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Q: Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the Scrum Guide.
(choose best of three)

  1. ) The Development Team creates their own sprint backlog, reflecting all work is part of the definition of “Done”.
  2. ) Development Team members collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint.
  3. ) The Development Team has all the skills needed to create a releasable increment.
  4. ) Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional scope for the Sprint.
  5. ) The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to as them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
  6. ) The Development Team members are working within the boundaries of their functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
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4,5,6

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Q: True or False: It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
(choose one answer)

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.) False

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Q: Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) It is a mechanism to control the Development Team’s activities during a Sprint.
  2. ) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
  3. ) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
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2.)

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Q: Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) The Development Team.
  2. ) The Scrum Team
  3. ) The Development Team and Scrum Master
  4. ) The Development Team and Product Owner
  5. ) The Scrum Master and Product Owner
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1.)

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Q: Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) Lead the discussion of the Development Team
  2. ) Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered
  3. ) Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak
  4. ) Teach the Development Team to eep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box
  5. ) All answers apply
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4.)

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Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly
(choose best answer)

  1. ) The Product Owner
  2. ) The Development Team
  3. ) The Scrum Master
  4. ) The Project Manager
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1.)

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Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) It is a mechanism to control the Development Team’s activities during a Sprint.
  2. ) It is when the SCrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
  3. )It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
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2.)

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Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software
  2. ) Determine and deliver at least one piece of functionality
  3. ) Develop a plan for the rest of the release
  4. ) Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.
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1.)

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Who creates the definition of done?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definition
  2. ) The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success
  3. ) The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team’s productivity
  4. ) The Development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization)
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4.)

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Which statement best describes a Product Owner’s responsibility?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) Directing the development Team
  2. ) Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does
  3. ) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
  4. ) Keeping stakeholders at bay
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2.)

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Tracking project impediments in a Scrum project is whose primary responsibility?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) Tester
  2. ) Scrum Master
  3. ) Functional Manager
  4. ) Developer
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2.)

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What are the disadvantages of the classical waterfall model?
(choose best answer)

  1. ) Some requirements are implemented as defined in the beginning of the project, and yet they are not really needed by the customer
  2. ) Each phase is strictly separated
  3. ) End-Product has to be fully anticipated beforehand.
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3.)

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What does NOT belong to the agile manifesto’s main pillars?
(choose best answer)

1.) Individuals and interactions over process and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation

  1. ) Process over people
  2. ) Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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2.)

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When is Sprint over?

  1. ) When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of done
  2. ) When all the Product Owner says it done
  3. ) When all the tasks are completed
  4. ) When the time box expires
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4.)

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Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

  1. ) Deliver an increment of potentially releasable Software
  2. ) Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure of the product
  3. ) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality
  4. ) Develop a plan for the rest of the release
  5. ) Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.
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  1. )

3. )

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The development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality, and productivity.

  1. ) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team.
  2. ) The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.
  3. ) As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
  4. ) The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity that it expected.
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2.)

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

  1. ) The Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum
  2. ) The Product Owner represents their opinions
  3. ) The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf
  4. ) Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum
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1.)

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Which are properties of the Daily Scrum? Choose 2 answers.

  1. ) It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions.
  2. ) It is held first thing in the morning.
  3. ) It is free form and designed to promote conversation
  4. ) It is free form and designed to promote conversation.
  5. ) It is fifteen minutes or less in duration.
  6. ) It is facilitated by the team lead.
  7. ) Its location and time remain constant.
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5.), 7.)

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Velocity is a useful measure to compare the performance of two or more teams.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.)

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A primary reason to adopt an Agile approach is that it reduces cost, since Scrum Teams work more efficiently and deliver more value in less time.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.)

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Forming teams and keeping them together is a good strategy for increasing utilization rates.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.)

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The primary benefit of an agile approach as compared to a waterfall approach is to improve the ability of a team to deliver on-time, on-budget, and on-scope

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.)

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When Scrum is implemented correctly, managers are no longer needed.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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2.)

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The Development Team has spent three weeks in a four-week Sprint, when they realize they will not be able to deliver 5 out of 15 items. What should they do?

  1. ) Just continue
  2. ) Outsource part of the work to other teams or parts of the organization
  3. ) Ask the Product Owner to collaborate with them and adjust the work
  4. ) Work overtime and try to complete all items
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3.)

