PMI PMI-ACP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMI-ACP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 161:

  The product owner is present at the sprint review meeting and states that an estimation for the end of the project must be shared with the company's steering committee. The scrum master declares that the team reached an average velocity of 40 story points per sprint, considering a biweekly iteration. The team members predict that there are 240 story points remaining. What is the estimated project conclusion?

  A. Twelve months
  B. Three months
  C. Six months
  D. Two months
  B. Three months

• Question 162:

  A project team member expresses frustration about the length of time it takes to make decisions for a complex project. Approvals needs to happen at many levels in the company. What should the team lead do to improve decision quality and reduce the time required to make decisions?

  A. Make sure the project owner is fully embedded into the project team so that they are readily available to make quick decisions.
  B. Establish collaborative behaviors among all members of the organization through a group decision-making process.
  C. Ensure all decisions are routed as quickly as possible to the project sponsor and have the rules of engagement visibly posted.
  D. Reduce the number of required approvals and expand the decision-control limits to the scrum master.
  A. Make sure the project owner is fully embedded into the project team so that they are readily available to make quick decisions.

• Question 163:

  A business analyst has been assigned to optimize a process to deliver healthcare services to patients in a clinic. In creating a value stream map, what will the business analyst's key observations include?

  A. Process breakdowns and work flow
  B. Wait times and cycle times
  C. Process maps and story points
  D. Activity sequences and earned value (EV)
  B. Wait times and cycle times

• Question 164:

  An agile project manager notices that the product owner manages team members' day-to-day tasks in a way that distracts them from their core responsibilities. In addition, the team believes that their questions on product backlog prioritization are not being answered on time. What should the agile project manager do?

  A. Discuss and address this in the iterations retrospective
  B. Let the product owner know it is the project manager's responsibility to drive a team's tasks
  C. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the project team with the product owner
  D. Ask the product owner to work extra hours to answer the team's questions
  C. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the project team with the product owner

• Question 165:

  Operations and Maintenance staff should not be part of the Agile team.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

• Question 166:

  Agile Earned Value Management (EVM) would be a valuable technique for managing a project because the:

  A. project is in a CM MI-certified organization.
  B. customer wants to maximize delivered value,
  C. cost performance must be reported.
  D. team is newly formed or new to Agile.
  C. cost performance must be reported.

• Question 167:

  The team is refining user stories during the backlog grooming session and confused on the acceptance criteria and level of details. What should the agile practitioner do?

  A. Complete the test cases before creating the story in the backlog
  B. Define the detailed business requirements so that the team can continue with development
  C. Define the user stories with just enough details so the team can collaborate continuously
  D. Ensure the acceptance criteria includes testing scenarios, so the team can do thorough testing
  D. Ensure the acceptance criteria includes testing scenarios, so the team can do thorough testing

• Question 168:

  Which is the best option to improve project velocity?

  A. Shield programmers from interruptions
  B. Minimize customer involvement
  C. Shorten the iteration length
  D. Increase project team size
  C. Shorten the iteration length

• Question 169:

  What information should a project team include in an extended stakeholder report to ensure that all current and future stakeholders are aware of the frequent updates?

  A. Team capacity and competence profiles
  B. A list of tools used for implementation
  C. A list of open technical issues
  D. Up-to-date project radiators
  D. Up-to-date project radiators

• Question 170:

  What Agile planning artifact should be updated at minimum semi-annually?

  A. Product Vision
  B. Product Roadmap
  C. Release Plan
  D. Sprint Plan
  E. Daily Plan
  B. Product Roadmap