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WorksheetsPSM exam preparation - MZ
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Which of the following options should Developers have?
One expert for each skill needed for the project
All the competencies to build the product increment
A team lead to organize the work and take decisions
3 to 7 members
Who can best know which stakeholders should be invited to the Sprint Review?
No one outside the Scrum team must attend the meeting
Product Owner
The Key stakeholders can invite other stakeholders
Managers or CEO
Scrum Team
What are the values of Scrum?
Follow the agile manifesto values and principles
Trust, honesty, transparency, inspection, adaptation
Commitment, courage, focus, opennes and respect
Flexibility, creativity and productivity
What does a Scrum team consist of? Select all the answers that apply
Developers
Agile coach
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Stakeholders
Which of the following are Scrum events? Select three answers
Release Planning
Sprint Review
Refinement
Sprint Retrospective
Daily Scrum
When a Developer owns a Product Backlog Item?
Never
As soon as the Sprint starts
When he or she is assigned to it
During daily Scrum
As soon as the Sprint backlog is ready
Who is responsible for building potentially shippable product increments at the end of each Sprint?
Scrum Master
Developers
Product Owner
Scrum Team
Delivery Team
What is the outcome of a Sprint Review?
A list of improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint
The Developers plan work for the next 24 hours
A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint
The Sprint goal and Sprint backlog
How does the Scrum Master serve the Product Owner? Select three answers
Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management
Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Monitoring the progress of the Developers
Understanding product planning in an empirical environment
Talking to stakeholders
Developers say that communication with the Product Owner is not effective. What action makes the most sense?
The Scrum Master should monitor and facilitate communication between them and help improve collaboration
Teach them or provide a communication training
Teach the technology implementation details to the Product Owner so they can better communicate
Encourage the Product Owner to write better and more detailed documents
The result of the Sprint Planning are the Sprint Goal and the Sprint Backlog
True
False
Who can change the Product Backlog?
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Developers
A person designated by the Scrum Team to maintain the Product Backlog
Product Owner and Developers
What may Developers deliver at the end of a Sprint?
A component of the product that will be assembled to other components in the next Sprint to become usable
An increment of the implementation document
A fully tested increment of the product that meets the definition of done and can go to production if needed
An increment of the product that might need a few changes before being released
A product has just been launched, but the customer reports performance issues, what is the correct approach?
Use a hardening Sprint to improve performance
Spend more time in QA
Add the performance expectations to the Definition of Done
Add a performance tester to the team
What will the Product Owner do during the Sprint? Select two answers
Clarify items of the current Sprint to the Developers
Order the Sprint Backlog
Estimate the Product Backlog
Monitor the progress of the Sprint
Collaborate with Stakeholders
If multiple Scrum Teams are working on the same product or system, they must all use the same Product Backlog.
False
True
During Sprint Planning, the Product Owner informs the Developers how many Product Backlog items were agreed with the stakeholders to be added to the Sprint Backlog to meet business goals.
False
True
A company has a team of Developers who are finishing some projects and need to create new teams for new Products, what is the best approach consistent with Scrum? Select two answers
The Scrum Master and the Product Owners re-assign people to new teams according to their skills
Existing teams propose how they would like to re-arrange into new teams
Developers should self-organize into new teams
Managers re-assign people to new teams
The Scrum Master re-assign people to new teams according to their skills
What is the reason that the Sprint Review should be held at the same time and same place?
This is not required by Scrum
To create habits
To reduce complexity
To book rooms and resources recursively
The Product Owner can delegate the order of the Product Backlog items to the Developers
Yes, but the Product Owner remains accountable
Yes, the Developers become responsible for the outcome of it
No, the Product Owner must do that
Who decides how work is done during the Sprint?
Stakeholders
Scrum Master
Team Lead
Product Owner
Developers
In a given company, stakeholders and managers often talk to Developers to request changes. What should the Scrum Master do?
Tell Developers to ignore them
Allow communication between areas
Help those outside Scrum Team understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren't
Tell Product Owner to do his or her job
Who is responsible for writing the meeting notes report for the management during the retrospective?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
None
Developers
Facilitator
If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, who defines the Definition of Done?
All Scrum Teams must mutually define Definition of Done
Each Developer defines its own Definition of Done
Developers
The organization must define it as part of the conventions, standards and guidelines
During a Sprint, who determines if it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
CEO
Stakeholders
Developers
The purpose of a Sprint is to create a potentially releasable product Increment
False
True
If "Done" for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, who must define the Definition of Done?
