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Who is on the Scrum Team?

- The Scrum Master - The Product Owner - The Development Team

What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?

10 or fewer

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

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

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

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.

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?

All of the above

When should the Developers 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 facilitating Developer decision-making; By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team.

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

Consistency reduces complexity

Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?

Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality; Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product.

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

When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

False

How is budgeting done in Scrum?

Ideally revised at each Sprint to ensure value is being delivered.

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

When does the next Sprint begin?

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The CEO asks the Developers to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do?

Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do.

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.

When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item on the Sprint Backlog? (choose the best answer)

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

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

Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.

What happens between a Sprint Retrospective and the next Sprint Planning meeting?

Nothing!

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.

The length of a Sprint should be:

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 is the role of Management in Scrum?

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.

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.

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

The Developers

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 the 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. (Which one the following answers is FALSE?)

The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.

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.

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

True

The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product.

True

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

What does a trend line through a release burn-down chart indicate?

When the remaining work will likely be completed if nothing changes in the Product Backlog and the Scrum Team (A burn-down chart is a simple chart with time on the horizontal axis and the amount of remaining work on the vertical axis.)

When is a Sprint over?

When the time-box expires.

Which THREE statements are correct when four teams are working on a product?

a. There is only one Product Backlog. b. There is only one Product Owner. c. There are multiple Sprint Backlogs at any point in time.

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

developers

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

empirical

True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."

false

True or false? A 2x increase in the number of Developers will double productivity.

false

A Scrum Team consists of the following:

product owner, scrum master, developers

Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum? (choose the best three answers)

Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers; Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment; Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.