Practice Questions

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What activities would a Product Owner typically

Which three of the following are time boxed undertake in the phase between the end of the
events in Scrum? current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?

Choose 3 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) Sprint Retrospective a) Update the project plan with stakeholders

b) Release Testing b) There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts
c) Release Retrospective immediately after the current Sprint
d) Sprint Testing c) Work with the QA departments on the Increment
e) Sprint 0 of the current Sprint
f) Daily Scrum d) Refine the Product Backlog
g) Sprint Planning

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Practice Exam
Exercise

A member of the Development Team takes

Who is responsible for engaging the
the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns
stakeholders?
about data security issues. What should the Scrum
Master do?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Business Analyst a) Tell the Product Owner to stop further

b) Team Manager development of features until the issues are fixed
c) Project Manager b) Go check with the testers
d) Product Owner c) Add security to the definition of “Done”
e) Development Team d) Create a Product Backlog item for security
e) Ask the person to share the issue with the team as
soon as possible

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Practice Exam
Exercise
When many Scrum Teams are working on the
same product, should all of their increments be
integrated every Sprint?
Choose 1 answer.
a) No, that is far too hard and must be done in a
hardening Sprint
b) No, each Scrum Team stands alone
c) Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has
dependencies
d) Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and
stakeholders) may not be able to accurately
inspect what is done
Which technique is the best way the Scrum
Master can ensure that the Development Team
communicates effectively with the Product
Owner?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of
business needs and objectives
b) Monitor communications between them and
facilitate direct collaboration
c) Act as a go-between for them
d) Teach the Product Owner about the technologies
employed during the Sprints
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Of the following choices, what is the most

effective way a Scrum Master can keep a Which phrase best describes a Product
Development Team working at its highest level of Owner?
productivity?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Ensure the meetings start and end at the proper a) Requirements organiser
time b) Value optimiser
b) Prevent changes to the backlogs once the Sprint c) Team manager
begins d) Go-between between development team and
c) Facilitate Development Team decisions and customers
remove impediments
d) Keep high value features high in the Product
Backlog

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who is responsible for managing the progress How is management external to the Scrum
of work during a Sprint? Team involved in the Daily Scrum?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Product Owner a) Scrum Master speaks on their behalf

b) Development Team b) Management gives an update at the start of each
c) Most junior member of the team Daily Scrum
d) Scrum Master c) Product Owner represents their opinions
d) Development Team self-manages and is the only
management required at the Daily Scrum

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which statement best describes the

The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Sprint Review?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders a) Importance, where the most important items are
inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out at the top at all times
what to do next b) Items are randomly arranges
b) It is used to congratulate the Development Team c) Size, where small items are at the top, and large
if it did what it forecast, or to punish the items are at the bottom
Development team if it failed to meet its forecast d) Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier
c) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone items are at the bottom
in the organisation to check on the work done
d) It is a mechanism to control the Development
Team’s activities during a Sprint 7
Practice Exam
Exercise

What three factors are best considered when

The time-box for a Daily Scrum is:
establishing the Sprint length?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answers.

a) 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint. For shorter
Sprints, it is usually shorter
b) 15 minutes
c) The same time of day every day
d) 4 hours
e) Two minutes per person
a) The level of uncertainty over the technology to be
used
b) The frequency at which team formation can be
changed
c) The risk of being disconnected from the
stakeholders
d) The ability to go to market with a product release
e) Sprints must have the same length throughout an
organisation
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which topics should be discussed in the

What is the time-box for the Sprint Review?
Sprint Review?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) As long as needed a) Coding and engineering practices

b) 4 hours and longer as needed b) Sprint results
c) 2 hours for a monthly Sprint c) The Scrum process, and how it was used during
d) 4 hours for a monthly Sprint the Sprint
e) 1 day d) All of the above

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Practice Exam
Exercise
During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the
Product Owner responsible?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Participating as a Scrum Team member
b) The Product Owner should not take part in Sprint
Retrospectives
c) Summarising and reporting the discussions to the
stakeholders that he/she represents in the Scrum
Team
d) Capturing requirements for the Product Backlog
During a Sprint, when is new work or
further decomposition of work added to the Sprint
Backlog?
Choose 1 answer.
a) When the Product Owner identifies new work
b) During the Daily Scrum after the Development
Team approves them
c) When the Scrum Master has time to enter them
d) As soon as possible after they are identified
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Cross-functional teams are optimized to

Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same
work on one technical layer of a system only (e.g.
project must have the same Sprint start date.
GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) True a) True
b) False b) False

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Practice Exam
Exercise

In accordance with Scrum theory, how should

a group of 100 people be divided into multiple Every Development Team should have:
Development Teams?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Understanding the product, the product vision and
the rules of the Scrum framework, the group
divides itself into teams
b) Check with the allocation department to see who
has worked together before and make these the
first teams
c) It doesn’t really matter because you can rotate
teams every Sprint to spread knowledge
d) Create a matrix of skills, seniority and level of
experience to assign people to teams
a) One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other
members
b) The competencies and skills needed to deliver a
Done Increment in a Sprint
c) At least one representative from each major
software engineering discipline (like QA, Dev, UX)
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Practice Exam
Exercise
When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated?
Choose 1 answer.
a) When the Development Team feels that the work
is too hard
b) When the sales department has an important new
opportunity
c) When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
d) When it becomes clear that not everything will be
finished by the end of the Sprint
Who must attend the Daily Scrum?
Choose 1 answer.
a) The Development Team and Product Owner
b) The Scrum Team
c) The Development Team and Scrum Master
d) The Development Team
e) The Scrum Master and Product Owner
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Practice Exam
Exercise
A Development Team is required to deliver a
done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two
statements that explain what ‘done’ means.
Choose 2 answers.
a) No work left from the definition of ‘Done’
b) All work to create software that is ready to be
released to end users
c) Ready for integration
d) All work the Development Team is willing to do
e) Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
Choose 1 answer.
a) When functional expectations are not well
understood
b) It can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints
c) When the selected Product Backlog items for the
Sprint become unachievable
d) When the Product Owner is absent too often
e) When the technical dependency cannot be
resolved
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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Product Owner wants advice from the

Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum.
What is a Development Team responsible for?
Which of these is the guideline that a Scrum
Master should give?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answers.

a) Scrum forbids estimating a) Selecting the Product Owner

b) Product Backlog items must be estimated in story
points
c) Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are
best checked with the Development Team
d) Estimates are made by the Development Team
e) Estimates must be in relative units
b) Organising the work required to meet the Sprint
Goal
c) Resolving internal team conflicts
d) Reporting productivity

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Practice Exam
Exercise
What are the two primary ways a Scrum
Master keeps a Development Team working at its
highest level of productivity?
Choose 2 answers.
a) By removing impediments that hinder the
Development Team
b) By keeping high value features high in the Product
Backlog
c) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the
proper time
d) By facilitating Development Team decisions
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?
Choose 1 answer.
a) As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the
Product Owner to remove some work or Product
Backlog items
b) Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review,
but prior to demonstration
c) Reduce the definition of ‘Done’ and get all of the
Product Backlog items ‘done’ by the new definition
d) Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work
to
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Practice Exam
Exercise

What is the best suited structure for

How much work must a Development Team do to
Development Teams in order to produce
a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
integrated Increments?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Each Development Team works only on one
technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database,
middle tier, interfaces)
b) Each Development Team develops functionality
from beginning to end throughout all technical
layers
a) As much as it can fit into the Sprint. Any
remaining work will be transferred to a
subsequent Sprint
b) As much as it has told the Product Owner will be
done for every Product Backlog item it selects in
conformance with the definition of ‘Done’
c) All development work and at least some testing
d) A proportional amount of time on analysis, design,
programming, testing and documentation
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Practice Exam
Exercise

When is implementation of a Product Backlog item Does Scrum have a role called "Project
considered complete? Manager"?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the a) Yes

item is finished b) No
b) When QA reports that the item passes all
acceptance criteria
c) At the end of the Sprint
d) When the item has no work remaining in order to
be released

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Why does a Development Team need a Sprint Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail
Goal? how to build software incrementally.

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) A Sprint Goal ensures that all of the Product a) True

Backlog items selected for the Sprint are b) False
implemented
b) A Sprint Goal only gives purpose to Sprint 0
c) The Development Team is more focused with a
common yet specific goal
d) Sprint Goals are not valuable. Everything is known
from the Product Backlog

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Practice Exam
Exercise
The Development Team should have all
the skills needed to:
Choose 1 answer.
a) Turn Product Backlog items into an Increment of
potentially releasable product functionality
b) Do all of the development work, except for
specialized testing that requires additional tools
and environments
c) Complete the project within the date and cost as
calculated by the Product Owner
Which two ways of creating Development
Teams are consistent with Scrum’s values?
Choose 2 answers.
a) The Chief Product Owner determines the new
team structures and assignments
b) Bring all the developers together and let them
self-organize into Development Teams
c) Existing teams propose how they would like to go
about organizing into the new structure
d) Managers personally re-assign current
subordinates to new teams
e) Managers collaborate to assign individuals to
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Practice Exam
Exercise
Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams
mature?
Choose 1 answer.
a) There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since
time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams
b) The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer
than 4 hours
c) They will improve their definition of ‘Done’ to
include more stringent criteria
d) Sprint reviews will no longer be needed
e) A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they
are a mature team now
You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed
Scrum Team. Which three of the following
activities would probably help the team in starting
up?
Choose 3 answers.
a) Have the Scrum Team members introduce
themselves to each other and give a brief
background of their skills and work history
b) Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible
personalities
c) Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or
project, its history, goals, and context, as well as
answer questions
d) Ensure the team understands they need a definition
of "Done”
e) Introduce a bonus system for the top performers in
the team
f) Have the development managers for each
Development Team member introduce their direct
reports and go over their responsibilities on the
Scrum Team 21
Practice Exam
Exercise
The Daily Scrum is an event that happens
every day. What would be three key concerns if
the frequency were to be lowered to every two or
three days?
Choose 3 answers.
a) Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly
b) The Product Owner cannot accurately report
progress to the stakeholders
c) The Scrum Master loses ability to update the Gantt
chart properly
d) Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board
before the meeting
e) The Sprint Plan becomes inaccurate
f) Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint
Backlog are lost
What happens if the Development Team
cannot complete its work by the end of the Sprint?
Choose 1 answer.
a) The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are
taken to ensure it doesn't happen again
b) The Sprint length holds and the Development
Team continuously learns what is actually possible
to do within a Sprint of this length
c) The Sprint is extended and future Sprints use this
new duration
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which three questions are answered by all

When is a Sprint over?
Development Team members at the Daily Scrum?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answers.

a) What work did I do yesterday to help the team

a) When all Product Backlog items meet their
achieve its goal?
definition of "Done"
b) How many hours did I spend on the project
b) When the time-box expires
yesterday?
c) When all the tasks are completed
c) How is the Sprint proceeding?
d) When the Product Owner says it is
d) What impediments are in my way or in the way of
the team?
e) What work am I going to do today to help the
team achieve its goal?
f) Why were you late? 23
Practice Exam
Exercise

How often should Development Team

Who owns the Sprint Backlog?
membership change?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Product Owner

a) Never, because it reduces productivity
b) The Scrum Master
b) As needed, while taking into account a short term
c) The Scrum Team
reduction in productivity
d) The Development Team
c) Every Sprint to promote shared learning
d) As needed, with no special allowance for changes
in productivity

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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Scrum Team has been working on a product

What is the time-box for the Sprint Planning
meeting?
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?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answers.

a) Creating detailed functional test cases

a) Whenever it is done
b) Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is
b) 8 Hours for a monthly Sprint
produced first, at all times
c) Monthly
c) Providing the Development Team with detailed
d) 4 Hours for a monthly Sprint
specifications
d) Interacting with stakeholders
e) Describing features as Use Cases

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What are three ways Scrum promotes self-

Which statement best describes Scrum?
organization?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answers.

a) By not allowing documentation

a) A complete methodology that defines how to
b) By being a lightweight framework
develop software
c) By removing titles for Development Team
b) A defined and predictive process that conforms to
members
the principles of Scientific Management
d) By preventing stakeholders from entering the
c) A cookbook that defines best practices for
development room
software development
e) By the Development Team deciding what work to
d) A framework within which complex products in
do in a Sprint
complex environments are developed

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who must do all the work to make sure

Which two of the following are true about the
Product Backlog items conform to the Definition of
Scrum Master role?
“Done?”

