Start PAL Simulation Exam

Which of the following activities will help a team improve its
delivery frequency?
(select all that apply)

You manage the product development department in your
organization. Some of your teams will require a new testing
environment that replicates production in order to perform User
Acceptance Testing (UAT) during development. Current policies
stipulate that UAT environments are only available when all
other stages of development activities has been completed. UAT
is the last stage before before making the done work shippable.
Which would be the best two strategies?
(choose the two best answers)

Which of the following are benefits of cross-functional teams?
(choose the four best answers)

Who manages the progress of work being done during a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Scrum Teams are structured and empowered by the organization to organize and manage
their own work. The Developers track the total work remaining at least for every Daily Scrum
to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal. By tracking the remaining work
throughout the Sprint, the Developers can manage their progress.

Which of the following is the primary focus of teams using an
agile approach?
(choose the best answer)

The person who performs the role of a Product Owner…
(choose the best answer)

Which of the following would help a Scrum Team increase its
effectiveness?
(chose the best answer)

What is the primary advantage of Agile product development?
(choose the best answer)

What benefits are we trying to achieve by becoming agile?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. The Scrum Master and the
Developers have come to you asking for advice concerning the
lack of availability of their team’s Product Owner. Due to
organizational limitations, the Product Owner has other
responsibilities outside of the Scrum Team and cannot dedicate
all of his time to the team. The Product Owner is the subject
matter expert of the product that the Scrum Team is building and
replacing or duplicating his knowledge is very difficult. The
Scrum Master has discussed this issue with the Product Owner
but the team is still struggling to meet their goals without more
guidance from the Product Owner.
As a manager, what is the best way for you to help the Scrum
Master?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. Your organization has 4
Scrum Teams. Over the past several Sprints it has come to your
observation that one of the teams is only averaging 10-15 story
points per Sprint whereas the other teams are averaging 25-30
story points. Is this something to be worried about?
(choose the best answer)

Which of the following can be used as a measurement of
business agility?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager in charge of business transformation for a
new agile initiative in your organization. One of your
responsibilities is to create the agile teams that will be working
on various products.
As a manager, how do you decide which member will belong to
which team?
(choose the best answer)

As a manager of the product development department, what
would be the best approach for understanding the status of
different teams working on different products?
(choose the best answer)

The transition from a traditional process focused environment to
an agile culture can be filled with challenges. Which traditional
practices can make it challenging for an organization to adopt an
agile culture?
(choose the best answer)

The Developers are requesting to extend the Sprint an extra 2
days in order to complete the items in the Sprint Backlog. They
are worried that management will be upset if they are not able to
finish all of the items before the end of the Sprint.
As a Product Owner, what should you do?
(choose the best answer)

Which is NOT a measurement of a team’s level of effectiveness
in delivering value to the customer?
(choose the best answer)

A Product Owner’s responsibilities is best described by which of
the following statements?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. You’ve observed that the
motivation level of a typically proactive developer decreasing. In
a 1:1 meeting, he expresses his frustration that the other team
members are not consulting with him on technical decisions in
his area of expertise and feels his opinions are being ignored and
not respected. After gathering enough information, you feel that
his opinion may be well-founded.
To respond, you decide to:
(choose the best answer)

The primary objective of a product is to provide value for its
users/customers. Who is accountable for the value provided by
the product?
(choose the best answer)

The Developers on a Scrum Team are having a deep debate
about which technical approach to apply for to a particular
problem they are trying to solve. The team members are not able
to come to an agreement nor compromise.
As the manager of the members, how would you recommend the
team to proceed?
(choose the best answer)

Which of the following statements supports an agile way of
thinking?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. The head of product
development initiatives has asked you to provide a plan and
schedule for what will be delivered for the upcoming year.
As a manager, what is the best way to proceed?
(choose the best answer)

