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10 - Final Exam Scrum Master
There's some lively debate over who is responsible for what during sprint planning. You pull the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and development team aside to clarify the responsibilities of each. Which best describes a role or responsibility of a Scrum team member?
The Scrum Master's priorities include making sure that Scrum and Agile best practices are followed
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that the Scrum Master is the servant leader for the Scrum Team and are an available resource for the Product Owner and the Development Team. She want to know what other roles and responsibilities the Scrum Master performs during the Scrum process. What are some of the roles and responsibilities of the Scrum Master?
Ensure team follows Scrum principles, And Coaching the team of Scrum practices.
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Scrum Team is trying to understand what characteristics ensure the team is highly functional and effective. The team understands they should be self-organizing and share the same norms and values. What are some additional characteristics of the Scrum Team?
Cross-functional team members, and Empowered and accountable
You're meeting with the team to have a sprint planning meeting and you want to go over the guidelines for effective meetings. Which best describes a guideline relating to the sprint backlog in sprint planning?
The Scrum Master is there to ensure that the sprint goal and sprint backlog are created
The team is meeting to discuss the definition of done. You've been given some pretty specific requirements by the client and you want to be able to come to agreement about how to proceed. Which best describes why the definition of done is important to establishing criteria during sprint planning?
The definition of done for the increment of work is usually as vague as it can be
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that transparency is one to the pillars of Scrum and that the Product Backlog increases transparency. She wants to know what other Scrum artifacts increases transparency. Which Scrum artifacts would be best for increasing transparency?
Sprint Backlog, and Burn chart
The daily Scrum is about to begin, but the Scrum Master and Product Owner both state that they have prior engagements and cannot attend the meeting. Which best explains conditions for holding the daily Scrum?
The daily Scrum is the development team's event
The Scrum team is preparing to launch the new project. The Product Owner, Scrum Master, and development team want to ensure the best possible product and understand that every Sprint begins with Sprint planning. Which best describes the responsibilities of the development team during Sprint planning?
Decompose user stories and explore complexity
You are discussing the role of the Scrum Master to project stakeholders. There's a bit of confusion over which roles the Scrum Master takes on and you want to ensure that everyone leaves the meeting with the same understanding about this important role. Which best characterizes the Scrum Master's role in Scrum?
The Scrum Master focuses on service to the development team, Product Owner, and stakeholders
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that the Scrum Master coaches and removes impediments on behalf of the development team. They should know when to guide the team, and also when to step back and simply be available as needed. The VP wants to know what else the Scrum Master does. What other services are provided by the Scrum Master?
Assist in prioritizing the Product backlog, and Training and liaison
The customer has asked for clarification on sprint goals and how they can add value to the product you're creating for them. Which best identifies the importance of sprint goals in creating value?
The Scrum team can create sprint goals that ensure their work is aligned to customer needs
You are explaining the daily Scrum to your clients, who are unfamiliar with the Scrum process and its mechanisms. They are struggling with the concept of the daily Scrum because they cannot comprehend how it can be effective. Which best characterizes the daily Scrum and how it's conducted?
A major pitfall of daily Scrums is losing track of time
You have just received a call from a member of the senior management team. They proudly inform you that they've allocated money to purchase a sophisticated set of technical tools for measuring the Scrum team's performance. What best characterizes the sensible approach to tools and techniques in collecting and measuring data in Scrum?
Highly visible charts are known as information radiators
You're discussing technical debt with your team. Everyone's dedicated to ensuring that they honor the principles of Agile. Which best describes a practice of avoiding technical debt?
Technical debt should be part of regular communication with the Product Owner
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that one of the main events of Scrum is performing the Daily Scrum. The read the Scrum Master is responsible for observing the meeting and reminding the team of best Scrum practices. She would like to know what else the Scrum Master does during this meeting. What are some of the other roles of the Scrum Master during the Daily Scrum event?
Coach team members, and remove roadblocks
The team wants to better understand increments and how they factor into the project. You want to ensure that they're comfortable with how product increment fits into sprint planning and goal setting. Which best describes a way product increment fits into sprint planning and goal setting?
There is a cumulative effect to the product increment as the product becomes more robust with each release
You are discussing the daily Scrum with a member of the senior management team and they express to you that they don't understand capacity as it relates to Scrum. Which best exemplifies team capacity in Scrum?
Capacity is measured using throughput of backlog items
You have been asked to explain the benefits of JIRA by the Scrum team. While certain members are familiar with the software, others aren't and they'd like to understand how you intend on using WIP limits to improve development throughput. Which best characterizes how WIP can be used with JIRA to improve throughput in a project?
Development teams should attempt to minimize WIP in their processes
You're explaining common mistakes of sprint planning to the customer. They're delighted to receive the information and it gives them added confidence in your ability to create their product. Which best characterizes a common mistake of sprint planning?
