0% You have 30 minutes to pass the Assessment Test. PSM II - Exam Practice Test 1 PSM II - Exam Practice Test 1 1 / 30 Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review. False True Getting feedback from Stakeholders is a crucial activity in Scrum. Working with stakeholders frequently ensures the team to focus on the right things to build. Although it is required to have Stakeholders at Sprint Review, they can also engage with the Scrum Team during Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning or during the Sprint if the Scrum Team requires it. 2 / 30 What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)A. Time boxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.B. Clearly defined functional teams within the Development Team to define hand off phases during development.C. Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.D. Having a mixture of different levels of skills and experience to promote domain knowledge sharing. BC CD AC AB Time-boxing promotes regularity and focus for self-organized teams. Having shippable Increments allows teams to collaboratively make decisions on what needs to be done next. 3 / 30 Three Development Teams are currently building a single product and pulling work from the same Product Backlog. All three teams have identified that they will need Dan, a database specialist, to work full time in their team for the next several Sprints.What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do to solve this potential problem? Manage the items in the Sprint Backlogs so that Dan can be utilized evenly for each team. Ask Dan to work with the HR department to recruit and hire additional database specialists. In the meantime, have the Product Owner move items that do not depend on Dan to the top of the Product Backlog. Assign Dan to the team with the most urgent tasks first and then move him to the next team and soon until the required support is completed. Facilitate a discussion with all Development Teams on how they want to deal with this issue, and help them implement their preferred solution. s a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework. 4 / 30 What would likely happen if management only changed the organization’s current terminology to fit Scrum without the proper understanding and support of Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide? Very little change will happen as the vocabulary in Scrum is specifically defined for implementing Scrum The organization may not realize the real benefits of Scrum as there would be no real change on the way the teams work All answers apply. Organizations may feel less stressed as the behaviors would remain familiar to management The defined terminology in Scrum was selected, designed, and defined specifically for supporting the Scrum Framework. Understanding the differences between traditional methods and the Scrum Framework will help move teams in the right direction in Scrum adoption. 5 / 30 A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of ‘done’ work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.What might be the impact on the original team? Their velocity is likely to rise and be more than 55. Their velocity is likely to drop and be less than 55. Their velocity is likely not affected and will remain at 55. Similar to membership changes within a single Scrum Team, adding or removing additional Scrum Teams working on the same product will impact productivity in the short term. Adding additional teams often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages. 6 / 30 Paul is a Product Owner for multiple products. Each product is allocated a dedicated Scrum Team and a set budget. Based on the average velocity of a previous product release, Paul had estimated a new product to take 9 Sprints to complete. The average velocity of the previous product release was 50 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 Sprints, the Development Team reported an average velocity of 40 completed units per Sprint, while not fully completing the required integration tests. The Development Team estimates that integration testing would require additional effort to make the increments shippable. The Development Team is unsure if the required velocity is achievable.What is the most effective way to recover? The Scrum Master sets the open work aside to be performed in one or more release Sprints. They remind Paul to find funding for enough Release Sprints in which this remaining work can be done. Up to one release Sprint per threedevelopment Sprints may be required. It is Paul’s role to inform users and stakeholders of the impact on the release date. In the next Sprints, the Development Team strives to make the selected work as close to ‘done’ as possible and at the minimum 90% completed. Any undone work is divided in to new Product Back log Items that will be deferred to the last Sprint in order to maintain stable velocity. The Development Team informs Paul that the progress he has perceived to date is not correct.The Increment is not releasable. They give Paul their estimate of the effort it would take to get the previous work ‘done’ , and suggest doing that work first before proceeding with new features. The team also re-estimates the effort to make the remaining Product Backlog items ‘done’, including all integration effort. In the end, it is Paul’s call to continue the project or to cancel. The Scrum Master will manage the Sprint Backlog and assign work to the Development Team members to ensure maximum utilization of each member. He/she will keep track of unused resources so that it does not impact the budget.Unused budget can be allocated for additional Sprints if needed. Scrum is founded on empirical process control and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. At the end of every Sprint, an increment of ‘done’ work must be available in order to inspect and adapt accordingly. 7 / 30 Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to ‘done’ during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)A. Steven talks with Peter about concerns of how his behavior might impact the team members and request that he stop attending for now.B. Steven coaches Peter on best practices for updating the burn down chart as it provides accurate information on how well the team is performing.C. Nothing. Steven is optional at the Daily Scrum and it is the responsibility of the team to decide how to best run it.D. Steven coaches the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum. AB AD ABC BD The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren’t. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. 8 / 30 Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following? Increased Profit High Performance Maximizing utilization Increased Revenue Value of Commitment People personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team by doing their best and helping others. 9 / 30 The three pillars of empirical process control consist of: Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation Planning,Inspection,Adaptation Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste These three pillars uphold every implementation of the empirical process control. Without them, Scrum cannot be implemented as intended. 10 / 30 An organization wants to apply Scrum to build a new product and has hired Steven to be the Scrum Master of three new teams that will build the first release. The organization is new to Scrum and asks Steven for advice on how to start. Which two things should Steven first advise? (Choose two.)A. Each Scrum Team has its own Product Backlog with items only their team will be working on.B. One Product Backlog to represent all of the known work needed to be done for the product.C. Three Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.D. Having one Product Owner to be accountable for maximizing the flow of value throughout the development process and provide transparency on the overall progress. BDC ACD BD AD The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including: Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption; Planning Scrum implementations within the organization; Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development. 11 / 30 Paul, a Product Owner of one of the Scrum Teams, has been attending the Daily Scrum. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team members have been reporting their daily work to Paul so that he is aware of their Sprint progress and what each member is working on.What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take? Allow the Paul to participate in the Daily Scrum as he is responsible for the success of the product. Facilitate the Daily Scrums to avoid any conflicts between the Development Team members and Paul. Coach Paul and Development Team members on the purpose of the Scrum events and let them figure out what to do in this situation. Ask Paul to stop attending the Daily Scrum. Because the Development Team is the ones doing the work, they are best suited to inspect and adapt the progress toward the Sprint Goal. At minimum, this is done every 24 hours through the Daily Scrum. It is the Scrum Master’s responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order for them to optimize the benefits of each event. Because the Daily Scrum is owned by the Development Team, it is up to them on how they should run it but the Scrum Master can provide guidance to ensure it adheres to the Scrum guidelines 12 / 30 Steven is a Scrum Master asked to assist in creating five new Scrum Teams that will be working to build a highly anticipated product. He talks with them about the importance of being able to integrate their Increments by the end of their Sprints. This includes the first Sprints. The product is very important to both the end users and the organization.Of the choices raised by future team members, what would Steven encourage? Each Scrum Team delivers functionality at the end of each Sprint. New Product Backlog items will then be added to the next Sprint Backlog to integrate their functionality with the other teams to create a unified Increment All Scrum Teams agree on a mutual understanding of ‘done’ that defines all work necessary to deliver a potentially shippable Increment that includes all previous Increments delivered for the product. Wait until enough of the infrastructure and architecture is in place before starting the first Sprints. This will increase the success of delivering integrated Increments in Sprint 1. Each Scrum Team delivers Increments in its own code branch. After UAT is performed at the Sprint Review, the code branch is isolated until enough Increments are considered acceptable. All code branches will then be merged during the release phase. When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as “Done”, everyone must understand what “Done” means. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of “Done” to have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. Each Increment is additive to all prior Increments and thoroughly tested, ensuring that all Increments work together. 13 / 30 Which three statements best describe the purpose of having a Definition of Done? (Choose three.)A. It is a checklist to monitor the Development Team member’s progress on a task.B. It provides guidance to the Development Team when they are forecasting their Sprint Backlog during the Sprint Planning.C. As the Development Team is doing the work, it provides guidance on the remaining work needed to create the potentially shippable Increment by the end of the Sprint. D. It helps the Development Team defer any pending work to subsequent Sprints.E. It creates transparency and provides a common understanding of the ‘done’ state of the Increment at the Sprint Review.F. It helps the Scrum Team decide how much time is needed before the Sprint can end. BCE ABC ADE CDE When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. This Definition of Done provides the team guidance on what it takes to make the increment shippable. 