PMI-ACP practice questions 211–220

1. Question 211 · 341 in bank

   During team meetings, the team often struggles with making decisions about their technical approach. What should be done to improve the quality and timeliness of decisions?

   • AWork with the team to improve collaboration by fostering group decision making and conflict resolution techniques.
   • BPromote team discussion but give the product owner the ultimate decision making authority.
   • CAssign individual team members as decision owners for each key decision to avoid conflict.
   • DIdentify team members that demonstrate servant leadership qualities to facilitate discussion and make decisions.

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   Answer: A

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2. Question 212 · 341 in bank

   A project team identifies a number of technical challenges with features in the next sprint. What should they do?

   • ARequest direction from the technical manager
   • BEncourage that product owner to reallocate the features to another sprint
   • CDetermine who is best qualified to address the challenges
   • DAsk the product owner to assign the tasks to the most appropriately skilled resources

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   Answer: C

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   D: I don't agree. Product Owner is not the person who assign tasks. The team should self-manage. Agile Principle 11: The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. Answer: C

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — diligentstudent

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3. Question 213 · 341 in bank

   In a planning meeting, the client does not have a clear understanding of the most beneficial features of a project, because there are too many stakeholders with different requirements. How should the project manager approach this project?

   • ADefine all requirements so value can be added by delivering a high-level plan at the initiation phase.
   • BSuggest the product owner prioritize the work items by feature to maximize value.
   • CAsk the customer to define the requirements of all stakeholders and select the most valuable features.
   • DEnsure the client has a clear idea about the features and end product before the project starts.

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   Answer: B

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4. Question 214 · 341 in bank

   Why is stakeholder engagement important for project success?

   • ATo participate in establishing a shared vision as a member of the team
   • BTo provide the acceptance criteria for the delivered items
   • CTo propose implementation methods to the development team
   • DTo evaluate the performance of the development team

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   Answer: A

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5. Question 215 · 341 in bank

   On a complex project with a large degree of uncertainty, the team’s velocity is declining. Upon testing, it is discovered that many of the work items reported as complete are not meeting the stakeholders requirements. Which of the following could help resolve the incomplete work?

   • AConduct a spike so that the team can focus on defect repair without the distraction of new work items.
   • BCreate a burndown chart to ensure the team understands the variance between the current and target velocity.
   • CWork with the product owner to reduce the complexity of the work so that the team can improve quality.
   • DWork with the team to ensure that acceptance criteria is being properly defined and understood.

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   Answer: D

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6. Question 216 · 341 in bank

   What is the risk of using agile in a distributed team?

   • AFrequent integration of work produced
   • BLack of shared knowledge of user stories
   • CNeed for more locations to learn agile
   • DUnclear team structure

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   Answer: B

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7. Question 217 · 341 in bank

   The team is aware that they will need to integrate a new component to their solution in the next few weeks. The team does not have any experience with this component. What should the team do next?

   • AAsk for a team extension so that an engineer with the needed experience can be added to the team.
   • BSuggest that the product owner perform the initial investigation and present the outcome to the team.
   • CRequest that the product owner include a spike in the next iteration's backlog so they can perform an initial investigation.
   • DPropose alternative components with which the team has experience.

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   Answer: C

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8. Question 218 · 341 in bank

   A global organization is migrating its IT infrastructure from traditional, physical assets to cloud-based assets. Agile concepts are new to the organization because it currently uses a predictive approach. What should an agile coach do to facilitate a culture change to an agile approach?

   • ADevelop and distribute a high-level summary of how agile offers greater benefit than predictive to mid-level managers and let them decide if it should be distributed to lower-level workers.
   • BDevelop and distribute a high-level summary of competing vendors' product alignment and agile project execution to the product owner for approval.
   • CDevelop and distribute a high-level summary of how agile offers greater benefits than predictive to all members of organization.
   • DDevelop and distribute a high-level summary of how agile offers greater benefits than predictive to the organization's executive directors, and if executive directors agree with the summary, distribute it organization-wide.

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   Answer: C

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9. Question 219 · 341 in bank

   Which statement describes the purpose of a burndown chart?

   • AKanban projects use burndown charts to ensure that work-in-progress (WIP) limitations are not exceeded.
   • BScrum projects use burndown charts to visually manage how stories progress through the workflow and make bottlenecks and work quantities visible.
   • CKanban projects use burndown charts to report on the amount of defects remaining after each iteration to ensure high quality at project completion.
   • DSome iteration-based projects use burndown charts to view project progress over time by mapping actual performance against planned performance.

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   Answer: D

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10. Question 220 · 341 in bank

    An agile project manager observes that the Scrum team is falling behind on the completion of a particular sprint. What should the agile project manager do?

    • AFacilitate by providing directions to the team about how they can get back on track.
    • BRequest key stakeholders to extend the sprint to enable the team to complete their tasks on time.
    • CAsk the customers to help the team complete the testing on time to be able to finish their tasks on time.
    • DUnderstand the impediments and facilitate issue resolution to enable the team to succeed.

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    Answer: D

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