A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a Sprint Retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take? (Choose the best answer.)

Begin facilitating productive and useful Sprint Retrospectives.

Call a meeting between the Development Team and senior management.

Comply with the decision of the self-organizing team.

Consult with the Product Owner to see how he/she feels about the situation.

Begin facilitating productive and useful Sprint Retrospectives.

Which of the following are true about the Product Owner role? (Choose the best two answers.)

The Product Owner is one person.

The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.

The Product Owner is one person.

The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.

Multiple people can share the Product Owner role on a Scrum Team.

The Product Owner role can be played by a committee or a team of people.

When does the second Sprint start? (Choose the best answer.)

Immediately after the first Sprint.

Once the architectural changes for the second Sprint have been approved by the senior architect.

After the Product Backlog for the second Sprint has been selected.

Immediately after the first Sprint.

After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first Sprint.

What is included in the Sprint Backlog? (Choose the best answer.)

Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items.

What enhances the transparency of an increment? (Choose the best answer.)

Doing all work needed to meet the definition of "Done"

Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily

Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a separate Sprint.

Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool.

Why should the Product Owner be present at the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

He/She doesn't need to be there.

To hear about impediments in functionality.

To represent the stakeholder's point of view.

To participate as a Scrum Team member.

What two techniques could the Scrum Master use when the Scrum Team gets caught in an internal disagreement about which development techniques to apply?(Choose the best two answers.)

Involve the complete Development Team.

Use coaching techniques; such as open questions and active listening.

Involve the complete Development Team.

Use coaching techniques; such as open questions and active listening.

Ask an external technical specialist to make the decision.

Send every team member to the company's Human Resources department to express their concerns.

Who is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog items? (Choose the best answer.)

The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Development Team do it.

The business analyst who represents the Product Owner in the Development Team.

What is the best suited structure for Development Teams in order to produce integrated Increments? (Choose the best answer.)

Each Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers.

Each Development Team works only one technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).

Each Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers.

What are three benefits of self-organization? (Choose the best three answers.)

Increased accuracy of estimates.

At the end of a Sprint Product Backlog item worked on during the Sprint does not meet the definition of "Done". What two things should happen with the undone Product Backlog item? (Choose the best two answers.)

Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint.

If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can accept it and release it to the users.

Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

Review the item, add the "Done" part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work.

Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint.

Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? (Choose the best two answers.)

The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box.

The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.

At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been "done" and what has not been "done".

The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box.

The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work.

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown.

If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend line through a release burndown chart indicate? (Choose the best answer.)

When the work remaining will likely be completed if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or the Development Team.

The evolution of the cost spent on the project.

When all work will be completed to the Scrum Team can be released for other work.

When the work remaining will likely be completed if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or the Development Team.

When the project will be over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to any new work that is added.

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done".

A proportional amount of time on analysis, design, programming, testing, and documentation.

As much as it can fit into the Sprint. Any remaining work will be transferred to a subsequent Sprint.

All development work and at least some testing.

As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of "Done".

Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as outcome of the Sprint Planning?

It is a complete list of all work to be done in a Sprint.

Every item has a designated owner.

Each task is estimated in hours.

It is the Development Team's plan for the Sprint.

It is ordered by the Product Owner.

What does it mean for a Scrum Team to be cross-functional? Choose the best answer.)

The Scrum Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment.

The Scrum Team includes not only developers but also business analysts, architects, and testers.

The Scrum Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment.

Developers on the Scrum Team work closely with business analysts, architects, developers and testers who are not on the team.

The Scrum Team is a virtual team drawing from separate teams of business analysts, architects, developers and testers.

Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool, because they show:

An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint.

How much effort has gone into a Sprint.

How many hours have been worked by each Development Team member.

How many Product Backlog items remain.

Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review?

The Scrum process, and how it was used during the Sprint.

Coding and engineering practices.

A member of the Development Team takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data security issues. What should the Scrum Master do?

Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.

Add security to the definition of "Done".

Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the issues are fixed.

Create a Product Backlog item for security.

Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

The Product Owner with the most valuable items placed at the top.

Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.

Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.

What happens if the Development Team cannot complete its work by the end of the Sprint?

The Sprint length holds and the Development Team continuously learns what is actually possible to do within a Sprint of this length.

The Sprint is extended and future Sprints use this new duration.

The Sprint length holds and the Development Team continuously learns what is actually possible to do within a Sprint of this length.

The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.

User documentation is part of your definition of "Done". However, there aren't enough technical writers for all teams. Your Development Team doesn't have a technical writer. What should you do?

Your Development Team is still responsible for creating user documentation. In this case, the Development Team members will write it.

Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for the various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.

Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last development Sprint. It will then be done by any available technical writers.

Wait until you have a technical writer on your Development Team to take care of this.

Your Development Team is still responsible for creating user documentation. In this case, the Development Team members will write it.

You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams. What are two key concerns for the Scrum Master to take into account in this situation? (Choose two.)

The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

The ability of the Scrum Teams to produce integrated Increments.

The desire to maintain a stable velocity.

The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy.

The ability of the Scrum Teams to produce integrated Increments.

You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario.(Choose two.)

The product has one Product Backlog.

There should be only one Product Owner.

There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.

There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a chief Product Owner.

The product has one Product Backlog.

Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog.

There should be only one Product Owner.

A Scrum Team has been working on a product for nine Sprints. A new Product Owner comes in, understanding he is accountable for the Product Backlog.However, he is unsure about his responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum? (Choose two.)

Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first, at all times.

Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications.

Describing features as Use Cases.

Creating detailed functional test cases.

Which are NOT appropriate topics for discussion in a Sprint Retrospective? (Choose two.)

The value of work currently represented in the Product Backlog.

Arranging the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

The value of work currently represented in the Product Backlog.

Arranging the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the phase between the end of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?

There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint.

Work with the Quality Assurance departments on the Increment of the current Sprint.

Update the project plan with stakeholders.

Which does a self-organizing Development Team choose?

How to best accomplish its work.

Stakeholders for the Sprint Review.

When to release, based on its progress.

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The consistency reduces complexity.

Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

Which best describes the Product Backlog?

It is allowed to grow and change as more is learned about the product and its customers.

It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum team to start the design phase of a product.

It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum team can develop and maintain a complete project plan.

It is baselined to follow change management processes.

One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum? (Choose two.)

A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal.

New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.

A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal.

An update of completed tasks and of the remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the next day.

A status report for the upper management indicating what each individual has done, will be doing, and what is impending him/her.

An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders.

New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.

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