Question 1

During a backlog refinement meeting, the team uses the appropriate technique to focus discussion on backlog items and their:

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical designs and related details 
B)  Related users, user goals, user activities and their importance 
C)  Estimates determined by the delivery team 
D)  Resource requirements and availability for work.

Question 2

The sponsor is reviewing data from a new product launch and is evaluating threats and opportunities. What are the three options when evaluating the next steps?

Accepted Answer

A)  Run a planning workshop, sequence future planning workshops, create business model canvas for all initiatives 
B)  Start a new initiative, change resources for existing initiatives, cancel an existing initiative 
C)  Distribute marketing surveys for customer feedback, gather internal feedback from the past delivery release, and re-evaluate product attributes 
D)  Run an experiment for the next product launch, set cost/benefit of future initiatives, delay decision making

Question 3

After some debate the delivery team decides to use the product roadmap because it will help them:

Accepted Answer

A)  Align strategy to goals 
B)  Maintain defined scope 
C)  Keep the team on schedule 
D)  Align increments with product vision

Question 4

The delivery team is in a meeting identifying cycle time improvement opportunities for delivery of the final product. They decide to apply the following technique:

Accepted Answer

A)  Backlog management 
B)  Value stream mapping 
C)  Story decomposition 
D)  Story mapping

Question 5

While working at the strategy level, the team needs to ensure stakeholders actively support an environment for constructive communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement. They decide to use the following to achieve this goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Product Roadmap 
B)  Reviews 
C)  Behavior driven development 
D)  Release Plans

Question 6

The following can be described as a critical differentiator for work in an agile context related to backlog refinement:

Accepted Answer

A)  Stakeholder feedback 
B)  Management approval 
C)  Using user stories 
D)  Team feedback

Question 7

The team members are discussing the level of effort that different backlog items are likely to require, and how much effort is available for the next sprint. This is an example of the principle:

Accepted Answer

A)  Analyze to determine what is valuable 
B)  Understand what is doable 
C)  Respect for individuals 
D)  Get real using examples

Question 8

Strategic decision makers are considering large amounts of complex information covering many different areas. To reduce the information to a manageable level of complexity, they decide to use the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reduction 
B)  MoSCoW approach 
C)  Models 
D)  Filtering

Exam 4: Agile Analyst