PMI-ACP Practice Exam 4 — 20 Questions

Question 1

What is the primary function of the 'Product Vision'?

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To define the long-term purpose and goal of the product.. The vision provides the 'why' behind the work.

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To list every feature to be built in the product.

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To track the budget spent on the development team.

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To provide the specific daily meeting agenda.

Question 2

Which of the following is a key component of psychological safety?

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Being able to take risks without fear of punishment.. Feeling safe to take risks and be vulnerable without fear of punishment is the essence of psychological safety.

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Having clear instructions.

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Working in a quiet environment.

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Having high pay.

Question 3

A user story is written as: 'As a user, I want to use the login page so that I can see my profile.' What is missing from this story?

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The acceptance criteria.. The 'so that' clause provides the business value or benefit of the story.

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The technical architecture.

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The user role.

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The development team's estimate.

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The role.

Question 4

A product owner needs to show the long-term product roadmap to the board. What is the most appropriate format?

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A high-level view showing themes and time horizons.. A roadmap should focus on outcomes and time horizons, not fixed dates.

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A detailed Gantt chart with fixed dates for every task.

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A list of all team members and their assignments.

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A printout of the entire product backlog.

Question 5

Which THREE of the following reflect 'embracing change'?

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Pivoting the strategy after a failed experiment. Updating backlogs, pivoting strategies, and iterating on requirements are all examples of embracing change.

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Ignoring customer feedback to stay on track

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Sticking to the original project plan at all costs

Question 6

Which TWO of the following are signs of a healthy Agile culture?

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High level of transparency and honest communication. Transparency and respect are fundamental to a healthy culture.

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Disagreements are avoided at all costs

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Decisions are made top-down by management

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Performance is measured primarily by individual output

Question 7

A team has a high turnover rate. What should the servant leader focus on?

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Investigating the team culture and working conditions.. Understanding the underlying causes of turnover is essential to improving team stability and culture.

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Replacing people faster.

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Lowering the performance expectations.

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Hiring more senior developers.

Question 8

A team feels that their daily stand-up is a waste of time. What should you do?

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Facilitate a discussion on how to make it more valuable for them.. Facilitating a discussion to improve the value of the ceremony ensures the team owns the process and makes it useful for them.

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Start asking all the questions yourself.

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Tell them they have to do it because it is required.

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Cancel the stand-up.

Question 9

A servant leader notices that team members are hesitant to share mistakes during the retrospective. What is the most effective way to foster psychological safety in this environment?

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Acknowledge the team's successes and publicly share a personal failure to normalize learning from mistakes.. Creating an environment where failure is viewed as a learning opportunity is central to psychological safety.

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Require team members to submit anonymous reports about other members' performance.

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Implement a public performance tracking dashboard to identify who makes the most errors.

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Schedule individual meetings to discipline those who caused the project delays.

Question 10

A team is feeling 'sprint fatigue'. What should you do?

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Discuss how to maintain a more sustainable pace in the next retrospective.. Addressing the sustainable pace is a key responsibility of a servant leader.

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Push them to work harder.

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Suggest they all take a vacation at once.

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Cancel the next sprint.

Question 11

A product vision has become outdated due to market shifts. How should the Product Owner proceed?

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Collaborate with stakeholders to revise the product vision.. The product vision must remain aligned with current organizational and market goals.

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Allow developers to decide the new vision.

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Wait until the end of the project to change the vision.

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Ignore the shift and continue with the original plan.

Question 12

An agile team is using 'Story Points' for estimation. Why is this preferred over 'Hours' for backlog items?

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It accounts for complexity, effort, and uncertainty without needing precise time forecasting.. Story points account for complexity and effort uncertainty better than absolute time units.

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It is required by the project management office.

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It makes it easier to track individual performance.

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It ensures that every story takes exactly the same amount of time.

Question 13

A customer feedback session reveals a major flaw in the current product design. What is the first thing the Product Owner should do?

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Analyze the feedback and update the backlog to address the issue.. Understanding the problem is the first step before updating the backlog.

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Ignore the feedback if the project budget is depleted.

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Blame the development team for the flaw.

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Immediately delete the feature from the product.

Question 14

A team is working on a legacy product. How should the Product Owner balance new feature requests with maintenance?

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Allocate a fixed percentage of capacity to maintenance and technical debt.. A balanced backlog approach ensures both growth and stability.

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Devote 100% of capacity to new features.

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Only perform maintenance during the weekends.

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Only prioritize maintenance when the system fails.

Question 15

A Product Owner notices that the product backlog has grown significantly, making it difficult to find relevant work items. Which action should the Product Owner take to improve visibility?

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Group related user stories under larger epics.. Using epics to group related user stories is the standard way to manage backlog bloat.

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Archive the entire backlog and start a new one.

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Increase the number of items per page in the tool.

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Delete all old user stories to clear the clutter.

Question 16

A team is struggling to prioritize value because stakeholders have conflicting perspectives on what is most critical. Which technique best facilitates alignment?

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Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF).. WSJF uses cost of delay to provide objective data for decision-making.

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Simply follow the highest-paid person's opinion.

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Prioritize based on whichever stakeholder screams the loudest.

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Average the rankings provided by all stakeholders.

Question 17

A stakeholder demands that a feature be completed by next week. The team identifies this as a high-risk task. What should the Product Owner do?

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Discuss the risks with the stakeholder and negotiate the timeline or scope.. The Product Owner must balance the request with the team's reality and risk profile.

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Force the team to work overtime to ensure completion.

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Delegate the task to a junior developer to save costs.

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Agree to the request to satisfy the stakeholder.

Question 18

Why do we value 'individuals and interactions over processes and tools'?

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People are more important than the tools they use.. People drive value; processes and tools are just facilitators.

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Processes are useless.

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Individuals should ignore processes.

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We don't need tools.

Question 19

Which TWO of the following are benefits of maintaining a prioritized product backlog?

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It ensures the highest value items are addressed early.. Prioritization ensures that the most valuable work is completed first and provides transparency to stakeholders.

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It allows the team to avoid all technical debt.

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It guarantees that the project will finish on time.

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It eliminates the need for sprint planning.

Question 20

Which TWO of the following are benefits of an Agile mindset?

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Improved team collaboration and satisfaction. Adaptability and improved quality are direct results of Agile practices.

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Less need for communication

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More predictable, fixed-scope projects

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Elimination of all documentation