Test Questions Flashcards

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Which agile aspect refuses what is often considered a “necessary evil” in many industries – long work hours, overtime, or even working nights or weekends?

a) Continuous Delivery
b) small releases
c) DevOps
d) Sustainable Pace

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d)

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What is Scrum?

a) A framework for developing, delivering and sustaining complex products.
b) A process that includes the best industry practices for developing software.
c) A prescritive process following the principle of Lean Management
d) A cookbook for working within complext environments.

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a)

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What does the Cone of Uncertainty present?

a) The dependencies, resources and estimated effort for a project’s tasks and budget.
b) How the product’s knowledge evolves.
c) The project schedule.
d) The remaining work for a project.

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b)

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True or False:
Scrum is both an incremental and iterative agile way of delivering work.

a) True
b) False

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a)

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What is Scrum founded on?
(Choose the best anwser)

a) Lean Thinking and Scientific Management
b) Just in Time Principles and Rapid Application Development
c) Empiricism and Lean Thinking
d) Extreme Management and Lean Canvas
e) Adaptive Learning and Agility

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c)

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What are the pillars of empiricism?

a) Manage flow, Visualize workflow, Eliminate Waste
b) Continuous Delivery, Whole Team, Kaizen
c) Inspection, Planning, Transparency
d) Eliminate Waste, Quickly Respond to Changes, Transparency
e) Inspection, Adaptation, Transparency

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e)

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Which Scrum value is manifested when an information radiator such as a burndown, burnup, or cumulative flow chart is made available so that everyone can see it?

a) Adaptation
b) Simplicity
c) Openness
d) Transparency
e) Communication

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c)

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What statement best describes the Product Owner’s accountability?

a) Defining the work to be performed by the Developers.
b) Maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.
c) Estimating the effort of each Product Backlog item.
d) Describing each Product Backlog item following the Definition of Ready

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b)

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What is the role of Management in Scrum?
(choose the best answer)

a) Procurement management, making sure that the Scrum Team follows the contract’S terms.
b) Make sure that the project’s budget is being used as planned.
c) Monitor the Scrum Team’s productivity and deliverables’ quality.
d) Embrace bottom-up intelligence by providing information to the Scrum Team, supporting its empiricism and trusting it to learn about the problem at hand.

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d)

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Which of the below are accountabilities on a Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)

a) Product Manager, Scrum Master, Testers, Developers
b) Project Manager, Product Manager, Development Team
c) Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developer
d) Product Owner, Project Manager, Scrum Master
e) Chicken and Pigs

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c)

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What is the primary service that the Scrum Master provides to help the Developers maximize their productivity?
(coose the best anwer)

a) Update the burndown chart daily.
b) Ensure that the meetings are executed during the planned schedule and time-box.
c) Facilitate decisions of the Developers
d) Ensure the task management tools (such as Jira) are updated.

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c)

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The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
a) Create a product Increment
b) Deliver a product Increment, exept for specialized quality conrtrol that requieres specialized skills or ressources.
c) Deliver all the work commited to the Product Owner within the project plan’s date and cost.

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a)

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Who has the final say on the Product Backlog ordering?
a) The Developers
b) The Product Owner
c) The Scrum Master
d) The CEO
e) The Paying Customer

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b)

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True or False:
The Scrum Master is a manager.

a) True
b) False

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a)

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True or False:

The only Product Backlog items that the Scrum Team can select during Sprint Planning are the ones considered Ready (i.e., can be done within one Sprint).

a) False
b) True

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a)

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True or False:

The Product Goal represents the desired end state whenever all the Product Backlog items must be “Done.”

a) True
b) False

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b)

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Which statement best describes a Product Backlog?

a) Large Product Backlog items are described as Epics and smaller ones as User Stories.
b) Product Backlog items include test descriptions that prove their completeness when “Done”.
c) An emergent ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.

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c)

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True or False:

The Product Backlog might commit to a Product Goal.

a) True
b) False

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b)

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True or False:

An Increment can only be released after a Sprint is over.

a) True
b) False

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b)

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True or False:

If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the organization’s standards, all Scrumm Teams must follow it as a minimum.

a) True
b) False

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a)

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True or False:

Scrum requires the Increment to be released at the end of every Sprint.

a) True
b) False

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b)

22
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Which of the following best describes the Increment?

a) The Increment cannot be released during the Sprints; the PO must wait for the Sprint to be over to relese it.

b) The Increment is released at the end of every Sprint.

c) The moment a Product Backlog Item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born.

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c)

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Who creates the Definition of Done?

a) The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success

b) The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all member’s definitions

c) The development organization (or Scrum Team if none is available from the development organization)

d) The Scrum Master as he/she is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness.

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c)

24
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True or False:

The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog Items seleted for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the Increment (how).

a) True
b) False

A

a)

25
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True or False:

The work planned during Sprint Planning must be decomposed into one day or fewer units.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

They are often decomposed often into units of one day or less.
This is a recommendation, not a rule.

26
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True or False:

The Scrum Master defines the Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

=> the whole Scrum Team defines the Sprint Goal during Sprint Planning

27
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What is the time-box for the Sprint Planning for a two weeks Sprint?

a) 4 h
b) 2 h
c) 8 hours or less
d) It depends.

