TCS Aspire Agile Methodology Questions & Answers
TCS Aspire Agile Methodology Questions & Answers
4. A team is embarking on a release planning exercise. Which of the following is a required output of a release planning exercise?
Ans: All of the above (A release backlog with estimates, Stories tentatively allocated to iterations, An initial list of risks and open issues)
6. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each sprint
Ans: False
10. A good scrum team should exhibit the following desirable qualities?
Ans: The team is self-organizing
12. What would you expect to see on the back of a story card?
Ans: Acceptance criteria
13. Which of the following statements is correct regarding deliverables from an Agile project?
Ans: The products are of good quality, have a faster time to market and meet customer's exact needs
14. Which of the following options is correct about the changing requirements in software development?
Ans: Inevitable
19. What are the three levels of planning that MOST agile teams are concerned with?
Ans: Release, Iteration, Day
20. As product owner, which of the listed guidelines should you follow while creating the Product Backlog?
Ans:
(a) Split high priority customer requirements that are too big into multiple smaller stories
(b) Update the Product Backlog whenever the customer or development team comes up with new requirements
(c) Prioritize the requirements based on business value and risk
22. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length?
Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the project into consideration
23. The team is having the first Sprint Planning meeting. What are the activities that the team must perform during the meeting?
Ans:
(b) Team members should decide upon the work they can commit to in the sprint
(d) The team should split the selected stories into sprint backlog tasks
24. Your team is working on a Backlog. Assume that the developers have already estimated the stories in the Backlog and have come up with 150 story points. The team's historical velocity is at 20 story points per 2 weeks iteration. How many iterations will be
needed to finish a theme?
Ans: 8 iterations
26. Product owner and Scrum master can be the same person
Ans: False
29. You are hired to paint an unfamiliar house. Let's suppose you estimate the effort on painting each of the smaller bedrooms to be worth 5 points. What would be your estimate for the master bedroom if it is about twice the size of the smaller bedrooms?
Ans: 10 points
30. If there is a significant defect open on last day of sprint, from definition of Done Perspective, is the sprint end increment DONE?
Ans: No its not DONE
31. Your project has a very aggressive timeline and has adopted the Agile(SCRUM) way of working. What techniques can help in better learning and sharing?
Ans: All of these (Organize frequent knowledge sharing sessions, Paired responsibilities, Conduct retrospectives at the end of each sprint)
33. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length?
Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the project into consideration
41. In the popularization technique called "MoSCoW", the "M" stands for?
Ans: Must Have
43. A development team determines that it has over-committed itself for a sprint. In such a situation, who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the work selected?
Ans: The Product Owner and the Development team
44. What do all Agile approaches have in common?
Ans: Iterative and incremental development
45. During an estimation meeting 3 team members are making an estimation for a story. Individually they estimate the story at 1, 3 and 8 story points. Which estimate should they use?
Ans: They should continue discussing the story until their estimates gets closer
47. Team A finished 43 story points in its last two-week iteration. Team B is working on a separate project and has twice as many developers. It also completed 43 story points in its last two-week iteration. What does it imply?
Ans: You cannot say anything for sure
49. Scrum master is introducing scrum to new development team. The development team feels a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the scrum master take?
Ans: Begin facilitating productive, useful retrospectives
51. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
Ans: The consistency reduces complexity and overhead
53. Daily standup meetings are not recommended for small items
Ans: False
55. The person who addressed ill defined or tricky problems as wicked problems?
Ans: Horst Rittel