PMP Practice Questions

Agile Practice Questions – Part 3

Q1: With the help of Scrum Planning tools, the scrum teams take project decisions…
A. At the last responsible moment
B. Collectively
C. Just in time (JIT)
D. As soon as possible

Q2: You are the Scrum Master of a team that has started measuring the velocity. In the first 3 sprints that velocity was measured, the team recorded the following numbers – 31, 47, 25. Based on these numbers, what is your conclusion about the team?
A. Team has not been able to correctly measure the velocity
B. The velocity is evening out over multiple sprints
C. Team has become drastically less productive from sprint 2 to sprint 3, corrective actions are required
D. Team is still determining the story point scale

Q3: ESVP means?
A. Engineer, Student, Vice Principal
B. Engineer, System Tester, Validator, Project Manager
C. Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Practitioner
D. Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner

Q4: Identifying requirements on the basis of user stories is known as…
A. Conversation, User Story, Product
B. Card, Conversation, Confirmation
C. Card, Call, Confirm
D. Develop, Test, Document

Q5: Which of the following is the best tool for root cause analysis?
A. Ishikawa Diagram
B. Fishbone Diagram
C. Herringbone Diagram
D. All of the above

Q6: Which of the following best describes the Derby and Larsen’s retrospective method?
A. ESVP, Color Code Dots, Short Subjects
B. Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner
C. Set the stage, gather data, generate insights, decide what to do
D. Plan, Do, Check, Act

Q7: Which of the following is the most common way to write user stories?
A. As a , I want to , so that
B. As a , I want to , so that
C. As a , I want to , so that
D. As a , I want to , so that

Q8: Which acronym is often used to describe good user stories?
A. INSPECT
B. INVEST
C. CONFIRM
D. AGILE

Q9: The total number of story points delivered in a sprint is known as sprint…
A. Increment
B. Iteration
C. Retrospective
D. Velocity

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ANSWERS

Q1: A. At the last responsible moment
Q2: D. Team is still determining the story point scale
Q3: D. Explorer, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner
Q4: B. Card, Conversation, Confirmation
Q5: D. All of the above
Q6: C. Set the stage, gather data, generate insights, decide what to do
Q7: A. As a , I want to , so that
Q8: B. INVEST
Q9: D. Velocity

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