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

E The length of a daily Scrum is time-boxed at 15 minutes, it does not change with the length of a Sprint.

True or False: The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Product Backlog.

False To ensure continuous improvement, the Sprint Backlog rather than the Product Backlog includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Sprint Retrospective meeting.

When is implementation of a Product Backlog item considered complete? A) At the end of the Sprint. B) When Quality Assurance reports that the item passes all acceptance criteria. C) When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished. D) When the item has no work remaining in order to be released.

A

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

A Scrum requires an Increment to be releasable. This is an Increment of product. Many teams working on a single product are expected to deliver such an Increment.

Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog? A)The Product Owner B)The CEO C)The Development Team D)The Scrum Master E)The Stakeholders

A The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.

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

A The Scrum Master ensures that the Development Team has the meeting, but the Development Team is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum.

Who is on the Scrum Team? A)The Scrum Master B)The Product Owner C)The Development Team D)Project Manager E)None of the above

A,B,C The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master (manages the process), the Product Owner (decides what to do) and the Development Team (does the work).

Who creates a Product Backlog Item's estimate? A) The Development Team after clarifying requirements with the Product Owner. B) The Product Owner with input from the Development Team. C) The Development Team, alone. D) The most senior people in the organization, including architects and subject matter experts. E) The Scrum Master.

A

During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected? A)The Product Owner and the Development Team. B)The Scrum Master, the project manager and the Development Team. C)The Product Owner and all stakeholders. D)The Development Team.

A During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.

What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)? A)3 to 9 B)Minimal 7 C)7 plus or minus 2 D)9

A Optimal Development Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work. Fewer than three Development Team members decreases interaction and results in smaller productivity gains. More than nine members simply requires too much coordination.

When is a Sprint over? A)When the time-box expires. B)When the Product Owner says it is done. C)When all the tasks are completed. D)When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of done.

A The duration of a Sprint is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened.

Which events are time-boxed according to the Scrum Guide? A)Daily Scrum. B)Design Sprint. C)Sprint Review. D)Sprint Testing. E)Release Testing. F)Release Retrospective. G)The Sprint.

A,C,G The Scrum Guide states that all Scrum Events are time-boxed. The Sprint - 1 month or less Sprint Planning - maximum 8 hours for a one-month sprint Daily Scrum - 15-minutes Sprint Review - maximum 4 hours for a one-month sprint Sprint Retrospective - maximum 3 hours for a one-month sprint.

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

B The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint 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? A)The Scrum Master B)The Product Owner C)The Development Team D)The Project Manager

B The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog, which includes that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next.

What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? A)By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog B)By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team C)By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time D)By facilitating Development Team decisions

B,D A Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Development Team. Facilitation and removing impediments serves a team in achieving the best productivity possible.

A Scrum Master is working with a Development Team that has members in different physical locations. The Development Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically (for example, set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum. What action should the Scrum Master take? A) Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup. B) Set up the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done. C) Inform management and ask them to solve it. D) Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.

D

When does the next Sprint begin? A)Immediately following the next Sprint Planning. B)Next Monday. C)When the Product Owner is ready. D)Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

D A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

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 All of these choices are appropriate considerations in determining the length of a Sprint.

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 Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

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

D The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity.

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

False Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many teams are used. Any other setup makes it difficult for the Development Team to determine what it should work on.

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

False The product increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be released.

Select 3 incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum A)Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. B)Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products. C)Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment. D)Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity. E)Scrum is based on empirical process control theory. F)Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers.

Feedback C,D,F 1. Scrum is meant to be implemented as prescribed in the Scrum Guide. For example, the five events in the Scrum Guide are mandatory, each event has a specific purpose. 2. Scrum does not eliminate the complexity that is inherent in delivering a product in today's world, instead it offers a framework for dealing with complexity. By regularly delivering increments of value teams gain the ability to inspect and rapidly adapt based on the feedback received. 3. Project Managers are not simply replaced by self-organizing teams. Scrum is a framework for optimizing decision making based on the knowledge and experience of the entire team.

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)Monitor the Development Team's productivity. D)Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.

A Management has no active role in the actual product development through Scrum. However, management external to the Scrum team is incredibly important in setting the vision and strategy to guide the overall direction of the organization.

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based? A) Empirical B) Complex C) Hybrid D) Defined

A Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.

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)Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments. B)Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO. C)Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size. D)Add the item to the next Sprint.

B The items selected for a Sprint have been selected as most valuable with the Product Owner. The items serve the Sprint's goal. No changes should be made that endanger the Sprint Goal. No one external to the Scrum Team can force changes on the Development Team (Sprint Backlog) and the Product Owner (Product Backlog).

Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner? A) Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives. B) Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints. C) Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration. D) Act as a go-between for them.

C

The Development Team should have all the skills needed to: A)Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner. B)Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments. C)Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.

C The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint. Development Teams are cross-functional, with all of the skills as a team necessary to create a product Increment.

Which two things does the Development Team do during the first Sprint? A)Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure for the product. B)Develop a plan for the rest of the release. C)Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality. D)Deliver an increment of potentially releasable software. E)Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.

