A.  

4 Hours for a monthly Sprint.

B.  

8 Hours for a monthly Sprint.

C.  

Monthly.

D.  

Whenever it is done.

A.  

The hiring manager is responsible, because he/she hired the developer.

B.  

The Scrum Manager is responsible, because he/she removes Impediments.

C.  

The Development Team is responsible, and may need help from the Scrum Master.

D.  

The Product Owner is responsible, because he/she controls the return on investment (ROI).

A.  

Failing unit tests, to identify acceptance tests for the next Sprint.

B.  

An increment of software with minor known bugs in it.

C.  

An increment of working software that is “done”.

D.  

A single document, if that is what the Scrum Master asked for.

A.  

Two minutes per person.

B.  

15 minutes.

C.  

15 minutes for a 4 week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

D.  

4 hours.

E.  

The same time of day every day.

A.  

Scrum Team has all the skills to create an increment by the end of every Sprint.

B.  

A few of the Development Team members pair program and do Test Driven Development.

C.  

There are no conflicts within the Scrum Team.

D.  

Every member of the Scrum Team is able to perform every task.

A.  

The break between Sprints is time-boxed to 1 week for 30 day Sprints, and usually less for shorter sprints.

B.  

Enough time for the requirements for the next Sprint to be determined and documented.

C.  

Enough time for the Development team to finish the testing from the last Sprint.

D.  

None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint.

E.  

All of the above are allowed depending on the situation.

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.

B.  

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

C.  

Directing the Development Team.

D.  

Keep stakeholders from distracting the Development Team.

A.  

Remind the Product Owner that his 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.

A.  

Scrum implements self-management by replacing Project Managers with Scrum Masters.

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 will work for your

environment.

D.  

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.

E.  

Scrum is based on empiricism and lean thinking.

A.  

Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.

B.  

Set up the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.

C.  

Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.

D.  

Inform management and ask them to solve it.

A.  

They are addressed by a separate team who is responsible for compliance

issues.

B.  

They are addressed along with functional development of the product.

C.  

They are discussed, determined, and documented before the actual feature

development Sprints.

D.  

They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while

always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small.

A.  

He/She doesn’t need to be there.

B.  

To hear about impediments in functionality.

C.  

To represent the stakeholders’ point of view.

D.  

To participate as a Scrum Team member.

A.  

If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can accept it and release it to the users.

B.  

Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

C.  

Review the item, add the “Done” part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work.

D.  

Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint.

A.  

Development Team has all the skills to create a potentially releasable increment by the end of every Sprint.

B.  

A few of the Development Team members pair program and do Test Driven Development.

C.  

There are no conflicts within the Development Team.

D.  

Every member of the Development Team is able to perform every task.

A.  

To identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.

B.  

To monitor the productivity of the Developers.

C.  

To present the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve.

D.  

To continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.

A.  

The Development Team includes not only developers but also business analysts, architects, and testers.

B.  

The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software.

C.  

Developers on the Development Team work closely with business analysts, architects, developers and testers who are not on the team.

D.  

The Development Team is a virtual team drawing from separate teams of business analysts, architects, developers and testers.

A.  

The desire to maintain a stable velocity.

B.  

The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

C.  

The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy.

D.  

The ability of the Development Teams to produce integrated Increments.

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 within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.

C.  

Management may feel less anxious.

D.  

All answers apply.

A.  

Consider the request and decide on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.

B.  

Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update the plan.

C.  

Have the developers vote.

D.  

Learn why the Development Team wants this and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.

E.  

Acknowledge and support the self-organizing team’s decision.

A.  

Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

B.  

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

C.  

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

D.  

Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure.

E.  

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

A.  

Scrum Master

B.  

Product Owner

C.  

Development Team member

D.  

Project Manager

E.  

None of the above

A.  

Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for the various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.

B.  

Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last development Sprint. It will then be done by any available technical writers.

C.  

Wait until you have a technical writer on your Development Team to take care of this.

D.  

Your Development Team is still responsible for creating user documentation. In this case, the Development Team members will write it.

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific

Management

B.  

A framework to generate value through adaptive solutions tor complex problems.

C.  

A cookbook that defines best practices tor software development.

D.  

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

A.  

Sprint length.

B.  

How to best accomplish its work.

