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Scrum PSM-I Professional Scrum Master level I Exam Practice Test

Demo: 74 questions
Total 250 questions

Professional Scrum Master level I Questions and Answers

Question 1

What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of security-related Product Backlog items.

B.

Add security concerns to the definition of “Done”.

C.

Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns.

D.

Delegate the work to the concerned department.

E.

Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.

Question 2

Developers are self-managing, which of the following do they manage? (choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

When lo release, based on this progress.

B.

Stakeholders for the Sprint Review

C.

Sprint Backlog.

D.

Sprint length

E.

Product Backlog ordering

Question 3

The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:

Options:

A.

Turn Product Backlog items into an Increment of potentially releasable product functionality.

B.

Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments.

C.

Complete the project within the date and cost as calculated by the Product Owner.

Question 4

What is the accountability of the Product Owner during Sprint 0? (Choose the best answer.)

Options:

A.

There is no such thing as Sprint 0.

B.

Gathering, eliciting, and analyzing the requirements that will be inserted into the Product Backlog.

C.

Make the complete project plan to commit date, budget, and scope to the stakeholders.

D.

Determine the composition of the Development Teams so they have the capacity to deliver the completed

forecast.

E.

Make sure enough Product Backlog items are refined to fill the first 3 Sprints.

Question 5

Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

B.

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

C.

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

D.

Define the major product features and release plan architecture

E.

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

Question 6

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

Options:

A.

The consistency reduces complexity.

B.

The place can be named.

C.

The Product Owner demands it.

D.

Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

Question 7

You are the Scrum Master on a newly formed Scrum Team. Which three of the following activities would probably help the team in starting up? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Introduce a bonus system for the top performers in the team.

B.

Have the Scrum Team members introduce themselves to each other and give a brief background of their skills and work history.

C.

Have the development managers for each Development Team member introduce their direct reports and go over their responsibilities on the Scrum Team.

D.

Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities.

E.

Ensure the team understands they need a definition of “Done”.

F.

Ask the Product Owner to discuss the product or project, its history, goals, and context, as well as answer questions.

Question 8

A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. Which of these is the guideline that a Scrum Master should give?

Options:

A.

Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.

B.

Estimates are made by the Development Team.

C.

Estimates must be in relative units.

D.

Scrum forbids estimating.

E.

Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development Team.

Question 9

During the Sprint. Me Scrum Master's role is to do which two of the following: (choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed

B.

Coaching the team members in self-management

C.

Ensure the Product Owner attends all scrum events.

D.

Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers

E.

Monitor the progress of the Developers

F.

Assign tasks with the Scrum team.

Question 10

Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been “done” and what has not been “done”.

B.

The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box.

C.

The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.

D.

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work.

E.

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown.

Question 11

Which three questions might be answered by Development Team members at the Daily Scrum? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

How is the Sprint proceeding?

B.

What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

C.

Why were you late?

D.

What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal?

E.

How many hours did I spend on the project yesterday?

F.

What will I be working on tomorrow?

G.

Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

Question 12

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

Options:

A.

When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.

B.

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

C.

When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

D.

When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

Question 13

During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?

Options:

A.

When the Product Owner identifies new work.

B.

As soon as possible after they are identified.

C.

When the Scrum Master has time to enter them.

D.

During the Daily Scrum after the Development Team approves them.

Question 14

Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning? (Choose the best answer.)

Options:

A.

What to do and who will do it.

B.

How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.

C.

What can be done and how to do it, and why to do it.

D.

What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.

E.

Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.

Question 15

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint Is lo produce a valuable useful Inclement.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 16

Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Sprint Review.

B.

Release Planning.

C.

Sprint Retrospective.

D.

Refinement Meeting.

E.

Daily Scrum.

Question 17

To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, a Development Team to implement those ideas and a Scrum Master to help guide the process.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 18

Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective?

Options:

A.

Methods of communication.

B.

The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.

C.

Skills needed to improve the Development Team’s ability to deliver.

D.

Its Definition of “Done”.

E.

All of the above.

Question 19

What enhances the transparency of an increment?

Options:

A.

Doing all work needed to meet the definition of “Done”

B.

Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily

C.

Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a separate Sprint.

D.

Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool.

Question 20

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

Options:

A.

To take time to judge the validity of the project.

B.

To inspect the product increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps.

C.

To review the Scrum Team’s activities and processes during the Sprint.

D.

To build team sprint.

Question 21

A product Increment must be released to production at the end of each Sprint.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 22

A Sprint Retrospective should be held:

Options:

A.

At the end of each Sprint.

B.

At the beginning of each Sprint.

C.

Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one.

D.

At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release.

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of an Increment? (Choose the best answer.)

Options:

A.

A plan for the overall product release.

B.

A mock-up of the product marketing materials.

C.

A design for the product.

D.

A product roll-out plan.

E.

A valuable, useful set of products featured.

F.

All of the above.

Question 24

Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as the output ot the Sprint Planning?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Every item nas a designated owner.

B.

It is ordered by the Product Owner.

C.

Each task is estimated in hours.

D.

It is the Developers plan for the Sprint

E.

It is a complete list of all work to be done in a Sprint.

Question 25

One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal.

B.

An update of completed tasks and of the remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the next day.

C.

A status report for the upper management indicating what each individual has done, will be doing, and what is impending him/her.

D.

An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders.

E.

New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.

Question 26

True or False A high-performance scrum Team ensures that each increment is complete by running a Release Sprint.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 27

In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product Owner and the Development Team were unable to reach a clear understanding about the highest order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Development Team couldn’t figure out how many Product Backlog items it could forecast for the upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a Sprint Goal, however.

Which of the following two actions should the Scrum Master support? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new Sprint.

B.

Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.

C.

Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough understood for the Development Team to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.

D.

Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.

E.

Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.

Question 28

You are the Scrum Master of a new, to be developed product. Development is going to require 45 people. What is a good first question for you to suggest the group thinks about when forming into teams?

Options:

A.

How will we make sure all teams have the right amount or expertise?

B.

What is the right mixture of senior and junior people on each team?

C.

Who are going to be the team leads?

D.

Who are the subject matter experts on each team?

Question 29

In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is important to enact the value of commitment. What two actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast.

B.

Help the other Scrum Team members.

C.

Do your best

D.

Send out a daily status report.

E.

Work late.

Question 30

Cross-functional teams are optimized to work on one technical layer of a system only (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 31

A Scrum Team has been working on a product for nine Sprints. A new Product Owner comes in, understanding he is accountable for the Product Backlog. However, he is unsure about his responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first, at all times.

B.

Interacting with stakeholders.

C.

Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications.

D.

Describing features as Use Cases.

E.

Creating detailed functional test cases.

Question 32

What does it mean for a Scrum Team to be cross-functional?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

The Scrum Team includes not only developers but also business analysts, architects, and testers.

B.

The Scrum Team includes skilled individuals who together have all the skills

necessary to create value each Sprint.

C.

Developers on the Scrum Team work closely with business analysts, architects,

developers, and testers who are not on the team.

D.

The Scrum Team is a virtual team drawing from separate teams of business analysts, architects, developers, and testers.

Question 33

Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool, because they show:

Options:

A.

An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint.

B.

How much effort has gone into a Sprint.

C.

How many hours have been worked by each Development Team member.

D.

How many Product Backlog items remain.

Question 34

Every Development Team should have:

Options:

A.

At least one representative from each major software engineering discipline (like QA, Dev, UX).

B.

The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

C.

One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.

Question 35

Which of the following are topics for the Developers to discuss at the Daily scrum as they inspect their progress toward the Sprint Goal?

(choose the best three answers)

Options:

A.

what have we learned since yesterday, and now should we modify our plan to increase our ability to meet the Sprint Goal?

B.

Are mere any impediments Clocking progress toward the sprint Goal?

C.

What will I be working on tomorrow?

D.

Are mere any decisions that need to be made to maintain progress toward the sprint Goal?

E.

Why were you late?

F.

How many hours Old I spend on the project yesterday

G.

win todays work negatively impact our ability to meet the sprint Goal for the Split following this one?

Question 36

What is the time-box for the Sprint Review?

Options:

A.

As long as needed.

B.

2 hours for a monthly Sprint.

C.

4 hours for a monthly Sprint.

