Towards the end of Sprint Planning, the Product Owner and the Developers have not been able to reach a clear, mutual understanding about the highest order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Developers could not figure out how many Product Backlog items they could forecast for the upcoming Sprint. The Product Owner did make it clear what business objective he is hoping to achieve with this Sprint. Which of the following two actions would you support?(choose the best two answers)

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

The Developers forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the business objective and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the timebox for the Sprint Planning event is over, they start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.

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

The team splits up and everybody takes as much time as they need to study the Product Backlog items first. The Product Owner should be available to answer individual questions. The group reconvenes when all team members are better prepared and restart the Sprint Planning meeting before the Sprint can start.

If all agree, they can continue the Sprint Planning meeting as a team past its timebox, until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough understood for the Developers to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.

The Developers forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the business objective and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the timebox for the Sprint Planning event is over, they start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.

At the seventh Sprint Review, the stakeholders seem disappointed and angry. When asked about it, they say the product being built will not meet their needs and will cost more than they anticipated spending. What factors may have led to this?(choose the best three answers)

The stakeholders have not been using the Sprint Reviews to actively engage, and inspect and evaluate progress.

The Scrum Master has not ensured transparency.

The Product Owner has not been interacting frequently with the stakeholders and kept them aware of the progress of the project.

The stakeholders have not been using the Sprint Reviews to actively engage, and inspect and evaluate progress.

The stakeholders were not allowed to enter the development area, or be present at the Daily Scrum.

The Project Management Office (PMO) and its project managers have not been adequately engaged, causing the project plan to become inaccurate.

The Scrum Master has not ensured transparency.

The Product Owner has not been interacting frequently with the stakeholders and kept them aware of the progress of the project.

Changes to the project plan were not adequately documented and shared. The change request procedure was not diligently followed.

You have just been hired as a Scrum Master by a company new to Scrum. The company wants to use Scrum to build a new product that was conceived by the product management department. You will be the Scrum Master of two new teams that will build a first version of the product. The product management department assigns two new Product Owners, but wants more advice about the required participation with the new Scrum Teams. Which two suggestions would you offer?(choose the best two answers)

Having one Product Owner will improve the clarity of accountability to the teams and to the product management department.

A single Product Backlog should be maintained holding all requirements for the new product.

Having one Product Owner will improve the clarity of accountability to the teams and to the product management department.

Two Product Owners are necessary, one for each Scrum Team. They report to an overarching chief Product Owner.

Each Scrum Team has a separate Product Backlog, holding each team's assigned requirements.

A single Product Backlog should be maintained holding all requirements for the new product.

Which two of these situations best demonstrate that a Scrum Team is self-managing?(choose the best two answers)

Developers collaboratively select and re-plan their work during the Sprint.

The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.

Developers collaboratively select and re-plan their work during the Sprint.

The Scrum Team invites the right external people to the Sprint Planning to help them create a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog before the meeting timebox expires.

The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.

Management is invited to the Daily Scrum for a progress update and subsequently works with the Scrum Master to optimize the plan for the next day.

The Developers are strictly working within the boundaries of their function description, and are handing off work in a timely fashion to the other members within the team.

Self-management is more effective when it happens within boundaries.Select two relevant boundaries for self-management provided by the Scrum framework.(choose the best two answers)

Timeboxing work to allow for frequent inspection.

Creating a valuable and useful Increment by the end of each Sprint.

Timeboxing work to allow for frequent inspection.

Clearly defining sub-responsibilities and handovers within the Scrum Team.

Creating a valuable and useful Increment by the end of each Sprint.

Having an even number of members in a Scrum Team to be able to do pair programming and be more productive.

Which of the following affect the outcome of a Sprint?(choose all that apply)

The complexity of the problem being solved.

The complexity of the requirements.

The skills and working relationships of the people on the Scrum Team(s).

The complexity of the problem being solved.

The complexity of the requirements.

The skills and working relationships of the people on the Scrum Team(s).

What are acceptable ways a Scrum Master may work to ensure Scrum is understood and enacted?(choose the best three answers)

Arrange one-on-one coaching sessions where concerns the Scrum Master has identified can be discussed.

Schedule group training about Scrum.

Educate stakeholders and customers about Scrum.

Arrange one-on-one coaching sessions where concerns the Scrum Master has identified can be discussed.

Hold longer, more in-depth retrospectives with formal learning as part of the retrospective.

Schedule group training about Scrum.

Require senior management to mandate that all teams in the organization must follow and enact Scrum.

Educate stakeholders and customers about Scrum.

