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Please note that you should only choose one answer to be the best answer,
unless “Choose all that apply.” is mentioned.
Question 1:
How much work should the Developers carry out on a Product Backlog item selected for
a Sprint?
Options:
1. As much as is needed to meet the Definition of Done
2. As much work as fits in the Sprint
3. The best that can be done keeping in mind that it is not possible for the QA to
complete all of the testing
4. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation
Question 2:
When multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product, what should they share?
Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Scrum Master
2. Product Owner
3. Product Backlog
4. Product Goal
5. Sprint Goal
6. Sprint Backlog
7. Sprint Plan
8. Definition of Done
Question 3:
How is the Product Backlog ordered?
Options:
1. Small items placed at the top and large items at the bottom
2. Fragile items placed at the top and non-fragile items at the bottom
3. Scrum does not prescribe how the Product Backlog should be ordered
4. Based on what the stakeholders think are the most valuable items
Question 4:
When is a Sprint over?
Options:
1. When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done
2. When the Product Owner announces that it is done
3. When all the given tasks are completed
4. When the timebox has expired
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Question 5:
Why is it recommended to carry out the Daily Scrum at the same place and time?
Options:
1. So that the place can be named
2. The Product Owner wants it
3. Other places are difficult to book
4. It reduces complexity and overhead
Question 6:
Who is accountable for maximizing the value of the product?
Options:
1. Scrum Master
2. Product Owner
3. All members of the Scrum Team
4. All Developers
Question 7:
Which of the following is the Scrum Master’s service to the Product Owner?
Options:
1. Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
2. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
3. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
4. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
Question 8:
When can an Increment be delivered to stakeholders?
Options:
1. Only at the end of a Sprint, after the Sprint Retrospective
2. Only at the end of a Sprint, but it is allowed to deliver the increment after the
Sprint Review and before the Sprint Retrospective
3. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint, but
only when an automated Continuous Deployment pipeline is in place
4. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint
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Question 9:
What does Product Backlog management include?
Options:
1. Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
2. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product
Backlog items
3. Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog
management
4. Ordering the items in the Product Backlog
Question 10:
Who is accountable for managing the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Developers
3. Scrum Master
4. Member of the Scrum Team
Question 11:
When can a Sprint be cancelled?
Options:
1. When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that not everything can be completed
2. When the Developers feel that the work is too difficult to be carried out
3. When the sales margins start to fall
4. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
Question 12:
Who is accountable for managing the items in the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. The complete Scrum Team
3. Scrum Master
4. Developers
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Question 13:
Which of the following statements best describes the accountabilities of the Scrum
Master?
Options:
1. Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
2. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
3. Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
4. Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept
within the timebox
5. All of the above
Question 14:
Who is responsible for delivering Done increments?
Options:
1. The Scrum Team as a whole
2. The Developers
3. The Product Owner and the Scrum Master
4. The Product Owner and the Project Manager
Question 15:
How does the Scrum Master serve the organization? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
4. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
Question 16:
Which of the following roles ensures that the Scrum Team adheres to the Sprint and
causes the removal of any impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Product Manager
3. Scrum Master
4. Project Manager
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Question 17:
Which of the following are accountabilities of the Scrum Master? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Removes barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
2. Coaches the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
3. Causes the removal of impediments to the team’s progress
4. Clearly communicates Product Backlog items
Question 18:
What is the specific role of the Scrum Master during the Sprint Retrospective? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Ensures that the event takes place and is positive and productive
2. Collaborates with the stakeholders to discuss what was done during the Sprint
3. Ensures the event is kept within the timebox
4. Discusses what went well during the Sprint
Question 19:
What are the ways in which the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog
management
2. Helping the Product Owner create high-value products
3. Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
4. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
Question 20:
With which roles does the Scrum Master collaborate to turn a selection of the work into
an Increment of value during a Sprint?
Options:
1. Developers and Product Owner
2. Developers and Product Manager
3. Developers and organization
4. Developers and stakeholders
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Question 21:
Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master? Choose all that
apply.
