EMT Practice Test

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Question1: The Head Landscape Gardener liaised with several key stakeholders before changing the direction of the pathway around the grounds to ensure all of the new features in the gardens could be enjoyed.
Which Agile principle MOST influences this course of action?

Question2: Which 2 statements explain why the Timber Tigers' Site Manager would be an appropriate Solution Developer?

Question3: The Marketing Director has insisted that detailed requirements for the new coffee bar insurance web pages should be clearly defined in the early phases of the project.
What action should the Project Manager take?

Question4: The Timebox to deliver the online reservation system through the Hoy Hall website has experienced a major issue. During Timebox C a test was completed to simulate an attack on the financial element of the online reservation system, with the intention of finding security weaknesses. It was found that it was potentially possible to gain access to the system, its functionality and data. Further work is therefore needed to meet the information security elements of a customer financial transaction.
Answer the following question about the actions to be taken by each role.
Column 1 describes a list of actions related to dealing with the security issue with the hotel reservation system.
Column 2 lists the key roles. For each action in Column 1,
select from Column 2 the role that should carry out the action.
Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Column 1
* Advise how the legislation on the transfer of data will affect the requirements and the system.
* Agree the changes needed to the corporate technical architecture with the Architecture Angels IT support team.
* Ensure the information security vulnerability is communicated to the AA Head Office IT Director.
* Evaluate the impact of proposed security controls on the business and decide on the most suitable solution.
* Reprioritise the requirements on the Prioritised Requirements List associated with the security issue.
Column 2
* Project Manager
* Business Sponsor
* Business Visionary
* Technical Coordinator
* Business Analyst
* Team Leader
* Business Ambassador
* Solution Developer

Question5: The Business Ambassador assigned to the project is only available 2 days a week. The Project Manager has stated that the Investigation stage for each Timebox should, where possible, be planned around the availability of the Business Ambassador.
Is this an appropriate application of the DSDM lifecycle?

Question6: An external web developer is to be contracted to create the new coffee bar insurance area on the existing web site. The chosen web developer will only agree to work on a 'fixed price for a fixed specification' contract.
What action should the Project Manager take?

Question7: The Solution Development Team are progressing through the first Structured Timebox.
What should the Project Manager do to lead the team at this time?

Question8: If the team cannot agree the system content, which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take?

Question9: During Refinement in Timebox B, a Review Session was scheduled for the Business Visionary to review the products completed during this Timebox, and to agree what needed to be done before these would be acceptable.
Is this an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project?

Question10: Which 2 actions should the Workshop Facilitator take to implement the new Must Have requirement?

Question11: Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project Management when developing the Prioritised Requirements List during Feasibility?

Question12: Column 1 is a list of actions taken within the project. For each action in Column 1, select from Column 2 the iterative development activity that the action represents. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Column 1:
1.The Solution Development Team cleared and prepared the area, ready for the bar infrastructure to be installed.
2.The Gardener decided the order in which the flowers would be planted in the borders and jotted it down in a notebook.
3.Before the Solution Development Team built the infrastructure for the bar area, the Architect pointed out what was required.
4.The Architect checked with the decorators that tasks had been completed to a satisfactory standard, and agreed a list of items that needed further coats of paint or cleaning up.
5.The Gardener began planting the borders and has placed an order for further bulbs to complete this task.
Column 2:
A) Thought
B) Action
C) Conversation

Question13: Which 2 statements explain why the Architecture Angels' Operations Director would be an appropriate Business Advisor?

Question14: Which 2 actions should the Project Manager take to implement the new Must Have requirement?

Question15: Answer the following questions about the use of the Agile principles.
Final checks carried out on the rooms delivered in Timebox A show that two of the items do NOT meet the required Must Have standards related to the use of traditional wall coverings and paints. These items have therefore been recognised as NOT delivered and will have to be re-planned.
Which Agile principle MOST influences this course of action?

Question16: Which 2 individuals would be suitable for the role of Workshop Facilitator?

Question17: The Business Sponsor threatened to stop funding if there was no evidence of tangible progress. To reduce this risk, the Business Sponsor was invited to several walk- rounds of the new bedroom and en-suite bathroom facilities throughout the project.
Is this an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project?

Question18: Several of the web developers working on the project have no Agile
experience. When answering the questions in the Project Approach
Questionnaire (PAQ), the Project Manager could not agree with the statement
'all members of the project understand and accept the DSDM approach'.
What action should the Project Manager take?

Question19: When preparing for the workshop, which 2 items should the Workshop Facilitator be provided with?

Question20: Answer the following questions about the acceptance criteria within the project.
Decide whether the approach to setting and using acceptance criteria has been applied appropriately and select the response that supports your decision.
At the beginning of Solution Development Timebox A, the Timebox is being planned in detail. Although Foundations was conducted at a high level, the Prioritised Requirements List was baselined. Now the Solution Development Team is setting detailed acceptance criteria against each requirement.
Is this an appropriate approach to setting detailed acceptance criteria?

Question21: Answer the following questions about the DSDM Lifecycle.
Decide if each observation is an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project and select the option that supports your decision.
When the project was in the Feasibility phase it was initially proposed by the Finance Manager that it was a fixed price for a fixed specification' project. The Project Manager has decided that the best way to tackle it would be to leave the development of the least valuable features of the product until last.
Is this an appropriate application of the DSDM lifecycle?

