Scrum Master Sample 1 - Project Management Training And Consultation

PeopleCert Scrum Master 1 (Sample 1)

1 / 40

Tracking project impediments in a Scrum project is whose primary responsibility?

Tester

ScrumMaster

Functional Manager

Developer

2 / 40

Which concept of the following is NOT defined in the Scrum Framework?

ScrumMaster

Project Manager

Scrum Product Owner

Daily Scrum

3 / 40

Which of the following main events are defined by Scrum Framework?
A) Sprint Planning Meeting
B) Sprint Retrospective Meeting
C) Sprint Review Meeting
D) Mid-Sprint Status Review Meeting
E) Daily Scrum Meeting

A, B, C, D, E

A, B, C, D

A, B, C, E

A, C, D, E

4 / 40

Who is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog?

Product Owner

Project Manager

Lead Developer

Business Analyst

5 / 40

What are the disadvantages of the classical waterfall model? (Select the best alternative)
A) End-Product has to be fully anticipated beforehand
B) Some requirements are implemented as defined in the beginning of the project, and yet they are not really
needed by the customer
C) Each phase is strictly separated

A,B

C,B

A,B,C

6 / 40

What is the effect of having a large visible Story board on a wall?

It removes the need to create any other reports for management

It continuously communicates progress within the team and to other stakeholders

It allows the Project Manager to allocate tasks to specific team members

It is restrictive, as it does not allow the team to innovate and change

7 / 40

What does NOT belong to the agile manifesto’s main pillars?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Processes over people

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

8 / 40

Which of the following is NOT a typical artifact of the Scrum framework?

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog

Burn down chart

Gantt chart

9 / 40

How should work be allocated to the team in an Agile project?

The Team Leader (ScrumMaster) should allocate specific tasks to individuals

Tasks should be randomly allocated to team members, using Planning Poker

Team members should self-select tasks appropriate to their skills

The most complex tasks should be allocated by the Team Leader (ScrumMaster)

10 / 40

Where are the customer requirements stored?

In the Product Backlog

In the Sprint Backlog

In a database

In a Scrum Product Requirement Specification

11 / 40

Who ultimately decides when the team has enough work for the sprint in planning?

The ScrumMaster

The product owner

The team

The product owner, ScrumMaster and team vote to determine when the sprint backlog is full

12 / 40

What are the two main artifacts of a sprint planning meeting?

A sprint goal and a sprint backlog

A requirements documents and a Gantt chart

A requirements documents and a test plan

A test plan and a Gantt chart

13 / 40

What does NOT belong to the agile manifesto’s main pillars?

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Processes over people

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

14 / 40

Why is it important to trust the team?

High trust teams do not have to be accountable to each other

High trust teams do not require a user representative

The Project Manager does not then have to keep a project schedule

The presence of trust is positively correlated with the team performance

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Who should define the business value of a Feature within the Scrum Project?

The individual end-users

The Product Owner

The Business Analyst

The Business Sponsor

16 / 40

What are the disadvantages of the classical waterfall model? (Select the best alternative)
A) End-Product has to be fully anticipated beforehand.
B) Some requirements are implemented as defined in the beginning of the project, and yet they are not really needed by the customer
C) Each phase is strictly separated

B,C

A,B,C

17 / 40

What are the advantages of maintaining consistent Sprint length throughout the project?

It helps to establish a consistent pattern of delivery

It helps the team to objectively measure progress

It provide a consistent means of measuring team velocity

All of the above

18 / 40

Where are the customer requirements stored?

In the Product Backlog

In the Sprint Backlog

In a database

In a Scrum Product Requirement Specification

19 / 40

Who is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog?

Product Owner

Project Manager

Lead Developer

Business Analyst

20 / 40

An effective workshop facilitator will always …

Involve the whole project team in all project workshops

Agree the process and participants of the workshop with the workshop owner before the workshop

Involve only those team members who will commit to doing further work after the workshop

Act as a proxy for any invited participant who is unable to attend the workshop on the day

21 / 40

Which one of the following statements about meetings is true for Scrum projects?

All project stakeholders should attend requirements meetings

Retrospectives are only run at the end of a project

An independent facilitator will manage the structure of a facilitated meetings but not input to the content

It is best if the Scrum Master facilitates the project’s meetings

22 / 40

How a team knows when a backlog item is done?

