PMI PMI-ACP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMI-ACP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 151:

  The purpose of "setting the stage'' in a project retrospective is to:

  A. Restate the goal of the meeting and create an open atmosphere.
  B. Review the scope statement and summarize project results.
  C. Elevate the team's morale and ensure that everyone participates.
  D. Describe the next Iteration and discuss lessons learned.
  A. Restate the goal of the meeting and create an open atmosphere.

• Question 152:

  During a retrospective meeting, a team develops a large list of initiatives. All will have a positive impact and improve team performance. What should the agile coach do next?

  A. Positively acknowledge the list and share it with management
  B. Immediately have the team implement the initiatives
  C. Help the team choose one or two initiatives for immediate implementation
  D. Ask the team to choose and implement the most complex initiative
  C. Help the team choose one or two initiatives for immediate implementation

• Question 153:

  The project team is ahead of schedule and beginning to gold-plate the feature included in the current sprint. What should the agile project manager do?

  A. Since the team has extra time, notify the product owner and secure approval for the extra work on this feature.
  B. Encourage the team to document the improvement and prioritize it for the upcoming iteration, instead of building it now.
  C. Instruct the Scrum Master to have the team use the extra time to complete the extra feature work in the current iteration.
  D. Notify the product owner and have the product owner verify the backlog priority, then encourage team to continue working on the backlog.
  D. Notify the product owner and have the product owner verify the backlog priority, then encourage team to continue working on the backlog.

• Question 154:

  Project stakeholders are finding it difficult to know the real-time status of who has been assigned to various stories and the status of each work item. Which of the following should the agile project manager do?

  A. Use an information radiator to help increase the transparency of work for key stakeholders.
  B. Send status updates whenever the stakeholders request them.
  C. Hold Scrum meetings more frequently to ensure stakeholders are well informed.
  D. Instruct the team to focus on their own assignments rather than the work of others.
  A. Use an information radiator to help increase the transparency of work for key stakeholders.

• Question 155:

  A project team tasked with delivering a solution with extremely aggressive timelines is facing an issue with meeting their sprint velocity targets. To address this issue and bring the project back on track, what action should the team take?

  A. Perform value stream analysis to eliminate the processes with wastage.
  B. Reevaluate the minimum viable product (MVP) deliverables to remove high-risk stories and meet timelines.
  C. Adjust the story points included in each sprint to represent the actual velocity.
  D. Include high-risk stories in earlier sprints to deliver incremental velocity.
  B. Reevaluate the minimum viable product (MVP) deliverables to remove high-risk stories and meet timelines.

• Question 156:

  A team retrospective was going well until the team lead introduced the "define the next experiment" topic; then the discussion became an argument. A new team member feels strongly that the approach used on their previous team would improve this team's efficiency and effectiveness. The team lead is adamant that they remain with the current approach and the discussion dissolves into a circular argument. What should the team lead do?

  A. Remind the group that all input is welcome but dissension is not productive and suggest the group move on to another task more agreeable to everyone.
  B. Restate both stances, ask for details of both approaches, and create a chart of similarities and differences.
  C. Construct an Ishikawa diagram for each approach, and use the 5 Whys technique to determine the effectiveness of each approach.
  D. Interject and request this experiment be postponed for 2 months, so the new team member has time to observe the current approach.
  B. Restate both stances, ask for details of both approaches, and create a chart of similarities and differences.

• Question 157:

  Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 common conflict types?

  A. Compensation anxiety
  B. Lack of role clarity
  C. Difference in prioritizing tasks
  D. Working in silos
  E. Waiting on completion of task dependencies
  F. Lack of communication
  A. Compensation anxiety

• Question 158:

  A seven-member agile team's composition varies considerably in age, gender, culture, personality type, and professional background. When planning a team-building event, what type of interpersonal skills should the project leader use?

  A. Networking
  B. Social awareness
  C. Communication
  D. Leadership
  B. Social awareness

• Question 159:

  DRAG DROP

  Put the following in order of first occurrence in a Sprint.

  Select and Place:

  

  

• Question 160:

  Analyzing the current organizational processes, per project requirements, and making needed process changes is called:

  A. Value Stream Mapping
  B. Release Planning
  C. Use Case Development
  D. Process Tailoring
  D. Process Tailoring