Choose 2 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies a) QA Specialists

what has been "done" and what has not been
b) The Scrum Master
"done"
b) The Scrum Master helps those outside the team c) The Development Team
interact with the Scrum Team
d) The Scrum Team
c) The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development
Team members when they need work e) The Product Owner
d) The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the
Sprint Burndown
e) The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team
to keep the Scrum meetings to their timebox

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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new

Development Team. The Development Team has During the Sprint, the Scrum Master's role is
decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What to do which two of the following:
action should the Scrum Master take?

Choose 2 answers.
Choose 1 answer.

a) Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers

a) Call a meeting between the Development Team
b) Assign tasks with the Scrum team.
and senior management
c) Remove impediments
b) Consult with the Product Owner to see how he/she
d) Ensure the Product Owner attends all Scrum
feels about the situation
events
c) Begin facilitating productive and useful
e) Monitor the progress of the Development Team
retrospectives
f) Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities
d) Comply with the decision of the self-organizing
as requested or needed
team

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What is the recommended size for a Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner
Development Team? and Scrum Master.

Choose 1 answer.
Choose 1 answer.

a) False. A Scrum Master is only required when

a) At least 7
asked for by the Development Team
b) 3 to 9
b) True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum
c) 7 plus or minus 3
Team
d) 9
c) True. Outcomes are affected by their participation
and availability
d) False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a
business analyst in the Development Team

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which of the following might the Scrum Team Who is responsible for clearly expressing
discuss during a Sprint Retrospective? Product Backlog Items?

Choose 1 answer.
Choose 1 answer.

a) The Product Owner

a) Methods of communication
b) The business analyst who represents the Product
b) Its Definition of "done"
Owner in the Development Team
c) Skills needed to improve the Development Team's
c) The Scrum Master
ability to deliver
d) The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have
d) The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning
the Development Team do it
e) All of the above

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When multiple teams work together on the same

Which best describes the Product Backlog? product, each team should maintain a separate
Product Backlog.

Choose 1 answer.
Choose 1 answer.

a) It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements a) True

from which the Scrum team can develop and b) False
maintain a complete project plan
b) It is baselined to follow change management
processes
c) It provides just enough information to enable a
Scrum team to start the design phase of a product
d) It is allowed to grow and change as more is
learned about the product and its customers
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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open

How should Product Backlog items be chosen impediments, but it is growing and he/she has
when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same been able to resolve only a small portion of the
Product Backlog? impediments. Which three techniques would be
most helpful in this situation?

Choose 3 answers.
Choose 1 answer.

a) Arranging a triage meeting with all project

a) Each Scrum Team takes an equal number of items
managers
b) The Development Teams pull in work in
b) Consulting with the Development Team
agreement with the Product Owner
c) Prioritizing the list and working on them in order
c) The Product Owner decides
d) Alerting management to the impediments and
d) The Product Owner should provide each team with
their impact
its own Product Backlog
e) The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls
Product Backlog items first

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When a Development Team determines that it

has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to What is the accountability of the Product
be present when reviewing and adjusting the Owner during Sprint 0?
Sprint work selected?

Choose 1 answer.
Choose 1 answer.
a) Make sure enough Product Backlog items are
refined to fill the first 3 Sprints
a) The Scrum Master, project manager and
b) Determine the composition of the Development
Development Team Teams so they have the capacity to deliver the
completed forecast
b) The Product Owner and all stakeholders
c) Make the complete project plan to commit date,
c) The Product Owner and the Development Team budget and scope to the stakeholders
d) Gathering, eliciting, and analysing the
d) The Development
requirements that will be inserted into the Product
Backlog
e) There is no such thing as Sprint 0

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When is it most appropriate for a

Which three of the following are feedback
Development Team to change the definition of
loops in Scrum?
“Done”?

Choose 3 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) Daily Scrum a) During the Sprint Retrospective

b) Sprint Review b) Prior to starting a new sprint
c) Release Planning c) During Sprint Planning
d) Refinement Meeting d) Prior to starting a new project
e) Sprint Retrospective

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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Scrum Master is working with a

Development Team that has members in different
physical locations. The Development Team meets The Product Owner must release each
in a variety of meeting rooms and has much to do Increment to production.
logistically (for example, set up conference calls)
before the Daily Scrum. What action should the
Scrum Master take?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Set up the meeting and tell the Development a) Without exception

Team that is how it will be done
b) Ask the Development Team members to alternate
who is responsible for meeting setup
c) Inform management and ask them to solve it
d) Allow the Development Team to self-manage and
determine for itself what to
b) When it makes sense
c) Whenever the product is free of defects
d) To make sure the Development Team is done
every Sprint

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Practice Exam
Exercise

A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with

Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint?
stakeholders during Sprint Review.

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) True a) The Product Owner

b) False b) The Stakeholders
c) The Scrum Master
d) The Development Team or its members

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which output from Sprint Planning provides

Which two things should the Development
the Development Team with a target and
Team do during the first Sprint?
overarching direction for the Sprint?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answer.

a) The Sprint Backlog a) Make up a plan for the rest of the project

b) The release plan b) Create an Increment of potentially releasable

c) The Sprint Goal software

d) Sprint Review minutes c) Analyse, describe, and document the

requirements for the subsequent Sprints
d) Develop at least one piece of functionality
e) Analyse, design, and describe the complete
architecture and infrastructure

