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what is the typical size of 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, shorter for shorter sprints
what is the timebox for the sprint planning event?
8 hours for a monthly sprint and shorter for shorter sprints
which statement best describes the sprint review?
When the scrum team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next
which statement best describes scrum?
a framework for creating complex products in complex environments
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
what does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
an event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
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 facilitating developer decision-making and by removing impediments that hinder the scrum team
why is the daily scrum held at the same time and same place?
consistency reduces complexity
who is required to attend the daily the daily scrum?
developers
upon which type of process control is scrum based?
empirical
how much work must the developers complete for each product backlog item they select for a sprint?
enough so that each product backlog item they select meets the definition of done
true or false: it is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each sprint
false
true or false: scrum has a role called project manager
false
true or false: the scrum team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the retrospective, and place it in the sprint backlog
false
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 feature 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
what are the three pillars of empiricism?
inspection, transparency, and adaptation
which statement best describes the product owner's responsibility?
maximizing the value of the work the scrum team does
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
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
who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or release, and should be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
product owner
a scrum team consists of the following...
product owner, scrum master, developers
what are three incorrect statements about scrum?
scrum is like a traditional process but with self-organization to replace project managers, scrum is a framework to eliminate complexity, and scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of scrum you think will work for your environment
which events are timeboxed?
sprint retrospective, sprint planning, sprint review
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 organization's functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration, and 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
what is the function or purpose of management in scrum?
support the product owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. support the scrum master to encourage organizational change that foster empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent product delivery
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 has the final say on the order of the product backlog?
the product owner
which of the following is false?
the sprint backlog is fully formulated in the sprint planning event and does not change
what is the main reason for a scrum master to be at the daily scrum?
they don't have to be there, they only need to ensure the developers have a daily scrum
true or false: the purpose of a sprint is to product a valuable and useful increment of working product
true
developers should have all the skills needed to...
turn the product backlog items they select into an increment of useful and valuable product functionality
when does a sprint conclude?
when the retrospective is complete
an organization had 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?
without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen, the organization may not understand what has changed with scrum and the benefits of scrum may be lost, and management may feel less anxious
