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WorksheetsPSM I Practice Exam - 80 questions
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When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item selected for the Sprint? (choose the best answer)
Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.
At the Sprint Planning Event
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work
During the Daily Scrum
Is the Product Owner required to be present at the Sprint Retrospective? Choose the best answer
Their attendance is mandatory. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to assess and improve itself
They are not allowed. The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Developers to improve
They are optional. Attendance is only required when the Product Owner gets invited by the Scrum Master
What is a Product Backlog? Choose the best answer
The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product.
It is a list of references to Use Case documents that are stored in a central repository. The references should be viewable and clickable by anybody to enhance transparency.
It is a formally approved list of requirements to be implemented over a set period
It is a detailed list of functionalities from which the Developers draw items, to be complemented by a separate Technology Backlog managed by the Developers.
To create focus which of the following are most important to have ready when Sprint Planning begins? Choose the best two answers.
A clear cadence of when the Daily Scrum will take place.
A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion.
A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner
A fully refined Product Backlog
A clear and non-negotiable Sprint Goal.
What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders? Choose the best answer
The Product Owner writes the User Stories as provided by the stakeholders
The Product Owner provides the stakeholders with acceptance forms at the Sprint Review to record their formal agreement over the delivered software
The Product Owner has the final call over the requirements and should involve the stakeholders as little as possible
The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to incorporate into the Product Backlog
True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager?
True
False
True or False: The Sprint Review is the only time at which stakeholder feedback is taken into account.
True
False
The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for: (Choose the best answer
Items the Scrum Master has identified as impediments.
High impact changes that have not been approved by the change request board.
Technical and architectural work that needs to be done first, as indicated by the chief enterprise architect.
There are no exceptions; the entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.
Decisions by the chief program manager.
What phrases best describe the relationship of the Product Owner and the Developers? Choose the best two answers
They should work apart as much as possible in order to keep the concerns of business and technology separated
They collaborate often so the Developers build Increments keeping end-user and stakeholder concerns in mind.
They collaborate often so the Product Owner can make informed decisions in balancing effort and value of Product Backlog items.
The Product Owner should be with the Developers full-time to grow a deep understanding of the technology being used.
They should share no more than the Sprint Planning and the Sprint Review meeting.
What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog? Choose the best answer
Lowest development cost in order to maximize Return on Investment (ROI)
Effort first, then value
Development cohesion as indicated by the Developers
Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value delivered
The availability of resources and skills for implementation
An Agile way of working offers more predictability and more flexibility than traditional ways of working. How does Scrum help to achieve more predictability and flexibility?
By having a daily meeting at the same time to help bring predictability - By introducing a Scrum board to track the work to help bring flexibility
By making a new sprint planning every sprint to help bring predictability - By not having fixed working hours for the team to help bring flexibility
By using an estimate of the team’s velocity to help bring predictability - By reordering the product backlog items as needed to help bring flexibility
By using sprint retrospectives to change processes to help bring predictability - By having strict service level expectations (SLEs) to help bring flexibility
A Scrum Master knows she should help remove roadblocks but is doubting if it is also useful to establish a form of continuous improvement. Is there overlap between removing roadblocks and establishing continuous improvement?
Yes. A Scrum Master that removes a roadblock is doing a part of the continuous improvement the team needs to establish flow.
No. Continuous improvement items should go on a continuous improvement backlog and roadblocks do not belong there.
Yes. Continuous improvement is focused on improving the product so the Scrum Master should use it to help the team flow.
No. Removing roadblocks is a task that is done by the Scrum Master and continuous improvement is done by the Developers.
Aisha is a Scrum Master. During a sprint, she realizes the team will not deliver a potentially shippable product at the end of this sprint. Aisha suspects that this is because the team does not review all of the code before it gets checked in. What should Aisha do?
Ask the Product Owner for permission to cancel the current sprint
Ask the team to analyze what can be done better the next sprint
Demand that the team reviews all code before it gets checked in
Extend the sprint length in order to deliver the shippable product
A new team is just starting to transition to Scrum. This is a pilot team. The Product Owner has worked in a Scrum team before. The Developers are completely new to Scrum. The Scrum Master has had some formal training, but limited experience. For now, they have a project manager to oversee the project. The team must be trained in the Scrum framework. Who is accountable for making sure this happens?
