PMI Agile, Scrum & Kanban Methods 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Scrum, who is responsible for managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog?
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner (Correct answer)
- Development Team
- Stakeholders
Correct answer: Product Owner
The Product Owner owns the Product Backlog and is solely responsible for prioritizing its items to maximize product value.
Question 2: Which Kanban principle focuses on limiting the amount of work in progress?
- Pull system
- WIP limits (Correct answer)
- Kaizen
- Value stream mapping
Correct answer: WIP limits
WIP (Work In Progress) limits are a core Kanban practice that prevent overloading team capacity and expose bottlenecks in the workflow.
Question 3: A team's Sprint Velocity is best described as:
- The speed at which sprint ceremonies are completed
- The average story points completed per sprint over time (Correct answer)
- The number of sprints completed per quarter
- The ratio of bugs fixed to features delivered
Correct answer: The average story points completed per sprint over time
Sprint Velocity is the average number of story points a team completes per sprint and is used for release planning and forecasting.
Question 4: In the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), what is a Program Increment (PI)?
- A single sprint for multiple teams
- A time-boxed planning event lasting one day
- A fixed schedule of iterations where multiple Agile teams align and deliver value (Correct answer)
- A release milestone for individual team deliverables
Correct answer: A fixed schedule of iterations where multiple Agile teams align and deliver value
A Program Increment in SAFe is typically 8–12 weeks containing multiple sprints, used to align multiple Agile teams around shared objectives.
Question 5: What does the 'inspect and adapt' principle in Agile primarily support?
- Formal change request procedures
- Continuous improvement through regular reflection (Correct answer)
- Strict adherence to the original project plan
- Audit trails for compliance purposes
Correct answer: Continuous improvement through regular reflection
Inspect and adapt drives continuous improvement by encouraging teams to regularly examine their process and make adjustments, embodied in retrospectives.
Question 6: Which artifact in Scrum provides a forecast of work needed to complete the Sprint Goal?
- Product Backlog
- Definition of Done
- Sprint Backlog (Correct answer)
- Increment
Correct answer: Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the sprint plus a plan for delivering the Increment and achieving the Sprint Goal.
Question 7: In Kanban, 'cycle time' is defined as:
- The total time from project start to product launch
- The time a work item spends actively being worked on
- The time from when work begins to when it is delivered (Correct answer)
- The number of days in a sprint cycle
Correct answer: The time from when work begins to when it is delivered
Cycle time measures the elapsed time from when a work item enters the 'in progress' state until it is delivered to the customer.
PMI Agile, Scrum & Kanban Methods 2
In Scrum, who is responsible for managing and prioritizing the Product Backlog?