CAL-1 Coaching and Facilitation 2

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the role of a facilitator during an agile team meeting?

Accepted Answer

Guiding the process while remaining neutral on content

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Deciding the best solution for the team

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Documenting meeting minutes and action items only

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Representing management's interests to the team

Question 2

An agile leader is coaching a Scrum Master who struggles with conflict in their team. What is the MOST effective first step?

Accepted Answer

Ask the Scrum Master what outcome they want from resolving the conflict

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Intervene directly in the team's conflicts on behalf of the Scrum Master

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Tell the Scrum Master the correct way to handle conflict

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Escalate the issue to the team's Product Owner

Question 3

What is 'powerful questioning' in the context of agile coaching?

Accepted Answer

Asking open-ended questions that evoke reflection, insight, and new possibilities

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Asking leading questions that guide the coachee toward the coach's preferred solution

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Using closed yes/no questions to quickly confirm understanding

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Questioning the coachee's competence to motivate improvement

Question 4

A team's retrospective consistently produces action items that are never completed. As a coaching leader, what should you do first?

Accepted Answer

Coach the team to explore why action items are not being completed

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Cancel future retrospectives until past items are resolved

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Assign action items to individuals publicly on a tracking board

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Reduce the number of action items generated per retrospective

Question 5

Which stance should an agile leader adopt when a team member is stuck and has no ideas about how to proceed?

Accepted Answer

Shift from a coaching stance to a teaching or advising stance temporarily

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Tell them exactly what to do to save time

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Leave them to figure it out independently

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Reassign the task to a more experienced team member

Question 6

What is the 'Columbian Mammoth' anti-pattern in facilitation?

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A single vocal participant who controls the conversation and suppresses other voices

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A facilitator who dominates discussion with their own ideas

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A meeting that runs far over its timebox

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A retrospective with too many action items to complete

Question 7

When coaching an organization through an agile transformation, what does 'meeting people where they are' mean?

Accepted Answer

Accepting the current cultural and capability state as the starting point before introducing change

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Conducting coaching sessions at the coachee's workplace location

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Agreeing with everything the coachee says to build rapport

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Adjusting the agile framework to match the organization's existing waterfall processes