One Scrum Team is developing a product. They track how much software they produce as velocity. Their current velocity is 18 units of done work. A second team will be added to work on the same product. What is the most likely impact on the velocity of the original team?(choose the best answer)

Their velocity is likely to decrease and be lower than 18.

Their velocity is likely to increase and be higher than 18.

Their velocity is likely to decrease and be lower than 18.

Their velocity is likely to be not affected and stay at 18.

User documentation is part of your Definition of Done. However, there are not enough technical writers for all teams. Your Scrum Team does not have a technical writer. What needs to be done?(choose the best answer)

Your Scrum Team is still accountable for creating user documentation. In this case, the Developers will write it.

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

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.

You are a Scrum Master and one of the Developers approaches you and says: Every Sprint we are not completing regression testing for all of the selected Product Backlog items in the Sprint, but regression testing is part of the Definition of Done. We have discussed with the Product Owner and during the Sprint we decided to change the Definition of Done to remove regression testing. Which two actions are appropriate in this situation?(choose the best two answers)

Ask the Developers and the Product Owner if removing regression testing from the Definition of Done allows the team to produce useful and valuable Increments at the end of every Sprint?

Ask the Developers and the Product Owner what problem they are going to solve by altering the Definition of Done during the Sprint to remove regression testing. Will this raise transparency or improve quality?

Agree with altering the Definition of Done, if both the Developers and Product Owner agree.

Ask the Developers and the Product Owner if removing regression testing from the Definition of Done allows the team to produce useful and valuable Increments at the end of every Sprint?

Ask the Developers and the Product Owner what problem they are going to solve by altering the Definition of Done during the Sprint to remove regression testing. Will this raise transparency or improve quality?

Disagree with the decision and tell them that having a stringent Definition of Done is important for the quality of the product, and they need to follow it.

At the ninth Sprint Retrospective, the Product Owner is very disappointed and angry. She has determined that the technical debt has increased, and the product is not meeting her expectations. The product will need a few more Sprints to meet the scalability requirements.Which of the following could be true? Select the best response.(choose the best answer)

The Scrum Team has not used the past Sprint Retrospectives effectively to inspect and adapt.

The Developers have not been paying enough attention to quality.

The Scrum Team is not having conversations around technical debt.

The Scrum Master has not ensured that the Scrum Team is being transparent.

You are the Scrum Master for three Scrum Teams working on the same product. There is a single Product Backlog that all three Scrum Teams select from. Management is eager to improve the productivity of the teams and wants to standardize velocity across all three teams so that they can see how each team is delivering value. When responding to management, which two statements are appropriate?(choose the best two answers)

Velocity has no direct relationship with value.

Velocity is the amount of business functionality that a Scrum Team creates in a Sprint. It is unique to that team and used as an input to Sprint Planning.

Incentivizing teams based on velocity can boost the Scrum Team's motivation to create more value. B.

Standardizing velocity across teams can help with understanding which teams are creating more value.

Velocity has no direct relationship with value.

Velocity is the amount of business functionality that a Scrum Team creates in a Sprint. It is unique to that team and used as an input to Sprint Planning.

A multi-national company is using Scrum for product development of their five major products.What alternatives should the company consider to decide how many Product Owners are needed for these five products?(choose the best two answers)

There is one Product Owner for each product (five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within their product. The five Product Owners share and align work via Product Backlog.

There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. This person may delegate work to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within each product to scale their accountability.

There is one Product Owner for each product (five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within their product. The five Product Owners share and align work via Product Backlog.

There are as many Product Owners as needed to analyze, document, and explain expectations and requirements with all Scrum Teams.

There is one Product Owner for all five products. This person may not delegate work to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality, given these are all the Product Owner's individual responsibility.

There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. This person may delegate work to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within each product to scale their accountability.

You are the Scrum Master for a Scrum Team whose Daily Scrum is scheduled to start at 10:00 each day. Developers routinely turn up late, and once everyone has assembled, the Daily Scrum starts. By then it is typically 4 to 5 minutes later than scheduled. Other meetings in the organization typically allow 4 to 5 minutes for people to transport within the building.Some Developers complain that it is now hard to achieve the purpose of the Daily Scrum within the timebox, since there is only 10 or 11 minutes left after waiting for people to show up. The Developers ask for your advice.(choose the best answer)

You turn the question back to the Developers and ask what they think should be done to ensure their Daily Scrum is effective and meets its purpose.

You suggest an experiment: moving the event to a time that better suits the team.

You escalate this issue to management since you are responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted.

To incentivize showing up on time, you tell the Developers that when people come late to the Daily Scrum, they will pay a small fee.

