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Professional Agile Leadership Certification Exam Questions and Answers

Question 1

Agile teams must balance many different objectives. Which one of the following is most important? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Delivering all “MUST HAVE” requirements.

B.

Controlling cost.

C.

Improving efficiency.

D.

Meeting schedule commitments.

E.

Improving customer satisfaction.

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Question 2

Which of the following will NOT help a team increase its frequency of delivery? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Reducing cross-team dependencies.

B.

Automating delivery processes.

C.

Synchronizing release schedules across teams.

D.

Product Backlog refinement.

Question 3

What is the primary benefit of an agile approach as compared to a traditional up-front approach? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

To maximize value.

B.

To utilize resources efficiently.

C.

To deliver on-time, on-budget, and on-scope.

D.

To minimize risks.

Question 4

You are a Product Owner. The Developers are close to the end of a Sprint and ask you for 3 extra days to complete their work. They feel that if they do not get the extra time, they might look bad in front of stakeholders, who are already skeptical of using an agile approach. What should you do? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Cut back on testing, or leave some items incomplete, so long as the Developers can "substantially meet" their goal.

B.

Agree to extend the Sprint but ask the team to be more realistic when they plan Sprints in the future.

C.

Ask the Developers to work longer hours to meet their goal.

D.

Ask the Developers to commit to what was agreed and find a solution for the problem.

E.

Do not extend the Sprint and stick to the original timebox. Work with the stakeholders to explain why transparency and openness are important.

Question 5

A new agile initiative is being mobilized, and you are the manager tasked with staffing the teams. How do you decide which team each member should belong to? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Bring together interested people, discuss product goals, remind teams that they need to balance skills and experience, and let the teams self-organize.

B.

Group people together who have a similar skill set to maximize efficiency and utilization.

C.

Assign people to teams in such a way that balances skills, experience, and seniority as evenly as possible.

D.

Group people together who already know each other from previous teams.

E.

Group people together based on which components of the system they are most familiar with.

Question 6

You manage a development organization. One of your Scrum Teams is continually interrupted by unplanned work related to production incidents for a legacy application unrelated to their product. A few team members have historical knowledge of the legacy application. How should the Scrum Team manage the interruption and unplanned work? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Work with the Scrum Team to help transfer the knowledge to other teams better aligned with the application support mission.

B.

The Scrum Team should fit the work in, working overtime if that is what it takes.

C.

New development work should be put on hold until the production support work is completed; supporting existing applications is always more important than new work.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true: (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Empirical approaches work fine for small teams and simple problems, but cannot scale to large, complex problems.

B.

Projects succeed when they spend additional time defining and reviewing requirements.

C.

Projects succeed when they spend additional time identifying and mitigating risk.

D.

Delivering a solution and gathering feedback provides valuable information to plan the next step.

Question 8

You manage a product group in an organization. A Scrum Master is concerned with the very low availability of the Product Owner for her team. The Product Owner has subject matter expertise that is very difficult to duplicate or replace, but he has several other important responsibilities as well. The Scrum Master has discussed her concern with the Product Owner, but the Developers are still struggling to deliver value without additional guidance from the Product Owner. The Scrum Master is asking you for some guidance. What is the best way for you to help the Scrum Master? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Help the Product Owner’s manager find a different Product Owner, who can dedicate the time needed, and help this new Product Owner come up to speed on the new product as quickly as possible.

B.

Help the Scrum Master to find a delegate who can join the Scrum Team to work with the Product Owner and represent business priorities when the Product Owner cannot be present.

C.

Recommend to the Scrum Master that she helps the Developers to do their best, document their decisions, and escalate problems to you.

D.

Offer to work with her, the Product Owner, and his manager, to find a way to ensure that the Product Owner's participation level is high enough to ensure that value can be delivered by the Scrum Team.

Question 9

As a manager during your discussions with Developers, you observe that they do not feel connected to the work they are doing. They lack engagement and seem to be just going through the motions. What should you do? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Create a bonus pool with a monthly award for the team member that contributes most to customer success.

B.

Implement a reward system based on customer satisfaction, in which a team's bonus is based on how much customer satisfaction improved.

C.

Help the team to create a shared and compelling vision for the product.

D.

Hold a team-building event with motivational speakers and group activities to try to boost the team's morale.

Question 10

Which statement best describes a Product Owner’s responsibilities? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Keeping stakeholders informed and happy.

B.

Helping the Scrum Team to improve their ability to deliver.

C.

Directing the Developers.

D.

Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.

E.

Maximizing the value of the work the Scrum Team delivers.

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