PMI PMI Certifications PMI-ACP Questions & Answers

• Question 701:

  For a critical project, a new team has been formed from various departments. The project manager should start team building by:

  A. Creating a project charter, documenting roles and responsibilities of each member, and sending it to the team members.

  B. Taking the team offsite for icebreaker sessions and other activities to ensure team members get to know each other.

  C. Assembling the team and discussing roles and responsibilities of each member on the team.

  D. Assembling the team and asking the members to achieve a milestone in a small iteration.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 702:

  Which type of estimate refers to estimating a story based on its relationship to one or more other stories?

  A. Algorithmic

  B. Computational

  C. Triangulating

  D. Rules of Thumb

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 703:

  A project team estimates that they should complete 30 story points in the current iteration. Partway through the iteration they realize that they will complete 50 story points at their current rate. The team should:

  A. Shorten the iteration to meet the estimated velocity.

  B. Continue to work with the estimated velocity.

  C. Increase their estimated velocity.

  D. Release members to meet the estimated velocity.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 704:

  Since the last iteration, the team has grown from six members to 14 members. As a result, in the current iteration, the team room is crowded and uncomfortable during the team's daily standup. It takes the team longer than the ideal amount of time to complete their standup, which creates problems for the team's current schedule. Based on this information, the project manager should:

  A. Move the standup to a conference call format so space is not a problem.

  B. Increase the standup duration and update the team's calendars.

  C. Assign each team member a maximum speaking time for future standups.

  D. Split the team into sub teams and have them schedule separate standups.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 705:

  The following chart lists stories for a release of an Agile project:

  

  If the velocity of the team is 10, how many iterations will be needed to complete all of the stories?

  A. 3

  B. 4

  C. 5

  D. 7

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 706:

  The Kaizen philosophy is change:

  A. For the better.

  B. Driven by process improvement.

  C. Driven by teams.

  D. Forsmallgroups.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 707:

  Following chart lists stories for a release of an Agile project;

  

  If the team completes Story A, Story B, and 50% of Story C for the first iteration, what is the team's velocity?

  A. 9

  B. 10

  C. 12

  D. 15

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 708:

  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.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 709:

  An Agile team best ensures product quality through:

  A. The development team's use of pair programming.

  B. Quality assurance's daily collaboration with the development team.

  C. More frequent inspection after each iteration.

  D. Feedback gathered during iteration retrospectives.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 710:

  Which three criteria should be looked at when setting iteration length?

  A. Time needed to complete a user story, time needed to build and test the stories, and product team acceptance of the stories

  B. Timeframe in which the stories must be released, the cost to deliver the features to market, and product team acceptance of the stories

  C. Delivering chunks of user-valued functionality, time needed to build and test the stories, and product team acceptance of the stories D. Features that categorize the product, the time needed to complete the features, and the cost to deliver the features to market

  Correct Answer: B