1 During a Sprint Planning, a team has picked three User Stories:

-> Story 1 "" 5 Story Points

-> Story 2 "" 8 Story Points
-> Story 3 "" 3 Story Points
At the end of the Sprint, the team has completed Story 1 and Story 3 and the Product
Owner accepts these. The team has almost completed Story 2 but there are a few bugs
identified in acceptance tests. What is the Velocity of this team?

A. 8 points
B. 16 points
C. 12 points
D. Insufficient information given "" it depends on % completion of Story 2

Answer : A

2. A Scrum Master is teaching Agile estimation techniques using Story Points to a new
team. A more experienced member of the team argues that:
Is this true and what is the reason?

A. No, because estimating with Story Points is usually faster than with Ideal Days.
B. No, because Story Points are more robust against changes in the work-
environment.
C. Yes, because Ideal Days allow for a buffer and help to maintain the estimate.
D. Yes, because Story Points are only a relative measure and Ideal Days are not.

Answer : B

3. A team finds bugs in a feature. What is the best action to take?

A. Create a task "Correct bugs" and estimate it.

B. Create a task "Correct bugs" and let the Product Owner prioritize it.
C. Create a User Story "As a client I want a zero defect product" and estimate it.
D. Create a User Story "As a client I want a zero defect product" and let the Product
Owner prioritize it.

Answer : A
4. Which of the following is the BEST approach for estimation?

A. Expert opinion
B. Analogy
C. Disaggregation
D. A combination of all of the above

Answer :D

5. How is Agile planning different from the traditional approach to planning?

A. Agile planning is done only once

B. Agile planning is non iterative
C. Agile planning places emphasis on the plan
D. Agile planning places emphasis on planning and is iterative

Answer : D

6. If a team can complete 10 story points in an iteration then how long will it take for the
team to complete 100 story points?

A. 10 Iterations
B. 10 waves
C. 20 Iterations
D. 20 waves

Answer : A

7. For one of your product, optimal cost of change (CoC. was estimated to be 100 story
points but at the end of the iteration actual C0C was found to be 200 story points. What
is the Technical debt that your project had encountered (if any)?
A. None. “Velocity” the great equalizer will take care of Technical debt.
B. None. Your developers will work extended hours to pay back the Technical debt in
next iteration so it can be ignored for now.
C. 100 Story points
D. 200 Story points

Answer: C

8. What do you infer from this following user story? “As a sales agent, I want a client
search feature so that I can find my preferred clients quickly and easily.”

A. Good. No additional information required.

B. Good. Need clarification on “quick and easy” for UI testing.
C. NOT good. Too big.
D. NOT good. Too small.
Answer: B

9. How are EVM metrics used in Agile?

A. They are used to prioritize projects.

B. They are used to monitor project performance
C. They are used to analyze risk.
D. They are used to measure coach’s performance.

Answer : B
10. Tracking project issues in an Agile project is the primary responsibility of
the________

A. Tester
B. Project Leader
C. Functional Manager
D. Developer

Answer : B

11. Which of the following best represents the Agile approach to planning?

A. Planning is a waste of time and should not be done

B. Planning should be done in detail at the outset and then not revisited
C. Planning is an iterative job and involves the whole team
D. Planning should all be done by the Project Manager

Answer : C

12. The end result of an Agile development is:

A. A product of a professional quality which fits the business need

B. A product of almost as good a quality to a Waterfall development
C. Rather poor quality but at least it is quick
D. A technically perfect re-factored solution

Answer : A

13. An Agile customer ____________

A. Must have a good understanding of Agile techniques

B. Will always receive worse systems than their non-Agile counterparts
C. Will typically get business value delivered early
D. Will need to work out at the gym regularly
Answer : C

14. The Agile process _____________

A. Encourages the team to meet regularly

B. Has no meetings
C. Has lengthy reporting requirements
D. Has no reporting requirements
Answer: A

15. The Agile leader ____________

A. Should hand out tasks to the team each day

B. Should expect the team to be involved in work-allocation
C. Should give detailed work-plans to the team each day
D. Should micro-manage the work of the team, if they are inexperienced
Answer: B

16.The working culture of an Agile team is __________

A. Collective
B. Collaborative
C. Connective
D. Contemplative
Answer: B

17. An Agile approach values …

A. Process over people
B. People over process
C. Plans over process
D. Plans over people
Answer: B
18. There are two activities on your schedule, which are: 1) Install server in lab 2) Move
server into the data center. However, the second task can’t start until the server has run
in the lab for 5 days without failure. This is an example of what?