D.

4 hours and longer as needed.

E.

1 day

Question 37

When Goes a Developer become accountable for the value 01 a Product BacKlog item selected for the Sprint'

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Never The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.

B.

At the Sprint Planning Evented

C.

Whenever a team member can accommodate more worn.

D.

During the Daily scrum

Question 38

A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what “Done” means. (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

All work the Development Team is willing to do.

B.

Ready for integration.

C.

No work left from the definition of “Done”.

D.

Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.

E.

All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users.

Question 39

You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to

be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product Select two

conditions you should strive tor in this scenario.

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

There should be six Product Owners, one tor each Scrum Team.

B.

There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a Chief Product Owner.

C.

The product has one Product Backlog.

D.

Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog.

E.

There should be only one Product Owner.

Question 40

Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency. (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment.

B.

It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint.

C.

As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.

D.

It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a Development Team is not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt.

Question 41

How much work Is required of the Developers to complete a Product Backlog Item selected during the Sprint Planning?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

All development work and at least some testing.

B.

as much as is required to meet the Scrum Team's Definition of Done.

C.

A proportional amount of time on analysis, design development and testing

D.

As much as they can fit into the Sprint, with remaining work deferred to the next Sprint

Question 42

Which best describes the Product Backlog?

Options:

A.

It is allowed to grow and change as more is learned about the product and its customers.

B.

It provides just enough information to enable a Scrum team to start the design phase of a product.

C.

It contains all foreseeable tasks and requirements from which the Scrum team can develop and maintain a complete project plan.

D.

It is baselined to follow change management processes.

Question 43

Who is accountable for clearly expressing Product Backlog items? (Choose the best answer.)

Options:

A.

The business analyst who represents the Product Owner.

B.

The Product Owner.

C.

The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Developers do it.

D.

The Scrum Master.

Question 44

A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 45

Who starts the Daily Scrum?

Options:

A.

The person coming in last. This encourages people to be on time and helps to stay within the time-box.

B.

Whoever the Development Team decides should start.

C.

The person who has the token.

D.

The Scrum Master. This ensures that the Development Team has the meeting and stays within the time-box.

E.

The person who last broke the build.

Question 46

Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)

Options:

A.

Sprint Retrospective.

B.

Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.

C.

Sprint Burndown Chart.

D.

Release planning.

E.

All of the above.

Question 47

What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team? (Choose the best answer.)

Options:

A.

At least 7.

B.

9

C.

10 or fewer.

D.

7 plus or minus 3.

Question 48

Who is on the Scrum Team? (Choose all that apply.)

Options:

A.

Scrum Master

B.

Product Owner

C.

Development Team member

D.

Project Manager

E.

None of the above

Question 49

Who can cancel a Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

The Scrum Master

B.

The Scrum Team.

C.

The Stakeholders.

D.

The Product Owner.

Question 50

When does the second Sprint start?

Options:

A.

Once the architectural changes for the second Sprint have been approved by the senior architect.

B.

After the Product Backlog for the second Sprint has been selected.

C.

Immediately after the first Sprint.

D.

After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first Sprint.

Question 51

You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams. What are two key concerns for the Scrum Master to take into account in this situation? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The desire to maintain a stable velocity.

B.

The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

C.

The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy.

D.

The ability of the Development Teams to produce integrated Increments.

Question 52

During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible?

Options:

A.

Prioritizing the resulting action items.

B.

Participating as a Scrum team member and facilitating as requested or needed.

C.

Acting as a scribe to capture the Development Team’s answers.

D.

Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management.

Question 53

Which of the following best describes an increment of working software?

Options:

A.

A decomposition of all Product Backlog items into tasks for future Sprint Backlog lists.

B.

Additional features in a usable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.

C.

A new user interface design for functionality delivered in previous iterations.

D.

An automated test suite to verify functionality delivered in previous iterations.

E.

UML diagrams that describe how to deliver functionality in future iterations.

Question 54

A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and they have been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which two techniques would be most helpful in this situation?

(Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Discuss the impediments with the Development Team.

B.

Prioritize the list and work on them in order.

C.

Arrange a triage meeting with all project managers.

D.

Add each open impediment to the Product Backlog.

