The SCRUM Guide Flashcards
Learn concepts of the SCRUM Guide
1
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What is SCRUM?
A
SCRUM is a framework for \+ developing \+ delivering \+ sustaining complex products/projects.
2
Q
What SCRUM contains?
A
It contains \+ roles \+ events \+ artifacts \+ rules binded altogether.
3
Q
In which area SCRUM proved to be especially effective?
A
SCRUM proved to be especially effective in iterative and incremental knowledge transfer.
4
Q
On which concepts is grounded the SCRUM theory?
A
SCRUM is founded on empirical process control theory. It asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
5
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Which are the three pillars of the implementation of empirical process control?
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transparency, inspection, adaptation
6
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Which are the four formal events for inspection and adaptation?
A
+ Sprint Planning
+ Daily Scrum
+ Sprint Review
+ Sprint Retrospective
7
Q
What are the SCRUM values that the SCRUM team have to live?
A
\+ Commitment \+ Courage \+ Focus \+ Openness \+ Respect
8
Q
Which are the components of the SCRUM Team?
A
+ Product Owner
+ Development Team
+ Scrum Master
9
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Which is the responsibility of the Product Owner?
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The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team.
10
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Which is the managing responsibility of the Product Owner?
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The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.
11
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What actions includes the Product Backlog management?
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+ Clearly expressing items in PB
+ Ordering items in PB to best achieve objectives
+ Optimizing the value of the work of the DevTeam performs
+ Ensuring that the PB is visibile, transparent, shows what DevTems works next
+ Ensuring DevTeam understands the items in PB
12
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Which is the objective of the Development Team?
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The DevTeam do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of “Done” product at the end of each sprint.
13
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What are the characteristics of a Development Team?
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+ Self-organizing. No one tells the DevTeam how to turn PB into Increments.
+ Cross-functional. The skills as a team are th all necessary to create Increments.
+ There are no titles for members, only the work done.
+ There are no sub-teams
+ Individuals may have specialized skills and areas of focus, but the accountability is of team as a whole.
14
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Which is the responsibility of the Scrum Master?
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The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum by helping everyone understand Scrum Theory, practices, rules and values.
15
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Which services the Scrum Master does helping the Product Owner?
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+ Ensure that goals, scope and product domain are understood by everyone in Scrum Team.
+ Find techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
+Help the ST understand the need of clear and concise PB items.
+ Understand product planning in an empirical environment.
+ Ensure the PO knows how to arrange the PB to maximize value.
+ Understand and practice agility.
+ Facilitate Scrum events as requested or needed.
16
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Which services the Scrum Master does helping the Development Team?
A
+ Coach the Dev Team in self-organization and cross-functionality
+ Help the Dev Team to create high-value products
+ Remove impediments to Dev Team progress
+ Facilitate Scrum events as requested or needed.
+ Coach the Dev Team in environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted.
17
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Which services the Scrum Master does helping the Organization?
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+ Lead and coach the Org. in its Scrum adoption
+ Plan Scrum implementation within the Org.
+ Help employee and stakeholder understand Scrum
+ Cause change that increases productivity of the Scrum Team
+ Work with other SM to increase effectiveness of Scrum in the Org.
18
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Which are the Scrum Events?
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\+ The Sprint \+ Sprint Planning \+ Sprint Goal \+ Daily Scrum \+ Sprint Review \+ Sprint Retrospective
19
Q
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?
a. The Developers and Product Owner.
b. The Scrum Master and Product Owner.
c. The Scrum Team.
d. The Developers and Scrum Master.
e. The Developers.
A
The Developers.
Feedback:
Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily Scrum. If the Product Owner or Scrum Master are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog, they participate as Developers, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum.
20
Q
A stakeholder asks the Developers to add an item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do?
a. Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
b. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
c. Add the item to the next Sprint.
d. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
A
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.
Feedback:
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.
