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PMI-ACP Exam Dumps - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

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Question # 33

A manufacturing shop is using Kanban to plan, visualize workflow, and limit work in process (WIP). Which productivity key performance indicator (KPI) should the team lead be monitoring on a regular basis?

A.

Lead time

B.

Team velocity

C.

Burndown rate

D.

Earned value (EV)

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Question # 34

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.

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Question # 35

An agile team often fails to deliver its sprint goal. At a sprint retrospective, the more experienced team members complain that the less experienced team members are working too slowly. This creates tension in the team.

What should the scrum master do to remove this tension?

A.

Ask human resources for a training budget so the less experienced team members can increase their skill level and work more efficiently.

B.

Have an individual meeting with the experienced team members and ask them to be more empathic when the less experienced members tail to deliver.

C Remind the team that they are jointly responsible for their deliverables and should consider the different competency levels when agreeing to sprint goals

C.

Initiate a meeting with the team and ask them to decompose the product backlog items further so they become clearer and easier to deliver on time.

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Question # 36

A company president is concerned about the impact of a natural disaster on the company. How should management identify areas to apply its resources and mitigate potential impacts?

A.

Establish and keep an active risk register that includes mitigation strategies and a cost-benefit analysis.

B.

Establish and keep an active risk register based on qualitative risk analysis and expected losses.

C.

Have each development team post the highest risk development items on the information radiator.

D.

Avoid risk by splitting development teams into two locations to ensure knowledge continuity.

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Question # 37

An executive notices a kanban board in a highly visible location and expresses concerns to the project manager that too many people will see it. What should the project manager do?

A.

Cover up the kanban board every time the project team is not actively updating it.

B.

Demonstrate how the kanban board is necessary for assiqninq proper ownership for the work that has been done.

C.

Explain that the kanban board enables the team to complete the work and increases transparency on work that is not done.

D.

Remove the kanban board immediately and place it in a location where it is not visible.

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Question # 38

Unable to meet a sprint's committed velocity, an agile team approaches the agile coach to define the next sprint's velocity. What should the agile coach advise?

A.

Split each story into multiple stories to meet the desired velocity.

B.

Set the velocity to the delivered story points of the last sprint.

C.

Use different estimation methods for stories and defects to meet the desired velocity.

D.

Re-estimate by assigning more story points to smaller stories to increase the velocity.

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Question # 39

A Scrum team is visualizing the blockers that arise when they work on their activities on the kanban board. The team decided to analyze why the blockers occur so they can take action to minimize their occurrence and reduce lead times.

Which practices should the team use?

A.

The most important principle in Scrum is reducing work in process (WIP). The lower the number of items, the lower the risk of items getting blocked. Based on the team’s capacity, they should set the lowest WIP limits possible.

B.

The team should look at all the blockers, determine the reason behind them, group them, and determine if there is a pattern. They should then determine what and how they can make relevant changes.

C.

The team should discuss the issue with their scrum master because it is their responsibility to remove impediments, such as blockers, in cooperation with other teams.

D.

Blockers are a result of bottlenecks. The team should ask for more resources to prevent bottlenecks from arising and reduce the risk of long lead times.

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Question # 40

A senior team member feels underutilized. What should the agile practitioner do?

A.

Transfer the senior member to another team that will more fully utilize their skill set.

B.

Conduct a performance evaluation to determine whether or not this member is a team player.

C.

Encourage the project team to involve the senior member in more project activities.

D.

Ask the functional manager to determine the best course of action.

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