AZ-400 Agile Project Management 3

Question 1

A product owner wants to prioritize the backlog so that the highest business value items are addressed first. Which Azure Boards feature supports this?

Accepted Answer

Backlog ordering via drag-and-drop

Answer

Azure Boards allows product owners to drag and reorder backlog items to reflect priority, with items at the top representing highest priority.

Question 2

Which metric on a Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) indicates the average cycle time for work items?

Accepted Answer

The horizontal distance between bands

Answer

The horizontal distance between two points on the same item across different bands represents the cycle time for work passing through the system.

Question 3

In SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) integrated with Azure DevOps, what corresponds to a Program Increment (PI)?

Accepted Answer

A time-boxed period of 8–12 weeks containing multiple sprints

Answer

A Program Increment in SAFe is an 8–12 week time box in which Agile Release Trains deliver incremental value through a series of iterations.

Question 4

A team wants to automatically move a work item to 'In Review' state when a pull request referencing it is created. How is this achieved in Azure DevOps?

Accepted Answer

PR state transition rules in project settings

Answer

Azure DevOps project settings allow configuring automatic work item state transitions based on pull request events.

Question 5

What is the recommended approach when a high-priority bug is discovered mid-sprint in a Scrum team using Azure Boards?

Accepted Answer

Add the bug to the current sprint only after negotiating scope with the Product Owner

Answer

In Scrum, unplanned work mid-sprint should be negotiated with the Product Owner, who may remove equivalent work to maintain sprint scope.

AZ-400 Practice Test

AZ-400 Practice Test

AZ-400 Agile Project Management 3