Scrum Master Sample 3 - Project Management Training And Consultation

PeopleCert Scrum Master 1 (Sample 3)

1 / 40

What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers.

Quality goals do not decrease

No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal

Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned

The Sprint Goal is changed frequently to reflect the status of the remaining work

Sprint scope is defined at the Sprint Planning and cannot be changed

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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

It is a meeting where the Development Team synchronizes activities and creates a plan for the next 24 hours

It is the key inspect and adapt meeting

It is a meeting to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed

3 / 40

What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?

Product Value Maximizer

Lead Scrum evangelist in the Organization

Product Marketplace Expert

Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement

Facilitator of Scrum events

4 / 40

How does the Scum Master help to the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.

Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management

Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed

Introducing cutting edge development practices

Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption

Understanding product planning in an empirical environment

5 / 40

Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?

Yes

6 / 40

What is Scrum?

A software development methodology which is intended to improve software quality.

A sequential design process, used in software development processes, in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards.

A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while delivering valuable products.

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How does the Scrum Master serve the Development Team? Select the three most appropriate answers.

Helping the Development Team to create high-value products

Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality

Helping the Development Team as the team leader

Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress

Adding or removing developers from the Development Team in accordance with team velocity changes

8 / 40

What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two.

How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?

Who will be responsible for each item in the Sprint Backlog?

What new technologies could be used to speed up the Development Team velocity?

What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?

What is the size of the Technical Debt and how it could be removed?

9 / 40

It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.

True

False

10 / 40

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

It should use tools, processes and techniques approved by the Organization

It should be flexible enough to complete all the work planned for the Sprint even if some team members are on vacation

11 / 40

All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.

True

False

12 / 40

Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?

The Development Team

The Scrum Team

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner and the Development Team

13 / 40

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

True

14 / 40

Scrum does not allow additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum.

False

True

15 / 40

What does Cone of Uncertainty show?

Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks

How much is known about the Product over time

How much work remains till the end of the Sprint

Hierarchy of tasks that comprise a project

16 / 40

What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.

Increment

Sprint Backlog

The Sprint Goal

Product Backlog

The list of removed impediments

17 / 40

What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four.

The latest product Increment

The Product Backlog

Projected capacity of the Development Team during the Sprint

Past performance of the Development Team

Feedback from the Organization CEO

Feedback from the Key Stakeholders

18 / 40

Who participates in the Sprint Review? Select all applicable variants.

The Scrum Master

The Organization CEO

The Key Stakeholders

The Product Owner

The Development Team

19 / 40

Who is responsible for creation of the Definition of “Done”?

The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Master

20 / 40

What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?

Alphabetical

Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom

The recently added items at the top

The less clear items at the top

21 / 40

Please, select a time-box for each Scrum event.

Sort elements:

Daily Scrum –
Sprint Planning –
Sprint Review –
Sprint Retrospective –

Daily Scrum -15 minutes, Sprint Planning- 8 hours or less, Sprint Review – 4 hours or less, Sprint Retrospective – 3 hours or less

Daily Scrum – 20 minutes, Sprint Planning – 10 hours or less, Sprint Review 4 hours or less, Sprint Retrospective – 2 hours or less

Daily Scrum – 10 minutes, Sprint Planning – 9 hours or less, Sprint Review 4 hours or less, Sprint Retrospective – 2 hours or less

22 / 40

Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three.

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

The Team Manager

The Key Stakeholders

The Product Owner

23 / 40

Scrum does not describe agile processes and techniques.

True

False

24 / 40

Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum?

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

The Key Stakeholders

25 / 40

Other people than the Scrum Team can attend the Sprint Planning in order to provide technical or domain advice.

False

True

26 / 40

The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team.

True

False

27 / 40

Definition of “Done” is created during the first Sprint and remains unchanged until the Product release.

False

True

28 / 40

What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?

The Scrum Master

The Sprint Goal

The Product Owner

The Sprint Backlog

29 / 40

During each Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Team reviews the Definition of Done and changes it if necessary.

True

False

30 / 40

Sort Scrum events in the right order.

Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review

Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective

Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review

Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective

31 / 40

Which of the following BEST defines a “user story” in relation to product backlog items?

A decomposition level between an epic and its features

A collection of related complex features and epics

An entire workflow that is large, broadly defined and complete

A functionality that enables a customer to do a specific task

32 / 40

Which of the following is a key characteristic of Sprint events in Scrum?

All sprint events are timeboxed, meaning each has a maximum duration.

The longer the sprint duration, the longer the timebox of all sprint events.

All sprint event durations vary according to the length of the sprint.

The Product Owner is responsible for setting event durations.

33 / 40

Which of the following statements BEST describes an accountability of the Scrum Master?

Managing all members of the Scrum team to ensure quality deliverables

Leading all sprint events to ensure they remain within the allotted times

Helping everyone understand the theory and practices of Scrum

Organizing the Developers and defining how they interact daily

34 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes who decides the structure and techniques of the daily Scrum?

The manager

Product Owner

The Developers

Scrum Master

35 / 40

Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for writing good user stories?

Write from the users’ perspective.

Keep stories simple and concise.

Use personas to identify the right stories

Start with the smallest stories first.

36 / 40

Which of the following does NOT occur as part of sprint execution?

Identify ways to increase quality and the team’s effectiveness

Inspect previous work and adapt the plan for the current day’s work

Adhere to the organization’s definition of done for all increments

Self-manage the performance and the flow of all work tasks

37 / 40

Which of the following is BEST defined as a vehicle to deliver value with known stakeholders or customers?

Project

Scrum

Product

Agile

38 / 40

Which of the following also BEST describes the concept of an increment?

Any increment created during the sprint will be considered usable by the customers.

All work carried out during a sprint will be included in the next increment for review.

Each increment created during a sprint must work independently of the other increments.

The value of increments is based upon their usability in the eyes of the customers.

39 / 40

Which of the following statements about the definition of done is TRUE?

Ensures all epics and features can be further broken down into tasks

Indicates the resulting increment meets the quality criteria

Prepares a user story to be selected during sprint planning

Enables the measure of completion of the product backlog refinement

40 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes the overall purpose of events in Scrum?

Eliminates the need for any meetings with stakeholders

Allows tasks to be scheduled as quickly as possible

Creates milestones to motivate the Scrum team

Enables the inspection and adaptation of Scrum artifacts

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