Scribd
Upload
207 views30 pages

Open Assesment - Scrum

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about Scrum roles, events, artifacts and processes. The questions cover topics such as the responsibilities of the Product Owner, purpose of Sprint Review, length of Sprints and Daily Scrums, composition of the Scrum Team, and more. The questions test understanding of core Scrum concepts and best practices.

Uploaded by

piter8628
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
207 views30 pages

Open Assesment - Scrum

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about Scrum roles, events, artifacts and processes. The questions cover topics such as the responsibilities of the Product Owner, purpose of Sprint Review, length of Sprints and Daily Scrums, composition of the Scrum Team, and more. The questions test understanding of core Scrum concepts and best practices.

Uploaded by

piter8628
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 30

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's

responsibility?
A) Optimizing the Return on Investment (ROI) and the Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) of the work the Development Team does.
B) Directing the Development Team.
C) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the
commitments to the stakeholders.
D) Keeping stakeholders at bay.

It is important that the product increment be released to


production or shipped to customers at the end of each Sprint.
A) True
B) False

What is the role of Management in Scrum?

A) To continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team.


B) To monitor the Development Team's productivity.
C) Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information
into high value product and system capabilities. Management supports
the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters
empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent
release of software.

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

Which two (2) things does the Development Team not do during
the first Sprint?
A) Deliver an increment of potentially shippable functionality.
B) Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure.
C) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
D) Develop a plan for the rest of the project.

Who is on the Scrum Team?


A) The Scrum Master
B) The Product Owner
C) The Development Team
D) Project Manager
E) None of the above

What is the maximum length of a Sprint?

A) Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner.


B) Not so long that other business events can't be readily synchronized
with the development work.

C) No more than one calendar month.


D) All of these answers are correct.

The Development Team should not be interrupted during the


Sprint. The work it selects for the Sprint should not be changed.
The Sprint Goal should remain intact. All of these attributes of a
Sprint foster creativity, quality and productivity. Based on this,
which of the following is false?
A) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked
by the Development Team
B) The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully formulated in the Sprint
Planning meeting and do not change during the Sprint.
C) As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint
Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
D) The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or
add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected.

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A) A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.


B) A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
C) A framework within which complex products in complex environments
are developed.
D) A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of
Scientific Management.

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

A) It is a review of the team's activities during the Sprint.


B) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the
Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.

C) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to


provide feedback on the work done.
D) It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it did what it
committed to doing, or to punish the Development Team if it failed to
meet its commitments.

An abnormal termination of a Sprint is called when?

10

A) When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that everything won't be finished.


B) When the Team feels that the work is too hard.
C) When Sales has an important opportunity.
D) When the Product Owner determines that it makes no sense to finish it.

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very


important" item to the current Sprint. What should the
Development Team do?

11

A) Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.


B) Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
C) Add the item to the next Sprint.
D) Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

12

What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?


A) The event must happen at a set time.
B) The event must happen by a given time.
C) The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.
D) The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

13

Who is responsible for updating the work estimates during a


Sprint?
A) The Development Team.
B) The Scrum Master.
C) The Product Owner.
D) The most junior member of the Team.

14

The timebox for the complete Sprint Planning meeting is?


A) 4 hours.

B) 8 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportionately less for shorter Sprints.


C) Whenever it is done.
D) Monthly.

Scrum Master is a "management" position?


A) True
B) False

15

16

Development Team members volunteer to own a Sprint


Backlog item:
A) At the Sprint planning meeting.

B) Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development
Team, even though each one may be done by an individual
development team member.
C) Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
D) During the Daily Scrum.

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

17

A) Small items at the top to large items at the bottom.


B) Safer items at the top to riskier items at the bottom.
C) Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
D) Items are randomly arranged.
E) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

Development Team membership should change:

18

A) Every Sprint to promote shared learning.


B) Never, because it reduces productivity.
C) As needed, while taking into account the short term reduction in
productivity.
D) Just as it would on any development team, with no special allowance for
changes in productivity.

19

Who has the last say on the order of the Product Backlog?
A) The Stakeholders
B) The Development Team
C) The Scrum Master
D) The Product Owner
E) The CEO

20

What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within


the Scrum Team)?
A) 3 plus or minus 1
B) 6 plus or minus 3
C) 9 plus or minus 2
D) 15 plus or minus 3

Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team?


A) Development Team
B) Users
C) Customers
D) Product Owner
E) Scrum Master

21

Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."


A) True
B) False

22

23

What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development


Team working at its highest level of productivity?
A) By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.
B) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.
C) By preventing changes to the Backlog once the Sprint begins.
D) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

24

When many Development Teams are working on a single


product, what best describes the definition of "done?"

A) Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The various
differences are discussed and reconciled during the stabilization phase.
B) Each Development Team uses its own but must make it clear to all other
Teams if there are differences.
C) All Development Teams must have a definition of "done" that when their
work integrates results in a definition of "done" that is potentially
releasable.
D) It depends.

25

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is


growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small
portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be
most helpful in this situation?
A) Prioritize the list and work on them in order.
B) Alert management to the impediments and their impact.
C) Arrange a triage meeting with all other project managers.
D) Discuss the absence of management support with the Development
Team.
E) Tell the Product Owner that Scrum isn't working.
F) Consult with the Development Team.

26

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time box) is:
A) 2 hours
B) 4 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportionally less for shorter Sprints
C) As long as needed
D) 1 day

27

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
A) The place can be named.
B) The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
C) The Product Owner demands it.
D) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

28

A) The same time of day every day.


B) Two minutes per person.
C) 4 hours.
D) 15 minutes.
E) 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint, proportionally less for shorter sprints.

29

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product


Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

A) 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.
B) As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
C) The best it can do given that it is usually impossible for QA to finish all of
the testing that is needed to prove shippability.
D) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

30

When a Development Team determines that it has overcommitted itself for a Sprint, who has to be present when
reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
A) The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.
B) The Product Owner and Development Team.
C) The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
D) The Development Team.

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy