Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) Practice Exam

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• All of the following are key principles to keep in mind as the team chooses and evolves its Way of Working (WoW) except:
• What risk is mitigated by having a well-defined architecture strategy?
• What may NOT be decided during the INCEPTION stage of a Disciplined Agile project?
• Which three phases are commonly found across project life cycles?
• True or False: "Choice is good" as a principle means that the team must present multiple products to its customers and let them make the choice.
• Which statement about life-cycle models is most accurate?
• How does a team measure the cost of delay effectively?
• Which role on the delivery team is primarily responsible for building the product right?
• Which responsibility falls under the architecture owner?
• Which of the following roles would fall under that of a "specialist" on a Disciplined Agile Delivery Team?
• The Lean governance mindset includes all of the following except:
• The following process goal usually requires a lot of tailoring:
• What is typically reduced or improved through iterative processes in Agile?
• If the frequency of changes to requirements is very high (almost daily), which of the following life-cycle models might make most sense?
• Can the lean life-cycle in Disciplined Agile operate without timeboxed iterations?
• What role does a Team Lead typically have in an Agile environment?
• What are two ways Disciplined Agile provides a solid foundation for business agility?
• In Agile practices, what is most important when considering changes to project scope?
• When is Guided Continuous Improvement especially critical?
• What milestone indicates a DA project is transitioning from Construction to Transition stage?
• Which of the following is NOT a factor in lean governance practices?
• What is the last step in Ester Derby and Diana Larsen's 5-step retrospective template?
• What is the definition of Disciplined Agile (DA)?
• What is the primary purpose of an Iteration retrospective?
• A scrum master needs to set up a team for a long-term project that has the potential for significant budgeting and tracking overhead. What type of team should the scrum master set up?
• In the context of Agile, which process goal can help address changing project requirements?
• Reducing work-in-progress helps optimize flow by:
• What is the primary goal of creating a minimally viable product (MVP)?
• What primary purpose does the demonstration of products serve in Agile practices?
• What is an example of a goal for product teams in Agile?
• What does the term "push" refer to in a work context?
• What is the main goal of the Agile approach?
• The term 'minimum viable product' relates most directly to which of the following concepts?
• What is a key component of DevOps for a disciplined agile team?
• Which of the following best describes the idea of Business Agility?
• What are Disciplined Agile milestones based on?
• What kind of metrics are favored in Disciplined Agile projects according to the Disciplined Agile manifesto and principles?
• The Marketing process blade is primarily responsible for what?
• A team has completed the work in their iteration backlog earlier than expected. What should the team do now?
• What should teams prioritize when considering waste in their processes?
• What is the primary advantage of using design thinking according to DA guidelines?
• Why is exploration of project scope critical in Agile methodologies?
• A team is about to begin work on a project that will face rapidly changing conditions with releases only every six months or so. Which lifecycle should the scrum master select?
• What role do retrospectives play in Agile methodologies?
• True or False: All process choices presented in a goal diagram are guaranteed to be viable in every situation.
• What does ensuring psychological safety in a team mean?
• What is considered a vital aspect of aligning stakeholders with a project strategy?
• What goal diagrams should a team select first?
• According to the DA manifesto, Transparency is valued over false predictability. This means that:
• During team scaling discussions, which factor is essential to consider?
• Disciplined Agile (DA) is best described as what?
• Which life-cycle model demands the highest skill and organization from the DA team?
• During which iterative ceremony should someone obtain feedback?
• Which goal is primarily focused on ensuring that the final product is ready for production?
• Which of the following best defines a cross-functional team?
• The final step in the Choose your WoW process is:
• Is it acceptable for a team's WoW to initially be determined by enterprise guidelines or a coach's recommendations?
• How can teams effectively identify their challenges?
• In Team Estimation, how do teams typically assign sizes to stories?
• When selecting your team’s way of working, which goal diagrams should you primarily focus on?
• Which responsibility is NOT typically associated with the architecture owner?
• What is the significance of feedback in eliminating waste?
• How often should a team ideally hold retrospectives?
• What is the primary purpose of a community of practice?
• What is the maximum frequency of delivering a valuable solution according to the DA principles?
• If you are following scrum, you cannot use Disciplined Agile. True or False?