14 / 30 In order to start the first Sprint, Scrum only requires a Product Owner with enough ideas, a Development Team to execute on those ideas, and a Scrum Master to guide the process. True False In complex domains, you are only able to know the outcomes in hindsight. Empiricism, from which Scrum was founded on, asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. New knowledge will emerge as work is being done. 15 / 30 A Scrum Master is not only a servant-leader to the Scrum Team and organization, it’s also considered a management position. Which three activities describe what a Scrum Master manages as reflected by the Scrum Guide? (Choose three.)A. Reporting on the performance of the Sprint.B. The way Scrum is understood and enacted with in the organization.C. Managing the capacity and utilization of each Development Team member.D. Managing the process in which Scrum is applied.E. Managing the Product Backlog items and work in the Sprint Backlog.F. Removing organizational impediments that limits the team’s progress and productivity. ABDE BDEF ABC BDF The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team’s process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement. 16 / 30 In Scrum, how would budgeting and financial forecasting be performed? (Choose two.)A. Frequently inspect the outcomes of the delivered Sprint Increments to understand how much value is being produced per investment spent.B. A single release maybe funded with several Sprints where every Sprint is producing shippable increments.C. Budgeting is not necessary as the only funding necessary is the operational costs of the Scrum Teams.D. Fixed budgets are not allowed in Scrum. AB BC CD AC The cost of developing, delivering, and sustaining products can impact how the flow of value is managed throughout the life of a product. Each Sprint is an opportunity to inspect the investment (financial, time, effort, etc.) against the returned value (customer satisfaction, revenue, etc.) of the work that has been delivered. The team can then decide on what it should do next to maximize the value of the investment. 17 / 30 Steven is a Scrum Master that was hired to help an organization, that is new to Scrum, understands and enacts Scrum effectively. Which three activities would be acceptable? (Choose three.)A. Require all teams in the organization to start using Scrum as soon as possible.B. Arrange 1:1 coaching sessions to discuss any identified concerns Steven may have.C. Schedule formal trainings.D. Penalize any Scrum Team members who are not staying within the Scrum Framework.E. Educate stakeholders and clients about Scrum.F. Extend Retrospectives to include formal training. BCE ABC ACD ABD The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including: Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption; Planning Scrum implementations within the organization; Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development. 18 / 30 According to the values of Scrum, which is the best way to create Development Teams? Work with the leadership team to allocate members according to skills, seniority and experience to ensure that all Development Teams are balanced fairly. Provide boundaries to the developers and allow them to self-organize into Development Teams. The Product Owner will create a skills matrix according to what is needed for the project and work with the technical leads to allocate resources to the team. When the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life and build trust for everyone and self- organizing teams will be enabled to choose how best to accomplish their work. 19 / 30 Which Scrum Value is impacted by trust? All of the above Courage Respect Openness Focus Commitment Without trust, team members will have difficulties acting and behaving in the ways that reflect the Scrum values and how effective they apply empiricism. 20 / 30 Which statement best describes Scrum? A manual for defining best practices for software development A clearly defined methodology that defines the software development process. A clearly defined and predictable process that follows the principles of Computer Science. A framework to address complex products in complex environments. Frameworks allow those closest to the problem the flexibility to creatively and productively deliver products of the highest possible value. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex projects. 21 / 30 What is management’s role in Scrum? Monitoring the Development Team’s velocity. Identifying and removing people that are performing poorly Monitoring skill levels of the Development Team. To provide the necessary environment and support needed as defined by the Scrum Guide by providing insights and resources that help the Scrum Teams continue moving forward Getting the support from the business side helps facilitate the changes that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software. 22 / 30 Successful use of Scrum depends on how well people behave and act in ways that reflect the Scrum values. What can the value of openness affect? Trust from stakeholders Time to market All the above Collaboration efforts Level of product quality Team member happiness The Scrum Team and its stakeholders agree to be open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work. 23 / 30 Scrum is based on which of the following? Complex process. Defined process. Empiricism Hybrid model Scrum addresses complex problems in complex environments and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. What is known can only be discovered in hindsight. 24 / 30 When multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, also known as scaled Scrum, they must still work in conformance ofthe Scrum guide. True False Scrum is a framework with built in flexibility to support multiple Scrum Teams working on a single product. 25 / 30 At the end of the eighth Sprint, the internal sponsors are upset and angry with the progress of the product being built. The current state of the product is not as expected and will require additional Sprints and more budget than originally anticipated at the start of the project.What factors may have led to this? (Choose three.)A. The Product Owner has not been engaging with sponsors frequently enough and has not been kept aware of the overall progress of the project.B. The sponsors haven’t been using the Sprint Reviews to actively engage, and inspect and evaluate progress.C. The scope changes have not been tracked adequately and the change request process has not been followed properly.D. The stakeholders have not been using the Daily Scrum effectively to track the Development Team’s progress.E. The Scrum Master has not ensured transparency.F. The project plan proposed to the sponsors at the start of the project followed stringently. ABE BCD ABD ABC One of the principles of agility includes working closely with business people. In order to manage stakeholder expectation, there must be open communication (through collaboration and transparency) throughout the project cycle. This maximizes alignment, helps with making business decisions, and reduces risk.Although, the Scrum Guide does not directly state that the Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring transparency it is implicit. The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted. Scrum is founded on empiricism and the Scrum Master helps those inside and outside the team work in an empirical environment which includes transparency (one of the three pillars of empiricism). 