PM² Agile Exam Prep Quiz

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This Preparation Quiz will allow you to prepare for the PM² Agile Certification Exams.

Make sure that you carefully read the Certification preparation instructions, and study the resources provided by your instructor.

Keep in mind that a passing score on the prep quiz does not guarantee your success in the actual certification exams.

Note that this version of the preparation quiz only provides you with your final score (no feedback on your results).

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1. The duration of Agile iterations (sprints) are typically:

a. between 2-6 months.

b. exactly 4 weeks.

c. between 2-6 weeks.

d. between 1-3 weeks.

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2. Which of the statements below is not aligned with the agile principles?

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3. In PM²-Agile, who should be involved in planning?

a. Mainly the Team Coordinator(TeCo) and the Product Owner (PrOw).

b. The whole Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT).

c. The Team Coordinator(TeCo), the Product Owner (PrOw) and the Architecture Owner (ArOw).

d. Only the Team Coordinator(TeCo).

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4. What is the agenda of the Daily Stand-up Meetings?

a. Reporting on achievements, estimating remaining work, predicting the end date of the iteration.

b. Confirming or re-estimating the size of user stories.

c. Work done yesterday, work planned for today, any impediments.

d. Discussing the implementation of features.

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5. What is supposed to take place during a review of the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. Define how to review the iteration results (i.e. the deliverables acceptance).

b. Work Items revision, prioritisation and estimation.

c. Work Items formatting, rationalisation and evolution.

d. The updates of the Burndown Chart.

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6. Which PM² Artefact(s) should an Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT) consider for creating an initial Work Items List (WIL)?

a. The Risk & Issues Log.

b. The Project Stakeholder Matrix.

c. The Project Charter and the Project Work Plan.

d. The Project Initiation Request.

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7. In PM²-Agile, estimation of work items is based on:

a. applying a simplified version of the 3 point estimate technique.

b. estimation of points, value, team capacity.

c. the product backlog, end-value, and the desired quality.

d. points. These capture the relative size of work items, with size being a measure of complexity/difficulty/risk/effort.

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8. In PM² Agile, who is in charge of managing stakeholder requests related to the product?

a. The Project Manager (PM).

b. Any team member.

c. The Scrum Master.

d. The Product Owner (PrOw).

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9. Which of the PM²-Agile Roles is responsible for removing the obstacles preventing the team to achieve the iteration objectives.?

a. The Product Owner (PrOw).

b. The Team Coordinator (TeCo).

c. The Architecture Owner (ArOw).

d. The Product Manager (PdM).

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10. How often should backlog grooming sessions take place?

a. At least once per iteration.

b. Every 2 weeks during the executing phase.

c. Whenever a team member needs some information.

d. Every day, as part of the standup-meeting.

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11. In PM² Agile, who should be in charge of presenting the results of an iteration?

a. The Product Owner (PrOw).

b. The Project Manager (PM).

c. Any (or multiple) member(s) of the Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT).

d. The Team Coordinator (TeCo).

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12. Which of the following statements is NOT aligned with the Agile principles?

a. Trust and transparency are critical.

b. Requirements gathering is done in a just-in-time approach.

c. All decisions are taken collectively and democratically with majority vote (50%+1).

d. Changes are welcome!

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13. Agile planning:

a. is done in iteration planning meetings.

b. should be minimized to the lowest possible extent, while still remaining compliant with audit requirements.

c. is futile and should be avoided.

d. is done intensively in the first few iterations, but eventually reduced to zero.

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14. In PM² Agile, which Roles should be involved in the planning activites:

a. The whole team.

b. Only the Team Coordinator (TeCo).

c. the Team Coordinator (TeCo) and Product Owner (PrOw).

d. The Project Manager (PM), the Team Coordinator (TeCo) and Product Owner (PrOw).

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15. In PM²-Agile what do we refer to as velocity?

a. A measure of how quick the story points move from one iteration to another.

b. A measure how fast the team productivity reaches 100%.

c. It’s the sum of the story points assigned to work items that are 100% completed at the end of an iteration.

d. velocity is defined as the point where the burndown chart meets the burnup chart.

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16. When comparing the velocity of two teams working on different projects:

a. we should first ask for permission from the teams, because one of the teams wont be happy at the end..

b. we need to first multiply by the number of team members of each team and then divide the average team size.

c. …we are wasting out time.

d. use exactly the same numbers.

