Agile and Scrum quiz

Where does the naming SCRUM come from?

• American football

• Rugby

• Soccer

• Athletics

Answer explanation

Remember the formation from the presentation? It is the scrum in rugby.

The name of the iteration in SCRUM is ...

• PI (product increment)

• Scrum

• Sprint

• Iteration

Answer explanation

The name of the iteration is sprint.

What is the difference between the product backlog and the sprint backlog?

• Nothing, they are completely the same thing

• The sprint backlog is part of the product backlog, but it is changing every day

• The sprint backlog is condstructed from the product backlog but it is frozen

• They are the same, none of them can be changed

Answer explanation

The sprint backlog is a subset of the product backlog commited by the team for the sprint.

What is one of the two main features of the Product Backlog?

• Detailed plan about what has to be done in the next sprint

• Constantly decreasing until the end of the sprint

• Prioritized: business values, dependencies can influence priority

• Frozen for the time of the sprint

Answer explanation

It is prioritized.

Can we change the sprint backlog during the sprint?

• Yes, but only in certain cases (urgent situations, good progress)

• Yes, we can change it on every daily standup

• Yes, but only the Scrum Master can change it

• Yes, but only the testers can change it

Answer explanation

In case there is an urgent situation or the team has finished the tasks, it can be changed or tasks can be added.

What is true for the daily standups?

• It is always better to have it virtually on Teams

• Maximum 5 minutes

• Product Owner is a mandatory participant

• Quick status to 3 questions

Answer explanation

To ensure transparency every day, the team members answer to 3 questions in 15 minutes.

What is not part of the sprint planning?

• Estimating the effort

• Understanding the task

• Showing what has been done in the next sprint

• Writing the tasks for the next sprint

Answer explanation

The sprint review is not part of the sprint planning

Who are the stakeholders?

• Project goal influencing people

• Only the members of the line management

• The Product Owner and the Scrum Master

• The development team itself

Answer explanation

Stakeholders are individuals, groups or any party that has an interest in the outcomes of a project

True or false?

One team - One backlog

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Multiple teams can work on the same backlog. Also teams can work on more backlog.

True or false?

Technical debts can be part of the product backlog.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Resolving technical debts are also task of the development team so has to be added to the backlog.