26 / 30 Steven, the Scrum Master, is approached by one of the Development Team members saying that they are not completing regression tests for all of the work they are performing to the level defined in the Definition of Done. They have discussed this with the Product Owner and decided to remove regression testing from the Definition of Done.Which two actions are the most appropriate for Steven to take? (Choose two.)A. Reject the decision as the long term maintainability of the product will be negatively impacted by modifying the Definition of Done.B. Accept the decision as a mutual agreement has been made between the Development Team and the Product Owner.C. Ask the Development Team and the Product Owner what problem they are trying to solve by altering the Definition of Done and removing regression testing from it. In what ways will this decision impact transparency and quality?D. Ask the Development Team and the Product Owner if they are still able to produce potentially shippable product increments by altering the Definition of Done? BC BCD CD AB As a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework. 27 / 30 A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing. What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)A. The team’s Definition of Done is not being adhered to during every Sprint.B. The team’s Definition of Done is weak or incomplete causing a buildup of technical debt.C. The Development Team is having difficulties with the ability to regularly release during a Sprint. D. Hardening Sprints are supported by the Scrum framework so this is acceptable.E. Scrum has been customized in a suitable manner to make the previous work releasable. BDC ABC BCE ABD At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done. 28 / 30 A Development Team has a total of six members, 4 members who work full time in the office and 2 members who work part time at home. The Development Team is complaining that it is too difficult to synchronize every day and has suggested having the Daily Scrum every other day instead.What would be three key concerns if the Daily Scrum is held less frequently? (Choose three.)A. Impedimentsareraisedandresolvedmoreslowly.B. OpportunitiestoinspectandadapttheSprintBacklogarereduced.C. Less information about the progress will be shared causing the Sprint plan to become inaccurate and reducing transparency over progress toward the Sprint Goal.D. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the burndown chart adequately.E. The Product Owner can not accurately inspect utilization of the individual team members. ABE CBE ABD ABC The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog. The Daily Scrum optimizes the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal. Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.Reducing the frequency of the event will increase the length of the feedback loop and adds risk if the team deviates too far off course. 29 / 30 Peter, a Project Manager, has raised concerns about your Scrum Team’s productivity and progress towards the objectives.Which is the best way to respond to Peter’s concerns? Share the Product Backlog, the projections towards the release dates and ensure that Peter has access. Share the last stakeholder status report prepared by the Scrum Master. Show the Profit & Loss(P&L) report. Share the current impediments. One of the key pillars that support the empirical process control is Transparency. Transparency will help manage stakeholder expectations and allow the teams to effectively adapt if and when needed. 30 / 30 An organization has just hired you as a new Scrum Master to help them transition their teams from their current traditional process to Scrum. The teams are currently structured to specialize in a single function. This is also known as component teams where a team would only address a single layer (i.e. design, frontend, backend, database, testing, etc.). You’ve introduced the concept of cross-functional teams where all the skills needed to produce business functionality, from end to end, are inside of a single team.What should you keep in mind when transitioning from siloed teams to cross-functional teams? (Choose Two)A) It is easier to compare the performance between cross functional teams in order to identify to which teams to assign tasks and which teams need additional coaching.B)Newly formed teams will need time to stabilize before reaching their peak performance. During the initial stages of forming, performance will suffer and productivity may below, although even then delivery of business value is still likely to increase.C) Without feature teams, you cannot do Scrum. Postpone Scrum adoption until the teams are reorganized in feature teams.D) People from the different layers and components will need time to become accustomed to working and delivering unified functionality together as one Scrum Team thus productivity may suffer. BC CD AB BD Forming a team takes time, and members often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages. When you understand it, you can help your new team become effective more quickly. Your score is The average score is 61% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Please rate the quiz! Send feedback
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PSM II - Exam Practice Test 1
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Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.
