Free PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Examination Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

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1. 1A team can implement a proposed service, but does not know whether customers need it. What should its first product experiment primarily validate?

   1. A. Whether the team can complete all planned features
   2. B. Whether an increment addresses a real market need
   3. C. Whether development costs match the annual forecast
   4. D. Whether every department approves the final design

   Answer: B

   Explanation: "Build an increment of the product to validate solution and/or market need" Technical feasibility alone does not establish customer need. Test the increment against the market assumption; completion, budget accuracy and internal approval do not validate it.

   Reference: PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline — p. 7, Mindset, Task 1 Experiment Early

2. 2In a self-managing Scrum Team, who decides who does what, when and how?

   1. A. The team internally
   2. B. The Scrum Master individually
   3. C. The Product Owner for every task
   4. D. The department's allocation committee

   Answer: A

   Explanation: "they internally decide who does what, when, and how." Self-management places these work decisions within the team, rather than assigning them to a task allocator.

   Reference: The Scrum Guide — p. 5, Scrum Team

3. 3What does Product Backlog refinement do in Scrum?

   1. A. Select the Sprint's work and create its delivery plan.
   2. B. Produce a fixed implementation plan for the entire backlog.
   3. C. Clarify and split backlog items into smaller, more precise items.
   4. D. Freeze the item's scope before further customer discussion.

   Answer: C

   Explanation: "breaking down and further defining Product Backlog items into smaller more precise items." Refinement improves item precision. Sprint work selection is planning; an entire fixed implementation plan or frozen scope conflicts with ongoing emergence.

   Reference: The Scrum Guide — p. 10, Product Backlog

4. 4How should stakeholder feedback be handled during agile delivery?

   1. A. Collect it only after the entire product is finished
   2. B. Use it only when a formal complaint is made
   3. C. Collect and incorporate it regularly
   4. D. Record it without allowing it to influence delivery

   Answer: C

   Explanation: "Collect and incorporate stakeholders’ feedback on a regular basis" Regular incorporation makes feedback useful during delivery. End-only, complaint-only or recording without action does not follow the task.

   Reference: PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline — p. 11, Delivery, Task 1

5. 5A leader wants early product experimentation to become a continuing team capability. Which environment supports that objective?

   1. A. Experiments are reserved for a separate approval phase
   2. B. Exploration stops when the first plan is approved
   3. C. Learning and innovation are part of everyday work
   4. D. Experiment results are evaluated only at release

   Answer: C

   Explanation: "Create an environment to innovate, learn, and grow" Making exploration and learning normal work enables continuing experimentation. A separate gate, a frozen plan or release-only evaluation delays or restricts that capability.

   Reference: PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline — p. 7, Mindset, Task 1 Experiment Early

6. 6Which practice supports collective ownership of an agile team's goals?

   1. A. Treating each goal as the responsibility of one specialist
   2. B. Using competing personal objectives to replace team objectives
   3. C. Having the team share responsibility for achieving its goals
   4. D. Assigning goal ownership solely to the facilitator

   Answer: C

   Explanation: "Promote collective ownership of goals" Shared responsibility implements collective ownership. Isolated, competing or facilitator-only ownership does not.

   Reference: PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline — p. 9, Leadership, Task 1

7. 7When is a Product Backlog item deemed ready for selection in Sprint Planning?

   1. A. When the team can complete it to Done within one Sprint
   2. B. When the sponsor assigns it the highest urgency
   3. C. When its specification is complete and cannot be changed
   4. D. When the full release backlog has been estimated in detail

   Answer: A

   Explanation: "can be Done by the Scrum Team within one Sprint" Readiness for selection concerns completing the item within a Sprint. Urgency, frozen specifications and full-release estimation do not establish this condition.

   Reference: The Scrum Guide — p. 10, Product Backlog

8. 8What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

   1. A. Inspect the Sprint outcome and determine future adaptations
   2. B. Plan ways to increase the team's quality and effectiveness
   3. C. Inspect Sprint Goal progress and adapt the upcoming planned work
   4. D. Lay out the work to be performed during the new Sprint

   Answer: A

   Explanation: "inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations." This is the Sprint Review purpose. The other descriptions correspond to the Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum and Sprint Planning, respectively.

   Reference: The Scrum Guide — p. 9, Sprint Review

9. 9An early product experiment increases completed features but produces no evidence about customer demand. Which measure of progress is missing in Lean Startup?

   1. A. Validated learning
   2. B. Resource utilization
   3. C. Schedule conformance
   4. D. Feature throughput

   Answer: A

   Explanation: "The unit of progress for Lean Startups is validated learning" Validated learning is evidence that tests business assumptions. More output or tighter execution does not establish that customers want the product.

   Reference: The Lean Startup | Methodology — Validated Learning

10. 10According to the Agile Manifesto principles, how should leaders support motivated individuals?

    1. A. Direct each task through a formal approval chain
    2. B. Provide the needed environment and support, and trust them
    3. C. Substitute detailed instructions for individual initiative
    4. D. Withhold support until independent success is demonstrated

    Answer: B

    Explanation: "Give them the environment and support they need," The following lines also require trust. Support and trust enable motivated people; detailed control or withholding support does not enact the principle.

    Reference: Principles behind the Agile Manifesto — Fifth principle