Options:
1. Helps the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
2. Manages all Scrum events and enforces the participants to only use positive words
during these events
3. Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for
complex work
4. Ensures the Developers are divided in small sub-teams to enable self-management
Question 22:
Who is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Scrum Master
3. Scrum Team
4. Developers
Question 23:
Which of the following statements are true about Scrum Events? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. All Scrum events are timeboxed
2. All Scrum events are monitored by the Scrum Master
3. The events are held at the end of a Sprint
4. The maximum durations of the events are fixed
Question 24:
When does a new Sprint start?
Options:
1. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
2. Just before the current Sprint can conclude
3. When the Scrum Master feels that the current Sprint is complete
4. After the Sprint Review has taken place
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Question 25:
Which of the following statements is true about a Sprint?
Options:
1. No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal
2. Quality does not decrease
3. Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated with the Product Owner as more is
learned
4. All of the above
Question 26:
What is a Sprint Review?
Options:
1. Review of team’s activities in the Sprint
2. Review held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the outcome of the current Sprint
and determine future adaptations
3. Demonstrations held at the end of the Sprint for the stakeholders to provide
feedback
4. Appraise of the work done on the Sprint to either reward or punish the Developers
for completing the Sprint
Question 27:
In which case do the Product Owner or Scrum Master attend the Daily Scrum?
Options:
1. Always
2. Never
3. They can choose for themselves
4. When they are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog
Question 28:
When can the Developers volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item?
Options:
1. A Developer can never own a Sprint Backlog Item
2. Whenever a Developer is able to accommodate more work
3. During the Daily Scrum
4. During the Sprint Planning
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Question 29:
How many members should there be in a Scrum Team?
Options:
1. Always three to nine
2. Typically ten or fewer
3. Never more than ten
4. Never less than five
Question 30:
Why should the Scrum Master be present at the Daily Scrum?
Options:
1. To ensure that all Developers speak at least one minute
2. The Scrum Master does not have to be there, but has to ensure the event takes
place
3. To note down the changes made to the Sprint Backlog, including the addition of
new items and tracking progress
4. To be able to prepare a proper progress report and present it to management
Question 31:
Which of the following of the statements best describes the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. It is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product
2. It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum Team to start the design
phase of a product
3. It is baselined to follow change management processes
4. It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum Team can
develop and maintain a complete project plan
Question 32:
What is the maximum duration of a Sprint Review?
Options:
1. Two hours
2. Four hours
3. As long as required
4. One day
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Question 33:
Who is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide ?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Product Manger
3. Scrum Master
4. Developers
Question 34:
What is the role of management in Scrum?
Options:
1. Monitor staffing levels of the Developers
2. Monitor the productivity of the Developers
3. There is no role of management described in Scrum
4. Identify and remove people that aren‘t working hard enough
Question 35:
What are the three empirical Scrum pillars? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation
4. Evaluation
Question 36:
The Scrum Master is working with Developers which are working from different
locations. The team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically
(for example, set up conference calls) before beginning the Daily Scrum. What action
should the Scrum Master take?
Options:
1. Ask the management to find a solution to this issue
2. Set up the event and inform the Developers that this is how it will be done
3. Allow the Developers to decide for themselves what needs to be done
4. Ask the Developers to alternate who is responsible for event setup
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Question 37:
What is the Scrum Master responsible for during the Sprint Retrospective?
Options:
1. Ensuring the event takes place and also participating as a Scrum Team member
2. Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management
3. Acting as a scribe to capture the answers of the Developers
4. Prioritizing the resulting action items
Question 38:
How does a Scrum Master make a Scrum Team work at its best level of productivity?
Options:
1. By ensuring that meetings begin at the proper time
2. By introducing high value features high in the Product Backlog
3. By preventing changes to the Backlog after the Sprint has started
4. By causing the removal of impediments
Question 39:
What should the Scrum Master do if the Developers do not have the right tools and
infrastructure for completing the Product Backlog items? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Ask the Developers to spend as many Sprints as necessary so that any Product
Backlog item it selects is potentially shippable at the end of the Sprint
2. Extend the Sprint by a few hours or more
3. Coach the Developers to improve their skills, tools and infrastructure over time and
adjust the Definition of Done accordingly
4. Coach the Developers to redefine the Definition of Done and do the same work for
all Product Backlog items it selects
Question 40:
The Scrum Master introduces Scrum to a new Scrum Team. However, the Developers
decide that a Daily Scrum is not required. What action should the Scrum Master take?
