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PMI-ACP® practice questions: Delivery
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1/5 · Delivery
Near the end of a Sprint, a Scrum Team holds two separate events on the same day. In the first, they demonstrate the working increment to stakeholders and gather feedback that updates the Product Backlog. In the second, held only with the Scrum Team, they discuss what went well, what didn't, and commit to one process improvement for the next Sprint. Which two events are being described, in order?
ASprint Review, then Sprint Retrospective.
BSprint Retrospective, then Sprint Review.
CBacklog Refinement, then Sprint Planning.
DSprint Planning, then Daily Scrum.
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2/5 · Delivery · easy
A customer submits a request on Monday. The item waits three days in the backlog before anyone begins working on it. Once started, it takes two more days of active work to complete and deliver. What are the lead time and cycle time for this item, respectively?
ALead time = 5 days, Cycle time = 2 days.
BLead time and cycle time cannot be calculated without knowing the team's velocity.
CLead time and cycle time are both 5 days, since they measure the same thing.
DLead time = 2 days, Cycle time = 5 days.
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3/5 · Delivery · easy
In Extreme Programming (XP), what is the correct sequence of steps in the Test-Driven Development (TDD) cycle commonly called 'red-green-refactor'?
APair with another developer to write comprehensive tests for an entire feature before any code for the iteration is written.
BWrite the production code first, then write tests afterward to confirm it works, then refactor for readability.
CWrite a failing test, write the minimum code needed to make it pass, then refactor the code while keeping all tests passing.
DRefactor the existing code first, write a test to confirm no regression occurred, and finally add the new functionality.
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4/5 · Delivery · hard
Midway through a release, a Scrum Master notices the team's sprint burndown chart still looks healthy, yet stakeholders keep adding new stories to the sprint, so total scope keeps growing without the chart clearly showing it. Which alternative or complementary chart would best make this scope growth visible to the team and stakeholders?
AA burnup chart, which plots both completed work and a total-scope line, so any increase in scope is visible as the scope line rises rather than being hidden as it can be on a simple burndown.
BA cumulative flow diagram, which is specifically designed to hide scope changes so teams can focus purely on remaining effort.
CA velocity chart, because it automatically recalculates whenever scope changes mid-sprint to show an accurate remaining-work trend.
DA risk burndown chart, since scope changes are technically realized risks that must be tracked on the risk register.
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5/5 · Delivery
A team has completed five iterations with velocities of 18, 20, 19, 23, and 20 story points. The remaining backlog for the release totals 200 points. Which forecast for additional iterations needed is best supported by the team's demonstrated trend?
AApproximately 11 more iterations, based on dividing the remaining backlog by the single lowest velocity of 18, to produce a forecast the team is guaranteed to beat.
BApproximately 10 more iterations, based on dividing the remaining backlog by the team's average velocity across the completed iterations.
CApproximately 9 more iterations, based on dividing the remaining backlog by the single highest velocity of 23, since teams typically speed up over time.
DExactly 10 iterations, guaranteed, because average velocity computed from past iterations is a fixed and reliable predictor of future throughput.
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B is correct. Forecasting from a multi-iteration average smooths out the natural variability seen in any single iteration, giving a more defensible estimate than anchoring on a best or worst outcome. Even so, such a forecast remains a probabilistic trend, not a guarantee, since future variability can still shift actual completion earlier or later.
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