Question 1 of 30

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) The Development Team.

B) The Scrum team.

C) The Development Team and Scrum Master.
D) The Development Team and Product Owner.
E) The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the Daily
Scrum. If the Scrum Master or Product Owner is also on the Development Team, they will need to be at
the Daily Scrum. Otherwise, the Scrum Master simply has to make sure the Development Team knows
how to conduct a Daily Scrum and does so.

Question 2 of 30
The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to the current Sprint.
What should the Development Team do?

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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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.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
The items selected for a Sprint have been selected as most valuable with the Product Owner. The items
serve the Sprint's goal. No changes should be made that endanger the Sprint Goal. No changes can be
pushed on the Development Team (Sprint Backlog) and the Product Owner (Product Backlog).

Question 3 of 30
The purpose of a Sprint is to have a working increment of product done before the Sprint
Review.

Correct answer: A)
You chose: B)

A) True
B) False

Points: 0 out of

Question 4 of 30
1

Which two (2) things does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint?

Correct answer: B) D)
You chose: B) D)
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A) Deliver an increment of potentially shippable functionality.

B) Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure.
C) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
D) Develop a plan for the rest of the project.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 5 of 30
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

Correct answer: B)
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A) The place can be named.

B) The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.

C) The Product Owner demands it.

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

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 6 of 30
How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a
Sprint?

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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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) The best it can do given that it is usually impossible for QA to finish all of the
testing that is needed to prove shippability.
D) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 7 of 30
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?

Correct answer: D)
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A) The event must happen at a set time.

B) The event must happen by a given time.
C) The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.
D) The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 8 of 30
The timebox for the complete Sprint Planning meeting is?

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
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A) 4 hours.

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

C) Whenever it is done.
D) Monthly.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 9 of 30
The three pillars of empirical process control are:

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste

B) Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective
C) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation

D) Planning, Inspection, Adaptation

E) Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that
knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection, and
adaptation.

Question 10 of 30
Who is responsible for registering the work estimates during a Sprint?

Correct answer: A)
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A) The Development Team.

B) The Scrum Master.

 C) The Product Owner.
D) The most junior member of the Team.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 11 of 30
Scrum Master is a "management" position?

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)

A) True

B) False

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
The Scrum Master manages the Scrum process. If the Scrum Master is not a management position, he
or she may not have the influence to remove impediments. The Scrum Master does not manage the
team.

Question 12 of 30
What is the role of Management in Scrum?

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) To continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team.

B) To monitor the Development Team's productivity.
C) Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information into high
value product and system capabilities. Management supports the Scrum Master to
cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up
intelligence, and intelligent release of software.
D) To identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
However, management external to the Scrum team is incredibly important in setting the vision and
strategy to guide the overall direction of the business.

Question 13 of 30
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

Correct answer: A)
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A) Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.

B) Directing the Development Team.

C) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to
the stakeholders.
D) Keeping stakeholders at bay.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 14 of 30
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?

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
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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.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 15 of 30
Development Team membership should change:

Correct answer: C)
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 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) Just as it would on any development team, with no special allowance for changes in
productivity.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 16 of 30
An abnormal termination of a Sprint is called when?

Correct answer: D)
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A) When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that everything won't be finished.

B) When the Team feels that the work is too hard.
C) When Sales has an important opportunity.
D) When the Product Owner determines that it makes no sense to finish it.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 17 of 30
The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Correct answer: E)
You chose: E)
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A) Small items at the top to large items at the bottom.

B) Safer items at the top to riskier items 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.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
The Product Owner decides what order on the Product Backlog makes the most sense to optimize the
value of the work being done by the Development Team.

Question 18 of 30
When does the next Sprint begin?

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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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.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 19 of 30
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

Correct answer: B)
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A) It is a review of the team's activities during the Sprint.

B) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and
figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.
C) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to
provide feedback on the work done.
D) It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it did what it committed to doing,
or to punish the Development Team if it failed to meet its commitments.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to
Inspect AND Adapt.
 Question 20 of 30
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

Correct answer: A)
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A) Empirical

B) Hybrid
C) Defined
D) Complex

Points: 1 out of

Question 21 of 30
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When is a Sprint over?