The Developers
The Product Owner
The Project Manager
The Scrum Master
Which tasks and responsibilities belong to the Scrum Master?
The Scrum Master assesses the maturity of the team and informs the Product Owner in case training or coaching are necessary, so the Product Owner can act appropriately.
The Scrum Master helps to arrange meetings and coordinate work, helps with tracking progress of tasks with the aid of visual tools and helps team members overcome difficulties.
The Scrum Master keeps track of the product backlog and makes sure the Product Owner and the Developers clearly understand the items and their order, priority, and value.
The Scrum Master manages the Developers and reviews and allocates tasks at the daily scrum meeting so that all team members can maintain focus on the tasks committed to.
During a sprint, a Developer does not understand the user story he is working on. This is a potential roadblock for the success of the project. What should the Scrum Master do to enable the Developer to work at capacity?
Ask the Developer to ignore the story and put it on the product backlog until the team understands it
Ask the Developer to spend more time analyzing and researching the user story to help understand it
Ask the Product Owner to explain the user story and find a resource to help the Developer understand it
Ask the Product Owner to put the user story back on the product backlog and improve and rewrite it
A Product Owner is entitled to postpone the start of a new Sprint after the conclusion of a previous Sprint for the following reason: (Choose the best answer)
There is no acceptable reason. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
The Quality Assurance department needs more time to make the previous Increment complete.
Not enough Product Backlog items are ready
The Product Owner has not identified a Sprint Goal.
The stakeholders are not happy with the value produced in the previous Sprint.
True or False: A first Sprint can start before the Product Owner has a complete and exhaustive Product Backlog in place.
True
False
What two things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product? Choose the best two answers
The order of the Product Backlog.
Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases.
Setting value on individual Product Backlog items using Value Poker.
Devising a formula for a neutral calculation of value.
Adaptations requires regular inspection. In what ways does the Product Owner contribute to the results achieved by inspection? Choose the best two answers
The Product Owner invites stakeholders to the Sprint Review to learn how the current state of the marketplace influences what is the most valuable thing to do next
The Product Owner verifies the Sprint Backlog for completeness at the end of Sprint Planning in order to allow the Sprint to start
The Product Owner inspects the Sprint burn-down at the Daily Scrum for progress towards a complete Increment and re-planning the team's work
The Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog at the Sprint Review, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog
Part way through a Sprint, the Scrum Team has completed some work and they want to get feedback from stakeholders before the end of the Sprint. Who should facilitate a session to gather feedback on the completed work? Choose the best answer
Any Scrum Team member.
The Developers.
The Product Owner.
The Scrum Team should not gather feedback outside of the Sprint Review.
The Scrum Master.
True or False: The Sprint Retrospective is being poorly facilitated when participants are quiet, feeling frustrated and confused.
True
False
True or False: The Product Owner must facilitate a shared consensus with the rest of the Scrum Team before canceling a Sprint.
True
False
What does the Scrum Guide say about the accountabilities of the Product Owner in regard to Sprint Planning? Choose the best answer
The Product Owner requests that the Developers come to the meeting with a Product Goal for the Sprint.
The Product Owner must make sure all Product Backlog items meet the Definition of Ready in advance of Sprint Planning.
Prior to Sprint Planning, the Product Owner asks the Scrum Team to define the Sprint Goal.
The Product Owner ensures that those attending Sprint Planning are prepared to discuss the most important Product Backlog items.
True or False: The Scrum Master should always facilitate the Daily Scrum.
True
False
How important is it for a Product Owner to order Product Backlog items by using value points? Choose the best answer
The Product Owner may order the Product Backlog by using value points or select another technique, the decision is up to them.
Using value points is the ultimate way for a Product Owner to predict the value that the product will provide.
Calculating value points is a predictive approach that conflicts with the empiricism of Scrum, and is therefore not acceptable.
Which description best fits the role of the Product Owner? Choose the best answer
Project Manager 2.0
Scope Protector
Value Maximizer
Requirements Collector
Chief Business Analyst
What should the Developers do if the Product Owner is unavailable? Choose the best answer
Ask the Product Owner’s manager to decide in the Product Owner’s absence.
