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1
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One of the most challenging activities in scrum is Product Backlog Refinement. How should a product backlog be refined before its development begins?

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In a way that is clear enough for developers.
In a way that it can be “Done” in the time-boxes duration of one sprint.

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What describes the Sprint Backlog?

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Its the Sprint plan for Developers

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Which of the following is optional in Scrum?

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Velocity, release plan

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Which allows stakeholders to interact with Developers?

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Via the product owner & at the sprint review.

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Which of the following is the single source of requirements for all changes to the product?

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The Product Backlog

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Which is the LEAST productive way for the Scrum Master to improve communication between developers and Product owner?

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Giving the order to all members of the team and acting as a go between for them.

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The product owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product backlog

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True, the product owner is also accountable for effective Product backlog management which includes: Develpoping and explicitly communicating the Product Goal, creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items. Ordering Product Backlog items.

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One of the most challenging activities in Scrum (but not mandatory) is product backlog refinement. How should a Product Backlog item be refined before its development begins? Select all correct answers.

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  1. In a way that is clear enough for the developers
  2. In a way that it can be done in a time boxed duration of one Sprint.
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WHo creates the Sprint Goal?

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The Scrum Team.

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Definition of Done
A) Helps ensure the increment is Release able?
B)Depends on the preference of the Product Onwer
C)Increases Transparency
D)Helps increase Velocity
E)Improve the visibility of the burn down chart

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A) Helps to ensure the increment is Release able
C)Increases Transparency

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How should developers deal with non-functional features?

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In Corporate them into every increment.

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How does the product owner forecast the completion date?

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By any method he/she finds appropriate.

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WHo is the most important Stakeholder?

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The End user

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Product Backlog Refinement is the act of Breaking down and further defining Product Backlog items into smaller precise items. This is an ongoing activity to add details such ass….

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Description, Order, Size

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How can a product owner check the progress of a project in the middle of a sprint?

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Attend the daily Sprint or check the task board (given there is one)

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What is essential considerations in multiple Scrum Teams?

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Having an effective mixture of skills in each team to avoid dependencies, Having the proper size of each team.

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Attributes of a good user story.

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Small, estimable, independent, negotiable

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Prioritization techniques

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Kano Analysis, Product Backlog ordering, User Story mapping

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When can you add a new task to the Sprint Backlog after the Sprint planning?

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Whenever it is identified.

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Purpose of Retrospective increases:

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Effectiveness and Quality

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Scrum Values. (Not scrum other thing)

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Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness and respect.

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Who creates the product GOal?

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The product owner.

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How can we ensure that the non-functional or so called performance requirements are addressed in the solution?

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Add them to the definition of “done” and add them as items to the Product backlog.

24
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A Sprint goal is created during the spring planning. The Sprint goal should….

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Be tangible, be measurable, be concise, explain the why topic of the Spring Planning

25
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In the Scrum Team, the only person who communicates with Stakeholders is the PO. There is no exception to this rule.

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False. The product owner should be responsible for representing the stakeholders with the team and ensuring that the team is working on the correct items.

26
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In which case is an increment valuable?

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When it increases customer satisfaction and when it reduces long-term operational costs.

27
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Is Scrum a container for other techniques and methodologies?

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Yes, scrum is a process framework that has been used to manage work on complex products since the early 1990s. Scrum is not a process, technique or definitive method. Rather it is a framework with which you can employ various processes and techniques. D

28
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DUring the spring (select all that apply).

A) The Scope may be clarified as more is learned
B) Some Sprint Backlog items will be replaced with items from the Product Backlog if the Spring goal has been changed.
C) The scope may be re-negotiated as more is learned.
D)Some sprint Backlog items would be removed from the sprint backlog to the product backlog after the product owner confirmation

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A) The scope may be clarified as more is learned.

C)The scope may be re-negotiated as more is learned.

29
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According to the Scrum Guide, empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is observed. Also in Scrum empiricism provides:

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Frequent Opportunities to discuss different possibilities, Frequent opportunities to make informed decisions, reducing risk.

30
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According to the Scrum Guide, to help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events. But what should be the frequency of Inspection in Scrum?

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In every event within the Spring and Frequently, as decided by the team, but not getting in the way of work.

31
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What is the single source of requirements for all changes to the product?

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The Product Backlog.

32
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who supports the Scrum Master in removing barriers?

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The Developers help to identify barriers. The Senior management supports in removing them.

33
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How many Product Goals can have a Scrum team at the moment?

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No more than 1 product goal

34
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The Scrum Team has just finished the Sprint Planning. According to this, choose all correct statements from true following answers.
A) After the Sprint Planning a sprint cannot proceed without complete requirement Specification.
B)After the Sprint Planning, a sprint cannot proceed without a Sprint Goal.
C)After the Sprint Planning, a Sprint can proceed without a complete Sprint Backlog.
D)After the Sprint planing, a Sprint cannot proceed without a complete design and BRD & FSD.