You turn the question back to the Developers and ask what they think should be done to ensure their Daily Scrum is effective and meets its purpose.

You suggest that when someone shows up late they cannot join that day's Daily Scrum.

Where should the Daily Scrum be held according to the Scrum Guide?(choose the best answer)

Wherever the Developers think is best.

In the coffee corner to confirm this is an informal gathering.

Wherever the Developers think is best.

In a room where management can listen in.

In the room that is reserved by the Scrum Master.

What conditions are most likely occurring if you feel you need a 'Quality Assurance and Release Readiness Sprint'?(choose the best three answers)

The Definition of Done is weak or incomplete, allowing technical debt to accumulate.

The Developers find it nearly impossible to create a valuable, useful product Increment in a Sprint.

The Definition of Done is not being met every Sprint.

You are following Scrum and the concept of a Hardening Sprint.

Scrum has been modified in an acceptable manner to introduce 'Quality Assurance and Release Readiness Sprints'.

The Definition of Done is weak or incomplete, allowing technical debt to accumulate.

The Developers find it nearly impossible to create a valuable, useful product Increment in a Sprint.

The Definition of Done is not being met every Sprint.

Scrum Master is a management position because the Scrum Master is accountable for the following three management activities:(choose the best three answers)

The way Scrum is understood and enacted within the organization.

Removing organizational impediments that limit the team's progress and productivity.

Reporting on the performance of a team.

Managing the project plan and the project deliverables.

The way Scrum is understood and enacted within the organization.

Removing organizational impediments that limit the team's progress and productivity.

Managing the capacity and utilization of the Developers.

Your organization has announced a release to its user base three Sprints from now To be able to include all functionality in the release, work needs to accelerate. The Product Owner puts some testing from the Definition of Done on hold for the next three Sprints, while adding a generic item to the Product Backlog to resolve this in a future release.The Developers object that this will lead to technical debt. Select two ways that explain the impact of technical debt to the Product Owner.(choose the best two answers)

Releasing the version creates false assumptions about the actual state of the system. This is likely to result in interruptions during future Sprints in order to react to unforeseen problems arising from not having met the Definition of Done.

As development progresses and functionality is added upon the reduced Definition of Done, unknown errors will creep in. The system becomes more difficult to stabilize. Work for the actual release as well as future releases Will be slowed down in unpredictable ways.

Feature development of a next release is not allowed to start as long as there is technical debt from the current release. The Product Owner should first accept this impact before the Definition of Done can be reduced.

A generic Product Backlog item is not good enough. The amount of technical debt will have to be calculated and estimated much more precisely, so the total amount of extra work that needs to be budgeted is well known.

Releasing the version creates false assumptions about the actual state of the system. This is likely to result in interruptions during future Sprints in order to react to unforeseen problems arising from not having met the Definition of Done.

As development progresses and functionality is added upon the reduced Definition of Done, unknown errors will creep in. The system becomes more difficult to stabilize. Work for the actual release as well as future releases Will be slowed down in unpredictable ways.

What is the primary concern when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog with the goal of creating a valuable and useful integrated Increment by the end of their Sprint?(choose the best answer)

Minimizing dependencies between Scrum Teams.

Clearly defining all requirements three Sprints ahead.

Making sure there is enough work for everyone on every team.

In the Sprint Review; one of the stakeholders highlights the money spent this year; and that due to market changes, the funding may run out An argument follows this statement, with raised voices and strong emotional statements. As a Scrum Master, what are your two best options?(choose the best two answers)

Encourage the stakeholders to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.

Ask for a short break for people to calm down and be objective

Encourage the stakeholders to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.

It is the Product Owner's meeting, so do nothing.

Defend the budget, asking the stakeholders to support the funding of the work.

Argue that the Scrum Team needs to be kept busy while the funding is confirmed

Ask for a short break for people to calm down and be objective

Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just started using the product The stakeholder is unhappy with the slow performance, a complaint that the Product Owner agrees with As the Scrum Master how will you move this forward?(choose the best answer)

Encourage the Product Owner to bring the performance concerns to the rest of the Scrum Team and work together to improve the Definition of Done

Wait to bring this up in the next Sprint Retrospective as this is the appropriate time for the Developers to re-consider the Definition of Done.

Bring the concern to the quality assurance members of the Scrum Team and ask them to improve how the system is tested.

Explain to the Product Owner that it is up to the Developers to decide on acceptable performance standards as they own the Definition of Done

How does the Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team?(choose the best two answers)

The Scrum Master coaches the Scrum Team and the organization how to work empirically.

