PSPO-I.002 Practice Exam Set Two
PSPO1 Practice Exam Set Two
Question 1Skipped
True or false? When multiple teams are working on the same product, their Sprints should start and end at the same time.
TRUE
Correct answer
FALSE
Overall explanation
FALSE, it’s not mandatory to start and end the Sprints at the same time; e.g., most teams have four-week Sprints, but some of them have two-week Sprints.
Question 2Skipped
Which of the following apse might help the Product Owner minimize waste in developing and sustaining the Product Backlog? (choose the best two answers)
Correct selection
Only fully describe Product Backlog items when it seems likely they will be implemented.
Correct selection
Write every Product Backlog item clearly and with no ambiguity.
Hand off ownership of the Product Backlog to someone else.
Remove items from the Product Backlog that have not been addressed in a long time.
Overall explanation
Hand off ownership of the Product Backlog to someone else, Remove items from the Product Backlog that have not been addressed in a long time are simply not an option and incorrect in scrum framework.
Question 3Skipped
Every Scrum team must determine its own cadence for releasing features to customers. Some choose to release every sprint, while others after 2, 3 and even more Sprints. But who is responsible for planning releases?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Developer
Scrum Master
Correct answer
Product Owner
Project manager
Overall explanation
Release Planning is the Responsibility of the Product Owner.
Question 4Skipped
From the following answers choose one. In Scrum, by transparency we mean …….
Choose only ONE best answer.
The process should be visible and understood by each stakeholder
The whole process should be visible to the Product Owner
Correct answer
Significant aspects of the process must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work
The whole process should be visible to stakeholders.
Overall explanation
Transparency is about visibility and doesn’t contain understanding; even though we’d better try our best to create the right understanding too, but that’s another story. The “whole process” might be too much for some stakeholders; “significant aspects” is enough, as we treat most things in Agile environments.
Question 5Skipped
The benefits of having a solid product vision are (choose 3 answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Correct selection
It gives an overall direction to the Sprints
It helps identify the best time for releasing the product
It’s a traditional concept, and there are no benefits for it
Correct selection
It makes it easier to inspect the incremental progress of the product
Correct selection
It helps the team stay focused and make better decisions
Overall explanation
Product vision is not explained in the Scrum Guide and is not a mandatory part of the framework. However, it’s recommended to have one, and use it to help align the decisions and development with the expected outcome of the project
Question 6Skipped
The Team may decrease the technical debt by ……
Choose only ONE best answer.
Hiring an external auditor
Correct answer
Improving the definition of “Done”
Having hardening Sprints
Hiring more Developers
Overall explanation
There’s usually room for improving the definition of “Done”. A good definition will let less
technical debt pass on to the next Sprints. Technical debt is minor shortcomings in the code
that makes it less than “good enough”, and therefore creates risks in the future. It usually
decreases velocity in the future (because the team has to fix the shortcomings), and as some
of the debt might remain in the final product, the maintenance cost will increase as well.
Another Agile way of reducing technical debt is continuous refactoring.
Question 7Skipped
Which of the following is not a pillar of Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct selection
Adaptation
Correct selection
Inspection
Empiricism
Correct selection
Transparency
Overall explanation
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
Question 8Skipped
Choose one best answer. Scrum is
Choose only ONE best answer.
not founded on empiricism
Correct answer
not a software development process
not founded on lean thinking
not a framework
Overall explanation
Scrum is not a software development process
Question 9Skipped
Scrum is a software development methodology
Choose only ONE best answer.
True
Correct answer
False
Overall explanation
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 within which you can employ various processes and techniques. Scrum makes clear the relative efficacy of your product management and work techniques so that you can continuously improve the product, the team, and the working environment.
Question 10Skipped
According to the Scrum Guide, the Scrum is based on (Select all correct answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Self-organizing
Correct selection
Lean thinking
Transparent
Correct selection
Empirical
Complex
Overall explanation
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory or empiricism and lean thinking. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.