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Practice Exam
Exercise
Which are properties of the Daily Scrum?
Choose 2 answers.
a) It is held first thing in the morning
b) It is fifteen minutes or less in duration
c) It is free form and designed to promote
conversation
d) It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team
members the three questions
e) Its location and time should remain constant
f) It is facilitated by the team
Which does a self-organizing Development
Team choose?
Choose 1 answer.
a) How to best accomplish its work
b) Product Backlog ordering
c) Sprint length
d) When to release, based on its progress
e) Stakeholders for the Sprint Review
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Practice Exam
Exercise
For the purpose of transparency, when does
Scrum say a new increment of working software
must be available?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Every 3 Sprints
b) After the acceptance testing phase
c) Before the release Sprint
d) When the Product Owner asks to create one
e) At the end of every Sprint
Which statement best describes a Product
Owner's responsibility?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Managing the project and ensuring that the work
meets the commitments to the stakeholders
b) Keeping stakeholders at bay
c) Optimizing the value of the work the Development
Team does
d) Directing the Development Team
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Practice Exam
Exercise
What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to
ensure security concerns are satisfied?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security
concerns
b) Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a
security audit and create a list of security-related
Product Backlog items
c) Add security concerns to the definition of “Done”
d) Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog
items for each concern
e) Delegate the work to the concerned department
You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed
Scrum Team. Which three of the following
activities would probably help the team in starting
up?
Choose 3 answers.
a) Ask the product owner to discuss the product or
project, its history, goals, and context, as well as
answers
b) Have the Scrum Team members introduce
themselves to each other and give a brief
background of their skills and work history
c) Introduce a bonus system for the top performers
in the team
d) Have the development managers for each
Development Team member introduce their direct
reports and go over their responsibilities on the
Scrum Team
e) Ensure the team understands they need a
definition of “done"
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Practice Exam
Exercise

A new developer is having continuing

conflicts with existing Development Team
When should a Sprint Goal be created? members and creating a hostile environment. If
necessary, who is responsible for removing the
team member?

Choose 1 answer.
Choose 1 answer.

a) The Product Owner is responsible, because he/she

a) A Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum
controls the return on investment (ROI)
b) It must be established before Sprint Planning in
b) The Development Team is responsible, and may
order to begin planning
need help from the Scrum Master
c) It should have been created in the previous Sprint
c) The hiring manager is responsible, because he/she
during Product Backlog refinement
hired the developer
d) At any time during the Sprint
d) The Scrum Master is responsible, because he/she
e) During Sprint Planning
removes Impediments

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which three purposes does the definition of

What are three benefits of self-organization?
“Done” serve?

Choose 3 answers. Choose 3 answers.

a) Increased commitment a) Guide the Development Team on how many

b) Increased rule compliance
c) Increased accuracy of estimates
d) Increased creativity
e) Increased self-accountability
Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint
b) Describe the work that must be done before the
Sprint is allowed to end
c) Increase transparency
d) Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of
each Scrum event
e) Create a shared understanding of when work is 42

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Practice Exam
Exercise
Which of the following best describes an
increment of working software?
Choose 1 answer.
a) UML diagrams that describe how to deliver
functionality in future iterations
b) A new user interface design for functionality
delivered in previous iterations
c) Additional features in a useable state that
complement those delivered in previous iterations
d) A decomposition of all Product Backlog items into
tasks for future Sprint Backlog lists
e) An automated test suite to verify functionality
delivered in previous iterations
At the end of a Sprint a Product Backlog item
worked on during the Sprint does not meet the
definition of "Done". What two things should
happen with the undone Product Backlog item?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Review the item, add the "Done" part of the
estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the
remaining work
b) Do not include the item in the Increment this
Sprint
c) If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can
accept it and release it to the users
d) Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product
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Practice Exam
Exercise

A member of the Development Team takes the The IT manager asks a Development Team for a
Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about status report describing the progress throughout
data security issues. What should the Scrum the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum
Master do? Master for advice. The Scrum Master should:

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Tell the Development Team to fit the report into

a) Create a Product Backlog item for security
the Sprint Backlog
b) Tell the Development Team to figure it out
themselves
b) Go check with the testers
c) Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress
c) Add security to the definition of “Done” in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at
the Sprint Review
d) Ask the person to share the issue with the team as
d) Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the
soon as possible report
e) Create and deliver the report to the manager
e) Tell the Product Owner to stop further
herself
development of features until the issues are fixed

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Exercise

Which two ways of creating Development Teams

Who creates a Product Backlog item's estimate?
are consistent with Scrum’s values?

Choose 2 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) Managers collaborate to assign individuals to

a) The Development Team after clarifying
specific teams
b) Bring all the developers together and let them requirements with the Product Owner
self-organize into Development Teams
b) The Development Team, alone
c) The Chief Product Owner determines the new
team structures and assignments c) The Scrum Master
d) Managers personally re-assign current
d) The most senior people in the organization,
subordinates to new teams
e) Existing teams propose how they would like to go including architects and subject matter experts
about organizing into the new structure
e) The Product Owner with input from the
Development Team

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Exercise

Which are NOT appropriate topics for discussion in What are two responsibilities of testers in a
a Sprint Retrospective? Development Team?

Choose 2 answers. Choose 2 answers.

a) Definition of "Done" a) Scrum has no "tester" role

b) Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint
c) The value of work currently represented in the
Product Backlog
d) Team relations
e) How the team does its work
b) Everyone in the Development Team is responsible
for quality
c) Verifying the work of programmers
d) Tracking quality metrics
e) Finding bugs

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When is it most appropriate for a

Which of the following are true about the length of
Development Team to change the definition of
the Sprint?
“Done”?

Choose 2 answers.
Choose 1 answer.
a) Sprint length is determined during Sprint
Planning, and should be long enough to make sure
a) Prior to starting a new project
the Development Team can deliver what is to be
accomplished in the upcoming Sprint b) Prior to starting a new Sprint
b) The length of the Sprint should be proportional to
c) During Sprint Planning
the work that is done in between Sprints
c) It is best to have Sprints of consistent length d) During the Sprint Retrospective
throughout a development effort
d) Sprint length is determined during Sprint
Planning, and should hold the time it will take to
code the planned features in the upcoming Sprint,
but does not include time for any testing

e) All Sprints must be 1 month or less

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Exercise
A Scrum Master is working with a Development
Team that has members in different physical
locations. The Development Team meets in a The Product Owner determines how many Product
variety of meeting rooms and has much to do Backlog items the Development Team selects for a
logistically (for example, set up conference calls) Sprint.
before the Daily Scrum. What action should the
Scrum Master take?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Set up the meeting and tell the Development a) True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders
Team that is how it will be done
b) Allow the Development Team to self-manage and b) True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager
determine for itself what to do that the Team has enough capacity
c) Ask the Development Team members to alternate c) True
who is responsible for meeting setup d) False, the Scrum Master does that
d) Inform management and ask them to solve it e) False
f) False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager's
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Exercise

What are three ways Scrum promotes self- If burndown charts are used to visualize progress,
organization? what do they track?