17 / 40

17. The most effective method of communication is:

a. in groups of (maximum) four.

b. face-to-face communication.

c. via VC that offers chat with emojis.

d. done within gender balanced groups.

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18. According to PM²-Agile, is it mandatory to produce the “Project End Report” artefact at the end of the project?

a. Yes, it is mandatory.

b. No, it is not needed as the Agile spirit calls for no documentation.

c. No, this document is only required in formal PM² projects.

d. Nothing is really mandatory, but as all PM²-Agile artefacts, they are highly recommended. You can also see the Project-End Report as the output of the final "project level retrospective".

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19. When using an Agile approach, the solution should be released …:

a. at the end of every phase, before the acceptance tests.

b. more than once, preferably at intervals of equal length.

c. at the end of the project, after the acceptance tests.

d. no less than5 times, but no more than 10 (to avoid the Pareto effect).

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20. In Agile, what do we refer to as velocity?

a. It’s the speed of the story points as they move from one iteration to another.

b. A measure how fast the velocity chart reaches 100%.

c. Velocity is defined as the point where the velocity chart meets the delay chart.

d. It’s the sum of the story points assigned to work items that are 100% completed at the end of an iteration.

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21. Which PM² Agile Artefact is affected by the results of the estimation of points of the work items in the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. The Development Plan.

b. The current Iteration Plan.

c. The Development Handbook.

d. The Test Plan.

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22. How often should a Release Plan be revised?

a. It should be updated as often as necessary to reflect any changes but also the performance of iterations.

b. Up to three times during the Planning Phase.

c. It should only be updated during the first few iterations of the project. After that, it should not be modified.

d. The Release Plan is one of the 3 baselined PM²-Agile Artefacts and should be updated only after following the project’s change management procedure.

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23. In PM²-Agile, continuous feedback, learning and improvement is facilitated through:

a. frequent one-on-one interviews and surveys.

b. weekly meetings and workshops.

c. reviews and retrospectives.

d. repeats and retrospectacles.

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24. In PM²-Agile, A-PCT stands for:

a. Agile Project Core Team.

b. Accepted, Pending, or Completed Tasks

c. Accelerated Productivity Complex Teams.

d. Agile Product Collocated Team.

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25. Who is the owner of the Product Backlog?

a. The Product Owner (PrOw).

b. The Business Manager (BM).

c. The Backlog Owner (BaOw).

d. The whole team.

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26. Which PM²-Agile Role is responsible for prioritising the Work Items (i.e. Product Backlog)?

a. The whole Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT) collectively.

b. Product Owner (PrOw).

c. Business Manager (BM).

d. The Project Owner (PO).

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27. Which of the following is NOT a valid factor in deciding on the length of iterations in a PM²-Agile project?

a. The urgency and easiness of obtaining feedback.

b. The overhead generated through the iterative approach.

c. The duration of the project.

d. The preference of the Project Manager (PM).

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28. Agile is focused on delivering value:

a. Just in time (JIT) at the end of the project.

b. First time at the middle and then at the end of project.

c. At the middle of the project.

d. Early and frequently.

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29. When should PM²-Agile retrospectives be held?

a. During the review meeting.

b. At the end of each stand-up meeting.

c. At the end of the project, as the retrospective meeting is essentially the same as the Project End-Review Meeting.

d. At least once per iteration after the iteration review meeting or at any moment the team feels the need to reflect on the way the team is behaving.

30 / 40

30. In true agile teams, everyone contributes:

a. in the leanest possible way possible (to avoid wasted efforts).

b. whenever they are asked by the Team Coordinator (TeCo).

c. everyway they can.

d. according to the Agile Principles for fair distribution of work.

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31. Which PM² Agile progress reporting technique is affected when a team member doesn’t record the remaining effort of Work Items during an iteration?

a. The Story Points Chart.

b. Earned Value Diagram.

c. The burnup chart of realised value.

d. The Burndown Chart

32 / 40

32. Part of which PM²-Agile Artefact is the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. Development Work Plan.

b. Development Handbook.

c. Release Schedule.

d. Deployment Plan.

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33. When using PM²-Agile, the product is released:

a. at the end of the project, after the acceptance testing has been completed.

b. at the end of the project, before the acceptance testing.

c. at least three releases should be done, and at strictly at predetermined dates (so that the client is prepared to complete acceptance testing).

d. more than once, preferably at intervals of equal length.

