DAC Coaching & Facilitation Skills 3

Question 1

A DA coach is working with a leadership team that wants to impose a single agile framework on all teams. What is the most DA-aligned response?

Accepted Answer

Help leadership understand that teams should choose their way of working based on context

Answer

DA's 'Choice is Good' principle advocates for context-sensitive ways of working rather than one-size-fits-all frameworks, and a DAC should help leadership understand this.

Question 2

Which listening level is a DA coach MOST focused on during a coaching conversation?

Accepted Answer

Level 3 — Global listening (aware of energy, tone, and environment)

Answer

Level 3 global listening, as described in co-active coaching, involves awareness of the coachee's energy, emotions, and what is unsaid — essential for deep coaching.

Question 3

A team's retrospective keeps producing the same action items with no follow-through. As a DAC, what would you do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Facilitate a meta-retrospective about the retrospective process itself

Answer

A meta-retrospective examines why the improvement process is broken and helps the team diagnose the root cause of recurring inaction.

Question 4

In a facilitated workshop, a participant makes a statement that contains an incorrect assumption. What should a skilled facilitator do?

Accepted Answer

Ask an open question that invites the group to examine the assumption

Answer

Asking the group an open question that surfaces the assumption lets participants collectively examine and correct it without singling out or embarrassing anyone.

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of a 'working agreement' that a DA coach helps a team create?

Accepted Answer

To document the team's commitments to how they will collaborate and interact

Answer

Working agreements are team-generated commitments about collaboration norms, communication standards, and expected behaviors that improve team effectiveness.

(DAC) Certified Disciplined Agile Coach Practice Test

(DAC) Certified Disciplined Agile Coach Practice Test

DAC Coaching & Facilitation Skills 3