Question 11Skipped
After Scrum implementation, the Scrum Team ensures the exception of technical debt
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
False
True
Overall explanation
Scrum cannot ensure the exception of technical debt.
Question 12Skipped
From the following answers, choose one which is not a prioritization technique
Choose only ONE best answer.
Kano analysis
Product Backlog ordering
Correct answer
Planning Poker
User Story Mapping
Overall explanation
Planning poker, also called Scrum poker, is a consensus-based, gamified technique for estimating, mostly used to estimate the effort or relative size of development goals in software development. In planning poker, members of the group make estimates by placing numbered cards face-down on the table, instead of saying them aloud. The cards are revealed, and the estimates are then discussed. By hiding the figures in this way, the group can avoid the cognitive bias of anchoring, where the first number spoken aloud sets a precedent for subsequent estimates. Planning Poker is not a prioritization technique
Question 13Skipped
Developers are free to change their engineering and testing practices whenever they want.
Choose only ONE best answer.
False
Correct answer
True
Overall explanation
Developers decide how to handle their development, and this decision can evolve during the project, as more is learned about the needs. This is about their development and doesn’t have to be constrained by the Sprints. The elements that shouldn’t be changed during the Sprint are those required for keeping them focused on their development.
Question 14Skipped
From the following answers, how should developers deal with system, security or non-functional features?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Incorporate them in the hardening Sprint
Correct answer
Incorporate them into every Increment
Incorporate them before the release
Incorporate them in the integration Sprint
Overall explanation
Non-functional features are usually part of the Definition of Done and should be considered for every Product Backlog item and every Increment. Sometimes, some non-functional features that address a very particular part of the software can be added as separate items in the Product Backlog. All Sprints are the same. There’s no Sprint zero, hardening Sprint, release Sprint, integration Sprint, etc.
Question 15Skipped
Which of the following, statements are correct about non-functional requirements?
Correct selection
They will be in the Sprint Backlog, but not the Product Backlog.
Correct selection
They should be incorporated into every increment.
They will be considered in Integration Sprints.
Correct selection
Some of them can be added to the Definition of Done.
They can be incorporated right before the release about functional requirements
Overall explanation
There is no separate Integration sprint in Scrum and functional requirements are not released separately.
Question 16Skipped
Who should know the most about the release and product requirements in Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The Team Leader
The Scrum Master
Correct answer
The Product Owner
The Project Manager
The Product Leader
Overall explanation
The Product Owner is responsible for the product, including decisions about release. The Product Owner’s decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog. No one can force Developers to work from a different set of requirements.
Question 17Skipped
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?)
The Developers may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected.
As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
Correct answer
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers.
Overall explanation
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 18Skipped
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
(choose the best answer)
It depends.
Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
Correct answer
All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
Overall explanation
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 19Skipped
Which statement best describes a Product Owner’s responsibility?
(choose the best answer)
Keep stakeholders from distracting the Developers.
Correct answer
Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.
Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
Directing the Developers.
Overall explanation
The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Scrum Team.
Question 20Skipped
What are the important characteristics of a good Product Backlog item which can be considered as "Ready" for Sprint Planning? (choose all options that apply).
Correct selection
Product Backlog items which are sufficiently refined & clearly expressed.
Product Backlog item which can be developed within one Sprint even if tested in the another Sprint.
Correct selection
Product Backlog item which will be finished as per Definition of Done within one Sprint.
Product Backlog item which are at or towards the bottom of the Product Backlog.
Correct selection
Product Backlog item which are at the top of the Product Backlog.
Overall explanation
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.
Product Backlog items that will occupy developers for the upcoming Sprint are sufficiently refined so that any one item can reasonably be "Done" within the Sprint time-box. Product Backlog items that can be "Done" by developers within one Sprint are deemed "Ready" for selection in a Sprint Planning.
Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually clearer and more detailed than lower ordered ones. More precise estimates are made based on the greater clarity and increased detail; the lower the order, the less detail.
Rest two options are incorrect as Product Backlog items that are at or towards the bottom of the Product Backlog are not clear enough to pick up in a sprint. Development & testing of the product is considered in the same sprint as the team has to deliver a working & usable increment which complies with Definition of Done. Without testing, the team can’t consider an increment as done.
Question 21Skipped
The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. Which of the following statements are related to Product Backlog Refinement. (choose all options that apply).
It guides the team on how & what work needs be to delivered to build a potential shippable Increment.
Correct selection
It is an ongoing process.
Is time-boxed to a maximum of 4 hours for a 30 days sprint.
Correct selection
It adds details, estimates, and order as per product Owner prioritization to Product Backlog items.
Correct selection
Product Owner may delegate this responsibility to others but he/she still remains accountable.
It provides a formal description of the state of the Increment when it meets the quality measures required for the product.
Overall explanation
Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Developers collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. It includes
• Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal; • Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items; • Ordering Product Backlog items; and, • Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible, and understood. The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable.
Question 22Skipped
Non-functional requirements of the product such as performance, security, etc., can be captured by (choose the best two options)
Writing a separate document capturing the requirements and add as appendix to Product Backlog.
Correct selection
Adding them to Product Backlog with Product Owner’s consent and collaborate to estimate and order them.
Correct selection
Adding them to Definition of "Done" and make the Product Owner aware of them.
Waiting until the decision of Product Owner to release the Increment. Then, build the non-functional requirements for stabilization.
Overall explanation
Adding them to Product Backlog with Product Owner’s consent and collaborate to estimate and order them & Adding them to Definition of "Done" and make the Product Owner aware of them.
Question 23Skipped
Which statement can be considered an Increment? (choose the best option)
A UML diagram that describes the functionalities in the future Sprints.
A user interface layout designed for the software.
Correct answer
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints.
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint.
Overall explanation
An Increment is a concrete stepping stone toward the Product Goal. Each Increment is additive to all prior Increments and thoroughly verified, ensuring that all Increments work together. In order to provide value, the Increment must be usable.
The user interface layout/UML diagram evolves throughout the project, as the database architecture and other similar things. They are all part of functional features, rather than separate ones. The increment is current and additive to all prior Increments.
Question 24Skipped
What is "Progressive Elaboration" (choose the best option)
In the pre-project stage, it is the act of working to understand requirements of the product.
The act of waiting for details to randomly emerge and completing the tasks once that occurs.
Shu-Ha-Ri – it is in the Shu stage when one is just beginning to learn something new; over time they progressively learn and understand more.
Correct answer
As the project progresses, details will emerge in greater and greater clarity until they are able to be understood to a sufficient level to complete the needed work.
Overall explanation
As the project progresses, details will emerge in greater and greater clarity until they are able to be understood to a sufficient level to complete the needed work
Question 25Skipped
The Product Owner should communicate all of the marketplace knowledge & ever-changing landscape/environment to the Scrum Team. Who should do the preliminary work of gathering the marketplace data for the Product Owner? (choose the best option).
The Scrum Master.
Correct answer
It does not matter who does the preliminary work.
The Key Stakeholders.
The Product Owner.
Overall explanation
The Product Owner may or may not be the one doing the legwork of gathering the marketplace data, he/she may delegate the responsibility to others but the Product Owner should definitely be aware of said data/research.
Question 26Skipped
In the middle of the Sprint, Developers find that they have more room for additional work. They decide to change the Sprint Backlog by adding few more backlog items from the Product Backlog. Who should be present to decide the additional work and accordingly modify the Sprint Backlog? (choose the best two options)
Senior members of developers.
Scrum Master.
Correct selection
Developers.
Correct selection
Product Owner.
Scrum Team.