Options:
1. Ensure that a positive and productive Daily Scrum still takes place
2. Agree to the decision of the Developers
3. Escalate the matter to the senior management
4. Consult the Product Owner for more inputs
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Question 41:
Which one of the following statements is true?
Options:
1. Inspection enables Transparency
2. Inspection enables Adaptation
3. Transparency enables Adaptation
4. Inspection enables Transparency
Question 42:
What does Scrum rely on?
Options:
1. Transparency
2. Demands
3. Decisions
4. Risks
Question 43:
Who modifies the Sprint Backlog?
Options:
1. Developers
2. Scrum Master
3. Project Manager
4. Product Owner
Question 44:
Which of the following statements are true about the Sprint Retrospective? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Discusses what went well during the Sprint
2. Identifies impediments to development for removal
3. Occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning
4. A four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints
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Question 45:
Of which parts does a Sprint Backlog consist? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Sprint Goal
2. Product Goal
3. Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint
4. Plan for delivering the selected Product Backlog items
Question 46:
How does the Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Creating the plan for the delivery of the selected Product Backlog items
2. Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
3. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
4. Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
Question 47:
Which of the following are Scrum Master’s services to the organization? Choose all that
apply.
Options:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
4. Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Question 48:
The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.
How does the Scrum Master do this?
Options:
1. Ensuring the Developers deliver a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint
2. Acting as a managing leader
3. Removing all impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
4. Helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum
Team and the organization
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Question 49:
How much work should the team plan on spending on a particular Product Backlog item?
Options:
1. As determined by the Definition of Done
2. Design and development
3. Design, development and testing
4. Design, development, testing and documentation
Question 50:
Which is NOT one of the Scrum Values?
Options:
1. Commitment
2. Focus
3. Transparency
4. Respect
Question 51:
Which part of the Sprint Backlog relates to the question “Why is this Sprint Valuable”?
Options:
1. Sprint Goal
2. Set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint
3. Actionable plan for delivering the Increment
4. Product Goal
Question 52:
Each Scrum artifact contains a commitment to ensure it provides information that
enhances transparency and focus against which progress can be measured. Which
commitment is related to the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Goal
2. Sprint Goal
3. Definition of Done
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Question 1:
How much work should the Developers carry out on a Product Backlog item selected for
a Sprint?
Options:
1. As much as is needed to meet the Definition of Done
2. As much work as fits in the Sprint
3. The best that can be done keeping in mind that it is not possible for the QA to
complete all of the testing
4. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation
Correct Answer:
1. As much as is needed to meet the Definition of Done
Feedback:
The Definition of Done is a formal description of the state of the Increment when it
meets the quality measures required for the product. The moment a Product Backlog
item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born. The Definition of Done creates
transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding of what work was
completed as part of the Increment. If a Product Backlog item does not meet the
Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint Review.
Instead, it returns to the Product Backlog for future consideration.
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Question 2:
When multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product, what should they share?
Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Scrum Master
2. Product Owner
3. Product Backlog
4. Product Goal
5. Sprint Goal
6. Sprint Backlog
7. Sprint Plan
8. Definition of Done
Correct Answer:
2. Product Owner
3. Product Backlog
4. Product Goal
8. Definition of Done
Feedback:
If Scrum Teams become too large, they should consider reorganizing into multiple
cohesive Scrum Teams, each focused on the same product. Therefore, they should
share the same Product Goal, Product Backlog, and Product Owner.
If there are multiple Scrum Teams working together on a product, they must mutually
define and comply with the same Definition of Done.
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Question 3:
How is the Product Backlog ordered?
Options:
1. Small items placed at the top and large items at the bottom
2. Fragile items placed at the top and non-fragile items at the bottom
3. Scrum does not prescribe how the Product Backlog should be ordered
4. Based on what the stakeholders think are the most valuable items
Correct Answer:
3. Scrum does not prescribe how the Product Backlog should be ordered
Feedback:
Scrum is simple. Try it as is and determine if its philosophy, theory, and structure help
to achieve goals and create value. The Scrum framework is purposefully incomplete,
only defining the parts required to implement Scrum theory. Scrum is built upon by the
collective intelligence of the people using it. Rather than provide people with detailed
instructions, the rules of Scrum guide their relationships and interactions.
