PMI PMI Certifications PMI-ACP Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  What role should a servant leader perform to reduce team distractions and improve progress toward project goals?

  A. Managing: To ensure compliance with the project plan

  B. Mentoring: To share their knowledge with the team

  C. Controlling: To ensure compliance with the scope, budget, and schedule

  D. Auditing: To ensure adherence to organizational compliance policies

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/manage-servant-leadership

• Question 112:

  A new product owner shares the product vision during the team launch event. The team asks for clarification on the product roadmap and its high-level features. What should the product owner do?

  A. Determine the required tasks for implementing the high-level features

  B. Identify the detailed design for the high-level features

  C. Prioritize the product backlog for the upcoming release

  D. Estimate the user stories in the iteration backlog

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 113:

  Due to its complexity, a new team member struggles with developing a concise user story. What advice should the agile practitioner give to assist with developing the story?

  A. Hand the story over to a more experienced team member

  B. Break the story up and focus on the most valuable parts

  C. Discuss the story at the next retrospective

  D. Pick another story from the product backlog

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 114:

  Based on the burndown chart, what is the iteration's status?

  

  A. It trended ahead of schedule and completed everything on time

  B. It look more time than expected and had to be lengthened

  C. It trended behind schedule and did not complete everything on time

  D. It took less time than expected and had to be shorted

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 115:

  An agile project manager is planning the initial scope, schedule, and cost range estimates on a new project. The team will be using Kanban to control work. What metrics should the team use to measure performance?

  A. Lead time, throughput, and due date performance

  B. Work in progress limits, Kanban board, and time boxes

  C. Work item types, sprint cadences, and defect classes

  D. Burndown charts, scatter diagrams, and throughput

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 116:

  During an iteration review, the agile team asserts that a product is complete because development and review were finished. The product owner disagrees, since the product has not been tested. What should the agile practitioner do?

  A. Work with the agile team and product owner to agree on the definition of done

  B. Ask the project sponsor to determine whether the product is completed

  C. Plan another review after the product has been tested

  D. Add testing to the backlog, and have the product owner reprioritize

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 117:

  Why should a project team reduce the work in progress?

  A. It indicates poor project quality

  B. It represents team members' utilization

  C. It represents unrealized value

  D. It shows that the project is behind schedule

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 118:

  A team's technical lead believes that manual testing should be conducted by junior team members below their level. The junior team members think it is unfair and refuse the tasks. What should the scrum master do?

  A. Tell the technical lead to do the testing

  B. Facilitate an open and focused team discussion that reinforces team agreements

  C. Ask the team manager to advise the technical lead that all tasks are important

  D. Encourage the team to take ownership of the delivery

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 119:

  A team is transitioning from a predictive approach to an agile approach. Historically, the team has delivered work products that did not meet customer expectations. What agile practice can help the team to alleviate this?

  A. Test-driven development (TDD)

  B. Clear definition of done and regular demos

  C. Collaborative team planning games

  D. Consistent team velocity

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 120:

  During a retrospective, the agile practitioner discovers that a team member's process improvement idea has worsened the outcome. What should the agile practitioner do?

  A. Commend the team on trying the idea, then encourage discussion regarding alternatives

  B. Ask a manager to direct the team on fixing the process

  C. Encourage the team to continue executing the idea to see if it improves

  D. Privately speak with the team member to convey that their idea worsened the outcome

  Correct Answer: A