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PMI-ACP Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Study Guide 1st Edition Hunt, J. Ashley - Solutions
15. Your organization has entered into a contract that can best be described as good for the organization, and the budget requirements are known or stable. What kind of contract did your organization enter into?A. The fix and switch B. A service level agreement C. Fixed price D. Time and materials
14. You are delivering a performance report to your sponsor on the project and have put together an earned value report. Your cost performance index is 1.25. What does that information tell your sponsor?A. The project is over budget.B. The project is under budget.C. The project is getting one
13. Your customer is working very closely with your team on prioritization of value for their product. There are certain items that must be in the final product no matter what and others that won’t be included unless different information is presented at a later date. Which of the following
12. Bill is the sponsor on your project and is especially nervous about the budget and meeting the expected ROI. He asks you on a regular basis what things are costing and if you are spending money in the right areas. You suggest to Bill that he come to the team area and explain where he would
11. You are being tasked by your organization to create a statement of work that will be utilized in the procurement process. The legal department explains to you that they want to make sure that all terms and conditions are negotiated and agreed to up front. Then, when scope needs to be changed,
10. Your customer has been adamant about a certain feature being a part of the finished increment.You have explained time and again that the feature they are looking for will interfere with the rest of the result and cause it not to work as well. What could be the reason for this confusion?A. The
9. The planned value on your current project at this point in the schedule is $10,000, and the earned value is $9,600. What is the schedule variance?A. $400.00 B. 0.96 C. –($400.00)D. 1.04
8. Your organization is using a mix of Waterfall and Agile techniques on its project and is very focused on reaching the return on investment level that it has determined the project should meet. Your sponsor is asking for the cost performance index information. What technique can you use to
7. Your sponsor has asked you for a review of the scope, time, and cost performance so they can present the information to the shareholders. You have determined that the cost variance is –$3,000 and the schedule variance is $1,000. How is this project progressing?A. The project is over budget and
6. Agile contracts differ from Waterfall projects in which of the following ways?A. They are longer term to accommodate iterations.B. They can use a fix and switch contract to allow for changes in scope.C. They can be adapted at any time.D. The can be updated for scope changes that have been
5. Your customer is describing items they want on the next release of their corporate software program. During discussions of valuable features, they ask if the software can include a new and innovative feature they read their competition may be creating. Your team performs Kano Analysis and
4. During a prioritization exercise with your Agile team, you give each of the stakeholders 100 points. How will they determine priority with those points?A. They will put 100 points on the main feature they want.B. They will break the 100 points into 25-point increments for their top four
3. You are coaching your Agile team in different ways to prioritize value. Which one of the following would not be a way to prioritize?A. Dot voting B. Value stream analysis C. MoSCoW D. Monopoly Money
2. Misunderstandings of value, product, and customer needs can best be described as which one of the following?A. The gulf of constraints B. The gulf of Agile C. The gulf of misunderstanding D. The gulf value stream
1. Who determines the process to prioritize value in an Agile project?A. The customer B. The Scrum Master C. The product owner D. The entire team
20. An Agile team shows its progress visually and has created a specific chart/graph to show work that has been completed as well as make scope changes visible across iterations. What are they creating?A. WIP B. Cumulative flow diagrams C. Kanban board D. Burn up charts
19. A key stakeholder is asking what is the estimated time for the entire project to be completed.Which of the following will you show them to help answer that question?A. Kanban board B. Gantt chart C. Burn down chart D. Process flow diagram
18. Your newly formed Agile team makes a mistake during the first iteration that results in 500 lines of code needing to be redone. As their coach, what do you think is important for the team to know?A. Nothing. Teams are self-motivated and don’t need a manager.B. That Agile teams are most
17. What is the following statement defining?Information flows into the background so that the team members will pick up relevant information that they can choose to learn more about or dismiss.A. Nonverbal communication B. Active listening C. Osmotic communication D. Stand-up meetings
16. Of the following, what is the best way that you can help your team stay connected when they are virtual?A. Daily stand-ups B. Mission statements, goals, and ground rules C. Kickoff meetings D. Video calls
15. You are working on a large project, and many of your team members are going to be virtually distributed. What is the best way to help your virtual team be successful for your upcoming project?A. Distributed teams are not recommended on Agile projects.B. Set up ground rules.C. Set up a live
14. Your team is colocated and has a common room to work and communicate. Bill is getting distracted while working on a specific line of code, and he has to have a private call with his doctor in a half hour. Bill gets up to go into another room to work privately and take the call with his doctor.
