PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER (PSM-I) – DENEME 05

Instructions:
Number of Questions: 80
Must be finished in one sitting. You cannot save and finish later.
Has a pass mark of: 85%

What is the maximum time that Scrum recommends the team spend in the Daily Scrum (Daily Standup)?

Fifteen minutes

Thirty minutes

One hour

Four hours

As long as it takes

The three pillars of empirical process control are…

Respect for People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste

Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective

Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation

Planning, Inspection, Adaptation

Scrum is a methodology that tells how to build software.

True

False

How long should it take a 5 member Scrum Team to finalize the Sprint Planning for a 3 week Sprint?

3-6 hours

3-6 days

As long as it takes

What could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product?

Product Backlog

Development Team

Key Stakeholders

CEO of the Organization

Which questions are answered by all Development Team members at Daily Scrum? Select three answers.

How is the sprint proceeding?

What work did I do yesterday to help the team achieve its goal?

Why were you late?

What work am i going to do today to.help the team achieve its goal?

What impediments are in my way or in the way of the team?

The process of regular inspection and adaptation employs knowledgeable and skilled inspectors. What are ways in which the Product Owner takes the lead in the inspection process? Select two answers.

At the Sprint Review the Product Owner shares the current state of Product Backlog, which, combined with the inspection of the Increment, leads to an updated Product Backlog

At the Daily Scrum the Product Owner inspects the Sprint burn-down for progress towards a complete Increment and re-planning the team’s work

At the end of Sprint Planning the Product Owner verifies the Sprint Backlog for completeness in order to allow the Sprint to start

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

It is a good practice to have from time to time a special technical Sprint that consists only of tasks removing the technical debt without implementing any new functionality.

True

False

Definition of “Done” is created during the first Sprint and remains unchanged until the Product release.

False

True

10.

What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?

Minimal 7

3 to 10

7 plus or minus 2

11.

Which does a self-organizing Development Team choose?

How to measure project performance

How many items to pick for the Sprint backlog

The priority of Product Backlog items

How to compose the Product Backlog items

12.

Which are incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum? Select 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 like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project Managers

Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products

Scrum is based on empirical process control theory

13.

According to Agile principles, what should be the pace of development?

Fast

Increasing

Sustainable

14.

The Product Owner is going on a two-week vacation. The Team should be closing the current Sprint and starting a new Sprint at the end of the first week of the Product Owner’s vacation. What is the best way to continue the Scrum rituals in this situation?

Each Scrum Team should ideally have two Product Owners to provide cover

The Product Owner should be requested to delay his vacation by a week

The Scrum Master should take over and cover for the Product Owner

15.

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?

Consult with the Product Owner to see how he/she feels
about the situation

Call a meeting between the Development Team and senior management

Facilitate productive and useful retrospectives

Comply with the decision of the self-organizing team

16.

The maximum length of the Sprint Review (its timebox) is…

2 hours

4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter

As long as needed

1 day

4 hours and longer as needed

17.

The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement, identified during the Sprint Retrospective and place it in the Product Backlog.

False

True

18.

Which things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? Select two answers.

Create an increment of potentially releasable software

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

Make up a plan for the rest of the project

Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure

Develop at least one piece of functionality

19.

As a self-organized team, what can it manage?

Managing their work to reach a common a goal

Managing their human-related aspects like leave, firing one of the team members, office dress code, etc.

Managing some other teams

Managing to support ad-hoc high-priority requirements from important executives

20.

Scrum recommends using only those Scrum components and rules which suit most for a particular project.

False

True

21.

Which of the following is not a typical artifact of the Scrum framework?

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog

Burn down chart

Gantt chart

22.

What things best help the Product Owner manage the value of a product? Select two answers.

Setting value on individual Product Backlog items using
Value Poker

Devising a formula for a neutral calculation of value

The order of the Product Backlog

Validating assumptions of value through frequent releases

23.

The work left against time is shown by…

Team Velocity

Burn-down graph

Story Points Burn

Release Burn-up

24.

What are Product Backlog features? Select three answers.

It is dynamic

When the final version of a product is rolled out, its Product Backlog is dismissed

As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists

It is never complete

A Product Backlog could be closed when it contains no items to include into the next Sprint

25.

Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum?

Scrum Master

Product Owner

Development Team

Scrum Master and Product Owner

Scrum Team

26.

Which of the following choices is a key reason to adopt an agile process like Scrum?

To be up to date on the latest process

To shake things up in the organization

To hold programmers and tests accountable for their work

To be better able to respond to change

27.

Which artifacts of the following are associated with Scrum?

Product backlog

Product specification

Effort chart

Team backlog

28.

The Daily Scrums should be held at the same time and same place for the entire duration of a Sprint.

False

True

29.

Each Sprint Backlog item should be owned by a member of the Development Team.

True

False

30.

Who is allowed to change the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?

Scrum Team

Development Team and Product Owner

Scrum Master

Product Owner

Development Team

31.

The Sprint Backlog is created at the Sprint Planning. It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog later by the Development Team.

True

False

32.

