PSM I - Initial Test - 2

1. Question

Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

The Product Owner
The Developers
The Scrum Master
The Project Manager

2. Question

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?

Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen
The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost
Management may feel less anxious
All answers apply

3. Question

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom
Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom
Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom
Items are randomly arranged
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner

4. Question

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

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

5. Question

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

It is a mechanism to control the Developers' activities during a Sprint
It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next
It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done

6. Question

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

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

7. Question

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires
When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of done
When the Product Owner says it is done
When all the tasks are completed

8. Question

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?

The Scrum Master, the project manager and the Developers
The Product Owner and all stakeholders
The Developers
The Product Owner and the Developers

9. Question

The length of a Sprint should be: Select all:

Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.
No more than one month.
None of these answers are correct

10. Question

What is the recommended size for the Developers within the Scrum Team?

Minimal 7
3 to 8
7 plus or minus 2
9

11. Question

It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

True
False

12. Question

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is:

2 hours
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
As long as needed
1 day
4 hours and longer as needed

13. Question

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
Immediately following the next Sprint Planning
When the Product Owner is ready
Next Monday.

14. Question

The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. Based on this, which of the following is FALSE?

The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint
As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges
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

15. Question

When should the Developers on a Scrum Team should be replaced?

Every Sprint to promote shared learning
Never, because it reduces productivity
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity

16. Question

The three pillars of empiricism are:

Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste
Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
Planning, Inspection, Adaptation
Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen

17. Question

The Developers should have all the skills needed to:

Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an increment of useful and valuable product functionality

18. Question

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Developers
The Scrum team
The Developers and Scrum Master
The Developers and Product Owner
The Scrum Master and Product Owner

19. Question

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

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

20. Question

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

The Developers
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The most junior member of the Team

21. Question

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The place can be named
The consistency reduces complexity
The Product Owner demands it
Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance

22. Question

When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of “Done”?

Each Scrum Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint
Each Scrum Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known
All Scrum Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable
It depends

23. Question

What is the role of Management in Scrum?

Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team
Monitor the Developers productivity
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software
Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough

24. Question

Even though the Scrum Team is following the Scrum framework entirely and their project is going well, the organization as a whole does not have a good understanding of Scrum, which makes some troubles for the Scrum Team. Who should try to fix it? Select one:

The Product Owner
The Developers
The Scrum Master
A subset of the Developers assigned to this task

25. Question

The Developers are responsible for: Select one:

Deciding how to develop at best each story
All of the answers are correct
The quality of the development
The assignment of the tasks to the team members

26. Question

What are the Developers responsible for (choose 2 answers)?

Interfacing with the business stakeholders
Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal
Reporting productivity
Selecting the Product Owner
Resolving internal team conflicts

27. Question

Who adds new work to the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint? Select one:

The Developers
The Product Owner and the Developers together
The Scrum Team
The Product Owner

28. Question

“Self-organizing” means that it is okay for one developer to do nothing for a whole day.

True
False

29. Question

Which three of the following are responsibilities of a self-organizing team?

Create tasks for Sprint Backlog items
Create new Product Backlog items
Reorder the Product Backlog
Estimate the amount of work of the newly created Product Backlog items
Pull Product Backlog items for the upcoming Sprint
Report progress to the stakeholders

30. Question

The Scrum Master shouldn’t allow the Developers start developing without having the tasks identified and assigned.