Team Lead
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Product Owner
Project Manager
Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and to control risk.
False
True
A Scrum Master starts working with a team and detects that a senior developer is not sharing database passwords with the rest of the team and demands that all database changes must go through him. What values of Scrum are not being embodied? Select three answers
Respect
Commitment
Courage
Knowledge sharing
Trust
During a Sprint, when new details are known about the items in the Sprint backlog, who updates the Sprint Backlog?
Scrum Team
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Developers
Business Analyst
People outside the Scrum Team can attend the Daily Scrums.
False
True
A developer is concerned because new developers will be added to the Scrum Team and the impact on communication. As a Scrum Master, what would you tell the Developer about what the appropriate size of a Scrum Team should be?
5 to 9 team members
3 to 7 team members
Small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work within a Sprint
5 to 11 team members
A large Scrum Team can have two Scrum Masters
False
True
How much work must Developers do with each Product Backlog item that was added to the Sprint Backlog?
Everything that is described in the acceptance criteria
As much as they can do within Sprint time-box. Any remaining work will be postponed for the next Sprint
As much as it was told to Product Owner will be done for each item and according to the Definition of Done
Analysis, design, development and testing
Who must participate in the Daily Scrum?
Scrum Master and Developers
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Developers
Product Owner
A first Sprint requires no more than a Product Owner, a Scrum Master, Developers, and enough ideas for a full Sprint.
False
True
Scrum describes accountabilities, events, and artifacts. A Scrum Team may choose to use all or part of them depending on the work context.
True
False
If the Definition of Done for an increment is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization, __________
Scrum Teams should not ever worry about improving Definition of Done
All Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum
Each Scrum team defines Definition of Done as they like
Who is responsible for estimating the size of the items in the Product Backlog?
Scrum Master
Developers
Product Owner and Developers
Product Owner
Scrum Team
One approach to having two or more Scrum Teams working on the same product is to organize the teams to work in layers of the application. i.e .: UI team, backend team, database team
True
False
How long should a Sprint be?
2 weeks
Maximum of 1 month
As defined in the release backlog
1 week
Enough to complete the work plan
Who will check and advise about artifacts being completely transparent?
Team Lead
Management
IT Department
Product Owner
Scrum Master
What should the Scrum Team do after the Sprint Retrospective?
Explain the improvement in Sprint Review
They may add at least one high priority improvement to the next Sprint Backlog
Add at least one high priority improvement to the next Product Backlog
Add at least one high priority improvement to the current Sprint
Add all improvements to the Sprint Backlog
What should the Developers do in the first Sprint?
Analyze the requirements and design the architecture for the upcoming Sprints
Create the release backlog
Create potentially releasable increment with at least one functionality
Analyze the requirements and design the architecture for the complete project
Use the first Sprint to create the vision, refined Product Backlog, setup the environment and define the architecture
What are the benefits of self-organization? Select three answers
Better Product Backlog management
Increase creativity
Optimizes flexibility
Increases commitment and accountability
Better estimates
The Product Owner has no idea how to order the Product Backlog. What should the Scrum Master do?
Coach Product Owner on how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value
Respect decisions of Product Owner
Escalate issue to Chief Product Owner
Give him or her sticky notes to organize ideas
Which of these are some of the responsibilities of the Product Owner role? Select two answers
Ordering Product Backlog
Provides estimates
Ordering Sprint Backlog
The role can be shared within a group of people
Is one person
What are the three example questions that may be answered during the Daily Scrum?
What did I do yesterday that helped Developers meet Sprint goal?
What will I do tomorrow to help Developers meet Sprint Goal?
What will I do today to help Developers meet Sprint Goal?
Will we be able to finish all the work in this Sprint?
Do I see any impediments that prevents me or Developers from meeting Sprint Goal?
Other members outside the Developers can also attend the Sprint Retrospective?
True
False
What is the estimation method recommended by Scrum?
Hours
None
Relative estimation
Planning Poker
Story Points
What is the reason for having the Daily Scrum at the same time and in the same place?
To reduce complexity
To increase Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation
To increase flexibility, creativity and productivity
To let the managers and Product Owner easily attend when they need an update
Who has the authority to cancel a Sprint?
Product Owner
Developers
Stakeholders
CEO
Scrum Master
Once the Sprint started, the Developers cannot add new work to the Sprint Backlog
False
True
What is the time-box for the Daily Scrum when the Scrum Team has 10 members?