• Which approach is described as an agnostic hybrid technique that draws upon many different ideas?
• Which of the following may not help in improving predictability?
• To improve collaboration with the marketing department, which process goal should your team prioritize?
• If only one aspect can be measured, what should it be according to DA?
• What is the role of portfolio management in relation to the Marketing process blade?
• What is a benefit of having a high level of collaboration in a team?
• Which of the following is one of the process goals in the transition stage?
• Who decides how much is moved from the product backlog to the iteration backlog?
• Which approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing context prior to decision-making?
• Which phase of the project life cycle develops a consumable solution in a collaborative and incremental manner?
• When would you adopt the Continuous Delivery Lean life cycle?
• True or False: Enforcing adherence to organizational standards is an important aspect of Lean governance.
• The principle "Organize around products/services" means that:
• Which life-cycle model is best suited for large product development efforts involving team-of-teams?
• Which of the following describes the key focus of Minimal Viable Products (MVPs)?
• What is the primary concern when user stories are written but not fully understood?
• Which process goal emphasizes understanding and defining the overall project requirements?
• Which of the following is NOT an important part of improving the Way of Working (WoW) for a team?
• What is a significant factor in achieving Business Agility?
• What is the focus of the exploratory life-cycle in DA?
• True or False: A project that follows a Scrum or Agile life-cycle still needs the Inception, Construction, or Transition phases.
• Which of the following process goals is relevant during the construction phase of a project?
• What concept is emphasized by the flexibility of Agile teams in their project deliveries?
• What is considered a fundamental responsibility of a disciplined agile scrum master?
• Which three principles are part of the Disciplined Agile mindset?
• True or False: Fulfilling the requirements means that we delighted our customer.
• What are the Disciplined Agile principles that best address considering the bigger picture?
• Which of the following is the least suitable way to adopt disciplined agile delivery (DAD)?
• What does WIP stand for in Agile project management?
• Does enterprise awareness involve standardizing processes across all similar teams?
• Which of the following is a disadvantage of having a feature team as opposed to component teams?
• A senior management team providing guidance and resolving escalated issues is an example of which process blade?
• The team lead notices that a team member is falling behind on their work. What would a good Disciplined Agile team lead do?
• True or False: A value stream begins and ends with a customer.
• In a program team, each sub-team must have the same way of working. True or False?
• Which of the following is NOT considered a tactical scaling factor for a team?
• What is the primary role of management in Lean?
• Which method extends the Kaizen loop strategy to help teams identify techniques that are likely to work in their context?
• Which of the following statements accurately describes a complex adaptive system?
• What does the term "expedited to meet a deadline" imply in a project management context?
• A team lead believes that teamwork will ultimately result in the best results for the business. Which principle is applied in this scenario?
• What is the most effective way to eliminate waste in a process?
• What is usually the first step in deciding the team's way of working?
• True or False: The team lead is responsible for securing funding for the team.
• Under which condition may a team evolve their life-cycle choices?
• DevOps refers to:
• In terms of role management, which statement is accurate in a Disciplined Agile context?
• Which of the following is one of the 4 views of Disciplined Agile?
• Which process blade is likely to offer techniques for providing more information about products and services?
• What is the purpose of implementing Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)?
• Which artifact is responsible for collecting all the work flowing to an Agile team?
• Why are coordination meetings crucial for a project team?
• What is a process blade best described as?
• What is the role of the product owner?
• What is emphasized when a team opts not to split despite growing in size?
• Is guided continuous improvement possible without a prescriptive framework or model?
• When is a team ideally ready to transition to the next phase?
• True or False: The FLOW view in Disciplined Agile indicates that projects have no starts and stops.
• What is the primary advantage of working in an agile team?
• True or False: Delight customers as a principle means never to exceed expectations of the customers but to just about meet them.
• What is the benefit of a Disciplined Agile team's approach to psychological safety?
• In the DA framework, which aspect is crucial for maintaining a sustainable pace of work?
• Which process goal aims to understand and adapt to the changing needs of stakeholders?
• In a complex adaptive system, does understanding individual components guarantee understanding of the entire system's behavior?
• Who is responsible for ensuring the daily coordination meeting occurs?
