QUESTION 101
During a team meeting, conflicting opinions arise regarding the best approach to complete a project task. The project manager wants to ensure that the team can effectively handle these conflicts and come to a resolution that benefits the project. What is an effective ways to handle conflicting opinions in team meetings in an agile environment?

A. End the discussion until there is consensus.
B. Wait for the problem to resolve itself.
C. Restate the positions to find what is in common.
D. Choose the option that is best for the team.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 102
A senior executive contacted an agile lead about starting an a agile project to solve a problem for the human resources (HR) department of a company. The project idea is not clear and no backlog has been developed. How should the agile lead start the project?

A. Identify the persona that needs help and conduct a workshop applying the empathy map technique about that persona.
B. More work is needed to refine the idea and there is no backlog to start working on, so there is no way to help the manager.
C. Review how similar problems have been resolved in other companies and see if a solution is available on the market.
D. Start working on a list of user stories to create a backlog and suggest a product owner be assigned to the project.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 103
An agile lead is working with a team to deliver a new product. During a sprint, a junior team member has been taking too long to deliver a story. During daily coordination meetings, the junior team member does not mention any impediments they might be facing. Senior team members realize the delay but remain quiet. During a one-to-one conversation, the agile lead discovers the junior team a member is struggling with a technical issue but feels too intimidated to ask for help.
What should the agile lead do?

A. Escalate the issue to the functional manager and request another team member with more experience.
B. Remind them that a self-managed teams require everyone to be honest and supportive of one another to resolve impediments.
C. Ask the team to refer to the team charter on how to resolve this kind of impediment and help the team member.
D. Coach the team by reminding them that a self-managed team requires everyone to be able to remove their impediments.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 104
An agile project manager is leading an international project involving a global team consisting of members from very different cultures, countries, and time zones. The agile project manager is aware that similar projects with distributed teams have led to serious conflicts. What should the agile project manager do to promote trust and collaboration?

A. Talk with the human resources (HR) department to select team members with similar backgrounds to eliminate conflict.
B. Promote a project charter with the project vision and purpose to help align the team.
C. Promote a team charter with a set of norms, rules, and agreements to facilitate the work.
D. Colocate for team building to promote collaboration to build trust and improve communication.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 105
An agile lead has been assigned to project to develop an innovative digital device for a consumer products company. The company asked the agile lead to use a Scrum approach to product development. The product owner has worked on Scrum projects before and is excited about the value Scrum will bring to the company. What should the scrum master do first?

A. Develop a project budget based on the project charter.
B. Build a product roadmap that shows the features and releases.
C. Request an existing cross-functional team be dedicated to the project.
D. Obtain specific product requirements from a customer focus group.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 106
Conversation transcript between the customer and the product owner (PO):
Customer: I am requesting a calendar feature for scheduling and reminding of upcoming releases that we can manage. We also need the calendar to indicate quarterly metrics deadlines, code freeze dates for financial close, and things like that. PO: My understanding is that this is for tracking project deadlines. Would you need to see the project deadlines on your phone calendar?
Customer: Yes, I need to see a single snapshot on my phone. So, is it possible for me to connect my phone to this calendar app? PO: Let me write up the requirements and get the development team on board with the deadlines. What phone do you own?
Customer:1 own an Android phone, but I also need integration with the Apple phones.

Identify three minimum viable product (MVP) items. (Refer to Conversation transcript between the customer and the product owner (PO), Choose 3)

A. Product increment release dates
B. Scheduler to add events
C. Android phone integration
D. Windows end of support deadlines
E. Monthly calendar view
F. Vacation calendar for team members

Correct Answer: ABC

QUESTION 107
An agile team is working on new product and is behind with their deliverables for the quarterly release. The team discovers new issues during each iteration. They start working on the critical issues and sometimes forget to update the backlog. This leads to confusion, delays, and occasional rework. How should the agile practitioner improve the team’s productivity?

A. Work with the team to ensure that the iteration and release backlogs are kept up to date.
B. Work with the team to ensure that both the product and iteration backlogs are up to date.
C. Work with the team to ensure that the release backlog is in sync with the product backlog.
D. Work with the team to ensure that the product backlog is always kept up to date.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 108
A project has been deemed an extraordinary success after an executive review. All objectives were completed within the planned timeline and under budget. After reviewing the project metrics, however, the product owner argues the project is a failure. What could be a reason for this?

A. The executive level of the project is a success, whereas the managerial level is not.
B. The business metrics show the benefits were not realized.
C. The product owner is responsible for identifying if a project is or is not a success.
D. The team did not take full advantage of the allocated resources.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 109
How can a functional manager obtain the status of several key deliverables in the middle of an iteration?

A. Attend the team daily coordination meeting and ask for a status update.
B. Request an update from the product owner.
C. Refer to the weekly status report circulated by the team lead.
D. Receive an update from the scrum master.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 110
During an executive review, a scrum master uses a burndown chart to demonstrate team deliverables through time. The scrum master declared that velocity increased from 27 to 35 over the last 3 sprints, but one of the executives asks to clarity the importance of these metrics. How should the scrum master respond?

