PSM 1 Quiz

The length of a Sprint should be:

All of the above

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

Empirical

A Scrum Team must be 10 or fewer people

False

A Scrum Team must never have any technical debt

False

A Scrum Team uses 2 weeks Sprints and time box their Sprint Planning to 6 hours. Does this break the rules of Scrum?

False

The Product Owner must attend the Sprint Retrospective

True

The Scrum Master and Product owner responsibilities can both be held by 1 person

True

The Scrum Master is a management role

True

Management need to monitor progress on a daily basis and decide to do so by attending the Daily Scrum. What are the likely results?

1. Developers may be less open and transparent during the Daily Scrum 2. Developers may end up with less time in the Daily Scrum to re-plan their work 3. Additional facilitation may be required to keep to the time-box

Among the Developers, there is nobody with significant testing expertise. They should...

1. Raise this as an impediment which may require the assistance of the Scrum Master to resolve 2. Quality is the responsibility of the Developers and they should undertake testing themselves to the best of their abilities

Who can do the work to ensure the Product Backlog is refined to a state that is useful? Pick 2

1. The Product Owner 2. The Developers, with support from the Product Owner who is still accountable for it

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

A Scrum Team has how many specific accountabilities?

3

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.

When should a Developer on a Scrum Team be replaced?

As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity

What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams?

By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team By facilitating Developer decision-making

The Sprint Backlog must be detailed enough that...

Changes in progress can be understood in the Daily Scrum

During the Daily Scrum, the Developers must answer the "3 questions"

False

The Increment must be released at the end of every Sprint

False

The Scrum Master can be removed once Scrum is adopted

False

The Scrum Master is accountable for the Product Backlog

False

The Scrum Master manages the Scrum Team

False

True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog

False

What does the Sprint burn-down chart show?

How much remaining work until the end of the sprint

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The three pillars of empiricism are:

Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

A new Developer joins the Scrum Team taking the total number to 11 people. As a Scrum Master, what should you do?

Raise the increased team size as a potential issue and help the Developers decide what to do about it

Select the correct timebox for each Scrum event

Sprint planning- 8 hours, Daily Scrum - 15 minutes, Sprint Review- 4 hours, Sprint Retrospective- 3 hours

Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing Scrum Team?

Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team's progress. 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. 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.

Which of the following services is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?

Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.

The Product Manager manages

The Product Backlog

Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

The Product Owner

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 Owner and Developers

The Daily Scrum is consistently taking longer than 15 minutes. which statement best describes what should be done?

The Scrum Master should help the Developers understand why the 15 minute time-box should be respected and help them find ways to do it as required

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.

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The consistency reduces complexity

What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?

The event can take no more time than a maximum amount of time

The Scrum Master is a leader and servant in service to which of the following?

The organization and Scrum Team

Which statement best describes a cross-functional team?

The team has all the competencies needed to accomplish the work

A Scrum Team must only work on a single Product Goal at any time

True

By the end of the Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team should have identified and planned improvements to increase its effectiveness

True

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete

The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?

8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter

When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?

All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.

Who is responsible for monitoring the progress of work during a Sprint?

Developers

A Scrum Team consists of the following:

Developers, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Who is on the Scrum Team?

Developers, The Scrum Master, The Product Owner

Product Backlog Refinement is...

An ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Developers collaborate

Developers include which role(s)?

No other roles. Developers is one of the 3 accountabilities in Scrum

The result of the Sprint Review is...

A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

Before the first Sprint, the Product Backlog must contain everything we will develop for the product

False

Developers should be set stretch goals by the Product Owner as part of Sprint Planning

False

During Sprint Planning, all Product Backlog Items must be decomposed to a definitive set of tasks for the Developers to complete

False

During Sprint Planning, every task must be estimated so the Developers can be sure they have the capacity to complete them in the Sprint

False

When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item on the Sprint Backlog?

Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the Developers on the Scrum Team

Who can change the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?

The Developers

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Developers

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Developers

Who may be best positioned to decide who will be the Scrum Master for a new Scrum Team?

The Developers and the Product Owner

A Product Backlog is never complete

True- As long as a product exists, its Backlog also exists

The Scrum Master must facilitate the Daily Scrum

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

True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

False

Who is accountable for ensuring that the burn-down chart and Gantt chart exist

No one

The Product Owner is using burn-up charts instead of burn-down charts. What should your response be as Scrum Master?

There's nothing wrong with it

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum

The Developers should have all the skills needed to:

Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality.