PMI PMI-ACP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMI-ACP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 281:

  A member of a project's development team approaches the team lead and requests database administrator training. The team member believes that their inability to handle this work, and to rely on outside specialists, is impacting team velocity. What should the agile team lead do?

  A. Send the member to training
  B. Ask the outside specialists if database administration is required from the team
  C. Send one member to training only after asking the team if there is an issue with the current work flow
  D. Wait until all members of the team can attend training
  C. Send one member to training only after asking the team if there is an issue with the current work flow

• Question 282:

  Identify all members of a Scrum Team: (Choose three.)

  A. Customer
  B. Stakeholder
  C. Product Owner
  D. Scrum Master
  E. Project Manager
  F. Development Team
  C. Product Owner
  D. Scrum Master
  F. Development Team

• Question 283:

  Which of the following is NOT a principle from the Agile Manifesto?

  A. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
  B. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
  C. Continuous creation of technical debt and good design enhances agility.
  D. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
  C. Continuous creation of technical debt and good design enhances agility.

• Question 284:

  When facilitated and managed well, the primary benefits of a project retrospective should be to:

  A. Increase empowerment and enjoyment for the team.
  B. Identify the most important issues for the sponsors.
  C. Provide an open forum for team member complaints.
  D. Allow the team to get ahead on release planning.
  D. Allow the team to get ahead on release planning.

• Question 285:

  In Agile,________________is the primary measure of progress:

  A. Accelerated Burndown chart
  B. Reduced risk
  C. Increased customer satisfaction
  D. Working software
  D. Working software

• Question 286:

  An agile project team has team members with varying technical skills. Due to recent events that adversely impacted customer satisfaction, management mandated that Kaizen should be given more focus to ensure the quality in product delivery. Kaizen is a prime concept of which agile practices?

  A. Standup meetings, Extreme Programming (XP), relative estimating
  B. Build quality in, visualize work flow, fail fast
  C. Standup meetings, retrospective meetings, continuous improvement
  D. Collaborate, regular builds, inspections
  C. Standup meetings, retrospective meetings, continuous improvement

• Question 287:

  A team is building a product in three-week iterations. During the last retrospective, it was identified that there was a 20 percent increase from previous iterations in the number of reported defects and change requests. Since this is causing the product's value to decrease, what should the team do?

  A. Reevaluate the duration of the cycles, as faster cycles may allow for earlier detection of defects.
  B. Run a sprint to clear all reported defects before taking new stories.
  C. Change the control mechanism so that items are better tested before delivery.
  D. Increase the opportunities to confirm common understanding with the client.
  C. Change the control mechanism so that items are better tested before delivery.

• Question 288:

  An agile team provides feedback that user stories include insufficient details to understand the requirements. What should the agile practitioner do?

  A. Coach the product owner to update only the acceptance criteria.
  B. Instruct the agile team to fix the user stories during the next retrospective.
  C. Facilitate a user story workshop with the agile team.
  D. Inform the product owner's manager that the work items provide insufficient detail.
  C. Facilitate a user story workshop with the agile team.

• Question 289:

  In a scrum team, who should be responsible for the budget and release plans?

  A. The scrum master assigns someone on the team to handle the budget, and the product owner is responsible for release plans
  B. The finance department is responsible for budget, and the product owner is responsible for release plans
  C. The scrum team as a whole, as they are self-organizing and share accountability
  D. The product owner is responsible for both the budget and the release plans
  D. The product owner is responsible for both the budget and the release plans

• Question 290:

  A scrum master is working with a team on a complex software project that is scheduled to run for 2 years with a series of product releases. The scrum master is responsible for planning the project for the next 6 months and has advised planning the project up front. What should the scrum master do?

  A. Add the releases into a roadmap with milestones and activities.
  B. Identify dedicated tasks and activities with regular feedback loops.
  C. Deliver in small and continuous iterative releases.
  D. Identify the requirements' schedule within set time scales.
  C. Deliver in small and continuous iterative releases.