CSM - Certified SCRUM Master - Practice Test

When should the team conduct the Sprint Retrospective? a) After the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning b) Before the Sprint Review c) After each Daily Scrum d) At the beginning of the next Sprint

a) After the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning

There are 5 values described in Scrum. Which value must the team demonstrate during the Sprint? a) Commitment b) Alignment c) Build-in-Quality d) Transparency

a) Commitment

In Scrum, roles and responsibilities are provided and designed with tension built in between the roles. What is a significant responsibility of the Scrum Master? a) Encourage the team and organization to experiment with new ways of working b) Provide the estimates for the team to minimize the amount of meetings c) Manage/maintain all of the tools the team has chosen so they can focus on building the product d) Assign tasks to the Dev Team each day based on their availability and skill

a) Encourage the team and organization to experiment with new ways of working

Which tactic by a ScrumMaster would best seek to build consensus within the team for a decision? a) Facilitating b) Mentoring c) Coaching d) Teaching

a) Facilitating

There are 5 values described in Scrum. Which value is best demonstrated when a team decides to complete a task before moving on to another one? a) Focus b) Respect c) Courage d) Commitment

a) Focus

Out of the following activities, which one describes the main responsibility of a ScrumMaster? a) Remove impediments for the team b) Manage the Scrum Team c) Ensure the Product Backlog is well understood d) Ensure the stakeholders understand the release plan

a) Remove impediments for the team

If the Dev Team is working on a set of Product Backlog Items that become unnecessary or no longer valuable, what is the best recommendation from the ScrumMaster? a) The Product Owner terminate the Sprint and Dev Team re-plan b) Continue working on them since the Sprint Goal should not change during c) The Dev Team should cancel the work and pull in new work at their discretion and ability d) Move to a defined process to ensure we understand fully what to work on prior to wasting the Dev Team's time

a) The Product Owner terminate the Sprint and Dev Team re-plan

Of the following activities, which one best described how the ScrumMaster can ensure the Dev Team is working effectively? a) Facilitate Scrum meetings b) Coach the team in self-organization and cross-functionality c) Conduct one-on-one performance review sessions with each team member d) Assign work to the team-members to ensure full resource utilization

b) Coach the team in self-organization and cross-functionality

Which of the following is not an activity of Product Backlog Refinement? a) Estimating the Product Backlog b) Creating the Sprint Backlog c) Clearly expressing the Product Backlog Items and their order d) Breaking the Product Backlog Item down into smaller items

b) Creating the Sprint Backlog

Which Scrum Role is responsible for assigning work from Sprint Backlog? a) Scrum Master b) Dev Team c) Product Owner d) Team Leader

b) Dev Team

Which of the following is a required attribute of a Product Backlog Item? a) Owner b) Estimate c) Release-date d) Theme

b) Estimate

At what frequency should the Sprint Review occur during the Sprint? a) After each PBI reaches a "Potentially Release-able" state b) One time and at the end of the SPRINT c) After each Daily SCRUM d) Whenever the stakeholders have time

b) One time and at the end of the SPRINT

Which of the following is an artifact of Scrum? a) Definition of DONE b) Product Backlog c) Release Burn-down Chart d) Sprint Goal

b) Product Backlog

The ScrumMaster is responsible for ensuring that the artifacts of Scrum are completely transparent to... a) Customers b) The Scrum Team and their stakeholders c) Management Team d) Program Manager

b) The Scrum Team and their stakeholders

In Scrum, the appropriate Dev Team size is .. a) 5 b) 9-11 c) 3-9 d) 3-5

c) 3-9

By the end of a Sprint, the Product Increment must be "Potentially Release-able". Which answer best describes "Potentially Release-able" in this context? a) All PBIs for a release must be in the product increment before it can be released b) The increment is NOT "Potentially Release-able" until the Product Owner confirms it is c) By the end of the SPRINT, the increment must be in a usable condition and confirm to the team's Definition of DONE d) We must meet the minimum Viable Product specification before the increment is "Potentially Release-able"

c) By the end of the SPRINT, the increment must be in a usable condition and confirm to the team's Definition of DONE

Out of the following activities, which one describes the main responsibility of a Product Owner? a) Define a solution based on the market needs b) Manage the Scrum Team c) Clearly expressing the Product Backlog d) Write Product Backlog items for the Dev Team

c) Clearly expressing the Product Backlog

The Dev Team should dedicate what amount of time each Sprint for refining the Product Backlog? a) 15% of our entire team capacity b) As much time as needed, but only for the Architect and Designers c) No more than 10% of our entire team capacity d) 20% of our capacity per quarter

c) No more than 10% of our entire team capacity

In the Sprint Retrospective, we are providing transparency to and inspecting and adapting the... a) Product Increment b) Sprint Backlog c) People and Processes d) Product Backlog

c) People and Processes

How would you educate your organization on the reason why we want to limit our Dev Team size to 9 or below? a) Because the Scrum Guide says so b) Too many items would be in progress at a given time (eroding our WIP limits) c) The larger team size creates too much complexity and communication patterns for empiricism d) Too many people in meetings make the meeting go longer, thus is waste

c) The larger team size creates too much complexity and communication patterns for empiricism

Out of the 5 values of Scrum, which one is best demonstrated by a Product Owner answering the Dev Team's question with "I don't know"? a) Focus b) Respect c) Openness d) Courage

d) Courage

Part of completing work for a Sprint requires planning for that work. When should this planning take place for the Sprint? a) Each EPIC, in Product Backlog Refinement b) Once, in Product Backlog Refinement c) During roadmap planning for the quarter d) One Sprint at a time; in Sprint Planning

d) One Sprint at a time; in Sprint Planning

Who is responsible for prioritizing the Product Backlog? a) Dev Team based on their utilization and skill-set b) Scrum Master to ensure proper resource allocation c) Management since they are responsible for the delivery of the product d) Product Owner

d) Product Owner

Which Scrum Role is responsible to teach, facilitate, mentor, and coach the organization on its Scrum adoption? a) Agile Coach b) Product Owner c) Management d) Scrum Master

d) Scrum Master

A team member's MacBook Pro failed to power on this morning. The ScrumMaster provided the team member with a spare machine and scheduled time to go to the Apple Store to handle the repair of the computer. What characteristic is the ScrumMaster exuding? a) Project Manager b) Authoritarian c) Disciplinarian d) Servant-leadership

d) Servant-leadership

When the Scrum Team determines that a Product Backlog Item is Done, what best describes what Done means? a) All tests have been passed b) The item has been successfully deployed to production c) The stakeholders have approved the team d) The item meets the Scrum Team's Definition of DONE

d) The item meets the Scrum Team's Definition of DONE

The product that is built and delivered in pieces is known as? a) Spiral b) the Rational Unified Process (RUP) c) a stage-gate process d) an incremental process

d) an incremental process