Overall explanation
Nobody can change the Sprint Backlog other than developers. So Developers should be present. Product Owner is responsible for optimizing the value of developers’ work and is needed to explain the content of the Product Backlog, and give mutual consent on the next work. Product Owner is accountable for Product Backlog and prioritizing product backlog items. So the Product Owner also needs to be present.
Question 27Skipped
During the Daily Scrum, a team member says he does not know when his task will be complete (choose the best option)
It is acceptable as the sprint review date is far away.
Replace the team member with a new team member.
Correct answer
Developers should collaborate to plan alternative steps such as pairing with someone else, etc. to eliminate the risk of not meeting the Sprint Goal.
Scrum Master should mentor the team member on how to est. the task.
Overall explanation
Scrum Teams are self-managing and cross-functional. Self-managing teams choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team. Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team. So dev team should collaborate to plan alternative steps such as pairing with someone else, etc. to eliminate the risk of not meeting the Sprint Goal.
Question 28Skipped
Who creates the Sprint Goal?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The Scrum Master
Developers
Correct answer
The Scrum Team
The Product Owner
Overall explanation
The Sprint Goal is the single objective for the Sprint. Although the Sprint Goal is a commitment by the Developers, it provides flexibility in terms of the exact work needed to achieve it. The Sprint Goal also creates coherence and focus, encouraging the Scrum Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives. The whole Scrum Team collaborates at Sprint Planning event to define a Sprint Goal that communicates why the Sprint is valuable to stakeholders.
Question 29Skipped
Who is the chief product visionary?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The Scrum Master
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
The Chief Marketing Officer (CM0)
Correct answer
The Product Owner
The manager of the team
Overall explanation
One of the product owner’s responsibilities is to have a vision of what he or she wishes to build and convey that vision to the scrum team. This is key to successfully starting any agile software development
Question 30Skipped
The Product Owner decides not to create a Product Goal. In this case (select all correct answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.
It is up to the Product Owner
Correct selection
Changing the core design or ideas of Scrum, leaving out elements, or not following the rules of Scrum, covers up problems and limits the benefits of Scrum, potentially even rendering it useless
Correct selection
The Scrum Master is helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management
The Product Owner must discuss with Developers and if they are ok with it, then he or she may remove the Product Goal
Overall explanation
As we know from the Scrum Guide while implementing only parts of Scrum is possible (by removing the Product Goal), the result is not Scrum. Scrum exists only in its entirety and functions well as a container for other techniques, methodologies, and practices. In this case, the best action from the Scrum Master to discuss it with the Product Owner and find techniques for effective Product Goal definition
Question 31Skipped
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
(choose the best answer)
Correct answer
Empirical
Complex
Hybrid
Defined
Overall explanation
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 32Skipped
The Product Owner ensures enough items are selected from the Product Backlog in the Sprint Planning meeting to satisfy the stakeholders.
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
False
True
Overall explanation
It’s only up to the developers to decide how many items they will select from the top of the Product Backlog. The Product Owner only orders the items.
Question 33Skipped
When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item or task on the Sprint Backlog?
(choose the best answer)
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
During the Daily Scrum.
At the Sprint Planning event.
Correct answer
Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the Developers on the Scrum Team.
Overall explanation
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 34Skipped
A Scrum Team consists of the following:
(choose the best three answers)
Customers
Correct selection
Developers
Users
Correct selection
Scrum Master
Correct selection
Product Owner
Overall explanation
The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner. and Developers.
Question 35Skipped
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 the best answer)
The Developers
Correct answer
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Project Manager
Overall explanation
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog. Their responsibilities include making the Product Backlog visible, transparent, and clear to all.
Question 36Skipped
The Developers should have ail the skilis needed to:
(choose the best answer)
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.
Correct answer
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
Overall explanation
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 37Skipped
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
(choose the best answer)
It depends.
Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams sothe differences are known.
Correct answer
All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
Overall explanation
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 38Skipped
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?)