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34. In PM²-Agile, what is an iteration (chose the best answer)?

a. A period of time (no less than 1 week) intended to end only when complete deliverables produced.

b. A sprint of more than 2 weeks is called an iteration.

c. A period of time during which the A-PCT can focus on the completion of as many work items chosen for that iteration.

d. A concept borrowed from Lean Manufacturing.

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35. In PM² Agile, teams should regularly run a retrospective. In PM², which of the following activities is closest to a retrospective (in terms of its purpose)?

a. The Project-End Review Meeting.

b. The Executing Kick-off Meeting

c. The Lessons Log.

d. This activity isn’t considered in PM².

36 / 40

36. Projects with high uncertainty are best managed with:

a. withy a strong command and control approach.

b. risk management rather than project management.

c. short and frequent iterations.

d. long and infrequent iterations.

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37. The Phases of PM²-Agile are:

a. Inception, Elaboration, Construction and Transition.

b. None of the above is correct: there are no phases is PM²-Agile only iterations.

c. Coordination, Implementation, Review.

d. Initiating, Planning, Executing, Closing.

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38. Agile attempts to reduce the waste from waiting and frequent switching of tasks by:

a. Assigning new work to resources that are waiting for a task to complete

b. Having co-located teams.

c. Adding more resources at the bottle-necks.

d. Minimising the work-in-progress and delivering in short iterations.

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39. Project risks are recorded in the Risk Log. In which PM² Agile artefact should the actions related to the management of risks be recorded?

a. In the Agile Logs.

b. In the Project Handbook.

c. In the Work Items List.

d. In the Development Status Report.

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40. Which of the following statements is true about the “Definition of Done”?

a. It is always defined during the first retrospective.

b. It should be defined early in the project and communicated to the whole team.

c. Nothing should be done unless its first clearly defined.

d. It is during the product review that the client representative defines what is done and what is not done.

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PM² Agile Exam Preparation Quiz with answers

This Preparation Quiz will allow you to prepare for the PM² Agile Certification Exams.

Make sure that you carefully read the Certification preparation instructions, and study the resources provided by your instructor.

Keep in mind that a passing score on the prep quiz does not guarantee your success in the actual certification exams.

Note that this version of the preparation quiz also provides you with feedback on your results.

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1. PM²-Agile promotes adequate documentation, where adequate is defined by both the needs of the specific project, but also the organisational requirements for:

a. transparency, traceability and control.

b. monitoring, control, data protection and security.

c. holing people accountable when there are delays.

d. reducing printing on paper and the overall environmental footprint.

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2. Which of the following is NOT a valid factor in deciding on the length of iterations in a PM²-Agile project?

a. The duration of the project.

b. The preference of the Project Manager (PM).

c. The overhead generated through the iterative approach.

d. The urgency and easiness of obtaining feedback.

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3. Agile attempts to reduce the waste from waiting and frequent switching of tasks by:

a. Minimising the work-in-progress and delivering in short iterations.

b. Assigning new work to resources that are waiting for a task to complete

c. Having co-located teams.

d. Adding more resources at the bottle-necks.

4 / 40

4. Which PM²-Agile Role is responsible for prioritising the Work Items (i.e. Product Backlog)?

a. The Project Owner (PO).

b. The whole Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT) collectively.

c. Business Manager (BM).

d. Product Owner (PrOw).

5 / 40

5. In PM² Agile, who should be in charge of presenting the results of an iteration?

a. The Project Manager (PM).

b. Any (or multiple) member(s) of the Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT).

c. The Team Coordinator (TeCo).

d. The Product Owner (PrOw).

6 / 40

6. The Phases of PM²-Agile are:

a. Inception, Elaboration, Construction and Transition.

b. None of the above is correct: there are no phases is PM²-Agile only iterations.

c. Coordination, Implementation, Review.

d. Initiating, Planning, Executing, Closing.

7 / 40

7. In PM²-Agile, A-PCT stands for:

a. Accelerated Productivity Complex Teams.

b. Accepted, Pending, or Completed Tasks

c. Agile Product Collocated Team.

d. Agile Project Core Team.

8 / 40

8. Which of the PM²-Agile Roles is responsible for removing the obstacles preventing the team to achieve the iteration objectives.?

a. The Product Owner (PrOw).

b. The Team Coordinator (TeCo).

c. The Architecture Owner (ArOw).

d. The Product Manager (PdM).