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B) After the Sprint Planning a Sprint cannot proceed without a Sprint Goal

C)After the Sprint Planning, a Sprint can proceed without a complete Sprint Backlog.

35
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A key stakeholder wants a feature in the middle of the sprint. What should developers do?

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Discuss it with the Product owner since he/she is responsible for the Product backlog items.

36
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Backlog Responsibility of Developers….

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Sizing the items from the Product Backlog items, Create tasks for Sprint Backlog items, Pull product backlog items for upcoming Sprint.

37
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The product owner owns the product backlog, but who owns the Sprint backlog?

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The Developers

38
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The Scrum Team realized they couldn’t complete the Sprint Backlog in the middle of the Sprint. Who would try to resolve this case?

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Developers and the Product owner.

39
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Velocity

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Amount of work done per Sprint

40
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The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less. By using a time-box in Sprint the team helps themselves limit work-in progress.

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Correct

41
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Self managing teams are characterized by their ability to…

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Make local decisions

42
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Time can be allowed between the two sprints for Integration?

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False, integration is part of the definition of Done and should happen as part of the development during the Sprint. Each new Sprint starts immediately after the previous one; there’s no time between the two.

43
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Spring Backlog emerges during the Sprint

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True, While the Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint Backlog stay the same, the tasks created by decomposing them always change and emerge during the Sprint.

44
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Why Automated builds are important

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1.They support continuous integration,
2.they allow frequent validation of the software unit being worked on,
3.ensuring it remains in a potentially shippable state, the build process is clearly defined and scripted, making it easy, consistent and repeatable.

45
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According to the Scrum Guide, what is the single source of requirements for any change to the product?

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The Product Backlog

46
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Is the Scrum Master a management role?

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Yes, it is a role to manage the process though and not the people.

47
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The Scrum Team must release at least one Increment with every Sprint. True or False?

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False, while frequent releases are desirable, it is up to the Scrum team to decide when this should happen. Don’t confuse the term ‘building’ with ‘releasing’. The Scrum Team can build an increment according to the Definition of Done (meaning that the increment is releasable) without actually releasing it.

48
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The Technical Debt in the Product has increased to High levels and is slowing down the development of new features. What should the Scrum Team do?

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Start working on reducing the technical debt with every sprint, but continue implementing new features.

Make the existing technical debt transparent Transparency is the key to handling any problem.

49
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The Developers notice that some items in the Product backlog require more time than the Sprint length. What should happen next?

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The Scrum Team should use the Product Backlog refinement activity to refine the items. (All work in the Product Bcklog needs to be small enough to fit. In one Sprint. Ideally, items in the Product backlog should be small as possible. This happens through the product backlog refinement

50
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The Developers notice that some items in the Product Backlog require more time than the Sprint length. What should happen next?

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The Scrum Team should sue the Product backlog refinement activity to refine the items.

All work in the product backlog needs to be small enough to fit in one Sprint. Ideally, items in the product Backlog should be as small as possible. This happens through the Product Backlog refinement activities.

51
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A product backlog is?

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A prioritized features list containing all the functionality desired in the product

52
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The Scrum master is a member of the Scrum Team. One of the responsibilities of the Scrum Master is to find, track and help remove different obstacles. But who supports the Scrum Master in removing obstacles?

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The Senior Management & The Developers

53
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What are some examples of Product Backlog management techniques where a scrum Master can coach the product owner and developers?
All answers that apply

A) Creating a common standard that defines the preferred level of description and transparency each product backlog item should meet before introducing them in Sprint Planning. The Team can then use this standard as a guideline to decompose the Items.

B) In addition to using value, a Product Owner can choose the input from Developers on ordering the items based on their technical coherence.

C) Choosing a tool to manage the Product backlog.

D) Techniques like writing the items in the form of user stories and their Acceptance tests.

A

Correct Answers:
A)
B)
D)

54
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Which three statements best describe the Product Backlog?
A. It may change anytime and it is never complete
B.The customers change requests are reflected in it.
C.Contains only small and clear itmes.
D.Contains all tasks identified by the developers
E. It is never baselined

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A.It may change anytime and it is never complete.
B. The Customers Change requests are reflected in it.
E. It is never baselined.

55
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How many hours per day should a Developer work?

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A. They should work at a constant pace.

56
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True or false. Every developer should be cross-functional.

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False

57
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The Scrum team is read to release a product. From the following answers choose 2 best of how the product success may be evaluated.

A) improving KPI’s through frequent releases.
B)Increasing velocity
C) Delivering an Increment every Sprint
D)Passing all Sprint Backlog items
E)Completing the Product backlog at the end of the project
F)Incresing satisfaction to the customer

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A & F

Customer and end user satisfaction is essential. It’s not an abstract measure like lines of code or velocity. There can be KPI’s for measuring the value of the releases.

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