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PSMI Exam 176 Questions with Verified Answers 1. A Development Team asks their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The team is waiting for an external supplier to deliver a specific ... softw are component. Without that component there won't be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. The Product Owner asks the Scrum Master for help. What would be good advice to give the Product Owner? 1. Tell the Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog so the work involving the external component can be planned in a separate sprint. 2. Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog should be ordered to maximize utilization of the Development Team. 3. Tell the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 2. A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the e nd of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what 'done' means. 1. Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality. 2. Ready for integration 3. All work the Development Team is willing to do 4. No work left from the definition of 'Done' 5. All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4,5 3. A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent to get the selected items "Done" by the end of the Sprint. Which three phrases best describe the purpose of a definition of "Done"? 1. It controls whether the developers have performed their tasks. 2. It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release. 3. It guides the Development Team in creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning. 4. It provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical documentation. 5. It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review. 6. It tracks the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,3,5 4. A member of the Development Team takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data security issues. What should the Scrum Master do? 1. Go check with the testers. 2. Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible. 3. Add security to the definition of 'Done'. 4. Create a Product Backlog item for security. 5. Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the issues are fixed. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 5. A new developer is having continuing conflicts with existing Development Team members and creating a hostile environment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the team member? 1. The Product Owner is responsible, because he - CORRECT ANSWER she controls the return on investment (ROI). 2. The hiring manager is responsible, because he - CORRECT ANSWER she hired the developer. 3. The Scrum Master is responsible, because he - CORRECT ANSWER she removes Impediments. 4. The Development Team is responsible, and may need help from the Scrum Master. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 6. A product Increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 7. A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. Which of these is the guideline that a Scrum Master should give? 1. Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development Team. 2. Estimates must be in relative units. 3. Scrum forbids estimating. 4. Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points. 5. Estimates are made by the Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 8. A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 9. A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take? 1. Consult with the Product Owner to see how he - CORRECT ANSWER she feels about the situation. 2. Comply with the decision of the self-organizing team. 3. Begin facilitating productive and useful retrospectives. 4. Call a meeting between the Development Team and senior management. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 10. A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he - CORRECT ANSWER she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation? 1. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact. 2. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order. 3. Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers. 4. Consulting with the Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2,4 11. A Scrum Master is working with a Development Team that has members in different physical locations. The Development Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically (for e xample, set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum. What action should the Scrum Master take? 1. Set up the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done. 2. Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup. 3. Inform management and ask them to solve it. 4. Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 12. A Scrum Team has been working on a product for nine Sprints. A new Product Owner comes in, understanding he is accountable for the Product Backlog. However, he is unsure about his responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum? 1. Describing features as Use Cases. 2. Creating detailed functional test cases. 3. Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first, at all times. 4. Interacting with stakeholders. 5. Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4,5 13. A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during Sprint Review. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 14. An important pillar of Scrum is the management principle of s elf-organization. Select two ways that time-boxing promotes self-organization. 1. Time-boxes eliminate politics and bureaucracy. 2. Time-boxes help everyone focus on the same problem at the same time. 3. Time-boxes do not allow enough time for stringent processes or meeting overhead. 4. Time-boxing protects the Development Team from the Product Owner so developers can actually focus. 5. Teams can determine on their own how much overtime is acceptable for a time-box, generally expressed as a percentage of the time-box. 6. Time-boxes encourage the people who are closest to the problem to create the best possible result in the time allotted, given the current context. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,6 15. As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? 1. Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review, but prior to the demonstration. 2. Reduce the definition of "Done" and get all of the Product Backlog items "done" by the new definition. 3. As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items. 4. Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work to. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 16. As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Development Team se es that the workload is greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions? 1. The Development Team ensures that the Product Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors progress. 2. Cancel the Sprint. 3. The Development Team works overtime during this Sprint. 4. Remove or change selected Product Backlog items. 5. Recruit additional Development Team members before the work can begin. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 17. At the end of a Sprint a Product Backlog item worked on during the Sprint does not meet the definition of "Done". What two things should happen with the undone Product Backlog item? 1. Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint. 2. Review the item, add the "Done" part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work. 3. If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can accept it and release it to the users. 4. Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 18. Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team. 1. Increase velocity. 2. Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog. 3. Report daily progress to stakeholders. 4. Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint. 5. Reorder the Product Backlog. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4 13. A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during Sprint Review. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 14. An important pillar of Scrum is the management principle of s elf-organization. Select two ways that time-boxing promotes self-organization. 1. Time-boxes eliminate politics and bureaucracy. 2. Time-boxes help everyone focus on the same problem at the same time. 3. Time-boxes do not allow enough time for stringent processes or meeting overhead. 4. Time-boxing protects the Development Team from the Product Owner so developers can actually focus. 5. Teams can determine on their own how much overtime is acceptable for a time-box, generally expressed as a percentage of the time-box. 6. Time-boxes encourage the people who are closest to the problem to create the best possible result in the time allotted, given the current context. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,6 15. As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? 1. Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review, but prior to the demonstration. 2. Reduce the definition of "Done" and get all of the Product Backlog items "done" by the new definition. 3. As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items. 4. Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work to. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 16. As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Development Team se es that the workload is greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions? 1. The Development Team ensures that the Product Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors progress. 2. Cancel the Sprint. 3. The Development Team works overtime during this Sprint. 4. Remove or change selected Product Backlog items. 5. Recruit additional Development Team members before the work can begin. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 17. At the end of a Sprint a Product Backlog item worked on during the Sprint does not meet the definition of "Done". What two things should happen with the undone Product Backlog item? 1. Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint. 2. Review the item, add the "Done" part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work. 3. If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can accept it and release it to the users. 4. Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 18. Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team. 1. Increase velocity. 2. Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog. 3. Report daily progress to stakeholders. 4. Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint. 5. Reorder the Product Backlog. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4 26. Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master. 1. False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Development Team. 2. True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team. 3. True. Outcomes are affected by their participation and availability. 4. False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 27. For which is the Scrum Master responsible? 1. The Scrum process being adopted and used properly. 2. Keeping track of resource allocation 3. Managing the performance of the Scrum Team 4. The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 28. How do you know that a Development Team is cross-functional? 1. There are no conflicts within the Development Team. 2. Development Team has all the skills to create a releasable increment by the end of every Sprint. 3. A few of the Development Team members pair program and do Test Driven Development. 4. Every member of the Development Team is able to perform every task. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 29. How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum? 1. Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum. 2. The Product Owner represents their opinions. 3. The Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum. 4. The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 30. How much time is required after a Sprint to prepare for the next Sprint? 1. None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint. 2. Enough time for the Development team to finish the testing from the last Sprint. 3. Enough time for the requirements for the next Sprint to be determined and documented. 4. The break between Sprints is time-boxed to 1 week for 30 day Sprints, and usually less for shorter sprints. 5. All of the above are allowed depending on the situation. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 31. Development Team membership should change: 1. Every Sprint to promote shared learning. 2. Never, because it reduces productivity. 3. As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. 4. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 32. How often should Development Team membership change? 1. As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. 2. Every Sprint to promote shared learning. 3. Never, because it reduces productivity. 4. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 33. How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements? 1. Assign them to the lead developers on the team. 2. Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint. 3. Ensure every Increment meets them. 4. Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Developmen t Team's responsibility. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 34. How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog? 1. Each Scrum Team takes an equal number of items. 2. The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog. 3. The Development Teams pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner. 4. The Product Owner decides. 5. The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 35. If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track? 1. Accumulated cost 2. Work remaining across time 3. Individual worker productivity 4. Accumulated business value delivered to the customer. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 36. If two Scrum Teams are added to the development of a product that previously had only one Scrum Team, what will be the immediate impact on the productivity of the srcinal Scrum Team? 1. Its productivity is likely to decrease. 2. Its productivity is likely to stay the same. 3. Its productivity is likely to increase. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 37. In accordance with Scrum theory, how should a group of 100 people be divided into m ultiple Development Teams? 1. Check with the allocation department to see who has worke d together before and make these the first teams. 2. Understanding the product, the product vision and the rules of the Scrum framework, the group divides itself into teams. 3. Create a matrix of skills, seniority and level of experience to assign people to teams. 4. It doesn't really matter because you can rotate the teams every Sprint to spread knowl edge. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 38. If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend line through a release burndown chart indicate? 1. The evolution of the cost spent on the project. 