Microsoft 70-498 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 70-498 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  A development team is attempting to use Scrum as its process framework. You join the team as the new scrum master.

  During a meeting, a developer states that his "task is done."

  You need to describe to the team how the word "done" relates to Scrum.

  What should you do?

  A. The word "done" indicates that code has been approved for release to production.
  B. The word "done" indicates that code compiles and has been unit tested.
  C. The word "done" indicates that code has been approved through testing and quality assurance.
  D. The word "done" must be defined, communicated, and agreed to by the team.
  D. The word "done" must be defined, communicated, and agreed to by the team.

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  The Definition of "Done" is a simple, auditable checklist created by the Development Team. It must be understandable by the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and any stakeholders. Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 p.36

• Question 62:

  You are part of a scrum team that needs to identify user stories to complete in the next sprint. What should the scrum master do?

  A. Have the product owner decide which user stories to complete within the sprint.
  B. Order the user stories by their story points. Select the top stories based on the team's velocity.
  C. Have the team decide which user stories to complete within the sprint.
  D. The scrum master should decide which user stories to complete within the sprint.
  C. Have the team decide which user stories to complete within the sprint.

• Question 63:

  You are using the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Process Improvement 6.0 process template.

  A stakeholder has requested a change, but the change request has not received the attention that it requires.

  You need to escalate the change request.

  What should you do?

  A. Create an impediment work item. Link the new impediment to the change request. Escalate the impediment to get the change request on track.
  B. Create a bug work item. Link the new bug to the change request. Escalate the bug to get the change request on track.
  C. Create an issue work item. Link the new issue to the change request. Escalate the issue to get the change request on track.
  D. Create another change request work item. Link the new change request to the change request. Escalate the change request to get the change request on track.
  D. Create another change request work item. Link the new change request to the change request. Escalate the change request to get the change request on track.

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  If a change request does not receive the attention that it requires, escalate the matter by creating an issue work item. Link the new issue to the change request, and escalate the issue to get the change request impact assessment on track. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461569.aspx

• Question 64:

  You are a scrum master.

  You need to lead the daily scrum meeting.

  Which three questions should you ask? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)

  A. What will be done before the next meeting?
  B. What went well?
  C. What has been accomplished since the last meeting?
  D. Are there any potential improvements?
  E. What obstacles are in the way?
  F. Is the burndown up to date?
  A. What will be done before the next meeting?
  C. What has been accomplished since the last meeting?
  E. What obstacles are in the way?

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  The most popular technique that Development Teams use during the Daily Scrum is to stand in a circle facing each other. Each developer, in turn, answers the following three questions:

  1.

  What have I done since the last Scrum?

  2.

  What will I do between now and the next Scrum?

  3.

  What impediments are in my way?

  Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 p.21

• Question 65:

  You have a web application that should be automatically deployed to a standard environment, including two staging web servers. You USE the LabDefaultTemplate.11.xaml build process template for your build definition.

  You plan to run automated tests on the application as part of the build process.

  You need to configure the build definition to deploy the application.

  What should you do?

  A. Create deployment scripts to perform the deployment. In the Deploy section of the build process template, select Deploy the build and specify the computer names and the scripts to be executed.
  B. In the build definition, specify the MS Build arguments as /p:DeployOnBuild=true;DeployTargetPackage.
  C. Define separate drop folders for each web server.
  D. In the build definition, specify Private Drop Location. Indicate the scripts to be executed after a successful build.
  A. Create deployment scripts to perform the deployment. In the Deploy section of the build process template, select Deploy the build and specify the computer names and the scripts to be executed.

• Question 66:

  Your team uses Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage the software development process. You use the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2013 process template on your TFS Team Project.

  You work with the product owner to define and prioritize the Product Backlog.

  Due to new business regulations, a group of product backlog items need to be implemented sooner than initially planned.

  You need to raise the business value of the affected product backlog items.

  Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

  A. Edit the Product Backlog Item work item by changing the resolution to a higher value.
  B. Select the Product Backlog Item, and drag it towards the top of the backlog.
  C. Adjust the business value on the Product Backlog Item.
  D. Edit the Product Backlog Item work item by changing the priority to a higher value.
  E. Select the Product Backlog Item, and drag it towards the bottom of the backlog.
  A. Edit the Product Backlog Item work item by changing the resolution to a higher value.
  C. Adjust the business value on the Product Backlog Item.

• Question 67:

  Your development team uses Scrum as its process framework and utilizes the Microsoft Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development 6.0 process template.

  A new team member who is new to Scrum assumes the role of product owner.

  You need to help the new product owner prioritize the product backlog.

  Which basis should you suggest the new product owner use for prioritizing the product backlog?

  A. personal preference
  B. estimated cost and effort for each requirement
  C. risk and business value of each requirement
  D. technical complexity of each requirement
  C. risk and business value of each requirement

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  In other words, it's more important to deliver business value in the form of working software than to follow a plan. Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 p.162

• Question 68:

  You are the lead tester for Contoso, Ltd. The company is using Microsoft Visual Studio to develop a new software product.

  Management wants to test the product as it is developed. Some components that require testing have dependencies that are not yet built or are otherwise unavailable.

  You need to test the components.

  In the table below, identify where only a shim or a stub can be used in the situation. Make only one selection in each column.

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• Question 69:

  You manage a project for which the team has not delivered all of the story points committed to in a previous sprint.

  You want to define the amount of work the team can commit to for the next sprint of the project.

  What should you do?

  A. Review the sprint burndown to define the amount of work.
  B. Review the team velocity to define the amount of work
  C. Allow the product owner to define the amount of work.
  D. Review capacity of the team to define the amount of work.
  B. Review the team velocity to define the amount of work

• Question 70:

  You are using the Microsoft Framework (MSF) for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Process Improvement 6.0 process template.

  You are the scrum master.

  You need to assign product requirements to an iteration. Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

  Choose three.)

  A. Create a test harness to confirm that the business requirements are understood.
  B. Find the dependencies among the product requirements.
  C. Prioritize each of the requirements.
  D. Create a prototype to validate whether or not the requirement can be accomplished.
  E. Estimate the cost of each of the requirements.
  B. Find the dependencies among the product requirements.
  C. Prioritize each of the requirements.
  E. Estimate the cost of each of the requirements.