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Timeboxing helps everyone focus on the same problem at the same time

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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1.)

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Which 3 statements are right about the Definition of Done?

  1. ) It helps developers understand if they have performed their tasks
  2. ) It helps measure the percent completeness of items
  3. ) It creates transparency for the Increments that will be inspected at the Sprint Review
  4. ) It helps the Development Team have a reliable forecast of the number of items they can select in the Sprint Planning
  5. ) It defines what it takes for a Product Backlog item to be ready for release
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3.),4.),5.)

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Which of the following activities are included in the Product Backlog refinement? (Choose multiple answers)

  1. ) Adding detail to the Product Backlog
  2. ) Estimating the Product Backlog items
  3. ) Breaking down the Product Backlog items into tasks
  4. ) Ordering the Product Backlog items
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1.),2.),4.)

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How should the Product Owner forecast the completion date?

  1. ) By dividing the remaining amount of work in the Product Backlog to the latest calculated velocity
  2. ) By any method s/he finds appropriate
  3. ) By using a trend line in the burn-down chart
  4. ) It is the responsibility of the Scrum Master to forecast the completion date
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2.),

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The Sprint Review is an informal meeting with the customer

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
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1.)

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Which of the following best describes transparency?

  1. ) The whole process should be visible to everyone
  2. ) The process should be visible, and understood by key stakeholders
  3. ) Significant aspects of the process must be visible to those responsible for the outcome
  4. ) The whole process should be visible to stakeholders
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3.)

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How can a Scrum Master help multiple teams keep their output aligned in a single product?

  1. ) Teach them that it’s their responsibility to work with the other teams to create aligned outputs and an integrated Increment.
  2. ) Visit Daily Scrums and ensure that team activities are aligned
  3. ) Teach the Product Owner to collaborate with lead developers on aligning the effort.
  4. ) Collect Sprint Backlog tasks of all teams, make them consistent, and return them to the teams to work on
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1.)

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When can a Scrum Master cancel a Sprint?

  1. ) Not enough resources are available
  2. )Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint are not clear enough
  3. )The Sprint Goal has become obsolete
  4. )S/he can’t cancel Sprints
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4.)

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What are the two outcomes of Daily Scrum?

  1. ) An updated Scrum board to visualize progress
  2. ) A shared understanding of the work to be undertaken
  3. ) A status report on the performance of every team member
  4. ) An updated backlog of impediments for the Scrum Master to solve
  5. ) A checklist of completed tasks and an update of the estimates for the remaining tasks
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2.),5.)

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Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint? (Choose 2 answers)

1.) The length of the Sprint should be proportional to the work that is done in between Sprints.

2.)All Sprints must be 1 month or less
Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should be long enough to make sure the Development

  1. ) Team can deliver what is to be accomplished in the upcoming Sprint.
  2. ) 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.
  3. )It is best to have Sprints consistent length throughout a development effort.
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2.),5.)

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You are a Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three of the following activities would probably help the team in starting up?

  1. ) Have the Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history
  2. ) Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities
  3. )Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or project, its history, goals, and context, as well as answer questions
  4. ) Ensure the team understands they need a definition of “Done”

5.) Have the development managers for each Development Team member introduce their direct reports and go over their responsibilities on the Scrum Team
Introduce a bonus system for the top performers in the team

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1.), 3.), 4.)

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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?

1.) Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and adjust the Definition of Done accordingly

2.) Refocus the Sprint on establishing the Development Team infrastructure instead of delivering an Increment
Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments until the situation improves

  1. ) Have the Development Team establish a Definition of „Done“ that is actually possible to achieve given current circumstances
  2. ) Declare the Development Team not ready for Scrum
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1.),3.)

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

  1. ) Act as a go-between for them
  2. ) Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprint
  3. ) Teach Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives
  4. ) Monitor communication between them and facilitates direct communication
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4.)

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

  1. ) When the Product Owner identifies new work
  2. ) During the Daily Scrum after Development Team approves that

3^.) As soon as possible after they are identified
When the Scrum Master has time to enter them

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3.)

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During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible?

  1. ) Participate as a Scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed
  2. ) Acting as a scribe to capture the Development Team answers
  3. ) Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management
  4. ) Prioritizing the resulting action items
A

1.)

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Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and a Scrum Master.

