AGILE EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWERS
1- What does NOT match with Agile Manifesto?
Process and tools over individuals and interactions
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Responding to change over following a plan
Contract negotiation over customer collaboration
2- Which of the following statements about changing requirements in software
development, are correct?
In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined,
further changes should undergo heavy change control process
Changes are acceptable till design but once development starts, any further changes
should be rejected
In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined,
further changes can be easily accepted with light process
Organizations must adapt to rapidly changing market conditions to stay relevant in
business
3- Which of the following statements BEST describe why Agile is winning?
Products produced by an Agile approach are cheaper than those produced by any
other approach
Agile increases the chances of delivering early business value to the market and quickly
incorporate the feedback from the market usage
Products have faster time to market but may not meet immediate customer needs
Products are expensive when compared with products produced by other approaches,
but are of top quality.
4- Why were the `practitioners of alternative software development methods` not
satisfied with the traditional waterfall method?
Waterfall is not a lightweight process
The practitioners did not like to work in a formal system and hence did not like any
‘methodology’ at all
Waterfall experience did not add value to their resume
Waterfall model failed to meet the demand for speed and was not friendly towards
changing business needs and priorities
5- Which of the following BEST represent the Scrum approach to planning?
Planning is a continuous activity done faintly by Scrum Master and Product Owner
Detailed planning is done upfront and not revisited
Whole team together does just enough upfront planning followed by continuous
planning throughout the project
Only planning in Scrum is one of the planning events
, 6- How should work be allocated to the team in a Scrum project?
The Scrum Master must assign tasks to individuals
Team members must volunteer for tasks appropriate to their skills
The complex tasks must be allocated by the Scrum Master
Tasks must be allocated to team members by the Product Owner
While senior team members volunteer for tasks, juniors must be assigned takas by the
Scrum Master
7- The time box for a Daily Scrum is…
Two minutes per person
15 minutes
2 hrs
No time box
30 minutes
8- Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
So that the place can be named as Daily Scrum Hub
The consistency reduces complexity and overhead
The Product Owner demands it
Rooms are hard to book and this helps in advance booking
There is no such rule
9- What BEST describe a Scrum Team?
Small but have enough members to create the Product Increment
Collaborate with each other to self-organize their work
Team members must be specialists
Cross Functional
Reports to Product Owner
10- The Product Owner in a Scrum project….
Has no control over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items
Has the final authority over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items
Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items, but the
developers have the final say
Collaborates with de developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items but
Product Owner has the final say
Creates the Product Backlog Items but leaves prioritization to Business Analyst
1- What does NOT match with Agile Manifesto?
Process and tools over individuals and interactions
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Responding to change over following a plan
Contract negotiation over customer collaboration
2- Which of the following statements about changing requirements in software
development, are correct?
In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined,
further changes should undergo heavy change control process
Changes are acceptable till design but once development starts, any further changes
should be rejected
In traditional way of software development, once the requirements are base lined,
further changes can be easily accepted with light process
Organizations must adapt to rapidly changing market conditions to stay relevant in
business
3- Which of the following statements BEST describe why Agile is winning?
Products produced by an Agile approach are cheaper than those produced by any
other approach
Agile increases the chances of delivering early business value to the market and quickly
incorporate the feedback from the market usage
Products have faster time to market but may not meet immediate customer needs
Products are expensive when compared with products produced by other approaches,
but are of top quality.
4- Why were the `practitioners of alternative software development methods` not
satisfied with the traditional waterfall method?
Waterfall is not a lightweight process
The practitioners did not like to work in a formal system and hence did not like any
‘methodology’ at all
Waterfall experience did not add value to their resume
Waterfall model failed to meet the demand for speed and was not friendly towards
changing business needs and priorities
5- Which of the following BEST represent the Scrum approach to planning?
Planning is a continuous activity done faintly by Scrum Master and Product Owner
Detailed planning is done upfront and not revisited
Whole team together does just enough upfront planning followed by continuous
planning throughout the project
Only planning in Scrum is one of the planning events
, 6- How should work be allocated to the team in a Scrum project?
The Scrum Master must assign tasks to individuals
Team members must volunteer for tasks appropriate to their skills
The complex tasks must be allocated by the Scrum Master
Tasks must be allocated to team members by the Product Owner
While senior team members volunteer for tasks, juniors must be assigned takas by the
Scrum Master
7- The time box for a Daily Scrum is…
Two minutes per person
15 minutes
2 hrs
No time box
30 minutes
8- Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
So that the place can be named as Daily Scrum Hub
The consistency reduces complexity and overhead
The Product Owner demands it
Rooms are hard to book and this helps in advance booking
There is no such rule
9- What BEST describe a Scrum Team?
Small but have enough members to create the Product Increment
Collaborate with each other to self-organize their work
Team members must be specialists
Cross Functional
Reports to Product Owner
10- The Product Owner in a Scrum project….
Has no control over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items
Has the final authority over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items
Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items, but the
developers have the final say
Collaborates with de developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items but
Product Owner has the final say
Creates the Product Backlog Items but leaves prioritization to Business Analyst
