Agile Frameworks and Methodologies

A company transitioning from a waterfall to a Scrum framework wants to ensure continuous improvement. Which Scrum event is specifically designed for inspecting and adapting the process?

During Sprint Planning, the Product Owner proposes a user story that is too large to fit in one Sprint. What should the team do?

Which THREE are principles of the Agile Manifesto? (Choose three.)

You are the project manager for a cross-functional team developing a mobile banking application using Scrum. The team consists of 7 members: 3 developers, 2 testers, 1 UX designer, and 1 product owner. The product owner is highly available and prioritizes the backlog weekly. The team has been working for 3 months and consistently delivers each sprint. However, after the last sprint review, stakeholders complained that the product does not meet their expectations—specifically, the user interface is not intuitive, and a critical security feature is missing. The product owner insists that the backlog items were clearly defined and prioritized. The development team argues that they followed the acceptance criteria exactly. Retrospectives have been unproductive, with team members blaming each other. The Scrum Master is frustrated. Based on the Scrum Guide, what is the MOST likely root cause of these issues?

A Scrum team has a Product Backlog Item (PBI) that is too large to be completed in one sprint. What is the best action for the team to take?

Which THREE are events in the Scrum framework? (Choose three)

Refer to the exhibit. What is the most likely explanation for the data?

Which THREE of the following are core values of the Agile Manifesto?

A distributed Scrum team is having difficulty with communication across time zones. The Daily Scrum is scheduled at 9 AM in the US, which is midnight in India. What is the best approach to resolve this?

In a hybrid agile project, the team uses Scrum for development but the organization requires a detailed upfront plan. How can the team comply while staying agile?

Which THREE principles are common to multiple agile methodologies?

A team is working on a project with high uncertainty. Which agile framework is most suitable?

A Kanban team notices that cycle time is increasing despite stable demand. Which action is most likely to reduce cycle time?

In Kanban, what is the primary purpose of limiting Work in Progress (WIP)?

Which of the following is a key benefit of using a Kanban board?

An organization is scaling Scrum across multiple teams. They have dependencies between teams that cause delays. What is the most appropriate framework to address this?

A team using Scrum consistently fails to complete all planned work in a sprint. What should the Scrum Master do first?

Refer to the exhibit. What issue does the Kanban board reveal?

According to the Scrum Guide, which THREE of the following are Scrum events?

Drag and drop the steps in the correct order as they typically occur during the early phases of a project according to PMI's project management framework.

A software development team has been using a feature branch workflow with long-lived branches. They frequently experience merge conflicts and integration delays. The team wants to adopt a more agile approach to reduce these issues. Which practice should the team adopt?

Which TWO practices are characteristic of Extreme Programming (XP)? (Choose two)

Which THREE roles are defined in the Scrum Guide? (Select THREE)

A startup is using Scrum to develop a mobile app. The product owner has a clear vision and has written detailed user stories for the first release. During sprint planning, the development team estimates that they can complete 40 story points per sprint. However, after two sprints, the team has only completed 30 points per sprint. The product owner is concerned and wants to hold the team accountable. The team says that the estimates were optimistic and that they are still learning the technology. The Scrum Master notices that the team is not using pair programming or test-driven development (TDD) as originally planned. The product owner suggests reducing scope for the next sprint to match the team’s actual velocity. The Scrum Master must decide the best way to proceed. What should the Scrum Master do?

An XP team is practicing pair programming. A new developer feels uncomfortable because the partner frequently corrects their code. What is the best way to foster a positive pairing experience?

A product owner is writing user stories for a new feature. Which of the following is a best practice for ensuring the stories are well-formed?

Refer to the exhibit. The team has a capacity of 5 story points for the sprint. Which items should they commit to?

Drag and drop the steps for managing project quality in the correct order.

Which TWO are Scrum artifacts? (Choose two.)

During a sprint review, the team demonstrates a new feature to stakeholders. One stakeholder says, 'This isn't what we wanted. We need a completely different approach.' The product owner is upset because the feature took two weeks to build. The team is frustrated because they followed the product owner's specifications exactly. The Scrum Master observes that the product owner did not involve stakeholders during the sprint and based the user stories on assumptions. The product owner wants to add the rework to the next sprint. However, the team's capacity is already full. The Scrum Master needs to help the team and product owner recover. What should the Scrum Master do first?

In Scrum, what is the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective?

An organization is transitioning from a traditional project management approach to Scrum. The project manager has been reassigned as a Scrum Master but continues to assign tasks to team members and track individual progress. The team is becoming demotivated. What should the Scrum Master do differently?