Getting feedback from Stakeholders is a crucial activity in Scrum. Working with stakeholders frequently ensures the team to focus on the right things to build. Although it is required to have Stakeholders at Sprint Review, they can also engage with the Scrum Team during Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning or during the Sprint if the Scrum Team requires it.
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What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)
A. Time boxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.
B. Clearly defined functional teams within the Development Team to define hand off phases during development.C. Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.D. Having a mixture of different levels of skills and experience to promote domain knowledge sharing.
Time-boxing promotes regularity and focus for self-organized teams. Having shippable Increments allows teams to collaboratively make decisions on what needs to be done next.
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Three Development Teams are currently building a single product and pulling work from the same Product Backlog. All three teams have identified that they will need Dan, a database specialist, to work full time in their team for the next several Sprints.What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do to solve this potential problem?
s a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework.
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What would likely happen if management only changed the organization’s current terminology to fit Scrum without the proper understanding and support of Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide?
The defined terminology in Scrum was selected, designed, and defined specifically for supporting the Scrum Framework. Understanding the differences between traditional methods and the Scrum Framework will help move teams in the right direction in Scrum adoption.
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A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of ‘done’ work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.
What might be the impact on the original team?
Similar to membership changes within a single Scrum Team, adding or removing additional Scrum Teams working on the same product will impact productivity in the short term. Adding additional teams often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages.
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Paul is a Product Owner for multiple products. Each product is allocated a dedicated Scrum Team and a set budget. Based on the average velocity of a previous product release, Paul had estimated a new product to take 9 Sprints to complete. The average velocity of the previous product release was 50 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 Sprints, the Development Team reported an average velocity of 40 completed units per Sprint, while not fully completing the required integration tests. The Development Team estimates that integration testing would require additional effort to make the increments shippable. The Development Team is unsure if the required velocity is achievable.
What is the most effective way to recover?
Scrum is founded on empirical process control and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. At the end of every Sprint, an increment of ‘done’ work must be available in order to inspect and adapt accordingly.
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Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to ‘done’ during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.
What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)
A. Steven talks with Peter about concerns of how his behavior might impact the team members and request that he stop attending for now.B. Steven coaches Peter on best practices for updating the burn down chart as it provides accurate information on how well the team is performing.
C. Nothing. Steven is optional at the Daily Scrum and it is the responsibility of the team to decide how to best run it.D. Steven coaches the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum.
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.
The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren’t. The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.
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Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following?
People personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team by doing their best and helping others.
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The three pillars of empirical process control consist of:
These three pillars uphold every implementation of the empirical process control. Without them, Scrum cannot be implemented as intended.
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An organization wants to apply Scrum to build a new product and has hired Steven to be the Scrum Master of three new teams that will build the first release. The organization is new to Scrum and asks Steven for advice on how to start. Which two things should Steven first advise? (Choose two.)
A. Each Scrum Team has its own Product Backlog with items only their team will be working on.B. One Product Backlog to represent all of the known work needed to be done for the product.C. Three Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.D. Having one Product Owner to be accountable for maximizing the flow of value throughout the development process and provide transparency on the overall progress.
The Scrum Master serves the organization in several ways, including: Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption; Planning Scrum implementations within the organization; Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development.
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Paul, a Product Owner of one of the Scrum Teams, has been attending the Daily Scrum. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team members have been reporting their daily work to Paul so that he is aware of their Sprint progress and what each member is working on.
What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
Because the Development Team is the ones doing the work, they are best suited to inspect and adapt the progress toward the Sprint Goal. At minimum, this is done every 24 hours through the Daily Scrum. It is the Scrum Master’s responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order for them to optimize the benefits of each event. Because the Daily Scrum is owned by the Development Team, it is up to them on how they should run it but the Scrum Master can provide guidance to ensure it adheres to the Scrum guidelines
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Steven is a Scrum Master asked to assist in creating five new Scrum Teams that will be working to build a highly anticipated product. He talks with them about the importance of being able to integrate their Increments by the end of their Sprints. This includes the first Sprints. The product is very important to both the end users and the organization.