The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum events as requested or needed.

The Scrum Master never intervenes in matters of the Scrum Team, but allows them to maximize their autonomy and freedom.

The Scrum Master coaches the Scrum Team and the organization how to work empirically.

The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum events as requested or needed.

The Scrum Master resolves every impediment that the Developers run into.

What are two ways in which technical debt relates to velocity?(choose the best two answers)

Developers can artificially increase velocity by incurring technical debt.

Velocity may unexpectedly drop when the Developers run into technical debt while attempting to complete new Product Backlog items.

Adding technical debt items to the Product Backlog to get estimated and added to your velocity forecasts can guarantee predictability.

Developers can artificially increase velocity by incurring technical debt.

They are not related, technical debt should be resolved by the support or operations department, not by the Developers.

Velocity may unexpectedly drop when the Developers run into technical debt while attempting to complete new Product Backlog items.

Which four of the following risks to product development are addressed by Scrum?(choose the best four answers)

The timescale of the planned work.

The stability and complexity of the technology.

The complexity and unpredictability of the requirements.

The skills and working relationships of the people on the teams.

The timescale of the planned work.

The stability and complexity of the technology.

The complexity and unpredictability of the requirements.

The skills and working relationships of the people on the teams.

The definition of incentive and bonus strategies by Human Resources for all team members.

The clear definitions of stages and gateways in the overall governance model.

During a Sprint Review, the Product Owner determines that she is going to release the current Increment to production. The stakeholders ask to stop the Sprint to react more quickly to the user feedback that is expected after this release. The Product Owner prefers to continue the Sprint to make progress with the next release. You facilitate a discussion on how to proceed.What are two acceptable results of this discussion?(choose the best two answers)

Continue sprinting but shorten the Sprint length to allow for shorter feedback loops.

Continue sprinting and include the customer feedback in the Product Backlog.

Continue sprinting but shorten the Sprint length to allow for shorter feedback loops.

Stop sprinting and let the Developers work on new customer requests as they arise.

Continue sprinting and include the customer feedback in the Product Backlog.

Continue sprinting but allow customer feedback to change the Sprint Goal within the Sprint.

In the Sprint Retrospective, there is discussion that the quality of the Increment is not sufficient for going to production In response, a Scrum Team member points out the high velocity reached by the team. What are the two best actions for the Scrum Master to take?(choose the best two answers)

Facilitate a discussion on now to improve the quality to a level sufficient for production, even it the measured velocity will drop in the next Sprint

Stress the value of working product over measured velocity.

Agree and praise the Developers for their nard work, so they are motivated to do even more in the next Sprint

Facilitate a discussion on now to improve the quality to a level sufficient for production, even it the measured velocity will drop in the next Sprint

Acknowledge the nard work, but remind the Developers that they need to improve to do even more in the next Sprint.

Stress the value of working product over measured velocity.

You are the Scrum Master for four 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 Phil, an external specialist. As the Scrum Master what should you do to solve this upcoming problem?(choose the best answer)

As needed, consult with the Developers on now they want to manage this problem and help them implement their preferred solution.

Prepare the Sprint Backlogs each day for the teams so Phil can spend some time in each team.

Allocate Phil to one team per Sprint, so that over tour Sprints every team will have had the support It requires.

As needed, consult with the Developers on now they want to manage this problem and help them implement their preferred solution.

Ask Phil for a plan to hire and train additional people in nis domain, and in the meantime work with the Product Owner and Developers to re-prioritize the work so that tasks not depending on Phil can be done first.

A Developer from the Scrum Team is always missing the Daily Scrum. She feels that if she is doing her job well, it does not matter whether she attends or not. The other Developers on the team have not done anything about it. As the Scrum Master how should you respond to this situation?(choose the best answer)

Ask the Developers, what value they get by having the Daily Scrum with all team members present and what might go wrong if all Developers do not attend.

You do not intervene. The Developers own the Daily Scrum, so they should deal with any issues with attendance.

Ask the Developers, what value they get by having the Daily Scrum with all team members present and what might go wrong if all Developers do not attend.

Talk to the Developer who is missing the Daily Scrum and ask her to always attend the Daily Scrum.

Teach the Developers how to deal with this situation by attending the Daily Scrum yourself.

What is one way to determine if the Product Owner is interacting with the Developers enough throughout a Sprint?(choose the best answer)

Product Owners and Developers are satisfied with the increment.

The Developers should determine the percentage of time the Product Owner is required to be present and monitor whether the Product Owner's average presence is around this figure.