Question 55

When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of “Done”?

Options:

A.

During Spring Planning.

B.

Prior to starting a new Sprint.

C.

During the Sprint Retrospective.

D.

Prior to starting a new project.

Question 56

Every Scrum team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.

Options:

A.

True. Outcomes affected by their participation and availability.

B.

False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a business analyst in the Development Team.

C.

False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Development Team.

D.

True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team.

Question 57

You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using Scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system, i.e. one for the front-end, one for the middle tier, one for the back-end, and one for the interfaces and services. This resembles what is known as component teams. But you have read that it’s a good idea to have teams organized by feature.

What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting Scrum?

Options:

A.

There’s less initial disruption than organizing into new teams. As they start, they will discover what works best, and how to potentially re-organize towards this.

B.

Component teams generally have the skills needed to create a working Increment of software that provides business value.

C.

Because they have worked together for some time, they are likely able to start producing shippable Increments faster that new feature teams would.

D.

There are fewer cross-team dependencies than working in feature teams.

Question 58

A member of the Development Team takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data security issues. What should the Scrum Master do?

Options:

A.

Add security to the definition of “Done”.

B.

Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the issues are fixed.

C.

Create a Product Backlog item for security.

D.

Go check with the testers.

E.

Ask the person to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.

Question 59

What is the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting?

Options:

A.

4 Hours for a monthly Sprint.

B.

8 Hours for a monthly Sprint.

C.

Monthly.

D.

Whenever it is done.

Question 60

What is the best suited structure for Development Teams in order to produce integrated Increments?

Options:

A.

Each Development Team works only one technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).

B.

Each Development Team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers.

Question 61

Which statement best describes Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific

Management

B.

A framework to generate value through adaptive solutions tor complex problems.

C.

A cookbook that defines best practices tor software development.

D.

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

Question 62

Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.

Options:

A.

True

B.

False

Question 63

What is the function or purpose of management in Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

To identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.

B.

To present the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve.

C.

To monitor the productivity of the Developers.

D.

To continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.

Question 64

Which of the following are roles on a Scrum Team? (Choose all that apply.)

Options:

A.

Users

B.

Scrum Master

C.

Product Owner

D.

Development Team

E.

Customers

Question 65

Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?

Options:

A.

They will improve their definition of “Done” to include more stringent criteria.

B.

The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours.

C.

There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams.

D.

Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed.

E.

A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now.

Question 66

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

The Scrum Master

B.

The Product Owner

C.

The scrum Team

D.

The Developers

Question 67

When does a Sprint conclude?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

When the Product Owner decides enough has been delivered to meet the Sprint

Goal.

B.

When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.

C.

When all the tasks are completed by the Developers.

D.

When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.

Question 68

Which two ways of creating Scrum Teams are consistent with Scrum's values?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Bring all the people together and let them organize into Scrum Teams

B.

Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams.

C.

Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new

structure.

D.

Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams.

E.

The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments.

Question 69

How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?

Options:

A.

Ensure every Increment meets them.

B.

Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team’s responsibility.

C.

Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.

D.

Assign them to the lead developers on the team.

Question 70

Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The length of the Sprint should be proportional to the work that is done in between Sprints.

B.

It is best to have Sprints of consistent length throughout a development effort.

C.

Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should hold the time it will take to code the planned features in the upcoming Sprint, but does not include time for any testing.

D.

Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should be long enough to make sure the Development Team can deliver what is to be accomplished in the upcoming Sprint.

E.

All Sprints must be 1 month or less.

Question 71

Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders?

Options:

A.

The Business Analyst.

B.

The Development Team.

C.

The Team Manager.

D.

The Project Manager.

E.

The Product Owner.

Question 72

Which three purposes does the definition of “Done” serve? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint.

B.

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

C.

Describe the purpose, objecti ve, and time-box of each Scrum event.

D.

Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.

E.

Increase transparency.

Question 73

What is a Development Team responsible for? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Resolving internal team conflicts.

B.

Reporting productivity.

C.

Selecting the Product Owner.

D.

Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal.

Question 74

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box?

Options:

A.

The event must happen at a set time.

B.

The event must happen by a given time.

C.

The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.

D.

The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

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