13. Your key stakeholder is asking for comprehensive Gantt charts to determine how the project is progressing. What will you tell them?A. “Sure, I’ll put one together for you.”B. “In Agile projects, we don’t use Gantt charts.”C. “I’ll ask the team to put it together.”D. “Agile
12. A key stakeholder has asked for information on the team’s progression through the iteration.What would be the best way to present information about the team’s progress?A. Earned value report B. Burn down chart C. Detailed notes on stand-up meetings D. A Gantt chart
11. Your team has determined that there are 500 points of functionality left in the backlog to complete. The first 4 iteration’s velocity has been tracked as follows:20 points 35 points 55 points 50 points Approximately how many more iterations will it take to complete the project based on
10. What is the main difference between a burn down and burn up chart?A. A burn down chart tracks the time and effort left, and a burn up chart tracks completed work and changes.B. A burn up chart tracks the time and effort left, and a burn down chart tracks completed work and changes.C. A burn
9. Which of the following best describes a team’s velocity from the first iteration on?A. It’s based on the decomposition of activities and their sequence.B. Velocity varies in the first iterations, increases, and eventually plateaus.C. Velocity is determined by the product owner.D. Velocity is
8. All the following are guidelines for one-on-one coaching except .A. Stay a half step ahead B. Guarantee support C. Partner with managers D. Create positive regard
7. The team space is key in Agile projects. What can be provided to the team in case they need privacy and quiet to work?A. Time off B. The ability to work from home C. Caves and common rooms D. Nothing. The team should always be colocated.
6. Your team has reached the performing phase. What types of management and leadership do they need?A. A lot of feedback and training B. Coaching as needed during retrospectives C. Help with improving velocity D. They don’t need any help.
5. On a colocated team, what is one of the major benefits of everyone sitting together in the same work space?A. The Scrum Master can find everyone.B. Daily stand-up meetings are easier to organize.C. Osmotic communication can be achieved.D. Colocation helps with understanding of velocity charts.
4. The team space is key in Agile projects. What is the one thing that is recommended above all others for Agile teams?A. Scrum boards B. Colocation C. Caves and common rooms D. Information radiators
3. The concept of Shu Ha Ri is one of .A. Obey, detach, mastery B. Learning, communicating, mastery C. Novice and then proficient D. Follows plans and process
2. Your team has reached the performing phase. What types of management and leadership do they need?A. A lot of feedback and interactions B. Feedback, coaching, or help only when they ask for it C. Help with conflict resolution and expectation settings D. Helping the team get to know each other and
1. Which of the following describes a generalized specialist?A. They are specialists in their field, but they have additional skill sets that can be used on a project.B. They have limited experience in Agile and may need coaching to be more successful.C. They have general knowledge about Waterfall
21. How many sprints will it take to complete the work providing the team’s current velocity is 10 points a sprint?Stories Points Priority A 3 points Priority B 6 points Priority C 4 points Priority D 10 points Priority E 3 points A. Five B. Four C. Three D. Six
20. Your team is estimating work using planning poker. All team members agree that the work size is a 5, except for Bob. Bob thinks it should be a 10 in size. What could the reason be for this discrepancy?A. It could be due to product uncertainty or technical uncertainty.B. Bob is being difficult
19. You and your teammates are debating how long something should take to accomplish.Which of the following ways is the best way to estimate project work?A. Story point estimates for user stories based on lessons learned B. Using scheduling software approved by management C. Parametric estimates D.
