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Agile Metrics for Kanban Questions

Practice questions for Agile Metrics for Kanban topic in Professional Scrum with Kanban. 40 questions covering this domain.

40 questions13 easy18 medium9 hard
Q1
hard

Applying Little's Law (Average Cycle Time = Average WIP ÷ Average Throughput) to a stable workflow, what happens when the team reduces WIP while Throu...

Q2
easy

How does the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams define Work In Progress (WIP)?

Q3
hard

Which option correctly classifies the four flow metrics by the items they describe?

Q4
hard

Which statement about Throughput is most accurate?

Q5
easy

Which option lists the four required flow metrics in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams?

Q6
easy

Which definition matches Throughput?

Q7
medium

Cycle Time can be measured for which work items?

Q8
medium

Which statement about Throughput and Velocity is correct?

Q9
easy

Which metric measures the elapsed time between when a work item starts and when it finishes?

Q10
medium

To which work items does the Work Item Age metric apply?

Q11
hard

A team has 12 weeks of cycle-time data showing 85% of items finished within 9 days. They want to publish an SLE. The best SLE statement is:

Q12
medium

Who owns the Service Level Expectation and is responsible for reviewing and adapting it?

Q13
hard

A Scrum Team's average WIP is 10 items and average Throughput is 5 items per week. Based on Little's Law, the expected average Cycle Time is approxima...

Q14
easy

Which formula expresses Little's Law as used in Kanban for Scrum Teams?

Q15
medium

Which statement most accurately describes the structure of an SLE?

Q16
easy

What is a Service Level Expectation (SLE)?

Q17
easy

What is the difference between Cycle Time and Work Item Age?

Q18
medium

Which statement about Cycle Time is correct?

Q19
medium

According to Little's Law, if average Throughput remains stable and the team lowers average WIP, what tends to happen to average Cycle Time?

Q20
medium

Which statement about Work Item Age is correct?

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