DAF Foundations OF Agile Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A team is using a 'Lean' approach. What is their primary goal?

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To eliminate waste and optimize the flow of value. The core of Lean is the elimination of waste to improve flow and value.

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To force team members to work faster

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To replace all agile practices with kanban

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To increase the number of team meetings

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an 'Agile' practice?

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Holding a Daily Stand-up meeting. Daily Stand-up is a widely recognized Agile practice for synchronization.

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Creating a detailed project plan for the next 2 years

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Requiring all changes to go through a formal committee

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Assigning tasks to individuals by the manager

Question 3

A cross-functional team is having trouble coordinating work. What is a core Disciplined Agile concept to facilitate better coordination?

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Implement 'Coordinate Activities' as part of the DAD process blade. Coordinating work across teams requires visibility, shared goals, and consistent communication mechanisms.

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Mandate that all teams use the exact same tool

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Reduce the number of meetings for the teams

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Assign a single project manager to control all communication

Question 4

A team is transitioning to a 'Disciplined Agile' way of working. They need to handle 'Governance'. How is governance defined in DA?

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Lightweight and integrated into the workflow. DA views governance as 'lightweight' and built-in, not a separate, heavy-handed bureaucratic layer.

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A set of strict, compliance-driven checkpoints

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Something that happens only during the final release

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The responsibility of a separate audit department

Question 5

A team is working on a project with high technical uncertainty. Which approach should they adopt?

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Adopt an iterative approach with frequent spikes to learn. High uncertainty requires experimentation and 'spike' solutions.

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Follow the original plan strictly to reduce risk

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Outsource the uncertain parts of the project

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Delay the uncertain work until the end of the project

Question 6

What is the purpose of a 'Retrospective'?

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To improve the team's way of working. Retrospectives are for team reflection and process improvement.

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To critique individual performance

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To report progress to the stakeholders

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To plan the next set of features

Question 7

In Agile, what is a 'User Story'?

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A description of a feature from the perspective of the user. A user story is a small, concise statement of a requirement from the user's perspective.

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A detailed 50-page requirement document

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A technical specification of the database schema

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A formal contract signed by the customer

Question 8

Your organization is scaling Agile. What does Disciplined Agile suggest for scaling?

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Choose a lifecycle that fits the specific needs of the teams. DA avoids 'one-size-fits-all' scaling frameworks, advocating for context-sensitive scaling (the 'DA toolkit').

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Increase the size of individual teams to 50+ members

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Adopt a single framework like SAFe for all projects

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Standardize all teams to use the exact same process

Question 9

A project is currently in the 'Construction' phase of the Disciplined Agile lifecycle. What is the main focus?

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Building, testing, and verifying the solution. The Construction phase is where the team builds the solution in a series of iterations.

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Establishing the initial team vision

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Identifying stakeholders and their needs

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Closing out the project and archiving documentation

Question 10

What is meant by 'Self-Organization' in a team context?

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The team determines how to best accomplish the work assigned to them. Self-organization means the team decides how to perform their work rather than having it dictated to them.

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The team does not have a leader or a coach

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Team members work on whatever they want, whenever they want

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The team refuses to communicate with management

Question 11

A team has been asked to implement a new feature. They don't know the technology stack well. What is the most 'disciplined' approach?

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Perform a 'Spike' to explore the technology. Conducting a 'Spike' allows the team to research the technology before committing to a delivery plan.

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Commit to the feature immediately and learn as they build

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Reject the feature request until they are experts

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Ask management to assign an expert to do the work for them

Question 12

Your organization is struggling with 'Shadow IT'—teams buying their own software without oversight. What is the Disciplined Agile view on this?

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Provide organizational guidance on standards while allowing for innovation. DA emphasizes balanced, lightweight governance that provides guidance without blocking team agility.

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Fully decentralize all IT procurement decisions

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Force all teams to use legacy software only

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Ban all software purchases by individual teams

Question 13

A team has a very large backlog of items. How should they manage it?

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Regularly prioritize and refine the backlog. Refining the backlog ensures the most valuable items are ready for development.

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Have the project manager manage the backlog in secret

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Delete half of the backlog to reduce the workload

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Keep everything in the backlog and work on it sequentially

Question 14

Which of these is a key 'Agile' value?

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Responding to change over following a plan. The Agile Manifesto prioritizes 'Responding to change' over 'Following a plan'.

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Comprehensive documentation over working software

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Following processes over individuals and interactions

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Contract negotiation over customer collaboration

Question 15

What is 'Velocity' in an agile project?

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A measure of the volume of work a team completes per iteration. Velocity is a measure of the amount of work a team completes in a given iteration.

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The total number of bugs found in the product

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The number of hours worked by the team

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The speed at which the project manager moves tasks