PeopleCert Scrum Master 1 (Sample 2) PeopleCert Scrum Master 1 (Sample 2) 1 / 40 1. Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning? The Scrum Team The Key Stakeholders The Product Owner The Scrum Master The Development Team 2 / 40 2. What is the result of the Sprint Review? A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint Common understanding of what can be delivered in the Increment and how will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved A list of improvements that the Scrum Team will implement in the next Sprint Common understanding of progress toward the Sprint Goal and how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog 3 / 40 3. 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 Mixing experienced developers and junior specialists across different Development Teams in the organization to speed up Scrum adoption Making sure the key stakeholders are invited on all Scrum Reviews within organization 4 / 40 4. Who is responsible for the monitoring of the remaining work towards the Project Goal? The Product Owner The Scrum Master and The Development Team The Product Owner and The Development Team The Development Team The Scrum Master The Scrum Team 5 / 40 5. The Scrum Master does the following regarding the Daily Scrum (select all applicable variants): Is responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum Ensures that the Development Team has the meeting Enforces the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum Teaches the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box 6 / 40 6. Who is responsible for the Product Backlog? The Product Owner The Product Owner and The Scrum Master The Product Owner and The Development Team The Scrum Master and The Development Team 7 / 40 7. The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to (select three): Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools Get technical or domain advice from specialists invited by The Development Team or The Scrum Master Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work Get feedback from the Key Stakeholders invited by the Product Owner 8 / 40 8. Is it allowed to skip the Daily Scrum if there is nothing interesting to tell about? Yes No 9 / 40 9. 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 anynew functionality. True False 10 / 40 10. Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for a particular project. True False 11 / 40 11. Scrum is founded on Common sense Empirical criticism Kanban system Empiricism 12 / 40 12. What are the characteristics of a Development Team? Select three most appropriate choices. Scrum recognizes no titles for Development Team members other than Developer Accountability belongs to the Development Team as a whole Having at least one test engineer in the Development Team Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in the Development Team Having the Scrum Master as a part-time Developer in the Development Team 13 / 40 13. Please, check all opportunities to inspect and adapt. The Daily Scrum The Sprint Review The Sprint The Sprint Planning The Sprint Retrospective 14 / 40 14. The Daily Scrum time-box depends on the size of the Development team. True False 15 / 40 15. What belongs solely to the Development Team? The Product Backlog The Definition of Done The Increment The Sprint Backlog 16 / 40 16. 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 Experience of the Product Owner Conventions, standards and guidelines of the Organization Definition of “Done” of other Scrum Teams working on other products Advice of the Scrum Master 17 / 40 17. If an inspector determines that one or more aspects of a process deviate outside acceptable limits when an adjustment must be made? After clarifying all the details with the Product Owner The deviations should be discussed at the Daily Scrum and then an adjustment must be made As soon as possible to minimize further deviation After Scrum Master approval 18 / 40 18. 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 ensures artifact transparency DoD helps in inspection and adaptation DoD guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning DoD helps to calculate velocity of the Scrum Team 19 / 40 19. How much time does the Sprint Planning take? Not more than 4 hours From 4 to 8 hours As much as it is necessary to make task break-down and estimations for all items in the Sprint Backlog Not more than 8 hours 20 / 40 20. What are the three pillars that uphold Scrum? Transparency Agility Self-organization Inspection Cross-functionality Adaptation 21 / 40 21. What are the formal Scrum events for inspection and adaptation? The Daily Scrum The Sprint Planning The Sprint Retrospective The Sprint Review 22 / 40 22. What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume? Not more than 10% Not more than 20% The Development Team is not authorized for Product Backlog refinement Not more than 5% 23 / 40 23. What are Product Backlog features? Select three. It is never complete It is dynamic When the final version of a product is rolled out, its Product Backlog is dismissed A Product Backlog could be closed when it contains no items to include into the next Sprint As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists 24 / 40 24. Only the Product Owner and the Development Team participate in the Sprint Planning. There is nothing to do for the Scrum Master. True False 25 / 40 25. Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog? The Scrum Master The Development Team The Product Owner The Key Stakeholders 26 / 40 26. Who creates the increment? The Development Team The Product Owner The Scrum Team The Scrum Master The Development Team and The Product Owner 27 / 40 27. What are the three main qualities the team model in Scrum is designed to optimize? Creativity Productivity Flexibility Agility Responsibility Competence 28 / 40 28. What does Burn-down Chart show? The evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project How much work remains till the end of the Sprint Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks Hierarchy of tasks that comprise a project 29 / 40 29. Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog? The Key Stakeholders The Development Team, but with permission of the Product Owner Anyone The Product Owner 30 / 40 30. Who is responsible for coping with incomplete artifact transparency? The Product Owner The Development Team The Scrum Master The Scrum Team 31 / 40 Which of the following BEST identifies two of the three characteristics of value? Cost, efficiency Speed, quality Accuracy, timeliness Cost, utility 32 / 40 Which of the following statements BEST explains acceptance criteria for user stories? Conditions that must be proven to have been met when demonstrated during the sprint review Criteria that will be used to determine the best approaches to testing a sprint backlog item Characteristics of epics and features that deem them ready for a breakdown into user stories Certain elements of product backlog items that specify the desired solution for a requirement 33 / 40 Which of the following is BEST described as being responsible for presenting the results of the sprint execution to stakeholders during a sprint review? The Developers Scrum Master Scrum team Product Owner 34 / 40 There are four values outlined in the Agile Manifesto with three of them stated here: • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools• Responding to change over following a plan Which of the following BEST identifies the fourth value? Working software over comprehensive documentation Transparency over comprehensive documentation Team collaboration over schedules Working software over inspection 35 / 40 Which of the following statements about “fixed-scope release” is CORRECT? The date and budget are extended if time runs out before all features are complete. Product backlog items are broken down to their smallest stories before prioritization. The project has a fixed scope, time horizon, and budget that cannot be changed. Product backlog items are not allowed to change for the duration of the project. 36 / 40 As a Scrum team reviews the product backlog and further documents user stories by adding more detail and sizes of effort to complete the stories, the team is carrying out: Sprint planning Backlog refinement Sprint execution Backlog adjustment 37 / 40 Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence: “The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the ___________________.” Product backlog Sprint goal Product increment Definition of done 38 / 40 The sprint goal plus a plan for completing the chosen product backlog items is BEST known as which of the following? Sprint backlog Release plan Sprint plan Product plan 39 / 40 As the Developers on a Scrum team meet for their daily Scrum, decisions are made regarding the work to be done that day and by whom. This BEST describes an example of: Sprint planning Self-management Self-direction Sprint management 40 / 40 Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the sprint review? Enables the Scrum team to identify lessons learned to prepare for the next sprint Celebrates the success of the Developers in their task planning and flow management efforts Conducts user acceptance testing to determine if any changes are required Allows key stakeholders to inspect the sprint outcome and identify if adaptation is needed Your score is 0% For more sample papers, refer the links below: Scrum Master Sample 1 Scrum Master Sample 3