A - As Needed, While Taking Into Account A Short Term Reduction in Productivity
A - As Needed, While Taking Into Account A Short Term Reduction in Productivity
5. The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the
Product Backlog. What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to
take?
(Choose the best answer.)
A. Suggest the Product Owner extend the Sprint, so he can have more
time to order the Product Backlog.
B. Suggest that the Development Team does the ordering to be sure that
it is a feasible ordering of work.
C. Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of
ordering the Product Backlog is to maximize value.
D. Present the Product Owner with an ordered Product Backlog to use.
E. Encourage the Product Owner to work with the Development Team to
see which items technically are fastest to implement.
10.What techniques could the Scrum Master use when the Scrum Team gets
caught in an internal disagreement about which agile practices to apply?
(Choose the best two answers.)
A . Involve the complete Scrum Team in making a decision.
B . Use coaching techniques; such as open QUESTION NO:s and active
listening.
C . Ask an external agile coach what they recommend.
D . Ask team members to take the issue up with to the company’s Human
Resources department.
What it the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
A . To gather status and progress information to report to management.
B . To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items,
and tracking progress on the burn-down.
C . He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the
Development Team has a Daily Scrum.
D . To make sure every team member answers the three questions.
13.Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? (Choose the best
answer.)
A. 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.
B. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to
check on the work done.
C. It is a mechanism to control the Development Team’s activities during a
Sprint.
D. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a
Sprint and figure out what to do next.
16. What two factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length?
(Choose two.)
Note: Real exam has one (answer has to be the need for the team to learn
based on or the org release schedule )
17. Who should know the most about the progress toward a project goal?
18. 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 selected Product Backlog item? (Choose the best two
answers.)
A. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure
over time and adjust the Definition of "Done" accordingly.
B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially "Done" increments until the
situation improves.
C. Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the Development Team’s
infrastructure instead of delivering an increment.
D. Declare the Development Team not ready for Scrum.
E. Have the Scrum Team establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible
to achieve given current circumstances.
20. Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard
to the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Lead the discussions of the Development Team.
B. Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered by each member of the
team.
C. Keep track of whether each team member has a chance to speak.
D. Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute
time-box.
E. All of the above.
21. Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the
Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?
A. Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration.
B. Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and
objectives.
C. Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the
Sprints.
D. Act as a go-between for them.
22. Who determines the number of product backlog items selected for a sprint?
The scrum team
24. Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint?
(Choose two.)
A . Make up a plan for the rest of the project.
B . Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.
C . Develop at least one piece of functionality.
D . Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure.
E . Create an increment of potentially releasable software.
30. During the Sprint Retrospective a Scrum Team has identified several high
priority process improvements.
Which of the following statements is most accurate? (Choose the best answer.)
A The Scrum Team may add items to the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.
B The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process
improvement to place in the Product
Backlog.
C The Scrum Team should decline to add a process improvement to the Sprint
Backlog when things are
running smoothly.
D The Scrum Master selects the most important process improvement and
places it in the Sprint Backlog
31. What enhances the transparency of an increment? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Doing all work needed to meet the definition of "Done"
B. Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily
C. Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a
separate Sprint.
D. Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool.
32. When should a Sprint Goal be created? (Choose the best answer.)
A. It should have been created in the previous Sprint during Product Backlog
refinement.
B. It must be established before Sprint Planning in order to begin planning.
C. A Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum.
D. At any time during the Sprint.
E. During Sprint Planning.
33. What are two ways that regulatory compliance issues are dealth with in
Scrum?(2 best answers)
They are discussed, determined and documented before the actual feature
development Sprints.
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They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while
always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small
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They are addressed by a separate team who is responsible for compliance issues.
34. Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a
Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best two answers.)
A. Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint.
B. The order of items in the Product Backlog.
C. How the team collaborates.
D. Documenting acceptance criteria for items in the next Sprint.
35. Several Sprints into a project, a client is complaining to the Product Owner
about the poor performance of the product.
As a Scrum Master, how can you help the Product Owner?
A. Coach the Product Owner on effective ways to communicate this concern to
the Development Team and encourage the Product Owner to add the
performance issue to the Product Backlog.
B. Tell the Product Owner performance is defined by the Development Team.
C. Note the issue for the next Sprint Retrospective.
D. Notify the team responsible for system performance.
36. When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their
increments be integrated every Sprint?
A. Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.
B. Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to
accurately inspect what is done.
C. No, each Scrum Team stands alone.
D. No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.
(Yes, in order to accurately inspect what is done)
37. 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"? (Choose
three.)
A. It controls whether the developers have performed their tasks.
B. It provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical
documentation.
C. It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review.
D. It tracks the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item.
E. It guides the Development Team is creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning.
F. It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release.
38. Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review?
A. the process
B. coding practices
C. all of the above
D. Sprint results
39. A Developer takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data
security issues. What should the Scrum Master do?
A. Add security to the definition of "Done".
B. Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the
issues are fixed.
C. Create a Product Backlog item for security.
D. Go check with the testers.
E. Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.
40. In accordance with Scrum theory, how should a group of 100 people be
divided into multiple Development Teams? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Understanding the product, the product vision and the rules of the Scrum
framework, the group divides itself into teams.
B. It doesn’t really matter because you can rotate the teams every Sprint to
spread knowledge.
C. Check with the allocation department to see who has worked together before
and make these the first teams.
D. Create a matrix of skills, seniority, and level of experience to assign people to
teams.
41. As the Developers starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too
much work to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review, but prior to the
demonstration.
B. Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work to.
C. As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove
some work or Product Backlog items.
D. Reduce the definition of "Done" and get all of the Product Backlog items
"Done" by the new definition.
42. When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition
of “Done”?
A . During Spring Planning.
B . Prior to starting a new Sprint.
C . During the Sprint Retrospective.
D . Prior to starting a new project.
43. For which is the Scrum Master responsible?
A . Managing the performance of the Scrum Team.
B . The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself.
C . The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly.
D . Keeping track of resource allocation.
51. which of the following are topics for the developers to discuss at the daily
scrum
a. What have we learnt since yesterday
b. Are there any impediments
c. Are there any decisions
52. Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
A. Scrum Master
B. Development Team/The Developers
C. Development Team and Product Owner
D. Development Team and Scrum Master
53. the product backlog is ordered by
Product owner
54. Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as outcome of the Sprint
Planning?
A. It is a complete list of all work to be done in a Sprint.
B. Every item has a designated owner.
C. Each task is estimated in hours.
D. It is the Development Team’s plan for the Sprint.
E. It is ordered by the Product Owner.
55. For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a new increment of
working software must be available?
A . After the acceptance testing phase.
B . Before the release Sprint.
C . Every 3 Sprints.
D . At the end of every Sprint.
E . When the Product Owner asks to create one.
63. You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same
Product Backlog. Several of the developers 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?
65. Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Sprint Retrospective.
B. Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.
C. Sprint Burndown Chart.
D. Release planning.
E. All of the above.
66. 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?
A. Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.
B. Estimates are made by the Development Team/ by the people doing the work
C. Estimates must be in relative units.
D. Scrum forbids estimating.
E. Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development
Team.
67. What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? (Choose
the best two answers.)
A. Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of
security-related Product Backlog items.
B. Add security concerns to the definition of "Done".
C. Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns.
D. Delegate the work to the concerned department.
E. Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.
68. 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? (Choose the best two
answers.)
A. Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast.
B. Help the other Scrum Team members.
C. Do your best
D. Send out a daily status report.
E. Work late.
69. which best describes the Product Backlog?
A . It is allowed to grow and change as more is learned about the product and its
customers.
B . It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum team to start the design phase of a
product.
C . It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum team can develop
and maintain a complete project plan.
D . It is baselined to follow change management processes.
70. How often should scrum Team membership change?
A . As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.
B . Never, because it reduces productivity.
C . As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
D . Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
71. 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 selected Product Backlog
item? (Choose the best two answers.)
A. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and
adjust the Definition of "Done" accordingly.
B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially "Done" increments until the situation
improves.
C. Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the Development Team’s infrastructure instead
of delivering an increment.
D. Declare the Development Team not ready for Scrum.
E. Have the Development Team establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to
achieve given current circumstances.
72. 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?
(Choose three.)
A. Opportunities to insect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.
B. Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.
C. The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the stakeholders.
D. Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board before the meeting.
E. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt chart properly.
76. Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective? (Choose
the best answer.)
A. Methods of communication.
B. The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.
C. Skills needed to improve the Development Team’s ability to deliver.
D. Its Definition of "done".
E. All of the above.
77. 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. What should you do?
A. Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for the
various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.
B. Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last
development Sprint. It will then be done by any available technical writers.
C. Wait until you have a technical writer on your Development Team to take care of this.
D. Your Development Team is still responsible for creating user documentation. In this case,
the Development Team members will write it./the developers on the scrum
78. Which of the following two actions should the Scrum Master support? (Choose two.)
A . Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new
Sprint.
B . Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint
Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint
Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and
create additional functionality during the Sprint.
C . Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product
Backlog items are well enough understood for the Development Team to make a complete
forecast. Then start the Sprint.
D . Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes
will make it less likely to recur.
E . Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then
reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.
79. Developers do not meet with stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at
Sprint Review.
False
81. Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and
overarching direction for the Sprint?
A. The Sprint Backlog.
B. The Sprint Goal
C. The release plan.
D. Sprint Review minutes.
82. Which three purposes does the definition of "Done" serve? (Choose the best three
answers.)
A. Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint.
B. Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.
C. Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of each Scrum event.
D. Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.
E. Increase transparency.
83. What it the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
B . To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and
tracking progress on the burn-down.
C . He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team
has a Daily Scrum.
84. what are two ways that regulatory compliance are dealt with in scrum
When does the second Sprint start? (Choose the best answer.)
A. Once the architectural changes for the second Sprint have been approved by the senior
architect.
B. After the Product Backlog for the second Sprint has been selected.
C. Immediately after the first Sprint.
D. After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first Sprint.
Product owner
50)which two things are appropriate for scrum masters to do if scrum team does not have the tools and
environment to completely finish each selected product backlog item
49) Why do developers need a sprint goal? B
48) Every Scrum team should have
44) Multiple scrum Team working on the same product must have the same sprint start date?- Answer is
B)
43)which part of discussion about which Product backlog items are selected for a sprint
B) developers
42)During a sprint, when is new work started or further decomposition of work added to sprint backlog
41)A scrum master is working with scrum team that has developers in different physical locations. The
developers meet in variety of meeting rooms and have much to do logistically
C) Allow the developers to self manage and determine for themselves what to do