18. You are working with a visible master list of work, and you are constantly reviewing and updating it with requirements that will be reorganized and reprioritized repeatedly. This is an example of which of the following?A. You are the development team planning the next iteration.B. You are a
17. Whose position is it to determine the priority of user stories that will be performed next based on value?A. Scrum Master B. Development team C. Project sponsor D. Product owner
16. Your team is estimating that it will take two weeks for the next sprint if there aren’t any interruptions to their work flow. Which of the following describes this estimate?A. Likely time estimate B. Ideal time estimate C. Bottom up estimate D. Expert judgment estimate
15. Your team is working with the customer on a brand-new project. The customer has established the primary scope of the work, but your team doesn’t quite have a process intact.You suggest to the team that they run an iteration that allows for process discovery but doesn’t yet deliver
14. Agile teams work with timeboxes. A customer asks, “What is the point of timeboxes in an iteration?” What do you say as an Agile project manager?A. It’s a fixed time period applied to activities.B. It’s a rough estimate of velocity.C. It’s something we use instead of Gantt charts.D.
13. Your team has stabilized their velocity throughout five iterations and commits to 15 story points in the current iteration. Due to a risk event during the iteration, the team only completed 14 story points. What happens to the leftover point?A. The team will work overtime to complete the work
12. Your team has been averaging 50 points’ worth of work per iteration and has determined that there are 201 points left to complete. In how many iterations will the team complete the work?A. Four B. Two C. Six D. Five
11. As an Agile project manager, you are tracking the team’s work capacity and getting a sense of how much work is going to be done in the current iteration. What are you tracking?A. Features completed B. Scope of work completed C. Velocity D. User stories completed
10. A persona is based on which one of the following?A. Someone who had similar goals on another project B. The organization and its culture C. A real person or as a descriptive placeholder for the customer D. A fake placeholder of a future user and what they may or may not want
9. Which of the following items does your team need in order to produce a working, viable product or service?A. A definition of done B. Approval from the product owner to create user stories C. A well-planned strategy to accomplish project goals D. A wireframe with a breakdown of the product needs
8. It is important for the Agile team to be able to see the “Big Picture” in a visual way. Which of the following would be the best tool for prioritization?A. Epic B. User story C. Wireframe D. Story map
7. Decomposition of requirements could best be described by which of the following?A. Epic, task, user story B. Epic, feature, user story, sequenced activities C. Theme, epic, feature, user story D. User story, feature, tasks
6. As a product owner, it is important to determine the priority of user stories that will be performed next. This is an example of which one of the following?A. Backlog sorting B. Retrospective C. Sprint review D. Backlog grooming
5. Which of the following represents a user story?A. As an end user, I want to be able to shop online.B. As a team member, I want to be able to see my progress.C. As an end user, I want to be able to review status reports daily so that I can track project performance.D. As a customer, I need to be
4. The concept of ideal time is .A. How long something will take with distractions B. What you put on your schedule for approval C. How long something will take without any distractions D. The total duration plus risk events
3. Utilizing decision delays in an Agile environment allows teams to do all of the following, except .A. Mitigate risks B. Adapt to changes C. Implement based on the most up-to-date information D. Have “fine-grained requirements” until they can become “course-grained”
2. Your team has determined that there are 500 points of functionality left in the backlog to complete. The first four iterations’ velocity has been tracked at 22 points 30 points 39 points 45 points Approximately, how many more iterations will it take to complete the project based on velocity?A.
1. Which of the following best describes a team’s velocity from the first iteration on?A. Velocity is based on the decomposition of activities and their sequence.B. Velocity varies in the first iterations, increases, and eventually plateaus.C. Velocity is determined by the product owner.D.
20. You are a product owner, and you are working to sort various user stories by value during the current sprint. A key stakeholder comes to you in the middle of the current sprint and asks you to add a feature that was deemed unnecessary by the customer. What is the best thing to do?A. Call a team
19. One of your stakeholders is new to Agile and is asking that the team take on more user stories per iteration to get things done faster. As an adaptive servant leader, what is the best thing to do?A. Listen to what they are saying, and then explain to them that they should go talk to the product
18. Engaging with stakeholders involves having the emotional intelligence to understand their concerns and to work to determine what they value. In order to be effective in this role, which of the following skills are necessary?A. Interpersonal skills B. Adaptive leadership C. Creating an elevator
17. You and your development team are working with the product owner on user stories in the backlog. Your team is asking questions about what stories will be done next and what they think that they can accomplish. The product owner asks the team to consider adding two more stories to the sprint for
16. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, what term expresses a person who has everything and determines that they will give back for the greater good?A. Social B. Physiological C. Safety D. Self-actualization
15. During a heated exchange over what the definition of done is to the stakeholders, you have determined that there isn’t any way anyone is going to be able to collaborate on solutions.Which of the following conflict resolution strategies would work best in this situation?A. Compromise B.
