1. 1 A burndown chart tracks? A. Work remaining across time B.
Accumulated cost
on a Project. C. Individual worker productivity. D. Accumulated business value
delivered to the customer. 2. When a Dev team determines that it has over-commi
tted itself for a Sprint, who has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the
Sprint work selected? A. The Product Owner and Development Team. 3. While und
er development the environment in which a product will be used changed. What is
the effect on the product backlog? A. It is archived and a new Product Backlog i
s created to take its place. B. There is no effect, because it has to stay the s
ame until the end of the project. C. It evolves to reflect what the product need
s to be most valuable D. It is converted into a requirements specification to en
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4. Every scrum team must have a product owner and scrum master A. Yes, and ea
ch Scrum team s performance may be affected by their degree of participation as in
fluenced by any other responsibilities ( e.g. other teams for which they are a
lso the Scrum Master or PO) B. No. C. Yes, and they must be 100% dedicated to e
ach team. 5. Which of the following is not a Time-box in Scrum? A. Release Tes
ting B. Sprint Retrospective C. Sprint 0 D. Release Retrospective E. Daily Scrum
F. Sprint Planning meeting G. Sprint Testing. 6. During a Sprint, when is new
work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog? A. When the P
roduct Owner identifies a new work. B. As soon as possible after they are identi
fied. C. When the Scrum Master has time to enter them. D. During the Daily Scrum
after the Development Team approves them.
7. A properly functioning Scrum team will have at least one Release Sprint and
may well have several. A. True B. False. 8. What does it mean to say that an ev
ent has a timebox? A. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time B. T
he event must happen by a given time C. The event must happen at a set time D. T
he event can take no more than a maximum amount of time 9. Scrum Master is a man
agement position? A. True B. False 10. How is management external to the Scrum
Team involved in the Daily Scrum? A. The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf. B.
The Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Da
ily Scrum. All others cannot attend. C. Management gives an update at the start
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ribd.com/doc/76138311/Open-Assessment 11. What are some consequences if a Deve
lopment Team does not have a consistent definition of done from Sprint to Sprint
? A. The Development team may not know how many Product Backlog items it can do
in a Sprint. B. The Product Owner may not know what he/she is inspecting at the
Sprint Review. C. The Product Owner may be unable to get gauge the progress tow
ard his/her goals. D. The Development Team may not know what work is entailed in
completing selected Product Backlog items. E. All of above . 12. 12. Scrum do
es not have a role called Project Manager . A. True B. False 13. Which two are pro
perties of the Daily Scrum (Choose 2)? A. Its location and time should remain co
nstant.
B. It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions.
C. It s fifteen minutes or less in duration D. it s facilitated by the team lead. E.
It s held first thing in the morning. F. It s free form and designed to promote con
versation 14. Who has the last say on the order of the Product Backlog? A. The
product Owner. B. The stakeholders C. The CEO D. The Development Team E. The Sc
rum Master. 15. What is included in the Sprint Backlog? A. User stories B. Task
s C. Use Cases D. Tests E. Any of the above(or others) which is a decomposition
of the selected Product Backlog items. 16. Which two things does a Scrum Master
do if the Development Team doesn t have the engineering tools and infrastructure
to completely finish any Product Backlog Items? (choose 2) A. Declares the Devel
opment Team not ready for Scrum. B. Ask the development Team to spend as many Sp
rints as necessary to prepare the engineering tools and infrastructure so any Pr
oduct Backlog item it selects is potentially shippable at Sprint end. C. Asks th
e Development Team to do the best it can on each Product Backlog item it selects
. D. Has the Development Team Define Done and do the same work for all Product Bac
klog items it selects. E. Has the Development Team improves its skills, tools an
d infrastructure over time and adjust the definition of Done accordingly. 17. Dev
elopment Team membership should change: A. Never, because it reduces productivit
y. B. As needed, while taking into account the short term reduction in productiv
ity. C. Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
D. Just as it would on any development Team, with no special allowance for chang
es in productivity. 18. Which of the following is an example of an increment o
f working software? A. UML diagrams that describe how to deliver functionality i
n future iterations B. A new user interface design for functionality delivered i
n previous iterations. C. A decomposition of all Product Backlog into tasks for
future Sprint Backlog lists. D. An automated test suit to verify functionality d
elivered in previous iterations. E. Additional features that complement those de
livered in previous iterations. 19. Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Tea
m? A. Development Team B. Scrum Master C. Customers D. Product Owner E. Users 2
0. Which three activities will a product owner likely engage in during a Sprint
? A. Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprin
t. B. Update the Sprint burndown chart. C. Prioritize the Development Team s activ
ities. D. Provide feedback E. Run the Daily Scrum F. Work with the stakeholders.