Various processes, techniques and methods can be employed within the framework.
Scrum wraps around existing practices or renders them unnecessary. Scrum makes
visible the relative efficacy of current management, environment, and work techniques,
so that improvements can be made.
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Question 4:
When is a Sprint over?
Options:
1. When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done
2. When the Product Owner announces that it is done
3. When all the given tasks are completed
4. When the timebox has expired
Correct Answer:
4. When the timebox has expired
Feedback:
A Sprint is over when the timebox expires.
Question 5:
Why is it recommended to carry out the Daily Scrum at the same place and time?
Options:
1. So that the place can be named
2. The Product Owner wants it
3. Other places are difficult to book
4. It reduces complexity and overhead
Correct Answer:
4. It reduces complexity and overhead
Feedback:
The Daily Scrum should be carried out at the same place and at the same time because
consistency reduces complexity and other overheads.
Question 6:
Who is accountable for maximizing the value of the product?
Options:
1. Scrum Master
2. Product Owner
3. All members of the Scrum Team
4. All Developers
Correct Answer:
2. Product Owner
Feedback:
The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from
the work of the Scrum Team. How this is done may vary widely across organizations,
Scrum Teams, and individuals.
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Question 7:
Which of the following is the Scrum Master’s service to the Product Owner?
Options:
1. Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
2. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
3. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
4. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
Correct Answer:
1. Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested
Feedback:
Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested is a Scrum Master’s service to the
Product Owner. All others are Scrum Master’s services to the organization.
Question 8:
When can an Increment be delivered to stakeholders?
Options:
1. Only at the end of a Sprint, after the Sprint Retrospective
2. Only at the end of a Sprint, but it is allowed to deliver the increment after the
Sprint Review and before the Sprint Retrospective
3. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint, but
only when an automated Continuous Deployment pipeline is in place
4. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint
Correct Answer:
4. An Increment may be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint
Feedback:
Multiple Increments may be created within a Sprint. The sum of the Increments is
presented at the Sprint Review thus supporting empiricism. However, an Increment may
be delivered to stakeholders prior to the end of the Sprint. The Sprint Review should
never be considered a gate to releasing value.
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Question 9:
What does Product Backlog management include?
Options:
1. Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
2. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product
Backlog items
3. Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog
management
4. Ordering the items in the Product Backlog
Correct Answer:
4. Ordering the items in the Product Backlog
Feedback:
Product Backlog management includes ordering the items in the Product Backlog. All
other answers refer to services of the Scrum Master to the Product Owner.
Question 10:
Who is accountable for managing the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Developers
3. Scrum Master
4. Member of the Scrum Team
Correct Answer:
1. Product Owner
Feedback:
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management.
Question 11:
When can a Sprint be cancelled?
Options:
1. When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that not everything can be completed
2. When the Developers feel that the work is too difficult to be carried out
3. When the sales margins start to fall
4. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
Correct Answer:
4. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
Feedback:
A Sprint can be cancelled by the Product Owner when the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
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Question 12:
Who is accountable for managing the items in the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. The complete Scrum Team
3. Scrum Master
4. Developers
Correct Answer:
1. Product Owner
Feedback:
The Product Owner is the sole person accountable for managing the Product Backlog.
Question 13:
Which of the following statements best describes the accountabilities of the Scrum
Master?
Options:
1. Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
2. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
3. Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
4. Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept
within the timebox
5. All of the above
Correct Answer:
5. All of the above
Feedback:
This is exactly the list of the ways in which the Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team.
Keep in mind that the Scrum Master has additional accountabilities in serving the
Product Owner and the organization.
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Question 14:
Who is responsible for delivering Done increments?
Options:
1. The Scrum Team as a whole
2. The Developers
3. The Product Owner and the Scrum Master
4. The Product Owner and the Project Manager
Correct Answer:
1. The Scrum Team as a whole
Feedback:
The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every
Sprint. The Definition of Done is a formal description of the state of the Increment when
it meets the quality measures required for the product. The moment a Product Backlog
item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born.
Question 15:
How does the Scrum Master serve the organization? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
4. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
Correct Answer:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
4. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
Feedback:
This is exactly the list of the ways in which the Scrum Master serves the organization.
Keep in mind that the Scrum Master has additional accountabilities in serving the Scrum
Team and the Product Owner.
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Question 16:
Which of the following roles ensures that the Scrum Team adheres to the Sprint and
causes the removal of any impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Product Manager
3. Scrum Master
4. Project Manager
Correct Answer:
3. Scrum Master
Feedback:
The Scrum Master is a servant leader who ensures that the team adheres to the Sprint
and causes the removal of any impediments to the team’s progress.
Question 17:
Which of the following are responsibilities of the Scrum Master? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Removes barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
2. Coaches the team in self-organization and cross-functionality
3. Removes impediments to the team’s progress
4. Clearly expresses Product Backlog items
Correct Answer:
1. Removes barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
2. Coaches the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
3. Removes impediments to the team’s progress
Feedback:
The Scrum Master removes barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams, and
coaches it in self-management and cross-functionality. The Scrum Master causes the
removal of impediments from the team’s progress. Clearly communicating Product
Backlog items is the accountability of the Product Owner.
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Question 18:
What is the specific role of the Scrum Master during the Sprint Retrospective? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Ensures that the event takes place and is positive and productive
2. Collaborates with the stakeholders to discuss what was done during the Sprint
3. Ensures the event is kept within the timebox
4. Discusses what went well during the Sprint
Correct Answer:
1. Ensures that the event takes place and is positive and productive
3. Ensures the event is kept within the timebox
Feedback:
During the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Master ensures that the event takes place
and is positive and productive, just like for all Scrum events. The Scrum Master also
ensures it is kept within the timebox, just like for all Scrum events. Answer 2 relates to
the Sprint Review, where the Scrum Team and stakeholders review what was
accomplished in the Sprint. Answer 4 is an activity for the complete Scrum Team, not
just for the Scrum Master.
Question 19:
What are the ways in which the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog
management
2. Helping the Product Owner create high-value products
3. Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
4. Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
Correct Answer:
1. Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog
management
3. Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
Feedback:
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including helping find
techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management and
helping establish empirical product planning for a complex environment.
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Question 20:
With which roles does the Scrum Master collaborate to turn a selection of the work into
an Increment of value during a Sprint?
Options:
1. Developers and Product Owner
2. Developers and Product Manager
3. Developers and organization
4. Developers and stakeholders
Correct Answer:
1. Developers and Product Owner
Feedback:
The Scrum Master collaborates with the Developers and the Product Owner to turn a
selection of the work into an Increment of value during a Sprint.
Question 21:
Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master? Choose all that
apply.
Options:
1. Helps the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
2. Manages all Scrum events and enforces the participants to only use positive words
during these events
3. Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for
complex work
4. Ensures the Developers are divided in small sub-teams to enable self-management
Correct Answer:
1. Helps the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
3. Helps employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for
complex work
Feedback:
The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that
meet the Definition of Done. They help employees and stakeholders understand and
enact an empirical approach for complex work. However, they do not manage the
events; only ensures the event take place. They also do not enforce people in using
positive words only; they do ensure the events take place and are positive, productive
and kept within the timebox. Within a Scrum Team, there are no sub-teams or
hierarchies.
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Question 22:
Who is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Scrum Master
3. Scrum Team
4. Developers
Correct Answer:
3. Scrum Team
Feedback:
The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every
Sprint.
Question 23:
Which of the following statements are true about Scrum Events? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. All Scrum events are timeboxed
2. All Scrum events are monitored by the Scrum Master
3. The events are held at the end of a Sprint
4. The maximum durations of the events are fixed
Correct Answer:
1. All Scrum events are timeboxed
4. The maximum durations of the events are fixed
Feedback:
All Scrum events are timeboxed events, such that every event has a maximum duration.
Question 24:
When does a new Sprint start?
Options:
1. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
2. Just before the current Sprint can conclude
3. When the Scrum Master feels that the current Sprint is complete
4. After the Sprint Review has taken place
Correct Answer:
1. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
Feedback:
A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
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Question 25:
Which of the following statements is true about a Sprint?
