Sample CSM Test

27. Members of the Scrum Team do not consider the Sprint Retrospective necessary. What should a Scrum Master do? - Coach the Scrum Team to help them understand the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective. - Let the Developers decide. - Escalate to the Product Owner. - Exclude those members of the Scrum Team from participating.

Coach the Scrum Team to help them understand the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective.

1. During the Sprint, what Scrum Value must the team demonstrate to achieve the goal? - Completion. - Commitment. - Agreement. - Alignment.

Commitment

17. Developers asking for help or admitting not knowing something best demonstrates which Scrum Value? - Respect. - Courage. - Commitment. - Focus.

Courage

47. What is one accountability of the Product Owner? - Describe the solution. - Manage the Developers. - Creating and ordering Product Backlog items. - Recognize titles.

Creating and ordering Product Backlog items.

31. A Scrum Team with all the skills necessary to deliver a usable Increment is: - Divided into sub-teams. - Distributed. - Cross-functional. - Difficult to manage.

Cross-functional.

16. When the goal, scope and product domain are not understood by the Scrum Team, the Scrum Master should: - Direct the Developers to stop working until the Product Owner improves the acceptance criteria. - Cancel the Sprint and schedule a new Planning meeting. - Do nothing because this is the responsibility of the Product Owner. - Facilitate a discussion between the Stakeholders, Product Owner and Developers.

Facilitate a discussion between the Stakeholders, Product Owner and Developers.

9. Which activity seeks to build consensus in a group setting? - Coaching. - Teaching. - Mentoring. - Facilitating

Facilitating

7. If Scrum Teams become too large, they should: - Split into sub-teams based on function. - Reorganize into multiple cohesive Scrum Teams and share the same Product Goal and Product Backlog. - Divide into separate teams each with their own Product Owner. - Do nothing and focus on delivering a usable product Increment.

Reorganize into multiple cohesive Scrum Teams and share the same Product Goal and Product Backlog.

35. Which accountability ensures Scrum is understood and enacted? - Developers. - Product Owner. - Scrum Master. - Project Sponsor.

Scrum Master.

43. Whose responsibility is it to lead and coach the organization in its Scrum adoption? - Customer. - Product Owner. - Developers. - Scrum Master.

Scrum Master.

19. Who should the Scrum Master work with to determine if artifacts are completely transparent? - End users. - Scrum Team and other involved parties. - Management team. - Project Manager.

Scrum Team and other involved parties.

8. A lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems is known as: - Kanban. - Scrum. - Agile. - Waterfall.

Scrum.

34. Which of the following is a required attribute of a Product Backlog item (PBI)? - Assigned to. - Size. - Due Date. - State.

Size.

28. Which Scrum artifacts provide transparency and opportunities for inspection and adaptation? - Burndown Charts, release plan and Product Backlog. - Sprint Backlog, Product Backlog and Increment. - Definition of Done and Product Backlog. - Definition of Done, Sprint Backlog and Product Backlog.

Sprint Backlog, Product Backlog and Increment.

45. Which of the following is a Scrum Artifact? - Definition of Done. - Sprint Backlog. - Sprint Goal. - Sprint Burndown Chart.

Sprint Backlog.

11. Product Backlog refinement is: - A recurring event in the middle of each Sprint. - The act of breaking down and further defining Product Backlog items. - An opportunity for the Developers to estimate Product Backlog items. - A pre-planning meeting to shorten the length of Sprint Planning.

The act of breaking down and further defining Product Backlog items.

22. What emerges from self-organizing teams? - The best process flows, user stories and requirements. - The best architecture, requirements and designs. - The best designs, user stories and Sprint backlog. - The best architecture, user stories and requirements.

The best architecture, requirements and designs.

32. What is required when a Scrum Team says a Product Backlog item is done? - The item has been developed and tested. - The item has been deployed to the production environment. - The item meets the Scrum Team's understanding of the Definition of Done. - The item meets the Definition of Done provided by the Product Owner.

The item meets the Scrum Team's understanding of the Definition of Done.

25. Taylor, a Scrum Master, was asked for their advice on how large a Scrum Team should be. Which of these responses is correct? - The typical size of an effective Scrum Team is ten or fewer. - Size doesn't matter as long as the Scrum Master coordinates the work in collaboration with the Product Owner. - Bigger teams communicate better, are more productive and produce better results. - When a team expands beyond ten, activities, like verification and operations, are assigned to a different team.

The typical size of an effective Scrum Team is ten or fewer.

2. Which one is true for Sprint Planning? - The work to be performed in the Sprint is planned. - Demo of the previous increment is done. - Customers will share the feedback. - The Product Backlog is refined.

The work to be performed in the Sprint is planned.

4. What is a characteristic of a done Increment: - Prescriptive. - Estimable. - Usable. - Released.

Usable.

26. When a Scrum Master encounters resistance from outside of the Scrum Team, what should the Scrum Master do? - Escalate to management to reprimand the resisters. - Not intervene in the business of others. - Create a status update meeting for all Scrum Masters to coordinate team dependencies. - Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

40. Software built and delivered in pieces is known as: - An iterative process. - An incremental process. - A lifecycle process. - A release process.

An incremental process.

48. When is a Sprint Retrospective meeting held? - After the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning. - At the beginning of the Sprint. - In the middle of the Sprint. - At the end of all the Sprints.

At the end of all the Sprints.

20. Which Agile principle is being practiced if a team chooses to focus on the highest priority product backlog items? - At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. - Simplicity -The art of maximizing the amount of work not done is essential. - Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. - The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

6. Which of the following is an activity of Product Backlog management? - Clearly expressing Product Backlog items. - Creating Sprint tasks. - Facilitating the Daily Scrum. - Planning the Sprint Backlog.

