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CAPM® practice questions: Agile Frameworks/Methodologies
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1/5 · Agile Frameworks/Methodologies · easy
In Scrum, what is a sprint?
AA distinct sequential phase, such as design or testing, completed once before moving to the next phase.
BA fixed-length timebox, typically one to four weeks, during which the team produces a potentially releasable product increment.
CThe entire duration of the project from initiation through final product release.
DA single daily meeting where the team reports progress to the project sponsor.
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2/5 · Agile Frameworks/Methodologies
A product owner sorts backlog items into four categories: Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have this time, to decide what to include in the next release. Which prioritization technique is being used?
AMonte Carlo simulation
BCritical path method
CMoSCoW prioritization
DEarned value management
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3/5 · Agile Frameworks/Methodologies · hard
A traditional manager typically assigns tasks, makes decisions for the team, and closely directs how work gets done. In contrast, how does an agile leader practicing servant leadership PRIMARILY operate?
ABy gaining greater formal authority over hiring, firing, and performance ratings than a traditional manager holds.
BBy taking personal credit for the team's successes to strengthen their position within the organization.
CBy continuing to assign daily tasks and closely monitor individual output, but communicating instructions more politely.
DBy focusing on serving the team through removing obstacles, coaching, and empowering the team to make its own decisions.
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4/5 · Agile Frameworks/Methodologies · easy
A Scrum team is preparing for its next sprint. Three different stakeholders have each submitted urgent feature requests and are pressuring the team to commit to all of them at once. Who has the authority to make the final decision on how the product backlog is ordered?
AThe development team, since they best understand the technical effort each request requires.
BThe Scrum Master, since they manage the team's daily workflow and schedule.
CThe Product Owner, since they are accountable for maximizing the value delivered by the team's work.
DThe project sponsor, since they control the project's funding and therefore its priorities.
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C is correct. In agile frameworks such as Scrum, the Product Owner is the single accountable voice for the product backlog and its priority order, balancing stakeholder requests against overall value. Stakeholders, sponsors, and the development team all provide input, but the ordering decision rests with the Product Owner alone. Confusing this accountability with a Scrum Master's facilitation role or a sponsor's funding authority is a common tested misconception.
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5/5 · Agile Frameworks/Methodologies
During a team discussion, a developer argues that because the Agile Manifesto values "working software over comprehensive documentation," the team should stop producing any documentation whatsoever for the project. Which statement best addresses this misconception?
ADocumentation should only ever take the form of diagrams, since written text is explicitly prohibited by agile values.
BThe Manifesto expresses a relative preference for working software over exhaustive documentation, but agile teams still produce documentation sufficient to support the product, its users, and future maintenance.
CAgile teams must still produce documentation identical in volume and formality to a predictive, plan-based project.
DDocumentation should be produced only when external auditors specifically request it, and never proactively by the team.
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B is correct. The Agile Manifesto values working software over comprehensive documentation, which expresses a relative priority rather than an outright rejection of documentation. Agile teams still produce documentation that is "just enough" to serve the product and its stakeholders, such as backlogs, acceptance criteria, and lightweight technical notes. Misreading this value as eliminating documentation entirely is a common and testable misconception.
↗ the CAPM Examination Content Outline (PMI, 2023) — Agile Frameworks/Methodologies
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