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Developing People and Teams Questions

Practice questions for Developing People and Teams topic in Professional Agile Leadership. 64 questions covering this domain.

64 questions15 easy33 medium16 hard
Q1
medium

Which of the following is the BEST description of how a leader's stance should change as the team matures from Forming through Performing?

Q2
medium

Which behavior best demonstrates a leader fostering psychological safety?

Q3
easy

What does a self-managing Scrum Team decide internally?

Q4
medium

What is the primary purpose of facilitation in a Scrum context?

Q5
hard

A leader is told a 'self-managing' team has chosen a technical approach the leader believes is risky. What is the most coherent response with self-man...

Q6
medium

Which of the following best distinguishes coaching from mentoring?

Q7
hard

Two Scrum Team members are in a recurring personal conflict that is now blocking work. The Scrum Master has tried to facilitate without progress. As a...

Q8
hard

A leader observes that a Scrum Team is conflict-avoidant: retrospectives produce no real improvements and stakeholder concerns are not surfaced. What ...

Q9
easy

Which stage of Tuckman's group development model is associated with productive conflict as team members negotiate roles and norms?

Q10
easy

What is psychological safety, as popularized by Amy Edmondson?

Q11
easy

Which leadership style is most often associated with serving the team's needs ahead of the leader's authority?

Q12
medium

Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Lencioni) places which dysfunction at the foundation of the pyramid?

Q13
medium

Which behavior most clearly signals that a leader trusts a self-managing team?

Q14
medium

A leader wants to support a newly formed Scrum Team. According to situational leadership, what stance is usually most appropriate at this early stage?

Q15
hard

An HR department's performance system stack-ranks individuals on velocity and personal output. A leader sees this is eroding self-management. What act...

Q16
medium

From Daniel Pink's 'Drive', which three intrinsic motivators are most often cited for knowledge workers?

Q17
hard

A team in Storming has prolonged interpersonal conflict around technical direction. Which leader response best supports development toward Performing?

Q18
medium

What is the primary intent of facilitation in a Scrum event?

Q19
medium

A leader applying Situational Leadership II should choose a style primarily based on:

Q20
medium

Which best distinguishes coaching from mentoring?

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