PMI-ACP Exam Practice Questions (111-120) - Mastering Agile Metrics
Saket Bansal
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Agile success depends on measuring the right things. In this question set (111-120), we focus on Agile Metrics—a critical concept in both Product and Delivery domains. Understanding velocity trends, burndown charts, stakeholder feedback, lead & lag indicators, and quality trade-offs is essential for making data-driven decisions.
These questions will challenge your ability to:
? Interpret Agile performance metrics like burndown, lead time, and cycle time.
? Analyze stakeholder feedback using tools like Niko-Niko calendars.
? Identify blockers and inefficiencies affecting delivery speed.
? Understand leading vs. lagging indicators for better decision-making.
? Balance speed and quality in Agile delivery.
?? Test your knowledge with these 10 questions and check if you're truly ready for PMI-ACP!
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Q 111
You are working on an e-commerce product development project with 7 iterations planned before the release goes live for customers. As the team progresses, you have access to key performance indicators such as velocity trends, a burndown chart, and stakeholder sentiment (Niko-Niko calendar) to assess the project's health.
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Given the current project status, what actions should you consider to ensure a successful product launch?
A.????? Maintain the current pace and ensure that committed user stories are completed as planned.
B.????? Engage with business stakeholders and sponsors to understand concerns and align expectations for the remaining iterations.
C.?????? Push the team to increase their velocity further to ensure faster delivery.
D.????? Work with stakeholders to ensure no new work gets added in the release since we are just two sprints
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112
Which of the following might clarify the burn-up observed after the second iteration in the burndown chart?
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A)????? The team’s velocity unexpectedly dropped, leading to a backlog increase.
B)????? A large number of incomplete user stories from Iteration 1 were carried over, affecting the burndown.
C)????? The team had a deployment rollback, requiring them to redo previously completed work.
D)????? More work than the velocity of Iteration 2 was added as new scope to the release backlog during Iteration 2
Q 113
You are managing a release cycle where each sprint duration is two weeks. The team has been making progress, as shown in the burndown chart.
As you approach Sprint 6, you need to consider the following factors:
when can the release be made?
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?A)????? At the end of Sprint 6, since the current trend suggests the remaining work will be completed despite reduced working days.
B)????? We can't predict the exact release date based on this data, as we need more information on team capacity.
C)????? At the end of Sprint 7, to provide extra buffer for potential last-minute fixes or unexpected delays.
D)????? Extend the release into Sprint 8 to ensure high quality and minimize any last-minute risks.
Q 114?
As a Product Owner of an e-commerce platform, your sales team has shared the following insights from the past 8 iterations:
You now need to investigate further to understand the cause of these trends and decide what actions to take.
As a Product Owner, what would you like to investigate further?
A.????? Checkout Process & Traffic Quality – Identify friction points in checkout and assess visitor relevance.
B.????? Mobile Optimization & Product Pricing – Analyze mobile usability issues and impact of pricing on conversions.
C.?????? Page Load Speed & Marketing Targeting – Measure page performance and evaluate campaign effectiveness.
D.????? User Behavior & Promotion Impact – Study drop-off points and effectiveness of current discounts.
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Q 115
You are a Product Owner leading an MVP cycle for a new subscription-based fitness app. The goal of the MVP was to validate product-market fit and gather user feedback before scaling.
?? MVP Version 1 Results:
?? MVP Version 2 Results (After Adjustments):
Based on the MVP results, what should you investigate further to ensure the app achieves the right product-market fit before full-scale launch?
A.????? User Experience & Simplicity – Identify friction points in the UI, onboarding flow, and ease of navigation.
B.????? Feature Adoption & Engagement – Analyze which new features users actively use vs. those being ignored.
C.?????? Customer Segmentation & Needs – Investigate whether different user groups (new vs. existing users) have varying expectations.
D.????? Performance & Stability – Assess whether app speed, crashes, or lag are impacting user satisfaction and retention.
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Q 116
?You are the Product Owner of a mental wellness app designed to help users with mindfulness, meditation, and stress management. After launching the MVP version, your goal is to analyze key performance indicators to refine backlog priorities and enhance the user experience.
To ensure early insights into product success, you need to focus on leading indicators—metrics that predict future trends rather than just measuring past outcomes.
A.????? Feature adoption rate & session duration
B.????? NPS score & subscription renewal rate
C.?????? Onboarding completion rate & customer satisfaction score
D.????? Session duration & revenue growth
Q 117
You are managing a software development team working on an AI-powered chatbot. The team has been facing delivery challenges due to impediments, so you asked your team leader to track the impact of blockers over the last four sprints. The data is as follows:
Looking at the sprint data, what insights can the team derive to improve their performance in coming sprint?
A.????? Work to identify systematic impediments that are creating blockers in sprints since resolving them can increase team production.
B.????? The team is planning beyond their effective capacity and should commit to fewer stories per sprint.
C.?????? Work with the Product Owner to identify stories that are less likely to get blocked during the sprint, improving backlog refinement and aggressive impediment removal.
D.????? The team should increase their sprint commitment to match the estimated max velocity.
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Q 118
?You are managing a mobile app development team and tracking lead time and cycle time over the last three weeks to improve delivery efficiency.
What could be the most likely cause of this trend, and what should the team focus on?
A.????? The team is facing too many blockers in the development process, delaying progress and increasing lead time.
B.????? Work is waiting too long in the backlog, possibly due to unclear priorities or demand exceeding capacity.
C.?????? The team’s work-in-progress (WIP) is increasing week over week, leading to longer wait times before new work starts.
D.????? The faster work completion rate is causing rework and inefficiencies, impacting overall delivery quality.
119
?You are managing a mobile app development team and tracking key metrics over the past four sprints to assess delivery performance and user satisfaction. The data trends are as follows:
What is the most likely explanation for this trend, and what should the team focus on?
A.????? The team is delivering too fast, compromising quality, leading to more production incidents and unhappy users.
B.????? The backlog contains too many low-value items, decreasing NPS despite faster delivery.
C.?????? Stakeholders are requesting too many changes, affecting user experience and increasing production incidents.
D.????? The team’s faster lead time indicates improved efficiency, and the production incidents are unrelated.
Q 120
You are responsible for tracking performance across multiple Agile teams in your organization. However, each team measures success differently based on their unique workflows.
Examples of Team-Specific Metrics:
Since teams are using different metrics, rolling up performance data at the portfolio level is difficult.
How should leadership aggregate and standardize metrics for organization-wide decision-making?
?A.????? Enforce a single set of metrics for all teams.
B.????? Group metrics into common categories for portfolio-level reporting.
C.?????? Track only financial metrics like budget variance and revenue.
D.????? Ignore team-specific metrics and rely on executive reporting.
Answer Key
111 B Stakeholders have concerns despite good velocity and burndown trends, requiring engagement.
112 D Burnup in the burndown chart indicates additional work was added beyond team velocity.
113 C Historical velocity trends and buffer analysis suggest release will be ready by Sprint 7.
114 A Declining conversion rates despite increasing traffic suggest checkout process or traffic quality issues.
115 C Segmenting users helps identify whether new features align with market expectations.
116 A Feature adoption and session duration predict future trends better than lagging indicators.
117 C Identifying and prioritizing stories less likely to be blocked improves Sprint predictability.
118 B Increased lead time but reduced cycle time suggests work is waiting too long in backlog.
119 A Faster delivery is compromising quality, leading to more production incidents and lower NPS.
120 B Grouping metrics into categories allows for standardized reporting while maintaining team autonomy.
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