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Questions # 11:

A team developing application software is working in pairs. A project manager notices that important information is sometimes not shared among team members, leading to delays in the development process.

What should the project manager do to improve team performance and eliminate any communication impediments?

A For new pairs of developers based on the years of expertise and project management Knowledge

B. Use task boards so the team can keep track of the work done and future implementation planning.

C. Schedule in-person meetings at the end of each iteration, allowing team members to share knowledge and experience.

D. Seek expert judgment and a new collaboration model that will strengthen team cohesiveness.


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Questions # 12:

The project lead of a newly created agile project delivery team realizes that there are gaps in the knowledge of some team members. The lack of specific skills will add risk to the project delivery if the project becomes too dependent on specific resources for complete delivery.

What should the project lead do to address the gaps and develop a high-performing team?

Options:

A.

Ask each team member to document their solutions extensively in a knowledge repository for knowledge exchange between the team.


B.

Pair team members and ensure review of technical deliverables by partners in each sprint before integration of the solution.


C.

Create an environment of continued learning by providing opportunities for team members to develop their skills as generalized specialists.


D.

Replace the team members with highly qualified individuals that have experience in the specific technologies required for completing delivery.


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Questions # 13:

A key stakeholder feels they do not understand the project at a comprehensive level. What should the agile practitioner do?

Options:

A.

Send daily status emails to let stakeholders know what progress is being made.


B.

Invite stakeholders to attend daily Scrum meetings to get feedback.


C.

Share information via interactive methods such as a brainstorming session.


D.

Build the feature backlog and then solicit stakeholder feedback.


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Questions # 14:

A senior manager has asked an agile team to ensure that the data for the burndown charts are updated in real-time. However, the team is not comfortable with this approach as they think this is not productive.

What should the scrum master do?

Options:

A.

Ask the product owner to manage and share the metrics with appropriate stakeholders.


B.

Meet with requestors to agree and align on reporting requirements.


C.

Deny the request and explain the team's stance to the stakeholders.


D.

Work with the team to create the metrics requested by the stakeholders.


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Questions # 15:

At the retrospective, the burndown chart shows that the project is slightly behind schedule. The project team identifies an inexperienced software engineer as the source of reduced velocity. How should the project team address this issue?

Options:

A.

Suggest pair programming during the retrospective.


B.

Ask the product owner to re-prioritize the user stories at the next retrospective.


C.

Re-estimate the story points with team members at the next iteration planning meeting.


D.

Assign less complex user stories to the inexperienced software engineer at the next iteration planning meeting.


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Questions # 16:

Question # 16

In a project to develop a supply-and-demand scenario planning tool, the team aims to streamline development and rapidly deliver features. Which approach best supports quick feature delivery while maintaining quality? (Refer to An Excerpt from the Quality Management Plan)

Options:

A.

Implementing a systematic approach to automate integration, testing, and deployment activities


B.

Increasing the frequency of stakeholder meetings to gather feedback on feature priorities


C.

Leveraging regular reviews, feedback loops, and lessons learned to adjust at key milestones


D.

Organizing training sessions for end users to ensure effective utilization of the planning tool


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Questions # 17:

Roadmaps are defined as covering a rolling 12 months. When creating a product roadmap in an agile environment, what factor should the agile lead take into consideration?

Options:

A.

Just-in-time (JIT) refinement


B.

Stories to be released in each sprint


C.

Infrastructure updates


D.

Funding decisions


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Questions # 18:

A scrum master wants to encourage better collaboration within a collocated team and is coming up with a visualization method for the project. How could the scrum master promote transparency?

Options:

A.

Consolidate the team's updates in presentation slides and email them to the team regularly.


B.

Radiate key information such as the team's work, progress, and velocity at the team's common area.


C.

Share team progress individually with each top performer every week.


D.

Attach sticky notes for each assignment to the wall in the team's area.


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Questions # 19:

An organization wants to execute a corporate website redesign project using Scrum. There is an experienced pool of agile team members from a previous project, as well as a pool of available internal team members with some Scrum background.

What should be considered when selecting the team?

Options:

A.

Review any reports of conflict between each of the team members over the last two years, and select only those with a track record of working well together.


B.

Ensure there is a balanced mix of people who are experts and members with broad experience based on the work to be performed and determine training needs.


C.

Ensure that none of the team members are geographically dispersed so that all team members can be colocated.


D.

Review each team member's contributions to the velocity of their previous projects and select the highest performers.


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Questions # 20:

An organization initiates a pilot project to introduce agile methodology for the successful delivery of projects. What should the project manager do to share this project's knowledge and learning with wider organizational business groups?

Options:

A.

Invite people from across the organization to attend daily stand ups


B.

Invite people from across the organization to attend retrospectives


C.

Invite people from across the organization to attend the release meeting and project retrospectives.


D.

Regularly meet with people across the organization to share the project's lessons learned and best practices


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