SCRUM PSM1
Select the two meetings in which people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.
, sprint planning
The time-box for a Daily Scrum is?
15 minutes.
Imagine you are a Scrum Master. There are 10 professionals (developers and QAs) and the Product Owner. How do you distribute people between development teams? Choose all applicable options:
3 teams of 4, 3 and 3 people (each team is cross-functional), 2 teams of 6 and 4 people (the professionals after a short meeting decided this is the best option)
What is the recommend size for a development team (within the scrum team
3 to 9
The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is:
4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.
What is Scrum?
A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products
What is the result of the Sprint Review?
A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint
What is the essence of Scrum?
A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive
What are the characteristics of a Development Team?
Accountability belongs to the Development Team as a whole, Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in the Development Team, Scrum recognizes no titles for Development Team members other than Developer
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "done?"
All Development Teams must have a definition of "done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
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".
Development Team membership should change:
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.
If an inspector determines that one or more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits, when must an adjustment be made?
As soon as possible to minimize further deviation
What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?
By facilitating Development Team decisions
Select the 5 scrum values
Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect
What does the word "development" mean in the context of Scrum?
Complex work that can include all the suggested options and even more
What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize?
Creativity, productivity, Flexibility
What should be taken into account for the Definition of "Done"? Select the two most appropriate items.
Definition of "Done" of other Scrum Teams working on the same Product and conventions, standards, and guidelines of the organization
How does Definition of "Done" help to the Scrum Team? Select the three most applicable items
DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment, DoD guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning, DoD ensures artifact transparency
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?
Empirical
Scrum is founded on
Empiricism
All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.
FALSE
Definition of "Done" is created during the first Sprint and remains unchanged until the Product release.
FALSE
How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner?
Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management, Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed, Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
What does Cone of Uncertainty show?
How much is known about the product over time
What does Burn-down Chart show?
How much work remains till the end of the Sprint
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?
Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement, Product Value Maximizer, Product Marketplace Expert
What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers.
No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal, Quality goals do not decrease, Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
Scrum Order
Planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective
What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.
Product Backlog
What comprises Scrum
Roles, Events, Rules, Artifacts
The length of a Sprint should be:
Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
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.
The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done increment of working product.
TRUE
hat is the Sprint Backlog?
The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them
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?
The Product Owner and the Development Team.
What belongs solely to the Development Team?
The Sprint Backlog
In which meetings the Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate?
The Sprint Review
What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?
The sprint goal
What is the Increment?
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints
What are the three pillars that uphold Scrum?
Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
When is a Sprint over?
When the time-box expires.
Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?
Yes
Could the Sprint Planning be finished if only work planned for the first days of the Sprint is decomposed to units of one day or less?
Yes, if the remaining work is also extimated, maybe in bigger units
How much time does the Sprint Planning take?
not more than 8 hours
Check all the formal opportunities to inspect and adapt.
sprint review, sprint planning, sprint retrospective, daily scrum
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.
What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? Select three.
All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog, Any completed and "Done" Product Backlog items are reviewed, If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it
Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team?
Development Team
The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum (select all applicable variants):
Ensures that the Development Team has the meeting, Teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box, If others are present at the Daily Scrum, ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting
What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items.
Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next, Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs, Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions
If an item in the Sprint Backlog cannot be finished by the end of the Sprint (it turned out there is a lot more work to do than was estimated), the Sprint is cancelled.
FALSE
It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.
FALSE
It is a good practice to have from time to time a special technical Sprint that consists only of tasks removing the technical debt without implementing any new functionality.
FALSE
It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint.
FALSE
It is normal to have a "hardening" Sprint to remove all technical debt and prepare the Product for upcoming release.
FALSE
Scrum does not allow additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum.
FALSE
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?
Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.
The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to (select three
Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools, Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work, Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements
When does a development team member become the sole owner of a sprint backlog item
Never
What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume?
No more than 10%
Is it allowed to skip the Daily Scrum if there is nothing interesting to talk about?
No, Mark you can never skip the daily scrum
What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four.
Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint, The latest product Increment, The Product Backlog, Past performance of the Development Team
All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.
TRUE
Only the Product Owner and the Development Team participate in the Sprint Planning. There is nothing to do for the Scrum Master.
FALSE
Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for a particular project
FALSE
The Daily Scrum always should take exactly 15 minutes.
FALSE
The Daily Scrum time-box depends on the size of the Development team.
FALSE
The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team.
FALSE
The Sprint Backlog is created at the Sprint Planning. It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog later by the Development Team.
FALSE
When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
FALSE
How frequently should scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal?
Frequently, but it should not get in the way of the work
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?
He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum.
How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team?
Helping the Development Team to create high-value products, Removing impediments to the Development Team's progress, Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality
The three pillars of empirical process control are:
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
What is the sprint retrospective
It is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint
What are Product Backlog features
It is dynamic, it is never complete, as long as a product exists, it exists
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.
What are the two essential features a Scrum Team should possess?
It should have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team, It should choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team
What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?
Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom
At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option.
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.
Definition of Done can be reviewed and adapted during each Sprint Retrospective. True or False?
TRUE
Other people than the Scrum Team can attend the Sprint Planning in order to provide technical or domain advice.
TRUE
Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."
TRUE
Scrum is not a process or technique. True or False?
TRUE
During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to:
Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.
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. Based on this, which of the following is FALSE?
The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and does not change during the Sprint.
What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
What could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product?
The product backlog
What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two.
What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?, How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?
What are the three questions the Scrum Guide gives as an example that can be used at the Daily Scrum?
What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?, What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?, Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?
The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
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?
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.
How does the Scrum Master serve the Organization? Select the three most appropriate answers.
Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization, Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption, Planning Scrum implementations within the organization