The ScrumMaster says it is done.

The sprint is over

The testers says it is done

It meets the teams and product owners negotiated definition of done

23 / 40

What is the primary purpose of the sprint review?

To review the completed stories and look for opportunities to improve the product

To demo the system for upper management

To prove that the team worked hard during the sprint

To find out who failed to complete his or her tasks

24 / 40

Which of the following is a best description for the Scrum meaning of time box?

There is a recommended amount of time for the event

There is a predefined time limit for the event

The event must take place by certain date

There is not enough time to complete the event

25 / 40

Which of the following is NOT a product owner’s responsibility?

Prioritizing the product backlog

Keeping the product backlog up to date

Inspecting work at sprint review

Assigning tasks to team members during the sprint

26 / 40

What is meant by Team Velocity in Scrum projects?

Teams works less when it rains

Keeping metrics of earlier work load to help with future estimates required to get the whole project done

Retrospectives should include less important topics, such as the weather, as ice-breakers

Estimating team efforts for completing the project

27 / 40

When estimating is done for a project, the team should:

Be fully involved in the estimating process

Be in total control of the estimating process

Not make estimates unless velocity is already known

Be consulted after the Scrum Master has made the estimates for the team’s work

28 / 40

A Scrum approach advocates which of the following approaches?

Get something simple released as quickly as possible

Get something business-valuable delivered as quickly as possible, consistent with the right level of quality

Get something delivered once it has been fully documented and the documentation has been signed off as complete

Get something “quick and dirty” delivered, to save time

29 / 40

The recommended approach to design in a Scrum project is:

No design up front

Big design up front

Just enough design up front

Use a previous design

30 / 40

A Scrum Framework …..

Encourages the team to meet regularly

Has no meetings

Has lengthy reporting requirements

Has no reporting requirements

31 / 40

Which sizing technique in Scrum provides a higher degree of accuracy because of the number of reference stories used as baselines?

Ideal hours

Story points

Triangulation

Parametric

32 / 40

Which of the following BEST explains flow management as carried out by the Developers?

Ensuring all product backlog items flow correctly from top to bottom

Managing the flow of tasks as they are carried out by using a visual board

Ensuring the team activities flow correctly from one person to another

Managing a visible flow of all events throughout the full sprint cycle

33 / 40

Which of the following BEST represent the two aspects of Scrum theory?

Empiricism and Lean thinking

Quality and efficiency

Lean value and knowledge

Speed and empiricism

34 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes a Sprint?

Represents a cycle of events used to correctly refine and prioritize product backlog items

Enables the Scrum team to ensure all the items in the backlog are ready for selection

Includes a series of activities for transforming user requirements into acceptance criteria

Encompasses the work required to ensure value is derived from items in the product backlog

35 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes what occurs during a sprint retrospective event?

An analysis of the increment is carried out by the team.

Identifying the reasons for the rejection of the increment.

Training to improve the cross-functionality of the team

An assessment of flawed assumptions is conducted.

36 / 40

Which of the following statements BEST describes the style of development that breaks a large deliverable into smaller, more manageable deliverables and uses collaboration as the foundation for its success?

Application sizing

Adaptive

Traditional

Release packaging

37 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes “Scrum”?

A process used to manage complex product solutions in an iterative way

A framework used to find adaptive solutions for complex problems

A technique used to identify and create complex problem solutions

A method used to adapt complex solutions for a business problem

38 / 40

The person(s) who are BEST described as always being accountable for creating a plan for the sprint is (are) which of the following?

Product Owner

The Developers

Customer

Scrum Master

39 / 40

Which of the following BEST describes the sprint goal?

As the commitment for the sprint backlog, it serves as a point of coherence and focus for the Scrum team.

Created during the sprint planning event, the goal details what Developers need to deliver at the end of the sprint

As the commitment for the increment, it describes the value of the increment resulting from the sprint.

Finalized by the Scrum team, it serves to direct how the Developers will plan their daily work during the sprint.

40 / 40

Which of the following statements about sprint execution is TRUE?

It’s the standard workday timebox for completing the sprint backlog items.

Accounts for the days between the sprint planning and sprint retrospective.

Represents the number of days in the full cycle of Scrum events in a sprint.

It’s the plan resulting from the sprint planning event along with the sprint goal.

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