21
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When does the next Sprint begin?
a. When the Product Owner is ready.
b. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
c. Next Monday.
d. Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.
A
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
Feedback:
A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
22
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Which is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
a. Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak.
b. Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
c. Lead the discussions of the Developers.
d. Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered.
e. All answers apply.
A
Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.
Feedback:
The Scrum Master ensures that the Developers have the event, but the Developers are responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute timebox. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only members participate in the Daily Scrum.
23
Q
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
a. The most junior member of the team.
b. The Product Owner.
c. The Scrum Master.
d. The Developers.
A
The Developers.
Feedback:
The Developers use the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.
24
Q
The three pillars of empiricism are:
a. Planning, Inspection, Adaptation.
b. Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen.
c. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.
d. Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective.
e. Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste.
A
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.
Feedback:
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge
comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and
adaptation.
25
It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Feedback:
The product Increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.
26
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
a. The same time of day every day.
b. 15 minutes.
c. Two minutes per person.
d. 15 minutes for a 4-week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
e. 4 hours.
15 minutes.
Feedback:
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team by ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
27
Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?
a. Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.
b. Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
c. Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product.
d. Develop a plan for the rest of the release.
e. Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure for the product.
Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product.
Feedback:
The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, which is one month or less during which a done, usable, valuable product
Increment is created. This applies to every Sprint.
28
The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?
a. 4 hours.
b. Monthly.
c. 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
d. Whenever it is done.
8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
Feedback:
Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
29
The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint Backlog.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Feedback:
An earlier version of the Scrum Guide prescribed the practice of placing one improvement in the Sprint Backlog. This was removed in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide because it was felt to be too prescriptive. However, if this practice provides value to you then you should adopt it. It is simply not prescribed anymore, but can still be valuable.
30
As the development team start work during the sprint, it realize it has selected too much work to finish in the sprint. What should it do?
a. Find another scrum team to give the excess work to
b. Reduce the definition of " Done" and get all of the product backlog item done by the new definition
c. Inform the product owner at the sprint review, but prior to the demonstration
d. As soon as possible in the sprint, work with product owner to remove some work of product backlog items.
d. As soon as possible in the sprint, work with product owner to remove some work of product backlog items.
31
What two things improve the transparency of an increment?
a. Having the skills and tools to build a complete, "done" increment with a sprint
b. Reporting sprint progress to the stakeholders daily
c. Fully meeting definition of done
d. Keep track and estimating all under work to be completed in a separate sprint
e. Updating sprint tasks properly in tracking tool
c. Fully meeting definition of done
| e. Updating sprint tasks properly in tracking tool
32
During the daily scrum, the scrum master's role is to:
a. Manage the meeting in a way that each team member has a chance to speak
b. Lead the discussions of the Development Team
c. Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered
d. Teach the development team to keep the daily scrum within the 15 minute time box.
e. All of the above
Teach the development team to keep the daily scrum within the 15 minute time box.
Feedback
The Scrum Master ensures that the Developers have the event, but the Developers are responsible for
conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute timebox. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Developers participate in the Daily Scrum.
33
If burns down charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
a. Work remaining across time
b. Accumulated cost
c. Individual worked productivity
d. Accumulated business value delivered to the customer
a. Work remaining across time
34
Which of the following is required by scrum?
a. Release planning
b. Member must stand up at the daily scrum
c. Sprint retrospective
d. Sprint burn down chart
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
35
Which does a self-organizing Development Team:
a. How to best accomplish its work
b. Stakeholders for the sprint review
c. Sprint length
d. When to release, based on its progress
e. Product backlog ordering
a. How to best accomplish its work
36
Who must do all the work to make sure product backlog items conform to the definition of done?
a. The scrum master
b. QA specialist
c. The scrum team
d. The product owner
e. The developers
e. The developers
37
When does the second sprint start?