Check the Daily Scrum reports to see whether the Product Owner was present at the majority of the Daily Scrum meetings.

Observe whether the Developers need to ask the Product Owner questions at times other than during the Daily Scrum.

Product Owners and Developers are satisfied with the increment.

Which two options describe how project budgeting and financial forecasting work in Scrum?(choose the best two answers)

Several Sprints may be funded as a single release, with the result of each Sprint being releasable product

It is ideally revisited as frequently as each Sprint to ensure value is being delivered for the investment spent.

Scrum does not align with traditional accounting practices. The financial department needs to be given a fixed cost per Sprint per team.

Several Sprints may be funded as a single release, with the result of each Sprint being releasable product

The only funding is for the run cost (time and materials) of the Scrum Teams, so no budgeting process is needed_

It is ideally revisited as frequently as each Sprint to ensure value is being delivered for the investment spent.

What action should a Scrum Master take if the Development Team has decided that Retrospectives are no longer necessary?

Start facilitating more productive and useful Retrospectives.

Suggest reducing the frequency of the Retrospectives.

Extend the Sprint time-box in order to fit the Retrospectives.

Comply with the team's decision.

What does the Scrum Team commit to each Sprint?(choose the best three answers)

Working towards the Sprint Goal.

Getting all the forecast work in the Sprint Plan done

Working towards the Sprint Goal.

Having the Product Owner available to the Developers on a daily basis

Which statements are true about the Sprint Goal?(choose the best two answers)

During Sprint Planning, the Scrum Team crafts a Sprint Goal based on an objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.

Sprint Goals give Developers flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint

Sprint Goals often change during the Sprint as new insights emerge during the work.

During Sprint Planning, the Scrum Team crafts a Sprint Goal based on an objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.

Sprint Goals give Developers flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint

The use of Sprint Goals is optional in the Scrum Framework

Creating a forecast for a Sprint tends to run more smoothly when the Product Backlog items that are discussed are well understood and actionable. Which approach would you recommend to ensure well understood and actionable Product Backlog items at Sprint Planning?(choose the best answer)

The Product Owner works with the stakeholders to prepare Product Backlog items outside of the Sprint so the Developers will not be disrupted.

The Developers use some time in each Sprint to analyze, estimate and design high- ordered Product Backlog items.

The Product Owner works with the stakeholders to prepare Product Backlog items outside of the Sprint so the Developers will not be disrupted.

A separate Scrum Team of business analysts and testers analyze high-ordered requirements one Sprint ahead of development.

The analysts on the Scrum Team document high-ordered Product Backlog items during a Sprint when they are not busy working on the forecast.

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.)

One Product Backlog to represent all of the known work needed to be done for the product.

Having one Product Owner to be accountable for maximizing the flow of value throughout the development process and provide transparency on the overall progress.

Each Scrum Team has its own Product Backlog with items only their team will be working on.

One Product Backlog to represent all of the known work needed to be done for the product.

Three Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.

Having one Product Owner to be accountable for maximizing the flow of value throughout the development process and provide transparency on the overall progress.

Steven is a Scrum Master of a Scrum Team that is new to Scrum. At the halfway point of the Sprint, the Product Owner comes to Steven telling him that he is concerned the Development Team will not be able to complete the entire Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.What should Steven do in this situation?

Coach the Product Owner that with complex software development, you cannot promise the entire scope that was forecast during Sprint Planning. As more is learned during the Sprint, work may emerge that affects the Sprint Backlog.

Motivate the Development Team to meet their commitment to the Product Owner.

Coach the Product Owner that with complex software development, you cannot promise the entire scope that was forecast during Sprint Planning. As more is learned during the Sprint, work may emerge that affects the Sprint Backlog.

Advise the Product Owner that the Development Team owns the Sprint Backlog and it is up to them to meet their commitments. No one tells the Development Team how to turn Product Backlog into Increments of potentially releasablefunctionality.

Add more people to the Development Team to meet the Product Owner's expectations.

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Your Scrum Team has been working together for over a dozen Sprints. The Scrum Team consists of 10 members. Each Sprint takes four weeks. As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Developers are hardly collaborating; during the Sprint, members are primarily working on their own items. You also notice that the items on the Sprint Backlog are mostly unrelated. You suspect that the lack of a Sprint Goal might be the cause.

Although you have encouraged the use of a Sprint Goal, both the Product Owner and the Developers have concluded that they are unable to create Sprint Goals based on the wide variety of items on their Product Backlog.

What might explain why this Scrum Team is struggling to craft a Sprint Goal?

(choose all that apply)

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