Free PMI-ACP Practice Test 2026 | Real Exam Questions

Question 1

A project to launch a new global e-commerce platform is in its initiation phase. The team is large and distributed across several continents, and the budget is significant. The kickoff meeting is scheduled in three weeks.

What is the scrum master's most critical first step?

A

Organize a pre-kickoff sprint planning meeting to get a head start.

B

Work with the product owner to create a stakeholder map to understand influence and interest.

C

Identify and engage key stakeholders to ensure their alignment and expectations are understood from the outset.

D

Draft a detailed project plan covering the first six months of development.

Question 2

During a backlog refinement session, two senior developers have a strong disagreement about the best technical approach for a complex user story. The discussion becomes heated and unproductive.

What is an effective way for the agile coach to handle this conflict?

A

End the meeting immediately and let the developers resolve the issue on their own time.

B

Choose the option proposed by the most senior developer to maintain hierarchy.

C

Ask each developer to explain their position, then facilitate a discussion to find common ground and shared goals.

D

Wait for the problem to resolve itself, as conflict is a natural part of team formation.

Question 3

An agile team is building a mobile application using a new, unfamiliar programming language, and the business requirements are still evolving. The product owner is working closely with stakeholders.

What is the primary role of the development team in this context?

A

To add new features to the product backlog as they hear them from stakeholders.

B

To estimate the size and complexity of work items and define the tasks needed to complete them.

C

To assess user stories against the INVEST criteria and reject those that do not comply.

D

To determine if the overall project demand is feasible within the given budget.

Question 4

An organization wants to control work in process (WIP) and ensure iterations do not result in waste, with minimal process overhead.

Which agile approach is best suited for these goals?

A

Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

B

Scrum

C

Kanban

D

Extreme Programming (XP)

Question 5

An executive sponsor sees a wall chart with sticky notes grouped under columns labeled "Release 1," "Release 2," and "Future." The sponsor asks a team member when a specific feature in the "Release 2" column will be delivered.

What is the sponsor looking at?

A

The team's sprint backlog

B

A Gantt chart

C

The project management plan

D

A product roadmap

Question 6

A team lead observes that the CI/CD pipeline is frequently failing, which prevents the team from delivering a minimum viable product (MVP) quickly.

Which servant leadership responsibility is most relevant for the team lead to address this issue?

A

Facilitating the team's daily stand-up meeting.

B

Identifying the sequence for developing stories within the next iteration.

C

Escalating points of conflict that the team cannot resolve on their own.

D

Guarding the team against external distractions and removing technical impediments.

Question 7

The product owner is unsure about the technical dependencies involved in migrating a critical system to a new cloud provider.

To better understand the risks and effort involved, what should they request from the team?

A

A refinement meeting to discuss the user story in more detail.

B

A spike to research the migration process and dependencies.

C

A retrospective to discuss past challenges with cloud migrations.

D

A daily stand-up meeting to get status updates from developers.

Question 8

An organization is transitioning to a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Team members are anxious about the new methodology, fearing it will add overhead and scrutiny.

What is the most effective action for the agile team lead to ensure a smooth transition?

A

Request an enterprise coach to train the team on all aspects of SAFe.

B

Set up optional lunch-and-learn sessions to provide an overview of the new framework.

C

Discuss the upcoming changes with the team, establish a process to address their concerns, and co-create a transition plan.

D

Encourage knowledge sharing and transparency by creating a shared document folder.

Question 9

An agile project manager is leading a globally distributed team with members from diverse cultural backgrounds.

To prevent misunderstandings and promote effective collaboration, what should the manager do first?

A

Ask HR to ensure all team members have similar backgrounds to minimize conflict.

B

Collocate the entire team for a one-week team-building event.

C

Promote a team charter that establishes a shared set of working agreements, norms, and communication rules.

D

Promote a project charter that outlines the project vision and purpose to align everyone.

Question 10

A project team has accumulated significant technical debt due to pressure to deliver features quickly. This is now impacting performance and customer satisfaction.