The Developers may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it expected.
As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
Correct answer
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers.
Overall explanation
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 39Skipped
The Developers should have ail the skills needed to:
(choose the best answer)
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.
Correct answer
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
Overall explanation
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 40Skipped
True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."
True
Correct answer
False
Overall explanation
A Scrum Team has a Scrum Master, a Product Owner and Developers. As a whole they have all controls needed.
Question 41Skipped
When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?
(choose the best answer)
Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
Never, it reduces productivity.
Correct answer
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
Overall explanation
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 42Skipped
What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)
Minimum of 7.
7 plus or minus 2.
Correct answer
Typically 10 or fewer people.
Overall explanation
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 43Skipped
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?
(choose the best answer)
Whenever it is done.
4 hours.
Monthly.
Correct answer
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
Overall explanation
Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
Question 44Skipped
The CEO asks the Developers to add a “very important” item to a Sprint that is in progress.
What should the Developers do?
(choose the best answer)
Correct answer
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
Add the item to the next Sprint.
Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
Overall explanation
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 45Skipped
The CEO asks the Developers to add a “very important” item to a Sprint that is in progress.
What should the Developers do?
(choose the best answer)
Correct answer
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
Add the item to the next Sprint.
Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
Overall explanation
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 46Skipped
How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
All development work and at least some testing.
Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.
Correct answer
Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.
As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
Overall explanation
The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver useful and valuable Increments that adhere to the Scrum Team’s
current Definition of Done.
Question 47Skipped
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)
The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers
Correct answer
The Product Owner and the Developers.
The Developers.
Overall explanation
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 48Skipped
What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?
(choose the best two answers)
Correct selection
By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.
By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time.
Correct selection
By facilitating Developer decision-making.
Overall explanation
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 49Skipped
Each Developer in Scrum Team must be cross-functional
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
True
False
Overall explanation
According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum Teams are cross-functional, meaning the members have all the skills necessary to create value for each Sprint. They are also self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how. It means they must be cross-functional as a team, but not individually
Question 50Skipped
Who creates a Sprint Goal ?
Scrum Master
Developer
Correct answer
Scrum team
Product Owner
Overall explanation
The Sprint Goal is the single objective for the Sprint. Although the Sprint Goal is a commitment by the Developers, it provides flexibility in terms of the exact work needed to achieve it. The Sprint Goat also creates coherence and focus, encouraging the Scrum Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives. The whole Scrum Team collaborates at Sprint Planning event to define a Sprint Goal that communicates why the Sprint is valuable to stakeholders.
Question 51Skipped
How would the Product Backlog be impacted by the changes in
the environment in which the product will be used?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
It evolves to reflect the changes
The Product Backlog should be kept high-level enough to tolerate such changes.
It is required to complete the old Product Backlog and create a new Product
Backlog
There’s no effect on the Product Backlog.
It is required to complete the old Product Backlog and create a new Product
Backlog
Overall explanation
A Product Backlog is never complete. The earliest development of it lays out the initially
known and best-understood requirements. The Product Backlog evolves as the product and
the environment in which it will be used evolves
Question 52Skipped
A company has three products. Which two of the following are an
acceptable way of forming Scrum teams?
Choose ALL answers that apply.
There must be one Product Owner for each product. It is not required to have one Product Owner for two and more teams.
Correct selection
There can be one Product Owner for each product
Correct selection
There can be a single Product Owner for all products
There must be a single Product Owner for all products
Overall explanation
Maximum number of product owners for a team is 1. minimum number of product owner for all scrum team is also 1.
Question 53Skipped
According to the new version of the Scrum Guide, Scrum Teams are self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how. It means that Scrum Team are not self- organizing
Choose only ONE best answer.