A. Project velocity should be stable over time.
B. Velocity is iterative and will only be used for sprint numbers.
C. A burndown chart compares planned versus actual, not velocity.
D. Moving velocity from 27 to 35 is a decrease in productivity.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 111
An agile project manager has noticed their teams declining morale, mistrust, and isolation over the last 6 months of working on a project. What should the agile project manager do to enhance productivity and create a cohesive team culture?

A. Promote cross-training and mentoring among team members.
B. Develop a reward system related to position and years of experience.
C. Clarify project goals and project contract constraints.
D. Introduce performance standards and evaluation methods.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 112
There is a debate within the organization on whether projects need to be agile or waterfall. Some agile terms and principles are understood differently by the key stakeholders and this delays the decision-making process. How should the scrum master proceed?

A. Organize training sessions to create awareness around the agile values for stakeholders.
B. Allow stakeholders to discuss without the scrum master’s intervention.
C. Recommend an external facilitator as no one in the organization is able to eliminate this roadblock.
D. Facilitate a face-to-face discussion and have stakeholders agree to shift to agile for future projects.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 113
A project team is very excited to be working together again on another high-profile initiative. Since team members have worked well together in the past, the agile project manager assumed they could reuse an old team charter. Which of these statements is correct?

A. The team should create a list of ground rules for accountability only, because a team charter is not required unless the team is new.
B. The team should update the old team charter, there should be minimal changes because there are no changes to the roles, responsibilities, and team-level agreements.
C. The team should create a new team charter to document their vision, purpose, goals, working agreements, and ground rules, otherwise they will not feel ownership.
D. Anew team charter is not required, because the team already knows how they will manage conflict, communicate with stakeholders, measure success, and support continuous development.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 114
A project team held a working session with a finance team to understand the procurement process. After the meeting, while the agile lead was facilitating the value stream mapping exercise, one of the team members asked: “When calculating the cycle time, which factors should be considered?” How should the agile lead respond?

A. Critical path and queue lengths
B. Delays and bottlenecks in the process
C. Total time and average process time
D. End date/time and start date/time

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 115
How can the scrum master respond to a stakeholder who suggests using velocity as a metric to measure team efficiency in an agile project?

A. Velocity will become more predictable only in stable teams and velocity should not be measured in Scrum teams until that occurs.
B. Velocity is a great way of measuring the Scrum team’s efficiency, and a stable velocity means the team is predictable and efficient.
C. Velocity of a Scrum team will stop once it becomes stable and only then the team will become efficient with its deliverables.
D. Velocity can only measure if a Scrum team has a stable and predictable run rate but not whether or not they are delivering better deliverables efficiently.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 116
An agile team was working on the 5th iteration of a software development project. Halfway through the sprint the team realized they would not be able to deliver the current feature as initially planned. Why has the team failed to deliver the work prioritized for this cycle?

A. The team’s velocity is slower than what it was initially.
B. The release planning dates have not been updated.
C. The user stories were too large for the current iteration.
D. The client has introduced new changes to the project.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 117
A scrum master of a team that is new to Scrum wants to share the purpose of the daily coordination meeting. What should the scrum master tell the team?

A. The purpose of the daily coordination meeting is for the scrum master to be able to follow up on the sprint plan. The team should explain what may be impeding them from reaching the sprint goal.
B. The daily coordination meeting is an effective way for the development team to follow up on progress toward the sprint goal and discuss anything that may hinder their work. It is a way to actively manage risks and dependencies.
C. The daily coordination meeting meeting is held to verity that people are working on the right things. The whole Scrum team should be able to answer these questions: What did l do yesterday, what will l do today, and what can stop me from making progress?
D. According to the Scrum guide, the daily coordination meeting is part of the Scrum framework. The purposes of this meeting are to enable the scrum master to verify the team is on track and to escalate impediments.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 118
A development team is working on the implementation of a human resources (HR) solution. The team has decided to work together with different business units to deliver value early and often. Which agile values are being practiced in this scenario?

A. The importance of customer-centric product development practices over product-centric approaches.
B. Deliver working software often with a preference for shorter timescales and changing requirements.
C. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
D. The belief that contributions and interactions are more important to success than processes and tools.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 119
An agile project is about to start, however the scrum master assigned to the project has left the company. A new scrum master has not been assigned to the team, who is the servant leader?

A. A product owner performing a dual role.
B. A member of the project team with team support.
C. A functional manager assigned by the sponsor.
D. A scrum master shared with a partner team.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 120
A team lead reviews processes and identifies bottlenecks that prevent the teams from quickly delivering minimum viable products (MVPs). Which responsibility falls within the context of servant leadership?

A. Guard the team against external distractions
B. Facilitate the team’s agile retrospective meeting
C. Escalate points of conflict the team cannot resolve
D. Identify the sequence for developing stories within an iteration

Correct Answer: A