a. After the product backlog for the second sprint has been selected
b. Once the architectural changes for the second sprint have been approved by the senior architect
c. Immediately after the first sprint
d. After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first sprint
c. Immediately after the first sprint
38
Who is responsible for clearly expressing product backlog items?
a. The product owner
b. The scrum master
c. The business analyst presents the product owner in the Development team
d. The scrum master, or the scrum master may have the Development team
a. The product owner
39
Which are not appropriate topics for discussion in a sprint retrospective?
a. How the team does its work
b. The value of work currently represented in the product backlog
c. Sprint backlog for the next sprint
d. Definition of done
e. Team relations
c. Sprint backlog for the next sprint
40
The product owner determines how many product backlog items the Development team selects for a sprint.
a. True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholder
b. True, but only confirmation by the resource manager that the team has enough capacity
c. True
d. False, the scrum master does that
e. False
f. False, capacity and commitment are the project manager's responsibility
e. False
41
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
a. Defined
b. Empirical
c. Hybrid
d. Complex
b. Empirical
Feedback:
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.
42
Which statement best describes Scrum?
a. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
b. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.
c. A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.
d. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.
c. A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.
Feedback:
Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.
43
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?
a. The Stakeholders.
b. The Product Owner.
c. The Developers.
d. The Scrum Master.
e. The CEO.
b. The Product Owner.
Feedback:
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog.
44
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
a. The consistency reduces complexity.
b. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.
c. The Product Owner demands it.
d. The place can be named.
a. The consistency reduces complexity.
Feedback:
The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity.
45
When should the Developers on a Scrum Team should be replaced?
a. Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
b. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
c. Never, it reduces productivity.
d. As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
b. As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
Feedback:
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.
46
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
a. Items are randomly arranged.
b. Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.
c. Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
d. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
e. Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.
d. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
Feedback:
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management. The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.
47
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?
a. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
b. The Developers.
c. The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers
d. The Product Owner and the Developers.
d. The Product Owner and the Developers.
Feedback:
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.
48
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
a. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
b. It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint.
c. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
c. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
Feedback:
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to Inspect and Adapt.
49
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
a. Directing the Developers.
b. Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.
c. Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
d. Keep stakeholders from distracting the Developers.
b. Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.
Feedback
The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Scrum Team.
50
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Feedback:
The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a timebox of one month or less during which a done, useful, and valuable working product Increment is created.
51
How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint?
a. As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
b. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.
c. All development work and at least some testing.
d. Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.
d. Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done.
Feedback:
The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver useful and valuable Increments that adhere to the Scrum Team's current Definition of Done.
52
Scrum has a role called "project manager."
a. True
b. False
b. False
Feedback:
A Scrum Team has a Scrum Master, a Product Owner and Developers. As a whole they have all controls needed.
53
Which Scrum events are timeboxed?
a. Release Retrospective.
b. Sprint Planning.
c. Sprint Testing.
d. Refinement.
e. Sprint Retrospective.
f. Sprint Review.
b. Sprint Planning.
e. Sprint Retrospective.
f. Sprint Review.
Feedback:
The Scrum Guide states that the Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews are timeboxed events. Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency, and the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event.
54
What is the role of Management in Scrum?
a. Identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.
b. 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.
c. Monitor the progress of the Developers on the Scrum Team.
d. Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.
b. 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.
Feedback:
Management has no active role in the actual product development through Scrum. However, management external to the Scrum Team is relevant in setting the vision and strategy to guide the overall direction of the organization.
55
The length of a Sprint should be:
a. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
b. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.
c. One month or less.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
Feedback:
All of these choices are appropriate considerations in determining the length of a Sprint.
56
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
a. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
b. The event must happen by a given time.
c. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.
d. The event must happen at a set time.
a. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
Feedback:
Timeboxed events are events that have a maximum duration.
57
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
a. To make sure every team member answers the three questions.
b. To gather status and progress information to report to management.
c. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
d. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down.
c. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
Feedback:
The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
58
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
a. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
b. It depends.
c. Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
a. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
Feedback:
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.