  1. ) False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development Team
  2. ) True. Outcomes are affected by their participation and availability
  3. ) True. Each must be 100 % dedicated to the Scrum Team
  4. ) False, a Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Development Team
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2.)

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Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team

  1. ) Reorder Product Backlog
  2. ) Report daily progress to stakeholders
  3. ) Increase velocity
  4. ) Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint
  5. ) Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog
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4.),5.)

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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. ) Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications.
  2. ) Creating detailed functional test cases.
  3. ) Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first, at all times.
  4. ) Interacting with Stakeholders.
  5. ) Describing features as Use Cases.
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3.),4.)

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What are three benefits of self-organization? (Choose 3 answers)

  1. ) Increased rule compliance
  2. ) Increased accuracy of estimates
  3. ) Increased creativity
  4. ) Increased self-accountability
  5. ) Increased commitment
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3.),4.),5.)

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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 3 answers)
Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.

  1. ) Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board before the meeting
  2. ) Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.
  3. ) The Sprint Plan may become inaccurate.
  4. ) The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt Chart properly.
  5. ) The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the stakeholders.
A

2.),3.) 5.)

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The IT manager asks a Development Team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should:

1.) Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress in
Scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the Sprint Review.

  1. ) Tell the Development Team to fit the report into the Sprint Backlog
  2. ) Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the report.
  3. ) Create and deliver the report to the manager herself.
  4. ) Tell the Development Team to figure it out themselves.
A

1.)

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The IT manager asks a Development Team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should:

  1. ) Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the Sprint Review.
  2. ) Tell the Development Team to fit the report into the Sprint Backlog
  3. ) Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the report.
  4. ) Create and deliver the report to the manager herself.
  5. ) Tell the Development Team to figure it out themselves.
A

1.)

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

  1. ) The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning.
  2. ) Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.
  3. ) Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team´s understanding of the Sprint.

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

A

4.)

Feedback
False. During Sprint Planning enough work is planned for the Development Team to forecast what it believes it can do in the upcoming Sprint. Work planned for the first days of the Sprint by the Development Team is decomposed by the end of this meeting, often to units of one day or less. The Development Team self-organizes to undertake the work in the Sprint Backlog, both during Sprint Planning and as needed throughout the Sprint

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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 example, set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum. What action should the Scrum Master take?

  1. ) Inform management and ask them to solve it.
  2. ) Set up the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.
  3. ) Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.
  4. ) Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup
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3.)

Feedback
False. The Scrum Master ensures that the Development Team has the meeting, but the Development Team is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum.

The Scrum Master should advise the development team that they need to hold a Daily Scrum meeting. From there it is up to the team to determine the best time/place to hold the meeting. As a self-organizing team that is their right. To verify if the meeting happened, the Scrum Master can attend the meeting or ask the team if the meeting took place.

If that isn’t sufficient then there could be a trust issue here that needs to be discussed and resolved. If this is the case, the Scrum Master needs to find out why the team does not want to hold the meeting and coach the team accordingly.

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During the Sprint Retrospective a Scrum Team has identified several high priority process improvements. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

  1. ) The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement to place in the Sprint Backlog.
  2. ) The Scrum Master selects the most important process improvement and places it in the Sprint Backlog.
  3. ) The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement to place in the Product Backlog.
  4. ) The Scrum Team should decline to add a process improvement to the Sprint Backlog when things are running smoothly.
A

1.)

Feedback
False. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.

By the end of the Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team should have identified improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint. Implementing these improvements in the next Sprint is the adaptation to the inspection of the Scrum Team itself.

To ensure continuous improvement, the Sprint Backlog includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting.

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One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum? (Choose 2 answers)

  1. ) An update of completed tasks and of the remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the next day.
  2. ) A status report for the upper management indicating what each individual has done, will be doing, and what is impeding him/her.
  3. ) An updated Scrum Board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders
  4. ) New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.
  5. ) A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint Goal.
A

1.),5.)

Feedback
False. The Daily Scrum optimizes the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal. Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a selforganizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.

Daily Scrums improve communications, eliminate other meetings, identify impediments to development for removal, highlight and promote quick decision-making, and improve the Development Team’s level of knowledge. This is a key inspect and adapt meeting.

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Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? (Choose 2 answers)

  1. ) Work with the Stakeholders.
  2. ) Run the Daily Scrum.
  3. ) Update the Sprint Burndown Chart.
  4. ) Prioritize the Development Team´s work on the Sprint Backlog.
  5. ) Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.
A

1.),5.)

