Question 1

An agile practitioner notices that a project is increasing open defect counts after every subsequent iteration. What should the agile practitioner do?

Options :

A : Create an issue on the backlog to investigate the root cause and assign a team resource to resolve the issue immediately.

B : Request increased velocity from the development team to clear off some defects and stay on track with the current iteration’s work.

C : Ask the team to determine how to adapt to this increase in the next retrospective.

D : Stop work on in-progress user stories to clear defects from the product owner and increase velocity on defect resolution.

Answer: C

Question 2

A key stakeholder cannot attend the project vision statement development workshop. The stakeholder has emailed their requirements to the agile team lead, and believes that the vision statement is not critical.
How should the agile team lead respond?

Options :

A : Emphasize to the stakeholder that a common, detailed vision will better ensure team understanding of the project

B : Personally meet with the stakeholder to understand their requirements, and then share the vision with the team

C : Work with the team to create a vision from the stakeholder-s supplied requirements

D : Explain to the team that creating a vision is not critical in agile projects, as requirements may change over time

Answer: A

Question 3

Midway through an iteration, an agile team learns that a team member will be unavailable for the next two iterations. As a high-performance team, what should the team do?

Options :

A : Raise an impediment that resource tasks will be blocked and notify the product owner

B : Ask the delivery manager for a temporary resource

C : Ask the scrum master to assign that team member-s tasks to the next available resource

D :

Assume the team member's tasks to meet iteration goals and notify the product owner

Answer: D

Question 4

A member of a project's development team approaches the team lead and requests database administrator training. The team member believes that their inability to handle this work and to rely on outside specialists is impacting team velocity.
What should the agile team lead do?

Options :

A : Send the member to training

B : Ask the outside specialists if database administration is required from the team

C : Send one member to training only after asking the team if there is an issue with the current work flow

D : Wait until all members of the team can attend training

Answer: A

Question 5

A team member on a new scrum project previously provided support to another application Due to issues with that application, the team member's former supervisor continues assigning them tasks related to that project. The new project's scrum master includes this issue in the risk register. What should the scrum master do next?

Options :

A : Monitor the threats and risks while allowing the team member to multitask on both projects

B : Assign more resources to the sprints to compensate for the absences of the team member

C : Ensure that the threats and risks are communicated and addressed

D : Assign fewer stories to the sprints so that the team member can still meet sprint goals

Answer: D

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