True
Correct answer
False
Overall explanation
Self-management is the minimum bar. Scrum Teams can still be self-organizing, self- designing, or even self-governing if the situation allows, and supporting such constructs can provide immense benefit. Remember, Scrum is a framework. It gives the scaffolding for people, teams, and organizations to generate value through adaptive solutions to complex problems. The Scrum Guide only states what is required for Scrum, and ideally, nothing else.
Question 54Skipped
Which Scrum event or artifact supports daily inspection and adaptation?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Sprint Backlog
Correct answer
Daily Scrum
Sprint
Product Backlog
Overall explanation
There is only one daily activity (event) is scrum: Daily Scrum
Question 55Skipped
The Increment is the summation of overall backlog items finished during the Sprint and also the previous completed Sprints. But when should the Increment be shipped?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
When it makes sense
After each Sprint
When the Increment is free of defects
When the Increment is shippable
Overall explanation
All Increments should be potentially releasable (shippable), but we don’t have to release all of them. It depends on the project environment and the customer, and the Product Owner is supposed to decide on it
Question 56Skipped
Technical debt leads to
Choose only ONE best answer.
Projects that are over-budget
Correct answer
Products that are difficult to extend and maintain
Processes that lack tools
Overall explanation
Technical debt refers to quality consequences by the poor technical choices made
Question 57Skipped
What does Burn-down Chart show?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project
Correct answer
How much work remains until the end of the Sprint
Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks
An overview of the release progress by plotting the remaining workload
Overall explanation
The burn-down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. The outstanding work (or backlog) is often on the vertical axis, with time along the horizontal. That is, it is a run chart of outstanding work. It is useful for predicting when all of the work will be completed. However burn-down charts are not mandatory in Scrum
Question 58Skipped
What is unrealized value in Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The organization’s ability to quickly deliver new capabilities, services, or products
The value that the product delivers
Correct answer
The potential future value that could be realized if the organization met the needs of all potential customers or users
Overall explanation
The potential future value that could be realized if the organization met the needs of all potential customers or users. Looking at Unrealized Value helps an organization to maximize the value that it realizes from a product or service over time. When customers, users, or clients experience a gap between their current experience and the experience that they would like to have, the difference between the two represents an opportunity; this opportunity is measured by Unrealized Value.
Question 59Skipped
Some of Sprint Backlog items were not completed and some were completed during the Sprint. What should happen with completed items when the Sprint is cancelled?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
Such items will be reviewed, and if they are potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts them.
Such items should be moved back to the Product Backlog and would be taken care of in future Sprints.
Such items should be moved to the next Sprint Backlog.
Overall explanation
When a Sprint is cancelled, any completed and "Done" Product Backlog items are reviewed. if part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it. All incomplete Product Backlog items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog. The work done on them depreciates quickly and must be frequently re-estimated.
Question 60Skipped
From the following statements choose one or more correct answers about the Daily Scrum.
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Correct selection
The Daily Scrum is time-boxed
Correct selection
Only Developers participate at this event
The Product Owner must provide updates to Developers at the Daily Scrum
The Scrum Master makes a report to the Product Owner
Overall explanation
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for Developers. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the Sprint. At this event, Developers plan activities for the next 24 hours.
Question 61Skipped
What should the Product Owner do during the Sprint zero?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
There’s no such event in Scrum as Sprint Zero
Prepare the Product Backlog for the whole project
Communicate with the customer and understand the requirements
Prepare the Product Backlog for the next few Sprints
Overall explanation
There’s no such event in Scrum as Sprint Zero
Question 62Skipped
Which of the following are ways for stakeholders to interact with Developers? (select all correct answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.
At the Sprint Planning
Correct selection
Via the Product Owner
Correct selection
At the Sprint Review
At the Daily Scrums
At the Sprint Retrospective
Overall explanation
The Product Owner is one person, not a committee. The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item’s priority must address the Product Owner. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint.
Question 63Skipped
A new Increment of working software must be available
Choose only ONE best answer.