Within the Sprint, the Developers make the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once they are available again.
Management should assign a substitute Product Owner to fill in when the Product Owner cannot be there.
Wait until the Product Owner is available again.
How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful? Choose the best answer
By measuring the actual time spent on development versus the time estimated for development.
By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release.
By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.
By the Product Owner and stakeholders accepting the Increment at the Sprint Review.
An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen
The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost
Management may feel less anxious
All of the above
Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum? (choose the best answer)
The Developers and Product Owner
The Developers
The Developers and Scrum Master
The Scrum Master and Product Owner
The Scrum Team
How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select for a Sprint? (choose the best answer)
Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation
Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of Done
All development work and at least some testing
As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done? Choose the best answer
Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known
It depends
All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined Increment valuable and useful.
The Product Owner manages the Product Backlog. Who is accountable for estimating the effort to complete the Product Backlog items? Choose the best answer
The PMO
The Product Owner
The Developers
Who creates the Definition of Done? Choose the best answer
The Product Owner since they are responsible for the product's success
The Scrum Master since they are responsible for the productivity of the Developers
If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product
The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members' definitions.
What are two ways a Scrum Master serves to enable effective Scrum Teams? Choose the best two answers.
By starting and ending the meetings at the proper time
By facilitating Developer decision-making
By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog
By removing impediments that hinder the Scrum Team
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place? (choose the best answer)
The consistency reduces complexity
Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance
The Product Owner demands it
The place can be named
True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of each Sprint
True
False
When should a Developer on a Scrum Team be replaced? (choose the best answer)
Every Sprint to promote shared learning
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity
Never, it reduces productivity
As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity
The three pillars of empiricism are: (Choose the best answer)
Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective
Planning, Inspection, Adaptation
Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
Respect for People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waster
Transparency, Eliminating Waster, Kaizen
Which of the following services for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum? (choose the best answer)
Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered
Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox
Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak
Lead the discussions of the Developers
All answers apply
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is? Choose the best answer
15 minutes
15 minutes for a 4-week sprint. For shorter Sprints, it is usually shorter
2 minutes per person
4 hours
The same time of day every day
Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility? Choose the best answer
Directing the Developers
Maximizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does
Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
Keep stakeholders from distracting the Developers
Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint? (choose the best answer)
The Developers
The most junior member of the team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly? (choose the best answer)
The Product Owner
The Project Manager
The Developers
The Scrum Master
True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.
True
False
When does the next Sprint begin?
Immediately following the next Sprint Planning
Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
When the Product Owner is ready
Next Monday
True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager"
True
False
The length of a Sprint should be: (choose the best answer)
Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner
Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events
One month or less
All of the above
The timebox for the Sprint Review is: (choose the best answer)
2 hours
1 day
4 hours for a monthly sprint. For shorter Sprints, it is usually shorter
4 hours and longer as needed
The Developers should have all the skills needed to: (choose the best answer)
Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner
Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and valuable product functionality
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments
True or False: The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint Backlog.
True
False
Who is on the Scrum Team? (choose the best three answers)
The Scrum Master
Project Manager
The Product Owner
Developers
The CEO asks the Developers to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Developers do? (choose the best answer)
Inform the other members of the Scrum Team so the team can decide what to do
Add the item to the next Sprint
Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size
Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments
The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality, and productivity. Which of the following answers is FALSE?
The Developers may work with the Product Owner to add or remove work if they find themselves with more or less capacity than expected
The Spring Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change during the Sprint.
As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges
The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Developers.
Which statement best describes Scrum? Choose the best answer
A cookbook that defines best practices for software development
A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management
A framework for creating complex products in complex environments
A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.
What is the principal value of releasing an Increment? Choose the best answer
To learn about the Scrum Team's productivity
To learn about the forecast of functionality that was developed
To validate assumptions made when developing the product.
Which statement best describes the Sprint Review? Choose the best answer
It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work done.
It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint
It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out what to do next
What are typical activities for a Product Owner in a Sprint? (choose the best two answers)
Work with the Developers on Product Backlog refinement.
