PMI-ACP exam questions | PMI Agile Certified Practitioner

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner also known as agile management or agile project management is an iterative method of determining requirements for engineering and information technology development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner.

One of the key factors of the success of our courses is the explanation provided on each question that helps our students to pass on their certification exams on the first attempt.

We helped more than 5000 students and the highest scores on Udemy for this category.

Agile methodologies and frameworks for managing successful projects. Realizing this, Project Management Institute (PMI)® came up with its Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification, which tests an individual’s ability to deliver products in an agile environment.

The PMI-ACP certification exam is a three-hour computer-based test made up of 120 multiple-choice questions.

The questions are mapped to the exam content outline domains.

There is an unofficial practice test contains:

• 1000 questions: 5 sets of 150 questions and 1 set of 250 questions containing domain-wise questions.

• All questions have appropriate explanations: It will help you to understand Agile and the importance of the Agile Certified Practitioner.

The PMI-ACP exam covers 7 Agile domains. These practice tests cover all domains as shown below:

1st domain: Agile Principles and Mindset (9 tasks) - around 16% ~19 questions

Explore, embrace, and apply agile principles and mindset within the context of the project team and organization.

Agile Manifesto Values and Principles, Agile Framework and Terminology & Agile Methods and Approaches.

2nd domain: Value-Driven Delivery (4 sub-domains, 14 tasks) - around 20% ~24 questions

Deliver valuable results by producing high-value increments for review, early and often, based on stakeholder priorities. Have the stakeholders provide feedback on these increments, and use this feedback to prioritize and improve future increments.

ROI, NPV, IRR, Chartering, Relative Prioritization, Customer-Valued Prioritization, Risk-Adjusted Backlog, Agile EVM, Task / Kanban Boards & WIP Limits, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, Value Stream Mapping, Requirement Reviews, KANO Analysis & MoSCoW, Prioritization, Value-Based Decomposition, and Prioritization, Incremental Delivery, Value-Based Analysis, Business Case Development, Agile Project Accounting Principles, Agile Contracting, Agile Project Accounting Principles.

3rd domain: Stakeholder Engagement (3 sub-domains, 9 tasks) - around 17% ~20 questions

Engage current and future interested parties by building a trusting environment that aligns their needs and expectations and balances their requests with an understanding of the cost/effort involved. Promote participation and collaboration throughout the project life cycle and provide the tools for effective and informed decision-making.

Personas, User Stories / Backlogs + Story Maps, Wireframes, Information Radiators, Burn Down / Up Charts, Agile Modeling, Conflict Resolution + Negotiation, Workshops, Two-way Communications, Social Media-based Communication, Accessing and Incorporating Community and Stakeholder Values, Stakeholder Management, Communication Management, Facilitation Methods, Knowledge Sharing/Written Communication.

4th domain: Team Performance (3 sub-domains, 9 tasks) - around 16% ~19 questions

Create an environment of trust, learning, collaboration, and conflict resolution that promotes team self-organization enhances relationships among team members, and cultivates a culture of high performance.

Servant Leadership + Adaptive Leadership, Co-located Teams / Distributed Teams, Team Space, Agile Tooling + Daily Stand-ups, Emotional Intelligence, Learning Cycle, Productivity, Leadership, Building Agile Teams, Team Motivation, Physical and Virtual Co-location, Global, Cultural, and Team Diversity, Training, Coaching, and Team Diversity, Participatory Decision Models.

5th domain: Adaptive Planning (3 sub-domains, 10 tasks) - around 12% ~14 questions
Produce and maintain an evolving plan, from initiation to closure, based on goals, values, risks, constraints, stakeholder feedback, and review findings.

Product Roadmap, Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF) / Minimal Viable Product (MVP), Iteration and Release Planning + Progressive Elaboration, Wide Band Delphi and Planning Poker + Affinity Estimating + Relative Sizing / Story Points, Time-boxing, Process Tailoring, Velocity + Ideal Time + Throughput, Backlog Grooming / Refinement, Definition of Done, Principles of Systems Thinking, Prioritization, Incremental Delivery, Agile Discovery, Agile Sizing and Estimation, Value-Based Analysis and Decomposition, Agile Project Chartering.

6th domain: Problem Detection and Resolution (5 tasks) - around 10% ~12 questions

Continuously identify problems, impediments, and risks; prioritize and resolve in a timely manner; monitor and communicate the problem resolution status, and implement process improvements to prevent them from occurring again.

Continuous Integration + Frequent Verification and Validation, Variance and Trend Analysis, Test-Driven Development / Test First Development.

Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Risk-Based Spike, Risk-Adjusted Backlog, Architectural Spikes, Risk Burn Down Graphs, Cycle Time, Escaped Defects, Approved Iterations, The Five WHYs, Control Limits, Pre-mortem (rule setting, failure analysis), Fishbone Diagram Analysis, Testing (including exploratory and usability), Problem Solving, Process Analysis, Regulatory Compliance, Managing with Agile KPIs.

7th domain: Continuous Improvement - People, Process, and Product (6 tasks) - around 9% ~ 11 questions
Continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and value of the product, the process, and the team.

Retrospectives, Product-Feedback Loop, Process Tailoring/Hybrid Models, Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Integration, Kaizen, Developmental Mastery Models, Self-assessment Tools and Techniques, Continuous Improvement, Agile Hybrid Models, PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

Disclaimer: “PMBOK”, “PMI-ACP”, “PMP”, and “PMI” are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

These practice tests are not endorsed by, nor in partnership, nor affiliated with Project Management Institute, Inc.