9 / 40

9. In true agile teams, everyone contributes:

a. according to the Agile Principles for fair distribution of work.

b. everyway they can.

c. whenever they are asked by the Team Coordinator (TeCo).

d. in the leanest possible way possible (to avoid wasted efforts).

10 / 40

10. The most effective method of communication is:

a. in groups of (maximum) four.

b. face-to-face communication.

c. via VC that offers chat with emojis.

d. done within gender balanced groups.

11 / 40

11. Part of which PM²-Agile Artefact is the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. Release Schedule.

b. Deployment Plan.

c. Development Handbook.

d. Development Work Plan.

12 / 40

12. Which of the following statements is NOT aligned with the Agile principles?

a. All decisions are taken collectively and democratically with majority vote (50%+1).

b. Trust and transparency are critical.

c. Requirements gathering is done in a just-in-time approach.

d. Changes are welcome!

13 / 40

13. What is the agenda of the Daily Stand-up Meetings?

a. Reporting on achievements, estimating remaining work, predicting the end date of the iteration.

b. Confirming or re-estimating the size of user stories.

c. Work done yesterday, work planned for today, any impediments.

d. Discussing the implementation of features.

14 / 40

14. Which of the statements below is not aligned with the agile principles?

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15. Which PM² Agile progress reporting technique is affected when a team member doesn’t record the remaining effort of Work Items during an iteration?

a. Earned Value Diagram.

b. The burnup chart of realised value.

c. The Story Points Chart.

d. The Burndown Chart

16 / 40

16. When should PM²-Agile retrospectives be held?

a. During the review meeting.

b. At the end of each stand-up meeting.

c. At the end of the project, as the retrospective meeting is essentially the same as the Project End-Review Meeting.

d. At least once per iteration after the iteration review meeting or at any moment the team feels the need to reflect on the way the team is behaving.

17 / 40

17. In PM²-Agile, who should be involved in planning?

a. The Team Coordinator(TeCo), the Product Owner (PrOw) and the Architecture Owner (ArOw).

b. Mainly the Team Coordinator(TeCo) and the Product Owner (PrOw).

c. Only the Team Coordinator(TeCo).

d. The whole Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT).

18 / 40

18. In PM² Agile, who is in charge of managing stakeholder requests related to the product?

a. The Project Manager (PM).

b. The Product Owner (PrOw).

c. Any team member.

d. The Scrum Master.

19 / 40

19. In PM²-Agile what do we refer to as velocity?

a. velocity is defined as the point where the burndown chart meets the burnup chart.

b. It’s the sum of the story points assigned to work items that are 100% completed at the end of an iteration.

c. A measure how fast the team productivity reaches 100%.

d. A measure of how quick the story points move from one iteration to another.

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20. Which PM² Artefact(s) should an Agile Project Core Team (A-PCT) consider for creating an initial Work Items List (WIL)?

a. The Project Charter and the Project Work Plan.

b. The Project Initiation Request.

c. The Project Stakeholder Matrix.

d. The Risk & Issues Log.

21 / 40

21. In Agile, what do we refer to as velocity?

a. It’s the speed of the story points as they move from one iteration to another.

b. It’s the sum of the story points assigned to work items that are 100% completed at the end of an iteration.

c. A measure how fast the velocity chart reaches 100%.

d. Velocity is defined as the point where the velocity chart meets the delay chart.

22 / 40

22. Agile planning:

a. is futile and should be avoided.

b. is done in iteration planning meetings.

c. should be minimized to the lowest possible extent, while still remaining compliant with audit requirements.

d. is done intensively in the first few iterations, but eventually reduced to zero.

23 / 40

23. When using an Agile approach, the solution should be released …:

a. at the end of the project, after the acceptance tests.

b. no less than5 times, but no more than 10 (to avoid the Pareto effect).

c. at the end of every phase, before the acceptance tests.

d. more than once, preferably at intervals of equal length.

24 / 40

24. Project risks are recorded in the Risk Log. In which PM² Agile artefact should the actions related to the management of risks be recorded?

a. In the Work Items List.

b. In the Agile Logs.

c. In the Project Handbook.

d. In the Development Status Report.