14. One of your stakeholders is asking about your PMI-ACP certification and wonders what code of ethics you need to abide by as a certified professional. You explain that there are two categories of conduct you abide by. Which of the following describes these categories?A. Legal and aspirational B.
13. Your stakeholders are engaged in a conversation about what direction to go in with an aspect of the software that is being built. The team is divided on how to proceed. The conflict is more of a collective disagreement than an outright conflict. What should you do as the Agile project
12. For an Agile project manager, active listening is an important aspect to practicing adaptive leadership. If a stakeholder is talking to you about an issue, what should be your primary focus?A. Solving their problem B. Assessing their facial features C. Thinking of what you will say next D.
11. Misunderstandings of value, product, and customer needs can best be described as which one of the following?A. The gulf of evaluation B. The gulf of Agile C. The gulf of misunderstanding D. The gulf value stream
10. As an Agile project manager, you explain to your team that, as their coach, you are there to provide for the team’s needs and remove any roadblocks to their progress. This is also described as which one of the following?A. Project management B. Agile leadership C. Management and leadership D.
9. Your newly formed team is experiencing some conflict in the way they estimate time.Several team members have withdrawn from the conversations, while others are still arguing about the best ways to do things. This is an example of what team stage?A. Forming B. Norming C. Storming D. Adjourning
8. On a colocated team, what is one of the major benefits of everyone sitting together in the same work space?A. The Scrum Master can find everyone.B. Daily stand-up meetings are easier to organize.C. It enables improved communication.D. It builds relationships and trust.
7. The team space is key in Agile projects. What is the one thing that is recommended above all others for Agile teams?A. Scrum boards B. Colocation C. Caves and common rooms D. Information radiators
6. Your team has reached the performing phase. What types of management and leadership do they need?A. A lot of feedback and interactions B. Feedback, coaching, and help only when they ask for it C. Help with conflict resolution and expectation settings D. Helping getting to know each other and
5. Task 5 of the exam content outline for stakeholder engagement states that you will need to establish collaborative behaviors among the members of the organization by fostering group decision making and conflict resolution in order to improve decision quality and reduce the time required to make
4. As an Agile team member, you are working with the product owner and the customer on several of the user stories and requirements the customer is requesting. You witness the product owner suggesting that the customer choose one requirement over another because it will function better with their
3. Your team has been working together for several iterations now, and they seem to be working well together. They are making decisions as a team and determining what work they should do and when. This is an example of which of the following?A. A storming team B. An Agile team C. A self-directed
2. Bill and Ally are having a disagreement in the break room about something they saw on the news the night before. You are walking by, and you overhear the disagreement. As a servant leader, what is the best conflict resolution technique to utilize in this situation?A. Help them reach a
1. Your team disagrees on the direction a requirement should take, and it is convinced that the customer hasn’t explained it correctly. As a servant leader, what can you identify as the reason for the misunderstanding?A. Not enough information was gathered from the customer.B. The gulf of
20. A persona is based on which one of the following?A. Someone who had similar goals on another project B. The organization and its culture C. A real person or a descriptive placeholder for the customer D. A fake placeholder of a future user and what they may or may not want
19. Which of the following items does your team need in order to produce a working, viable product or service?A. A definition of done B. Approval from the product owner to create user stories C. A well-planned strategy to accomplish project goals D. A wireframe with a breakdown of the product needs
18. You are in a meeting with a new customer to agree on requirements and basic starting points of the project. Your customer is going on and on about a long list of things that they want done, but they aren’t really giving you a clear explanation of the project’s end result.How can you
17. If you received a project charter and it fully described the scope of work, milestones, risks, and key stakeholders, as well as budgetary estimates, would that be a good reflection of an Agile project charter?A. No. This is closer to that of a Waterfall project charter where the scope of work
16. You are responding to a key stakeholder via email, and you decide that you will follow their lead and write with bullet points and sign your email in the same way as they do. This is an example of which kind of communication best practice?A. Effective email writing B. Emotional intelligence C.