True
False

31. Question

What are two common benefits of self-organization? Select all:

Increase rule compliance
Increase self-accountability
Increase commitment
Increase predictability

32. Question

Which events provide a formal opportunity for inspection and adaptation? Select one or more:

Sprint Planning
Sprint
Daily Scrum
Sprint Backlog
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective

33. Question

You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three of the following activities would probably help the team in starting up? Select one or more:

Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or project, its history, goals, and context, as well as answer questions
Have the Developers identify and discuss the process for turning Product Backlog items into an increment of potentially releasable software
Have the Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history
Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities
Have the development managers for each Developer introduce their direct reports and go over their responsibilities on the Scrum Team
Introduce a bonus system for the top performers in the team

34. Question

During the Sprint review: Select one:

The Team Members must do a PPT presentation explaining what they have built
The Scrum Team demonstrates the product increment and gets feedback to improve it
The most important activity in this meeting is to make sure that we are on track and that we will hit the release date
The Product Owner discovers and evaluates the potentially shippable software made by the team

35. Question

Which three of the following are feedback loops? Select all:

Sprint Retrospective
Daily Scrum
Release Planning
Sprint Review
Product Backlog Refinement

36. Question

Which of the following is not a goal of a Sprint Retrospective? Select one or more:

Refinement of epics nominated by the Product Owner for the next couple of sprints, in order to promote reliable release planning
Verification of how well the product increment satisfies the applicable user stories in the Product Backlog
Discuss the interaction within the Scrum Team, and agree upon measures to improve the collaboration
Discuss the impediments raised by the Developers during the last sprint, and make a plan for implementing improvements

37. Question

Cross-functional teams are optimized in a technical layer of a system.

True
False

38. Question

How frequent are Scrum stand-up meetings recommended to be held?

Weekly
Twice a day
Daily
Twice per week

39. Question

Daily Scrums discourage quick decision-making.

True
False

40. Question

The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.

True
False

41. Question

How often should the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog be tracked?

At least every Daily Scrum
It is up to the Developers to define the frequency
At least once per Sprint
At least once a week

42. Question

In the second part of the Sprint Planning meeting:

Team Members make work flow diagrams of all the requirements and create the tasks once the meeting is finished
The Product Owner clarifies the stories when needed
The Product Owner plays an active role in breaking the tasks
The Scrum Master leads the task breaking activity because he is the technical leader
Not all Team members need to be present at this meeting

43. Question

Resolving internal conflicts is not the responsibility of the Developers.

True
False

44. Question

When should we review what was done during the Sprint and plan the next things that could be done to optimize value?

In the Sprint Review meeting
In the Sprint Retrospective meeting
In the Sprint Planning meeting of the next Sprint
In the lessons learned workshop
In the Daily Scrum meeting

45. Question

The Developers must consider the following three questions during the Daily Scrum:

• What did I do yesterday that helped the Developers meet the Sprint Goal?

• What will I do today to help the Developers meet the Sprint Goal?

• Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Developers from meeting the Sprint Goal?

True
False

46. Question

The Sprint Review is a formal meeting

True
False

47. Question

It is correct to make a Sprint length longer than usual as long as the Sprint backlog items are delivered

True
False

48. Question

The Scrum Master assigns the tasks to the Scrum Team members.

True
False

49. Question

The Product Owner is empowered to punish the team if it fails its sprint commitment.

True
False

50. Question

In certain circumstances the Developers can order the items in the Product Backlog.

True
False

51. Question

What is defined by the Scrum Framework? Select one or more:

Rules and Roles
Document guidelines
Artifacts
Events
Tools

52. Question

Who is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum?

The Scrum Team
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Developers

53. Question

The retrospective is about inspection and adaptation on the Scrum process only.

True
False

54. Question

Each task in the Sprint Backlog should be owned by a Developer.

True
False

55. Question

One benefit of the team doing estimation together is to gain a similar understanding of the Product Backlog Items.

True
False

56. Question

Who is responsible for all the estimates?

The Product Owner
Te Scrum Team
The Developers
The Project Manager
The Scrum Master

57. Question

Which of the followings are goals of the Daily Scrum? Select one or more:

To create a plan for the next 24 hours
To forecast the functionality that will be developed during the Sprint
To synchronize activities of the Developers
To inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools
To produce a Status Report

58. Question

What is the Scrum Master responsible for? Select one or more:

Ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted
Ensuring the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules
Ensuring the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all
Ensuring the Developers understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed

59. Question

The Product Owner is responsible for “what” needs to be built, not “how”. The Scrum Master is responsible for

How the product is built
How the team uses Agile tools such as “Planning Poker"
The happiness of the team members doing their work
The result of the project

60. Question

The Sprint Goal is a part of Sprint Backlog.