The more we invest in creating a plan, the less time we spend engaging the customer
You've been summoned to a meeting with the client so you can describe the Sprint process and the inner workings of Scrum. They are quite excited about the prospect of having their product developed using this process, but need to understand how it works. Which best encapsulates a philosophy of the Sprint process?
The daily Scrum is given a small amount of time but is crucial for success
You are preparing for the daily Scrum meeting by creating a checklist of items. The first item on the agenda is the Sprint goal. Which best characterizes the recommended practice for the Sprint goal?
The Sprint goal negotiation is facilitated by the Scrum Master
You have been asked to build out the project team by using distributed teams in branch offices in other destinations. You want to ensure that this won't disrupt your team's current activities so you call a meeting to discuss the benefits and potential dangers of distributed teams. Which best describes the approach to using distributed teams in Scrum?
Distributed teams can use virtual connections tointeract constantly
During a sprint planning meeting, there's some confusion among the team about sprint goals and why they're required. Determined to address this issue before it becomes a major problem, you lay out exactly what they're for. Which best characterizes a purpose of sprint goals?
Sprint goals help the team make small corrections as needed to stay on track for achieving the goal
You receive a call from someone in senior management. They're unclear as to the overall purpose of planning in Scrum and would like to gain a better understanding of the planning phases before the project commences. Which best characterizes a planning phase in Scrum?
In the product roadmap phase we begin with the story map
The Scrum Master has approached you and asked about their role and the role of the development team in sprint planning. You want to provide the best information so everyone is clear about their role. Which best characterizes a role in sprint planning?
The development team decides what can realistically be delivered in the next increment
You are conducting your first sprint planning meeting with the new team and want to establish guidelines for the meeting. Which best describes a guideline for effective sprint planning meetings?
Although the Product Owner will not be developing the increment, they should help with writing the sprint goal
You're meeting with the team to discuss the various levels of planning with the team. Which best identifies a feature of one of the levels of planning?
Once the timing of deliverables is added to the story map, it's called a product roadmap
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Product Owner read that Scrum has values and that openness, respect and focus are some of them. He wants to know what the other values of Scrum are. What would be considered the other values of Scrum?
Commitment, Courage
You are the Product Owner on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that you are responsible for creating the Product Roadmap from the Product Backlog. She wants to know what the requirements of the top line of the Product Roadmap can be used to create. What does the top line of the Product Roadmap create?
Minimal Viable Product
You are conducting a daily Scrum and the Product Owner arrives late. The team is glad to have them there, however, but one of the stakeholders from the management team shows up halfway through the meeting and asks to address the team with some concerns they have. Which best defines the accepted practices of the daily Scrum and its attendees?
The Scrum Master is responsible for making the Product Owner aware of the value of attending
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that one of the main events of Scrum is performing the Daily Scrum. They know that the Scrum Master should be at this meeting. They are curious on who else normally attends this meeting. What other participants normally attend the Daily Scrum?
Product owner, Development team
The team is meeting to discuss sprint planning and setting sprint goals. There's some disagreement over specific responsibilities for setting sprint goals and you explain in detail how responsibilities are defined. Which best characterizes a responsibility for defining sprint goals?
It's the development team's decision about how much work they can realistically accomplish during each sprint
You are conducting a training session for stakeholders so they understand the inner workings of the Scrum team and recognize the importance of stepping away and letting the team get its work done. Which best describes the functions of the Scrum Master in acting as a liaison between the Scrum team and stakeholders?
The Scrum Master can coach stakeholders to help them understand their role in Scrum
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that one of the main event of Scrum is the Daily Scrum. She read that one of the questions each team member answers is what roadblocks or impediments they face. She wants to know what other questions team members answer. What are other questions do team members answer during the Daily Scrum?
What did you complete yesterday?, and What do you plan to do today?
The customer has requested an update so you meet with the team to ensure that everyone is comfortable with the sprint goals. Which best describes a characteristic of sprint goal guidelines?
Everyone has an important voice in the process and no single role can work alone
You're discussing estimates with the Scrum team. There's plenty of good input from everyone and they seem quite interested in time, capacity, and techniques used to estimate work. Which best characterizes a feature of estimating the sprint backlog?
Capacity should be based on a sustainable pace that the development team can maintain indefinitely
A member of the senior management team has asked for a meeting with you because they admittedly do not understand the various roles of the sprint planning session. Which best identifies a role in the sprint planning process?
The objective of a good sprint planning meeting is for all members of the Scrum team to negotiate and commit to user stories
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that the third level of planning is known as release planning? She wants to know what additional information is added during this level of planning. Which information is added during release planning?
Release dates
You are the VP of Software Development and in the process of transitioning from a Waterfall development methodology to Scrum. The Product Backlog will serve as the voice of the customers and be prioritized based on value. The customer’s needs are described in the form of user stories. Which roles would be best for maintaining the Product Backlog?
Product owner
A stakeholder has approached you to inquire about the use of JIRA. You're a strong supporter of the tool and want to give the stakeholder confidence that it's the right choice for the project. Which best states how JIRA can assist in managing Scrum projects?
With software development, you can track development and bugs
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that the third level of planning is known as iteration planning? She wants to know who is responsible for estimating and committing to completing the tasks during iteration planning. Who is responsible for estimating and committing to completing the tasks during iteration planning?
Development team
You receive a frantic call from the Product Owner. Senior management has decided to add three new members to the Scrum team to compensate for what they perceive to be production and delivery issues. Which best describes how team size can impact communication in a Scrum team?
As a team grows, communication channels increase exponentially
You are discussing the levels of planning with the development team. They are unfamiliar with all five levels and you want to ensure that everyone is on the same page before entering the Sprint planning process. Which most accurately characterizes the levels of planning in Sprint?
Release planning is used to place the product roadmap into a schedule
You have been getting intense pushback from the development team to cancel or reduce the number of daily Scrums. Several team members have told you that they don't understand the need since little seems to get accomplished. Which best characterizes the dangers of avoiding daily Scrum meetings?
Incremental adjustment to adjust variance are missed if the daily Scrum is canceled
You are the Product Owner on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that the Product Owner is accountable for the perceived value of the deliverable to the Product Sponsor and the key Stakeholders and that theProduct Owner needs to be easily accessible during the duration of the Sprint. What are some of the other roles and responsibilities of the Product Owner?
Prioritize Product Backlog, and Can decide to cancel the Sprint
The team is discussing definition of done and you want to ensure that everyone leaves the meeting with the same understanding. Which best describes a purpose of establishing a definition of done?
Establishing a definition of done helps prevent unnecessary rework
You have organized a meeting of the project stakeholders because not everyone is in agreement about the roles of the various participants in sprint planning. Which best describes a role in sprint planning within the Scrum framework?
The product owner determines which stories to develop first
A member of the management team stops you in the hallway. They have a few questions about the guidelines for defining sprint goals because they're meeting with the client later, who is curious about the process. Which best characterizes a role in defining sprint goals?
The development team has knowledge about past performance and how quickly work can be accomplished
You are meeting with the team to discuss which tools you're going to use during the Sprint. During the discussion, there's a great deal of emphasis on information radiators, including burn-down and burn-up charts. Which best describes the use of tools and artifacts used in daily Scrums?
Information radiators serve as communication tools that can provide quick information on progress
You're meeting with a member of the management team who surprisingly doesn't understand the need for the daily Scrum. Since this person is critical to facilitating and negotiating roadblocks, you're dismayed but determined to help them understand the daily Scrum. Which best characterizes the necessary structure of the daily Scrum?
The daily Scrum belongs to the development team
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Development read that inspection is one to the pillars of Scrum and want to know when inspection is performed during the Scrum process. Which Scrum events would be best for performing inspection?
Sprint Review, and Daily Scrum
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Engineering wants to learn more about the Sprint Planning meeting. She knows the Scrum Master should be at this meeting and wants to know who should attend this meeting. Who else should attend the Sprint Planning meeting?
Development team, and Product owner
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that there are several levels of planning in a Scrum project. They read that the product vision needs to be defined, the product roadmap is then created and release planning is performed. She wants to know what are the other levels of planning. What would be considered additional recognized levels of planning?
Iteration planning, and Daily planning
You are discussing the daily Scrum with the client. They're unclear about the purpose and structure of this meeting and you want to ensure that they're familiar with the process in the event that you have to discuss it with them during the project. Which best explains the participation structure of the daily Scrum meetings?
The Scrum Master can coach individual team members after the daily Scrum
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Software Engineering manager read that the first level of planning is to develop the Product Vision? She wants to know what role is responsible for developing this. Which role would best be responsible for developing the Product Vision?
Product owner
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The VP of Software Engineering wants to know who is responsible for deciding what can realistically be delivered in the next increment of work. Which role would best be responsible for determining what is delivered in the next increment of work?
Development team
You're discussing velocity and capacity with a colleague. They have a different understanding of how they can be used in estimating the sprint backlog and you want to come to a mutual understanding. Which best characterizes a feature of velocity or capacity?
Velocity can be used as a forecast to determine how many sprints maybe left before project is complete
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Scrum Team read that the Scrum process has common artifacts such as the burn charts. They would like to know are the other common artifacts they will need to be aware of. What are some of the other common artifacts of the Scrum process?
Product backlog, and Sprint backlog
You are the Scrum Master on a project to implement Scrum practices. The Product Owner read that Scrum has pillars and that inspection is one of them. He wants to know what the other pillars of Scrum are. What would be considered the other pillars of Scrum?
Adaptation, and Transparency
The definition of done is confusing some of your new team members and you want to explain why it's important and how it can be used to create a more efficient process. Which best characterizes the importance of the definition of done and how it benefits the planning process?
One of the greatest benefits of defining done is preventing disagreements during the sprint review