Before each planned release
Correct answer
At the end of each Sprint
Every 3 Sprints
Whenever the user acceptance testing is done
When the Product Owner asks for it
Overall explanation
An Increment is a concrete stepping stone toward the Product Goal. Each Increment is additive to all prior Increments and thoroughly verified, ensuring that all Increments work together. In order to provide value, the Increment must be usable. At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be "Done," which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s definition of "Done".
Question 64Skipped
How much of the Sprint Backlog should be defined during the Sprint Planning meeting?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Correct answer
Just enough, so Developers can forecast what it can do, and start the first several days of the Sprint.
Just enough to understand design and architecture.
During the Sprint Planning event, the Scrum Team selects all of the potential work
Just enough for the Scrum Master to be able to assign tasks to Developers The Product Owner decides it
Overall explanation
The Sprint Backlog includes the items selected from the Product Backlog and the tasks created by decomposing the items. The items are completely planned in the Sprint Planning, but not all tasks are created; just enough for the first few days of development. The rest of the tasks will be created during the Sprint
Question 65Skipped
Every Scrum team must determine its own cadence for releasing features to customers. Some choose to release every sprint, while others after 2, 3 and even more Sprints. But who is responsible for planning releases?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Developers
Scrum Master
Correct answer
Product Owner
Project manager
Overall explanation
Release Planning is the Responsibility of the PO.
Question 66Skipped
How much time should a Product Owner spend with Developers?
Choose only ONE best answer.
100% of the time
As much as required by senior stakeholders
The Scrum Master defines the required time for the Product Owner to spend with Developers
Correct answer
As much as needed to maximize the value of the product
Overall explanation
The Product Owner needs to spend as much time with Developers as needed to make an increment
Question 67Skipped
Which of the following are optional in Scrum? Select all correct answers
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Having potentially releasable Increments
Correct selection
Velocity
Correct selection
Release plan
Product Goal
Product Backlog
Overall explanation
Velocity and Release Plan are not mandatory in Scrum
Question 68Skipped
This Scrum event is for process improvement and the purpose of this event is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.
Choose only ONE best answer.
Sprint Planning
Correct answer
Sprint Retrospective
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Overall explanation
The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to: Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools; Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements; and, Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work.
Question 69Skipped
Which of the following is the single source of requirements for all changes to the product?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The Increment
The Sprint Retrospective
Correct answer
The Product Backlog
The Sprint Backlog
The product vision
Overall explanation
The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.
Question 70Skipped
The Scrum Team has just begun the Sprint Planning meeting. There are a lot of questions about the Product Backlog and in general, the Product Backlog is not clear. Due to this, what is the maximum duration of Sprint Planning?
Choose only ONE best answer.
12 hours
2 hours
Correct answer
8 hours
6 hours
In this case, the duration can be even more than one day
Overall explanation
Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.
Question 71Skipped
The Product Backlog Refinement is not a mandatory but very common and useful event in Scrum. When should the Product Backlog items be refined? Select all correct answers
Choose ALL answers that apply.
In so-called Sprint zero
Correct selection
During the current Sprint, if they have not been refined in the previous Sprints
Correct selection
In one or two preceding Sprints
Only in the time between the two Sprints
Overall explanation
There is no Sprint 0. Also, new Sprint starts immediately after the previous
Question 72Skipped
What are good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? Select all correct answers
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns
Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of security-related Product Backlog items
Delegate the work to the concerned department
Correct selection
Add security concerns to the definition of “Done”
Correct selection
Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.
Overall explanation
Many of the security concerns are non-functional features and therefore will be added to the Definition of Done to be applied to all Product Backlog items. Some security concerns are specific and only about a certain part of the product and they can be items in the Product Backlog.
Question 73Skipped
Developers are the people in the Scrum Team that are committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment in each Sprint. Which of the following answers are the responsibilities of Developers in Scrum? Select all correct answers
Choose ALL answers that apply.
