Scrum Master
The time-box for a Daily Scrum?
15 minutes
What is the recommended size for a Development Team?
3 to 9
What is the time-box for the Sprint Review?
4 hours for a monthly Sprint
What is the time-box for a Sprint Planning meeting?
8 hours for a monthly Sprint
Which statement best describes Scrum?
A frame work within which complex products in complex environments are developed
What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied?
Add security concerns to the definition of "Done" Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern
Which of the following best describes an incrememnt of working software?
Additional features in a usable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations
Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?
An increment of working software that is "done"
How often should the Development Team membership change?
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity
During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?
As soon as possible after they are identified
As the development team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected to much work to finish in the Sprint. what should it do?
As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.
What is the tactic a scrum Master should use to divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams?
Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams
A sprint retrospective should be held:
At the end of each sprint
For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a new increment of working software must be available?
At the end of every Sprint
The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team during the Sprint. What are two valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take?
Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery
What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development team working at its highest level of productivity?
By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team By facilitating Development Team Decisions
What are three ways Scrum promotes self-organization?
By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint By removing titles for Development Team members By being a lightweight framework
Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do if the Development Team doesn't have the engineering tools and infrastructure to completely finish each selected Product Backlog?
Coach the development team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and adjust the definition of "Done" accordingly. Have the development team establish a definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve give current circumstances
During a sprint retrospective, the development team propose moving the Daily Scrum to only occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Which two are the most appropriate responses for the Scrum Master?
Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan Learn why the Development team wants this and work with them to improve the outcome of the daily scrum
When should a Sprint Goal be created?
During Sprint Planning
A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. Which of these is the guideline that a Scrum Master should give?
Estimates are made by the Development Team
What are two responsibilities of testers in a Development Team?
Everyone in the Development Team is responsible for quality Scrum has no "tester" role
Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum's values?
Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into Development Teams
A Scrum Master is essentially the same thing as a traditional PM
False
A product increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint
False
The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the development team selects for a Sprint?
False
True or False: Cross-Functional teams are optimized to work on one technical layer of a system only
False
True or False: The Product owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a sprint to satisfy the stakeholders
False
Which Scrum value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team?
Focus Respect Openness Courage Commitment
Which three purposes does the definition of "Done" serve?
Guide the Development team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint Create shared understanding of when work is complete Increased transparency
You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three activities would probably help the team in starting up?
Have the Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history Ensure the team understands they need a definition of "Done" Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or project, its history, goals, and context
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
In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is important to enact the value of commitment. What two actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members?
Help the other Scrum Team members Do your best
You are the Scrum Master of a new, to be developed product. Development is going to require 45 people. What is a good first question- for you to suggest the group thinks about when forming into teams?
How will we make sure all teams have the right amount of expertise?
Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a Sprint Retrospective?
Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint How the team collaborates
The CEO asks the Development 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
Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective?
Methods of communication The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning Skills needed to improve the Development Team s ability to deliver Definition of "Done"
What is the key concern when multiple Development Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?
Minimizing the dependencies between teams
Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?
Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Product Owner responsible?
Participating as a Scrum Team Member
During a sprint retrospective, for what is a Scrum Master responsible?
Participating as a scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed
Currently, your development teams are organized to address a single layer only. (for example, front end, middle tier, back end, and interfaces) What are three things to consider when deciding to move away from such component teams toward feature teams?
Productivity may suffer when making this kind of move Getting support from the business side first helps Feature teams have less communication overhead
Choose two responsibilities of a self organizing development team
Pull Product Backlog items for the sprint Do the work planned in the sprint backlog
What is the Development team responsible for?
Resolving internal team conflicts Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal
Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business value?
Respect Focus Courage
When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of "Done"?
Sprint Retrospective
The Scrum master observes the product owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog. What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
Suggest that the Development Team does the ordering to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of work
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 are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily scrum within the 15 minute time-box
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
The Development Team
Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint?
The Development Team
Who owns the Sprint Backlog?
The Development Team
Who should make sure everyone on the Development Team does their tasks?
The Development Team
Who creates a Product Backlog item's estimate?