59
The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
a. Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
b. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
c. Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.
b. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
Feedback:
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.
60
Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?
a. Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.
b. Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
c. Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.
d. Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.
e. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to your ability to use Scrum to develop complex products.
f. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.
b. Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
c. Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.
f. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.
Feedback
1. Scrum is meant to be implemented as prescribed in the Scrum Guide. For example, the five events in the Scrum Guide are mandatory, each event has a specific purpose.
2. Scrum does not eliminate the complexity that is inherent in delivering a product in today’s world,instead it offers a framework for dealing with complexity. By regularly delivering Increments of value teams gain the ability to inspect and rapidly adapt based on the feedback received.
3. Project Managers are not simply replaced by self-managing teams. Scrum is a framework for optimizing decision making based on the knowledge and experience of the entire team.
61
Who is on the Scrum Team?
a. Project Manager.
b. Developers.
c. The Product Owner.
d. The Scrum Master.
b. Developers.
c. The Product Owner.
d. The Scrum Master.
Feedback:
The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner and Developers. The Scrum Team is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal.
62
When can a development team cancel a sprint?
a. Functional expectations are not well understood
b. A technical dependency cannot be resolved
c. The product owner is absent too often
d. It's can't! Only product owner can cancel sprints
e. The forecast for the sprint becomes un-achievable
f. Answer A or D
d. It's can't! Only product owner can cancel sprints.
63
The product owner must release each increment to production:
a. To make sure the development team is done every sprint
b. When it makes sense
c. Without exception
d. Whenever the product is free of defects
b. When it makes sense
64
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
a. To gather status and progress information to report to management.
b. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a
Daily Scrum.
c. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking
progress on the burn-down.
d. To make sure every team member answers the three questions.
b. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a
Daily Scrum.
Feedback:
The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept
within the timebox.
65
Who creates the Definition of Done?
a. The Product Owner since they are responsible for the product's success.
b. The Scrum Master since they are responsible for the productivity of the Developers.
c. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
d. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all
members' definitions.
c. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.
Feedback:
If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must
follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of
Done appropriate for the product.
66
When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?
a. During the Daily Scrum.
b. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
c. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
d. At the Sprint Planning Event.
b. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
Feedback:
All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every Sprint.
67
When does a Developer become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item?
a. Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the Developers on the Scrum Team even though each item may be implemented by an individual Developer.
b. During the Daily Scrum.
c. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
d. At the Sprint Planning event.
a. Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the Developers on the Scrum Team even though each item may be implemented by an individual Developer.
Feedback:
The Sprint Backlog and all of its items are collectively owned by the Developers. No individual Developer
can claim ownership over an item as this would block communication and collaboration.
68
When is a Sprint over?
a. When all the tasks are completed.
b. When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.
c. When the Product Owner says it is done.
d. When the timebox expires.
d. When the timebox expires.
Feedback:
Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency. A new Sprint starts immediately
after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
69
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.
a. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers.
b. 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.
c. The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change
during the Sprint.
d. As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and
may grow as the work emerges.
c. The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
Feedback:
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.
70
The Developers should have all the skills needed to:
a. Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
b. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
c. Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools
and environments.
b. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.
Feedback:
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.
71
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
a. When the sales department has an important new opportunity.
b. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
c. When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.
d. When the Developers feel that the work is too hard.
b. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Feedback:
A Sprint could be cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. Only the Product Owner has the authority
to cancel the Sprint.
72
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
a. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
b. It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint.
c. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
c. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
Feedback:
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to
Inspect and Adapt.
73
A Scrum Team consists of the following:
a. Product Owner
b. Developers
c. Customers
d. Scrum Master
e. Users
a. Product Owner
b. Developers
d. Scrum Master
Feedback:
The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.
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When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?
a. It depends.
b. Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.
c. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
c. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
Feedback:
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.