30 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
Developers should have between 3 to 7 team members
20 minutes
A Stakeholder wants a Product Backlog item, but the Product Owner proves that it has low value and decides not to build it. Which Scrum Values are the Product Owner showing? Select two answers
Focus
Loyalty
Maximize value
Courage
Rebellion
What is the recommended time-box for Daily Scrum for a Scrum Team with only 3 developers?
20 minutes
5 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
Developers must have at least 5 members
Who has the last word regarding the order of the Product Backlog?
Scrum Master
Stakeholders
Product Owner
Developers
Scrum Team
Select three responsibilities or characteristics of the Product Owner
Facilitates Sprint Planning
Is one person
Maximize the value
Cannot be part of more than one Scrum Team
Optimizing the value of the work Developers perform
Which of the following best describes Scrum?
A complex framework to address simple problems with the highest possible value
A set of practises and techniques to increase flexibility, creativity and productivity
An Agile methodology
A method to deal with complexity
A framework
Who can invite Technical Experts outside the Scrum Team to attend the Sprint Planning?
No one outside Scrum Team can join Sprint Planning
Developers
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Scrum Team
How the Product Backlog should be ordered?
According to the value
According to the delivery date
According to Stakeholders thoughts in order to meet business goals and maximize value
Smaller and clear items on the top
As Product Owner decides in order to meet business goals and maximize value
Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three answers
Stakeholders
Developers
Product Owner
Project Manager
Scrum Master
What are the pillars of empirical process control in Scum?
Commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect
Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation
Individuals and interactions, working software, customer collaboration, responding to change
Flexibility, creativity and productivity
Adaptability, quality and flexibility
How much time should be spent refining the Product Backlog?
During Sprint Planning
According to capacity
This is at most four-hour meeting for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter
Once a week
As needed
During a Sprint, the customer calls to say that critical functionality is missing. What meetings might the customer not have attended and where could they have provided feedback on expected features?
Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Review
Sprint Review
Refinement
Sprint Retrospective
Daily Sprint Planning
If the Sprint Goal is in danger, some conventions of the Definition of Done can be ignored in order to complete the Sprint.
True
False
A potentially releasable Product Increment must be done before the Sprint Review
True
False
What provides guidance to the Developers in terms of why they are building the increment?
Sprint Goal
Product Owner explanation
Company vision
Profitability report
Sprint Backlog
Developers can be divided into subteams. For example, in software development, Developers are typically divided into a front-end sub-team and a back-end sub-team.
False
True
During the Sprint Review, the Developers explain what Product Backlog items have been "Done" and what has not been "Done"
True
False
How much of the Developer's capacity can be used for the Product Backlog refinement?
At least 10%
8 hours for one-month Sprints
Only the Product Owner does refinement with stakeholders
15 minutes daily
As needed as long as they can still meet the Sprint Goal
Which of the following best describes the Sprint Review?
An opportunity to define the work to be performed in the Sprint
Inspect the Increment and adapt Product Backlog if needed
An opportunity for Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements
A celebration for the achievements of the Sprint
What is expected of the Product Backlog? Select two answers
Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually clearer and more detailed than lower ordered ones
All Product Backlog items are accurately estimated
All Product Backlog items have the same level of details
Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually less detailed than lower ordered ones
More precise estimates are made based on greater clarity and increased detail
Please select the answer that best describes the Sprint Review.
A meeting at the end of the Sprint to verify how good was the forecast and estimates provided by Developers
An instance to control Developers at the end of Sprint
An internal meeting for Scrum Team to review Sprint
A demo at the end of Sprint to show to the stakeholders what was produced in Sprint and get feedback
Which of these sentences best describes the Sprint Backlog?
List of Product Backlog items for the next Sprint
Wish list for Sprint
A technical implementation plan of Developers
Sprint Goal
A Sprint Goal, a set of Product Backlog items selected for Sprint, and a plan for delivering the Product Increment and realizing Sprint Goal
During the Sprint review, it is the Product Owner who must demonstrate the work the Scrum Team has "Done" and answer questions about the increment.
True
False
What is the outcome of a Sprint Retrospective?
A revised Product Backlog that defines the probable Product Backlog items for the next Sprint
Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog
A list of improvements that it will likely be implemented in the next Sprint
Developers plan work for the next 24 hours
When is the Scrum Team allowed to finish the Sprint?
When the work of Sprint Backlog is completed
After releasing the product
In one month
When the time-box expires
The Product Backlog items can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion.
False
True
Who should oversee that the Developers do their tasks for the Sprint?
Product Owner
Stakeholders
Developers
Scrum Master
Project Manager