• What is meant by the principle 'Enterprise Awareness' in Disciplined Agile?
• Is it true that any process change is likely to plateau without constant review and revisions?
• Which statement is false regarding the Business Operations process blade?
• Which practice is NOT considered desirable in design thinking?
• Among the views that describe Disciplined Agile, what best represents the Practices?
• A team has a lot of difficulty in performing system integration testing. What is the best way to address this?
• What are the eight principles of Disciplined Agile?
• What does a "definition of done" represent?
• An organization uses a lean startup model to quickly validate ideas. Which of the DA life-cycles would be most suitable for this setup?
• In disciplined agile, what does an effective Pull system entail?
• In the Disciplined Agile framework, what does WoW stand for?
• True or False: Disciplined agile projects try to maximize the work-in-progress so that it can get more work done.
• Which of the following is a process goal during the Construction stage?
• What are the three phases of DAD's delivery life cycle?
• How is a value stream defined in Agile methodology?
• True or False: Continuous improvement requires no formal framework to be effective.
• What is a common reason for tailoring practices within a Disciplined Agile project?
• Which statement is true regarding team dynamics and ways of working?
• How should iterations for an agile project be planned?
• Which process blade is most likely to provide techniques for teams to share their learnings?
• How do teams typically evolve their Way of Working in the DA framework?
• What does a good community of practice primarily focus on?
• Among the primary roles on DA teams, which role needs to be a process expert?
• Using Lean thinking, what should we primarily manage?
• Are Agile teams capable of delivering non-software projects?
• Which of the following is NOT a category of process blades in Disciplined Agile?
• Which of the following is NOT a reason Disciplined Agile teams practice transparency?
• Which process goal can help a team ensure that the development team understands the overall business process?
• The practice of reassessing prior commitments in Agile methodologies is essential mainly for what reason?
• What approach does the Lean lifecycle model emphasize?
• What should you do first when changing legacy code?
• Which of these tools or techniques should be used to sequence work to deliver value quickly?
• Which statement best describes what happens during the Construction phase in Agile?
• Using a Pull system for work does NOT mean what?
• Which artifact collects all the work flowing to a team?
• Which process goals typically require the most effort when tailoring your agile strategy? (Choose two)
• Which aspect is crucial for handling improvement options in teams?
• What are three attributes of an effective leader?
• According to Disciplined Agile (DA), which of the following are the three categories of process blades?
• Which of the following life-cycle models is based on a continuous flow of work?
• The concept of Lean was developed around eliminating the three types of deviations that showcase inefficient allocation of?
• What is the primary goal of an MVP?
• Who is ultimately accountable for the timely delivery of the product as committed?
• During which phase of a project is the architecture of a product usually proven?
• The principle of pragmatism means that we will always do what the customer wants. True or False?
• What is one key practice in the construction phase of a project?
• What can impede a development team's ability to understand user stories?
• Which of the following best defines "Context counts" in Agile methodology?
• In Disciplined Agile, is the role of DevOps Engineer filled by the operations person assigned to an Agile or Lean team?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of reducing work-in-progress?
• What is the primary function of the "Business Operations" process blade?
• One of the differences between a MVP and a MBI is that:
• Which process blade provides strategies to ensure successful interactions with the external world about your organization, products, and offerings?
• Importance of the retrospective in Agile ceremonies can be summarized as?
• Which statement is true regarding roles in Disciplined Agile?
• During the Inception phase, what is the focus of an Agile team?
• What is a primary benefit of long-standing product teams in Agile environments?
• What is the primary risk addressed by the milestone related to stakeholder vision?
• Which of the following is NOT a benefit of design thinking in DA guidelines?
• In Disciplined Agile, what is the term used for the daily meeting of a team?
• How does design thinking encourage teams to approach problem-solving?
• True or False: Team members on an Agile team evaluate their own work during iteration demos.
• True or False: The Product Owner is the go-to person for business domain information in an Agile team.
• What is the primary role of the team lead in an Agile environment?
• A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is defined as a product with sufficient features to satisfy early customers and?
• Which of the following is not a role for the team lead in a Disciplined Agile team?
• In Agile methodologies, the term 'Sprint' refers to:
• How do you know that you are finished estimating your user stories using the "Team Estimation" technique?
