Product Management Certification Assessment Flashcards
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Which retention metric best captures whether users are consistently returning to find value over time?
Answer: Retention curves showing D1, D7, and D30 retention rates
Retention curves at D1, D7, and D30 show how cohorts of users return over time, revealing whether a product creates lasting habit or loses users quickly.
A PM is structuring the go-to-market (GTM) plan for a new feature. Which element is MOST critical to include?
Answer: Target customer segment, messaging, and launch channel strategy
A GTM plan must identify who the feature is for, what message resonates with them, and which channels will reach them to drive adoption.
During sprint planning, a PM should primarily focus on which responsibility?
Answer: Clarifying the 'why' behind stories and ensuring acceptance criteria are understood
The PM's sprint planning role is to ensure the team understands the purpose and success criteria of selected stories, not to manage execution details.
A product team is experiencing scope creep mid-sprint. What is the BEST PM response?
Answer: Log new requests in the backlog and protect the current sprint commitment
Protecting the sprint commitment while capturing new requests in the backlog preserves team focus and allows proper prioritization in the next planning cycle.
What is 'opportunity scoring' in the context of the Opportunity Solution Tree?
Answer: Rating opportunities by their importance to users and current satisfaction levels to find gaps
Opportunity scoring rates user needs by how important they are and how satisfied users currently are, revealing underserved needs with high improvement potential.
A PM at a marketplace company sees that supply-side growth is outpacing demand-side growth. What is the primary risk?
Answer: Excess supply creates marketplace liquidity issues and reduces earnings for suppliers, increasing churn
When supply exceeds demand in a marketplace, individual suppliers earn less, which raises their churn risk and can destabilize the supply side of the network.
Which approach BEST describes continuous discovery as practiced by Teresa Torres?
Answer: Conducting weekly touchpoints with customers to continuously surface opportunities and test assumptions
Continuous discovery involves frequent, lightweight customer touchpoints embedded in the team's weekly rhythm to constantly learn and adapt product direction.