Choose 3 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) By preventing stakeholders from entering the a) Work remaining across time

development room b) Individual worker productivity
b) By being a lightweight framework c) Accumulated cost
c) By the Development Team deciding what work to d) Accumulated business value delivered to the
do in a Sprint customer
d) By removing titles for Development Team
members
e) By not allowing documentation

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Practice Exam
Exercise
Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum
Master to do if the Development Team doesn't
have the engineering tools and infrastructure to
completely finish each selected Product Backlog
item?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Have the Development Team establish a Definition
of Done that is actually possible to achieve given
current circumstances
b) Refocus the current Sprint on establishing the
Development Team's infrastructure instead of
delivering an Increment
c) Coach the Development Team to improve its skills,
tools and infrastructure over time and adjust the
Definition of Done accordingly
d) Declare the Development Team not ready for
Scrum
e) Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially
done Increments until the situation improves
You have just been hired by a company new
to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to
be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams.
These teams will build one product. Select two
conditions you should strive for in this scenario.
Choose 2 answers.
a) Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product
Backlog
b) There should be only one Product Owner
c) There should be six Product Owners, reporting to
a chief Product Owner
d) There should be six Product Owners, one for each
Scrum Team
e) The product has one Product Backlog
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Exercise

Properly functioning Scrum Team will have at

Which of the following are true about the Product
least one Release Sprint and may well have
Owner role?
several.

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answers.

a) True a) Multiple people can share the Product Owner role

b) False on a Scrum Team
b) The Product Owner can be influenced by a
committee
c) The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the
Product Backlog
d) The Product Owner role can be played by a
committee or a team of people.
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Exercise

If two Scrum Teams are added to the development

Which of the following best describes an of a product that previously had only one Scrum
increment of working software? Team, what will be the immediate impact on the
productivity of the original Scrum Team?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) UML diagrams that describe how to deliver

a) Its productivity is likely to decrease
functionality in future iterations.
b) A new user interface design for functionality b) Its productivity is likely to increase
delivered in previous iterations.
c) Its productivity is likely to stay the same
c) Additional features in a useable state that
complement those delivered in previous iterations
d) A decomposition of all Product Backlog items into
tasks for future Sprint Backlog lists.
e) An automated test suite to verify functionality
delivered in previous iterations.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which of the following are true about the length of

the Sprint?

Choose 2 answers.

a) Sprint length is determined during Sprint

Planning, and should be long enough to make sure
the Development Team can deliver what is to be
accomplished in the upcoming Sprint
b) The length of the Sprint should be proportional to
the work that is done in between Sprints
c) It is best to have Sprints of consistent length
throughout a development effort
d) Sprint length is determined during Sprint
Planning, and should hold the time it will take to
code the planned features in the upcoming Sprint,
but does not include time for any testing

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Exercise
How do you know that a Development Team is
cross-functional?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Every member of the Development Team is able
to perform every task.
b) Development Team has all the skills to create a
potentially releasable increment by the end of
every Sprint.
c) There are no conflicts between the Development
Team.
d) A few of the Development Team members pair
program and do Test Driven Development.
The Product Owner is not collaborating with the
Development Team during the Sprint. What are
two valuable actions for Scrum Master to take?
Choose 2 answer.
a) Inform the Product Owner's functional manager.
b) Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum
and incremental delivery.
c) Nominate a proxy Product Owner.
d) Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a
course and restart.
e) Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Why does the Product Owner want the If burn down charts are used to visualize
Development Team to adhere to its definition of progress. What does a trend line through a release
'Done'? burn down chart indicate?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) To have complete transparency into what has
been done at the end of each Sprint.
b) To predict the team's productivity over time.
c) To know what the team will deliver over the next
three Sprints.
d) To be able to reprimand the team when they don't
meet their velocity goal for the Sprint.
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) When the work remaining will likely be completed
if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or the
Development Team.
c) The evolution of the cost spent on the project.
d) When all work will be completed so the Scrum
Master can be released for other work.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

The CEO asks the Development Team to add a

What does it mean for a Development Teams to be
"very important" item to the current Sprint. What
cross-functional?
should the Development Team do?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Development Team is a virtual team drawing a) Add the item to the current Sprint without any
from separate teams of business analysts, adjustments.
architects, developers and testers. b) Add the item to the next Sprint.
b) Developers on the Development Team work c) Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work
closely with business analysts, architects, with the CEO.
developers and testers who are not on the team. d) Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an
c) The Development Team includes cross-skilled item of equal size.
individuals who are able to contribute to do what
is necessary to deliver an increment of software.
d) The Development Team includes not only
developers but also business analysts, architects,
developers and testers.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When multiple teams are working on the same What are two good ways for the Development
product, each team should maintain a separate Team to make non-functional requirements
Product Backlog. visible?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answer.

a) True a) Add them to the definition of 'Done' so the work is

b) False taken care of every Sprint.
b) Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the
Product Owner posted on the expected effort.
c) Put them on a separate list on the Scrum board,
available for all to see.
d) Run the integration and regression tests before
the end of the Sprint and capture the open work
for the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint.

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Practice Exam
Exercise
Which of the following services are appropriate for
a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Lead the discussions of the Development Team.
b) Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered.
c) Facilitate in a way that ensures each team
member has a chance to speak.
d) Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily
Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.
e) All answers apply.
During the Sprint Retrospective, a Scrum Team
has identified several high priority process
improvements. Which of the following statements
is the most accurate?
Choose 1 answer.
a) The Scrum Team should choose at least one high
priority process improvement to place in the
Sprint Backlog.
b) The Scrum Team should decline to add a process
improvement to the Sprint Backlog when things
are running smoothly.
c) The Scrum Master selects the most important
process improvement and places it in the Sprint
Backlog.
d) The Scrum Master should choose at least one high
priority process improvement to place in the
Product Backlog.
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building

Why should the Product Owner be present at the
Product Backlog items that have low business
Daily Scrum?
value?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answer.

a) To hear about impediments in functionality. a) Earned Value

b) To participate as a Scrum Team member. b) Economic Value Added
c) To represent the stakeholders' point of view. c) Focus
d) He/She doesn't need to be there. d) Respect
e) Courage

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which statement best describes the Sprint

What is the role of Management in Scrum?
Backlog as outcome of a Sprint Planning?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Support the Product Owner with insights and a) It is the Development Team’s plan for the Sprint.
information into high value product and system b) Each task is estimated in hours.
capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause c) It is ordered by the Product Owner.
organizational change that fosters empiricism, d) It is a complete list of all work to be done in a
self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and Sprint.
intelligent release of software. e) Every item has a designated owner.
b) To identify and remove people that aren't working
hard enough.
c) To monitor the Development Team's productivity.
d) To continually monitor staffing levels of the
Development Team.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

You are the Scrum Master of a new, to be

developed product. Development is going to
A scrum master is essentially the same thing as a
require 45 people. What is a good first question
traditional PM (Project Manager).
for you to suggest the group thinks about when
forming into teams?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) True a) Who are going to be the team leads?

b) False b) Who are the subject matter experts on each
team?
c) What is the right mixture of senior and junior
people on each team?
d) How will we make sure all teams have the right
amount of expertise?

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What is the key concern when multiple

The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt
Development Team are working from the same
opportunity for which group?
Product Backlog?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Development Team and management. a) Meeting original scope projections.

b) The Product Owner and stakeholders. b) Clear definition of requirements.
c) The Development Team and stakeholders. c) Make sure there's enough work for everyone on
d) The Scrum Team and stakeholders. every team.
e) The Product owner and management. d) Minimizing dependencies between teams.
f) The Product owner and Development Team. e) Maximizing velocity.

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Practice Exam
Exercise
The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner
struggling with ordering the Product Backlog.
What is an appropriate action for Scrum Master to
take?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Suggest the Product Owner extend the Sprint, so
he can have more time to order the Product
Backlog.
b) Encourage the Product Owner to work with the
Development Team to see which items technically
are fastest to implement.
c) Suggest that the Development Team does the
ordering to be sure that it is a feasible ordering of
work.
d) Offer the Product Owner help in understanding
that the goal of ordering the Product Backlog is to
maximize value.
e) Present the Product Owner with an ordered
Product Backlog to use.
In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product
Owner and the Development Team were unable to
reach a clear understanding about the highest
order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the
Development Team couldn't figure out how many
Product Backlog items it could forecast for the
upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a
Sprint Goal however.
Which of the following actions should the Scrum
Master support?
Choose 2 answer.
a) Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until
an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well
enough understood for the Development Team to make a
complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.
b) Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the
goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial
design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning
meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze,
decompose and create additional functionality during the
Sprint.
c) Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced
Scrum training and then start a new Sprint.
d) Ask everyone to take as much as needed to analyze the
Product Backlog first and then reconvene another Sprint
Planning meeting.
e) Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this
happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who has the final say on the order of Product

A Sprint Retrospective should be held:
Backlog?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

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

b) The Product Owner. b) At the end of each Sprint.
c) The Development Team. c) Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs
d) The Scrum Master. one.
e) The CEO. d) At the beginning of each Sprint.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What does it mean to say that an event has a How should a Development Team deal with non-
time-box? functional requirements?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The event can take no more than a maximum
amount of time.
b) The event must take at least a minimum amount
of time.
c) The event must happen at a set time.
d) The event must happen by a given time.
a) Assign them to the lead developers on the team.
b) Ensure every increment meets them.
c) Make sure the release department understands
these requirements but it is not the Development
Team's responsibility.
d) Handle them during the Integration Sprint
preceding the Release Sprint.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner

tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just
started using the product. The stakeholder is What enhances the transparency of an Increment?
unhappy with the slow performance. What are two
good options for the Scrum Master?

Choose 2 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Bring the concern to the testers to improve how
the system is tested.
b) Encourage the Product Owner to put performance
on the Product Backlog and express the
stakeholder's concern to the Development Team.
c) Wait to bring this up until Sprint Retrospective.
d) Coach the Product Owner on how to talk with the
Development Team about this concern.
e) Explain to Product Owner that it's up to the
Development Team to decide on acceptable
performance standards.
a) Doing all work needed to meet the definition of
'Done'.
b) Keeping track of and estimating all undone work
to be completed in a separate Sprint.
c) Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders
daily.
d) Update Sprint tasks properly in the electronic
tracking tool.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which three of the following are true about The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done
Scrum? Increment of working product.

Choose 3 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Scrum is based on empirical process control a) True

theory. b) False
b) Each component of Scrum serves a specific
purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and
your usage of Scrum to develop complex products.
c) Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and
choose which parts of Scrum you think it will work
for your environment.
d) Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-
organization to replace Project Managers.
e) Scrum is a framework for developing and
sustaining complex products.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

What two techniques could the Scrum Master use

When do Development Team members take when the Scrum Team get caught in an internal
ownership of a Sprint Backlog item? disagreement about which development
techniques to apply?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answer.

a) During the Daily Scrum.
b) Whenever a team member can accommodate
more work.
c) At the Sprint planning meeting.
d) Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by
the entire Development Team, even though each
one may be done by an individual Development
Team member.
a) Send every team member to the company's HR
department to express their concerns.
b) Ask an external technical specialist to make the
decision.
c) Use coaching techniques such as open questions
and active listening.
d) Involve the complete Development Team.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who should make sure everyone on the The Product Owner makes sure the team selects
Development Team does his or her tasks for the enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to
Sprint? satisfy the stakeholders.

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Project Manager. a) True

b) The Product Owner. b) False
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Development Team.
e) All of the above.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Upon what type of process control is Scrum

When does the next Sprint begin?
based?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) When the Product Owner is ready. a) Empirical

b) Immediately after the conclusion of the previous b) Hybrid
Sprint. c) Defined
c) The Monday following the Sprint Review. d) Complex
d) Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.