2. When the work remaining will likely be co mpleted if nothing changes on th e Product Backlog or the Development Team 3. When all work will be completed so the Scrum Team can b e released for other work. 4. When the project will be over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to any new work that is added. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 39. Multiple Scrum Teams creating the same product work from the same Product Backlog. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 40. Of the following choices, what is the most effective way a Scrum Master can keep a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? 1. Keep high value features high in the Product Backlo g. 2. Facilitate Development Team decisions and remove impediments. 3. Ensure the meetings start and end at the proper time. 4. Prevent changes to the backlogs once the Sprint begins. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 41. One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum? 1. New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of. 2. An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders. 3. A status report for the upper management indicating what each individual has done, will be doing, and what is impeding him - CORRECT ANSWER her. 4. A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal. 5. An update of completed tasks and of the remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the next day. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 42. Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build software incrementally. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 43. Several Sprint into a project, the Product Owner te lls the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just started using the product. The stakeholder is unhappy with the slow performance. What are two good options for the Scrum Master? 1. Wait to bring this up until the Sprint Retrospective. 2. Explain to the Product Owner that it's up to the Development Team to decide on acceptable performance standards. 3. Coach the Product Owner on how to talk with the Development Team about this concern. 4. Encourage the Product Owner to put performance on the Product Back log and express the stakeholder's concern to the Development Team. 5. Bring the concern to the testers to improve how the system is tested. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4 44. Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show: 1. How many Product Backlog items remain? 2. An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint. 3. How many hours have been worked by each Development Team member? 4. How much effort has gone into a Sprint? - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 45. The CEO asks the De velopment Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do? 1. Add the item to the next Sprint. 2. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size. 3. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments. 4. Inform the Product Owner so he - CORRECT ANSWER she can work with the CEO. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 46. The Development Team should have all the skills needed to: 1. Turn Product Backlog items into an Increment of potentially releasable product functionality. 2. Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments? 3. Complete the project within the date and cost as calculated by the Product Owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 47. The Product Backlog is ordered by: 1. Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom. 2. Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom. 3. Items are randomly arranged. 4. Importance, where the most important items are at the top at all times. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 48. The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint. 1. True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders. 2. True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager that the Team has enough capacity. 3. True. 4. False, the Scrum Master does that. 5. False. 6. False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager's responsibil ity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 49. The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team during the Sprint. What are two valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take? 1. Nominate a proxy Product Owner. 2. Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a co urse and restart. 3. Inform the Product Owner's functional manager. 4. Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective. 5. Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4,5 50. The Product Owner must release each Increment to production. 1. Without exception. 2. Whenever the product is free of defects. 3. When it makes sense. 4. To make sure the Development Team is done every Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 51. The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done Increment of product. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 52. The Scrum Master observes the P roduct Owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog. What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take? 1. Suggest that the Development Team does the ordering to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of work. 2. Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product Bac klog is to maximize value. 3. Present the Product Owner with an ordered Product Backlog to use. 4. Encourage the Product Owner to work with the Development Team to see which items technically are fastest to implement. 5. Suggest the Product Owner extend the Sprint, so he can have mo re time to order the Product Back log. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 53. The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is the Sprint Backlog. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 54. The time-box for a Daily Scrum is? 1. The same time of day every day. 2. 15 minutes. 3. Two minutes per person. 4. 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter. 5. 4 hours. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 55. User documentation is part of your definition of "Done." However, there aren't enough technical writers for all teams. Your Development Team doesn't have a technical writer. W hat should you do? 1. Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis fo r the various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out. 2. Wait until you have a technical writer on your Development Team to take care of this. 3. Your Development Team is still responsible for creating user documentation. In this case, the Dev elopment Team members will write it. 4. Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last development Sprint. It will be done by any available technical writers. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 56. What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the phase between the end of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint? 1. Update the project plan with stakeholders. 2. Work with the QA departments on the Increment of the c urrent Sprint. 3. Refine the Product Backlog. There are no such activities. 4. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 57. What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? 1. By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog. 2. By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time. 3. By facilitating Development Team decisions. 4. By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4 58. What are three benefits of self-organization? 1. Increased creativity. 2. Increased rule compliance. 3. Increased self-accountability. 