Scrum Master

What is a Scrum Master’s primary focus during Sprint Planning?

• Assigning tasks to developers

• Finalizing sprint timelines with stakeholders

• Facilitating agreement on the Sprint Goal and helping remove planning blockers

• Writing user stories

A Scrum Master notices that the team frequently finishes work early and remains idle. What should they do?

• Reduce sprint duration

• Encourage the team to pull more work and explore continuous improvement

• Assign more tasks themselves

• Increase story point estimates

How should a Scrum Master respond when a Product Owner skips backlog refinement sessions?

• Do nothing—it's the PO's responsibility

• Take over backlog refinement duties

• Escalate immediately to senior leadership

• Coach the PO on the value of refinement

What role does a Scrum Master play in resolving cross-team dependencies?

• None – that’s the Product Owner’s job

• Only escalate to a program manager

• Facilitate collaboration between teams

• Document issues for future retrospectives only

Which action reflects a Scrum Master fostering a culture of continuous improvement?

• Delivering sprint velocity reports to executives

• Ensuring retrospectives are held and improvement actions are followed

• Auditing code for best practices

• Approving all user stories

Which of the following is an example of the Scrum Master improving team health?

• Creating detailed Gantt charts

• Enforcing 9-to-5 work hours

• Promoting psychological safety and trust

• Limiting breaks during work

How should a Scrum Master handle a team member dominating discussions in retrospectives?

• Let them continue

• Speak to them privately

• Use facilitation techniques to ensure balanced participation

• Ask them not to attend retrospectives

In what situation should a Scrum Master intervene during a Daily Scrum?

• When developers are not standing

• When the PO starts assigning tasks

• When team members speak too briefly

• When there is no impediment reported

A stakeholder requests a last-minute demo outside the review. What should the Scrum Master do?

• Decline and direct them to the Sprint Review

• Encourage the team and PO to assess if it's valuable

• Demo the product themselves

• Ignore the request

What does a Scrum Master do when team velocity suddenly drops for two sprints?

• Warn the team

• Report the team to leadership

• Facilitate a retrospective and inspect to adapt

• Increase the sprint length