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Scrum Open

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Duration: 00:11:52

Date started: Wed 24 May '23 14:19

Date finished: Wed 24 May '23 14:31

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Question 1 of 30

Which of the following services is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

A. Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.

B. All answers apply.

C. Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered.

D. Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak.

E. Lead the discussions of the Developers.

Feedback
The Scrum Master ensures that the Developers have the event, but the Developers are
responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Developers
to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute timebox. The Scrum Master enforces the
rule that only members participate in the Daily Scrum.

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Question 2 of 30

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

(choose the best answer)

A. 1 day.

B. 4 hours and longer as needed.

C. 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

D. As long as needed.

E. 2 hours.

Feedback
Sprint Review is a maximum four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints. For
shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

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Question 3 of 30

What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?

(choose the best answer)

A. 9.

B. 7 plus or minus 2.

C. 10 or fewer.

D. Minimum of 7.

Feedback
A Scrum Team is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete
significant work within a Sprint, typically 10 or fewer people. Generally smaller teams
communicate better and are more productive

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Question 4 of 30

Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?

(choose the best answer)

A. The Scrum Master.

B. The Product Owner.

C. The Stakeholders.

D. The Developers.

E. The CEO.

Feedback
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog.

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Question 5 of 30

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

A. To make sure every team member answers the three questions.

B. To gather status and progress information to report to management.

C. They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have
a Daily Scrum.

D. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new
items, and tracking progress on the burn-down.

Feedback
The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive,
productive, and kept within the timebox.

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Question 6 of 30

Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and
be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

(choose the best answer)

A. The Developers

B. The Product Owner

C. The Scrum Master

D. The Project Manager

Feedback
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog.
Their responsibilities include making the Product Backlog visible, transparent, and clear
to all.

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Question 7 of 30

When should a Developer on a Scrum Team be replaced?

(choose the best answer)

A. Every Sprint to promote shared learning.

B. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.

C. Never, it reduces productivity.

D. As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.

Feedback
Scrum Teams typically go through some steps before achieving a state of increased
performance. Changing membership typically reduces cohesion, affecting performance
and productivity in the short term.

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Question 8 of 30

How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a
Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

A. As much as it can fit into the Sprint.

B. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

C. All development work and at least some testing.

D. Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition
of Done.

Feedback
The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver useful and valuable Increments that adhere to
the Scrum Team's current Definition of Done.

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Question 9 of 30

Which statement best describes Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

A. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific

Management.

B. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

C. A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.

D. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.

Feedback
Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate
value through adaptive solutions for complex problems.

Question 10 of 30

True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end
of each Sprint.

True

False

Feedback
The product Increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it
does not have to be released.

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Question 11 of 30

When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected
for the Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

A. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

B. During the Daily Scrum.

C. At the Sprint Planning Event.

D. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.

Feedback
All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every
Sprint.

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Question 12 of 30

The CEO asks the Developers to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress.
What should the Developers do?

(choose the best answer)

A. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.

B. Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what
to do.

C. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.

D. Add the item to the next Sprint.

Feedback
The items selected for a Sprint have been selected as most valuable with the Product
Owner. The items serve the Sprint's goal. No changes should be made that endanger the
Sprint Goal. No one external to the Scrum Team can force changes on the Developers.

Question 13 of 30

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

True

False

Feedback
The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a timebox of one month or less during which a done,
useful, and valuable working product Increment is created.

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Question 14 of 30

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)

A. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common
denominator of all members' definitions.

B. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a

Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

C. The Product Owner since they are responsible for the product's success.

D. The Scrum Master since they are responsible for the productivity of the
Developers.

Feedback
If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all
Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the
Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

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Question 15 of 30

The Developers should have all the skills needed to:

(choose the best answer)

A. Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to
the Product Owner.

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

C. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and
valuable product functionality.

Feedback
The Developers are a group of professionals who do the work of delivering an Increment
of done product at the end of each Sprint. As a team, Developers have all of the skills
necessary to create a product Increment.

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Question 16 of 30

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

A. The Scrum Master.

B. The Developers.

C. The Product Owner.

D. The most junior member of the team.

Feedback
The Developers use the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to
inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

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Question 17 of 30

Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting
traits of a self-managing Scrum Team?

