IIBA IIBA Certifications IIBA-AAC Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  At the Initiative Horizon, we see the concept of adaptive planning expressed when a solution owner:

  A. Ensures technical documentation is updated in response to changes

  B. Seeks guidance and direction from senior stakeholders for remaining work

  C. Uses feedback to make decisions about remaining solution components or initiatives

  D. Meets with stakeholders to gather feedback about delivered solution components

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (29)

• Question 2:

  The team is struggling with how to best design and explore options for moving forward. They settle on a time-boxed research approach which is often referred to as a:

  A. Simulation

  B. Wasteful

  C. Spike

  D. Incremental

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-Member

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• Question 3:

  The team is considering which of several solution paths they should invest in. They are working only from conjecture and opinion, not data and facts. A practitioner with an agile mindset would remind them to:

  A. Perform a value analysis of real options

  B. Discover what works by trying things out

  C. Consider analysis at multiple horizons

  D. Collaborate more to create new ideas

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (24)

• Question 4:

  Good analysis practices at the Strategy Horizon facilitate the transfer of relevant knowledge between teams to:

  A. Better understand what features will be delivered

  B. Cancel initiatives that no longer provide value

  C. Stimulate collaboration and continuous improvement.

  D. Prioritize and sequence features for delivery

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (38)

• Question 5:

  The team is discussing what analysis performed at the initiative level should include. They realize this analysis will support a number of key decisions, particularly decisions around the:

  A. Needs and the solution that will satisfy those needs

  B. Objectives and strategies to meet those objectives

  C. Problem and the system that will address that problem

  D. Strategy and identifying actions that will address that strategy

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 6:

  While using Kano Analysis to determine what features to include in the MVP, the delivery team decides to include characteristics which if omitted will cause intense dissatisfaction. A team member indicates that these are referred to as:

  A. Performance characteristics

  B. Threshold characteristics

  C. Minimum characteristics

  D. Excitement characteristics

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (74)

• Question 7:

  The team is discussing the initiative and thinking about what solution increments are worth doing. An appropriate technique for them to use is:

  A. Backlog refinement

  B. Portfolio kanban

  C. Purpose alignment model

  D. Story elaboration

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (39)

• Question 8:

  While reviewing criteria for a well-written story, the team discusses the following criteria:

  A. Detailed persona characteristics

  B. Cost-benefit valuation

  C. Alignment to the organization's vision statement

  D. Achievable unit of development

  Correct Answer: D

  Reference: https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/AgileExtension_V2-MemberCopy.pdf (55)

• Question 9:

  During a backlog refinement meeting, the team uses the appropriate technique to focus discussion on backlog items and their:

  A. Technical designs and related details

  B. Related users, user goals, user activities and their importance

  C. Estimates determined by the delivery team

  D. Resource requirements and availability for work.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 10:

  A practice common to most agile approaches is to require that the items in the product backlog that are targeted to be delivered next, are:

  A. Loosely prioritized with some having the same priority

  B. Strictly prioritized, and sequenced from smallest to largest work effort

  C. Unprioritized, but with known business value

  D. Strictly prioritized and forced ranked

  Correct Answer: B