Correct answer: D)
You chose: A)
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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 timebox expires.

Points: 0 out of 1

Question 22 of 30
When multiple teams are working together, each team should maintain a separate Product
Backlog.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)

A) True
B) False

Points: 1 out of 1
Feedback:
Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many teams are used. Any other setup makes it
difficult for the Development Team to determine what it should work on.

Question 23 of 30
What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest
level of productivity?

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
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A) By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.

B) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.

C) By preventing changes to the backlogs once the Sprint begins.
D) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 24 of 30
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the
definition of "done?"

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed
and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.
B) Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all
other Teams so the differences are known.
C) All Development Teams must have a definition of "done" that makes their combined
work potentially releasable.
D) It depends.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 25 of 30
During the Daily Scrum, the Scrum Master's role is to:
Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Lead the discussions of the Development Team.

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 the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.

E) All of the above.

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
Per the Scrum Guide, the Scrum Master ensures that the Development Team has the meeting and
teaches the Development Team to keep to a 15 minute time box. The Development Team is responsible
for conducting the Daily Scrum.

Question 26 of 30
Which statement best describes Scrum?

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

B) A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
C) A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.

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

Management.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 27 of 30
Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team?

Correct answer: A) D) E)
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A) Development Team
 B) Users
C) Customers
D) Product Owner
E) Scrum Master

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 28 of 30
Who is on the Scrum Team?

Correct answer: A) B) C)
You chose: A) B) C)

A) The Scrum Master

B) The Product Owner
C) The Development Team
D) Project Manager
E) None of the

above Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:
The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master (manages the process) the Product Owner (decides
what to do) and the Development Team (does the work).

Question 29 of 30
What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?

Correct answer: B)
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A) Minimal 7

B) 3 to 9

C) 7 plus or minus 2
D) 9

Points: 1 out of 1
Feedback:
Optimal Development Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete
significant work. Fewer than three Development Team members decreases interaction and results in
smaller productivity gains. More than nine members simply requires too much coordination.

Question 30 of 30
The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The Sprint Goal should
remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity. Based on
this, which of the following is false?

Correct answer: B)
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A) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the
Development Team.
B) The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully formulated in the Sprint Planning
meeting and do 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.

Points: 1 out of 1

1. Which of these advocates the anti-gold-plating mechanism of Agile?

Ans: Simplicity-the art of maximizing the amount of work not done-is essential

2. Scrum master is responsible for?

Ans: The Scrum process being adopted and used properly

3. Which scrum artifact helps in tracking progress?

Ans: Sprint burn down chart

4. A team is embarking on a release planning exercise. Which of the following is a required output
of a release planning exercise?
Ans: All of the above (A release backlog with estimates, Stories tentatively allocated to iterations,
An initial list of risks and open issues)

5. In Daily Standup, team reports status to Scrum master.

Ans: False

6. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each sprint
Ans: False

7. Who owns quality in a Scrum team?

Ans: Scrum team
8. A sustainable pace means?
Ans: The team Should establish a velocity which can be sustained within normal working hours

9. Definition of Done is only a Story

Ans: False

10. A good scrum team should exhibit the following desirable qualities?
Ans: The team is self-organizing

11. Poker planning is a size estimation technique

Ans: True

12. What would you expect to see on the back of a story card?
Ans: Acceptance criteria

13. Which of the following statements is correct regarding deliverables from an Agile project?
Ans: The products are of good quality, have a faster time to market and meet customer's exact needs

14. Which of the following options is correct about the changing requirements in software
development?
Ans: Inevitable

15. The 3Cs of an user story are

Ans: Card. Conversation, Confirmation

16. Who should attend Scrum retrospective?

Ans: Entire scrum team

17. Release Planning is a practice from Scrum?

Ans: False

18. Agile methods mostly focus on which of the following options?

Ans: Producing value, both current and future

19. What are the three levels of planning that MOST agile teams are concerned with?
Ans: Release, Iteration, Day

20. As product owner, which of the listed guidelines should you follow while creating the Product
Backlog?
Ans:
(a) Split high priority customer requirements that are too big into multiple smaller stories
(b) Update the Product Backlog whenever the customer or development team comes up with new
requirements
(c) Prioritize the requirements based on business value and risk

