DAF Practice Test 6 — 10 Questions

Question 1

Which THREE of the following are examples of organizational contexts that might influence your 'Choose Your WoW' decisions?

Accepted Answer

The regulatory environment.. Organizational context includes the culture, regulatory environment, and team distribution/skills, which all influence process choice.

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The office address of the company headquarters.

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The brand of the team's laptops.

Question 2

Which THREE of the following factors would influence your choice of lifecycle within the DA toolkit?

Accepted Answer

The regulatory compliance requirements.. Lifecycle choice is driven by the nature of the project, team capability, and the regulatory/organizational environment.

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The color of the team's office walls.

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The salary of the team members.

Question 3

In the context of the DA toolkit, what does the term 'Process Goal' represent?

Accepted Answer

A set of decision points that teams need to address.. Process goals are collections of decision points that a team needs to address, providing a structured approach to thinking through their WoW.

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A list of KPIs to measure team performance.

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A project management certification level.

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A specific set of practices that must be adopted.

Question 4

You are a coach in an organization trying to move to DA. What is the most effective way to help teams adopt the 'Choose Your WoW' mindset?

Accepted Answer

Provide teams with the DA toolkit and coach them on making context-sensitive choices.. Help teams understand the toolkit, facilitate their process discussions, and empower them to make their own choices based on their unique context.

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Create a standard process and enforce it.

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Mandate that all teams use the 'Agile' lifecycle.

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Take over their process decisions.

Question 5

Which of the following is a core DA principle?

Accepted Answer

Choice is Good. Choice is Good is one of the foundational DA principles.

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One right way to work

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Follow the plan strictly

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Documentation over code

Question 6

Which of these is NOT a DA process blade?

Accepted Answer

Project Management. Project Management is a function, not a process blade in the DA toolkit.

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Team Development

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People Management

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Financial Management

Question 7

You are a team lead in a DA environment. How do you resolve a conflict regarding technical direction?

Accepted Answer

Consult the Architecture Owner. The Architecture Owner role in DA is designed specifically to lead and resolve technical direction conflicts.

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Leave it to the Product Owner

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Ask senior management to decide

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Vote in the team meeting

Question 8

A team is struggling with high rates of defect escape. Which process goal should they review in the DA toolkit?

Accepted Answer

Produce Potentially Consumable Solution.. The 'Produce Potentially Consumable Solution' goal contains decision points about quality assurance and testing, which are directly related to defect rates.

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Grow Team Members.

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Improve Team Velocity.

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Coordinate Activities.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of an 'Agile' lifecycle in DA?

Accepted Answer

Agile.. The 'Agile' lifecycle is one of the standard lifecycles in DA, based on the Scrum-like iterative approach.

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Strict-Compliance.

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Hybrid-Only.

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Waterfall.

Question 10

Why does DA suggest that teams should start with their 'current' process?

Accepted Answer

Because it's a more pragmatic and less disruptive way to evolve.. Starting with what you know and evolving from there is less disruptive and more pragmatic than attempting a total overhaul of the process.

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Because it's the only way the PMO will approve.

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Because all current processes are already perfect.

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Because it's the easiest way to do nothing.