Agile Testing interview questions — Easy
173 easy-level Agile Testing questions from our Manual Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
What this covers
Agile Testing appears throughout Manual Testing interviews. At easy level, interviewers are typically checking that you know the fundamentals and can describe them precisely — definitions, defaults, and the basic mechanics. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
20 example questions
1. In the context of Agile, DoR (Definition of Ready) is best described as:
- A. Quality checklist for good user stories.
- B. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- C. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.correct
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
2. In Agile, what does DoR (Definition of Ready) do or refer to?
- A. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.correct
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- D. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
3. Which of the following best describes DoR (Definition of Ready) in Agile?
- A. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.correct
- B. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- C. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- D. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
4. Which of the following best describes burndown chart in Agile?
- A. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- B. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.correct
- C. Quality checklist for good user stories.
- D. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
Why: burndown chart: Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
5. What is the purpose of three amigos in Agile?
- A. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.correct
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- C. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- D. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
Why: three amigos: Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
6. What is the purpose of DoR (Definition of Ready) in Agile?
- A. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.correct
- C. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- D. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
Why: DoR (Definition of Ready): Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
7. Which of the following best describes three amigos in Agile?
- A. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- B. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.correct
Why: three amigos: Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
8. In Agile, what does three amigos do or refer to?
- A. Quality checklist for good user stories.
- B. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- C. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.correct
Why: three amigos: Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
9. Which of the following best describes sprint backlog in Agile?
- A. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
- B. Work the team commits to for the sprint.correct
- C. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
Why: sprint backlog: Work the team commits to for the sprint.
10. Which of the following best describes velocity in Agile?
- A. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- B. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.correct
- D. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
Why: velocity: Measure of completed story points per sprint.
11. What is the purpose of user story in Agile?
- A. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- B. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
- C. Small unit of value from a user perspective.correct
- D. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
Why: user story: Small unit of value from a user perspective.
12. In Agile, what does increment do or refer to?
- A. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- B. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- C. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
- D. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.correct
Why: increment: Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
13. In Agile, what does velocity do or refer to?
- A. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- B. Measure of completed story points per sprint.correct
- C. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
- D. Quality checklist for good user stories.
Why: velocity: Measure of completed story points per sprint.
14. What is the purpose of burndown chart in Agile?
- A. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- B. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.correct
- C. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- D. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
Why: burndown chart: Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
15. Which of the following best describes user story in Agile?
- A. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
- B. Small unit of value from a user perspective.correct
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
Why: user story: Small unit of value from a user perspective.
16. What is the purpose of increment in Agile?
- A. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.correct
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- D. Quality checklist for good user stories.
Why: increment: Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
17. In Agile, what does sprint backlog do or refer to?
- A. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- C. Work the team commits to for the sprint.correct
- D. Business, developer, tester collaboration on examples.
Why: sprint backlog: Work the team commits to for the sprint.
18. In Agile, what does user story do or refer to?
- A. Visualization of remaining work in a sprint.
- B. Quality checklist for good user stories.
- C. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- D. Small unit of value from a user perspective.correct
Why: user story: Small unit of value from a user perspective.
19. Which of the following best describes increment in Agile?
- A. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- C. Work the team commits to for the sprint.
- D. Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.correct
Why: increment: Potentially shippable product output of a sprint.
20. What is the purpose of INVEST in Agile?
- A. Quality checklist for good user stories.correct
- B. Criteria a story must meet before entering a sprint.
- C. Measure of completed story points per sprint.
- D. Small unit of value from a user perspective.
Why: INVEST: Quality checklist for good user stories.