Clearly expressing Product Backlog items.

12. How does the Scrum Master help ensure the Scrum Team is working effectively? - Plan Scrum implementations within the organization. - Facilitate Scrum events. - Report all user stories in management meetings. - Coach the Scrum Team in self-management and cross-functionality.

Coach the Scrum Team in self-management and cross-functionality.

49. In which event are impediments to the Sprint Goal shared? - Daily Scrum. - Sprint Planning. - Retrospective. - Sprint Review.

Daily Scrum.

23. Who can execute the work of the Sprint Backlog? - Scrum Master. - Scrum Team. - Developers. - Product Owner.

Developers.

39. The Sprint Backlog belongs solely to the: - Scrum Master. - Developers. - Product Owner. - Scrum Team.

Developers.

3. A member of the Scrum Team does not want to participate in the Sprint Planning event and considers it a waste of time. What should the Scrum Master do first? - Ask for management's assistance. - Mandate attendance. - Discuss the importance of team work. - Meet individually to address concerns.

Discuss the importance of team work.

14. What should the Scrum Master do if the Developers complain that the Daily Scrum is just a "status update" meeting? - Explain that the intent of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress towards the Sprint Goal. - Cancel the Daily Scrum and have status update meetings instead. - Reduce the occurrence for this meeting to once a week. - Make Daily Scrum an optional meeting for the Developers to attend.

Explain that the intent of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress towards the Sprint Goal.

41. What is one service a Scrum Master provides to the Product Owner? - Assign tasks to the Developers. - Write user stories. - Prioritize the backlog. - Find effective Product Backlog management techniques.

Find effective Product Backlog management techniques.

29. Which of the Scrum Values is most demonstrated when a Team completes a task before moving on to the next one? - Commitment. - Focus. - Respect. - Courage.

Focus.

18. What is one service a Scrum Master provides to the Scrum Team? - Prioritize the Sprint Backlog. - Develop a release plan. - Manage the Product Backlog. - Impediment removal.

Impediment removal.

10. What is one accountability of a Scrum Master? - Set the budget. - Provide estimates. - Improve the Scrum Team's effectiveness. - Decide when to release the product.

Improve the Scrum Team's effectiveness.

13. When Scrum Team members meet and collaborate with each other to find the best way to build and deliver the software to the customer, which of the following Agile Values is being practiced? - Individuals and Interactions over Working Software. - Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools. - Individuals and Interactions over Contract Negotiation. - Individuals and Interactions over Customer Collaboration.

Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools.

44. Daily Scrum is used to: - Inspect and adapt work. - Assign tasks. - Demo the changes to Stakeholders. - Estimate the pending work.

Inspect and adapt work.

36. What is the purpose of the Sprint Retrospective? - Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to individuals, interactions, processes, tools and Definition of Done. - Plan the incomplete work for the next Sprint and submit reasons to the Product Owner. - Explain what Backlog items have been done and what has not been done. - Identify Developers who did not perform well in the Sprint.

Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to individuals, interactions, processes, tools and Definition of Done.

37. Which one of the following statements is true regarding the Increment? - It must have all of the requirements that need to be in the product before the Product Owner will release it. - Is not releasable until the Product Owner determines it is done. - It must be in a useable condition and meet the Definition of Done. - Is not releasable until it has all of the features to be a Minimally Viable Product.

It must be in a useable condition and meet the Definition of Done.

38. A Developer had an issue with no hardware to test the software. The Scrum Master contacted the hardware manager to help resolve the issue. What characteristic is the Scrum Master exhibiting? - Disciplinarian. - Project Manager. - Authoritarian. - Leadership.

Leadership.

42. What is an activity of the Product Owner? - Ensuring the Charter is understood. - Experimenting with Sprint duration. - Maximizing the value of the Scrum Team's work. - Managing the Developers.

Maximizing the value of the Scrum Team's work.

21. A developer identified a major technical issue during a Daily Scrum. What should the team do? - Meet and discuss outside of Daily Scrum. - Interrupt the Daily Scrum and solve the problem immediately. - Escalate it to the Product Owner. - Discuss it during the Sprint Review.

Meet and discuss outside of Daily Scrum.

46. How often are Sprint Reviews conducted or held? - Once at the end of every Sprint. - One in the middle and one at the end of every Sprint. - Once at the beginning of the Sprint. - Daily

Once at the end of every Sprint.

15. How should Scrum teams plan work to be performed within Sprints? - One release at a time, adjusting the number of Sprints to the prior releases' average velocity. - One Sprint at a time, adapting each Sprint Backlog according to what was learned from the last Sprint. - One project at a time, adjusting each Sprint Backlog Item to meet the release date negotiated at inception. - One Sprint at a time in the Product Backlog Refinement meeting with participation of stakeholders.

One Sprint at a time, adapting each Sprint Backlog according to what was learned from the last Sprint.

24. Which of the following are accountabilities in the Scrum framework? - Lead Developer. - Project Manager. - Product Owner. - Business Analyst.

Product Owner.

30. Who is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog? - Scrum Master. - Stakeholders. - Product Owner. - Developers.

Product Owner.

50. Who makes the final decision on ordering the Product Backlog? - Lead Developer. - Scrum Master. - Product Owner. - Developers.

Product Owner.

5. As a true leader the Scrum Master serves: - The Scrum Team only. - The management. - No one. - The Scrum Team and the larger organization.

The Scrum Team and the larger organization.

33.Who collaborates on understanding the work of the Sprint? - The Scrum Team. - The Scrum Master and the Developers. - The Product Owner and the Developers. - The Developers.

The Scrum Team.