21. Which of these may a Development team delivery at the end of a Sprint (cho
ose 2)? A. An increment of working software that is Done B. Failing unit tests, to
indentify acceptance tests for the next Sprint. C. A single document, if that i
s what the Product Owner asked for. D. An increment of software with minor known
bugs in it. 22. Who is responsible for updating the work estimate during a Spr
int? A. The Development Team. B. The most junior member of the team C. The Scrum
Master D. The Product Owner 23. When does a Development Team make adjustments
to its engineering practices? A. Whenever needed. B. During Sprint Planning C.
Prior to starting a project D. Before a Sprint begins
E. After they have been discussed and agreed to at the Sprint Retrospective. 24
. Who creates a Product Backlog item s estimate? A. The Development Team, alone B.
The Scrum Master. C. The Development Team after clarifying requirements with th
e Product Owner. D. The most senior people in the organization, including archit
ects and subject matter experts. E. The Product Owner with input from the Develo
pment Team. 25. The timebox for the complete Sprint Planning meeting is A. 4 ho
urs B. Monthly C. Whenever it is done D. 8 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportio
nately less for shorter Sprints. 26. Which of the following is the Development
Team not responsible for? A. Planning how to meet a Sprint goal. B. Monitoring a
nd increasing productivity. C. Monitoring and optimizing the work required to me
et the Sprint goal at least daily. D. Selecting the Product Owner. E. Resolving
internal conflicts. 27. The Development Team should have all the skills needed
to: A. Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentiall
y shippable product functionality. B. Do all of the development work, but not th
e types of testing that require specialized testing, tools, and environment. C.
Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Pr
oduct Owner. 28. The Product Owner determines how much of the Product Backlog t
he Development Team selects for a Sprint. A. True B. False 29. An abnormal term
ination of a Sprint is called when? A. When it s clear at the end of a Sprint tha
t everything won t be finished. B. When sales has an important opportunity C. When
the team feels that the work is too hard. D. When the Product Owner determines
that it makes no sense to finish it.
30. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? A. It s a review of the team s
activities during the Sprint. B. It s a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyon
e in the organization to provide feedback on the work done. C. It s used to congra
tulate the Development Team if it did what it committed to doing, or to punish t
he Development Team if it failed to meet it s commitments. D. It s when the Scrum te
am and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do
in the upcoming Sprint. 31. The Product Backlog is ordered by: A. Whatever is d
eemed most appropriate by the Product Owner. 32. Who determines when it is appr
opriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint? A. The Development Team.
33. Which three questions are answered by all Development Team members at the
Daily Scrum? A. What impediments are in the way of my accomplishing my work? B.
What work did I do yesterday? C. What work am I going to do today? 34. Which
of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective? A.
Methods of communication B. The way the Scrum team does Sprint Planning. C. Skil
ls needed to improve the Development Team s ability to deliver. D. It s Definition o
f Done. E. All of the Above. 35. The primary reason one might choose a four-we
ek Sprint is when the work is too large for a two-week Sprint and cannot be deco
mposed further. A. False B. True 36. Which statement best describes Scrum? A. A
framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.
37. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? A. The consist
ency reduces complexity and overhead. 38. When multiple Scrum teams are working
on the same project, they should make sure that each team has different Sprint
start dates.
