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1 / 60

The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group?

The Scrum Team and stakeholders

The Product Owner and management

The Product Owner and stakeholders

The Development Team and stakeholders

The Development Team and management

The Product Owner and Development Team

2 / 60

What is the tactic a Scrum Master should use to divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams?

Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams

Ask the Product Owner to assign the people to teams

Create teams based on their skills across multiple layers (such as database, UI, etc.)

3 / 60

How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum?

The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf

The Product Owner represents their opinions

Managers are not required at the Daily Scrum

Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum

4 / 60

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility? (Choose the best answer.)

Directing the Development Team

Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does

Keep stakeholders from distracting the Development Team

Ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders

5 / 60

True or False: To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, a Development Team to implement those ideas and a Scrum Master to help guide the process.

True

False

6 / 60

If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?

Accumulated cost

Work remaining across time

Individual worker productivity

Accumulated business value delivered to the customer

7 / 60

A product Increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

True

False

8 / 60

Which Scrum Value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team?

Focus

Respect

Courage

Openness

Commitment

All of the above

9 / 60

What is the timebox for the Sprint Planning event?

Monthly

Whenever it is done

4 Hours for a monthly Sprint

8 Hours for a monthly Sprint

10 / 60

A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. What guidance should a Scrum Master give? (Choose the best answer.)

Scrum forbids estimating

Estimates must be in relative units

Estimates are made by the people doing the work

Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points

Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Developers

11 / 60

A Scrum Master is essentially the same thing as a traditional PM (Project Manager).

True

False

12 / 60

Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same Sprint start date.

True

False

13 / 60

True or False: Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product or system all select work from the same Product Backlog.

True

False

14 / 60

For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a valuable and useful increment must be available? (Choose the best answer.)

Every 3 Sprints

At the end of every Sprint

Before the release Sprint

After the Acceptance Testing phase

When the Product Owner asks to create one

15 / 60

Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?

The Sprint Goal

The release plan

The Sprint Backlog

Sprint Review minutes

16 / 60

What is the Product Owner responsible for during the Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best answer.)

Participating as a Scrum Team member

Capturing requirements for the Product Backlog

The Product Owner should not take part in Sprint Retrospectives

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to the stakeholders that they represent in the Scrum Team

17 / 60

The length of a Sprint should be:

No more than one calendar month

Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner

Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events

All of these answers are correct

18 / 60

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is:

Two minutes per person

15 minutes

4 hours

The same time of day every day

19 / 60

Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?

Act as a go-between for them

Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration

Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints

Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives

20 / 60

How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event?

Just enough to understand design and architectural implications

The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning meeting

Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team's understanding of the Sprint

Enough so the Development Team can create its best forecast of what is can do, and to start the first several days of the Sprint

21 / 60

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software

A cookbook that defines best practices for software development

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management

22 / 60

Who should make sure everyone on the Scrum Team does his or her tasks for the Sprint?

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Project Manager

All of the above

23 / 60

You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using Scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system, i.e. one for the front-end, one for the middle tier, one for the back-end, and one for the interfaces and services. This resembles what is known as component teams. But you have read that it's a good idea to have teams organized by feature.
What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting Scrum?

There are fewer cross-team dependencies than working in feature teams

Component teams generally have the skills needed to create a working Increment of software that provides business value

Because they have worked together for some time, they are likely able to start producing shippable Increments faster that new feature teams would

There's less initial disruption than organizing into new teams. As they start, they will discover what works best, and how to potentially re-organize towards this

24 / 60

How often should Scrum Team membership change?

As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity

Every Sprint to promote shared learning

As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity

Never, because it reduces productivity

25 / 60

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

To make sure every team member answers the three questions

To gather status and progress information to report to management

They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum

To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down

26 / 60

Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build software incrementally.

True

False

27 / 60

A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several.

True

False

28 / 60

Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?

Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed

There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint

The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours

A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now

They will improve their definition of ג€Doneג€ to include more stringent criteria

29 / 60

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?

The event must happen by a given time

The event must happen at a set time

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time

The event must take at least a minimum amount of time

30 / 60

Who creates the definition of `Done`?

The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product's success

The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team's productivity

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)

The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members' definition

31 / 60

Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?

The Scrum Team

The Product Owner

The Project Manager

The Development Team

32 / 60

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

To build team sprint

To take time to judge the validity of the project

To review the Scrum Team's activities and processes during the Sprint

To inspect the product Increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps

33 / 60

Who must attend the Daily Scrum?

The Scrum Team

The Development Team

The Scrum Master and Product Owner

The Development Team and Scrum Master

The Development Team and Product Owner

34 / 60

True or False: Scrum has a role called `Project Manager`.

True

False

35 / 60

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires

When all the tasks are completed

When the Product Owner says it is done

When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of ג€Doneג€

36 / 60

When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their Increments be integrated every Sprint?