A. Fast Track
B. Lead
C. Crashing
D. Lag
Answer - D

19. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical

decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the
project objectives and create required deliverables. The ‘Create WBS’ is a process under
which Knowledge Area?

A. Project Schedule Management

B. Project Integration Management.
C. Project Scope Management
D. Project Cost Management
Answer - C

20. Which of the following activities fall under the planning process group but not under
the Project Schedule Management?

A. Estimating the type of materials and equipment needed to perform project activities
B. Developing the Schedule Management Plan
C. Identification of various activities to produce the project deliverables
D. Developing a detailed description of the project and product being developed

Answer – D
21. A hierarchical structure of project resources organized by category and resource
type, used in planning, managing and controlling project work, is:

A. Resource Breakdown Structure

B. Organization Breakdown Structure
C. Team structure
D. Resource Pool
Answer : A

22. Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule
based on the project roadmap. Agile release planning also determines the number of
iterations required for the product development. These iterations are also known as:

A. Phases
B. Epics
C. Sprints
D. Kanbans
Answer : C

23. John is assigned as a project manager for a project already in execution. He learned
that previous project manager did a good job so far. However, some of the project
communications don’t make sense. Which of the project artifacts should John refer to in
order to determine reasons for distribution of some reports?

A. Stakeholder engagement plan and the scope management plan

B. Scope management plan and the communications management plan
C. Stakeholder engagement plan and the communications management plan
D. Scope management plan and the risk management plan

Answer: C

24. The agile project team members are all working in an open office space arrangement.
There are many conversations happening concurrently throughout the day. Which of the
following is the best option for the project manager?

A. Schedule frequent team checkpoints and post project artifacts in a transparent fashion
B. Request team members to hold off their conversations until formal meeting times
C. Record the conversations and post them in a shared repository
D.Designate afternoons as quiet work times
Answer: A

25. What is project lifecycle?

A. A series of phases a project passes through from initiation to closure.

B. When a project is about to complete, it starts a new project to shift the work to
the next generation of deliverables.

C. Everything from project start to project finish.

D. None of the above

ANSWER: A

26. What factors are used to determine the project lifecycle approach that will be used?

A. Project uncertainty and organization culture

B. Industry standards and resource availability

C. Time and money

D. None of the above

ANSWER : A
27. Two junior project managers who are working on the same project are having a
heated discussion(an argument) on the difference between the project management life
cycle and the project life cycle. The first project manager is saying there is essentially no
difference between the two while the second project manager is saying that there is a
significant difference between the two. While this debate is occurring, a senior vice
president from your division interrupts the two and asks them the following question:
"When the project is completed what is the expected lifetime of the deliverable?"
Essentially, what is the vice president asking them?

a. He is asking about the status of the project life cycle

b. He is asking about the status of the project management life cycle
c. He is asking about the status of the product
d. He is trying to determine if they understand life cycle costing

Answer : C

28. You are the project manager for the application deployment project. This project will
deploy software to 450 sites throughout Asia and in Europe. You’re working with several
stakeholders to define the phases of the project life cycle, but some of the stakeholders are
confused with the concept of the project life cycle. The project life cycle comprises which of
the following?

A. Phases
B. Milestones
C. Estimates
D. Activities
Answer is A.
29. Beena is the project manager for her organization and she’s currently managing the
HGF Project. Her project has 45 stakeholders in two different time zones. According to
the communications model, which one of the following means that communications
occur when Betty communicates with the project team?

A) Transfer of knowledge
B) outputting of knowledge
C) Presence of knowledge
D) Transmission of knowledge

Answer is A