True
False

61. Question

The Product Owner cannot change the effort estimate on a Product Backlog Item.

True
False

62. Question

When is the work planned for the first days of a Sprint decomposed?

At the beginning of Sprint Retrospective
At the first Daily Scrum
At the end of Sprint Review
At the end of Sprint Planning

63. Question

What are the major characteristics of a cross-functional Scrum Team?

The team has all the skills on board, needed to accept collective ownership for the next product increment
The team comprises competence teams dedicated to particular domains like specialized testing or business analysis, to facilitate deliverance of the highest business value
All team members have all the knowledge and experience needed to deliver the correct product increment
The team is able to complete the project according to the planning, after the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner

64. Question

The Developers are self-organized to undertake the work in the Sprint Backlog only during Sprint Planning.

True
False

65. Question

Which role can abnormally terminate a Sprint?

The Customer
The Product Owner
The Developers
The Scrum Team
The Scrum Master

66. Question

Scrum allows for re-estimating tasks based on growing insight. Which Scrum team member is responsible for updating the estimates of the work during a Sprint?

The Scrum Master
The Developers
The Product Owner
The most senior member of the Team

67. Question

The Developers have realized that they have over committed themselves for the Sprint. Who should be present when they review and adjust the work?

The whole Scrum Team and other key stakeholders
Only the Developers
The whole Scrum Team
Only the Product Owner
The Product Owner and the Developers

68. Question

The timebox for a Sprint Review is

4 hours for a two week Sprint
Less than 4 hours for a two week Sprint
3 hours for a two week Sprint
6 hours for a two week Sprint

69. Question

The timebox of a Sprint Review is:

At most a four-hour meeting for one-month Sprints
At most a four-hour meeting for one-week Sprints
At most a four-hour meeting for two-weeks Sprints
At most a two-hour meeting for one-month Sprints

70. Question

The “Definition of Done”:

Should be standardized by management to reach “Done-Done” and all the teams must comply to it
Should be created by the Product Owner, with the support of the Developers
Lists the development activities that should be done by the team for each Sprint Backlog Item and Task, Sprint after Sprint
Should vary from sprint to sprint to serve the customer better

71. Question

If the Definition of Done for an increment is not an organizational standard, who must define it?

The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Scrum Team
The Developers

72. Question

What are Scrum’s artifacts?

Scrum’s artifacts represent work or value to provide transparency and opportunities for inspection and adaptation
A Scrum’s artifact is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint
Scrum's artifact is used to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog
Scrum's artifact is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog

73. Question

Artifacts defined by Scrum are specifically designed to

Maximize transparency of key information so that everybody has the same understanding of the artifact
Minimize efforts
Represent project status
Create product backlog

74. Question

What is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product?

Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Product Requirements
Items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal

75. Question

Who is responsible for the content, the availability and the ordering of the Product Backlog?

The Developers are responsible for the content and the Product Owner for the ordering and availability of the Product Backlog
The Developers are responsible for the content, the Scrum Team for the ordering and Product Owner for the availability f the Product Backlog
The Product Owner is responsible for the content, the availability and the ordering of the Product Backlog
The Scrum Team is responsible for the content, the availability and the ordering of the Product Backlog

76. Question

A Product Backlog is never complete.

True
False

77. Question

A Product Backlog is ever complete.

True
False

78. Question

Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually clearer and more detailed than lower ordered ones.

True
False

79. Question

The Product Owner tracks the total work remaining to reach the Product Goal at least every Sprint Review.

True
False

80. Question

What is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal

Product Backlog
Sprint
Sprint Backlog
Definition of Done

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