Options:
1. No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal
2. Quality does not decrease
3. Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated with the Product Owner as more is
learned
4. All of the above
Correct Answer:
4. All of the above
Feedback:
During a Sprint no changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal; the quality
does not decrease; and the scope may be clarified and re-negotiated with the Product
Owner as more is learned.
Question 26
What is a Sprint Review?
Options:
1. Review of team’s activities in the Sprint
2. Review held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the outcome of the current Sprint
and determine future adaptations
3. Demonstrations held at the end of the Sprint for the stakeholders to provide
feedback
4. Appraise of the work done on the Sprint to either reward or punish the Developers
for completing the Sprint
Correct Answer:
2. Review held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the outcome of the current Sprint
and determine future adaptations.
Feedback:
The purpose of the Sprint Review is to inspect the outcome of the Sprint and determine
future adaptations. The Scrum Team presents the results of their work to key
stakeholders and progress toward the Product Goal is discussed.
During the event, the Scrum Team and stakeholders review what was accomplished in
the Sprint and what has changed in their environment. Based on this information,
attendees collaborate on what to do next. The Product Backlog may also be adjusted to
meet new opportunities. The Sprint Review is a working session and the Scrum Team
should avoid limiting it to a presentation.
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Question 27:
In which case do the Product Owner or Scrum Master attend the Daily Scrum?
Options:
1. Always
2. Never
3. They can choose for themselves
4. When they are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog
Correct Answer:
4. When they are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog
Feedback:
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. If the
Product Owner or Scrum Master actively works on items in the Sprint Backlog, they
participate as Developers.
Question 28:
When can the Developers volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item?
Options:
1. A Developer can never own a Sprint Backlog Item
2. Whenever a Developer is able to accommodate more work
3. During the Daily Scrum
4. During the Sprint Planning
Correct Answer:
1. A Developer can never own a Sprint Backlog Item
Feedback:
A Developer can never volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item. The entire Scrum Team
is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint.
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Question 29:
How many members should there be in a Scrum Team?
Options:
1. Always three to nine
2. Typically ten or fewer
3. Never more than ten
4. Never less than five
Correct Answer:
2. Typically ten or fewer
Feedback:
The Scrum Team is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete
significant work within a Sprint, typically 10 or fewer people. In general, we have found
that smaller teams communicate better and are more productive.
Question 30:
Why should the Scrum Master be present at the Daily Scrum?
Options:
1. To ensure that all Developers speak at least one minute
2. The Scrum Master does not have to be there, but has to ensure the event takes
place
3. To note down the changes made to the Sprint Backlog, including the addition of
new items and tracking progress
4. To be able to prepare a proper progress report and present it to management
Correct Answer:
2. The Scrum Master does not have to be there, but has to ensure the event takes
place
Feedback:
It is not compulsory for the Scrum Master to be present at the Daily Scrum. The Scum
Master only has to ensure that the Developers have the Daily Scrum.
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Question 31:
Which of the following of the statements best describes the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. It is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product
2. It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum Team to start the design
phase of a product
3. It is baselined to follow change management processes
4. It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum Team can
develop and maintain a complete project plan
Correct Answer:
1. It is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product
Feedback:
The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the
product.
Question 32:
What is the maximum duration of a Sprint Review?
Options:
1. Two hours
2. Four hours
3. As long as required
4. One day
Correct Answer:
2. Four hours
Feedback:
The Sprint Review is the second to last event of the Sprint and is timeboxed to a
maximum of four hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually
shorter.
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Question 33:
Who is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide ?
Options:
1. Product Owner
2. Product Manger
3. Scrum Master
4. Developers
Correct Answer:
3. Scrum Master
Feedback:
The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.
Question 34:
What is the role of management in Scrum?
Options:
1. Monitor staffing levels of the Developers
2. Monitor the productivity of the Developers
3. There is no role of management described in Scrum
4. Identify and remove people that aren‘t working hard enough
Correct Answer:
3.
There is no role of management described in Scrum
Feedback:
There is no role of management described in the Scrum Guide.
