWER Earned Value Management - Earned value is a measure of how work
is progressing against the plan. (Works better in waterfall because scope must be well-
defined.)
ANSWERS(GRADED A)
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 and visibility
Agile Tooling - ANSWER Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - ANSWER Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying the
problem and underlying need
Artifact - ANSWER The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing,
model, or code.
Brainstorming - ANSWER Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large
number of ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - ANSWER A chart used to communicate progress during and at the
end of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
Burn Rate - ANSWER The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes
resources; cost per iteration.
, Burn-Up Chart - 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 - ANSWER A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as iteration
planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
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)
Decide As Late As Possible - ANSWER Postpone decisions as long as possible to
preserve possibilities and make final choice with as much knowledge as possible
DEEP - ANSWER Attributes of a product backlog - Detailed, Estimatable, Emergent,
Prioritized
Disaggregation - ANSWER Breaking down epics or large stories into smaller stories
(Similar to decomposition on traditional projects.)
Documentation - ANSWER Highly valued in traditional projects, less valued in Agile
(only needs to be barely sufficient)
Done - ANSWER Term that explicitly defines when work is complete - includes criteria
like complies, runs without errors, and passes predefined acceptance and regression
tests
DRY - ANSWER Don't Repeat Yourself. Reinforces the "maximize the work not done"
concept.
DSDM - ANSWER Dynamic Systems Development Model (an Agile framework primarily
used outside the US)
EVM - ANSWER Earned Value Management - Earned value is a measure of how work
is progressing against the plan. (Works better in waterfall because scope must be well-
defined.)
