PSM Flashcards
Which of the following services is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
A. Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak.
B. Lead the discussions of the Developers.
C. Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered.
D. Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
E. All Answers Apply
D
The Scrum Master ensures that the Developers have the event, but the Developers are responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute timebox. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only members participate in the Daily Scrum.
What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?
(choose the best two answers)
A. By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time.
B. By facilitating Developer decision-making.
C. By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.
D. By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
B, D
The Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team in several ways. Facilitation and removing impediments are examples of ways a Scrum Master helps a team become more effective.
What is the function or purpose of Management in Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
A. Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to encourage organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent product delivery.
B. Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.
C. Identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.
D. Monitor the progress of the Developers on the Scrum Team.
A
Management has no official role or accountability on a Scrum Team. However, management external to the Scrum Team is relevant in setting the vision and strategy to guide the overall direction of the organization.
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
A. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
B. At the Sprint Planning Event.
C. During the Daily Scrum.
D. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
D
All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every Sprint.
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?
(choose the best answer)
A. Monthly.
B. Whenever it is done.
C. 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
D. 4 hours.
C
Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
(choose the best answer)
A. Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.
B. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.
C. Management may feel less anxious.
D. All of the above.
D
All of the above
Which statement best describes Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
A. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
B. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.
C. A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.
D. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.
C
Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
True
False
False
The product Increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.
When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item on the Sprint Backlog?
(choose the best answer)
A. At the Sprint Planning event.
B. During the Daily Scrum.
C. Never. All Sprint Backlog items are “owned” by the Developers on the Scrum Team.
D. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
C
The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint, and the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint are collectively owned by the Developers. No individual Developer can claim ownership over an item as this would block communication and collaboration. The Sprint Backlog is updated by the Developers throughout the Sprint as more is learned.
During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items selected?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers
B.The Developers.
C. The Product Owner and the Developers.
D. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
C
During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and the Developers as more is learned. It is important to be transparent when challenges arise since ultimately the entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment.
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
(choose the best answer)
A. It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint.
B. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
C. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
B
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to Inspect and Adapt.
The timebox for the Sprint Review is:
(choose the best answer)
A. As long as needed.
B. 2 hours.
C. 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
D. 4 hours and longer as needed.
E. 1 day.
C
Sprint Review is a maximum four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
When should a Developer on a Scrum Team be replaced?
(choose the best answer)
A. Never, it reduces productivity.
B. Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
C. As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
D. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
C
Scrum Teams typically go through some steps before achieving a state of increased performance. Changing membership typically reduces cohesion, affecting performance and productivity in the short term.
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
(choose the best answer)
A. Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
B. It depends.
C. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
C
The Increment must be valuable and useful. This means that when many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, they are expected to adhere to a single Definition of Done for the Increment.
Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing Scrum Team?
(choose the best three answers)
A. The Developers are collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint.
B. The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
C. Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team’s progress.
D. The Developers have all the skills they need to create a valuable, useful Increment.
E. The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is required to meet the Definition of Done.
F. The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
B, C, F
The Daily Scrum is for the Developers. It should not be used by external stakeholders to check progress.
During Sprint Planning the Scrum Team should be crafting the Sprint Goal based on the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint. The Developers identify the necessary work to meet the Sprint Goal.
Scrum Team members do not have titles, and no sub-teams; such as testing, architecture, or operations are recognized. Accountability belongs with the Scrum Team as a whole, regardless of whether team members have specialized skills.
The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.
(Which one the following answers is FALSE?)
A. As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
B. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers.
C. The Developers may work with the Product Owner to add or remove work if they find themselves with more or less capacity than expected.
D. The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
D
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Developers identify as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. The Developers modify the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint.
A Scrum Team consists of the following:
(choose the best three answers)
A. Customers
B. Product Owner
C. Developers
D. Users
E. Scrum Master
B, C, E
The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.
The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
(choose the best answer)
A. Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.
B. Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
C. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
C
The Developers are a group of professionals who do the work of delivering an Increment of done product at the end of each Sprint. As a team, Developers have all of the skills necessary to create a product Increment.
The length of a Sprint should be:
(choose the best answer)
A. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
B. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.
C. One month or less.
D. All of the above.
D
All of the above
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
(choose the best answer)
A. Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.
B. Items are randomly arranged.
C. Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.
D. Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
E. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
E
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management. The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.
What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)
A. 9.
B. Minimum of 7.
C. 7 plus or minus 2.
D. 10 or fewer.
D
A Scrum Team is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work within a Sprint, typically 10 or fewer people. Generally smaller teams communicate better and are more productive
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Developers and Product Owner.
B. The Scrum Master and Product Owner.
C. The Scrum Team.
D. The Developers and Scrum Master.
E. The Developers.
E
Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily Scrum. If the Product Owner or Scrum Master are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog, they participate as Developers, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum.
When does a Sprint conclude?
(choose the best answer)
A. When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.
B. When all the tasks are completed by the Developers.
C. When the Product Owner decides enough has been delivered to meet the Sprint Goal.
D. When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.
A
The Sprint is a container for the following timeboxed events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency, and a new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The Sprint Retrospective concludes the Sprint, and is timeboxed to a maximum of three hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter
Though not typical, a Sprint can end if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. Only the Product Owner has the authority to end the Sprint prematurely.
Question 24 of 30
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
(choose the best answer)
A. Complex
B. Empirical
C. Defined
D. Hybrid
B
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is observed.