Of the choices raised by future team members, what would Steven encourage?
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as “Done”, everyone must understand what “Done” means. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of “Done” to have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. Each Increment is additive to all prior Increments and thoroughly tested, ensuring that all Increments work together.
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Which three statements best describe the purpose of having a Definition of Done? (Choose three.)
A. It is a checklist to monitor the Development Team member’s progress on a task.B. It provides guidance to the Development Team when they are forecasting their Sprint Backlog during the Sprint Planning.C. As the Development Team is doing the work, it provides guidance on the remaining work needed to create the potentially shippable Increment by the end of the Sprint. D. It helps the Development Team defer any pending work to subsequent Sprints.E. It creates transparency and provides a common understanding of the ‘done’ state of the Increment at the Sprint Review.F. It helps the Scrum Team decide how much time is needed before the Sprint can end.
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. This Definition of Done provides the team guidance on what it takes to make the increment shippable.
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In order to start the first Sprint, Scrum only requires a Product Owner with enough ideas, a Development Team to execute on those ideas, and a Scrum Master to guide the process.
In complex domains, you are only able to know the outcomes in hindsight. Empiricism, from which Scrum was founded on, asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. New knowledge will emerge as work is being done.
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A Scrum Master is not only a servant-leader to the Scrum Team and organization, it’s also considered a management position. Which three activities describe what a Scrum Master manages as reflected by the Scrum Guide? (Choose three.)
A. Reporting on the performance of the Sprint.B. The way Scrum is understood and enacted with in the organization.C. Managing the capacity and utilization of each Development Team member.D. Managing the process in which Scrum is applied.E. Managing the Product Backlog items and work in the Sprint Backlog.F. Removing organizational impediments that limits the team’s progress and productivity.
The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team’s process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement.
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In Scrum, how would budgeting and financial forecasting be performed? (Choose two.)
A. Frequently inspect the outcomes of the delivered Sprint Increments to understand how much value is being produced per investment spent.
B. A single release maybe funded with several Sprints where every Sprint is producing shippable increments.C. Budgeting is not necessary as the only funding necessary is the operational costs of the Scrum Teams.D. Fixed budgets are not allowed in Scrum.
The cost of developing, delivering, and sustaining products can impact how the flow of value is managed throughout the life of a product. Each Sprint is an opportunity to inspect the investment (financial, time, effort, etc.) against the returned value (customer satisfaction, revenue, etc.) of the work that has been delivered. The team can then decide on what it should do next to maximize the value of the investment.
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Steven is a Scrum Master that was hired to help an organization, that is new to Scrum, understands and enacts Scrum effectively. Which three activities would be acceptable? (Choose three.)
A. Require all teams in the organization to start using Scrum as soon as possible.B. Arrange 1:1 coaching sessions to discuss any identified concerns Steven may have.
C. Schedule formal trainings.D. Penalize any Scrum Team members who are not staying within the Scrum Framework.
E. Educate stakeholders and clients about Scrum.F. Extend Retrospectives to include formal training.
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According to the values of Scrum, which is the best way to create Development Teams?
When the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life and build trust for everyone and self- organizing teams will be enabled to choose how best to accomplish their work.
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Which Scrum Value is impacted by trust?
Without trust, team members will have difficulties acting and behaving in the ways that reflect the Scrum values and how effective they apply empiricism.
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Which statement best describes Scrum?
Frameworks allow those closest to the problem the flexibility to creatively and productively deliver products of the highest possible value. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex projects.
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What is management’s role in Scrum?
Getting the support from the business side helps facilitate the changes that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.
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Successful use of Scrum depends on how well people behave and act in ways that reflect the Scrum values. What can the value of openness affect?
The Scrum Team and its stakeholders agree to be open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work.
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Scrum is based on which of the following?
Scrum addresses complex problems in complex environments and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. What is known can only be discovered in hindsight.
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When multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, also known as scaled Scrum, they must still work in conformance ofthe Scrum guide.
Scrum is a framework with built in flexibility to support multiple Scrum Teams working on a single product.
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At the end of the eighth Sprint, the internal sponsors are upset and angry with the progress of the product being built. The current state of the product is not as expected and will require additional Sprints and more budget than originally anticipated at the start of the project.
What factors may have led to this? (Choose three.)
