CCP SDLC & Agile Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Agile ceremony is specifically designed to inspect the increment and adapt the product backlog based on stakeholder feedback?
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Review (Correct answer)
- Sprint Retrospective
- Daily Scrum
Correct answer: Sprint Review
The Sprint Review is held at the end of each sprint to demonstrate the increment to stakeholders and gather feedback that may lead to backlog updates.
Question 2: In the Waterfall SDLC model, what is the primary characteristic that distinguishes it from iterative models?
- Overlapping phases that run concurrently
- Sequential phases where each must complete before the next begins (Correct answer)
- Continuous delivery of working software
- Frequent customer collaboration throughout development
Correct answer: Sequential phases where each must complete before the next begins
Waterfall follows a strict sequential progression where each phase (requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment) must fully complete before the next begins.
Question 3: A team using Kanban wants to reduce work-in-progress bottlenecks. Which practice is most central to Kanban for achieving this?
- Time-boxing work into sprints
- Assigning story points to tasks
- Setting WIP limits on workflow columns (Correct answer)
- Holding daily standups
Correct answer: Setting WIP limits on workflow columns
WIP (Work-In-Progress) limits are the defining Kanban practice that prevents overloading any stage of the workflow and exposes bottlenecks.
Question 4: During which SDLC phase is a feasibility study typically conducted?
- Design
- Planning (Correct answer)
- Testing
- Maintenance
Correct answer: Planning
A feasibility study is conducted during the Planning phase to evaluate technical, financial, and operational viability before committing resources.
Question 5: What does the Agile principle 'Working software over comprehensive documentation' mean in practice?
- Documentation should never be written
- Delivering functional software is prioritized, though documentation still has value (Correct answer)
- All documentation must be eliminated
- Code comments replace all formal documentation
Correct answer: Delivering functional software is prioritized, though documentation still has value
Agile values working software more than comprehensive documentation but does not eliminate documentation — it simply deprioritizes excessive documentation over delivering value.
Question 6: Which role in Scrum is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and managing the product backlog?
- Scrum Master
- Development Team
- Product Owner (Correct answer)
- Stakeholder
Correct answer: Product Owner
The Product Owner owns and manages the product backlog, prioritizing items to maximize value delivered to stakeholders.
Question 7: In a V-Model SDLC, which testing phase corresponds to the Requirements Analysis phase?
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- System Testing
- Acceptance Testing (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Acceptance Testing
In the V-Model, Acceptance Testing on the right side corresponds to and validates the Requirements Analysis phase on the left side.
CCP SDLC & Agile Development 2
Which Agile ceremony is specifically designed to inspect the increment and adapt the product backlog based on stakeholder feedback?