• Who defines the amount of work to be completed during an iteration?
• What is an Epic in the context of user stories?
• In the context of project management, what does "outsourcing to a vendor" signify?
• Which key principle is emphasized by the Agile Manifesto?
• Which role is primary in a Disciplined Agile Delivery team?
• What key practice should teams implement to continuously improve their process according to Lean principles?
• The primary advantage of breaking a project into phases is that:
• Which is not a feature of a user story?
• True or False: Any unnecessary step in the value stream is considered waste.
• True or False: All the process goal diagrams need to be explored while determining the initial way of working.
• A team should consider entering into the transition phase when:
• One of the major challenges that agile teams face with Procurement processes is that:
• The desire of senior management for an organization to become more responsive is best represented by which concept?
• Why is it important to have agreement among primary stakeholders?
• True or False: In a complex adaptive system, it's preferable to have one best practice over multiple good practices.
• How does a value stream map assist teams in minimizing waste?
• What principle guided a team to stay as one unit instead of splitting into smaller teams due to an increase in members?
• Why are diverse teams encouraged in organizations?
• What is the primary role of the product owner?
• True or False: Because organizations are complex adaptive systems, each team needs to be governed top-down.
• The primary benefit of DevOps is that:
• What is a supporting role in a Disciplined Agile team?
• The Kaizen feedback loop can be summarized as:
• Shared services teams are always based on specialization. True or False?
• What are two ways that Disciplined Agile establishes a foundation for business agility?
• When should an iteration backlog be created?
• In Agile environments, who typically has the authority to make decisions regarding the product?
• What is the objective of the Inception phase for an Agile team?
• Is developing a perfect understanding of individual parts the best approach to grasp a complex adaptive system?
• In general, is it preferable to have long-standing product teams over ad-hoc ones?
• Is it true that Disciplined Agile roles cover all possible roles in an organization?
• Push is when work is:
• Which statement reflects the importance of customer delight in Agile?
• True or False: Lean governance disregards organizational standards in favor of flexibility.
• Who is responsible for determining the WoW for a Disciplined Agile team?
• Who is responsible for choosing the team's lifecycle?
• A team is trying to explore the purpose, the domain and the usage of a product. Which process goal is being worked on?
• What characterizes the Disciplined Agile principle of being pragmatic?
• Which role is typically responsible for maximizing the value of the product in Agile?
• What does the decision to skip daily standup meetings in a co-located team exemplify?
• Which characteristic describes a good user story according to the I.N.V.E.S.T. mnemonic?
• Which of the following is an advantage of a project team compared to long-standing product teams?
• What does the term 'context counts' imply in DA?
• Are process goals intended to prescribe how a team achieves its objectives?
• Which of the following is not a responsibility of the team members in a disciplined agile team?
• In Agile frameworks, what does the term 'backlog' refer to?
• True or False: A disciplined agile team will spend significant time at the beginning to lock down the architecture and design of the product.
• One of the important changes in the Finance processes in Agile teams is that:
• When would you adopt the Exploratory Life cycle?
• Which process goal is best suited for addressing technical debt in an existing solution?
• True or False: The Control process blade is also responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Which statement best represents the Agile approach towards change?
• The primary purpose of the Control process blade in Agile methodology is to:
• How do Minimum Business Increments (MBIs) and Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) primarily differ?
• What does a well-written user story describe?
• If a team chooses a specific process based on their context, what are they demonstrating?
• In the context of Agile, what is the importance of 'sprint reviews'?
• Which best describes the aim of the Transition phase in an Agile or Lean project team?
• Which of the following best expresses the meaning of a Value Stream Map?
• What is a likely outcome if stakeholders do not agree on the project strategy?
• What is necessary for a team to progress towards a high-performing status?
• A company is introducing new features to a large, existing product. Which technique should the product team employ?
• When analyzing the team's context, which two tactical scaling factors are critical?
• What are two benefits of having a long-live (stable) team?
• What is the primary goal of the Construction phase in Agile?
• Is it true or false that governance is not a critical issue in Disciplined Agile projects?
• What is the main role of the team lead?
• Governance in a DA project means all of the following except: