1.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using Scrum to

deliver projects? (choose the best answer)

A. It ensures that all requirements are delivered at the end of the project.
B. It leads to greater levels of motivation among employees
C. It minimizes non-essential work and leads to higher efficiency levels.
D. It makes projects adaptable and open to incorporating change.

2. Which of the following is a valid service from the Scrum Master to

the Product Owner? (choose the best two answers)

A. Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize
value;
B. Act as a proxy when the Product Owner is not available to the team.
C. Act as the middleman between the Product Owner and the Development Team, as
requested or required
D. Helping the Product Owner find techniques for managing the Product Backlog.
3. Which of the following statements about the Scrum framework is
TRUE? (choose the best answer)

A. Enables delegation of authority from one level to another

B. Emphasizes individual accountability rather than group accountability
C. Allows teams to take ownership of the work.
D. Focuses on detailed upfront project planning.
4. Which of the following statements best describes a Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)

A. The Scrum Master determines when to extend or reduce the Sprint length throughout a
project.
B. A Scrum Team delivers products iteratively and incrementally.
C. A Scrum Team must be between 3-9 members.
D. A Scrum Team should be in place before the project is initiated.
5. What is the purpose of the Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)

A. It is a collaboration between the Scrum Team and stakeholders to inspect the Increment
and adapt the Product Backlog if needed
B. To update management of project status and team performance.
C. To track the Scrum Team's productivity throughout the development process.
6. How long can a Sprint be if a team takes four-hours in Sprint
Planning? (choose the best answer)

A. Four weeks
B. Three weeks
C. One week
D. Two weeks
E. Any of the above.
7. When does the Sprint end? (choose the best answer)

A. When all Sprint Backlog items meet the definition of "Done".

B. When the time-box expires.
C. When there is no more work to be done.
D. When the Scrum Master says it's done.
8. What is management's role in Scrum? (choose the best answer)

A. Identifying and removing people that are performing poorly.

B. Monitoring the Scrum Team's velocity
C. Monitoring skill levels of the Developers
D. To provide the necessary environment and support needed as defined by the Scrum
Guide by providing insights and resources that help the Scrum Teams continue moving
forward.
9. What would likely happen if management only changed the
organization's current terminology to fit Scrum without the proper
understanding and support of Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide?
(choose the best answer)

A. Very little change will happen as the vocabulary in Scrum is specifically defined for
implementing Scrum
B. The organization may not realize the real benefits of Scrum as there would be no real
change on the way the teams work.
C. Organizations may feel less stressed as the behaviors would remain familiar to
management
D. All answers apply.
10. Which statement best describes Scrum? (choose the best answer)

A. A clearly defined methodology that defines the software development process.

B. A clearly defined and predictable process that follows the principles of Computer
Science.
C. A framework to address complex products in complex environments.
D. A manual for defining best practices for software development
11. True or False: In order to start the first Sprint, Scrum only requires
a Product Owner with enough ideas, Developers to execute on those
ideas, and a Scrum Master to guide the process.

A. True
B. False
12. Scrum is based on which of the following? (choose the best
answer)

A. Empiricism.
B. Hybrid mode
C. Complex process.
D. Defined process.
13. True or False: Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the
Scrum Team at Sprint Review.

A. True
B. False
14. Which Scrum Value impacts trust? (choose the best answer)

A. Respect
B. Courage
C. Commitment
D. Openness
E. Focus
F. All of the above
15. Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members
demonstrates which of the following? (choose the best answer)

A. Maximizing utilization
B. Increased Profit
C. Increased Revenue
D. High Performance
E. Value of Commitment
16. The three pillars of empirical process control consist of: (choose
the best answer)

A. Respect for People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste

B. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
C. Planning, Inspection, Adaptation
D. Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective
17. If burn-down charts are used to visualize progress, what does a
trendline projection through a release burn-down chart indicate?
(choose the best answer)

A. When the project will be over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to
any new work that is added
B. The evolution of the return of investment on the project.
C. When the work remaining is projected to be completed if nothing changes on the
Product Backlog or the Scrum Team
D. When all work will be completed so the Scrum Team can start work on a new Product
Backlog.
18. What is a good way for a Scrum Team to ensure that security
concerns are addressed and transparent? (choose the best answer)

A. Delegate the work to an external team.

B. Add Security Sprints to resolve security concerns when needed.
C. Create a separate backlog for security items and only work on the items when a
specialist becomes available.
 D. Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern and/or add
security concerns to the definition of Done
19. Who can change the Sprint Backlog in the middle of the Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

A. Only the Developers

B. Only the Product Owner
C. Only the Scrum Master
D. The Scrum Team
20. At the eighth Sprint Review, the stakeholders are upset that the
product being built is not what they expected and will incur additional
costs that was not planned for. What may have led to this? (choose the
best answer)

A. The Scrum Master has not ensured that the project is transparent. The Product Owner
has not made the stakeholders aware of the progress of the project. The stakeholders
have not been attending the Sprint Reviews.
B. The Scrum Master has not been attending the Daily Standup. The Product Owner has
not been using the Gantt chart correctly. The Stakeholders has not been invited to the
Sprint Retrospectives.
C. The Scrum Master has not been reporting on the progress of the Scrum Team. The
Product Owner has not been managing the Developers' tasks effectively. The
Developers have not been improving their velocity.
21. Select the correct Scrum Team members defined in Scrum.
(choose the best answer)

A. Developers, Scrum Master, Product Owner

B. Stakeholders, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Owner
C. Engineers, Business Analyst, Product Owner
D. Product Manager, Business Analyst, Developers, Stakeholders
22. True or False: Scrum has a role called Project Manager.

A. True
B. False
23. A Scrum Team has been working on the same product for 12
Sprints. What would likely be the immediate impact on the original
Scrum Team if two new Scrum Teams are to be added the same
product? (choose the best answer)

A. Its productivity is likely to stay the same.

B. Its productivity is likely to increase.
C. Its productivity is likely to decrease.
24. What would be the main benefits of self-managing? (choose the
best answer)
 A. Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, output.
B. Increased creativity, self-accountability, commitment.
C. Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, commitment
D. Increased capacity, accuracy of estimates, output.
25. True or False: A Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and
Scrum Master.

A. False. If a Product Owner is unavailable, he/she can be replaced by a Business Analyst.

B. False. A Scrum Master is only necessary when requested or needed
C. True. Their participation and availability will impact the outcomes produced by the Scrum
Team.
D. True. Each must be a full-time member on the Scrum Team.
26. In what ways does the Scrum Master keep the Developers working
at their highest level of productivity? (choose the best answer)

A. By ensuring each member takes turns speaking at the Daily Scrum and ending the event
on time
B. By removing impediments that hinder the Developers and facilitating their decisions.
C. By helping the Developers with user acceptance tests and tracking defects.
D. By keeping the Scrum board and burn-down chart updated daily.
27. Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master
role? (choose the best answer)

A. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which interactions
are helpful and teaches the Scrum Team to keep the Scrum events to within the time-
box.
B. The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Scrum board and ensuring team
members avoid conflict.
C. At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master demonstrates the completed Increment and
answers any questions from the stakeholders.
D. The Scrum Master assigns the tasks to the Developers and ensures they are completed
within the committed time-box.
28. A Scrum Team, with remote Developers, typically spends extra
time before the Daily Scrum to setup the meeting rooms and
conference calling equipment and tools in order to have their Daily
Scrum. How should the Scrum Master handle this situation? (choose
the best answer)

A. Inform management and ask them to solve it.

B. Setup the meeting and tell the Developers how it will be done.
C. Allow the Developers to self-manage and decide for itself what to do.
D. Ask the Developers to alternate responsibilities for setting up the meeting
29. Which statement is correct when the Developers are working in the
middle of the Sprint? (choose the best answer)

A. The scope may be clarified as more is learned.

 B. The Sprint Backlog would be frozen.
C. No user acceptance tests will be conducted until the end of the Sprint.
30. A Developer has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data
security risk. What action should the Scrum Master take? (choose the
best answer)

A. Add a Product Backlog item to address the security issue.

B. Wait until the Sprint Retrospective to add security to the definition of Done
C. Ask the Developer to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.
D. Notify the test team.
31. 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 would be the LEAST helpful technique in this
situation? (choose the best answer)

A. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.

B. Consulting with the Developers
C. Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.
D. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order.
32. Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned
you as the Scrum Master. In what ways would help the team start?
(choose the best answer)

A. Have the Scrum Team members introduce their background experience with each other,
ask the Product Owner to discuss the product and answer questions, and ensure the
team understands the need for a Definition of Done.
B. Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities, have the tech leads
clarify the expectations and responsibilities of each role, and propose a performance
rewards system.
33. What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product
Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum? (choose the
best answer)

A. Estimates must follow the Fibonacci Sequence.

B. Estimates must be in relative units.
C. Estimates are made by the Product Owner.
D. Estimates must be made in Story Points.
E. The Developers are responsible for estimating the size of the work.
34. The Developers discover that they don't have the tools and
infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done. What
is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take? (choose
the best answer)
 A. Coach the Developers to improve their skills, tools and infrastructure over time and
establish a Definition of Done that is actually possible to achieve given the current
circumstances.
B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the
work in the Hardening Sprint.
C. Stop the Sprint and have the Developers work on the infrastructure before continuing.
35. The Developers have suggested to move the Daily Scrum to every
other day instead of every day. What is the most appropriate action for
the Scrum Master to take? (choose the best answer)

A. Support the Developers' self-managing decision.

B. Learn why the Developers want this, coach the them on why the Daily Scrum is
important and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.
C. Have the Developers vote on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.
36. Which of the following events is conducted at the end of a Sprint to
analyze process improvement opportunities for the future Sprints?
(choose the best answer)

A. Sprint Retrospective
B. Daily Scrum
C. Sprint Planning
D. Sprint Review
37. What action can the Scrum Master take to ensure communication
between the Developers and Product Owner is effective? (choose the
best answer)

A. Ensure all communication goes through the Scrum Master first

B. Teach the Product Owner to talk in terms of technology and technical requirements.
C. Observe the communications between them and facilitate discussions if needed or by
request
D. Translate the technologies used by the Developers in order for the Product Owner to
make decisions.
38. How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than
one Scrum Team is working on one product? (choose the best answer)

A. Merge the teams and work from a single Sprint Backlog.

B. Identify and manage the dependencies between Scrum Teams.
C. Have the Product Owner work with the tech leads of each team to parse the Product
Backlog and minimize overlap in User Stories.
D. Teach them that it's their responsibility to coordinate with the other teams to integrate
and create a shippable product Increment at the end of every Sprint.
39. What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

A. Monitor the progress of the Developers and assigning tasks

 B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as
requested or needed.
C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur
40. True or False: The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in
which Scrum is adopted and enacted.

A. True
B. False