Sample Professional Scrum Master Exam

What is the maximum length of a Sprint?

1.) Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner. 2.) Not so long that the other business events can't be readily synchronized with the development work. 3.) One calendar month. *All of these answers are correct.

At a minimum, what is necessary to start a Sprint using Scrum?

1.)Release plan and budget 2.)Executive sponsor and technical lead 3.)Team space and team rules 4.)Vision and Product Backlog *All are important but none is essential.

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

15 minutes.

Which technique is the LEAST productive way for the Scrum Master to ensure that the team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?

Act as a go-between for them.

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation?

Alert management to the impediments and their impact.

Team membership should change:

As needed, while taking into account short term reduction in team productivity.

What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a team working at its highest level of productivity?

By facilitating team decisions and removing impediments.

When multiple teams are working together, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

False

Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item:

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Team, even though each one may be done by an individual team member.

Who has the last say on the priority of the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner

Who is on the Scrum Team?

The Scrum Master, The Product Owner, and The Team (of developers)

Since no new work can be added to a Sprint, what is the appropriate characteristic of the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?

The Sprint Backlog is defined based on the work necessary to build the selected Product Backlog items.

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

The Team

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

The consistency reduces complexity.

Scrum Master is a management position?

True

Scrum does not have a role called "project manager".

True

The team should have all the skills needed to:

Turn the Product Backlog it selects into an increment of potentially shippable product functionality.

An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management want to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if they do so?

1.) Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may happen. 2.) The organization may not understand what has changed within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost. 3.) Management may feel less anxious.

The CEO asks the team to add a story to the current Sprint. What should the team do?

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect what happened during the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.

Which of the below are Scrum roles on a Scrum team?

Team, Product Owner, and Scrum Master

A burndown chart tracks?

Work remaining across time.

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time box) is:

4 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportionally less for shorter Sprints

What is the recommended size for a Team (of developers) within the Scrum Team?

7 plus or minus 2

The timebox for the complete Sprint planning meeting is?

8 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportionately less for shorter Sprints

The reason the Scrum Master is at the Daily Scrum is:

He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the team has a Daily Scrum.

The Product Backlog is sorted by

Least valuable items at the bottom to most valuable at the top.

What is the role of management external to the Scrum Team?

Management external to Scrum has no role.

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

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

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