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Questions 1

The best way to eliminate waste is to:

Options:

A.  

Make sure each step is done as quickly as possible

B.  

Make sure people know what their job is

C.  

Eliminate delays in workflow and feedback

D.  

Make sure each step is done correctly

Discussion 0
Questions 2

In Disciplined Agile, the daily huddle for a team is referred to as:

Options:

A.  

A daily meeting

B.  

A coordination meeting

C.  

A Scrum meeting

D.  

A Sprint review

Discussion 0
Questions 3

DA guidelines includes using design thinking. The primary advantage of design thinking is that:

Options:

A.  

The team can focus on implementation while architects do design

B.  

It promotes customer empathy and appropriate solutions

C.  

It provides good looking products

D.  

It provides out-of-the-box solutions for common problems

Discussion 0
Questions 4

What are the three categories of process blades according to Disciplined Agile (DA)? (Choose three)

Options:

A.  

Disciplined DevOps

B.  

Disciplined Agile IT

C.  

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DA

D.  

Disciplined Kanban

E.  

Disciplined Project Management Office (PMO)

Discussion 0
Questions 5

Which of the following is not a responsibility of the team members in a disciplined agile team?

Options:

A.  

Set appropriate expectations about release timings with the customer

B.  

Self-organize

C.  

Evolve their way of working

D.  

Evolve the architecture with help of architecture owner

Discussion 0
Questions 6

Your team wants to better align and work with the people in your marketing department. Which process goal is most likely to offer potential techniques to address this?

Options:

A.  

Address Risk

B.  

Explore Scope

C.  

Coordinate Activities

D.  

Sales and Marketing

Discussion 0
Questions 7

When would you adopt the Continuous Delivery Lean life cycle?

Options:

A.  

We have an experienced team working on a product or service where the requirements will evolve at a reasonable pace

B.  

We have an experienced team working on a product or service where the requirements change frequently, potentially daily

C.  

All of the above

D.  

We have team that is new to Lean working on a product or service where the requirements change frequently, potentially daily

E.  

We have team that is new to Lean working on a product or service where the requirements will evolve at a reasonable pace

Discussion 0
Questions 8

When would you adopt the Exploratory Life cycle?

Options:

A.  

We are evolving an existing product or service and the customer requirements are well understood

B.  

We are evolving an existing product or service and the customer requirements are uncertain

C.  

We are bringing a new product or service to market and the customer requirements are uncertain

D.  

All of the above

E.  

We are bringing a new product or service to market and the customer requirements are well understood

Discussion 0
Questions 9

What is the purpose of an Iteration retrospective?

Options:

A.  

To transfer knowledge and improvements to the next iteration.

B.  

To identify progress and to note encountered impediments.

C.  

To prioritize stories and concrete tasks for the next iteration.

D.  

To showcase what the team accomplished in an iteration.

Discussion 0
Questions 10

The Kaizen feedback loop can be summarized as:

Options:

A.  

Plan, Do, Monitor, Study

B.  

Study, Act, React, Demo

C.  

Plan, Implement, Demo, Study

D.  

Plan, Do, Study, Act

Discussion 0
Questions 11

A team should consider entering into the transition phase when:

Options:

A.  

When a new MBI has been developed

B.  

The product meets all the stakeholder's expectations

C.  

When the operational teams are ready

D.  

When the MVP is ready

Discussion 0
Questions 12

Your organization wants to set up mechanisms so that teams can share their learnings with other teams. Which process blade is most likely to offer potential techniques to address this?

Options:

A.  

Support

B.  

Continuous Improvement

C.  

Governance

D.  

Portfolio Management

Discussion 0
Questions 13

The desire of senior management to evolve your organization to be more responsive to changes in your marketplace or environment is best captured by which concept?

Options:

A.  

Increased collaboration

B.  

Guided continuous improvement (GCI)

C.  

Disciplined Agile

D.  

Business agility

Discussion 0
Questions 14

Which of the following milestones represent a DA project moving from Construction to Transition stage?

Options:

A.  

Production ready

B.  

Sufficient functionality

C.  

Proven architecture

D.  

Continued viability

E.  

Stakeholder vision

Discussion 0
Questions 15

True or False: In general, it is preferable to have long standing product teams rather than ad-hoc or project based teams.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 16

DevOps refers to:

Options:

A.  

Automating the testing effort in the team

B.  

Creating a smooth flow of work from development to operations

C.  

Involving operational teams in the development work

D.  

Using development team members to solve operational problems

Discussion 0
Questions 17

The primary function of the "Business Operations" process blade is:

Options:

A.  

To provide services to customers and support your products

B.  

To monitor the competitive landscape and come up with appropriate promotional strategies

C.  

To monitor and guide teams to remove any barriers that they may experience

D.  

To ensure cash flow in the organization ensuring that the money is spent well

Discussion 0
Questions 18

We do Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) to:

Options:

A.  

Better understand the effectiveness of our actions and to be able to improve our results

B.  

Reflect if we're working on the correct things

C.  

Improve our plans

D.  

Provide justification when something goes wrong

Discussion 0
Questions 19

Which of the following may not help in improving predictability?

Options:

A.  

Estimate in hours instead of points

B.  

Reduce technical debt

C.  

Reduce feedback cycles

D.  

Respect WIP limits

E.  

Adopt a test-first approach

Discussion 0
Questions 20

True or False: Any change or improvement in the process is likely to plateau unless efforts are put into constantly reviewing and revising it.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 21

True or False: If you are following scrum, you cannot use Disciplined agile.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 22

When choosing your team's way of working, you need to primarily focus on these goal diagrams.

Options:

A.  

The Transition related goal diagrams

B.  

The Inception related goal diagrams

C.  

The Construction related goal diagrams

D.  

The Ongoing related goal diagrams

E.  

All of the goal diagrams

Discussion 0
Questions 23

Which of the following is NOT an important part of improving the WoW for a team?

Options:

A.  

Do the best you can

B.  

Stick to a method once you discover it

C.  

Always try to get better

D.  

Start where you are

Discussion 0
Questions 24

Who defines the amount of work to be completed during an iteration?

Options:

A.  

The product owner based on their estimation of what should be done.

B.  

The team lead who is responsible for ensuring that the work gets done.

C.  

The team members based on their understanding of the team's current capacity.

D.  

The quality tester based on their estimation of how much completed work can be tested.

Discussion 0
Questions 25

What is Disciplined Agile (DA) best described as?

Options:

A.  

A process-decision toolkit

B.  

An Agile/Lean methodology

C.  

A process-decision framework

D.  

An Agile methodology

Discussion 0
Questions 26

Who is ultimately accountable for the timely delivery of the product as committed?

Options:

A.  

Product owner

B.  

Team lead

C.  

Team members

D.  

Gold user

E.  

Architecture owner

Discussion 0
Questions 27

What does a well-written user story describe?

Options:

A.  

A fixed outcome.

B.  

The needs of all users.

C.  

The expectations of the product owner.

D.  

The customers' perspective.

Discussion 0
Questions 28

What are the eight principles of Disciplined Agile?

Options:

A.  

Customer Satisfaction, Market Awareness, Be Awesome, Pragmatism, Context Counts, Minimize Cost, Choice is Good, Use Logic.

B.  

Delight Customers, Be Awesome, Use Logic, Fail Fast, Enterprise Awareness, Optimize Process, Choice is Good, Organize around products/services.

C.  

Delight Customers, Be Awesome, Pragmatism, Context Counts, Choice Good, Optimize Flow, Enterprise Awareness, Organize around products/services.

D.  

Customer Satisfaction, Market Awareness, Be Awesome, Pragmatism, Quick Decisions, Fail Fast, Choice is Good, Customer Satisfaction.

Discussion 0
Questions 29

True or False: The principle of pragmatism means that we will always do what the customer wants.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 30

An organization uses a lean startup model to quickly validate ideas and narrow down on candidate projects to pursue. Which of the DA life-cycles would be most suitable for this setup?

Options:

A.  

Continuous delivery Agile

B.  

Agile

C.  

Exploratory

D.  

Lean

E.  

Continuous Delivery Lean

F.  

Program

Discussion 0
Questions 31

Usually the first step in deciding the team's way of working is to:

Options:

A.  

Connect the dots

B.  

Analyze the context

C.  

Make some initial choices

D.  

Coach setting the stage

Discussion 0
Questions 32

Which artifact collects all the work flowing to the team?

Options:

A.  

Business backlog

B.  

Iteration backlog

C.  

Product backlog

D.  

Release roadmap

Discussion 0
Questions 33

Which of the following roles would fall under that of a "specialist' on a Disciplined Agile Delivery Team?

Options:

A.  

Project Manager

B.  

Stakeholder

C.  

Product Owner

D.  

Business Analyst

Discussion 0
Questions 34

Your team wants to work in an Agile manner and has been asked to provide a cost estimate for the project even though management recognizes that the requirements will evolve overtime. Which process goal is most likely to offer potential techniques to address this?

Options:

A.  

Project Management

B.  

Plan the Release

C.  

Explore Scope

D.  

Address Changing Stakeholder Needs

Discussion 0
Questions 35

A team has completed the work in their iteration backlog earlier than expected. There's still three days left of the iteration, what should the team do now?

Options:

A.  

Work on noncritical tasks until the product owner can them more work.

B.  

Wait for the other groups to complete their work prior to doing anything else.

C.  

Work with the product owner to pull more work from the product backlog into their iteration backlog.

D.  

Report the differences in completion time so the next iteration can be planned more efficiently.

Discussion 0
Questions 36

The primary purpose of a community of practice is:

Options:

A.  

To share knowledge among a group of like-minded people

B.  

To bring all the experts in an organization together

C.  

To sell a particular competency to potential customers

D.  

To mentor, coach and guide others in a particular craft

Discussion 0
Questions 37

Why is the coordination meeting important for a project team?

Options:

A.  

