PSM I Practice Test 3

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1. When is a Sprint over? *

1 point

A) When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of done.

B) When the Product Owner says it is done.

C) When all the tasks are completed.

D) When the time-box expires.

2.During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to: *

1 point

A) Lead the discussions of Developers.

B) Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered.

C) Manage the meeting in a way that each team member has a chance to speak.

D) Teach Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-box.

D) All answers apply.

3.The three pillars of empirical process control are: *

1 point

A) Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste

B) Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective

C) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation

D) Planning, Inspection, Adaptation

D) Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen

4.What is the role of Management in Scrum? *

1 point

A) Continually monitor staffing levels of Developers.

B) Monitor Developers's productivity.

C) Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.

D) Identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.

5. When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "done?" *

1 point

A) Each Scrum Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.

B) Each Scrum Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other Teams so the differences are known.

C) All Scrum Team must have a definition of "done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

D) It depends.

6. 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? *

1 point

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 answers apply.

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

1 point

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 Developers 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.

8. How much work must a Scrum Teams do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint? *

1 point

A) 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".

B) As much as it can fit into the Sprint.

C) All development work and at least some testing.

D) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

9. Scrum Teams membership should change: *

1 point

A) Every Sprint to promote shared learning.

B) Never, because it reduces productivity.

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

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

10. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint. *

1 point

A) True

B) False

11. Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility? *

1 point

A) Optimizing the value of the work Developers does.

B) Directing Developers.

C) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.

D) Keeping stakeholders at bay.

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

1 point

A) Developers

B) The Scrum Master

C) The Product Owner

D) The most junior member of the Team

13. When does the next Sprint begin? *

1 point

A) Next Monday.

B) Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.

C) When the Product Owner is ready.

D) Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

14. The Product Backlog is ordered by: *

1 point

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

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

C) Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.

D) Items are randomly arranged.

E) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

15. The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its time-box) is: *

1 point

A) 2 hours.

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

C) As long as needed.

D) 1 day.

E) 4 hours and longer as needed.

16. When does a Developer become the sole owner of a Sprint Backlog item? *

1 point

A) At the Sprint planning meeting.

B) Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Scrum Teams, even though each one may be implemented by an individual Developer

C) Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

D) During the Daily Scrum.

17. Developers should have all the skills needed to: *

1 point

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

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

C) Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable product functionality.

18. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? *

1 point

A) The place can be named.

B) The consistency reduces complexity.

C) The Product Owner demands it.

D) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

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

1 point

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

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

C) Add the item to the next Sprint.

D) Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

20. What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Scrum Teams working at its highest level of productivity? *

1 point

A) By facilitating Scrum Teams decisions

B) By removing impediments that hinder Developers

C) By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time

D) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog

Required

21. Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do? Select the best option. *

1 point

A) Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.

B) Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.

C) Assign a responsible team member for at least one improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.

D) Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements.

22. Where can Scrum be used? Check all the applicable items. *

1 point

A) Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies

B) Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments

C) Development of products and enhancements

D) Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities

E) Development of software and hardware

F) Managing the operation of an organization

Required

23. All Scrum Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog. *

1 point

A) True

B) False

24. Select the five Scrum Values. *

1 point

A) Courage

B) Commitment

C) Openness

D) Focus

E) Self-organization

F) Respect

G) Effectiveness

H) Agility

Required

25. What are the questions the Sprint Planning answers? Select two. *

1 point

A) What new technologies could be used to speed up Developers velocity?

B) What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?

C) What is the size of the Technical Debt and how it could be removed?

D) Who will be responsible for each item in the Sprint Backlog?

E) How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?

Required

26. What are the characteristics of a Scrum Teams? Select three most appropriate choices. *

1 point

A) Scrum recognizes no sub-teams in Developers

B) Accountability belongs to Developers as a whole

C) Scrum recognizes no titles other than Developers

D) Having at least one test engineer in the Scrum Team

E) Having the Scrum Master as a part-time Developer in Developers

Required

27. How much time does the Sprint Planning take? *

1 point

A) Not more than 8 hours

B) As much as it is necessary to make task break-down and estimations for all items in the Sprint Backlog

C) From 4 to 8 hours

D) Not more than 4 hours

28. What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner? *

1 point

A) Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement

B) Product Value Maximizer

C) Product Marketplace Expert

D) Lead Scrum evangelist in the Organization

E) Facilitator of Scrum events

Required

29. How does Definition of “Done” help to the Scrum Team? Select the three most applicable items. *

1 point

A) DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment

B) DoD ensures artifact transparency

C) DoD guides Developers in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning

D) DoD helps to calculate velocity of the Scrum Team

E) DoD helps in inspection and adaptation

Required

30. Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning? *

1 point

A) The Product Owner

B) The Scrum Team

C) The Key Stakeholders

D) The Scrum Master

E) Developers

31. Who is on the Scrum Team? *

1 point

A) The Scrum Master

B) The Product Owner

C) Developers

D) Project Manager

E) None of the above

Required

32. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? *

1 point

A) It is a mechanism to control Developers's activities during a Sprint.

B) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next.

C) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.

33. Upon what type of process control is Scrum based? *

1 point

A) Defined

B) Hybrid

C) Complex

D) Empirical

34. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint. *

1 point

A) TRUE

B) FALSE

35. When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "done?" *

1 point

A) It depends.

B) Each Scrum Teams defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.

C) All Scrum Teams must have a definition of "done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

D) Each Scrum Teams uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other Teams so the differences are known.

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

1 point

A) Add the item to the next Sprint.

B) Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

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

D) Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.

37. The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is? *

1 point

A) Whenever it is done.

B) 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

C) 4 hours.

D) Monthly.

38. What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box? *

1 point

A) The event must happen by a given time.

B) The event must happen at a set time.

C) The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

D) The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.

39. The time-box for a Daily Scrum is? *

1 point

A) The same time of day every day.

B) Two minutes per person.

C) 4 hours.

D) 15 minutes.

E) 15 minutes for a 4 weeks sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

40. When might a Sprint be abnormally canceled? *

1 point

A) When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

B) When Developers feels that the work is too hard.

C) When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

D) When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint

41. Who is responsible for coping with incomplete artifact transparency? *

1 point

A) The Scrum Master

B) Developers

C) The Product Owner

D) The Scrum Team

42. It is a good practice to have from time to time a special technical Sprint that consists only of tasks removing the technical debt without implementing any new functionality. *

1 point

A) False

B) True

43. Scrum does not allow additional meetings that are not defined in Scrum. *

1 point

A) False

B) True

44. Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three. *

1 point

A) Developers

B) The Scrum Master

C) The Product Owner

D) The Key Stakeholders

E) The Team Manager

Required

45. Check all the formal opportunities to inspect and adapt. *

1 point

A) The Daily Scrum

B) The Sprint Review

C) The Sprint Planning

D) The Sprint Retrospective

E) The Sprint

Required

46. Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog? *

1 point

A) Developers

B) The Product Owner

C) The Scrum Master

D) The Key Stakeholders

47. What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items. *

1 point

A) Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions

B) Optimizing the value of the work Developers performs

C) Moving Product Backlog items into the Sprint Backlog

D) Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next

E) Presenting Product Backlog items to the Key Stakeholders

Required

48. What are the three questions the Scrum Guide gives as an example that can be used at the Daily Scrum? *

1 point

A) What did I do yesterday that helped Developers meet the Sprint Goal?

B) What will I do today to help Developers meet the Sprint Goal?

C) Did I explain all the discovered issues I found yesterday to the Product Owner?

D) Do I have complete understanding of the Sprint Backlog item I am working on?

E) Do I see any impediment that prevents me or Developers from meeting the Sprint Goal?

Required

49. What is the Sprint Backlog? *

1 point

A) The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint

B) The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them

C) The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus a set of Scrum Teams internal tasks

50. The Scrum Master is focused primarily on the Scrum Team and usually does not care about those outside the Scrum Team. *

1 point

A) False

B) True

51. The Scrum Team consists of *

1 point

A) The Key Stakeholders

B) The Scrum Master

C) The Product Owner

D) Developers

Required

52. Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal? *

1 point

A) The Product Owner

B) Developers

C) The Scrum Team

D) The Scrum Master

E) The Product Owner and Developers

53. Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning? *

1 point

A) The Scrum Master

B) The Scrum Team

C) The Product Owner

D) The Key Stakeholders

E) Developers

54. How frequently should scrum users inspect Scrum artifacts and progress toward a Sprint Goal? *

1 point

A) As frequently as possible

B) After the Daily Scrum

C) Frequently, but it should not get in the way of the work

D) At the Sprint Review

55. It is normal to have a “hardening” Sprint to remove all technical debt and prepare the Product for upcoming release. *

1 point

A) True

B) False

56. What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select four. *

1 point

A) Past performance of Developers

B) The latest product Increment

C) The Product Backlog

D) Feedback from the Organization CEO

E) Projected capacity of Developers during the Sprint

F) Feedback from the Key Stakeholders

Required

57. What is the result of the Sprint Review? *

1 point

A) A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint

B) Common understanding of progress toward the Sprint Goal and how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog

C) A list of improvements that the Scrum Team will implement in the next Sprint

D) Common understanding of what can be delivered in the Increment and how will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved

58. What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers. *

1 point

A) Quality goals do not decrease

B) Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Scrum Teams as more is learned

C) Sprint scope is defined at the Sprint Planning and cannot be changed

D) The Sprint Goal is changed frequently to reflect the status of the remaining work

E) No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal

Required

59. What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner? *

1 point

A) Product Value Maximizer

B) Facilitator of Scrum events

C) Lead Scrum evangelist in the Organization

D) Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement

E) Product Marketplace Expert

Required

60. What does Burn-down Chart show? *

1 point

A) Hierarchy of tasks that comprise a project

B) How much work remains till the end of the Sprint

C) The evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project

D) Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks

61. What is the order of items in the Product Backlog *

1 point

A) Alphabetical

B) Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom

C) The recently added items at the top

D) The less clear items at the top

62. The structure of the Daily Scrum is well-defined and constant. Every team member should answer the 3 main questions: What did I do yesterday? What will I do today? Do I see any impediment? *

1 point

A) False

B) True

63. Can there be a successful Sprint which does not add any value to the Product? *

1 point

A) False

B) True

64. If a time-box (iteration) plan needs to be re-prioritized in a hurry, who should re-prioritize? *

1 point

A) The developer alone (they know what the customer wants)

B) The Product Owner (the developers would only choose the easy things as top priority)

C) The Project Leader (they can give an independent, pragmatic view)

D) The whole team including PO and developers (together they can consider both business and practically)

65.Why is it important to trust the team? *

1 point

A) High trust teams do not have to be accountable to each other

B) High trust teams do not require user representative

C) The PM does not then have to keep a project schedule

D) The presence of trust is positively correlated with the team performance

66.A Product Owner wrote a user story with many paths and exception scenarios. Due to the complexity of the story. the team member working on it felt it might take 2 Sprints to deliver. The Product Owner wanted to showcase this in a presentation she was making at a trade show scheduled after 1 Sprint. What is the best way to deal with this? *

1 point

A) Provide a special incentive for the team member if he worked overtime to finish the story in 1 Sprint

B) Ask additional team members to help out by reducing priorities of some other stories

C) Figure out a way to create a showcase or demo version in 1 Sprint

D) Check if the presentation can be deferred

67.What happens when all committed items (requirements) are not completed at the end of the Sprint? *

1 point

A) The Sprint duration is extended

B) The tasks are determined to be unnecessary

C) They return to the product backlog

D) None of the above

68.In Which meetings the key Stakeholders are allowed to participate? *

1 point

A) The sprint Planning

B) The Sprint Retrospective

C) Daily Scrum

D) Sprint Review

69. Who has the last say on the order of the Product Backlog? *

1 point

A) The Project Sponsor

B) The Scrum Master, the Product Owner, Developers

C) The Product Owner

D) Developers

E) The Stakeholder

70. Who is on the Scrum Team? *

1 point

A) Developers

B) The Product Owner

C) The Scrum Master, The Product Owner, Developers

71. Which statement best describes Scrum? *

1 point

A) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint

B) Optimizing the Return of Investment (ROI) and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the work Developers does

C) A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed

D) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.

72. During each Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Team reviews the Definition of Done and changes it if necessary. *

1 point

A) False

B) True

73. What must be the frequency of inspection of scrum artifacts and progress towards Sprint Goal? Please select: *

1 point

A) Twice in a sprint

B) Once in a sprint

C) As frequent as possible even if it gets in the way of the work

D) As frequent as possible without getting in the way of the work

74. What should the developers do if the customer representative is repeatedly too busy to be available? *

1 point

A) Continue the work. record the assumptions and ask the customer later for input.

B) Send the customer a written warning that the end product will be completed on time, but may not meet their needs

C) Allow the Business Analyst to take on the role of Proxy Customer Representative

D) Draw the problem to the attention of the Scrum Master

75. Under what circumstances the Product Backlog should be re-prioritized? Mark one answer *

1 point

A) The Scrum Master should re-prioritize the Product Backlog only at the end of a new Sprint.

B) The Scrum Master should re-prioritize the Product Backlog only at the beginning of a new Sprint.

C) The Team should re-prioritize the Product Backlog only at the end of a new Sprint.

D) The Product Owner should re-prioritize the Product Backlog whenever new information is learned

76. After the Sprint Review and just before the Sprint is over, Developers holds an internal meeting to review the Sprint (lessons learned) and use it to improve the process in the next Sprint. *

1 point

A) Sprint planning

B) Scrum of Scrum

C) Sprint Review

D) Sprint Retrospective

77.Scrum is a project management method for agile software development. *

1 point

A) True

B) False

78.Which of the following two items are NOT topics of discussion within a Sprint Retrospective? *

1 point

A) Definition of done

B) Team relations

C) Functionality implemented as a result of the Sprint

D) Process improvements

E) Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint

Required

79.There is a misunderstanding between two team members; one believes that once the sprint begins, team members should not change the identified tasks to complete sprint backlog items. The other team member contradicts this. Which of the following statements is NOT valid? *

1 point

A) Although the team identified tasks at the beginning of the sprint, this can be changed by the team if completion of a task is no longer valuable

B) Once sprint evolves, obviously the sprint backlog is updated by the team along with the tasks.

C) Since the Scrum team owns the sprint backlog, they have control over the identified tasks as well.

D) Prior approval from the product owner and Scrum master must be obtained before editing the task.

80.Which of the following responsibilities is NOT one of the Scrum Master’s *

1 point

A) Removing impediments

B) Facilitating meetings

C) Reminding the team of the process

D) Assigning tasks to team members

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