PMI-ACP 02 : Scrum

Daily stand-up meetings or daily Scrums are designed to work through three questions. What did we do yesterday? What will we do today? Which of the following is the third question? * A. What impediments are in our way? B. What solutions have we created? C. What risk events have occurred? D. What backlog items need to be accomplished?

A

Development Team membership should change: * A. As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity. B. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity. C. Every Sprint to promote shared learning. D. Never, because it reduces productivity

A

On a Scrum team, whose responsibility is it to keep the priorities in the product backlog up to date as changes occur? * A. Product owner B. ScrumMaster C. Sponsor D. Development team

A

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do? * A. Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO. 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

The Product Backlog is ordered by: * A. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner. B. Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom. C. Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom. D. Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.

A

The basics of a stand-up meeting are to achieve which of the following? * A. Identify problems and describe what has been accomplished since the last meeting. B. Describe accomplishment for motivation. C. Coordinate discussions on problems and work on solutions. D. Identify opportunities for improvement.

A

What is the role of Management in Scrum? * A. 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- organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software. B. Continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team. C. Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough. D. Monitor the Development Team's productivity.

A

Which of the following items does your team need to produce a working, viable product or service? * A. A definition of done B. Approval from the product owner to create user stories C. A well-planned strategy to accomplish project goals D. A wireframe with a breakdown of the product needs

A

You are a practicing Agile project manager, and you are explaining to your new team the value of retrospectives. What will the team understand about retrospectives once you have explained it to them? * A. Retrospectives are a planned review and reflection point. B. Retrospectives are a necessary function of all Agile methodologies. C. Retrospectives are when the customer tests the increment. D. Retrospectives are for helping to groom the backlog.

A

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint? * A. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation. B. As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done". C. All development work and at least some testing. D. As much as it can fit into the Sprint.

B

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is? * A. Two minutes per person. B. 15 minutes. C. The same time of day every day. D. 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

B

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box? * A. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time. B. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time. C. The event must happen at a set time. D. The event must happen by a given time

B

Who creates the definition of "Done"? * A. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members' definitions B. The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization) C. The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product's success D. The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team's productivity

B

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint? * A. The Scrum Master B. The Development Team C. The Product Owner D. The most junior member of the Team

B

You and the team are working with a visible master list of work to be done and are constantly reviewing and updating it with requirements that will be reorganized and reprioritized repeatedly. This is an example of which of the following? * A. You are the development team planning the next iteration. B. Working with the team to groom the backlog C. You are the Scrum Master working with the customer on priority. D. You are the customer working with the product owner to keep your priorities up to date on the Kanban board.

B

During your 15-minute stand-up meeting, two of your team members start discussing a solution to one of the issues that they ran into the day before. As the Scrum Master or Agile project manager, what should you do? * A. Extend the meeting and encourage your team to find a solution before going back to work. B. Invite other experts to the meeting to help create a solution. C. Make sure you help them resolve the issues after the meeting but not during. D. Do nothing—a Scrum Master only listens during the stand-up meeting.

C

Julie has just joined your organization as a new team member. She has heard of Agile as a concept and has a bit of Scrum experience, but she is confused about the sprint backlog and where it came from. What is an effective way to explain to Julie what the sprint backlog is? * A. It's a separate list of things that the development team wants to accomplish on the sprint. B. It's basically the product backlog with the items chosen by the development team based on what they can accomplish during the sprint rather than a totally separate list or artifact. C. It's the list of value to be created as well as the risk-adjusted backlog items. D. It's the development team's "punch list," and it includes the theme of the sprint.

C

The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.(Which one the following answers is FALSE?) * A. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team. B. The Development Team 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 meeting 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 three pillars of empirical process control are: * A. Planning, Inspection, Adaptation B. Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen C. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation D. Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective

C

When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item? * A. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work. B. At the Sprint planning meeting. C. Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be implemented by an individual development team member. D. During the Daily Scrum.

C

Which of the following is one of the planned opportunities for inspection and adaptation in the Scrum method? * A. Velocity review meeting B. Sprint risk meeting C. Daily scrum D. Retrospective planning meeting

C

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? * A. The place can be named. B. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance. C. The consistency reduces complexity. D. The Product Owner demands it.

C

You are the product owner and have just started working on a new Agile team. One of the team members wants to know what your job entails. What do you tell them? * A. "My job is to make sure the team has daily stand-up meetings and continues to embrace Agile methodologies." B. "My job is to coach management on the different aspects of Agile project management." C. "My job is to own the product backlog and make sure customer value is realized." D. "My job is to debate requirements with key stakeholders to make sure we are building the product correctly."

C

Your new Scrum team is looking forward to practicing the time box methodologies of Scrum and Agile. When asked how long the stand-up meetings will be time-boxed for, what will you say? * A. Stand-up meetings are weekly for one hour. B. Stand-up meetings are for Waterfall projects. C. Stand-up meetings will require 15 minutes every day. D. Stand-up meetings will require 15 minutes every week.

C

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? * A. Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen. B. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. C. Management may feel less anxious D. All of the above.

D

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. No more than one month. D. All of these answers are correct.

D

The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is? * A. Whenever it is done. B. 4 hours. C. Monthly. D. 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

D

When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "Done?" * A. Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint. B. It depends. C. Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known. D. All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

D

Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum? * A. Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered. B. Lead the discussions of the Development Team. C. Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak. D. Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

D

You are a Scrum Master, and you hear during a daily Scrum that your team is a bit behind schedule. The impediments they mention are having to do too many updates to stakeholders and too much paperwork. What is the best thing to do? * A. Communicate with the stakeholders, and ask them not to bother your team. B. Coach the team on Agile principles to help them get back on schedule. C. Do nothing; the team is self-managed. D. Take on administrative work as needed to help your team.

D