It provides a demo of the product to keep everyone up to date.

B.  

It allows the stakeholders to see how well the team is working together.

C.  

It allows the team to reassess the backlog to meet their needs.

D.  

It provides an opportunity for the team to help itself stay in sync.

Discussion 0
Questions 38

The architecture of a product is usually proven in which phase of a project?

Options:

A.  

Elaboration

B.  

Construction

C.  

Inception

D.  

Transition

Discussion 0
Questions 39

Lean governance mindset includes all of the following except:

Options:

A.  

Let the team manage the risks

B.  

Promoting transparency

C.  

Being servant leaders

D.  

Learn continuously

E.  

Leading by example

Discussion 0
Questions 40

What kind of metrics are favored in Disciplined Agile projects according to the Disciplined agile manifesto and principles?

Options:

A.  

Automated measures helping to make data driven decisions

B.  

Subjective measures more than objective measures

C.  

Scalar measures over trend indicators

D.  

Individual measures over team measures

Discussion 0
Questions 41

The Marketing process blade is responsible for crafting an appealing roadmap of the organization's offerings in close conjunction with:

Options:

A.  

Portfolio management

B.  

Product management

C.  

Finance

D.  

Business Operations

E.  

Control

Discussion 0
Questions 42

Governance in a DA project means all of the following except:

Options:

A.  

Creating forums for sharing knowledge

B.  

Making decisions about funding

C.  

Administer rewards and recognition

D.  

Complete freedom to the team to make decisions

E.  

Ensuring compliance with a regulatory standard

F.  

Having defined process for decision making

Discussion 0
Questions 43

Which is not a feature of a user story?

Options:

A.  

Achievable

B.  

Estimable

C.  

Testable

D.  

Negotiable

Discussion 0
Questions 44

True or False: Any step in the value stream that is not necessary for creating the product is waste

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 45

True or False: Because organizations are complex adaptive systems, each team needs to be governed top-down.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 46

True or False: Guided continuous improvement is only possible when you have a prescriptive framework or model to follow.

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 47

Which of the following is a process goal in the Construction stage?

Options:

A.  

Explore scope

B.  

Develop test strategy

C.  

Prove architecture early

D.  

Form team

E.  

Ensure production readiness

Discussion 0
Questions 48

When should an iteration backlog be created?

Options:

A.  

At the beginning of each project.

B.  

When defining the MBI (Minimum Business Increment).

C.  

When planning the Kanban board or other pull method.

D.  

At the beginning of each sprint.

Discussion 0
Questions 49

DevOps is an important competency for a disciplined agile team. This involves:

Options:

A.  

Creating a smooth flow of work from development to operations

B.  

Using development team members to solve operational problems

C.  

Automating the testing effort in the team

D.  

Involving operational teams in the development work

Discussion 0
Questions 50

The team lead notices that a team member is falling behind on their work. What would a good Disciplined Agile team lead do?

Options:

A.  

Provide time management training to the team member.

B.  

Have a conversation with the team member to better understand what is getting in their way and look for solutions together.

C.  

Have a one-to-one meeting with the team member about their recent failures.

D.  

Redistribute the team member's work across the team to avoid embarrassing the team member.

Discussion 0
Questions 51

Which of the following is an advantage of a project team as opposed to long standing product teams?

Options:

A.  

Greater motivation to learn and evolve the WoW

B.  

Greater focus on delivery and short term goals

C.  

Creates a long term focus

D.  

Brings work to the team rather than team to the work

Discussion 0
Questions 52

A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and?

Options:

A.  

Will be the last iteration of development.

B.  

Is not yet ready to be sold.

C.  

Is used for demonstration only.

D.  

Provide feedback for future product development.

Discussion 0
Questions 53

True or False: The team lead is responsible for securing funding for the team

Options:

A.  

True

B.  

False

Discussion 0
Questions 54

What is the last step in Ester Derby and Diana Larsen's 5-step retrospective template?

Options:

A.  

Set the stage

B.  

Close the retrospective

C.  

Gather data

D.  

Decide what to do

E.  

Celebrate our successes

F.  

Create a plan for executing the Improvement items

Discussion 0
Questions 55

Which of the following is NOT a desirable practice in design thinking?

Options:

A.  

Be conscious about the constraints in the solution space

B.  

Being empathetic to the customers

C.  

Look for solutions appropriate for the situation

D.  

Make design choices early in the project

Discussion 0
Questions 56

In Team Estimation...

Options:

A.  

You first estimate the relative sizes of all stories, then assign numbers to them.

B.  

Each team is ranked in order of importance for completing a task.

C.  

Members of a group define what criteria will be used for determining the "Definition of Done".

D.  

You estimate what roles will be necessary in order to complete user stories.

Discussion 0
Questions 57

Which of these tools or techniques should be used to sequence work to deliver value quickly?

Options:

A.  

Planning Poker

B.  

Minimum business increment (MBI)

C.  

Work in process (WIP) limits

D.  

Minimum viable product (MVP)

Discussion 0