C.  

Stakeholders for the Sprint Review.

D.  

When to release, based on its progress.

E.  

Product Backlog ordering.

A.  

Arranging the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

B.  

The value of work currently represented in the Product Backlog.

C.  

Team relations

D.  

Definition of Done.

E.  

How the Scrum Team does its work.

A.  

Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.

B.  

Estimates are made by the people doing the work.

C.  

Estimates must be in relative units.

D.  

Scrum forbids estimating.

E.  

Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development Team.

A.  

Run the Daily Scrum.

B.  

Prioritize the Development Team’s work on the Sprint Backlog.

C.  

Update management on what is being worked on.

D.  

Answer QUESTION NO:s from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.

A.  

The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team’s productivity.

B.  

The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definition.

C.  

The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success.

D.  

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization).

A.  

Reorder the Product Backlog.

B.  

Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint.

C.  

Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.

D.  

Increase velocity.

E.  

Report daily progress to stakeholders.

A.  

The Development Team.

B.  

The Product Owner and all stakeholders.

C.  

The Product Owner and the Development Team.

D.  

The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.

A.  

They are discussed, determined, and documented before the actual feature development Sprints.

B.  

They are implemented along with functional development of the product.

C.  

They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small.

D.  

They are built by a separate team through the creation of an architectural runway.

A.  

Inform the Product Owner at the Sprint Review, but prior to the demonstration.

B.  

Find another Scrum Team to give the excess work to.

C.  

As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.

D.  

Reduce the definition of “Done” and get all of the Product Backlog items “Done” by the new definition.

A.  

The business analyst who represents the Product Owner.

B.  

The Product Owner.

C.  

The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Developers do it.

D.  

The Scrum Master.

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

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

hardening Sprint.

B.  

The Scrum Masters from each Scrum Team define a common Definition of Done.

C.  

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

D.  

All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

A.  

By not allowing documentation.

B.  

By the Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint.

C.  

By preventing stakeholders from entering the development room.

D.  

By removing titles for Development Team members.

E.  

By being a lightweight framework.

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been “done” and what has not been “done”.

B.  

The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box.

C.  

The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.

D.  

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work.

E.  

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown.

A.  

The Development Team.

B.  

The Scrum Master.

C.  

The Project Manager.

D.  

The Development Team is consultation with the Product Owner.

E.  

The Product Owner.

A.  

A Sprint Goal only gives purpose to Sprint 0.

B.  

Sprint Goals are not valuable. Everything is known from the Product Backlog.

C.  

The Development Team is more focused with a common yet specific goal.

D.  

A Sprint Goal ensures that all of the Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint are implemented.

A.  

The Development Team and stakeholders.

B.  

The Product Owner and Development Team.

C.  

The Scrum Team and stakeholders.

D.  

The Product Owner and management.

E.  

The Development Team and management.

F.  

The Product Owner and stakeholders.

A.  

The Developers.

B.  

The Scrum Master.

C.  

The Product Owner.

D.  

The Project Manager.

A.  

The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Development Team do it.

B.  

The Scrum Master.

C.  

The Product Owner.

D.  

The business analyst who represents the Product Owner in the Development Team.

A.  

Sprint Review.

B.  

Release Planning.

C.  

Sprint Retrospective.

D.  

Refinement Meeting.

E.  

Daily Scrum.

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

False.

B.  

True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders.

C.  

True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager that the Team has enough capacity.

D.  

True.

E.  

False, the Scrum Master does that.

F.  

False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager’s responsibility.

A.  

At least 7.

B.  

9

C.  

10 or fewer.

D.  

7 plus or minus 3.

A.  

Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint.

B.  

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

C.  

Describe the purpose, objecti ve, and time-box of each Scrum event.

D.  

Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.

E.  

Increase transparency.

A.  

Doing all work needed to meet the definition of “Done”

B.  

Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily

C.  

Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a separate Sprint.

D.  

Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool.

A.  

There should be six Product Owners, one tor each Scrum Team.

B.  

There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a Chief Product Owner.

C.  

The product has one Product Backlog.

D.  

Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog.

E.  

There should be only one Product Owner.

A.  

Minimizing dependencies between teams.

B.  

Clear definition of requirements.

C.  

Meeting original scope projections.