Correct selection
Pulling Product Backlog items for the upcoming Sprint
Creating new Product Backlog items
Correct selection
Estimating Sprint Backlog items
Correct selection
Creating tasks for Sprint Backlog items
Reordering the Product Backlog
Overall explanation
According to the Scrum Guide, the specific skills needed by the Developers are often broad and will vary with the domain of work. However, the Developers are always accountable for: – Creating a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog; – instilling quality by adhering to a Definition of Done; – Adapting their plan each day toward the Sprint Goal; – Holding each other accountable as professionals.
Question 74Skipped
When does Cross-Team Refinement occur in Scaled Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
Before the Sprint Planning
After the Scaled Scrum Sprint Review
Correct answer
There is no specific time during the Sprint for Cross-Team Refinement
After the Scaled Scrum Sprint Planning
Overall explanation
There is no specific time during the Sprint when teams work on Refinement.
Question 75Skipped
What is the time box for the Cross-Team Refinement meeting in
Scaled Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
max 4 hours
max 8 hours
max 6 hours
Correct answer
There is no specific Time Box
Overall explanation
There is no specific time box for Cross-Team Refinement, nor is there a specific time during the Sprint when teams work on Refinement.
Question 76Skipped
Representatives from the Scrum Teams meet once again to discuss common issues identified in the Scrum Team Retrospectives. They agree on how to visualize and track the identified actions that will enable Scaled Scrum to learn and adapt as a whole. What part of the Scaled Scrum Sprint Retrospective is it?
Choose only ONE best answer.
1
2
3
Correct answer
The process doesn’t relate to the Scaled Scrum Sprint Retrospective
Overall explanation
There are no mandatory requirements for teams in Scaled Scrum to divide Sprint Retrospective event into 2 or more parts. It is up to the Scaled Scrum Integration Team
Question 77Skipped
What is the maximum number of members in the Scaled Scrum Integration Team?
Choose only ONE best answer.
3 to 9
15
5 to 11
Correct answer
as many as required to develop and integrate the best solution for the product
Overall explanation
There is no direct restriction on a number of staff in the Scaled Scrum Integration Team. Usually, there are 5-8 members but it is not mandatory
Question 78Skipped
How many Product Backlogs are used in Scaled Scrum?
Choose only ONE best answer.
The number of Backlogs is equal to the number of Scrum Team in Scaled Scrum
Correct answer
One Product Backlog for the entire product
2 Product Backlogs (one for Scaled Scrum Team and one for all other teams)
Overall explanation
There is a single Product Backlog for the entire Scaled Scrum and all of its Scrum Teams. The Product Owner is accountable for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.
Question 79Skipped
Transitioning from Waterfall to Scrum is a very significant step for the organization. How will the organization measure the success of Scrum implementation? Select all correct answers
Choose ALL answers that apply.
By reducing costs
Correct selection
By increasing customer satisfaction
By delivering an increment every Sprint
Correct selection
Through frequent releases and meeting value metrics or KPIs
By releasing new features after each Sprint
Overall explanation
Customer’s and end user’s satisfaction is important. It’s not an abstract measure like lines of code or velocity. There can be some KPIs for measuring the value of the releases, and when improved, will show our success. Increased velocity is desired, but it’s not directly connected to value and can be misleading. That’s the same with production cost. It’s mandatory to deliver an Increment every Sprint.
Question 80Skipped
As a Product Owner, you are responsible for stakeholder management. From the following answers choose the correct statement about the relationship between PO and the stakeholder
Choose only ONE best answer.
The stakeholder is a manager of the Product Owner and he or she creates task for the Product Backlog
Stakeholders are always users of the product and they can’t advise anything to the PO
Correct answer
The Product Owner represents the stakeholders to the Scrum Team, which includes representing their desired requirements in the Product Backlog
One of the stakeholders must be the Scrum Master
Overall explanation
The Product Owner is the bridge between the team and the stakeholders. The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder expectations to process into the Product Backlog.
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