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What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?
a. By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
b. By facilitating Developer decision-making.
c. By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time.
d. By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.
a. By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.
b. By facilitating Developer decision-making.
Feedback:
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.
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Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing Scrum Team?
a. Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team’s progress.
b. The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
c. The Developers are collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint.
d. The Developers have all the skills they need to create a valuable, useful Increment.
e. The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
f. The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is required to meet the Definition of Done.
a. Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team’s progress.
b. The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
e. The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration.
Feedback:
The Daily Scrum is for the Developers. It should not be used by external stakeholders to check progress.
During Sprint Planning the Scrum Team should be crafting the Sprint Goal based on the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint. The Developers identify the necessary work to meet the Sprint Goal.
Scrum Team members do not have titles, and no sub-teams; such as testing, architecture, or operations are recognized. Accountability belongs with the Scrum Team as a whole, regardless of whether team members have specialized skills.
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The timebox for the Sprint Review is:
a. 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
b. 1 day.
c. As long as needed.
d. 2 hours.
e. 4 hours and longer as needed.
a. 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
Feedback:
Sprint Review is a maximum four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.
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What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team?
a. Typically 10 or fewer people.
b. Minimum of 7.
c. 7 plus or minus 2.
d. 9.
a. Typically 10 or fewer people.
Feedback:
Optimal Scrum Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work within a Sprint. Too few members decreases interaction and delivers smaller productivity gains. Too many Scrum Team members requires too much coordination.
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When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Feedback:
Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many Scrum Teams are used. Any other setup makes it difficult for the Developers to determine what they should work on.
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Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?
a. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
b. It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint.
c. It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
a. It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.
Feedback:
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to Inspect and Adapt.
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The development team informs the scrum master that the IT manager has asked for a status report during the sprint. The scrum master will:
a. Create and deliver the report to the manager herself
b. Tell the development team to figure it out themselves
c. Tell the development team to fit the report into the sprint back log
d. Talk the IT manager and explain that progress in scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the sprint review
e. Ask the product owner to send the manager the report
d. Talk the IT manager and explain that progress in scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the sprint review
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Which answer best describes the topic covered in sprint planning?
a. What to do and who will do it
b. How conditions have changed and how the product back log should evolve
c. Who is on the team and what team member roles will be
d. What can be done and how to do it
e. What went wrong in the last print and what to do differently this sprint
d. What can be done and how to do it.
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17. Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders?
a. The product owner
b. The project management
c. The development team
d. The team manager
e. The business analyst
a. The product owner
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18. During a sprint retrospective, for what is the scrum master responsible?
a. Acting as a scribble to capture the development team's answers
b. Prioritizing the resulting action items
c. Participating as a scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed
d. Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management
c. Participating as a scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed
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19. What is the primary way a scrum master keeps a development team working at its highest level of productivity?
a. By facilitating Development team decision's and removing impediment
b. By preventing changes to the backlogs once the sprint begins
c. By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time
d. By keeping high value features high in the product back log
a. By facilitating Development team decision's and removing impediment
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20. Which of these may a development team deliver at the end of a sprint
a. An increment of working software that is done
b. Failing unit test, to identify acceptance test for the next sprint
c. A single document, if that is what the scrum master asked for
d. An increment of software with minor known bugs in it
a. An increment of working software that is done
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21. A development team pulled a product backlog item into the sprint and worked on it. However, it does not meet their definition of done by the end of the sprint. What three things should happen with the incomplete product backlog item?
a. review the item, add the done part of the estimate to the velocity and create a story for the remaining work.
b. Do not show it in the sprint review
c. Do not include the item in the increment this sprint
d. Re- estimate it and return it to the product backlog for the product owner to decide what to do with it
e. If the stakeholders agree, the product owner can accept it anyhow and release it to the users.
b. Do not show it in the sprint review
c. Do not include the item in the increment this sprint
d. Re-estimate it and return it to the product backlog for the product owner to decide what to do with it
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22. During the sprint, the scrum master's role is to do which two of the following.
a. Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers
b. Remove impediment
c. Facilitate inspection and adaption opportunities as requested or needed
d. Monitor the progress of the Development team
e. Ensure product owner attends all scrum events
f. Assign tasks with the scrum team.
b. Remove impediment
| c. Facilitate inspection and adaption opportunities as requested or needed
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23. What are two responsibilities of testers in the Development team?
a. Finding bugs
b. Verifying the work of programmer
c. Everyone in the Development team is responsible for quality
d. Scrum has no "tester" role
e. Tracking quality metric
c. Everyone in the Development team is responsible for quality
d. Scrum has no "tester" role
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26. What is include in the sprint Backlog?
a. Tasks
b. Tests
c. User story
d. Use cases
e. Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected product backlog items
e. Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected product backlog items
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27. Multiple scrum teams working on the same project must have the same the sprint start date.
a. True
b. False
b. False
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29. Five new scrum teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the development team ask the scrum master how to coordinate their work with the other teams. What should the scrum master do?
a. Teach the product owner to work with the lead Developers on ordering product backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development during a sprint.
b. Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their sprint backlogs are aligned
c. Collect the sprint task from the teams at the end of their sprint planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire sprint
d. Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated increment
d. Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated increment
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30. Which does a self - organizing Development team choose?
a. How to best accomplish its work
b. Product back log ordering
c. When to release, base on it progress
d. Sprint length
e. Stake holders for the sprint review
a. How to best accomplish its work
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31. The product owner is not collaborating with the Development team during the sprint. What are two valuable actions for a scrum master take?
a. Bring up problem in the sprint retrospective
b. Coach the product owner in the values of scrum and incremental delivery
c. Stop the sprint, send the product owner to course and restart
d. Inform the product owner's functional manager
e. Nominate a proxy product owner
a. Bring up problem in the sprint retrospective
| b. Coach the product owner in the values of scrum and incremental delivery
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32. The sprint goal is a result of sprint planning, as is the sprint back log?
a. True
b. False
a. True
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33. How should product back log items be chosen when multiple scrum teams work from the same product backlog?
a. The scrum team with the highest velocity pulls product backlog items first
b. The product owner decides
c. The development team pull in work in agreement the product owner
d. Each scrum team takes an equal number of items
e. The product owner should provide each team with its own product backlog
c. The development team pull in work in agreement the product owner
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34. How is management external to the scrum team involved in the daily scrum?
a. The scrum master speaks on their behalf
b. The product owner represents their options
c. Management gives an update at the start of each daily scrum
d. The development team self-managers and is the only management required at the daily scrum.
d. The development team self-managers and is the only management required at the daily scrum.
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36. Which of the following might the scrum team discuss during a sprint retrospective?
a. Methods of communication
b. Its definition of " done"
c. Skills needed to improve the Development team's ability to deliver
d. The way the scrum team does sprint planning
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
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37. If two scrum teams are added to project that previously had only one scrum team, what will be the most likely impact on the first scrum team's productivity?
a. Productivity will increase
b. Productivity will stay the same
c. Productivity will decrease
b. Productivity will stay the same
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38. Which three of the following are feedbacks loops in scrum?
a. Sprint review
b. Daily scrum
c. Release planning
d. Sprint retrospective
e. Refinement meeting
a. Sprint review
b. Daily scrum
d. Sprint retrospective
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39. Which techniques is the best way the scrum master can ensure that Development team communicates effective with the product owner?
a. Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration
b. Teach the development team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives
c. Teach the product owner about the technologies employed during the sprints
d. Act as a go between for them
b. Teach the development team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives
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41. Which of the following is required by scrum?
a. Sprint burn down chart
b. Sprint retrospective
c. Member must stand up at the daily meeting
d. Release planning
e. All of the above
e. All of the above
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42. The development team should have all the skills needed to:
a. Do all of the development works, but not the types of testing that require specialized roles, tools, and environments.
b. Complete the project within the date and cost as calculated by the product owner.
c. Turn product backlog items into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.
c. Turn product backlog items into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.
