TOPIC: PMI-ACP Question/Topic of the week : Season-8

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Question 126: What is the main difference between a burn down and burn up chart?
A. A burn down chart tracks the time and effort left, and a burn up chart tracks completed work and changes.
B. A burn up chart tracks the time and effort left, and a burn down chart tracks completed work and changes.
C. A burn down chart tracks risk averted, and a burn up chart tracks risks left to manage.
D. A burn down chart tracks the burn rate of project costs, and a burn up chart tracks scope of work left to complete.

The answer is A.

That's the right answer.

Correct Answer to Q#126: A

A burn down chart is used to show how much work has been completed, and it can help the team determine how much time the project will take. A burn up chart tracks work completed, but it also shows changes in scope and how that affects the ideal burn.

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Question 127: Your team has determined that there are 500 points of functionality left in the backlog to complete. The first 4 iteration’s velocity has been tracked as follows:
20 points, 35 points, 55 points, 50 points
Approximately how many more iterations will it take to complete the project based on velocity?
A. 12.5
B. 10
C. 14.7
D. 16

Correct Answer to Q#127: A.

To determine how many iterations remain, the team would take an average of all of the iterations and divide it into the remaining points. In this case, the team would probably round up to 13.

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Question 128: A key stakeholder has asked for information on the team’s progression through the iteration. What would be the best way to present information about the team’s progress?
A. Earned value report
B. Burn down chart
C. Detailed notes on stand-up meetings
D. A Gantt chart

Correct Answer to Q#128: B

Burn down, burn up, or velocity tracking charts are the best information radiators to present information on performance.

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Question 129: You are working on a large project, and many of your team members are going to be virtually distributed. What is the best way to help your virtual team be successful for your upcoming project?
A. Distributed teams are not recommended on Agile projects.
B. Set up ground rules.
C. Set up a live stream of video feeds to keep everyone virtually colocated.
D. Co-locate the team for the planning meetings and two iterations if possible.

C. Set up a live stream of video feeds to keep everyone virtually collocated.

This will improve the teams ability to be communicate and collaborate given their physical separation.

D. May have been a possible answer if the team was able to be collocated and it was financially feasible on the project. But, C is the better answer.

Correct Answer to Q#129: D

It’s a best practice to try to co-locate all team members for planning and at least one iteration, if possible.
Hint: Key word is 'Large' project

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Question 130: Your newly formed Agile team makes a mistake during the first iteration that results in 500 lines of code needing to be redone. As their coach, what do you think is important for the team to know?
A. Nothing. Teams are self-motivated and don’t need a manager.
B. That Agile teams are most effective at problem solving when they feel that they have permission to make mistakes.
C. You need to create a clear action plan for the team so that same mistake never happens again.
D. You need to determine whether or not your new team understands your chosen Agile framework, or if your team would be better suited using a specific project plan.

Correct Answer to Q#130: B.

Part of being a good coach is to provide a safe environment in which the team can make mistakes and learn from them. If the team asks for coaching, or if you see an opportunity or need for coaching during a retrospective, then it is perfectly within reason to provide it at that point.

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Question 131: A key stakeholder is asking what is the estimated time for the entire project to be completed. Which of the following will you show them to help answer that question?
A. Kanban board
B. Gantt chart
C. Burn down chart
D. Process flow diagram

Correct Answer to Q#131: C

Burn down charts provide a visual of iteration performance and allow the team to estimate when the project may be completed.

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Question 132: Who determines the process to prioritize value in an Agile project?
A. The customer
B. The Scrum Master
C. The product owner
D. The entire team

Correct Answer to Q#132: D

The entire team includes the product owner, the development team, and the Agile project manager as well as other stakeholders—even the customer or sponsor. Inevitably, the product owner owns the backlog and needs to prioritize value. Nonetheless, they don’t do that in a vacuum: There is much discussion and interaction when deciding how to determine what is valuable.

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Question 133: You are coaching your Agile team in different ways to prioritize value. Which one of the following would not be a way to prioritize?
A. Dot voting
B. Value stream analysis
C. MoSCoW
D. Monopoly Money

Correct Answer to Q#133: A

Giving the team and other stakeholders colored dots and allowing them to vote on their choices of features and functions allows for discussion and consensus to be reached.

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Question 134: Agile contracts differ from Waterfall projects in which of the following ways?
A. They are longer term to accommodate iterations.
B. They can use a fix and switch contract to allow for changes in scope.
C. They can be adapted at any time.
D. The can be updated for scope changes that have been approved through change control systems.

Correct Answer to Q#134: B

Using a more flexible type of contract on Agile projects allows for updates or change in scope without any penalty or legal breach of contract.

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Question 135: You are being tasked by your organization to create a statement of work that will be utilized in the procurement process. The legal department explains to you that they want to make sure that all terms and conditions are negotiated and agreed to up front. Then, when scope needs to be changed, there is more flexibility in the process. To what type of agreement is the legal department referring?
A. Fixed-price contract
B. Cost-reimbursable contract
C. Time and materials contract
D. Master service level agreement

Correct Answer to Q#135: D

A service level agreement allows for terms and conditions to be determined in the beginning so that future changes in scope won’t result in renegotiations throughout the project.

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Question 136: Your customer is working very closely with your team on prioritization of value for their product. There are certain items that must be in the final product no matter what and others that won’t be included unless different information is presented at a later date. Which of the following prioritization techniques does it look like they used?
A. Dot voting
B. Kano analysis
C. MoSCoW
D. Monopoly Money

Correct Answer to Q#136: C

In this case, the must-haves versus the won’t-haves points to prioritization using the MoSCoW approach.