(choose the best three answers)

A. Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team’s

progress.

B. The Developers are working within the boundaries of their

organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from
analyst to developer to tester to integration.

C. The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work
that is required to meet the Definition of Done.

D. The Developers have all the skills they need to create a valuable,
useful Increment.

E. The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to

ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a
complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.

F. The Developers are collaboratively selecting their own work during the
Sprint.

Feedback
The Daily Scrum is for the Developers. It should not be used by
external stakeholders to check progress.
During Sprint Planning the Scrum Team should be crafting the Sprint
Goal based on the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint.
The Developers identify the necessary work to meet the Sprint Goal.
Scrum Team members do not have titles, and no sub-teams; such as
testing, architecture, or operations are recognized. Accountability
belongs with the Scrum Team as a whole, regardless of whether team
members have specialized skills.

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Question 18 of 30

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

(choose the best answer)

A. 4 hours.

B. 15 minutes.

C. The same time of day every day.

D. Two minutes per person.

E. 15 minutes for a 4-week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

Feedback
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. The Scrum
Master serves the Scrum Team by ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are
positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.

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Question 19 of 30

The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should remain
intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.

(Which one the following answers is FALSE?)

A. As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint

Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.

B. The Developers may work with the Product Owner to add or remove work if
they find themselves with more or less capacity than expected.

C. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the
Developers.

D. The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does
not change during the Sprint.

Feedback
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Developers identify as
necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. The Developers modify the Sprint Backlog throughout
the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint.

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Question 20 of 30

During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the
items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items
selected?

(choose the best answer)

A. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.

B. The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers

C. The Developers.

D. The Product Owner and the Developers.

Feedback
During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner
and the Developers as more is learned. It is important to be transparent when challenges
arise since ultimately the entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable,
useful Increment.

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Question 21 of 30

When does the next Sprint begin?

(choose the best answer)

A. Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.

B. Next Monday.

C. When the Product Owner is ready.

D. Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Feedback
A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

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Question 22 of 30

The three pillars of empiricism are:

(choose the best answer)

A. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.

B. Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste.

C. Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective.

D. Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen.

E. Planning, Inspection, Adaptation.

Feedback
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts
that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency,
inspection, and adaptation.

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Question 23 of 30

When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition
of Done?

(choose the best answer)

A. It depends.

B. All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined
Increment valuable and useful.

C. Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all
other teams so the differences are known.

Feedback
The Increment must be valuable and useful. This means that when many Scrum Teams
are working on a single product, they are expected to adhere to a single Definition of
Done for the Increment.

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Question 24 of 30

Which Scrum events are timeboxed?

(choose the best three answers)

A. Sprint Retrospective.

B. Sprint Planning.

C. Sprint Review.

D. Sprint Testing.

E. Release Testing.

F. Release Retrospective.

G. Refinement.

Feedback
The Scrum Guide states that the Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint
Reviews are timeboxed events. Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to
create consistency, and the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event.

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Question 25 of 30

True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."

True

False

Feedback
A Scrum Team has a Scrum Master, a Product Owner and Developers. As a whole they
have all controls needed.

Question 26 of 30

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

(choose the best answer)

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

B. Items are randomly arranged.

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

D. Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

E. Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.

Feedback
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management. The
Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It
is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team.

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Question 27 of 30

True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team
should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

True

False

Feedback
Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many Scrum Teams are used.
Any other setup makes it difficult for the Developers to determine what they should work
on.

Question 28 of 30

Who is on the Scrum Team?

(choose the best three answers)

A. Developers.

B. The Scrum Master.

C. The Product Owner.

D. Project Manager.

Feedback
The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner and Developers. The
Scrum Team is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the
Product Goal.

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Question 29 of 30

The length of a Sprint should be:

(choose the best answer)

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

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

business events.

C. One month or less.

D. All of the above.

Feedback
All of these choices are appropriate considerations in determining the length of a Sprint.

Question 30 of 30

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?

(choose the best answer)

A. Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change

may actually happen.

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

C. Management may feel less anxious.

D. All of the above.

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