PMI-ACP PMI-ACP Agile Planning & Estimation

Question 1

In agile estimation, what unit is commonly used to represent the relative size or complexity of a user story?

Accepted Answer

Story Points

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Hours

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Days

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Function Points

Question 2

Which agile estimation technique involves team members simultaneously revealing their estimates to avoid anchoring bias?

Accepted Answer

Planning Poker

Answer

Affinity Estimation

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T-shirt Sizing

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Dot Voting

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a Release Plan in agile projects?

Accepted Answer

To provide a high-level view of when features will be delivered over multiple iterations

Answer

To track daily team progress during a sprint

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To document the technical architecture of the system

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To assign tasks to individual team members

Question 4

Velocity in agile is calculated as:

Accepted Answer

The average number of story points completed per iteration

Answer

Total story points in the backlog divided by team size

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The number of user stories completed per sprint

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The maximum story points a team can commit to in a sprint

Question 5

Which type of agile planning focuses on a single iteration and determines what the team will work on during that timebox?

Accepted Answer

Iteration Planning

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Release Planning

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Portfolio Planning

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Product Vision Planning

Question 6

In agile projects, what is a 'spike' used for?

Accepted Answer

To time-box research or exploration to reduce uncertainty in a user story

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To estimate team velocity at the start of a project

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To track the number of defects found during testing

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To measure the team's burndown rate against the sprint goal