15. Your team is working to engage with your stakeholders, who are very interested in what your team thinks the eventual result will be. Your team works with the customer and draws out the web interface they are thinking of developing based on what the customer is describing. Which of the following
14. Payback period is a less effective way to determine ROI on a project because of which of the following reasons?A. Payback period only shows the period of time to recoup the money spent, not the net present value.B. Payback period isn’t an effective way to determine ROI if it is used with
13. A user story workshop is important because of which one of the following?A. It allows for collaboration and determination of scope while engaging your stakeholders.B. It is important since it is a large part of Agile frameworks.C. It allows all of the user stories for the project to be
12. An effective user story follows which of the following formats?A. As a(n) _________ I want _________because _________.B. As a(n) _________ I need _________in order to _________.C. As _________I need _________so that I can _________.D. As a user _________I need _________so that I have _________.
11. You are working with your team to develop a persona, and one of your team members says that they were in the same position as your customer once and can understand where they are coming from. Your team member is expressing which of the following?A. Emotional intelligence B. Empathy C. Active
10. You are working with a customer who is used to Waterfall frameworks and formal project charters. They ask you to explain the difference between a Waterfall project charter and an Agile project charter. How do you explain it to them?A. “Waterfall project charters are mandatory, and Agile
9. You are working with your customer and sketching out what their website will be like. This is an example of which one of the following?A. Wireframe B. User story C. Persona D. Tweet
8. You are a business analyst working to put together a business case utilizing project selection techniques. Project A has a net present value of $555,926 and Project B has a net present value of $787,454. Based on this information alone, which would you choose as the project to charter?A. Project
7. How can you tell when you have a user story that isn’t going to be effective?A. It can be tested.B. It is large enough to explain the work.C. You can negotiate items in it.D. It stands alone as an independent item.
6. Kelly and Jim are working together on an architectural spike to help determine what process they will use. They have come to you as their Agile manager and expressed some frustration with the process. If you are practicing active listening, what would you be thinking as they expressed
5. During a user story workshop, you ask your customer to explain to you the result they are looking for in 140 characters or less. Which of the following are you requesting?A. Wireframe B. User story C. Elevator statement D. Tweet
4. During a user story workshop, your customer says, “As a customer, I want a web page so that I can do business.” Is this considered an effective user story?A. No, because it isn’t specific and therefore not testable.B. No, because it doesn’t follow the structure of a user story.C. Yes,
3. Your organization is working to determine a project to charter officially, and it is looking at various financial information for project selection. Which technique contains the most information necessary to make a final decision?A. Project charter B. Internal rate of return (IRR)C. Net present
2. Which of the following items can your team use to help visually show what a viable product or service might look like in a type of low-fidelity prototype?A. A definition of done B. Approval from the product owner to create user stories C. A well-planned strategy to accomplish project goals D. A
1. You have colocated your team, and during the day the team discusses the things they have learned, what they are working on, and various solutions to issues they confront. Even though not everyone contributes to every conversation, they are picking up the information.This information can be
21. What would be the reasoning behind having an Iteration Zero?A. To prove the process will work B. To determine a process that works C. To prove that the product should be built D. To prove that the product will be built correctly
20. A key stakeholder has asked for information on the team’s progress through the iteration.What would be the best way to present information about team progress?A. Earned value report B. Kanban board C. Detailed notes on stand-up meetings D. A Gantt chart
19. One of your key stakeholders comes to you after a meeting and says, “I don’t see you doing a lot of normal paperwork associated with project management. Instead, I see you talking to your team a lot. Why aren’t you doing your management duties?” How would you respond to this
18. Adaptive software development replaces with a repeating series of speculate, collaborate, and learn cycles:A. Lean B. FDD C. Waterfall D. Kanban
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