PSM

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

D

All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every Sprint.

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

C

Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

D
All of the above

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

C

Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.

Question 8

True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
True
False

Answer 8

False

The product Increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

B

Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to Inspect and Adapt.

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

C

Sprint Review is a maximum four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

A Scrum Team consists of the following:

(choose the best three answers)
A. Customers
B. Product Owner
C. Developers
D. Users
E. Scrum Master

Answer 17

B, C, E

The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

D

All of the above

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

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

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

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

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

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Question 25 of 30
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

(choose the best answer)
A. The Product Owner demands it.
B. The place can be named.
C. The consistency reduces complexity.
D. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

Answer 25

C

The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity.

Question 26

True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
True
False

Answer 26

False

Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many Scrum Teams are used. Any other setup makes it difficult for the Developers to determine what they should work on.

Question 27

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)
A. The Product Owner since they are responsible for the product’s success.
B. The Scrum Master since they are responsible for the productivity of the Developers.
C. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
D. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definitions.

Answer 27

C

If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

Question 28

How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?

(choose the best answer)
A. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.
B. As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
C. All development work and at least some testing.
D. Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.

Answer 28

D

The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver useful and valuable Increments that adhere to the Scrum Team’s current Definition of Done.

Question 29

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

(choose the best answer)
A. The Product Owner.
B. The most junior member of the team.
C. The Developers.
D. The Scrum Master.

Answer 29

C

The Developers use the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

Question 30

Question 30 of 30
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

(choose the best answer)
A. To make sure every team member answers the three questions.
B. To gather status and progress information to report to management.
C. They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
D. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down.

Answer 30

C

The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.

Question 31

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

A. When the Developers feel that the work is too hard.
B. When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.
C. When the sales department has an important new opportunity.
D. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

Answer 31

D

A Sprint could be cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. Only the Product Owner has trhe authority to cancel the Sprint.

Question 32

The CEO asks the Developers to add a “very important” item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do?

A. Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
B. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
C. Add the item to the next Sprint.
D. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.

Answer 32

A

The items selected for a Sprint have been selected as most valuable with the Product Owner. The items serve the Sprint’s goal. No changes should be made that endanger the Sprint Goal. No one external to the Scrum Team can force changes on the Developers.

Question 33

True or False: The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint Backlog.

Answer 33

False

An earlier version of the Scrum Guide prescribed the practice of placing one improvement in the Sprint Backlog. This was removed in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide because it was felt to be too prescriptive. However, if this practice provides value to you then you should adopt it. It is simply not prescribed anymore, but can still be valuable.

Question 34

Which Scrum events are timeboxed?

A. Release Testing.
B. Sprint Review.
C. Release Retrospective.
D. Sprint Testing.
E. Sprint Planning.
F. Sprint Retrospective.
G. Refinement.

Answer 34

B, E, F

The Scrum Guide states that the Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews are timeboxed events. Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency, and the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event.