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c)

28
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During a Sprint, the CEO asks the Developers to add work on something critical not part of the Sprint Backlog.
What should the Developers do?

a) Since it is critical, add the item to the current Sprint and drop a less important item of equal size.

b) Add it to the Product Backlog.

c) Start working on it.

d) Let the Product Owner aware, so that he or she handles the requests of the CEO.

A

d)

29
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The Sprint Backlog is a plan by and for Developers.

Which of the following statement is FALSE?

a) An output of the Sprint Planning is the Sprint Backlog, which consists of all the tasks to be executed during the Sprint.

b) The Developers may ask the Product Owner for clarifications during the Sprint.

c) The Sprint Backlog is emergent.

d) Work can be removed or added through the collaboration between the Developers and the Product Owner.

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a)

The version of the Sprint Backlog immediately after the Sprint Planning is composed of a few of the tasks that will be executed during the Sprint, not ALL of them!

The Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint as more is learned.

30
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When does a Developer become the owner of a work unit (i.e., work item, task, technical task, or task card)?

a) Whenever the Scrum Master allocates it to him/her.

b) Never.

c) During Sprint Planning.

d) During Daily Scrums.

A

b)

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The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the Increment (how).

Which one of the following sentences is FALSE?

a) The Sprint Backlog makes all of the wolk that the Developer identify as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal.

b) The Developers modify the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint and the Sprint Backlog ermerges during the Sprint.

c) The Sprint Backlog ist a plan with enough detail that changes in progress can be understood in the Daily Scrum.

d) The Developers commit to the Sprint Backlog.

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d)

The Sprint Backlog is a forecast. The Developers commit to the Sprint Goal.

32
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True or False:

The only valid reason for having a Sprint be canceled is the Sprint Goal becoming obsolete, but only the Scrum Master can make such a decision.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

33
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When is a Sprint over?

a) When the time-box is over.

b) Last day of the month.

c) When the Product Owner accepts the work delivered by the Developers.

d) When all the work planned for the Sprint is Done.

A

a)

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The lengh of a Sprint should be:

a) Short enough to handle business risks.

b) Short enough to synchronize with other business events.

c) All the answers are correct.

d) At most, one month.

A

c)

35
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Consider that the first Sprint has just ended. When does the second Sprint begin?

a) Next Monday.

b) Immediately.

c) When the Product Backlog Items are Ready.

d) Next week.

A

b)

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Which of the following is a valid reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

a) To update the burndown.

b) To conduct the meeting, making sure that everybody answers the 3 questions.

c) To collect the status from the Developers and, if necessary, report to upper management.

d) The Scrum Master does not have to be at the Daily Scrum; however he/she must ensure that the Developers hold it.

A

d)

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The Scrum Guide says that Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place. Why?

a) Such consistency reduces complexity.

b) To have it run in the team’s War Room.

c) To avoid having people arriving late.

d) To ease the process of booking rooms, since this might be challenging in large-scale organizations.

A

a)

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The time-box for a Daily Scrum for a two-week Sprint is?

a) Seven min.

b) 15 min

c) 4 h

d) Three min per person.

e) As long a necessary to answer the three questions.

A

b)

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Who must attend the Daily Scrum?

a) The Developers and the Product Owner.

b) The Scrum Team.

c) The Developers.

d) The Developers and Scrum Master.

A

c)

40
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How much work must the Developers do to a Product Backlog item that’s selected for a Sprint?

a) all development work, except for specialized ones that require additional resources such as environments and tools.

b) Analysis, specification, architecture, design, programming, testing, documentation and deployment.

c) As much as negotiated with the Product Owner and in conformance with the Definition of Done.

d) As much as possible.

A

c)

41
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True or False:

The Sprint Review is a formal meeting fo demonstrating the Increment.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

42
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Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

a) It is when management verifies the tasks performed by the Developers during a Sprint

b) It is when the Scrum Team demonstrates the work done for everyone in the organization.

c) The purpose of the Sprint Review is to inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine future adaptations.

A

c)

43
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The Sprint Review is time-boxed to?

a) Four hours for a monthly Sprint; it is usually shorter for shorter Sprints.

b) Four hours.

c) Once a Sprint.

d) As long as the Product Owner needs.

e) Three hours for a monthly Sprint; it is usually shorter for shorter Sprints.

A

a)

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The Sprint Retrospective is time-boxed to:

a) Four hours and longer as needed.

b) Three hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints, it’s usually shorter.

c) As long as the Scrum Master defines.

d) Four hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints, it is usually shorter.

e) Ond day.

A

b)

45
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True or False:

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

a) True
b) False

A

b)

46
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Which statement best describes the Sprint Retrospective?

a) It is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.

b) It is when the Developers inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

c) It is a mechanism for management to control tasks developed by the Developers during a Sprint.

A

a)

47
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Who must participate in Sprint Retrospectives?

a) The Scrum Master and the Developers.

b) The Developers and the Product Owner.

c) The Scrum Team.

d) The Developers and the Project Manager.

e) The Scrum Team and key stakeholders.

A

c)

48
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True or False:

When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team has its Product Owner. Therefore, it is possible to have multiple Product Owners for the same product.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

49
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True or False:

When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog to reduce complexty.

a) True
b) False

A

b)

50
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Who describes the Definition of Done in the case of multiple Scrum Teams working on a single product?

a) It depends on the type of product.

b) Each Scrum Team defines its own.

c) All the Scrum Teams must mutually define the Definition of Done.

A

c)