Online Access Free PAL-I Exam Questions

You manage a development organization. The organization currently rewards individual performance bonuses to only a few top-performers on a yearly basis. As a result, only one member of a team might get a bonus, while all others get nothing. Some of your teams feel that this is unfair since everyone on a team contributes to the success or failure to achieve goals. They would like to move toward team bonuses. What do you think needs to be done? (choose the best answer)

• A.Allocate the bonus to the team and let them decide how to split-up the bonus.
• B.Nothing: you value high-performers and want to reward their contributions.

When a Scrum Team fails to deliver a working product Increment for several Sprints in a row, who is accountable for resolving this situation?
(Choose the best answer)

• A.The Developers.
• B.The Team Lead.
• C.All the above.
• D.The Product Owner.
• E.The Scrum Team.
• F.The Project Manager.

Scrum Teams are most effective when: (choose the best answer)

• A.They consist of team members who are shared across multiple initiatives at a time, since then they can take advantage of time otherwise spent waiting to do productive work.
• B.They consist of team members who work only on one product and team at a time, so that they can focus.
• C.They consist of people who have mostly deeply specialized skills.
• D.They consist of team members who have broad enough skills to do many kinds of work, but who are not deeply specialized in any one area.

Of the following choices, what is the most effective way a Scrum Master can keep a Scrum Team working at its highest level of productivity? (choose the best answer)

• A.Keep high value features high in the Product Backlog.
• B.Run the Daily Scrum.
• C.Ensure the meetings start and end at the proper time.
• D.Facilitate Scrum Team decisions and remove impediments.
• E.Prevent changes to the backlogs once the Sprint begins.

You manage a product group in an organization. A Scrum Master is concerned with the very low availability of the Product Owner for her team. The Product Owner has subject matter expertise that is very difficult to duplicate or replace, but he has several other important responsibilities as well. The Scrum Master has discussed her concern with the Product Owner, but the Developers are still struggling to deliver value without additional guidance from the Product Owner. The Scrum Master is asking you for some guidance. What is the best way for you to help the Scrum Master? (choose the best answer)

• A.Offer to work with her, the Product Owner, and his manager, to find a way to ensure that the Product Owner's participation level is high enough to ensure that value can be delivered by the Scrum Team.
• B.Help the Product Owner's manager find a different Product Owner, who can dedicate the time needed, and help this new Product Owner come up to speed on the new product as quickly as possible.
• C.Recommend to the Scrum Master that she helps the Developers to do their best, document their decisions, and escalate problems to you.
• D.Help the Scrum Master to find a delegate who can join the Scrum Team to work with the Product Owner and represent business priorities when the Product Owner cannot be present.