C,D The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", useable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created. This applies to every Sprint.

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

D If the definition of "done" is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. The Development Team of the Scrum Team can complement it with elements specific for the product or context. If "done" for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must define a definition of "done" appropriate for the product.

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

D The Product Owner decides what makes the most sense to optimize the value of the work being done by the Development Team.

Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just started using the product. The stakeholder is unhappy With the slow performance. What are two good options for the Scrum Master? (choose the best two answers) A) Wait to bring this up until the Sprint Retrospective. B) Encourage the Product Owner to put performance on the Product Backlog and express the stakeholder's concern to the Development Team. C) Bring the concern to the testers to improve how the system is tested. D) Explain to the Product Owner that it's up to the Development Team to decide on acceptable performance standards. E) Coach the Product Owner on how to talk with the Development Team about this concern.

D,E

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.

True The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less during which a "Done", usable, and potentially releasable product Increment is created.

If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend line through a release burndown chart indicate? A) When the work remaining will likely be completed if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or the Development Team. B) When all work will be completed so the Scrum Team can be released for other work. C) When the project will be over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to any new work that is added. D) Thu evolution of the cost spent on the project.

A

Which statement best describes Scrum? A)A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management. B)A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed. C)A cookbook that defines best practices for software development. D)A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

B Scrum is not a process or a technique for building products; rather, it is a framework within which you can employ various processes and techniques.

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility? A)Keep stakeholders from distracting the Development Team. B)Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does. C)Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders. D)Directing the Development Team.

B The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled? A)When the sales department has an important new opportunity. B)When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint. C)When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. D)When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.

C A Sprint can be cancelled before the Sprint time-box is over. A Sprint would be cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. This might occur if the company changes direction or if market or technology conditions change.

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? A)It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done. B)It is a mechanism to control the Development Team's activities during a Sprint. C)It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

C Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to Inspect AND Adapt.

The three pillars of empirical process control are: A)Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation B)Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste C)Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective D)Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen E)Planning, Inspection, Adaptation

A Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the Scrum Guide? A)The Development Team creates their own sprint backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the definition of "Done". B)Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional scope for the Sprint. C)The Development Team members are working within the boundaries of their functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration. D)Development Team members collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint. E)The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog. F)The Development Team has all the skills needed to create a releasable Increment.

B,C,E 1. The Daily Scrum is for the Development Team and attended by the Development Team. It should not be used by external stakeholders to check progress. 2. During Sprint Planning the Scrum Team should be crafting the Sprint Goal based on the set of Product Backlog items selected for the sprint. The Development Team identifies the necessary work to meet the Sprint Goal. 3. Scrum Development Team members don't have titles, and no sub-teams; such as, testing, architecture, or operations are recognized. Accountability belongs with the Development Team as a whole, regardless of whether team members have specialized skills.

During Sprint Planning the Product Owner and the Development Team are unable to reach a clear understanding about the highest order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Development Team is unable to determine how many Product Backlog items it can forecast for the upcoming Sprint. However, the Product Owner and the Development Team are able to agree on a Sprint Goal. Which of the following actions should the Scrum Master support (chose 2)? A) Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new Sprint. B) During the next Sprint Retrospective discuss why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur. C) Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough understood for the Development Team to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint D) Forecast the Product Backlog items that are most likely to meet the Sprint Goal and create the Sprint Backlog. Conclude Sprint Planning and start the development work. Continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint. E) Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.

B,D

When does a Development Team member become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item? A) During the Daily Scrum. B) Whenever a team member can accommodate more work. 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) At the Sprint planning meeting.

C Sprint Backlog and all of its items are collectively owned by the Development Team. No individual team member can claim ownership over an item as this would block communication and collaboration.

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

C Teams typically go through some steps before achieving a state of increased performance. Changing membership typically reduces cohesion, affecting performance and productivity in the short term.

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum? A)To gather status and progress information to report to management. B)To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down. C)He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum. D)To make sure every team member answers the three questions.

C The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum.

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint? A)All development work and at least some testing. B)Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation. C)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". D)As much as it can fit into the Sprint.

C The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team's current definition of "Done".

You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams. What are two key concerns for the Scrum Master to take into account in this situation? (choose the best two answers) A) The desire to maintain a stable velocity. B) The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy C) The ability of the Development Teams to produce integrated Increments. D) The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

C,D

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)As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges. 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 Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team. D)The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.

D The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint.

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

D Time-boxed events are events that have a maximum duration.

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum? A)The Development Team and Product Owner. B)The Scrum Master and Product Owner. C)The Development Team and Scrum Master. D)The Scrum team. E)The Development Team.

E Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily Scrum. If the Scrum Master or Product Owner is also on the Development Team, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum. Otherwise, the Scrum Master simply has to make sure the Development Team knows how to conduct a Daily Scrum and does so.

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is: A)4 hours and longer as needed. B)As long as needed. C)2 hours. D)1 day. E)4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

E Sprint Review is a four-hour time-boxed meeting for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

True or False: Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."

True A Scrum Team has a Scrum Master, a Product Owner and a Development Team. As a whole they have all controls needed.