Certified Scrum Master

The timebox for a retrospective in a 4 week Sprint is:

3 hours

What is the Sprint's maximum fixed duration?

30 days

The output of Sprint planning is:

A Sprint Goal, Product Backlog Items, and tasks

The ideal size of a Scrum team is:

About 10

What activities are done during PBR?

Add, remove, estimating, re-ordering, clarifying, split, combine PBI

What is Agile

Agile is a mindset, a way of thinking

Sharing your sincere desire to act and accepting responsibility for following through is an example of which Scrum value?

Commitment

When are you going to get the most benefits out of Scrum?

Complex Projects

How do you determine the right Sprint duration

Consider the frequency of events, stakeholder availability, complexity of product and technology, maturity of the team, frequency of inspection and adaption.

Doing the right thing and working on tough problems demonstrates which Scrum value:

Courage

What is the main accountability of the Developers?

Deliver a working quality increment each Sprint.

assigns tasks to Developers

Dev

decides how much to take on in each Sprint

Dev

decides how the Sprint goal will be met

Dev

decides who works on which task

Dev

does product backlog refinement (grooming)

Dev

is self-organized

Dev

Is Scrum empirical or defined?

Empirical

What is the main accountability of a Product Owner?

Ensure that the team is working on the most valuable items (ROI).

is responsible for Time Management

Everyone

Developers in Scrum only refers to team members with coding/programming skills.

False

During the Sprint, Developers determine what to work on from the Product Backlog.

False

The Daily Scrum is a daily status meeting.

False

The Product Increment is the sum of all the product backlog items completed in this past sprint only

False

The ScrumMaster is required at the Daily Scrum.

False

The ScrumMaster is responsible for communication management.

False

The product backlog is a detailed list of all the work requirements

False

List 3 benefits of timeboxing?

Focus, continuous improvement, prioritization, early delivery.

Scrum is best defined as a:

Framework

The Sprint Retrospective is about: Select all that apply

Getting the teams feedback on the team's interactions, process and tools. Taking process improvement action

What is the main accountability of a ScrumMaster?

Help remove impediments to ensure team and organization effectiveness.

Which of the following is an Agile value?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Agile is best defined as a:

Mindset

Iterative & Incremental - Which is better iterative or incremental?

Neither.

When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint?

Never. The entire Scrum team is responsible for creating value at every sprint

Being transparent about all the work and the challenges with performing the work is an example of which Scrum value?

Openness

The five values of Scrum are focus, ____________, ____________, courage, ____________

Openness, commitment, respect

Who is responsible for assigning team members onto the team

Outside the scope of Scrum

accepts or rejects work results

PO

is responsible for Risk Management

PO

is responsible for Scope Management

PO

leads part of Sprint Planning and Sprint Review

PO

must have power and bandwidth

PO

tracks release progress by updating the release burndown

PO

Which of these are Scrum Artifacts? Select all that apply

Product Backlog, sprint backlog, Product increment

Which of the following provide transparency? Select all that apply

Product Increment and Product Backlog

Who determines release dates?

Product Owner

The following are accountabilities in Scrum: Select all that apply.

Product Owner, Developers and ScrumMaster

Accountabilities

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developer

Artifacts

Product backlog, Sprint backlog, Product Increment

What's the relationship between Agile and Scrum

SCRUM is a framework used to help us be more Agile

Has no authority to make decisions on behalf of the team

SM

acts as an organizational change agent

SM

blocks distractions and helps remove impediments

SM

ensures that the Product Owner and Developers are directly collaborating

SM

facilitates estimation sessions with the Developers

SM

fosters self management and cross functionality

SM

helps the organization understand and enact empiricism

SM

increases visibility and transparency

SM

is mainly focused on team effectiveness

SM

plans and advises on Scrum implementations within the org

SM

How is the Scrum Master the leader of the Scrum Team?

Scrum Master is a servant leader serving the organization, PO, and Developers and ensuring everyone is working collaboratively and effectively.

is self-managing

Scrum Team

Is Scrum iterative or incremental?

Scrum is both Iterative and incremental

The length of a Sprint should be:(choose the best answer)

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, One month or less.

What are some organizational impediments that can affect Scrum Teams?

Silos, matrix projects, lack of infrastructure, lack of team dedication, unavailable PO.

A Product Backlog is the ____________ ____________ of work

Single source

Which of the following provide the opportunity to inspect and adapt? Select all that apply

Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum

Events

Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective

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 product owners and developers

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.

The sprint backlog is fully formulated in the sprint planning event and does not change during the sprint

The 3 pillars of Scrum or empiricism are:

Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

What are the 3 pillars of empiricism?

Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

The Developers determine the estimates.

True

The Product Owner Manages the Business Stakeholders

True

The Product Owner is Responsible for ROI

True

The Scrum Master is a Servant Leader

True

What does the Product Owner do during the Sprint?

Works with the Developers to prep for the next sprint

Working software over

comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over

contract negotiation

Responding to Change over

following a plan

is mainly focused on delivering a quality product increment

Dev

is the only one required at the Daily Scrum

Dev

tracks Sprint progress by updating the Sprint burndown

Dev

works on t-shaped skills

Dev

Who is most likely to communicate impediments during the Daily Scrum?

Developers

The following activities occur in Product Backlog Refinement: Select all that apply

Estimating, adding, reordering, removing, merging and splitting PBI's

True or False: 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.

False

actively engages and manages stakeholders

PO

can cancel the Sprint

PO

decides when to release

PO

is from the business

PO

is in a position of power

PO

is mainly focused on the value of the product (ROI)

PO

is responsible for Communication Management

PO

is responsible for Cost Management

PO

The sprint review is about

demo-ing the tool, getting feedback on the product, updating the product backlog based on the feedback.

Scrum is lightweight, __________, and __________

easy to understand, difficult to master

Scrum is:

intentionally incomplete

Individuals and interactions over

processes and tools