QUESTION 121
During backlog refinement, a team routinely creates tests to demonstrate to the customer that each acceptance criterion has been met. Most acceptance tests results are observable or demonstrable, but testing for one requirement is providing a challenge to the team. The requirement states that the home button should be recognizable and the team is unsure how to test this. What should the team lead do?

A. Record the product owner’s opinion on how they will know if the button is recognizable.
B. Consult the design team as subject matter experts (SMEs) for criteria on what makes a button recognizable.
C. Determine if the home button is present and if it is shaped like a house, it is recognizable.
D. Skip creating a specific test for this particular requirement because it is too abstract.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 122
A user interface (UI) developer had almost completed work on a single sign-on (SSO) portion of a code but was distracted while helping another team member. The SSO functionality was not completed but mistakenly marked as completed. The customer demonstration did not go as planned because the SSO did not work. How could this situation have been prevented?

A. A system metaphor should have been used as a tool to discuss the shared understanding with the customer in absence of the single sign-on (SSO) feature.
B. Developers working locally on their machines should do continuous integration and testing so code contacts are identified and resolved quickly.
C. Creating a value stream map of the current and future state processes and identifying the steps, queues, delays, and information flows.
D. Test-driven development and pair programming practices should have been followed to verify that the code operated as expected before the demonstration.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 123
Personas were used to test the functionality of application software during system testing. The response of the user-testing was recorded and analyzed. What should the project manager do to speed up the process of developing software, retrieve more accurate results from testing, and develop better applications?

A. Apply team-building techniques, support pair programming, and emphasize self-organization and empowerment.
B. Decrease the software development life cycle, deliver faster products, and incorporate customer-testing procedures.
C. Use tools and techniques that measure variables to improve product deliverables and project approaches.
D. Optimize operations efficiency, minimize production costs, and focus on reducing complexity and waste.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 124
Business partners are attending a daily standup meeting for a project. The business partners are asking questions about the sprint backlog and delivery timing. How should the project manager explain why this is not the forum to ask these questions?

A. The daily standup meeting provides a status update for the scrum.
B. The daily standup meeting helps to resolve issues that arise within the backlog.
C. The daily standup meeting helps the team prioritize the work.
D. The daily standup meeting helps the team keep and synchronize commitments.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 125
A project sponsor suggested a team forgo in-person demonstration meetings and just send the product owner a link to try out the latest increment of working software. The sponsor says this will give the team more time to deliver value. How should the agile coach explain the importance of an in-person demonstration meeting with the sponsor.

A. It typically takes more time and resources to set up and test a virtual communications tool than to meet in person.
B. The team needs to see the product owner’s body language and facial expressions to understand what they really want.
C. The team will be able to better address the product owner’s needs if they can have a conversation and ask questions.
D. An in-person meeting helps ensure the product owner will consider their feedback carefully and not ask for any unneeded rework.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 126
On a Scrum team, the scrum master is aware their role is not similar to the classic project manager role. The scrum master is a servant leader. What is the role of a servant leader?

A. A servant leader is always ready to remove impediments so the development team can work efficiently.
B. A servant leader puts others first, sets directions, and influences the organization and team so they can collaborate in the most efficient way.
C. A servant leader is motivated by growth and impact, which means they should do everything possible to optimize value.
D. A servant leader means the scrum master should mainly serve the product owner, the scrum master facilitates value creation.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 127
An agile team is optimizing the workflow by investing in initiatives to identify and reduce unnecessary handovers and delays. What should the team do in this situation?

A. Use a kanban board.
B. Create a value stream map.
C. Draw a risk burndown chart.
D. Make a cumulative flow diagram.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 128
A project team has received an urgent request to develop a new e-commerce application. A few new junior-level developers were hired to be part of the team to implement the urgent request. The team lead has decided to use pair programming. Why did the team lead select this process?

A. To speed up the feedback cycle so issues can be resolved almost immediately
B. To ensure a senior-level developer is double-checking the new developers’ work
C. To reduce the numbers of errors on the code of the application caused by new developers
D. To minimize any team performance issues caused by hiring new developers

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 129
Organizational leaders create specialized teams with specific project expertise, such as in business and technical, to work together toward project success. Since joining the project, an agile lead has noticed a moderate degree of passive-aggressive behavior between the teams, which is impeding the workflow. What should the agile lead do next, drawing on experience with corporate silos?

A. Ask the project director to rotate current team members with some of the other teams so everyone can have a fresh start. The newly formed teams will progress past the storming stage and move through the norming and performing stages of the life cycle.
B. Provide strong facilitation in meetings to elicit useful discussions and information sharing and provide an equal voice to all team members.
C. Engage the team in creating value stream maps to emphasize the interdependencies between the teams and expose bottlenecks in the process.
D. Ask the human resources (HR) department to engage the team in setting specific, meaningful, achievable, relevant, and timely (SMART) goals to improve how the group will work, along with its standards of behavior and problem-solving.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 130
A scrum team is experiencing lengthy discussions leading to no concrete actions during their scrum events. The scrum master determines that these inefficient meetings are producing waste. What should the scrum master do to make the meetings more efficient?

