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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?

Tell 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.

A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what 'done' means.

Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality

Ready for integration

No work left from the definition of "Done"

All work the Development Team is willing to do

All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users

A done increment is valuable if...

It is like to increase customer satisfaction.

It meets the business analyst's specifications.

It is delivered when the product owner expected it.

It has all the features that the product owner wanted in that sprint.

A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place.

True

False

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?

Go check with the testers.

Create a Product Backlog item for security.

Add security to the definition of "Done'.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

A product Increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

True

False

A Product Owner can measure success by an increase in the team's velocity.

True

False

A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason:

Not enough Product Backlog items are "Ready".

The Product Owner has not identified a Sprint Goal.

There is no acceptable reason. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

The QA department needs more time to make the previous Increment "Done".

The stakeholders are not happy with the value produced in the previous Sprint.

A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager.

True

False

A product’s success is measured by...

The impact on customer satisfaction

The delivery of upfront defined scope compared to the upfront planned time

The impact on revenue

The impact on cost

The impact on my performance rating

A project manager working with your scrum team has raised concerns about progress and money spent. What are the two best responses?

Have a discussion with the project manager; share the current impediments and forecast for the Sprint.

Show the Earned Value Analysis (EVA) report.

Share the last stakeholder briefing document prepared by the Product Owner.

Scrum doesn't have project managers so disregard their concerns.

Promote transparency by sharing the product backlog and ensuring the project manager has access.

A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several.

True

False

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?

Comply with the decision of the self-organizing team.

Begin facilitating productive and useful retrospectives.

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

Call a meeting between the Development Team and senior management.

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments.

Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation?

Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.

Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.

Prioritizing the list and working on them in order.

Consulting with the Development Team.

Discuss the absence of management support with the Development Team.

A Scrum Master is working with a Development Team that has members in different physical locations. That 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?

Inform management and ask them to solve it.

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

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

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

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?

Interacting with stakeholders

Creating detailed functional test cases

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

Describing features as Use Cases

Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications

A Scrum Team has been working on a project for 9 sprints. A new Product Owner comes in, understanding he is accountable for Product Backlog. However, he is unsure about the purpose of the Product Backlog. He's read that the product backlog should be a list of all user features for the product. He goes to the Scrum Master asking where to put the other types of requirements acceptable on a Product Backlog?

- Stability requirements

- Performance requirements

- Product functionality

- Documentation

- Fixes

Yes, they all belong on the product backlog. Product backlog is supposed to be the 'single source of truth' for all the work for the product.

No. Product backlog is a tool for the product owner. The product owner represents the users and stakeholders. Other types of requirements should be managed separately by the development team. They are not the product owner's concern.

A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during Sprint Review.

True

False

A Sprint Retrospective should be held...

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

At the beginning of each Sprint.

At the end of each Sprint.

Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one.

All work to be done by the Development Team must ultimately originate from the Product Backlog?

True

False

An optimal Development Team has at least five members.

To increase the reliability of their estimates.

This is not required as long as the overall team maturity is high.

This is not required in Scrum as it is dependent on the circumstances.

To ensure high productivity.

To have enough coverage in case of illness or emergency.

An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?

Management may feel less anxious.

Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.

The organization may not understand what has changed within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.

All answers apply.

As a product owner, how would you minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams?

You create a independent product backlog per scrum team.

You identify the dependencies and reorder the product backlog for them.

You work with Development Team on how to best parse the work.

You divide product backlog items among the six Product Owners.

You raise it as an impediment with the Scrum Master.

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?

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.

As the Product Owner is responsible for the end result, he/she has the final say over the definition of "Done"?

Yes, the Product Owner is solely responsible for the definition of quality.

No, the definition of "Done" is the accountability of the Development Team, but the Product Owner is best consulted for it.

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

Cancel the Sprint.

Start the Sprint and recruit additional Development Team members.

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

Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.

Ask the Development Team to work overtime for this Sprint and promise that it won't happen again.

At the start of the sprint planning meeting, select the BEST description of the product backlog items that the product owner wants to have done.

They are stated as user stories and can not be epic.

They are stated as user stories or use cases and test cases must have been identified for acceptance.

They are clearly stated, refined and understood by Product Owner and the Development Team such that a forecast of items can be made to implement the Sprint Goal.

They are fully described as User Stories or use cases already decomposed into tasks that will require no more than one-person day to complete by Development Team.

Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team.

Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.

Increase velocity.

Report daily progress to stakeholders.

Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint.

Reorder the Product Backlog.

Cross-functional teams are optimized to work on one technical layer of a system only (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).

True

False

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?

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.

Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what "Done" means.

Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality

No work left from the definition of "Done"

All work the Development Team is willing to do

Ready for integration

All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Product Owner responsible?

Participating as a Scrum Team member.

The Product Owner should not take part in Sprint Retrospectives.

Capturing requirements for the Product Backlog.

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to the stakeholders that he/she represents in the Scrum Team.

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible?

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.

During a Sprint, a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Sprint work selected?

The Scrum Master, the project manager and the Development Team.

The Product Owner and the Development Team.

The Product Owner and all stakeholders.

The Development Team.

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

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.

During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to...

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

Make sure that all three questions have been answered.

Manage the meeting in a way that each team member has a chance to speak.

Lead the discussions of the Development Team.

All of the above.

During the Sprint Review, it is up to the stakeholders to reorder the product backlog.

True

False

During the Sprint, the Scrum Master's role is to do which two of the following:

Assign tasks with the Scrum team.

Monitor the progress of the Development Team.

Ensure the Product Owner attends all Scrum events.

Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.

Remove impediments.

Every Development Team should have...

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

One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.

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

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