Question22: Who is responsible for approving that the change in priority of the requirement for a secondary exit from the upstairs of the building accurately reflects the scope of the project in the Prioritised Requirements List?

Question23: Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for
this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions
about Feasibility.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each question.
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project Management when producing an Outline Business Case to support the Feasibility Assessment?

Question24: The Solution Development Team are progressing through the first Structured Timebox.
What should the Project Manager do to lead the team at this time?

Question25: Which 2 actions should the Technical Coordinator take to implement the new Must Have requirement?

Question26: Answer the following questions about the acceptance criteria within the project.
Decide whether the approach to setting and using acceptance criteria has been applied appropriately and select the response that supports your decision.
The objective of Solution Development Timebox B is to ensure that the front and east wings are finished and approved. The Project Manager has pointed out that acceptance criteria for this part of the solution need to be agreed.
Is this an appropriate action related to acceptance criteria?

Question27: Time is running short and the Must Have requirements for the data entry screen of the web page, as recorded in the Prioritised Requirements List, are not going to be completed on time.
What action should the Project Manager take?

Question28: During Timebox B, the 'Hoy for Hoy Hall'Action Group disagreed about the planned outcome of the Timebox.
The Project Manager organised a Facilitated Workshop to re-
engage this group and explore discrepancies in understanding.
Is this an appropriate application of Agile Project Management for this project?

Question29: What action should the Project Manager take to plan the deployment activities?

Question30: Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following question about the responsibilities of the roles in the Agile team.
Lines 1 to 5 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies.
Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.


Assertion
* The Marketing Director, in the role of Business Visionary, is empowered to overrule cost restrictions advised by the Chief Accountant, who is appointed as Business Ambassador.
BECAUSE
The Project-level roles are responsible for directing, managing and co- ordinating the project.
* The Procurement Manager is an appropriate representative of the end user of the solution.
BECAUSE
The Business Ambassador should be empowered to make decisions within
the boundaries of their role, without referral to higher authorities outside the Solution Development Team.
* The other specialist gardening team members from Earth Excavations would be suitable as Solution Developers, assigned alongside the Head Landscape Gardener.
BECAUSE
Extra Solution Developers can provide a supporting role for a Lead
Developer.
* The 'Hoy for Hoy Hall' Action Group members should be assigned as Business Ambassadors.
BECAUSE
The Business Ambassador is responsible for ensuring that business needs are properly analysed.
* The Project Manager should plan the communication needed between the Marketing Director, in the role of Business Visionary, and the 'Hoy for Hoy Hall' Action Group.
BECAUSE
The Business Visionary is responsible for promoting the business vision to all interested parties.

Question31: The building has had all the old utility services removed and new wiring and plumbing is being installed during Evolutionary Development. On average there are four electrical and six plumbing contractors who are engaged for between a few days and a few weeks. They are finding it difficult to work round each other and to know who should be where. Some of the contractors have started to turn up late to the site.
Many floor boards have been lifted in preparation but it is not clear where the radiators are being situated or when each room is going to be worked on by the plumbers. The Chief Accountant, acting as Business Ambassador, is also alarmed that the electrical sockets are being installed in rooms in inaccessible locations.
Answer the following questions about motivating the contractor teams according to Agile Project Management.
How should the Project Manager encourage the resources to operate more successfully?

Question32: A three-month timeframe has been specified to catch the seasonal sales window.
Which Agile principle MOST influences this course of action?

Question33: Xan Insurance Company is a friendly company with no separate private offices for individual managers. Staff members prefer to wander around the office space and have one-to-one chats rather than use email or have lots of meetings.
What action should the Project Manager take when planning for effective communication throughout the Web project?

Question34: A difference of opinion on the outcome of an earlier project has created a
'them and us' culture between the Sales Department and the Operations Department.
What action should the Project Manager take to resolve this?

Question35: Which 2 statements represent appropriate entries for the Development
Approach Definition?

Question36: Answer the following questions about actions to be taken by different
roles.
The Business Sponsor has decided that the new coffee shop insurance
product website pages will include the financial transaction functionality to support the end-to-end sales process. The Business Sponsor views this as a valuable sales tool, enabling customers to pay for insurance policies online. If successful, this new financial transaction functionality is to be made available across all other insurance products. This is a new Must Have requirement.
All parties are to be invited to a workshop to discuss the additional work required to deliver the required solution including the new Must Have requirement. The areas to be discussed include specialist skills required and possible legal, financial and technical standards to be adhered to.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each question.
Which 2 actions should the Business Sponsor take to implement the new Must Have requirement?

Question37: Using the Project Scenario and the additional information provided for
this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following questions
about Feasibility.
Remember to limit your answers to the number of selections requested in each question.
Which 2 statements describe the appropriate application of Agile Project Management when developing the Delivery Plan?

Question38: How should the Project Manager assist the electricians to deliver the wiring?

Question39: A three-month timeframe has been specified to catch the seasonal sales window.
Which Agile principle MOST influences this course of action?