A. False it's better that all teams have the same start and en date of sprint t
o avoid integration burden and facilitate planning of the next sprint 39. The D
evelopment team has forecast an amount of Product Backlog items it thinks it can
accomplish and a Sprint goal. Who determines how the development team accomplis
hes this work? A. The Development Team. 40. The reason the Scrum Master is at
the Daily Scrum is: A. He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has t
o ensure the development Team has a Daily Scrum. 41. Who is required to attend
the Daily Scrum? A. The Development Team. 42. The Sprit Goal is selected befor
e the Sprint Backlog is created. A. True B. False 43. The Development Team sho
uld not be interrupted during the sprint. The work it selects for the Sprint sho
uld not be changed. The Sprint Goal should remain intact, all of these attribute
s of a Sprint foster creativity, quality and productivity. Based on this, which
of the following is false? A. The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully form
ulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and do not change during the Sprint B. The
Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it fi
nds it has more or less capacity than it expected. C. The Product Owner can help
clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team. D. As a deco
mposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and
may grows as the work emerges 44. How much of the Sprint Backlog must be define
d during the Sprint Planning meeting? A. Enough so the Development Team can crea
te its best forecast of what it can do, and to start the first several days of t
he Sprint. B. Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Deve
lopment Team s understanding of the Sprint. 45. Which output from a Sprint Plann
ing Meeting provides the Development Team with a target and overarching directio
ns for the Sprint? A. The Sprint Goal
46. Which statement best describes a Product Owner s responsibility? A. Optimizin
g the Return on Investment (ROI) and the Total Cost of Ownership(TCO) of the wor
k the Development team does 47. How much work must a Development Team do to a P
roduct Backlog item it selects for a Sprint? A. As much as it has told the Produ
ct Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance w
ith the definition of done. 48. Upon what type of process control is Scrum bas
ed? A. Empirical 49. As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the workload i
s getting to be greater than the Development Team s capacity. Which two actions ma
ke the most sense for the Scrum Team to do? A. Potentially remove or change item
s. B. Cancel the Sprint C. The Development Team should ensure that the Product O
wner is aware. Then, start the Sprint and monitor burndown rates. D. Ask the Dev
elopment team to work overtime for this Sprint and promise that it won t happen ag
ain. E. Start the Sprint and recruit additional Development Team members. 50. T
he Product Owner must ship or implement each Sprint increment. A. Without except
ion. B. Whenever the increment is free of defects. C. To make sure the Developme
nt Team is done every Sprint. D. When it makes sense. 51. Which statement best
describes the Sprint Review? A. It gives stakeholders an opportunity to inspect
the product increment and progress and provide feedback on next steps. 52. Wh
at is the primary way a Scr What is the primary way a Scrum master keeps a Devel
opment Team working at its highest level of proWhat is the primary way a Scrum m
aster keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?
A. By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments. 53. Wha
t best describes the Product Backlog? A. It s allowed to grow and change as more i
s learned about the product and its customers. 54. When should the Sprint retro
spectives be held? A. At the end of each Sprint. 55. When many Scrum teams are
working on the same product, should all their increments be integrated every Spr
int? A. No, each Scrum team stands alone. B. Yes, otherwise the Product Owners m
ay not be able to accurately inspect what is done. C. Yes, but only for Scrum te
ams whose work has dependencies. D. No, that is far too hard. 56. A Scrum maste
r is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been a
ble to resolve only a small portion of the impediments, which three techniques w
ould be most helpful in this situation? A. Prioritize the list and work on them
in order. B. Arrange a triage meeting with all other project managers. C. Alert
management to the impediments and their impact. D. Tell the Product Owner that S
crum isn t working. E. Consult with the Development Team. F. Discuss the absence o
f management support with the Development Team 57. A new developer has joined a
n existing Scrum team. He/she is having continuing conflicts with existing membe
rs and is making the environment hostile. If necessary, who is responsible for r
emoving the new team member, and why? A. The manager to whom he/she reports is r
esponsible because he/she has authority for hiring and firing. B. Scrum Master i
s responsible because he/she needs to remove impediments. 58. Which two things
does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint? A. Development a plan
for the rest of the project B. Develop and deliver at least one piece of functio
nality. C. Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure. D. Deliver an
d increment of potentially shippable functionality.