Attend every Daily Scrum to answer functional questions on the discussed Sprint Backlog items.
Update the work plan for the Developers on a daily basis.
Collaborate with stakeholders, user communities, and subject matter experts.
Create financial reporting upon the spent hours reported by the Scrum Team.
It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by using which method? Choose the best answer
A Product or Release burn-down chart
A Value burn-up chart
A Gantt Chart
Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work
A Sprint Review acceptance report
How do timeboxes help the Product Owner and the other members of the Scrum Team validate assumptions, adapt, and maximize the value of their product? Choose the best answer
Timeboxes assure the Product Owner that the Developers will finish all work on the Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.
At the end of each Sprint when the timebox expires a detailed report with all test cases and test results is available.
Timeboxes help minimize risk by creating the opportunity to validate assumptions using feedback from users and the market; allowing Scrum Teams to inspect progress toward the Product Goal and decide whether to pivot or persevere.
Timeboxes help by making sure a Sprint does not stop until all testing is done, and the work is verified by the Product Owner.
True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of working product.
True
False
Upon what type of process control is Scrum based? Choose the best answer
Complex
Empirical
Defined
Hybrid
What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox? Choose the best answer
The event must happen by a given time
The event must happen at a set time
The event must take at least a minimum amount of time
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
Which Scrum events are timeboxed? Choose the best three answers.
Sprint Review
Refinement
Sprint Retrospective
Sprint Planning
Sprint Testing
What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum? Choose the best answer
To gather status and progress information to report to management
To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down
They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum
To make sure every team member answers the three questions
What is the function or purpose of Management in Scrum? Choose the best answer
Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to encourage organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent product delivery
Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team
Identify and remove people that are not working hard enough
Monitor the progress of the Developers on the Scrum Team
The Developers find out during the Sprint that they are not likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do? Choose the best answer
Change the Sprint Goal.
Skip Product Backlog refinement activities
Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Developers.
Cancel the Sprint.
Inform management that more resources are needed.
During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product Backlog items selected? Choose the best answer
The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers
The Developers
The Product Owner and the Developers
The Product Owner and all stakeholders
Which of the following are examples of a Scrum Team practicing Scrum poorly or not exhibiting traits of a self-managing Scrum Team? Choose the best three answers
The Developers are collaboratively selecting their own work during the Sprint
The Developers are working within the boundaries of their organizations functional description and nicely handing off work from analyst to developer to tester to integration
Stakeholders attend the Daily Scrum to check on the Scrum Team's progress
The Developers invite external stakeholders to the Sprint Planning to ask them how to turn a Product Backlog item into an Increment via a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog
The Developers have all the skills they need to create a valuable, useful Increment.
When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled? Choose the best answer
When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
When the Developers feel that the work is too hard
When the sales department has an important new opportunity
When does a Developer become the sole owner of an item on the Sprint Backlog? Choose the best answer
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work
At the Sprint Planning event
Never. All Sprint Backlog items are "owned" by the Developers on the Scrum Team.
During the Daily Scrum.
What is the typical size for a Scrum Team? Choose the best answer
10 or fewer
Minimum of 7
7 plus or minus 2
9
What are three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum? Choose the best three answers.
Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment
Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products
Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking
Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity
Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers
The Product Backlog is ordered by: (choose the best answer)
Items are randomly arranged
Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner
Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom
Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom
Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.
A Scrum Team consists of the following: (choose the best three answers)
Users
Product Owner
Customers
Developers
Scrum Master
Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog? Choose the best answer
The Product Owner
The CEO
The Developers
The Scrum Master
The Stakeholders
True or False: The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.
True
False
Which two statements explain why the Definition of Done is important to the Product Owner? Choose the best two answers.
It creates transparency regarding progress within the Scrum Team.
It establishes the expected quality of the Increment reviewed at the Sprint Review.
It identifies undone work that can be addressed in a separate Sprint.
It helps the Product Owner track the open work during a Sprint.
When can the Product Backlog be updated? Choose the best answer
Only after a Sprint Review if agreed to by the stakeholders.
At any time when done by the Product Owner or a delegate.
Only during Product Backlog refinement sessions if the Product Owner is present.
Never, unless agreed to by the change request.
