CDA Study Guide 2026
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📋 CDA Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CDA Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CDA Questions & Answers
1. How should CDA professionals measure success in agile testing & quality practices?
Success in agile testing & quality practices is measured through defined metrics and benchmarks, with regular evaluation against established professional goals.
2. A DA team uses pair programming as a debt prevention strategy. What is the primary mechanism by which pairing reduces debt?
Two developers reviewing code simultaneously catch problems early and naturally discuss better design alternatives, reducing introduced debt.
3. In DAD, what is the recommended approach when a team discovers mid-sprint that a committed user story is too large to complete?
DAD recommends splitting oversized stories and carrying the unfinished portion to the next sprint rather than canceling or abandoning work.
4. What foundational concept underpins technical debt & refactoring strategies in the CDA framework?
Technical Debt & Refactoring Strategies in CDA practice is built on systematic, standards-based approaches combined with professional expertise.
5. A value stream that has long cycle times but high throughput most likely suffers from:
Large batches keep total cycle time high while pushing many items through, creating the paradox of high throughput paired with long individual lead times (Little's Law).
6. A team tracks their cumulative flow diagram (CFD) and notices the 'In Progress' band is widening over time. What does this indicate?
A widening 'In Progress' band on a CFD signals that work is piling up in-flight and not being completed at the same rate it is being started.