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Practice Exam
Exercise
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?
Choose 1 answer.
a) The Scrum Master, the project manager and the
Development Team.
b) The Product Owner and the Development Team.
c) The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
d) The Development Team.
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 1 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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Practice Exam
Exercise

The three pillars of empirical process control are: The length of a Sprint should be:

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste a) Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable
b) Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective to the Product Owner.
c) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation b) Short enough to be able to synchronize the
d) Planning, Inspection, Adaptation development work with other business events.
e) Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen c) No more than one month.
d) All of these answers are correct.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who should know the most about the progress

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its
toward a business objective or a release, and be
time-box) is:
able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Product Owner. a) 2 hours.

b) The Development Team. b) 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it
c) The Scrum Master. is usually shorter.
d) The Project Manager. c) As long as needed.
d) 1 day.
e) 4 hours and longer as needed.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Who is on the Scrum Team? Who creates the definition of 'Done'?

Choose 3 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Development Team. a) The development organization (or Development

b) Users. Team if none is available from the development
c) Project Manager. organization).
d) Product Owner. b) The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where
e) Scrum Master. the result is the common denominator of all
members' definitions.
c) The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for
the product's success.
d) The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the
Development Team's productivity.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When many Development Teams are working on a

Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading
single product, what best describes the definition
statements about Scrum?
of 'Done'?

Choose 3 answer.
Choose 1 answer.

a) Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and

a) Each Development Team defines and uses its own.
choose which parts of Scrum you think will work
The differences are discussed and reconciled
for your environment.
during a hardening Sprint.
b) Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-
b) Each Development Team uses its own but must
organization to replace Project Managers.
make their definition clear to all other teams so
c) Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.
the differences are known.
d) Scrum is a framework for developing and
c) All Development Teams must have a definition of
sustaining complex products.
'Done' that makes their combined work potentially
e) Scrum is based on empirical process control
releasable.
theory.
d) It depends.
f) Each component of Scrum serves a specific
purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and
your usage of Scrum to develop complex products.
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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to NOT self-organizing and are NOT following the
be at the Daily Scrum? Scrum Guide?

Choose 1 answer.
a) To make sure every team member answers the
three questions.
b) He or she does not have to be there, he or she
only has to ensure the Development Team has a
Daily Scrum.
c) To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog,
including adding new items, and tracking
progress on the burn-down.
d) To gather status and progress information to
report to management.
Choose 3 answer.
a) The Development Team creates their own sprint backlog,
reflecting all work that is part of the definition of 'Done'.
b) Development Team members collaboratively selecting their
own work during the Sprint.
c) The Development Team has all the skills needed to create a
releasable Increment.
d) Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check progress and
work with the Scrum Master to optimize the functional
scope for the Sprint.
e) The Development Team invites external people 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 Development Team members are working within the
boundaries of their functional description and nicely
handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to
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Practice Exam
Exercise

The Development Team should not be interrupted

The Scrum Team should choose at least one high
priority process improvement, identified during
the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the
Product Backlog.
during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should remain
intact. These are conditions that foster creativity,
quality and productivity.
(Which one the following answers is FALSE?)

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) True a) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the

b) False Sprint when asked by the Development Team.
b) The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint
Planning meeting and does not change during the
Sprint.
c) As a decomposition of the selected Product
Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and
may grow as the work emerges.
d) The Development Team may work with the
Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it
has more or less capacity than it expected.

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and It is mandatory that the product increment be
same place? released to production at the end of each Sprint.

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) The place can be named. a) True

b) The consistency reduces complexity. b) False
c) The Product Owner demands it.
d) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked
in advance.

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Exercise

In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is

important to enact the value of commitment. What
When is the Sprint Backlog created?
two actions demonstrate the commitment of
Scrum Team members?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 2 answers.

a) During the Sprint Planning meeting. a) Do your best

b) Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting. b) Send out a daily status report
c) At the beginning of the project. c) Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast
d) During the Sprint. d) Work late
e) Help the other Scrum Team members

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Practice Exam
Exercise

When a Development Team is having trouble

delivering a working Increment because they
Which of the following is required by Scrum?
don’t understand a functional requirement, what
should they do?

Choose all that apply. Choose 1 answer.

a) Sprint Retrospective a) Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint

b) Members must stand up at the Daily Scrum b) Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine
c) Sprint Burndown Chart what is possible and acceptable
d) Release Planning c) Add a specialist to the Development Team
e) All of the above d) Partially complete the functionality, and discuss
the remaining work at the Sprint Review

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Practice Exam
Exercise

Which three behaviors demonstrate that a team is

Who owns the Sprint Backlog?
self-organizing?

Choose 3 answers. Choose 1 answer.

a) The Development Team inviting external people to a) The Scrum Master

the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a b) The Scrum Team
Product Backlog item into an Increment via a c) The Development Team
complete and detailed Sprint Backlog d) The Product Owner
b) The Development Team has all the skills needed
to create a releasable Increment
c) The Scrum Master is no longer needed
d) Development Team members collaboratively
selecting their own work during the Sprint
e) The Development Team members are working
within the boundaries of their functional
description and nicely handing off work from
analyst to developer to tester to integration
f) The Development Team creating their own sprint 83

backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the

Practice Exam
Exercise

Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build

What is the tactic a Scrum Master should use to one product. A few of the developers on one of the
divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how to
Development Teams? coordinate their work with the other teams. What
should the Scrum Master do?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Create teams based on their skills across multiple
layers (such as databased, UI, etc.)
b) Ask the developers to divide themselves into
teams
c) Ask the Product Owner to assign the people to
teams
a) Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their
Sprint Backlogs are aligned
b) Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end
of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a
consolidated plan for the entire Sprint
c) Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead
developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way
to avoid too much technical and development
overlap during a Sprint
d) Teach them that it is their responsibility to work
with the other teams to create an integrated
increment

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Exercise
During a Sprint Retrospective, the Development
Team proposes moving the Daily Scrum to only
occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Which two are
the most appropriate responses for the Scrum
Master?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Acknowledge and support the self-organizing
team’s decision
b) Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is
important as an opportunity to update the plan
c) Consider the request and decide on which days
the Daily Scrum should occur
d) Learn why the Development Team wants this and
work with them to improve the outcome of the
Daily Scrum
e) Have the developers vote
Who starts the Daily Scrum?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Whoever the Development Team decides should
start
b) The person who has the token
c) The person who last broke the build
d) The Scrum Master. This ensures that the
Development Team has the meeting and stays
within the time-box
e) The person coming in last. This encourages people
to be on time and helps to stay within the time-
box.
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Exercise
One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What
are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum?
Choose 2 answers.
a) A status report for the upper management
indicating what each individual has done, will be
doing, and what is impeding him/her
b) New impediments for the Scrum Master to take
care of
c) An update of completed tasks and of the
remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the
next day
d) An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress
transparent for the stakeholders
e) A shared understanding of the most important
work to be undertaken next to achieve the best
possible progress toward the Sprint goal
As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the
Development Team sees that the workload is
greater than they can handle. Which two are valid
actions?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Remove or change selected Product Backlog items
b) Cancel the sprint
c) Recruit additional Development Team members
before the work can begin
d) The Development Team ensures that the Product
Owner is aware, starts the Sprint, and monitors
progress
e) The Development Team works overtime during
this Sprint
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Exercise
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?
Choose 1 answer.
a) When it becomes clear that not everything will be
finished by the end of the Sprint
b) When the sales department has an important new
opportunity
c) When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
d) When the Development Team feels that the work
is too hard
What is the role of management in Scrum?
Choose 1 answer.
a) To facilitate the Scrum Teams with insights and
resources that help them improve
b) To continually monitor staffing levels of the
Development Team
c) To identify and remove people that aren’t working
hard enough
d) To monitor the Development Team’s productivity
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Exercise

A Development Team selects a set of Product

Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent
The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is
to get the selected items “Done” by the end of the
the Sprint Backlog.
Sprint. Which three phrases best describe the
purpose of a definition of “Done”?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 3 answers.

a) True a) It guides the Development team in creating a

b) False forecast at the Sprint Planning
b) It tracks the percentage complete of a Product
Backlog item
c) It defines what it takes for an Increment to be
ready for release
d) It controls whether the developers have
performed their tasks
e) It provides a template for elements that need to
be included in the technical documentation
f) It creates transparency over the work inspected at
the Sprint Review

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Exercise
When a Development Team is having trouble
delivering a working increment because they don’t
understand a functional requirement, what should
they do?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine
what is possible and acceptable
b) Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint
c) Partially complete the functionality, and discuss
the remaining work at the Sprint Review
d) Add a specialist to the Development Team
In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product
Owner and the Development Team were unable to
reach a clear understanding about the highest
order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the
Development Team couldn’t figure out how many
Product Backlog items it could forecast for the
upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a
Sprint Goal, however.
Which of the following two actions should the
Scrum Master support?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to
analyse the Product Backlog first, and then
reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting
b) Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its
time-box until an adequate number of Product
Backlog items are well enough understood for the
Development Team to make a complete forecast.
Then start the Sprint.
c) Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to
meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based
on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-
box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start
the Sprint and continue to analyse, decompose,
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Practice Exam
Exercise

What is the key concern when multiple

How should a Development Team deal with non-
Development Teams are working from the same
functional requirements?
Product Backlog?

Choose 1 answer. Choose 1 answer.

a) Make sure the release department understand a) Clear definition of requirements

these requirements, but it is not the Development b) Minimizing dependencies between teams
Team’s responsibility c) Maximizing velocity
b) Handle them during the Integration Sprint d) Meeting original scope projections
preceding the Release Sprint e) Making sure there’s enough work for everyone on
c) Assign them to the lead developers on the team every team
d) Ensure every Increment meets them

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Exercise
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 a good
advice to give the Product Owner?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Remind the Product Owner that their primary
concern is the flow of value reflected in the
ordering of the Product Backlog
b) Tell the Product Owner to re-order the Product
Backlog so the work involving the external
component can be planned in a separate sprint
c) Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog
should be ordered to maximize utilization of the
Development Team
How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined
during the Sprint Planning event?
Choose 1 answer.
a) Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be
confident in the Development Team’s
understanding of the Sprint
b) Just enough to understand design and
architectural implications
c) The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and
estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning
meeting
d) Enough so the Development Team can create its
best forecast of what it can do, and to start the
first several days of the Sprint
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Exercise
You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams
working from the same Product Backlog. Several At the seventh Sprint Review, the stakeholders
of the developers come to you complaining that are disappointed and angry. They have
work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will determined that the product or system being built
require full-time commitment from a technical will not meet their needs and will cost more than
specialist who is external to the teams. What are they are willing to spend. What factors likely led
two key concerns for the Scrum Master to take to this?
into account in this situation?

Choose 2 answers. Choose 2 answers.

a) The need to have enough work to keep all
Development Team members busy
b) The ability of the Development Teams to produce
integrated increments
c) The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a
solution for themselves
d) The desire to maintain a stable velocity
a) The Project Management Office (PMO) has not
been engaged adequately
b) The Product Owner has not been keeping the
stakeholders aware of the progress of the project
c) The stakeholders were not allowed to enter the
development area
d) The stakeholders haven’t been using the Sprint
Reviews to inspect and evaluate progress

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Exercise
You have just been hired by a company new to
Scrum. Your management has assigned you to the
Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These
teams will build one product. Select two
conditions you should strive for in this scenario.
Choose 2 answers.
a) The product has one Product Backlog
b) Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product
Backlog
c) There should be six Product Owners, one for each
Scrum Team
d) There should be six Product Owners, reporting to
a chief Product Owner
e) There should be only one Product Owner
You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed
Scrum Team. Which two of the following activities
would probably help the team in starting up?
Choose 2 answers.
a) Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product, its
vision, history, goals, and context, as well as
answer questions
b) Ensure the team understands they need a
definition of “Done”
c) Have the development managers for each
Development Team member introduce their direct
reports and go over their responsibilities on the
Scrum Team
d) Introduce a bonus system for the top performers
in the team
e) Ensure the Scrum Team members have
compatible personalities
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