FCPC - Software Engineering - Midterm Exam

Which of these are Scrum anti patterns?

• Programmers as one Scrum Team and Testers as another Scrum Team

• Scrum Master as a servant leader

• Scrum Team with 20 members

• Cross Functional team

• Sprint duration of 6 weeks

What do all Agile Frameworks have in common?

• A prescribed, fixed iteration length

• Lightweight approach that allows the self-organized teams to better respond to business requirements

• Iterative and Incremental development

• A clear step-by-step process for software development

• A prescribed format for backlog items

Daily Scrum is NOT recommended for collocated teams

• True

• False

The Product Owner in a Scrum project....

• Has no control over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items

• Has the final authority over the prioritization of Product Backlog Items

• Collaborates with the developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items, but the developers have the final say

• Collaborates with de developers over prioritization of Product Backlog Items but Product Owner has the final say

• Creates the Product Backlog Items but leaves prioritization to Business Analyst

Agile principles can be only used for software development

• True

• False

What is the purpose of Sprint burndown chart?

• It is used to measure utilization of the development team

• It is used to measure defects introduced during the Sprint

• It is used to measure how much work is yet to be done to reach Sprint goal

• It is used to measure how fast the Product Owner turns around on the queries

Kris is an experienced Project Manager with a customer project where he commands the teams and micro manages the team members at task level. How can he help the TCS Agile Vision?

• Proactively up-skill with skills needed to work in Agile Roles

• No need to do anything as he can continue to be the Project Manager

• Wait till his current customer adopts Agile

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

• So that the place can be named as Daily Scrum Hub

• The consistency reduces complexity and overhead

• The Product Owner demands it

• Rooms are hard to book and this helps in advance booking

• There is no such rule

How should work be allocated to the team in a Scrum project?

• The Scrum Master must assign tasks to individuals

• Team members must volunteer for tasks appropriate to their skills

• The complex tasks must be allocated by the Scrum Master

• Tasks must be allocated to team members by the Product Owner

• While senior team members volunteer for tasks, juniors must be assigned takas by the Scrum Master

Which of the following BEST represent the Scrum approach to planning?

• Planning is a continuous activity done faintly by Scrum Master and Product Owner

• Detailed planning is done upfront and not revisited

• Whole team together does just enough upfront planning followed by continuous planning throughout the project

• Only planning in Scrum is one of the planning events