PK0-005 Tools and Documentation Practice Question
During a sprint planning meeting, the development team estimates user stories using story points. They each have a set of cards with values like 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. After discussing a story, all team members simultaneously reveal their chosen card. What technique are they using?
⚠ Common exam trap
PK0-005 often tests whether candidates can distinguish planning poker from other estimation techniques — the simultaneous card reveal and Fibonacci scale are the giveaway clues.
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Planning poker
Planning poker is the agile estimation technique where team members privately select a card from a Fibonacci-like sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13) to estimate story points, then reveal simultaneously to avoid anchoring bias. Disagreements trigger discussion and re-voting until consensus emerges. The simultaneous reveal is the defining characteristic of planning poker.
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Affinity estimating
Why it's wrong here
Affinity estimating groups similar stories into clusters to size them relatively; it does not involve simultaneous card reveals. Planning poker is the technique where each estimator privately selects a card and all reveal at once, exposing divergence for discussion. Affinity estimating suits backlog grooming of many related items, not sprint planning estimation of individual stories.
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Planning poker
Why this is correct
Planning poker satisfies the simultaneous-reveal, story-point estimation constraint described in the stem. Each member privately selects a Fibonacci-scale card, then all cards are exposed at once, preventing anchoring bias and forcing discussion of divergent estimates before the team converges on an agreed value.
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Expert judgment
Why it's wrong here
Expert judgment is a single person or group applying specialist knowledge to reach an estimate; it involves no simultaneous card reveal or consensus round. It is tempting because sprint planning does draw on developers' expertise, and expert judgment is a legitimate estimating technique in other planning contexts.
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Three-point estimating
Why it's wrong here
Three-point estimating calculates an expected value from optimistic, pessimistic and most likely figures; it uses no card deck or simultaneous reveal. It is tempting because both techniques produce numeric estimates during planning, and three-point estimating is common in schedule and cost estimation.
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