The purpose of "setting the stage'' in a project retrospective is to:

A.

Restate the goal of the meeting and create an open atmosphere.

B.

Review the scope statement and summarize project results.

C.

Elevate the team's morale and ensure that everyone participates.

D.

Describe the next Iteration and discuss lessons learned.

During the daily standup meeting, a team member states that an issue has been
encountered. This leads to the team members getting into a problem-solving discussion.
How should the ScrumMaster respond?

A.

Ask the team members to table the discussion until after the meeting is over.

B.

If the item is really important, allow the discussion to expedite resolution of the issue.

C.

Abruptly end the daily standup meeting and schedule another meeting to discuss the
issue.

D.

Ask the team how they would like to use the daily standup meeting for that day.

The best description of the purpose of the daily standup in Agile projects is to:

A.

Resolve the key issues and risks that are likely to hinder project progress.

B.

Provide insight and reassurance to the Product Owner to strengthen that relationship.

C.

Inform the project lead of project status for reporting to stakeholders.

D.

Raise the visibility of each person’s work and to ensure the work is integrated.

For a "caves and commonroom arrangement, the most appropriate prerequisite is that the
people in the room must be working on:

A.

Whatever they choose.

B.

Individual projects.

C.

The same set of multiple projects,

D.

The same project.

Who is responsible for prioritizing the stories that will be included in the iteration?

A.

ScrumMaster

B.

Developer

C.

Product Owner

D.

Team

Acceptance tests of user stories are specified by the:

A.

Customer at the start of the iteration.

B.

Customer as late as possible during the iteration.

C.

Tester after the team has finished the coding.

D.

Development team at the start of the iteration.

Team velocity is used to:

A.

Measure the percentage of features completed.

B.

Judge productivity within the iteration.

C.

Predict schedules for mature teams

D.

Give feedback on delivered value.

The Kaizen philosophy is change.

A.

For the better.

B.

Driven by process improvement.

C.

Driven by teams

D.

Forsmallgroups.

Agile project development processes typically:

A.

Encapsulate analysis, design, code, and test within an iteration

B.

Document each business process individually and in detail.

C.

Use a Gantt chart with well-defined activities, responsibilities, and time frames.

D.

Map the iteration backlog to a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

In an Agile approach, at which meeting does a team examine the effectiveness of risk
responses by conducting a risk audit?

A.

Release planning

B.

Sprint planning

C.

Sprint Retrospective

D.

Daily Scrum

Which of the following techniques best encourages osmotic communication?

A.

Reviewing requirements frequently with the Product Owner

B.

Having the Product Owner attend daily standups

C.

Inviting the customer to attend every iteration demo

D.

Seating the team members together in a work area

On what should Agile estimates be based?

A.

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) from each iteration aligned with the project
management plan

B.

A disciplined iteration schedule, which improves predictability, combined with reaction to
changes

C.

Ball park figures collected from past Agile projects with scopes similar to the current
project

D.

Initial resource breakdown based on the available person days in the full project duration