In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is important to enact the value of commitment. What two actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members? (Choose two.)

Help the other Scrum Team members.

Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast.

Help the other Scrum Team members.

Send out a daily status report.

The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint. (Choose the best answer.)

True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders.

True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager that the Team has enough capacity.

False, the Scrum Master does that.

False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager's responsibility.

When a Development Team is having trouble delivering a working Increment because they don't understand a functional requirement, what should they do?(Choose the best answer.)

Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable.

Add a specialist to the Development Team.

Partially complete the functionality, and discuss the remaining work at the Sprint Review.

Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable.

Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint.

When is the Sprint Backlog created? (Choose the best answer.)

During the Sprint Planning meeting.

At the beginning of the project.

During the Sprint Planning meeting.

Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting.

Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

Lead the discussions of the Development Team.

Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered by each member of the team.

Keep track of whether each team member has a chance to speak.

Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best answer.)

The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.

Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver.

What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? (Choose two answers.)

By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.

By facilitating Development Team decisions.

By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.

By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.

By facilitating Development Team decisions.

By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

You are the Scrum Master of a new, to be developed product. Development is going to require 45 people. What is a good first question-for you to suggest the group thinks about when forming into teams? (Choose the best answer.)

How will we make sure all teams have the right amount of expertise?

What is the right mixture of senior and junior people on each team?

Who are going to be the team leads?

Who are the subject matter experts on each team?

Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? (Choose the best two answers.)

Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.

Prioritize the Development Team's work on the Sprint Backlog.

Update the Sprint burndown chart.

Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.

Which three questions might be answered by Development Team members at the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best three answers.)

What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

How many hours did I spend on the project yesterday?

What will I be working on tomorrow?

Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

A Scrum Master is working with a Development Team that has members in different physical locations. The Development Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistically (for example, set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum. What action should the Scrum Master take? (Choose the best answer.)

Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.

Set up the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.

Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.

Inform management and ask them to solve it.

What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? (Choose the best two answers.)

Add security concerns to the definition of "Done".

Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.

Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of security-related Product Backlog items.

Add security concerns to the definition of "Done".

Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns.

Delegate the work to the concerned department.

Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.

Which are properties of the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best two answers.)

It is fifteen minutes or less in duration.

Its location and time remain constant.

It is facilitated by the team lead.

It is held first thing in the morning.

It is fifteen minutes or less in duration.

It is free from and designed to promote conversation.

It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions.

Its location and time remain constant.

Every Scrum team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.

True. Outcomes affected by their participation and availability.

False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development Team.

False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Development Team.

True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team.

Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint? (Choose the best answer.)

The Development Team or its members.

Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best two answers.)

Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint.

The order of items in the Product Backlog.

Documenting acceptance criteria for items in the next Sprint.

When should a Sprint Goal be created? (Choose the best answer.)

It should have been created in the previous Sprint during Product Backlog refinement.

It must be established before Sprint Planning in order to begin planning.

A Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum.

During a Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team proposes moving the Daily Scrum to only occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Which two are the most appropriate responses for the Scrum Master? (Choose the best two answers.)

Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan.

Learn why the Development Team wants this and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.

Consider the request and decide on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.

Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan.

Learn why the Development Team wants this and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.

Acknowledge and support the self-organizing team's decision.

As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? (Choose the best answer.)

As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.

Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review, but prior to the demonstration.

Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work to.

As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.

Reduce the definition of "Done" and get all of the Product Backlog items "Done" by the new definition.

In accordance with Scrum theory, how should a group of 100 people be divided into multiple Development Teams? (Choose the best answer.)

Understanding the product, the product vision and the rules of the Scrum framework, the group divides itself into teams.

It doesn't really matter because you can rotate the teams every Sprint to spread knowledge.

Check with the allocation department to see who has worked together before and make these the first teams.

Create a matrix of skills, seniority, and level of experience to assign people to teams.

A Sprint Retrospective should be held: (Choose the best answer.)

At the beginning of each Sprint.

Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one.

At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release.

A new developer is having continuing conflicts with existing Development Team members and creating a hostile environment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the team member? (Choose the best answer.)

The Development Team is responsible, and may need help from the Scrum Master.

The hiring manager is responsible, because he/she hired the developer.

The Scrum Manager is responsible, because he/she removes Impediments.

The Development Team is responsible, and may need help from the Scrum Master.

The Product Owner is responsible, because he/she controls the return on investment (ROI).

Which three purposes does the definition of "Done" serve? (Choose the best three answers.)

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of each Scrum event.

Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.

Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint.

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of each Scrum event.

Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? (Choose the best answer.)

It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it did what it forecast, or to punish the Development Team if it failed to meet its forecast.

It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.

It is a mechanism to control the Development Team's activities during a Sprint.

It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled? (Choose the best answer.)

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

Every Development Team should have: (Choose the best answer.)

The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

At least one representative from each major software engineering discipline (like QA, Dev, UX).

The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.

Why does the Product Owner want the Development Team to adhere to its definition of "Done"? (Choose the best answer.)

To have complete transparency into what has been done at the end of each Sprint.

To be able to reprimand the team when they don't meet their velocity goal for the Sprint.

To know what the team will deliver over the next three Sprints.

To predict the team's productivity over time.

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible? (Choose the best answer.)

Participating as a Scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed.

Prioritizing the resulting action items.

Participating as a Scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed.

Acting as a scribe to capture the Development Team's answers.

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management.

The Development Team should have all the skills needed to: (Choose the best answer.)

Turn Product Backlog items into an Increment of potentially releasable product functionality.

Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.

Complete the project within the date and cost as calculated by the Product Owner.

The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog. What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?(Choose the best answer.)

Suggest that the Development Team does the ordering to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of work.

Suggest the Product Owner extend the Sprint, so he can have more time to order the Product Backlog.

Suggest that the Development Team does the ordering to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of work.

Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product Backlog is to maximize value.

Present the Product Owner with an ordered Product Backlog to use.

Encourage the Product Owner to work with the Development Team to see which items technically are fastest to implement.

Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do if the Scrum Team doesn't have the tools and environment to completely finish each selected Product Backlog item? (Choose the best two answers.)

Coach the Scrum Team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and adjust the Definition of "Done" accordingly.

Have the Scrum Team establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve given current circumstances.

Coach the Scrum Team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and adjust the Definition of "Done" accordingly.

Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially "Done" increments until the situation improves.

Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the Scrum Team's infrastructure instead of delivering an increment.

Declare the Scrum Team not ready for Scrum.

Have the Scrum Team establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve given current circumstances.

When is implementation of a Product Backlog item considered complete? (Choose the best answer)

When the item has no work remaining in order to be potentially released.

When Quality Assurance reports that the item passes all acceptance criteria.

When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished.

Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team. (Choose the best two answers.)

Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint.

Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.

Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint.

Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.

Report daily progress to stakeholders.

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