How should the team effectively manage this technical debt while continuing to deliver value?

A

Form a separate, dedicated team to handle all technical debt.

B

Dedicate several consecutive sprints solely to addressing technical debt, halting all new feature development.

C

Ignore the technical debt for now to focus exclusively on delivering new features requested by stakeholders.

D

Include technical debt items in every sprint, prioritizing them alongside new features, and continuously review the impact.

Question 11

The initial release date for an agile project was based on estimates from a similar past project. Halfway through, the team's measured velocity indicates that the project will require three more sprints than originally planned.

How should the agile lead explain this to the project sponsor?

A

Explain that the initial estimates were a forecast to gauge feasibility, but real estimates evolve as the team learns in each sprint.

B

Explain that the project sponsor requested too many scope changes, which caused the delay.

C

Explain that the team encountered several materialized risks that were not considered at the start of the project.

D

Explain that this project had unique requirements that made it incomparable to the previous one.

Question 12

Attendance at daily meetings has declined, and those who do attend have little new information to contribute. After being reminded of the meeting's importance, the team expresses that they feel the meetings are not adding value.

What should the project manager do?

A

Keep the meetings because some find them valuable and assume that those not attending are working steadily and have no blockers.

B

Change the meeting to the end of the day ensure it lasts only 15 minutes and require all team members to attend.

C

Work with team members to create a wiki where they can record their current accomplishments.

D

Reduce the occurrence of meetings because team members regularly communicate with one another and the customer.

Question 13

DevOps aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality.

Which of the following allows DevOps to enable and sustain a fast workflow from development into operations?

A

A mindset shift to establish controls over all development and operations processes.

B

Planned incremental iterations and a focus on people over processes.

C

A culture of collaboration, tools, and processes to support continuous delivery.

D

New tools that enable teams to continuously build, test, and integrate.

Question 14

Lean approaches focus on maximizing customer value while minimizing waste.

Which Lean process includes the sequence of steps for delivering value and carrying them out?

A

Value stream mapping

B

Long-term Lean planning

C

Business process modeling

D

Planning poker

Question 15

Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile software development framework that aims to produce higher quality software and higher quality of life for the development team.

What do the principles of Extreme Programming (XP) include?

A

Communication, respect, and courage.

B

Communication, process flow, and authoritarian structure.

C

Value people over processes, communication, respect disagreement, and strive for consensus.

D

Rapid feedback, assume simplicity, incremental change, embrace change, and quality work.

Question 16

An agile team failed to complete deliverables on time due to unexpected technical problems. In the retrospective, they openly discussed the causes and planned how to avoid similar issues in the future.

What agile values and principles did the team demonstrate?

A

The team was proactive by discussing how to better balance demands and capacity.

B

The team showed respect by listening to everyone's opinions in a face-to-face meeting.

C

The team provided fast feedback to find who was responsible for the mistakes.

D

The team eliminated waste by applying the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) method.

Question 17

Over the last six months, an agile project manager has noticed declining morale, mistrust, and isolation among their teams.

What should the manager do to enhance productivity and create a cohesive team culture?

A

Develop a reward system related to position and years of experience.

B

Clarify project goals and project contract constraints.

C

Promote cross-training and mentoring among team members.

D

Introduce performance standards and evaluation methods.

Question 18

Five days into a 12-day iteration, a customer representative asks the scrum master if they can see the latest update on the project.

Which action should the scrum master take?

A

Share the information radiator.

B

Email the latest release plan.

C

Invite them to the next retrospective.

D

Send the latest project report.

Question 19

An agile coach, using a servant leadership approach, observes that a team is working slower than planned on a software upgrade.

What should the coach do to help the team?

A

Help the team identify and remove impediments that are stalling their progress.

B

Work with the development team to adjust their work plan.

C

Ask the product owner to assign more resources to the project.

D

Command and control the team to ensure they achieve their plan's goals.

Question 20