A. Remind the team of the purpose of each scrum event, and implement a policy that long conversations deviating from the scope of each event will be stopped.
B. Issue fixed agendas and a decision log for all scrum events to ensure that only relevant agenda points are discussed and decisions are appropriately captured.
C. Ask the product owner to conduct these discussions in individual meetings with the team members.
D. Remind the team that staying on topic during meetings is part of being a self-managing team.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 131
A project team is preparing to present a new software product to a customer and has arranged a formal meeting to review the product. What should the team focus on during the prelaunch presentation?

A. Quality standards and product functionality as specified for the deliverables.
B. Change requests and changes to product deliverables from the initial scope planning.
C. Contract constraints and responsibilities concerning the product development procedures.
D. Product development standards and functionality based on competition research.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 132
An agile coach is working on a software project with a new customer requesting to follow a predictive approach for developing the software. The scope is predefined and product deliverables should be developed following a specific method. Which agile principle should be explained to the customer?

A. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
B. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
C. Working software over comprehensive documentation
D. Responding to change over following a specific plan

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 133
Several team members are new to agile and there is a lot of confusion. It seems everyone is coming in with different experiences and following their own agendas. The scrum master decided to hold a presentation on core agile principles and values. What should the scrum master emphasize to the team during the presentation?

A. Collaboration, value delivery and shared mindset
B. Product deliverables, procedures and features
C. The value of agile ceremonies and methods
D. Performance and chain of command

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 134
An agile team has finalized their tenth sprint and realizes they have gathered some technical debt that needs to be cleaned up. The product owner does not want to prioritize these items. What should the agile team do?

A. Add the technical debt items to the business user stories without telling the product owner so they can complete them quickly.
B. Ask the solutions architect to act as the technical product owner and write prioritized user stories for the technical backlog.
C. Explain to the product owner the potential impact and risk of having technical debt and help prioritize those items in the backlog.
D. The scrum master should ask the team to leave the technical debt as is and try not to tix things the business is not prepared to pay tor.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 135
An agile delivery team is comprised of three new contract developers for a project. What should the agile practitioner do to ensure continuous improvement and development?

A. Schedule 2 hours of learning and development time every day for all team members.
B. Introduce peer programming concepts and ensure there are subject matter experts (SMEs) on the team.
C. Ensure the developers review the code with the development manager before testing can begin.
D. Advise the developers to review the code with all the team members before testing can begin.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 136
A scrum master is observing the daily coordination meeting of an agile development team. The scrum master realizes that one of the developers is confused about a business rule for the solution they are building. How should the scrum master address this issue?

A. Speak up immediately during the daily coordination meeting and clarify the issue to avoid any further confusion.
B. Wait until the sprint review to explain how the product increment needs to be changed to be acceptable.
C. Take a tew minutes to speak with the developer after the daily coordination meeting and provide clarification.
D. Follow the appropriate channels by contacting the product owner and asking them to address the issue with the team.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 137
A project team is working on their 11th iteration. They have been unable to complete committed tasks despite factoring in their capacity and breaking down tasks as much as possible. Team members are considering implementing the Kanban method. Which Kanban practices can help team members improve workflow and predictability?

A. Understand the workflow, reduce the workflow, visualize the workflow, and limit the work in process (WIP)
B. Understand the workflow, visualize the workflow, limit the work in process (WIP), and manage the workflow.
C. Manage the workflow, limit the work in process (WIP), visualize the workflow, and track the work done.
D. Visualize the workflow, track the work done, limit the work in process (WIP), and improve the workflow.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 138
The systems integrator for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) project has been onboarded. During an iteration planning session, the team determines that the next highest priority item will take longer than expected to complete in the current sprint. What should the agile practitioner do next?

A. Schedule a meeting with the product owner to review the sprint priorities.
B. Put the high-priority item back into the product backlog.
C. Extend the sprint end date to accommodate the high-priority item.
D. Ask the project sponsor to add more resources to ensure timely completion.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 139
Four agile teams are working on deliverables for the same initiative. Team A has been stalled by a lack of developer resources for the last 3 sprints. Team B needs a specific subject matter expert (SME) from team C. Team D is already done. Which technique should be used to solve team impediments?

A. Scrum of Scrums
B. Backlog refinement
C. Daily coordination meeting
D. Product backlog refinement

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 140
All blockers are caused by some impediments, but not all impediments are blockers. Which two scenarios should be considered blockers? (Choose 2)

A. The offshore testing team is pulled away at the last minute from a high-profile initiative and testing cannot be resumed until a new testing team is assigned.
B. The development team needed to urgently set up all the test data the previous week, however, due to a glitch in the system this will not be available until before the demonstration.
C. The team has started working on the iteration, but the requirements artifacts are under review by the product owner.
D. Performance issues in the testing environment, leading to a 2-day delay in implementing the code.
E. A developer is unable to work on their tasks within an iteration, because senior management is constantly pulling them into production incident analyses.
F. Due to frequent context switching, the daily 15-minute touchpoints last an hour every day, reducing the team’s time to finish activities for the demonstrations.

Correct Answer: AE