A. The Product Owner has not been engaging with sponsors frequently enough and has not been kept aware of the overall progress of the project.
B. The sponsors haven’t been using the Sprint Reviews to actively engage, and inspect and evaluate progress.C. The scope changes have not been tracked adequately and the change request process has not been followed properly.D. The stakeholders have not been using the Daily Scrum effectively to track the Development Team’s progress.
E. The Scrum Master has not ensured transparency.F. The project plan proposed to the sponsors at the start of the project followed stringently.
One of the principles of agility includes working closely with business people. In order to manage stakeholder expectation, there must be open communication (through collaboration and transparency) throughout the project cycle. This maximizes alignment, helps with making business decisions, and reduces risk.
Although, the Scrum Guide does not directly state that the Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring transparency it is implicit. The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted. Scrum is founded on empiricism and the Scrum Master helps those inside and outside the team work in an empirical environment which includes transparency (one of the three pillars of empiricism).
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Steven, the Scrum Master, is approached by one of the Development Team members saying that they are not completing regression tests for all of the work they are performing to the level defined in the Definition of Done. They have discussed this with the Product Owner and decided to remove regression testing from the Definition of Done.
Which two actions are the most appropriate for Steven to take? (Choose two.)
A. Reject the decision as the long term maintainability of the product will be negatively impacted by modifying the Definition of Done.B. Accept the decision as a mutual agreement has been made between the Development Team and the Product Owner.C. Ask the Development Team and the Product Owner what problem they are trying to solve by altering the Definition of Done and removing regression testing from it. In what ways will this decision impact transparency and quality?
D. Ask the Development Team and the Product Owner if they are still able to produce potentially shippable product increments by altering the Definition of Done?
As a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework.
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A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing. What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)
A. The team’s Definition of Done is not being adhered to during every Sprint.B. The team’s Definition of Done is weak or incomplete causing a buildup of technical debt.
C. The Development Team is having difficulties with the ability to regularly release during a Sprint. D. Hardening Sprints are supported by the Scrum framework so this is acceptable.E. Scrum has been customized in a suitable manner to make the previous work releasable.
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done.
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A Development Team has a total of six members, 4 members who work full time in the office and 2 members who work part time at home. The Development Team is complaining that it is too difficult to synchronize every day and has suggested having the Daily Scrum every other day instead.What would be three key concerns if the Daily Scrum is held less frequently? (Choose three.)
A. Impedimentsareraisedandresolvedmoreslowly.B. OpportunitiestoinspectandadapttheSprintBacklogarereduced.C. Less information about the progress will be shared causing the Sprint plan to become inaccurate and reducing transparency over progress toward the Sprint Goal.
D. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the burndown chart adequately.E. The Product Owner can not accurately inspect utilization of the individual team members.
The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog. The Daily Scrum optimizes the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal. Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
Reducing the frequency of the event will increase the length of the feedback loop and adds risk if the team deviates too far off course.
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Peter, a Project Manager, has raised concerns about your Scrum Team’s productivity and progress towards the objectives.
Which is the best way to respond to Peter’s concerns?
One of the key pillars that support the empirical process control is Transparency. Transparency will help manage stakeholder expectations and allow the teams to effectively adapt if and when needed.
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An organization has just hired you as a new Scrum Master to help them transition their teams from their current traditional process to Scrum. The teams are currently structured to specialize in a single function. This is also known as component teams where a team would only address a single layer (i.e. design, frontend, backend, database, testing, etc.). You’ve introduced the concept of cross-functional teams where all the skills needed to produce business functionality, from end to end, are inside of a single team.
What should you keep in mind when transitioning from siloed teams to cross-functional teams? (Choose Two)
A) It is easier to compare the performance between cross functional teams in order to identify to which teams to assign tasks and which teams need additional coaching.
B)Newly formed teams will need time to stabilize before reaching their peak performance. During the initial stages of forming, performance will suffer and productivity may below, although even then delivery of business value is still likely to increase.
C) Without feature teams, you cannot do Scrum. Postpone Scrum adoption until the teams are reorganized in feature teams.
D) People from the different layers and components will need time to become accustomed to working and delivering unified functionality together as one Scrum Team thus productivity may suffer.
Forming a team takes time, and members often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages. When you understand it, you can help your new team become effective more quickly.
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