Feedback
False. The product owner is in a continuous feedback loop with the stakeholders and the development team. He is in permanent contact with everyone and answers all questions from stakeholders and the development team.

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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 common yet specific goal.
  4. ) A Sprint Goal only gives purpose to Sprint 0.
A

3.)
Feedback
False. The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of the Product Backlog, and it provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

You must define a Sprint Goal for each Sprint for two primary reasons:

  1. It’s required by the framework for both philosophical and pragmatic reasons as described in the scrum guide.
  2. It provides a focus for limited resources within Scrum’s iterative methodology.
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What two factors are best considered when establishing the sprint length? Choose 2 answers.

  1. ) The organization has mandated similar length sprints
  2. ) The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders
  3. ) The frequency at which team formation can be changed
  4. ) The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used
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2.),4.)

Feedback
False. The sprint length is not based on the length of other sprints.

Note: If several teams are working on the same product, these teams should choose the same sprint length.

The sprint length does not depend on how often the team size will change in the future.

The sprint length should be tailored to the customer’s needs and the complexity of the increment.

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What are three ways Scrum promotes self-organization?

  1. ) By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a sprint
  2. ) By not allowing documentation
  3. ) By being a lightweight framework
  4. ) By removing titles for Development Team members
  5. ) By preventing stakeholders from entering the development room
A

1.),3.),4.)

Feedback
False. Self-organization enables
- creativity within the Scrum Teams,
- accountability in the Scrum Team, and
- people’s personal commitments to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team.

Self-organizing teams choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team.

A development team is collectively responsible for success and does not need titles to do the job. Everyone in Development is responsible for the work.

Titles, positions and an official hierarchy in a development team can have a negative impact on communication and collaboration.

Stakeholders can contact the product owner at any time. Stakeholders can also interact with the Development Team as long as the team is not disrupted in its work.

Documentation is important and necessary in Scrum, but not the most important thing.

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A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what “Done” means.

  1. ) All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users.
  2. ) Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.
  3. ) All work the Development Team is willing to do.
  4. ) No work left from the Definition of Done
  5. ) Ready for integration.
A

1.),4.),5.)

Feedback
False. By using the definition of “Done” everyone transparently understands what a “Done” Product Backlog Item or a “Done” Increment means. The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team’s current definition of
“Done.”

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

  1. ) The Product Owner and management
  2. ) The Product Owner and Development Team
  3. ) The Scrum Team and Stakeholders
  4. ) The Development Team and Stakeholders
  5. ) The Product Owner and Stakeholders
  6. ) The Development Team and management
A

4.)

Feedback
False. The Sprint Review Meeting is the appropriate meeting for the Scrum Team and external stakeholders (even end users) to attend. It is the opportunity to inspect and adapt the product as it emerges, and iteratively refine everyone’s understanding of the requirements. New products, particularly software products, are hard to visualize in a vacuum. Many customers need to be able to react to a piece of functioning software to discover what they will actually want. Iterative development, a value-driven approach, allows the creation of products that couldn’t have been specified up front in a plan-driven approach.

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What happens if the Development Team cannot complete all Sprint Backlog items by the end of the Sprint?

  1. ) The remaining items will be moved to the next Sprint
  2. ) The Sprint will be over with the completed item
  3. ) The Sprint time will be extended temporarily
  4. ) The Sprint time will be extended permanently
A

2.)

Feedback
False. Nothing happens! The Development Team will deliver only the items that are 100% done based on the Definition of Done.
The only thing the Development Team may do, is inform the Product Owner, so that s/he can revise the order of items if necessary, and work with her/him to review and adjust the work (“work” here refers to the “tasks”, not the “items”).

58
Q

Adding more resources to a Scrum project increases productivity and the delivery of value proportionally.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
A

2.)

Feedback
False. Normally, if you double the resources (team members), your productivity will increase less than twice; in other words, it’s not proportional.
There’s also the Brook’s Law that claims “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later” (you don’t need it for the exam).

59
Q

What are two common benefits of self-organization?

  1. ) Increased respect
  2. ) Increased buy-in
  3. ) Increased predictability
  4. .)Increased creativity
  5. )Increased cross-functionality
A

2.),4.)

Feedback
False. Being self-organized means that the team finds its own way, instead of receiving orders. When it is so, there is more buy-in (commitment), accountability, and creativity among team members.

60
Q

Which two of the following are Scrum Master responsibilities during the Sprint?

  1. ) Communicate the progress with stakeholders
  2. ) Remove impediments
  3. ) Ensure the Product Owner spends enough time for the project
  4. ) Approve completed deliverables
  5. )Measure the progress
A

2.),3.)

Feedback
False. The Scrum Master ensures that Scrum is understood and enacted entirely, removes impediments (solves problems), and facilitates the meetings as requested or needed.

61
Q

Who should create the Sprint Goal?

  1. ) The Product Owner
  2. ) The Scrum Team
  3. ) The Scrum Master
  4. ) The Development Team
  5. ) The Product Owner and the Development Team together
A

2.)

Feedback
False. The Sprint Goal is created at the Sprint Planning meeting by the whole Scrum Team.

62
Q

Which of the following should be considered for setting the duration of Sprints? (Choose multiple answers)

  1. ) It shouldn’t be so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner
  2. ) It shouldn’t be more than one calendar month
  3. ) It shouldn’t be so long that other business events can’t be synchronized with the development work
A

1.),2.),3.)

Feedback
False. When Sprints are shorter, there are more opportunities for demonstration, receiving feedback, and adaptation. So, when risks are higher, it’s better to have shorter Sprints (if it is possible). Besides that, we should collaborate with the business, so the duration of Sprints should be compatible with their business events. And finally, Sprints should not be longer than one calendar month.

63
Q

Average items in the Product Backlog are usually…

  1. ) The same size as the items in the Sprint Backlog
  2. ) Larger than items in the Sprint Backlog
  3. ) Smaller than items in the Sprint Backlog
A

2.)

False. This is how it works:

  1. Items of different sizes are added to the Product Backlog
  2. Items are sorted based on their business value
  3. Large items on the top of the Product Backlog are broken down into smaller ones

That’s why the items on the top are smaller than those on the bottom. Also, because items selected for the Sprint Backlog come from the top of the Product Backlog, they are expected to be smaller than the average item in the Product Backlog.

Remember that size is not a basis for ordering the Product Backlog items; it just happens automatically because of our process.

64
Q

What does a trend line through a release burn-down chart indicate?

  1. ) When the remaining work is supposed to be finished
  2. ) When the remaining work will likely be completed if nothing changes in the Product Backlog or the Development Team
  3. ) The budgeted cost of the project
  4. ) When the project will likely finish, if the team develops with a speed equal to the last Sprint
A

2.)

Feedback

The horizontal axis is time, the vertical axis is the remaining amount of work, and the trend line shows the forecast finish date if the Product Backlog and the team capacity stay the same.

65
Q

Scrum is a development methodology that provides a practical Agile environment.

  1. ) True
  2. ) False
A

2.)

Feedback
False. Scrum is a framework rather than a methodology, and it’s not detailed.

66
Q

When do Development Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item?

  1. ) They don’t do so
  2. ) After the Daily Scrums
  3. ) During the Daily Scrums
  4. ) In the Sprint Planning meeting
  5. ) Whenever the team member has free capacity for more work
A

1.)

Feedback
False. The Developers share the ownership of the items and tasks in the Sprint Backlog.
Tasks are assigned to the Developers (by themselves), but they all stay accountable (own the task).
Items are not assigned to Developers, as each item consists of multiple tasks that need varying expertise.

To summarize:

Items are not owned by individuals/pairs
Items are not assigned to individuals/pairs
Tasks are not owned by individuals/pairs
Tasks are indeed assigned to individuals/pairs
It’s a good practice to use Pair Programming in Agile, which is when two developers work on the same piece of code. One developer writes code and the other observes and comments. After a while, they switch places. Note that you won’t have questions about pair programming in the PSM I exam.

Note: “tasks” are usually referred to as “work” or “plan” in the PSM I exam.

67
Q

Who estimates the work of the newly identified items?

  1. ) The Product Owner
  2. ) The whole Scrum Team
  3. ) The Development Team
  4. ) The Scrum Master
  5. ) The Development Team and the Product Owner together
A

3.)

Feedback
False. All estimates are done by the Development Team, since they are the ones who know how to do the work.

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