No, each Scrum Team stands alone

No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint

Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies

Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done

37 / 60

Which phrase best describes a Product Owner?

Value optimizer

Team manager

Requirements engineer

Go-between development team and customers

38 / 60

Marian is the Product Owner envisioning a project for a new release of her product. She made a projection of a release date based upon a sustained velocity of 17 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 Sprints, the average velocity was 13 for work that the Development Team estimated as 90% done. The
Development Teams, feeling the need to meet the plan, figured that a velocity of 17 was within their reach.
A good way to continue is:

Add enough people to the Development Team for the deadline to be made

The Development Team should remind Marian to find funding for enough Release Sprints in which the remaining work can be done

The Development Team makes sure that all of the selected scope per Sprint is as ג€Doneג€ as possible. The undone work is estimated and added to the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint, so it doesn't mess up the Product Backlog

The opportunity to inspect and adapt is lost. Opaqueness has replaced transparency. Predictability has dropped below zero. The produced software is not usable. As the rules of Scrum have not been respected, it is the Scrum Master's duty to assess whether repair is possible, or a restart with a more reliable team. If not, the Scrum Master should cancel the project

39 / 60

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a `very important` item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?

Add the item to the next Sprint

Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO

Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size

40 / 60

What is the role of management in Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

To monitor the Development Team's productivity

To continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team

To identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough

To present the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve

41 / 60

Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?

An increment of working software that is ג€doneג€

An increment of software with minor known bugs in it

A single document, if that is what the Scrum Master asked for

Failing unit tests, to identify acceptance tests for the next Sprint

42 / 60

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

The most junior member of the Team

43 / 60

Who creates a Product Backlog Item's estimate?

The Scrum Master

The Development Team, alone

The Product Owner with input from the Development Team

The Development Team after clarifying requirements with the Product Owner

The most senior people in the organization, including architects and subject matter experts

44 / 60

Who starts the Daily Scrum?

The person who has the token

The person who last broke the build

Whoever the Development Team decides should start

The person coming in last. This encourages people to be on time and helps to stay within the time-box

The Scrum Master. This ensures that the Development Team has the meeting and stays within the time-box

45 / 60

When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of `Done`?

Prior to starting a new Sprint

During Spring Planning

During the Sprint Retrospective

Prior to starting a new project

46 / 60

Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business value? (Choose three.)

Focus, Economic Value Added, Respect

Respect, Focus, Courage

Courage, Respect, Earned Value

Earned Value, Courage, Economic Value Added

Economic Value Added, Earned Value, Focus

47 / 60

During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?

As soon as possible after they are identified

When the Product Owner identifies new work

When the Scrum Master has time to enter them

During the Daily Scrum after the Development Team approves them

48 / 60

How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog?

The Product Owner decides

Each Scrum Team takes an equal numbers of items

The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog

The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first

The Development Teams pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner

49 / 60

For which is the Scrum Master responsible?

Keeping track of resource allocation

Managing the performance of the Scrum Team

The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly

The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself

50 / 60

The Developers ask their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The team is waiting for an external supplier to deliver a component. Without that component there will not be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. As the Scrum Master, what advice would you give the Product Owner?

Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog should be ordered to maximize utilization of the Development Team

Remind the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog

Tell the Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog so the work involving the external component can be planned in a separate sprint

51 / 60

What is the key concern when multiple Development Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?

Maximizing velocity

Clear definition of requirements

Meeting original scope projections

Minimizing dependencies between teams

Making sure there's enough work for everyone on every team

52 / 60

When must a Scrum Team release each Increment?

When it makes sense to release it

After every Sprint, without exception

Whenever the product is free of defects

When the Scrum Team finishes their work

53 / 60

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable, useful Increment.

True

False

54 / 60

Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Scrum Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the order teams. What should the Scrum Master do?

Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned

Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint

Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment that is inclusive of all five team's work

Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint

55 / 60

When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item? (Choose the best answer.)

During the Daily Scrum

At the Sprint planning meeting

Whenever a team member can accommodate more work

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are ג€ownedג€ by the entire Scrum Team

56 / 60

Which of the following is required by Scrum?

Release planning

Sprint Burndown Chart

Sprint Retrospective

Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum

All of the above

57 / 60

How much time is required after a Sprint to prepare for the next Sprint?

Enough time for the Development team to finish the testing from the last Sprint

Enough time for the requirements for the next Sprint to be determined and documented

The break between Sprints is time-boxed to 1 week for 30 day Sprints, and usually less for shorter sprints

None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint

All of the above are allowed depending on the situation

58 / 60

Who can cancel a Sprint?

The Scrum Team

The Stakeholders

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

59 / 60

When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?

When the Product Owner is absent too often

It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints

When a technical dependency cannot be resolved

When functional expectations are not well understood

When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable

60 / 60

How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?

Assign them to the lead developers on the team

Ensure every Increment meets them

Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint

Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team's responsibility

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