Quiz – WIP Limits Mastery

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

What do WIP limits do?

Cap how many tasks a team tackles simultaneously

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Increase the number of parallel tasks

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Remove all deadlines from the board

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Assign tasks to managers only

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Where do WIP limits originate?

Lean manufacturing and Toyota production

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The 2001 Agile Manifesto meeting

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Waterfall software engineering

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The PMBOK guide

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

Roughly how much focus can context switching drain per switch?

Thirty percent

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One percent

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Ninety percent

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Zero percent

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

Which law proves that reducing items in process shrinks cycle time?

Little’s Law from queue theory

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Moore’s Law

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Parkinson’s Law

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Brooks’s Law

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each WIP limit benefit with its effect.

Sort elements

Reduce costly context switching
Sustainable pace and psychological safety
Reveal where work piles up
Fewer items in process shrink cycle time

Improve capacity

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Prevent burnout

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Expose bottlenecks

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Little’s Law

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

According to queue theory, which law relates work in progress to cycle time? (Name)

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