In the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), what is the primary responsibility of the Solution Train Engineer (STE)?

A geographically distributed agile team using Scrum is experiencing frequent integration issues and delays caused by incompatible code changes. Which Extreme Programming (XP) practice would best address this problem?

Which TWO are benefits of using an iterative approach in agile projects?

At the daily stand-up meeting, a team member consistently arrives 10 minutes late, causing the meeting to start late. What is the best agile practice to address this?

A Scrum Master notices the daily stand-up meetings are consistently running over the 15-minute timebox and becoming unproductive. What should the Scrum Master do?

A distributed agile team has members in three different time zones. They use Scrum with two-week sprints. The daily Scrum is held at 9:00 AM Eastern Time, which is inconvenient for the team members in India (7:30 PM) and Australia (11:00 PM). The team is struggling with communication and frequently misses the daily Scrum. The product owner is not attending anyway, but the development team members from remote locations feel left out. The Scrum Master wants to improve the situation. The team has decided to try alternating the time of the daily Scrum. However, the product owner insists that the team should all be available at a fixed time. The remote developers are becoming disengaged. What should the Scrum Master do?

An agile team is using a burndown chart for the first time. After six days of a two-week sprint, the burndown chart shows that the remaining work has increased compared to the previous day. The team is confused. They had completed several tasks, but new tasks were added to the sprint backlog after the sprint started. The product owner says the additions were urgent and necessary. The development team is frustrated because they feel the sprint goal is at risk. The Scrum Master must address this situation. What should the Scrum Master do?

During a Scrum sprint, the development team discovers that a critical dependency on another team's API cannot be resolved until the next sprint. The product owner insists on delivering the current sprint goal without adjusting scope. The team is struggling to meet the definition of done. What should the Scrum Master do first?

Refer to the exhibit. The team wants to pull a new item into In Progress. What should they do first?

During a sprint, the team identifies a critical defect that requires immediate attention. What should the Scrum Master do?

A startup is adopting Scrum for the first time. During the Sprint Review, stakeholders request many changes to the product increment. What is the best way for the Scrum Master to handle this?

Which TWO are benefits of self-organizing teams?

Refer to the exhibit. A team uses this CI pipeline. What action should the team take to resolve the pipeline failure?

What is the primary role of the Product Owner in Scrum?

Refer to the exhibit. An Agile team used this project policy to control access to user stories in their project management tool. A developer reports that they cannot access a user story in the 'confidential' folder. Their request includes the tag 'confidential'. What is the most likely cause?

During a sprint retrospective, the team identifies that they often spend too much time in daily stand-up meetings. What is the recommended timebox for the daily Scrum in Scrum?

A Scrum Master notices that the development team is not self-organizing and often waits for instructions. What is the best coaching approach?

A company uses Scrum with two-week sprints. The team's velocity is 30 story points per sprint, and they have a well-refined product backlog. However, stakeholders frequently introduce urgent, high-priority requests mid-sprint, which the Product Owner accepts because of stakeholder pressure. As a result, the team is overcommitted each sprint, often leaving 40% of planned work incomplete. The Product Owner is frustrated because promised features are delayed, and the team feels demotivated due to constant interruptions. The Scrum Master has been asked to intervene. What is the best course of action for the Scrum Master?

A Scrum team has a stable velocity of 30 story points per sprint. The Product Owner requests that the team deliver 50 story points in the next sprint to meet a market deadline. What is the best course of action for the Scrum Master?

Refer to the exhibit. What does the increase in remaining work from Day 3 to Day 4 indicate?

A Scrum Master observes that the Development Team consistently overcommits during Sprint Planning and often fails to deliver all committed items by the Sprint Review. What should the Scrum Master do?

Given the exhibit, which action should the Scrum Master take?

Which TWO of the following are core roles in the Scrum framework?

A Product Owner is struggling to prioritize a backlog that includes both technical debt and new features. According to agile principles, which approach is most appropriate?

Match each conflict resolution technique to its description.

Which TWO activities are considered part of Product Backlog refinement? (Select TWO)

Which TWO practices are part of the Scrum framework?

You are the Scrum Master for a distributed team of 8 developers working on a mobile app. The team uses two-week Sprints and has a stable velocity of 20 story points. In the current Sprint, the team committed to 22 points. By Day 5 of the Sprint (out of 10), the team has completed only 6 points. During the Daily Scrum, several members mention they are blocked by missing API documentation from a third-party vendor. The Product Owner says the vendor promised the documentation by Day 3, but it has not arrived. The developers have started working on other tasks, but they are not well-defined and are causing confusion. What should the Scrum Master do?

