Question Category: Scrum Theory

1. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the remaining work towards the Project Goal?

  a.The Product Owner

  b.The Product Owner and The Development Team

  c.The Development Team

  d.The Scrum Master and The Development Team

  e.The Scrum Master

  f.The Scrum Team

2.What are the characteristics of a Development Team? Select three most appropriate choices.

  a.Scrum recognizes no titles for Development Team members other than Developer

  b.Accountability belongs to the Development Team as a whole

  c.Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in the Development Team

  d.Having at least one test engineer in the Development Team

  e.Having the Scrum Master as a part-time Developer in the Development Team

3. It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.

  a. True

  b. False

4. What is Scrum?

1.  A sequential design process, used in software development processes, in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards.
2.  A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products.
3. A software development methodology which is intended to improve software quality.

5. How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.

 

1.  Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management
2. Introducing cutting edge development practices
3. Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
4. Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed
5. Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption

6. The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum (select all applicable variants):

 

1.  Teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box
2. If others are present at the Daily Scrum, ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting
3. Is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum
4. Ensures that the Development Team has the meeting

7. The Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.

 

1. True
2. False

8. What is the essence of Scrum? Select the most appropriate option.

 

1.  A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive
2. The Scrum Master and the Product Owner
3. The Scrum Guide

 d.  The Development Team

9. All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.

 

1. False

  b. True

10. How frequently should scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal?

 

1. As frequently as possible
2. At the Sprint Review
3. After the Daily Scrum

  d. Frequently, but it should not get in the way of the work

11. What are the three pillars that uphold Scrum?

 

1.  Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation
4. Agility
5. Self-organization

  f. Cross-functionality

12. Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option.

 

1. Assign a responsible team member for at least one improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.
2. Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.
3. Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements.
4. Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.

13. How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team? Select the three most appropriate answers.

 

1. Helping the Development Team to create high-value products
2. Helping the Development Team as the team leader
3. Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality
4. Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress
5. Adding or removing developers from the Development Team in accordance with team velocity changes

14. Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?

 

1. The Scrum Master
2. The Product owner and the Development Team
3. The Scrum Team
4. The Product owner and the Scrum Master
5.  The Product Owner
6. The Scrum Master and the Development Team
7. The Development Team

15. How does Definition of “Done” help to the Scrum Team? Select the three most applicable items.

 

1.  DoD guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning
2. DoD helps to calculate velocity of the Scrum Team
3. DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment
4. DoD helps in inspection and adaptation
5.  DoD ensures artifact transparency

16 All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.

 

 a. False

  b.True.

17. Could the Sprint Planning be finished if only work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed to units of one day or less?

 

a.  Yes, if the remaining work is also estimated, maybe in bigger units

 b. No, all items in the Sprint Backlog should be decomposed to units of one day or less by the end of the Sprint Planning

18. Imagine you are a Scrum Master. There are 10 professionals (developers and QAs) and the Product Owner. How do you distribute people between development teams? Choose all applicable options:

 

  a.1 team of 10 people (because there is no reason to divide)

 b. 2 teams of 6 and 4 people (because it is good to have all the QAs in a separate team)

  c.3 teams of 4, 3 and 3 people (each team is cross-functional)

  d.2 teams of 6 and 4 people (the professionals after a short meeting decided this is the best option)

19. Select the two meetings in which people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.

 

1.  The Daily Scrum
2.  The Sprint Retrospective
3. The Sprint Review

 d.  The Sprint Planning

20. It is normal to have a “hardening” Sprint to remove all technical debt and prepare the Product for upcoming release.

 

1.  False

  b. True

21. Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog?

 

1. The Product Owner
2.  The Scrum Master
3. The Development Team

  d. The Key Stakeholders

22.. Select the five Scrum Values.

 

1. Courage
2. Openness
3. Self-organization
4. Respect
5. Commitment
6. Agility
7. Effectiveness
8.  Focus

23.. What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two.

 

1. What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?
2. How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?
3. What new technologies could be used to speed up the Development Team velocity?
4. Who will be responsible for each item in the Sprint Backlog?
5. What is the size of the Technical Debt and how it could be removed?

24. Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three.

 

  A The Product Owner

 B  The Scrum Master

  C The Development Team

  D The Key Stakeholders

  E The Team Manager

25. What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four.

 

A   The Product Backlog

  B The latest product Increment

 C  Feedback from the Organization CEO

 D  Feedback from the Key Stakeholders

 E  Past performance of the Development Team

  F Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint

26. Where can Scrum be used? Check all the applicable items.

 

  A Managing the operation of an organization

  B Development of software and hardware

  C Development of products and enhancements

  D Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities

  E Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments

  F Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies

27. What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize?

 

  A Creativity

  B Flexibility

  C Competence

 D  Agility

 E  Responsibility

  F Productivity

28. The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team.

 

 A  True

 B  False

29. Sort Scrum events in the right order.

 

A Sprint Retrospective

B Sprint Review

C Daily Scrum

D Sprint Planning

30.. What should be taken into account for the Definition of “Done”? Select the two most appropriate items.

 

  A Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on other products

  B Advice of the Scrum Master

  C Experience of the Product Owner

 D  Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on the same Product

  Conventions, standards and guidelines of the Organization

31. What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?

 

  A Alphabetical

  B Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom

  C The recently added items at the top

  D The less clear items at the top

32. The Sprint Backlog is created at the Sprint Planning. It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog later by the Development Team.

 

  A True

  B False

33.. What is the Increment?

 

 A  The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint

B   All items in the Sprint Backlog that could be released regardless of whether the Product Owner decides to actually do it

  C The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints

  D All "Done" items in the Sprint Backlog

34. What is the Sprint Retrospective?

 

  A It is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint

  B It is a meeting to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed

  C It is a meeting where the Development Team synchronizes activities and creates a plan for the next 24 hours

 D  It is the key inspect and adapt meeting

35. How much time does the Sprint Planning take?

 

  A As much as it is necessary to make task break-down and estimations for all items in the Sprint Backlog

  B Not more than 4 hours

 C  Not more than 8 hours

 D  From 4 to 8 hours

36. If an item in the Sprint Backlog cannot be finished by the end of the Sprint (it turned out there is a lot more work to do than was estimated), the Sprint is cancelled.

 

  a.False

 b. True

37. What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items.

 

  a.Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs

  b.Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next

  c,Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions

  d.Moving Product Backlog items into the Sprint Backlog

  e.Presenting Product Backlog items to the Key Stakeholders

38. What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers.

 

  A The Sprint Goal is changed frequently to reflect the status of the remaining work

  B No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal

 C  Sprint scope is defined at the Sprint Planning and cannot be changed

  D Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned

  E Quality goals do not decrease

39. What belongs solely to the Development Team?

 

  A The Increment

  B The Sprint Backlog

  C The Definition of Done

  D The Product Backlog

40. What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? Select three.

 

  A If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it

  B Several top Product Backlog Items are taken into the Sprint Backlog to replace the obsolete items

  C At the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Master determines who from the Development Team is responsible for cancelling the Sprint

  D Any completed and “Done” Product Backlog items are reviewed

  E All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog