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Assessment Scrum 1
Assessment Scrum 1
1) What is the maximum amount of time that the team should spend in the daily Scrum?
R: 15 minutes
7) The individual, detailed pieces of work that are needed to convert a product backlog
item into a working software component or solution are called:
R: Tasks.
8) Why does Scrum prevent Product Owners from changing Product Backlog items that are
being worked on during the Sprint?
R: The development team cannot meet their Sprint commitment to complete work if
requirements are changing.
10) You are the new Scrum Master at a company currently doing RUP in three months
iterations. Your current task in switching from RUP to Scrum is to define how long the
Sprint cycle should be. In what units of time should you define the Sprint cycle?
R: A fixed amount of days.
11) Which of the following statements best explains what the term Sprint means in
Scrum?
R: A Sprint is a specific amount of the days for a team to work at a sustainable pace to
finish select work.
12) __________ can change the priority of the items in the __________ backlog at any
time.
R: The Product owner / product.
14) Which of the following statements best describes Product Backlog items?
R: Undefined or poorly defined Product Backlog items should be placed on the Product
Backlog with a low priority.
15) ____________ constitute the Sprint Backlog and are often estimated in hours.
R: Tasks.
17) Who determines whether the development team has been assigned enough work
in a Sprint?
R: The Development Team.
19) Which of the following activities do not occur at the end of the Sprint?
R: Software development, Release development and Quality assurance testing.
20) What does de Scrum Development Team attempt to develop every Sprint?
R: A product increment that is potentially-ready for customer delivery.
21) A _____________is created during the first half of the Sprint Planning meeting and
a ____________ is created during the second half of the Sprint planning meeting?
R: Spring Goal / Sprint Backlog.
22) The Sprint Backlog Planning meeting is comprised of how many sections?
R: 2
24) What is the maximum duration of each Sprint planning meeting section?
R: 4 hours.
25) From the activities given, which is the latest step in sequence of the Scrum
framework?
R: Sprint Retrospective.
28) How many hours per day should a person on a Scrum Team work?
R: A sustainable pace, usually form 7-8 hours per day.
29) According to Scrum, the amount of the time for a team to plan Sprint activities is
expressed in what unit of time?
R: Hours
30) You are the Scrum Master and your Development Team of 6 members has
completed six Sprints with the following information:
Sprint 1: 10 points
Sprint 2: 11 points
Sprint 3: 15 points
Sprint 4: 14 points
Sprint 5: 15 points
Sprint 6: 10 points
The remaining story points for product development total 42. What is the approximate
number of Sprint required to complete product development?
R: 4
32) How could the team and other stakeholders know if a Product Backlog item is
done?
R: They should compare what was done, against the definition of Done established by
the Scrum Team.
34) Which statement best describes what it means for an activity to be time-boxed?
R: There is a maximum time limit for the activity.
35) Which statement below best describes the primary objective of the Sprint
Review?
R: The primary objective of the Sprint Review is to demo the Sprint work and to receive
feedback from de Product Owner on the work completed in the Sprint.
36) You are the Scrum Master and the very first Sprint will complete in 5 days. You
are creating a meeting invite for the Sprint Review to demo the items completed in the
Sprint. Whom should you invite as a required attendee to Sprint Review?
1. Product Owner
2. Development Team
3. Business Users
R: 1 and 2 only.
37) You are the Scrum Master. The Sprint will complete in two days. Each day of the
Sprint is equivalent to 8 hours. The team has just enough time to complete all tasks the
remaining 16 hours with exception of three tasks. Of these three tasks. Two tasks (a
total of 6 hours) are required to complete one Product Backlog item and one task (an
estimate of 2 hours) is required to complete another Product Backlog item. How should
the development team handle the remaining three tasks?
R: The development team should place the two Product Backlog items back onto the
Product Backlog.
38) Which statement below best describes the primary objective of the Sprint
Retrospective?
R: The primary objective of the Sprint Retrospective is to recommend ways to work
better in the Sprint.
42) What is the maximum amount of the time a Sprint retrospective should take?
R: 3 hours, for a 30 days Sprint.
43) What happens when all committed items (requirements) are not completed at
the end of the Sprint?
R: The return to the Product Backlog.
44) The most encouraged time of day to hold a Scrum Daily Meeting is:
R: A beginning of the day.
49) On a new Scrum Team, the Development Team tell the Scrum Master that they do
not feel the need for retrospectives. Which answer is correct?
R: Start doing retrospectives.
55) What is major difference between Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog?
R: The Sprint Backlog is a subset of the Product Backlog.
56) As the Sprint planning progresses, the workloads has grown beyond the
development team’s capacity. Which action makes most sense for the team?
R: Collaborate with the Product Owner and potentially remove or change items.
60) Who is ultimate responsible for the Product Backlog item estimates?
R: The Development Team.
61) More than one Scrum Team is working on a single project or release. How should
the Product backlog be arranged?
R: All Scrum Team work from a common Product Backlog and integrate their work every
Sprint.
62) When many Scrum Teams are working on a project, what best describes the
definition of “done”?
R: All teams must use the same definition.
63) When many Scrum Teams are working on a project, should all of their increments
be integrated every Sprint?
R: Yes, otherwise Product Owners may not be able to inspect what is done accurately.
65) When should the Product Owner ship or implement a Sprint increment?
R: When it makes sense.
68) The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:
R: Turn the Product Backlog it selects into an increment of potentially shippable product
functionality.
69) Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint backlog during a
Sprint?
R: The Development Team.
70) Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint (Choose
2)?
R: An increment of software with minor known bugs in it and an increment of working
software that is “done”.
71) Which three activities will a Product Owner likely engage in during Sprint?
R: Answers questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint,
Work with Stakeholders and Provide feedback.
73) Which two are properties of the Daily Scrum? (Choose 2)?
R: It is fifteen minutes or less in duration and its location and time should remain
constant.
74) What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at
its highest level of productivity?
R: By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.
77) Which three questions are answered by all Development Team members at the
Daily Scrum?
R: What work am I going to do today?, What impediments are in the way of my
accomplishing my work? and What work did I do yesterday?
79) The Sprint Goal is selected before the Sprint Backlog is created.
R: True.
80) Who should know the most about the process toward a business objective or a
release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
R: The Product Owner.