59. It s important that the product increment be released to production or shippe
d to customers at the end of each Sprint. A. False 60. A Scrum Master is intro
ducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a
retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take? A. Call
a meeting between the Development Team and senior management. B. Comply with the
decision of the self-organizing Team C. Begin facilitating productive, useful r
etrospectives. D. Consult with the product Owner to see how he/she feels about t
he situation. 61. The Maximum length of the Sprint Review is: A. 4 hours for a
monthly Sprint, proportionally less for shorter Sprints. 62. Drawing a trend li
ne through a release burndown chat indicates? A. When the work remaining will li
kely be completed if nothing changes on the backlog or the Development Team. 63
. The timebox for a Daily Scrum is? A. 15 minutes. 64. Who should know the mos
t about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to ex
plain the alternative most clearly? A. The Product Owner 65. When many Developm
ent Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of
done? A. All Development Team must have a definition of "done" that when their
work integrates results in a definition of "done" that is potentially shippable.
66. During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible? A
. Prioritizing the resulting action items. B. Summarizing and reporting the disc
ussions to management. C. Facilitating and also participating as a Scrum team me
mber. D. Acting as a scribe to capture the Development Team s answers. 67. How m
any hours per day should a person on a Scrum team work? A. An ideal day measurin
g only when he or she is productive. B. However many hours are needed to get the
work done. C. 14hours D. A sustainable pace, usually from 7-8 hours per day.
68. The only person who can abnormally terminate a Sprint is? A. The Product Ow
ner 69. Items on the Product Backlog tend to be: A. Larger than the items in t
he Sprint Backlog. B. Usually much smaller than related Sprint Backlog items, bu
t it depends. C. Smaller than the items in the Sprint Backlog. D. The same size
as the items in the Sprint Backlog. 70. Sprint retrospectives should be held: A
. At the end of each Sprint. B. 71. Who is on the Scrum Team? A. The Scrum Ma
ster B. The Product Owner C. The Development Team 72. A Scrum Master is working
with a Development Team that has members in different physical locations. The D
evelopment Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do logistica
lly (for example, set up conference calls) before beginning the Daily Scrum. Wha
t action should the Scrum Master take? A. Set up the meeting and tell the Develo
pment Team that is how it will be done. B. Ask the Development Team members to a
lternate who is responsible for meeting setup. C. Allow the Development Team to
self-manage and determine for itself what to do. 73. What is the recommended s
ize for a Development Team ? A. 6 plus or minus 3 74. What two main topics doe
s the Sprint Planning meeting cover? A. What to do and How to do it. B. What to
do and Who to do it C. What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differe
ntly this Sprint D. Who is on the team and what team member roles will be E. How
conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evole 75. What is
the role of Management in Scrum? A. Management supports the Product Owner with i
nsights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Managem
ent supports the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiri
cism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of soft
ware.
76. For which is the Scrum Master responsible? A. The Scrum process being adopte
d and used properly. 77. Which techniques is the LEAST productive way for the
Scrum Master to ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with t
he Product Owner? A. Monitor communications between them. B. Teach the Product O
wner about the technologies employed during the Sprints. C. Act as a go-between
for them. D. Teach the team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives.
78. When is the Sprint Backlog created? A. During the Sprint Planning meeting B.
During the Sprint. 79. When multiple teams are working together, each team sho
uld maintain a separate Product Backlog. A. False 80. What is the maximum lengt
h of a Sprint? A. Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the product owner
. B. Not so long that other business events can t be readily synchronized with the
development work. C. No more than one calendar month. D. All of these answers a
re correct.