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Question 35:
What are the three empirical Scrum pillars? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation
4. Evaluation
Correct Answer:
1. Transparency
2. Inspection
3. Adaptation
Feedback:
Scrum combines four formal events for inspection and adaptation within a containing
event, the Sprint. These events work because they implement the empirical Scrum
pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
Question 36:
The Scrum Master is working with Developers which are working from different
locations. The team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically
(for example, set up conference calls) before beginning the Daily Scrum. What action
should the Scrum Master take?
Options:
1. Ask the management to find a solution to this issue
2. Set up the event and inform the Developers that this is how it will be done
3. Allow the Developers to decide for themselves what needs to be done
4. Ask the Developers to alternate who is responsible for event setup
Correct Answer:
3. Allow the Developers to decide for themselves what needs to be done
Feedback:
The Scrum Master should leave it to the Developers to decide on how the conduct their
Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master can of course question the effectiveness of this way of
working and help the Developers to come up with improvements.
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Question 37:
What is the Scrum Master responsible for during the Sprint Retrospective?
Options:
1. Ensuring the event takes place and also participating as a Scrum Team member
2. Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management
3. Acting as a scribe to capture the answers of the Developers
4. Prioritizing the resulting action items
Correct Answer:
1. Ensuring the event takes place and also participating as a Scrum Team member
Feedback:
Just like for all events, the Scrum Master ensures the event takes place. Since the Sprint
Retrospective is an event for the complete Scrum Team, the Scrum Master is
participating as a Scrum Team member.
Question 38:
How does a Scrum Master make a Scrum Team work at its best level of productivity?
Options:
1. By ensuring that meetings begin at the proper time
2. By introducing high value features high in the Product Backlog
3. By preventing changes to the Backlog after the Sprint has started
4. By causing the removal of impediments
Correct Answer:
4. By causing the removal of impediments
Feedback:
A Scrum Master makes a Scrum Team work at its best level of productivity by causing
the removal of any impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress.
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Question 39:
What should the Scrum Master do if the Developers do not have the right tools and
infrastructure for completing the Product Backlog items? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Ask the Developers to spend as many Sprints as necessary so that any Product
Backlog item it selects is potentially shippable at the end of the Sprint
2. Extend the Sprint by a few hours or more
3. Coach the Developers to improve their skills, tools and infrastructure over time and
adjust the Definition of Done accordingly
4. Coach the Developers to redefine the Definition of Done and do the same work for
all Product Backlog items it selects
Correct Answer:
3. Coach the Developers to improve their skills, tools and infrastructure over time and
adjust the Definition of Done accordingly
4. Coach the Developers to redefine the Definition of Done and do the same work for
all Product Backlog items it selects
Feedback:
The Scrum Master should coach the Developers to improve their skills, tools and
infrastructure over time and adjust the Definition of Done accordingly. Also, the Scrum
Master should coach the Developers to redefine the Definition of Done and do the same
work for all Product Backlog Items it selects.
Question 40:
The Scrum Master introduces Scrum to a new Scrum Team. However, the Developers
decide that a Daily Scrum is not required. What action should the Scrum Master take?
Options:
1. Ensure that a positive and productive Daily Scrum still takes place
2. Agree to the decision of the Developers
3. Escalate the matter to the senior management
4. Consult the Product Owner for more inputs
Correct Answer:
1. Ensure that a positive and productive Daily Scrum still takes place
Feedback:
In this situation, the Scrum Master should ensure that a positive and productive Daily
Scrum still takes place.
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Question 41:
Which one of the following statements is true?
Options:
1. Inspection enables Transparency
2. Inspection enables Adaptation
3. Transparency enables Adaptation
4. Adaptation enables Transparency
Correct Answer:
2. Inspection enables Adaptation
Feedback:
Transparency enables inspection. Inspection without transparency is misleading and
wasteful. Inspection enables adaptation. Inspection without adaptation is considered
pointless. Scrum events are designed to provoke change.
Question 42:
What does Scrum rely on?
Options:
1. Transparency
2. Demands
3. Decisions
4. Risks
Correct Answer:
1. Transparency
Feedback:
The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as
those receiving the work. With Scrum, important decisions are based on the perceived
state of its three formal artifacts. Artifacts that have low transparency can lead to
decisions that diminish value and increase risk.
