PMI-ACP EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED +
2025-2026
Wave - ANS-
Speculate phase - ANS-
ACP - ANS-Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening - ANS-Focuses on understanding what is said and provides feedback to
confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining, Actively
Responding.
Affinity Estimation - ANS-Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-sized
groups.
Agile Manifesto - ANS-Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling - ANS-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 - ANS-Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency and visibility
,Agile Tooling - ANS-Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - ANS-Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying the
problem and underlying need
Artifact - ANS-The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing, model,
or code.
Brainstorming - ANS-Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large number of
ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - ANS-A chart used to communicate progress during and at the end
of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
Burn Rate - ANS-The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes resources;
cost per iteration.
Burn-Up Chart - ANS-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 - ANS-A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as iteration
planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
Change - ANS-In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide additional
value to the customer
Charter - ANS-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 - ANS-Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
, Coach - ANS-XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the process
(delivering value while learning)
Collaboration - ANS-Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership - ANS-Environment where the entire team is collectively
responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) -
discourages specialization
Collocation - ANS-Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication - ANS-Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent and free-
flowing
Command & Control - ANS-Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by
individuals higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance - ANS-Meeting a regulation (project justification)
Cone of silence - ANS-Creating an environment free of distractions and interruptions
for the team
Cone of Uncertainty - ANS-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 - ANS-Problem Recognized, Disagreement, Contest, Fight/Flight,
World War
Conflict Resolution - ANS-Coming to an acceptable agreement when areas of conflict
arise
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED +
2025-2026
Wave - ANS-
Speculate phase - ANS-
ACP - ANS-Agile Certified Practitioner
Active Listening - ANS-Focuses on understanding what is said and provides feedback to
confirm understanding. Involves: Listening, Understanding, Retaining, Actively
Responding.
Affinity Estimation - ANS-Technique to rapidly place user stories into similarly-sized
groups.
Agile Manifesto - ANS-Four statements of the values of Agile philosophy
Agile Modeling - ANS-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 - ANS-Work area that encourages collaboration, communication,
transparency and visibility
,Agile Tooling - ANS-Software or artifacts that increase the sense of team and
encourage participation among members (could be version control SF or video
conferencing)
Analysis - ANS-Developing an understanding of potential solutions by studying the
problem and underlying need
Artifact - ANS-The output of a process or work, typically a document, drawing, model,
or code.
Brainstorming - ANS-Method of gathering ideas from a group - elicit a large number of
ideas in a short time.
Burn-Down Chart - ANS-A chart used to communicate progress during and at the end
of an iteration (# of stories completed/remaining)
Burn Rate - ANS-The cost of Agile work - the rate that the team consumes resources;
cost per iteration.
Burn-Up Chart - ANS-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 - ANS-A regular meeting held during an Agile project, since as iteration
planning, daily stand-up, iteration review, and iteration retrospective
Change - ANS-In Agile, this refers to changing requirements that provide additional
value to the customer
Charter - ANS-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 - ANS-Someone in an Agile project who is involved but not committed
, Coach - ANS-XP - role that keeps the team focused on learning and the process
(delivering value while learning)
Collaboration - ANS-Working together toward a common goal.
Collective Code Ownership - ANS-Environment where the entire team is collectively
responsible for 100% of code (all members of team can cross maintain code) -
discourages specialization
Collocation - ANS-Having the entire team physically working in one room
Communication - ANS-Sharing information - in Agile, needs to be transparent and free-
flowing
Command & Control - ANS-Non-Agile principle where decisions are made by
individuals higher up on the organizational chart and handed down to the team
Compliance - ANS-Meeting a regulation (project justification)
Cone of silence - ANS-Creating an environment free of distractions and interruptions
for the team
Cone of Uncertainty - ANS-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 - ANS-Problem Recognized, Disagreement, Contest, Fight/Flight,
World War
Conflict Resolution - ANS-Coming to an acceptable agreement when areas of conflict
arise
