Increasing number of TCS customers are moving to the Agile way of working.

Why is this
a true statement?
-There is a double digit increment in number of Agile projects (per IPMS) year
on year for last few years.
-In 90% of executive conversations, customers bring in “Agile” as a topic of
conversation.

These are two Product Development Teams, Team ToyZon and Team Zon. Team ToyZon
follows traditional way and Team Zon follows Agile way of working. Which team has the
higher chance to provide benefits to the customer?
-Team ToyZon
-Team Zon

The Agile Manifesto has 4 Values and 12 Principles.

Why were the practiciones of “alternative software development methods” not satisfied
with the traditional waterfall method?
-Waterfall is not a lightweight process
-Waterfall model failed to meet the demand for speed and was not friendly
towards changing business needs and pritorities

Munnabhai knows the four values of Agile Manisfesto by heart. However, he was
confused when a customer spoke with him highlithgint agile characteristics of short
software development cycles or iterations.
He could not recollect anything about short iterations in Agile Manifesto. What did he
miss to learn about?
-Agile Principles

Match the framework to its authors in the order of listing. Scrum, Crystal, Extreme
programming
-Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland; Alistair cockburn; Kent Beck

The time box for a daily scrum is...

-15 Minutes

Scrum defines .... roles, .... events and .... artifacts

-3-5-3

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

-To inspect the working software with the key stakeholders and take the
insights from the feedback to the next sprint
The reason for holding regular Sprint Retrospective is:
-Provides an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan
for improvements to be enacted during the next sprint

On the last day of the Sprint, a scrum team name AlmostDone is ready to show their
work but requires just 2 more days to complete the testing. What should the Scrum
Master recommend?
-Close the sprint on time

A Scrum Tram works on a 4 weeks Sprint. After few Sprint, the team finds that they
spend more effort on unit testing, as the code base size has increased. What can be the
BEST recommended for this team?
-Adopt practices like test automation from another frameworks like XP

What is Kanban board?

-A visible chart depicting the work to be done, work in progress and work done

The Scrum team is using the Kanban board to make work visually available to all.
What CANNOT be inferred from the board?
-Percentage Completion

Which of the following statements about changing requirements in software

development, are correct?
-In a traditional way of software development, one the requirement is base
lined, further changes should undergo heavy change control process
-Changes are acceptable till design but once development starts, any further change
should be rejected.
-Organizations must adapt to rapidly changing market conditions to stay
relevant in business

Design thining is another name for Agile Manifesto

-False

Which of these are Agile estimation techniques?

-Planning Poker
-T Shirt sizing

Which framework prescribres User Story as the format for backlog items?
-SCRUM
Who owns the Product back log?
-Product owner

Product owner and Scrum Master can be the same person

-False

Which one of these is NOT an XP practice?

-Extreme Reviews

In Daily Scrum, team members share yesterday’s progress and the plan for next 24 hrs
with...
-Scrum Master

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
-The consistency reduces complexity and overhead

How many questions with multiple: 6

What do all Agile frameworks have in common? (Multiple)

-An iterative and incremental development

Which of the following BEST represent themselves Scrum approach to planning?

(Multiple)
-
-Planning should involve the whole team, not just the Project Manager

A good Agile team should exhibit the following qualities... (multiple)

-
The agile approach to documentation is:
A. User Story cards containing only enough detail for planning and
development, which will need to be supplemented by further face-to-face
conversations

What does NOT match with Agile Manifesto?

Ans: Processes and tools over individuals and interactions

The Agile approach to documentation is:

-Do the necessary documentation to support the development and use of the
product.
-If they use value

Daily Scrum is NOT recommended for collocated teams

-False

Which of the following statements BEST describe why Agile is winning?

-Agile increases the chances of delivering early busines

What BEST describes a Scrum Team?

-According to the Scrum Guide,Scrum is a framework within which people can
address complex problems, and productively and creatively develop products of
the highestpossible value. ... Within Scrumself-organizing, cross-functional, and
highly productive teams do the work: creating valuable releasable product
increments.

Which one is a popular tool used in Agile software development?

-Atlassian JIRA is one of the best project management tools used by Agile
teams.

Design thinking is another name for Agile

-False

Which one of these is NOT an XP practice?

-Pair programming is an XP Practice

Which of these is a benefit of agile?

-All of these
Agile principles can be only used for software development
-False (?)

Sprint itself is an event in Scrum

-True (?)

Only these people are alllowed to attend Sprint Retrospective

-Scrum Master and Product Owner

Which of the following BEST respresent the Scrum approach to planning?

-Planning should involve the whole team, not just the Project Manager (?)

What is the purpose of Sprint Review?

-During the sprint review, the project is assessed against the sprint goal
determined during the sprint planning meeting. Ideally, the team has completed
each product backlog item brought into the sprint, but it's more important that
they achieve the overall goal of the sprint.

Product Owner and Scrum Master can be the same person

-False (?)

____ improves the flow of business idea through its development and release to users.
-Beta Release (?)

Who manages the teams work during a Sprint?

-Scrum Master (?)

What is MOST likely to happen if the Product Owner is not available during a Sprint?
-

Which of the following BEST describes the approach for determinnig the sprint lenght in
Scrum?
-

Noors Scrum Team had a great Sprint Review of a new feature with their Product Owner.
Product Owwner was happy with new feature, and wanted to release the feature to user.
But, the Scrum Team cannot do it themselves because production
-
How is the Agile value “Responding to change over following a plan” addressed in Scrum?
-

Jerald is a leader of a TCS Customer Account. He learnt that the company's aspiration on
Agile is to become 100% by 2020. He gathered his agile experts within the account and
aske them for a plan to transition from current way of working to 100% Agile way of
working as defined in the text book. Jerald correctly understood TCS aspiration.
-True or False

Which of these are needed actions to realize TCS vision of “0-4-2”?

-

Charles is very knowledgeable on Scrum-

-

Agile teams need to comply by the Agile Values and Principles but have flexibility to
choose appropriate value-adding practices
-

Which of these is a benefit of Agile?

-

Which of these are Scrum anti patterns?

-

What do all Agile frameworks have in common?

-An iterative and incremental development

The Agile approach to documentation is:

-

____ improves the flow of business idea through its development and release to users
-Beta Release

What is the purpose of Sprint burndown chart?

-

Which framework prescribes user story as the format of backlog items?

-
How is the Agile value “Responding to change over following a plan” adressed in Scrum?
-

What BEST describes a SCRUM Team?

-

These rarely-used features are delivered just because of initial assumptions about the
user needs

What do all Agile frameworks have in common?

-Iterative and Incremental development
-Lightweight approach that allows the self-organized teams to better respond to
business requirements
-A prescribed format for backlog items