The Development Team after clarifying requirements with the Product Owner
As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the development team sees that the workload is greater than they can handle. what should they do?
The Development Team ensures that the Product Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors progress Remove or change selected Product Backlog items
Marian is the Product Owner envisioning a project for a new release of her product. She made a projection of a release date based upon a sustained velocity of 17 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 sprints, the average velocity was 13 for work that the Development Team estimated as 90% done. The Development Teams feeling the need to meet the plan, figured that a velocity of 17 was within their reach. A good way to continue is:
The Development Team makes sure that all of the selected scope per Sprint is as "Done" as possible. The undone work is estimated and added to the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint, so it doesn't mess up the Product Backlog
How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum?
The Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum
How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog?
The Development Teams pull work in agreement with the Product Owner
The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group?
The Scrum Team and stakeholders
For which is the Scrum Master responsible?
The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly
Every development team should have
The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done increment in a sprint
A new developer is having continuing conflicts with existing Development Team members and creating a hostile environment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the team member?
The development team is responsible and may need help from the Scrum Master
What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?
The event can take no more than a max amount of time
What two factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length?
The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders
Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?
They will improve their definition of "Done" to include more stringent criteria
Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product or system all select work form the same Product Backlog
True
To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, a Development Team to implement those ideas and a Scrum Master to help guide the process?
True
True or False: The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is the Sprint Backlog
True
True or false: Every scrum team must have a Product owner and Scrum MAster
True, Outcomes affected by their participation and availability
The development team should have the skills needed to
Turn Product Backlog items into an increment of potentially releasable product
In accordance with scrum Theory, how should a group of 100 people be divided into multiple development teams?
Understanding the product, the product vision, and the rules of the Scrum framework, the group divides itself into teams
Which phrase best describes a Product Owner?
Value optimizer
Which three questions might be answered by Development Team members 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?
When might a sprint be abnormally cancelled?
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
When is implementation of a Product Backlog item considered complete?
When the item has no work remaining in order to be potentially released
Who starts the Daily Scrum
Whoever the Development Team decides should start
If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
Work remaining across time
When is the Sprint Backlog created?
During the Sprint Planning meeting
A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one release sprint and may well have several
False
Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint?
The Product Owner
Why does the Product owner want the development team to adhere to its definition of "Done"?
To have complete transparency into what has been done at the end of each Sprint
A scrum master is working with a development team that has members in different physical locations. The Development Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically before the Daily Scrum. What action should the scrum MAster take?
Allow the development team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do
When a Development Team is having trouble delivering a working Increment because they don't understand a functional requirement, what should they do?
Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable
A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be the most helpful in this situation?
Consulting with the Development Team Prioritizing the list and working on them in order Alerting management to the impediments and their impact
How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event?
Enough so the Development Team can create its best forecast of what it can do, and to start the first several days of the Sprint
Multiple Scrum teams working on the same project must have the same sprint start date
False
Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build software incrementally
False
A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent to get the selected items "Done" by the end of the Sprint. Which three phases best describe the purpose of a definition of "Done"?
It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review Its Guides the Development Team in creating a forecast the Sprint Planning It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release
Which are properties of the Daily Scrum?
It is 15 minutes or less Its location and time remain constant
Which of the following are true about the length of a Sprint?
It is best to have Sprints of consistent length throughout a development effort. All Sprints must be 1 month of less
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
Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency?
It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.
You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system ie one for fronend, one for middle tier, one for backend. This is component teams. But you have read that its a good idea to have teams organized by feature. What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting scrum
Less initial disruption organizing into new teams. They will discover what's best and possibly reorganize.
A Development Team is required to deliver a done increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what 'done' means
No work left from the definition of 'Done' All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users
The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days?
Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the stakeholders
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 No more than one calendar month
Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum?
Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Daily Scrum
Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a sprint?
Answer questions from the development teams about items in the current sprint Work with stakeholders
A Development Team asks their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The team is waiting for an external supplier to deliver a specific software component. Without that component there wont be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the fully team. The Product owner asks the Scrum Master for help.
Remind the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the order of the Product Backlog
