When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?

It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.

When functional expectations are not well understood.

When the Product Owner is absent too often.

When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.

When a technical dependency cannot be resolved.

How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?

Ensure every Increment meets them.

Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team's responsibility.

Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.

Assign them to the lead developers on the team.

When is a Sprint over?

When the Product Owner says it is done.

When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of "Done".

When all the tasks are completed.

What are two good ways for the Development Team to make non-functional requirements visible? (Choose two.)

Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner posted on the expected effort.

Add them to the definition of "Done" so the work is taken care of every Sprint.

Put them on a separate list on the Scrum board, available for all to see.

Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner posted on the expected effort.

Run the integration and regression tests before the end of the Sprint, and capture the open work for the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint.

Add them to the definition of "Done" so the work is taken care of every Sprint.

How much time is required after a Sprint to prepare for the next Sprint?

None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint.

The break between Sprints is time-boxed to 1 week for 30 day Sprints, and usually less for shorter sprints.

Enough time for the requirements for the next Sprint to be determined and documented.

Enough time for the Development team to finish the testing from the last Sprint.

None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint.

All of the above are allowed depending on the situation.

In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product Owner and the Development Team were unable to reach a clear understanding about the highest order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Development Team couldn't figure out how many Product Backlog items it could forecast for the upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a Sprint Goal, however.Which of the following two actions should the Scrum Master support? (Choose two.)

Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze,decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.

Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.

Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new Sprint.

Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze,decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.

Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough understood for the DevelopmentTeam to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.

Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.

Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.

Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning?

What can be done and how to do it.

How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.

What can be done and how to do it.

What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.

Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.

Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)

Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

To inspect the product increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps.

To take time to judge the validity of the project.

To inspect the product increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps.

To review the Scrum Team's activities and processes during the Sprint.

Who must attend the Daily Scrum?

The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

The Development Team and Product Owner.

The Development Team and Scrum Master.

When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item?(Choose the best answer.)

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Scrum Team.

At the Sprint planning meeting.

Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Scrum Team.

Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization).

The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team's productivity.

The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members' definition.

The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product's success.

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization).

Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the order teams. What should the Scrum Master do?

Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.

Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated increment.

Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned.

Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure.

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

What are three ways Scrum promotes self-organization? (Choose three.)

By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint.

By removing titles for Development Team members.

By being a lightweight framework.

By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint.

By preventing stakeholders from entering the development room.

By removing titles for Development Team members.

By being a lightweight framework.

What is the key concern when multiple Development Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?

Clear definition of requirements.

Minimizing dependencies between teams.

Clear definition of requirements.

Meeting original scope projections.

Making sure there's enough work for everyone on every team.

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

The event must happen at a set time.

The event must happen by a given time.

The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?

They will improve their definition of "Done" to include more stringent criteria.

The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours.

There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams.

Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed.

A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now.

The Product Owner must release each Increment to production.

To make sure the Development Team is done every Sprint.

Whenever the product is free of defects.

For which is the Scrum Master responsible?

The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly.

Managing the performance of the Scrum Team.

The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself.

The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly.

Keeping track of resource allocation.

A Development Team asks their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The team is waiting for an external supplier to deliver a specific software component. Without that component there won't be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. The Product Owner asks the Scrum Master for help.What would be good advice to give the Product Owner?

Remind the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.

Tell the Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog so the work involving the external component can be planned in a separate sprint.

Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog should be ordered to maximize utilization of the Development Team.

As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Development Team sees that the workload is greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions?(Choose two.)

The Development Team ensures that the Product Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors progress.

Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.

Recruit additional Development Team members before the work can begin.

The Development Team ensures that the Product Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors progress.

Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.

The Development Team works overtime during this Sprint.

Currently, your Development Teams are organized to address a single layer only (for example, front end, middle tier, back end, and interfaces). What are three things to consider when deciding to move away from such component teams toward feature teams? (Choose three.)

Productivity may suffer when making this kind of move.

Getting support from the business side first helps.

Feature teams have less communication overhead.

You cannot do Scrum without feature teams.

Productivity may suffer when making this kind of move.

Getting support from the business side first helps.

Feature teams have less communication overhead.

With feature teams, it is easier to calculate the productivity per team.

During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?

As soon as possible after they are identified.

When the Product Owner identifies new work.

As soon as possible after they are identified.

When the Scrum Master has time to enter them.

During the Daily Scrum after the Development Team approves them.

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum.

To gather status and progress information to report to management.

To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down.

He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum.

To make sure every team member answers the three questions.

You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using Scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system, i.e. one for the frontend, one for the middle tier, one for the back-end, and one for the interfaces and services. This resembles what is known as component teams. But you have read that it's a good idea to have teams organized by feature.What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting Scrum?

There's less initial disruption than organizing into new teams. As they start, they will discover what works best, and how to potentially re-organize towards this.

Component teams generally have the skills needed to create a working Increment of software that provides business value.

Because they have worked together for some time, they are likely able to start producing shippable Increments faster that new feature teams would.

There are fewer cross-team dependencies than working in feature teams.

How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog?

The Development Teams pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner.

The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first.

The Development Teams pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner.

The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog.

Each Scrum Team takes an equal numbers of items.

How often should Development Team membership change?

As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.

Never, because it reduces productivity.

As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.

Every Sprint to promote shared learning.

When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of "Done"?

During the Sprint Retrospective.

Prior to starting a new Sprint.

During the Sprint Retrospective.

Prior to starting a new project.

The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days?(Choose three.)

Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.

Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.

The Sprint plan may become inaccurate.

Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.

Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.

The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the stakeholders.

Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board before the meeting.

The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt chart properly.

The Sprint plan may become inaccurate.

Which statement best describes Scrum?

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.

A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

Scrum PSM I Practice Test 1 - Free Online Exam Prep & Questions

When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their increments be integrated every Sprint?

Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.

Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done.

No, each Scrum Team stands alone.

No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.

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