4. Increased accuracy of estimates. 5. Increased commitment. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,3,5 59. What are three ways Scrum promotes self-organization? 1. By being a lightweight framework. 2. By removing titles for Development Team members. 3. By preventing stakeholders from entering the development room. 4. By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint. 5. By not allowing documentation. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2,4 60. What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? 1. Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of security-related Product Backlog items. 2. Delegate the work to the concerned department. 3. Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern. 4. Add security concerns to the definition of "Done". 5. Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4 61. What are two responsibilities of testers in a Development Team? 1. Scrum has no "tester" role 2. Verifying the work of programmers 3. Everyone in the Development Team is responsible for quality 4. Finding bugs 5. Tracking quality metrics - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,3 62. What enhances the transparency of an Increment? 1. Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily. 2. Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool. 3. Doing all work needed to meet the definition of "Done" 4. Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a separate Sprint - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 63. What is a Development Team responsible for? 1. Reporting productivity. 2. Selecting the Product Owner. 3. Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal. 4. Resolving internal team conflicts. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4 64. What is included in the Sprint Backlog? 1. Tasks. 2. Tests. 3. User Stories. 4. Use Cases. 5. Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 65. What is the accountability of the Product Owner during Sprint 0? 1. Determine the composition of the Development Teams so they have the capacity to deliver the completed forecast. 2. Make the complete project plan to commit date, budget and scope to the stakeholders. 3. Gathering, eliciting, and analyzing the requirements that will be inserted into the Product Backlog. 4. There is no such thing as Sprint 0. 5. Make sure enough Product Backlog items are refined to fill the first 3 Sprints. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 66. What is the main reason for the Scrum Maste r to be at the Daily Scrum? 1. To make sure every team member answers the three questions. 2. To gather status and progress information to report to management. 3. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn- down. 4. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to en sure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 67. What is the recommended size for a Development Team? 1. At least 7. 2. 9. 3. 3 to 9. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 68. What is the role of management in Scrum? 1. To continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team 2. To facilitate the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve 3. To monitor the Development Team's productivity 4. To identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 69. What is the tactic a Scrum Master should use to divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams? 1. Ask the Product Owner to assign the people to teams. 2. Create teams based on their skills across multiple layers (such as database, UI, etc.). 3. Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 70. What is the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting? 1. Whenever it is done. 2. Monthly 8 Hours for a monthly Sprint. 3. 4 Hours for a monthly Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 71. What three factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length? 1. The ability to go to market with a product release. 2. The frequency at which team formation can be changed. 3. Sprints must have the same length throughout an organization. 4. The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders. 5. The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4,5 72. When a Development Team is having trouble delivering a working Increment because they don't understand a functional requirement, what should they do? 1. Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable. 2. Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint. 3. Add a specialist to the Development Team. 4. Partially complete the functionality, and discuss the remaining work at the Sprint Review. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 73. When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint? 1. It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints. 2. When the Product Owner is absent too often. 3. When functional expectations are not well understood. 4. When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable. 5. When a technical dependency cannot be resolved. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 74. When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item? 1. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work. 2. Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the e ntire Development Team, even though each one may be done by an individual Development Team member. 3. During the Daily Scrum. 4. At the Sprint planning meeting. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 75. When does the next Sprint begin? 1. Immediately following the next Sprint Planning. 2. Next Monday. 3. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. 4. When the Product Owner is ready. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 76. When does the second Sprint start? 1. After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first Sprint. 2. Immediately after the first Sprint. 3. Once the architectural changes for the second Sprint have been approved by the senior architect. 4. After the Product Backlog for the second Sprint has been selected. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 77. When is a Sprint over? 1. When all the tasks are completed. 2. When the product Owner says it is done. 3. When all Product Backlog items meet their d efinition of "Done." 4. When the time-box expires. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 78. When is implementation of a Product Backlog item considered complete? 1. At the end of the Sprint. 2. When the item has no work remaining in order to be potentially released. 3. When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished. 4. When QA reports that the item passes all acceptance criteria. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 79. When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of "Done"? 1. Prior to starting a new project. 2. Prior to starting a new Sprint. 3. During Sprint Planning. 4. During the Sprint Retrospective. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 80. When is the Sprint Backlog created? 1. During the Sprint. 2. At the beginning of the project. 3. During the Sprint Planning meeting. 4. Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 81. When is the Sprint Backlog created? 1. During the Sprint. 2. At the beginning of the project. 3. During the Sprint Planning meeting. 4. Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 82. When many Scrum Teams are working on the s ame product, should all of their increments be integrated e very Sprint? 1. No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint. 2. No, each Scrum Team stands alone. 3. Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies. 4. Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 83. When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated? 1. When the sales department has an important new opportunity. 2. When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint. 3. When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard. 4. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 84. When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog. 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 85. Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning? 1. What can be done and how to do it. 2. How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve. 3. What to do and who will do it. 4. What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint? 5. Who is on the team and what team member roles wil l be? - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 86. Which are NOT appropriate topics for discussion in a Sprint Retrospective? 1. Team relations. 2. Definition of "Done". 3. Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint. 4. How the team does its work. 5. The value of work currently represented in the Product Backlog. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,5 87. Which best describes the Product Backlog? 1. It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum team to start the design phase of a product. 2. It is baselined to follow change management processes. 3. It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum team can develop and maintain a complete project plan. 4. It is allowed to grow and change as m ore is learned about the product and its customers. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 88. Which does a self-organizing Deve lopment Team choose? 1. Product Backlog ordering. 2. Sprint length. 3. Stakeholders for the Sprint Review. 4. How to best accomplish its work. 5. When to release, based on its progress - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 89. Which of the following are roles on a Scrum Team 1. Development Team. 2. Users. 3. Scrum Master. 4. Product Owner. 5. Customers. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,3,4 90. Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint? 1. Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should be long enough to make sure the Development Team can deliver what is to be accomplished in the upcoming Sprint. 2. The length of the Sprint should be proportional to the work that is done in between Sprints. 3. All Sprints must be 1 month or less. 4. Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should hold the time it will take to code the planned features in the upcoming Sprint, but does not include time for any testing. 5. It is best to have Sprints of consistent length throughout a development effort. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,5 91. Which of the following are true about the Product Owner role? 1. The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog. 2. The Product Owner can be influenced by a committee. 3. The Product Owner is one person. 4. The Product Owner role can be played by a committee or a team of people. 5. Multiple people can share the Product Owner role on a Scrum Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2,3 92. Which of the following are true about the Scrum Maste r role? 1. The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Bu rndown. 2. At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been "done" and what has not been "done". 3. The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team. 4. The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their tim e-box. 5. The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4 93. Which of the following best describes an increment of working software? 1. A decomposition of all Product Backlog items into tasks for future Sprint Backlog lists. 2. A new user interface design for functionality delivered in previous iterations. 3. Additional features in a useable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations. 4. UML diagrams that describe how to deliver functionality in future iterations. 5. An automated test suite to verify functionality delivered in previous iterations. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 94. Which of the following is required by Scrum? 1. Sprint Retrospective. 2. Release Planning. 3. Sprint Burndown Chart. 4. Members must stand up at the Daily Scrum. 5. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 95. Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective? 1. Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver. 2. The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning. 3. Methods of communication. 4. It's Definition of "done." 5. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 96. Which of these may a Deve lopment Team deliver at the end of a Sprint? 1. Failing unit tests, to identify acceptance tests for the next Sprint. 2. A single document, if that is what the Scrum Master asked for. 3. An increment of working software that is "done." 4. An increment of software with minor known bugs in it. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 97. Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint? 1. Sprint Review minutes. 2. The Sprint Goal. 3. The Sprint Backlog. 4. The release plan. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 98. Which phrase best describes a Product Owner? 1. Team manager. 2. Requirements engineer. 3. Go-between between development team and customers. 4. Value optimizer. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 99. Which Scrum Value us affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team? 1. Courage. 2. Respect. 3. Openness. 4. Focus. 5. Commitment. 6. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 6 100. Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business v alue? 1. Courage. 2. Respect. 3. Focus. 4. Economic. 5. Value added. 6. Earned value. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2,3 101. Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility? 1. Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders. 2. Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does. 3. Directing the Development Team. 4. Keeping stakeholders at bay. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 102. Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as outcome of the Sprint Planning? 1. Every item has a designed owner. 2. Each task is estimated in hours. 3. It is the Development Team's plan for the Sprint. 4. It is ordered by the Product Owner. 5. It is complete list of all work to be done in a Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 103. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? 1. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done. 2. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outco me of a Sprint and figure out what to do next. 3. It is a mechanism to control the Development Team's activities during a Sprint. 4. It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it did what it forecast, or to punish the Development Team if it failed to meet its forecast. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 104. Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner? 1. Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints. 2. Act as a go-between for them. 3. Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives. 4. Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 105. Which three of the following are fee dback loops in Scrum? 1. Release Planning. 2. Daily Scrum. 3. Sprint Review. 4. Refinement Meeting. 5. Sprint Retrospective. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,3,5 106. Which three of the following are true about Scrum? 1. Scrum is a methodology, where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. 2. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose, and is essential to Scrum's success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products. 3. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers. 4. Scrum is based on empirical process control theory. 5. Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4,5 107. Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review? 1. The Scrum process, and how it was used during the Sprint. 2. Sprint results. 3. Coding and engineering practices. 4. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 108. Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? 1. Prioritize the Development Team's work on the Sprint Backlog. 2. Run the Daily Scrum. 3. Work with the stakeholders. 4. Update the Sprint burndown chart. 5. Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,5 109. Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? 1. The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team. 2. The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Bu rndown. 3. The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work. 4. The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box. 5. At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been "done" and what has not been "done". - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4 110. Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? 1. Make up a plan for the rest of the project. 2. Create an Increment of potentially releasable software. 3. Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints. 4. Develop at least one piece of functionality. 5. Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4 111. Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum's values? 1. Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure. 2. Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams. 3. The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments. 4. Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams. 5. Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into Development Teams. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,5 112. Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint? 1. The Product Owner. 2. The Development Team or its members. 3. The Scrum Master. 4. The stakeholders. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 113. Who creates a Product Backlog item's estimate? 1. The Development Team after clarifying requirements with the Product Owner. 2. The most senior people in the organization, including architects and subject matter experts. 3. The Development Team, alone. 4. The Product Owner with input from the Development Team. 5. The Scrum Master. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 114. Who is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog Items? 1. The business analyst who represents the Product Owner in the Development Team. 2. The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Dev elopment Team do it. 3. The Product Owner. 4. The Scrum Master. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 115. Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders? 1. The team manager. 2. The project manager. 3. The Development Team. 4. The Product Owner. 5. The business analyst. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 116. Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint? 1. The Product Owner. 2. The Project Manager. 3. The Development Team is consultation with the Product Owner. 4. The Development Team. 5. The Scrum Master. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 117. Who must attend the Daily Scrum? 1. The Development Team. 2. The Scrum Team. 3. The Development Team and Product Owner. 4. The Development Team and Scrum Master. 5. The Scrum Master and Product Owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 118.Who must do all the work to make sure Product Backlog items conform to the Definition of "Done?" 1. The Scrum Team. 2. QA Specialists. 3. The Development Team. 4. The Scrum Master. 5. The Product Owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 119. Who should make sure everyone on the Development Team does his or her tasks for the Sprint? 1. The Project Manager. 2. The Scrum Master. 3. The Product Owner. 4. The Development Team. 5. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 120. Who starts the Daily Scrum? 1. The person who last broke the build. 2. The person who has the token. 3. The person coming in last. This encourages people to be on time and helps to stay within the time-box. 4. Whoever the Development Team decides should start. 5. The Scrum Master. This ensures that the Development Team has the meeting and stays within the time -box. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 121. Why does a Development Team need a Sprint Goal? 1. A Sprint Goal ensures that all of the Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint are implemented. 2. Sprint Goals are not valuable. Everything is known from the Product Backlog. 3. The Development Team is more focused with a common yet specific goal. 4. A Sprint Goal only gives purpose to Sprint 0. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 122. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? 1. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance. 2. The Product Owner demands it. 3. The place can be named. 4. The consistency reduces complexity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 123. You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the deve lopers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams. What are two key concerns for the Scrum master to take into account in this situation? 1. The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves. 2. The ability of the Development Teams to produce integrated Increments. 3. The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy. 4. The desire to maintain a stable velocity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2 124. You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive to in t his scenario. 1. There should be six Product Owners, reporting to achieve Product Owner. 2. There should be six Product Owners, one of each Scrum Team. 3. Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog. 4. The product has one Product Backlog. 5. There should be only one Product Owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4,5 125. Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release? 1. The Development Team. 2. The Scrum Master. 3. The Project Manager. 4. The Product Owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 126. Which three purposes does the definition of "Done" serve? 1. Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint allowed to end. 2. Create a shared understanding of when work is complete. 3. Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of e ach Scrum event. 4. Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint. 5. Increase transparency. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4,5 127. The IT manager asks a Development Team f or a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should: 1. Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the report. 2. Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review. 3. Tell the Development Team to fit the report into the Sprint Backlog. 4. Create and deliver the repot to the manager herself. 5. Tell the Development Team to figure it out themselves. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 128. In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is important to enact the value of commitment. What two actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members? 1. Send out a daily status report. 2. Work late. 3. Help the other Scrum Team members. 4. Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast. 5. Do your best. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,5 129. Which Scrum Value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team? 1. Focus. 2. Courage. 3. Commitment. 4. Respect. 5. Openness. 6. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 130. Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint? 1. Subject matter experts. 2. Development Team managers. 3. The Scrum Master. 4. Architects. 5. The Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 131. Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do if the Development Team doesn't have the engineering tools and infrastructure to completely finish each Product Backlog item? 1. Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the Development Team's infrastructure instead of delivering an Increment. 2. Declare the Development Team not ready for Scrum. 3. Coach the Development Tam to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and a djust the Definition of Done accordingly. 4. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done increments until the situation improves. 5. Have the Development Team establish a Definition of Done that is actually possible to achieve given current circumstances. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,5 132. What is the key concern when multiple Development Teams are working from the same Product Backlog? 1. Minimizing dependencies between teams. 2. Making sure there's enough work for everyone on every team. 3. Meeting srcinal scope projections. 4. Clear definition of requirements. 5. Maximizing velocity. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 133. During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to: 1. Manage the meeting in a way that each team member has a chance to speak. 2. Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered. 3. Lead the discussions of the Development Team. 4. Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box. 5. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 134. What does it mean for a Development Team to be cross-functional? 1. The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software. 2. The Development Team includes not only developers but also business analysts, architects, d evelopers and testers. 3. The Development Team is a virtual drawing from separate team s of business analysts, architects, developers and testers. 4. Developers on the Development Team work closely with business analysts, architects, developers and testers who are not on the team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 135. Why should the Product Owner be present at the Daily Scrum? 1. To participate as a Scrum Team member. 2. He - CORRECT ANSWER she doesn't need to be there. 3. To represent the stakeholders' point of view. 4. To hear about impediments in functionality. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 136. Which statement best describes Scrum? 1. A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed. 2. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development. 3. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software. 4. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 137. Currently, your Development Teams are organized to address a single layer only (for example, front end, middle tier, back end, and interfaces). What are three things to consider when deciding to move away from such component teams toward feature teams? 1. Getting support from the business side first helps. 2. With feature teams, it is easier to calculate the productivity per team. 3. You cannot do Scrum without feature teams. 4. Feature teams have less communication overhead. 5. Productivity may suffer when making this kind of move. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4,5 138. A Sprint Retrospective should be held: 1. At the beginning of each Sprint. 2. Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one. 3. At the end of each Sprint. 4. At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 139. What happens if the Development Team cannot complete it s work by the end of the Sprint? 1. The Sprint is extended and future Sprints use this new duration. 2. The Sprint length holds and the Development Team continuously learns what is actually possible to do within a Sprint of this length. 3. The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to en sure it doesn't happen again. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 140. What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box? 1. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time. 2. The event must happen at a set time. 3. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time. 4. The event must happen by a given time. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 141. What are two ways that architecture and infrastructure are handled in Scrum? 1. They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in an early Sprints, while always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small. 2. They are discussed, determined, and documented before the actual feature development Sprints. 3. They are implemented along with functional development of the product. 4. They are built by a separate team through the creation of an architectural runway. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,3 142. What is the best suited structure f or Development Teams in order to produce integrated Increments? 1. Each Development Team works only on one technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces) . 2. Each Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 143. What are two good ways for the Development Team to make non-functional requirements visible? 1. Run the integration and regression tests before the end of the Sprint, and capture the o pen work for the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint. 2. Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner posted on the expected effort. 3. Add them to definition of "Done" so the work is taken care of every Sprint. 4. Put them on a separate list on the Scrum board, available for all to see. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,3 144. Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same Sprint start date 1. True. 2. False. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 145. The length of a Sprint should be: 1. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events. 2. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner. 3. No more than one calendar month. 4. All of these answers are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 146. Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog? 1. The CEO. 2. The Product Owner. 3. The Scrum Master. 4. The Stakeholders. 5. The Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 147. What is the purpose of a Sprint Review? 1. To review the Scrum Team's activities and processes during the Sprint. 2. To build a team spirit. 3. To take time to judge the validity of the project. 4. To inspect the product Increment with the stakeholders and co llect feedback on the next steps . - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 148. How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning meeting? 1. The entire Sprint Backlog must be identifie d and estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning meeting. 