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This flashcard set delves into the intricacies of Scrum, a framework for developing complex products, focusing on key elements like the Scrum team, sprints, and the product backlog. It covers the roles of the product owner, scrum master, and developers, as well as the importance of the sprint goal, increment, and definition of done. The set is beneficial for professionals looking to understand and implement Scrum practices effectively, providing insights into team dynamics, work management, and progress tracking.

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When do Developers 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 Event.

Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

During the Daily Scrum.

Which of the following is required by Scrum? (choose the best answer)

Sprint Retrospective.

Developers must stand up at the Daily Scrum.

Sprint Burndown Chart.

Release Planning.

All of the above.

When might a Sprint be cancelled? (choose the best answer)

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

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When the Developers determine the product plan is infeasible.

When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

When is a Product Backlog item considered complete? (choose the best answer)

When the item meets the Definition of Done.

When the item passes all acceptance criteria.

At the end of the Sprint.

When the item has gained product sponsor approval.

Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master’? (choose the best two answers)

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Developers when they need work.

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown.

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

At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what work is done and not done.

The Scrum Master teaches the Scrum Team to use timeboxes.

True or False: An Increment must be released to customers or users at the end of each Sprint.

True

False

True or False: The Sprint Backlog is a result of Sprint Planning, and it includes the Sprint Goal

True

False

Which of the following activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? (choose the best answer)

Answer questions from the Developers about items in the current Sprint.

Run the Daily Scrum.

Prioritize the Developers‘ work on the Sprint Backlog.

Update management on what is being worked on.

What happens if the Scrum Team cannot complete its work by the end of the Sprint? (choose the best answer)

The Sprint length is unchanged and the Scrum Team continuously learns and adapts.

The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it does not happen again.

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

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)

To build team spirit.

To take time to judge the validity of the project.

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Suggest that the Developers order the Product Backlog to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of work.

What is the key concern when multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

Meeting original scope projections.

Clear definition of requirements.

Maximizing velocity.

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

Minimizing dependencies between teams.

Which approach is best for Scrum Teams in order to produce valuable Increments? (choose the best answer)

Each Scrum Member works only as an independent layer of the system.

Each Developer works on the component where they feel that they can contribute.

Each Scrum Team is accountable for developing functionality from beginning to end.

Each Scrum Team works on an independent set of components.

When does the next Sprint begin? (choose the best answer)

Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.

Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

When the Product Owner is ready.

The Monday following the Sprint Review.

Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do, if the Scrum Team does not have the tools and environment to completely finish each selected Product Backlog item? (choose the best two answers)

Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments until the situation improves.

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

Declare the Scrum Team not ready for Scrum.

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

Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the Scrum Team's environment instead of delivering an Increment.

During the Sprint, the Scrum Master's role is to do which two of the following: (choose the best two answers) A) Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed. B) Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers. C) Assign tasks with the Scrum Team. D) Ensure the Product Owner attends all Scrum events. E) Coaching the team members in self—management. F) Monitor the progress of the Developers.

A) E)

Who has the ﬁnal decision about the order of items in the Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

The Developers.

The Scrum Master.

The Stakeholders.

The Product Owner.

The Scrum Team.

For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a valuable and useful Increment must be available? (choose the best answer)

Every 3 Sprints.

When the Product Owner asks to create one.

At the end of every Sprint.

After the Acceptance Testing phase.

Before the Release Sprint.

How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event? (choose the best answer)

The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of Sprint Planning.

Enough so the Developers can create their forecast of what work they can do

Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Developers‘ understanding of the Sprint.

Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.

A Scrum Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what done means. (choose the best two answers)

Ready to be released to end users.

No work is left to meet the Definition of Done.

Ready for integration.

All work the Developers are willing to do.

Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.

The length of a Sprint should be: (choose the best answer)

Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.

Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.

No more than one calendar month.

All of the above.

Who is on the Scrum Team? (choose all that apply)

Scrum Master.

Product Owner.

Developers.

Project Manager

None of the above

If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track‘? (choose the best answer)

Accumulated cost.

Individual worker productivity.

Work remaining across time

Accumulated business value delivered to the customer.

True or False: A high-performance Scrum Team ensures that each Increment is complete by running a Release Sprint.

True

False

True or False: Developers do not meet with stakeholders; only the Product Owner meets with stakeholders.

True

False

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable, useful Increment.

True

False

Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)

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

Coding and engineering practices.

The product Increment

All of the above.

Which of the following are true about the Product Owner? (choose the best two answers)

The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.

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

The Product Owner is one person.

The Scrum Team can have multiple Product Owners.

A Scrum Master is working with a Scrum Team that has members in different physical locations. The Scrum 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 Scrum Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.

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

Ask the Developers to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.

Inform management and ask them to solve it.

A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. What guidance should a Scrum Master give? (choose the best answer)

Estimates are made by the people doing the work.

Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.

Estimates must be in relative units.

Scrum forbids estimating.

Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Developers.

The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Developers during the Sprint. What are two valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take? (choose the best two answers)

Inform the Product Owner’s functional manager.

Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.

Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a course and restart.

Nominate a proxy Product Owner.

Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery.

What are three ways Scrum promotes self-management? (choose the best three answers)

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

By removing titles for Scrum Team members.

By having the Scrum Master protect the Scrum Team from interruptions.

By being a lightweight framework.

The Definition of Done serves which three purposes? (choose the best three answers)

Increase transparency.

Describe the purpose, objective, and timebox of each Scrum event.

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

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

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

As the Developers start work during the Sprint, they realize they have selected too much work to ﬁnish in the Sprint. What should they do? (choose the best answer)

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.

How should a Scrum Team deal with non-functional requirements? (choose the best answer)

Manage them during the Integration Sprint prior to the Release Sprint.

Assign them to the lead developers on the team.

Ensure every Increment meets them.

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

The Scrum Team should have all the skills needed to: (choose the best answer)

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

Turn Product Backlog items into a valuable, useful Increment.

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

The Developers ask their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The team is waiting for an external supplier to deliver a component. Without that component there will not be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. As the Scrum Master, what advice would you give the Product Owner? (choose the best answer)

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 Developers.

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

The Product Backlog is ordered by: (choose the best answer)

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

Items are randomly arranged.

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.

At the end of a Sprint, a 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)

Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint.

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

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

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

When is the Sprint Backlog created? (choose the best answer)

During Sprint Planning.

Prior to Sprint Planning.

During the Sprint Retrospective.

During reﬁnement.

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