25 / 40

25. Which of the following statements is true about the “Definition of Done”?

a. It is always defined during the first retrospective.

b. It should be defined early in the project and communicated to the whole team.

c. Nothing should be done unless its first clearly defined.

d. It is during the product review that the client representative defines what is done and what is not done.

26 / 40

26. Which PM² Agile Artefact is affected by the results of the estimation of points of the work items in the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. The Development Plan.

b. The Development Handbook.

c. The current Iteration Plan.

d. The Test Plan.

27 / 40

27. The purpose of Agile Retrospectives is:

a. to capture lessons learned from all passed iterations or projects.

b. to capture lessons learned from the passed iteration and plan improvements for the next one.

c. to review what was developed during the iteration.

d. to plan what should be done in the next iteration.

28 / 40

28. When comparing the velocity of two teams working on different projects:

a. we need to first multiply by the number of team members of each team and then divide the average team size.

b. we should first ask for permission from the teams, because one of the teams wont be happy at the end..

c. use exactly the same numbers.

d. …we are wasting out time.

29 / 40

29. How often should backlog grooming sessions take place?

a. Whenever a team member needs some information.

b. Every 2 weeks during the executing phase.

c. Every day, as part of the standup-meeting.

d. At least once per iteration.

30 / 40

30. Projects with high uncertainty are best managed with:

a. risk management rather than project management.

b. withy a strong command and control approach.

c. long and infrequent iterations.

d. short and frequent iterations.

31 / 40

31. In PM² Agile, teams should regularly run a retrospective. In PM², which of the following activities is closest to a retrospective (in terms of its purpose)?

a. The Lessons Log.

b. This activity isn’t considered in PM².

c. The Project-End Review Meeting.

d. The Executing Kick-off Meeting

32 / 40

32. What is supposed to take place during a review of the Work Items List (WIL)?

a. The updates of the Burndown Chart.

b. Work Items formatting, rationalisation and evolution.

c. Work Items revision, prioritisation and estimation.

d. Define how to review the iteration results (i.e. the deliverables acceptance).

33 / 40

33. According to PM²-Agile, is it mandatory to produce the “Project End Report” artefact at the end of the project?

a. No, this document is only required in formal PM² projects.

b. Nothing is really mandatory, but as all PM²-Agile artefacts, they are highly recommended. You can also see the Project-End Report as the output of the final "project level retrospective".

c. No, it is not needed as the Agile spirit calls for no documentation.

d. Yes, it is mandatory.

34 / 40

34. In PM² Agile, which Roles should be involved in the planning activites:

a. Only the Team Coordinator (TeCo).

b. The Project Manager (PM), the Team Coordinator (TeCo) and Product Owner (PrOw).

c. The whole team.

d. the Team Coordinator (TeCo) and Product Owner (PrOw).

35 / 40

35. In PM²-Agile, continuous feedback, learning and improvement is facilitated through:

a. repeats and retrospectacles.

b. frequent one-on-one interviews and surveys.

c. weekly meetings and workshops.

d. reviews and retrospectives.

36 / 40

36. In PM²-Agile, estimation of work items is based on:

a. points. These capture the relative size of work items, with size being a measure of complexity/difficulty/risk/effort.

b. estimation of points, value, team capacity.

c. the product backlog, end-value, and the desired quality.

d. applying a simplified version of the 3 point estimate technique.

37 / 40

37. The duration of Agile iterations (sprints) are typically:

a. exactly 4 weeks.

b. between 2-6 months.

c. between 2-6 weeks.

d. between 1-3 weeks.

38 / 40

38. When using PM²-Agile, the product is released:

a. at least three releases should be done, and at strictly at predetermined dates (so that the client is prepared to complete acceptance testing).

b. more than once, preferably at intervals of equal length.

c. at the end of the project, after the acceptance testing has been completed.

d. at the end of the project, before the acceptance testing.

39 / 40

39. Who is the owner of the Product Backlog?

a. The Business Manager (BM).

b. The whole team.

c. The Backlog Owner (BaOw).

d. The Product Owner (PrOw).

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40. What is the ideal composition of an Agile team?

a. A team comprised of former project managers, business analysts and programmers that believe in the Agile Manifesto.

b. A fresh group of young and talented professionals that has not been contaminated by traditional project management.

c. A group of individuals with an appropriate mix of skills (e.g. analysis, design, development, testing) and willing to work with and learn from each other.*

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