2. Just enough to understand design and architectural implications. 3. Enough so the Development Team can create its b est forecast of what it can do, and to start the first several days of the Sprint. 4. Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team's understanding of the Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 149. Which outcome is expected as Scrum teams mature? 1. There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since time-boxes are only for new Scrum teams. 2. Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed. 3. The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours. 4. They will improve their definition of "Done" to include more stringent criteria. 5. A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 150. Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? 1. Sprint Retrospective. 2. Refinement Meeting. 3. Release Planning. 4. Sprint Review. 5. Daily Scrum. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,4,5 151. Who owns the Sprint Backlog? 1. The Product Owner. 2. The Scrum Team. 3. The Scrum Master. 4. The Development Team. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 152. Which three of the following are time-boxed events in Scrum? 1. Release Retrospective. 2. Release testing. 3. Sprint Retrospective. 4. Sprint Planning. 5. Sprint Testing. 6. Daily Scrum. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3,4,6 153. When should a Sprint Goal be created? 1. At any time during the Sprint. 2. A Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum. 3. It must be established before Sprint Planning in order to begin planning. 4. During the Sprint Planning. 5. It should have been created in previous Spring during Product Backlog refinement. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 154. The daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days? 1. The Sprint plan becomes inaccurate. 2. Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly. 3. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt chart properly. 4. Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint backlog are lost. 5. The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the s takeholders. 6. Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board befo re the meeting. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,2,4 155. The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group 1. The Product Owner and management. 2. The Development Team and management. 3. The Product Owner and Development team. 4. The Development team and Stakeholders. 5. The Scrum Team and stakeholders. 6. The Product owner and stakeholders. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 156. Which are properties of the Daily Scrum: 1. It is fifteen minutes or less in duration. 2. It is held first thing in the morning. 3. It is free from and designed to promote conversation. 4. It is facilitated by the team lead. 5. It location and time should remain constant. 6. It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,5 157. For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a new increment of working software must be available? 1. When the Product Owner asks to create one. 2. After the acceptance testing phase. 3. Every 3 Sprints. 4. Before the release Sprint. 5. At the end of every Sprint. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 158. When a Development Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected: 1. The Scrum Master, Project manager and Development team. 2. The Development Team. 3. The Product Owner and all stakeholders. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 159. Which does a self-organizing Development Team choose? 1. Stakeholders for the Sprint review. 2. When to release, based on its progress. 3. Product Backlog ordering. 4. Sprint length. 5. How to best accomplish its work. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 5 160. You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three of the following activities would probably help the Team in starting up? 1. Ask the product Owner to discuss the product or projects, its history, goals, and c ontext, as well as answer questions. 2. Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities. 3. Introduce a bonus system for the top performers in the team. 4. Have the development managers for each Development Team member introduce their direct reports and go over their responsibilities on the Scrum Team. 5. Have the Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history. 6. Ensure the team understands they need a definition o f "Done". - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,5,6 161. Which three questions are answered by all deve lopment team members at the daily scrum? 1. How is the Sprint proceeding? 2. What work am I going to do to day to help the team achieve its goal? 3. What work did I do yesterday to help the team achieve its goal? 4. What impediments are in my way or in the way of the team? 5. Why were you late? 6. How many hours did I spend on the project yesterday? - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,3,4 162. How much work must a development team do to a product backlog item it selects for a sprint? 12. Alpl droepvoelrotipomnaelnatmwoourkntaonfdtaimt leeoasntasnoamlyestise,sdtiensgig. n, programming, testing, and documentation. 3. As much as it can fit into the Sprint any remaining work will be transferred to a subsequent Sprint. 4. As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done" - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 4 163. What is the time-box for the Sprint Review? 1. 2 hours for a monthly Sprint. 2. 4 hours and longer as needed. 3. 4 hours for monthly Sprint. 4. 1 day. 5. As long as needed. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 164. Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a sprint? 1. The most junior member of the Team. 2. The Scrum Master. 3. The Development Team. 4. The Product owner. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 165. During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog? 1. As soon as possible after they are identified. 2. When the Product owner identifies new work. 3. During the Daily Scrum after the development team approves them. 4. When the Scrum Master has time to enter them. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1 166. What is the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting? 1. 4 Hours for a monthly Sprint. 2. 8 Hours for a monthly Sprint. 3. Monthly. 4. Whenever it is done. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2 167. Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint? 1. The Scrum Team. 2. The product Owner. 3. The Development Team. 4. The Product Manager. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 3 168. Which three of the following are true about Scrum? 1. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers. 2. Scrum is based on empirical process Control theory. 3. Scrum is a methodology, where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. 4. Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. 5. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose, and is essential to Scrum's success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 2,4,5 169. What are two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? 1. By facilitating Development Team decisions. 2. By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time. 3. By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team. 4. By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog. - CORRECT ANSWER Answer: 1,3 [Show More]

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