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Question 43:
Who modifies the Sprint Backlog?
Options:
1. Developers
2. Scrum Master
3. Project Manager
4. Product Owner
Correct Answer:
1. Developers
Feedback:
The Sprint Backlog is a plan by and for the Developers.
Question 44:
Which of the following statements are true about the Sprint Retrospective? Choose all
that apply.
Options:
1. Discusses what went well during the Sprint
2. Identifies impediments to development for removal
3. Occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning
4. A four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints
Correct Answer:
1. Discusses what went well during the Sprint
3. Occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning.
Feedback:
During the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Team discusses what went well during the
Sprint, what problems it encountered, and how those problems were (or were not)
solved. The Sprint Retrospective occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next
Sprint Planning. It is timeboxed to a maximum of three hours for a one-month Sprint.
For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. Identifying impediments is part of the
Daily Scrum.
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Question 45:
Of which parts does a Sprint Backlog consist? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Sprint Goal
2. Product Goal
3. Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint
4. Plan for delivering the selected Product Backlog items
Correct Answer:
1. Sprint Goal
3. Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint
4. Plan for delivering the selected Product Backlog items
Feedback:
The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog
items selected for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the
Increment (how).
Question 46:
How does the Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team? Choose all that apply.
Options:
1. Creating the plan for the delivery of the selected Product Backlog items
2. Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
3. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
4. Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
Correct Answer:
2. Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
3. Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done
4. Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
Feedback:
The Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team in several ways, including:
•
Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality;
•
Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the
Definition of Done;
•
Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress; and,
•
Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept
within the timebox.
Creating a plan for the delivery of the selected Product Backlog items during the Sprint
Planning event is being done by the Developers.
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Question 47:
Which of the following are Scrum Master’s services to the organization? Choose all that
apply.
Options:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
4. Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Correct Answer:
1. Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
2. Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
3. Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach
for complex work
Feedback:
The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including:
•
Leading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption;
•
Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization;
•
Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical
approach for complex work; and,
•
Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.
Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed is one of the services of
the Scrum Master to the Product Owner.
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Question 48:
The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.
How does the Scrum Master do this?
Options:
1. Ensuring the Developers deliver a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint
2. Acting as a managing leader
3. Removing all impediments to the Scrum Team’s progress
4. Helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum
Team and the organization
Correct Answer:
4. Helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum
Team and the organization
Feedback:
The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every
Sprint. Scrum Masters are true leaders who serve the Scrum Team and the larger
organization. They are causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team’s
progress, but don’t have to do the actual removal themselves. The Scrum Master is
accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They do this by
helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team
and the organization.
Question 49:
How much work should the team plan on spending on a particular Product Backlog item?
Options:
1. As determined by the Definition of Done
2. Design and development
3. Design, development and testing
4. Design, development, testing and documentation
Correct Answer:
1. As determined by the Definition of Done
Feedback:
The team should spend as much as determined by the Definition of Done, on a particular
Product Backlog item.
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Question 50:
Which is NOT one of the Scrum Values?
Options:
1. Commitment
2. Focus
3. Transparency
4. Respect
Correct Answer:
3. Transparency
Feedback:
Successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming more proficient in living five
values: Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage. Transparency is one of
the three empirical Scrum pillars, although there is a close relation to the Scrum Value
of Openness.
Question 51:
Which part of the Sprint Backlog relates to the question “Why is this Sprint Valuable”?
Options:
1. Sprint Goal
2. Set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint
3. Actionable plan for delivering the Increment
4. Product Goal
Correct Answer:
1. Sprint Goal
Feedback:
The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog
items selected for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the
Increment (how).
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Question 52:
Each Scrum artifact contains a commitment to ensure it provides information that
enhances transparency and focus against which progress can be measured. Which
commitment is related to the Product Backlog?
Options:
1. Product Goal
2. Sprint Goal
3. Definition of Done
Correct Answer:
1. Product Goal
Feedback:
Each artifact contains a commitment to ensure it provides information that enhances
transparency and focus against which progress can be measured:
•
For the Product Backlog it is the Product Goal.
•
For the Sprint Backlog it is the Sprint Goal.
•
For the Increment it is the Definition of Done.
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