You are the Director of Customer Service in your organization.
Several customers have been complaining about a missing
feature in the product. When meeting with the Product Owner,
you ask if he can include this feature in the next release. He
responds that he feels the currently planned features are more
important for the business at the moment. You believe that he
may not have enough information to make this decision.
As the Director of Customer Service, what should you do?
(choose the best answer)

Your organization is selling a digital product for customers. You
manage the department that is responsible for developing and
maintaining the product. A sales executive comes to the Product
Owner requesting for a specific feature to be added to the
product in order to sign a deal with one of her customers. The
Product Owner understands the need but believes that there are
more valuable items on the Product Backlog that will lead to
more long-term value to the business. Disappointed, the sales
executive comes to you asking you to intervene.
As the manager of the development department, how do you
respond?
(choose the best answer)

Which of the following activities is most effective for a Scrum
Master to help the Scrum Team work at its highest productivity
level possible?
(choose the best answer)

You are the manager in charge of the product development
department in your organization. During one of the Sprint
Reviews, the Product Owner communicates with you that the
Scrum Team was not able to complete all of the items in the
Sprint Backlog and that he will ensure that the Developers will
commit to completing all Sprint Backlog items in the next Sprint.
As the product development manager, what is the most
appropriate response?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. The Scrum Master, for one
of the teams, has asked you to reduce communicating directly
with the Scrum Team members and to go through him instead.
What is the most appropriate response?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager at an organization that develops and provides
products and services for customers. A Scrum Master has
approached you asking for your help. Over the course of several
Sprints, his Scrum Team is been distracted by unplanned support
requests from other teams causing the team to regularly fail in
meeting their Sprint Goals and not delivering Increments. As a
manager, you decide to:
(choose the best answer)

Who is responsible for resolving issues if a Scrum Team is
continuously failing to deliver shippable increments by the end
of the Sprints?
(choose the best answer)

You are the manager in charge of the product development
department in your organization. Part of your responsibilities
include your department’s budget and headcount. One of the
teams has requested hiring additional team members in order to
improve their ability to deliver. The request is well-founded and
the team is known for making good decisions. As the
department’s manager, what is the best response?
(choose the best answer)

You’re a Product Owner of a new product initiative to be
developed by the organization. The product has multiple
internal stakeholders. During a meeting to gather expectations,
you observe that the stakeholders are unable to come to an
agreement on the target users and the primary objective of the
product. As a Product Owner, which is the best way to help the
stakeholders with alignment?
(choose the best answer)

You are a manager in an Agile organization. You need a way to
mesure how much business value each Scrum Team is
producing in order to manage stakeholder expectations. How do
you go about measuring the value produced by each team?
(choose the best answer)

You are a Scrum Master for a Scrum Team. The Developers are
having a disagreement on an objective of a particular
requirement for an item they are currently working on. They are
unable to come to an agreement on the purpose of the
requirement and whether it is necessary or not. You observe that
the conversation is starting to get heated and an argument will
soon occur. As a Scrum Master, which would be the best
approach?
(choose the best answer)

Your organization is looking to hire a new Product Owner for a
Scrum Team. You are the agile leader and the recruitment
department has asked you for feedback on the following job
description before publishing it to their job board.
What would be your feedback on the following Product Owner
job description?
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Product Owner is responsible for the platforms developed
for his/her client. The Product Owner will plan the future
features, analyze the platform usage, suggest improvements,
and manage the Scrum Team. The platforms mentioned are a
mobile application and a website for a supermarket chain.
The Product Owner is expected to:
• Liaise with the Account Manager and other stakeholders to
understand the ongoing strategy of the client.
Audit the existing platform and understand user’s behavior
to suggest improvements in terms of features, content, and
user experience.

Clearly expressing Product Backlog Items.
• Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve
goals and missions.
• Creating status reports for the management team.
Work with internal social and content teams to develop the
on-platform and external communication plan to give more
visibility and develop platform retention.
• Keeping stakeholders informed of the progress toward
business goals.