Agile Practice Test

What the Agile Project Management is and how it works

According to APMG International, “Foundation Exam 40 minutes 50 multiple choice questions 50% pass mark (25 / 50) Closed book”^[1]

Agile Project Management (AgilePM) is a certification run by APMG International. It shows that you understand how to run projects in an agile way, using the approach set out in the AgilePM Handbook. It has two levels: Foundation and Practitioner.

Foundation exam

Foundation has no prerequisite, so it is where most people start. The exam has 50 multiple-choice questions, lasts 40 minutes and is closed book. You pass with 50%, which is 25 out of 50. APMG states that the Foundation certificate does not expire.

Practitioner exam

The Practitioner exam lasts 2.5 hours and has 4 complex multiple-choice questions worth 20 marks each. It is open book, but the only material you may use is the AgilePM Handbook. The pass mark is 50%, which is 40 out of 80. Registered Practitioner status lasts 5 years. To keep it, you must pass a re-registration exam within 3–5 years of your last Practitioner certification. Check the entry requirements for Practitioner with your training provider or APMG.

Fees and booking

The exam fee depends on your region. If you take the exam through an Accredited Training Organization, the fee is usually part of the course price. Our sources don't give retake rules or exact prices, so check them on the APMG International AgilePM product page or with your training provider before you book.

Agile Project Management Exam at a Glance

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Worked examples: how to reason through Agile Project Management questions

These are practice questions written for this site, not questions from the real exam. Each explanation shows why the right answer is right and why the others are wrong.

Example 1

Question: Which approach helps a new team estimate when they have no velocity history yet?

1. Pick a reference story as a baseline and estimate others relative to it
2. Guess hours and convert to points
3. Use the previous team's velocity
4. Skip estimation for the first three sprints

Answer: A. Pick a reference story as a baseline and estimate others relative to it

Explanation:

A is correct. A new team has no velocity history, so it needs a shared yardstick instead. If the team picks a story everyone understands and sizes every other story against it, the estimates are consistent from the start. Velocity then builds up from real sprints.

• B is wrong because guessing hours and converting them to points brings back time-based estimates and defeats the purpose of relative sizing.
• C is wrong because velocity belongs to one team. Another team's pace says little about this team's capacity.
• D is wrong because skipping estimation leaves nothing to plan with and delays the team's learning.

Rule to remember: relative estimation needs a reference point, not a history.

Example 2

Question: What is the Agile Manifesto's highest priority?

1. Minimizing project cost
2. Satisfying the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software
3. Completing all documentation
4. Maximizing team utilization

Answer: B. Satisfying the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software

Explanation:

B is correct. The Agile Manifesto's principles open by saying the highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Everything else supports that goal.

• A is wrong because cost matters, but agile thinking puts delivered value ahead of spending as little as possible.
• C is wrong because the Manifesto values working software more than documentation. Documents support delivery but are not the aim.
• D is wrong because keeping people busy is not a goal. The principles favour a sustainable pace and value delivered, not maximum workload.

Rule to remember: when an option talks about delivering value to the customer early and often, it usually matches agile priorities better than options about cost, paperwork or utilisation.

Example 3

Question: A Product Owner presents a user story that reads, "As a shopper, I want a search bar." The development team states that the story isn't ready to be worked on because it lacks the 'Confirmation' aspect of the 3 Cs. What is missing?

1. A detailed technical design document.
2. The estimated number of story points.
3. A discussion about the story's business value.
4. Clear, testable acceptance criteria.

Answer: D. Clear, testable acceptance criteria.

Explanation:

D is correct. The 3 Cs of a user story are Card, Conversation and Confirmation. Confirmation means the acceptance criteria: testable conditions that show when the story is done. "I want a search bar" doesn't say what a working search must do, so the team can't agree on what done looks like.

• A is wrong because a technical design document is not part of the 3 Cs. Design comes out of the team's work.
• B is wrong because story points are an estimate. They help planning but do not confirm the story is complete.
• C is wrong because talking about business value belongs to the Conversation, not the Confirmation.

Rule to remember: Card is the short statement, Conversation is the shared discussion, and Confirmation is the acceptance criteria.

How to use these practice tests

Start with the official material. The AgilePM Handbook is the source of the exam questions, and it is also the only book allowed in the Practitioner exam. Read it before you rely on any practice questions.

1. Get a baseline. Take the full practice test without notes. Write down which topics cost you marks.
2. Work by topic. Use the topic sets for your weak areas, for example Manifesto and Principles, User Stories and Estimation and Stakeholder Engagement and Communication. Read the explanation for every question you miss, then find that idea in the Handbook.
3. Check the vocabulary. Our sets also cover general agile methods such as Scrum roles and Kanban. Wherever the Handbook uses its own terms, learn those terms for the exam.
4. Practise under time. For Foundation, answer a full set closed book in 40 minutes. For Practitioner, practise looking things up in the Handbook quickly, because the 2.5 hours go fastest when you are searching for answers.