21. An Agile team...

Ans: Collaborates and supports its team members

22. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length?
Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the
project into consideration

23. The team is having the first Sprint Planning meeting. What are the activities that the team must
perform during the meeting?
Ans:
(b) Team members should decide upon the work they can commit to in the sprint
(d) The team should split the selected stories into sprint backlog tasks

24. Your team is working on a Backlog. Assume that the developers have already estimated the
stories in the Backlog and have come up with 150 story points. The team's historical velocity is at
20 story points per 2 weeks iteration. How many iterations will be needed to finish a theme?
Ans: 8 iterations

25. Agile Manifesto has 4 values and ..... principles?

Ans: 12.0

26. Product owner and Scrum master can be the same person
Ans: False

27. Pair Programming is a XP Practice?

Ans: True

28. The time box for a daily scrum is?

Ans: 15 min

29. You are hired to paint an unfamiliar house. Let's suppose you estimate the effort on painting
each of the smaller bedrooms to be worth 5 points. What would be your estimate for the master
bedroom if it is about twice the size of the smaller bedrooms?
Ans: 10 points

30. If there is a significant defect open on last day of sprint, from definition of Done Perspective, is
the sprint end increment DONE?
Ans: No its not DONE

31. Your project has a very aggressive timeline and has adopted the Agile(SCRUM) way of
working. What techniques can help in better learning and sharing?
Ans: All of these (Organize frequent knowledge sharing sessions, Paired responsibilities, Conduct
retrospectives at the end of each sprint)

32. The Product owner in an Agile project...

Ans: Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of features, but he/she has the final
decision

33. Which of the following best describes the approach for determining the iteration length?
Ans: The team should agree on the length of the iteration taking the size and complexity of the
project into consideration

34. How many roles are defined in a scrum?

Ans: 3.0

35. Which of the following are attributes of an Agile team?

Ans: All of these (Courage to change and adapt, Trust to fellow team members to do the work,
Responsiveness to change)

36. The recommended approach to design in an Agile project is:

Ans: Just enough design upfront

37. During a sprint the developers should be?

Ans: Able to contact to the Product Owner to clarify different aspects of the work

38. What is Kanban?

Ans: A visible chart of work to do, work in progress and work done

39. The Agile way is...

Ans: To produce working product of the right quality, early and incrementally

40. What does NOT match with Agile manifesto?

Ans: Processes and tools over individuals and interactions

41. In the popularization technique called "MoSCoW", the "M" stands for?
Ans: Must Have

42. The reason for holding regular Retrospectives is:

Ans: It allows learning which can be used to improve team performance

43. A development team determines that it has over-committed itself for a sprint. In such a situation,
who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the work selected?
Ans: The Product Owner and the Development team

44. What do all Agile approaches have in common?

Ans: Iterative and incremental development

45. During an estimation meeting 3 team members are making an estimation for a story.
Individually they estimate the story at 1, 3 and 8 story points. Which estimate should they use?
Ans: They should continue discussing the story until their estimates gets closer

46. The Agile process...

Ans: Encourages the team to meet regularly

47. Team A finished 43 story points in its last two-week iteration. Team B is working on a separate
project and has twice as many developers. It also completed 43 story points in its last two-week
iteration. What does it imply?
Ans: You cannot say anything for sure

48. The Agile approach to documentation is:

Ans: Do the necessary documentation to support the development and use of the product

49. Scrum master is introducing scrum to new development team. The development team feels a
retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the scrum master take?
Ans: Begin facilitating productive, useful retrospectives

50. An Agile approach advocates which of the following approaches?

Ans: Get something business-valuable delivered as quickly as possible, consistent with the right
level of quality

51. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
Ans: The consistency reduces complexity and overhead

52. What is the purpose of sprint burn down chart?

Ans: It is used to measure how much work is left to be done

53. Daily standup meetings are not recommended for small items
Ans: False

54. Who is responsible for Product backlog?

Ans: Product Owner
55. The person who addressed ill defined or tricky problems as wicked problems?
Ans: Horst Rittel