ACP ACP Team Performance and Collaboration 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a key characteristic of a self-organizing agile team?
- Team members wait for a manager to assign tasks
- The team decides how best to accomplish their work without being directed by others (Correct answer)
- Only the Scrum Master assigns tasks
- The Product Owner directs all daily work
Correct answer: The team decides how best to accomplish their work without being directed by others
Self-organizing teams determine internally how to accomplish their goals rather than being externally directed by a manager.
Question 2: Which agile practice helps teams identify and remove impediments quickly?
- Sprint review
- Daily standup (Correct answer)
- Sprint planning
- Backlog refinement
Correct answer: Daily standup
The daily standup is a short synchronization meeting where team members surface blockers for rapid resolution.
Question 3: What do 'T-shaped skills' mean in an agile team context?
- A team member only knows one skill
- A team member has deep expertise in one area and broad knowledge across other disciplines (Correct answer)
- All team members have identical skill sets
- Team members specialize in exactly two areas
Correct answer: A team member has deep expertise in one area and broad knowledge across other disciplines
T-shaped skills refer to having depth in one specialty combined with breadth across multiple disciplines, enabling cross-functional collaboration.
Question 4: What is the recommended agile team size according to most agile frameworks?
- 2-3 members
- 5-9 members (Correct answer)
- 15-20 members
- 25 or more members
Correct answer: 5-9 members
Most agile frameworks recommend teams of 5-9 members to balance communication efficiency with diverse skill coverage.
Question 5: What is 'swarming' in agile team dynamics?
- Team members ignoring their assignments
- Multiple team members collaborating on a single task to complete it faster (Correct answer)
- Assigning one person to handle all bugs
- Breaking work into the smallest possible pieces
Correct answer: Multiple team members collaborating on a single task to complete it faster
Swarming occurs when team members collectively focus on one work item to remove blockers and accelerate its completion.
Question 6: What agile concept describes the team's shared responsibility for delivering quality work?
- Individual accountability
- Manager oversight
- Collective ownership (Correct answer)
- Specialist handoffs
Correct answer: Collective ownership
Collective ownership means the entire team is responsible for the quality and delivery of all work items, not just individual contributors.
ACP ACP Team Performance and Collaboration 1
What is a key characteristic of a self-organizing agile team?