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43. Which of the following are true about the product owner role?
a. The product owner role can be played by a committee or a team of people
b. The product owner is accountable for ordering the product backlog(*)
c. The product owner is one person
d. The product owner can be influenced by a committee
e. Multiple people can share the product owner role on a scrum team
b. The product owner is accountable for ordering the product backlog(*)
c. The product owner is one person
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44. A member of the development team take the scrum master aside to express his concern about data security issue. What should the scrum master do?
a. Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible
b. Add security to define definition of " Done"
c. Tell the product owner to stop further development of features until the issue are fixed
d. Create a product back log item for security
e. Go check with tester
a. Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible
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45. Every scrum team must have a product owner and scrum master
a. False. A scrum master is only required when asked for by the Development team
b. True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the scrum team
c. True. Outcomes are affected by their participation and availability
d. False. A product owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development team.
c. True. Outcomes are affected by their participation and availability
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46. As the sprint planning meeting progress, the development team sees that the workload is greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions?
a. Cancel sprint
b. The Development ensure that the product owner is aware, starts the sprint and monitor progress
c. Remove and change selected product backlog items
d. Recruit additional Development team member before the work can begin
e. The development team works overtime during this sprint
b. The Development ensure that the product owner is aware, starts the sprint and monitor progress
c. Remove and change selected product backlog items
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47. Cross-functional teams are optimize to work on one technical layer of a system only (eg: GUI, database, middle tier..)
a. True
b. False
b. False
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48. The product backlog is ordered by:
a. safer item at the top to risker items at the bottom
b. Small items at the top to large items at the bottom
c. Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom
d. Items are randomly arranged
e. Higher priority items are at the top
f. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
e. Higher priority items are at the top
| f. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
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49. When do development team members take ownership backlog item?
a. At sprint planning meeting
b. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work
c. Never. All sprint backlog item are" owned" by the entire Development team, even though each one may be done by an individual Development team member
d. During the daily scrum
c. Never. All sprint backlog item are" owned" by the entire Development team, even though each one may be done by an individual Development team member
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50. The time box for daily scrum is?
a. 15 minutes
b. The same time of day everyday
c. 4 hours
d. 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint. For shorter sprints it is usually shorter.
e. Two minutes per person.
a. 15 minutes
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51. When is product backlog item considered complete?
a. When all work in the sprint backlog related to the item is finished
b. When the item has no work remaining in order to be released
c. At the end of the sprint
d. When QA reports that the item passed all acceptance criteria
b. When the item has no work remaining in order to be released
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52. A new developer is having continuing conflict with existing Development team members and creating a hostile environment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the team member?
a. The scrum master is responsible, because he/she removes impediment
b. The hiring manager is responsible, because he/she hired the developer
c. The developer team is responsible, and may need help from the scrum master
d. The product owner is responsible, because he/she controls the return on investment (ROI).
c. The developer team is responsible, and may need help from the scrum master
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53. Every Development team should have: (1)
a. One lead developer and no more than 8 other member
b. At least one representative from each major software engineer discipline (like QA: Dev, UX)
c. The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done increment in sprint
c. The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done increment in sprint
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54. What happens if the Development team cannot complete its work by the end of the sprint?
a. The sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.
b. The sprint length holds and the Development team continuously learn what is actually possible to do within a sprint of this length.
c. The sprint is extended and future sprints use this new duration
b. The sprint length holds and the Development team continuously learn what is actually possible to do within a sprint of this length.
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55. When a development team determines that is has over-committed itself for a sprint, who has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the sprint work selected?
a. The development team
b. The product owner and the development team
c. The scrum master, project manager and development team
d. The product owner and all stakeholders
b. The product owner and the development team