A project team is adopting Kanban. They currently have a cycle time of 10 days and a throughput of 5 items per week. The team wants to improve predictability. Which action would most directly help?

A team is struggling with frequent requirement changes during a Sprint. The Product Owner keeps adding new items. What should the Scrum Master do?

Which TWO statements about the Sprint Backlog are true? (Select TWO)

Which THREE are formal Scrum ceremonies (events) as defined in the Scrum Guide?

Refer to the exhibit. The team's velocity is 30 points per sprint, and they have already committed to stories totaling 22 points. What is the team's remaining capacity for this sprint?

A team is new to Agile and wants to implement a framework that emphasizes iterative development, time-boxed iterations, and a prioritized backlog. Which framework should they adopt?

Which THREE activities are part of the Sprint Planning meeting in Scrum?

A newly formed agile team is about to start their first sprint. The product owner has a well-groomed backlog and the team has done relative sizing using planning poker. The team is excited but unsure about the process. They ask the Scrum Master what the primary goal of the first iteration should be. The Scrum Master should explain that the most important goal of the first sprint is to deliver a potentially releasable increment of the product. However, some team members are worried they may not be able to deliver enough due to team formation and learning the codebase. The product owner wants to see a visible outcome. What should the Scrum Master recommend as the primary focus for the first sprint?

Which TWO are core practices of Extreme Programming (XP)?

The team notices that work is piling up in the Testing column. The WIP limit for Testing is 3, but currently there are 5 items. What should the team do first?

Match each project management process group to its primary purpose.

A Scrum team has five members. During a Sprint, two members are pulled to work on a critical production issue. The remaining three are unable to complete all committed stories. What should the Scrum Master do?

Refer to the exhibit. An Agile team uses Git for source control. Based on the git log, which integration strategy is the team using to incorporate changes from feature branches?

Refer to the exhibit. What problem does this Kanban board reveal?

Refer to the exhibit. The team has a policy of not committing code that fails tests. What does this indicate about their process?

Which TWO statements correctly describe characteristics of the Kanban method?

Which TWO of the following are responsibilities of the Product Owner in Scrum?

Which is an effective way to prioritize user stories in a product backlog?

What is the primary purpose of the daily stand-up in Scrum?

Which practice is a key component of Extreme Programming (XP)?

An Agile team consistently completes only about 70% of the planned work each sprint. Which action is most likely to improve the team's ability to meet commitments?

A software development team is transitioning from a plan-driven approach to Scrum. The Product Owner is enthusiastic but struggles to break down the product backlog into small, independent items. The team frequently encounters dependencies between user stories, causing delays in sprints. What is the best course of action for the Scrum Master to address this issue?

A team is using Scrum and notices that the Product Owner frequently changes priorities during the Sprint, causing the team to rework tasks. What should the Scrum Master do first?

During a Sprint, the development team realizes they have taken on more work than they can complete. According to Scrum, what should they do?

During Sprint Planning, the team realizes the password reset story involves a third-party email service that has not been integrated yet. The team has no experience with that service. What is the best action?

A financial services company is adopting Scrum for a critical compliance project. The team has six developers, one product owner, and one Scrum Master. After three sprints, the product owner is frustrated because the team has only delivered 40% of the planned features. The team says they are working full capacity but keep getting interrupted by urgent production support requests from the operations team. The Scrum Master notices that the team’s velocity is dropping each sprint. The product owner insists on increasing the sprint length from two weeks to four weeks to allow more time for delivery. However, the compliance deadline is fixed. The Scrum Master must recommend a course of action. What should the Scrum Master do?

In Kanban, the team is experiencing frequent bottlenecks at the testing stage. Which practice should they adopt to improve flow?

A team using Scrum has a velocity of 30 story points per Sprint. The Product Owner wants to plan for the next release with 150 story points of work remaining. The team is stable. Which release planning approach aligns with agile principles?

In a Kanban system, what is the primary purpose of limiting Work in Progress (WIP)?

In a Kanban system, the team notices that work items are spending too much time in the 'In Progress' column. Which practice should the team adopt to improve flow?

A Product Owner frequently misses backlog refinement sessions, leaving user stories vague. The Development Team is struggling to estimate and plan Sprints. What fundamental Scrum role is being neglected?

Based on the exhibit, what is the most significant risk for the upcoming iteration?

In Extreme Programming (XP), which practice involves integrating and testing the entire system multiple times per day?