D.  

Making sure there’s enough work for everyone on every team.

E.  

Maximizing velocity.

A.  

The Scrum Team.

B.  

The Product Owner.

C.  

The Scrum Master.

D.  

The Development Team.

A.  

True. Outcomes affected by their participation and availability.

B.  

False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a subject matter expert in the Scrum Team.

C.  

False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Scrum Team.

D.  

True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team.

A.  

Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team’s understanding of the Sprint.

B.  

The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning meeting.

C.  

Enough so the Development Team can create its best forecast of what is can do, and to start the first several days of the Sprint.

D.  

Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.

A.  

When the Product Owner decides enough has been delivered to meet the Sprint

Goal.

B.  

When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.

C.  

When all the tasks are completed by the Developers.

D.  

When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.

A.  

At the Sprint planning meeting.

B.  

During the Daily Scrum.

C.  

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.

D.  

Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

A.  

True. Outcomes affected by their participation and availability.

B.  

False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development Team.

C.  

False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Development Team.

D.  

True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team.

A.  

Add the item to the top of the Product Backlog.

B.  

Add the item to the current Sprint Backlog and begin work immediately since the

request came from the CEO.

C.  

Add the item to the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

D.  

Discuss the item with the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can

decide what to do.

E.  

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

A.  

Inform the Product Owner’s functional manager.

B.  

Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a course and restart.

C.  

Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.

D.  

Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery.

E.  

Nominate a proxy Product Owner.

A.  

It controls whether the developers have performed their tasks.

B.  

It provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical documentation.

C.  

It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review.

D.  

It trucks the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item.

E.  

It guides the Development Team is creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning.

F.  

It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release.

A.  

An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint.

B.  

How much effort has gone into a Sprint.

C.  

How many hours have been worked by each Development Team member.

D.  

How many Product Backlog items remain.

A.  

There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint.

B.  

Refine the Product Backlog.

C.  

Work with the Quality Assurance departments on the Increment of the current Sprint.

D.  

Update the project plan with stakeholders.

A.  

The Scrum Master

B.  

The Scrum Team.

C.  

The Stakeholders.

D.  

The Product Owner.

A.  

Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.

B.  

Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.

C.  

No more than one calendar month.

D.  

All of these answers are correct.

A.  

They will improve their definition of “Done” to include more stringent criteria.

B.  

The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours.

C.  

There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams.

D.  

Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed.

E.  

A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now.

A.  

The Sprint Backlog.

B.  

The Sprint Goal

C.  

The release plan.

D.  

Sprint Review minutes.

A.  

Prioritizing the resulting action items.

B.  

Participating as a Scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed.

C.  

Acting as a scribe to capture the Development Team’s answers.

D.  

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management.

A.  

At least one representative from each major software engineering discipline (like QA, Dev, UX).

B.  

The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

C.  

One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.

A.  

Define the major product features and a release plan architecture.

B.  

Build at least one piece of valuable functionality.

C.  

Create at least one valuable, useful Increment

D.  

Make up a plan tor the rest of the project

E.  

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

A.  

How is the Sprint proceeding?

B.  

What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

C.  

Why were you late?

D.  

What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

E.  

How many hours did I spend on the project yesterday?

F.  

What will I be working on tomorrow?

G.  

Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

True

B.  

False

A.  

User Stones

B.  

Tasks

C.  

Use Cases

D.  

Tests

E.  

Any of the above (or others) which ate a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items

A.  

Involve the complete Scrum Team in making a decision.

B.  

Use coaching techniques; such as open QUESTION NO:s and active listening.

C.  

Ask an external agile coach what they recommend.

D.  

Ask team members to take the issue up with to the company’s Human Resources department.

A.  

What to do and who will do it.

B.  

How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.

C.  

What can be done and how to do it, and why to do it.

D.  

What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.

E.  

Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.

A.  

Add the item to the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

B.  

Add the item to the top of the Product Backlog.

C.  

Add the item to the current Sprint Backlog and begin work immediately since the

request came from the CEO.

D.  

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

E.  

Discuss the item with the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can

decide what to do.

A.  

The Stakeholders.

B.  

The Product Owner.

C.  

The Scrum Team.

D.  

The Scrum Master.

E.  

The Developers.