Which are not appropriate topics for discussion in a Sprint Retrospective? Select two answers.

Definition of “Done”

Team relations

How the team does next Sprint

Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint

The value of work currently in the Product Backlog

33.

Which of the following options is not true?

The Scrum Master has no authority over Scrum team
members, but that authority is granted by the team

If needed, the Scrum Master will work with the Product Owner to make sure the Product Backlog is in good shape and ready for the next sprint

The Scrum Master role is commonly filled by a former
project manager or a technical team leader, but can be anyone

Changing Scrum Masters in a project will encourage self
empowerment of the Development Team

34.

When estimating is done for a project, the team should…

Be fully involved in the estimating process

Be in total control of the estimating process

Not make estimates unless velocity is already known

Be consulted after the Scrum Master has made the estimates for the team’s work

35.

What is the Sprint Retrospective?

It is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint

It is a meeting to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed

It is the key inspect and adapt meeting

It is a meeting where the Development Team synchronizes activities and creates a plan for the next 24 hours

36.

What comprises Scrum? Select three answers.

Rules & Roles

Documentation

Artifacts

Events

Reports

37.

At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the Scrum Team do?

Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective

Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement

Assign a responsible team member for at least one
improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective

Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements

38.

What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select three answers.

Sprint Goal

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog

Increment

List of removed impediments

39.

What is the input to the Sprint Planning? Select three answers.

The latest product Increment

The Product Backlog

Projected capacity of the Development Team during the
Sprint

Feedback from the CEO

Feedback from the Key Stakeholders

40.

There is no one in a Scrum Team called “project manager”.

True

False

41.

What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? Select three answers.

Any completed and “Done” Product Backlog items are
reviewed

At the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Master determines who from the Development Team is responsible for cancelling the Sprint

If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product
Owner typically accepts it

Several top Product Backlog Items are taken into the Sprint Backlog to replace the obsolete items

All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog

42.

Which of the following events can not be shortened?

Daily Scrum

Sprint Review

Sprint Planning

Sprint Retrospective

Sprint

43.

Please select which statement is the most accurate.

Agile Development is an implementation of Scrum

Scrum is an implementation of Agile Development

Agile Development and Scrum are synonyms for the same methodology

Agile Development and Scrum are contrasting methodologies

44.

A representative of the customer has asked the Development Team to add a very important item to an ongoing Sprint. What should they do?

Refer the representative to the Product Owner to discuss it

Refer the representative to the Scrum Master to discuss it

Refuse it, because they are in the middle of the Sprint

Accept it only if they are willing to ask for it formally

45.

What does the Sprint Backlog consist of?

User Stories, only

Use Cases

Selected Backlog Items and Tasks

Test cases

46.

The Product Backlog is ordered by…

Small items at the top to large items at the bottom

Safer items at the top to riskier items at the bottom

Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom

Items are randomly arranged

Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner

47.

Senior management wants to regularly audit if the Scrum Team is following Scrum practices and principles. Who is in the best position to conduct such an audit?

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Development Team

Testers

48.

Which of the following is most essential to Scrum?

Customer satisfaction

Adaptation

Being fast

Collaboration

49.

What are benefits of self-organization? Select three answers.

Increased accuracy of estimates

Increased rule compliance

Increased self-accountability

Increased commitment

Increased creativity

50.

Which of the following responsibilities is not one of the Scrum Master’s?

Removing impediments

Facilitating meetings

Reminding the team of the process

Assigning tasks to team members

51.

Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum?

Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum
within the 15 minute time-box

Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered

Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a
chance to speak

Lead the discussions of the Development Team

All answers apply

52.

What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?

By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time

By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments

By preventing changes to the Backlog once the Sprint begins

By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog

53.

How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select three answers.

Introducing cutting edge development practices

Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption

Understanding product planning in an empirical environment

Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed

Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog
management

54.

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

Additional features in a useable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations

A new user interface design for functionality delivered in
previous iterations

An automated test suite to verify functionality in future
iterations

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

55.

Scrum is founded on…

Common sense

Empirical criticism

Empiricism

Kanban system

56.

When is a Sprint over?

When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of
“Done”

When the Product Owner says it is done

When all the tasks are completed

When the time box expires

57.

Before starting the first Sprint, what needs to be in place? Select two answers.

A complete Product Backlog capturing detailed product
needs

Availability of the Project Manager

Just enough Product Backlog Items with business ideas for the first Sprint

Completed System Architecture

Staffed Scrum Team

58.

The product owner must be present during at least the first half of sprint planning meeting.

True

False

59.

The time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is…

Whenever it is done

4 hours

Monthly

8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter

60.

The estimation method recommended by Scrum is…

Poker Game

T-Shirt Sizing

Yesterday’s weather

None of the above

61.

How a Product Backlog should be ordered?

Based on the size of the items

Based on the risk of the items

Based on the float of the items

Based on the value of the items

Based on the relationship among items

62.

What is the Sprint Backlog?

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the Team Backlog items

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them

The plan for delivering Product Backlog items

63.

What is a neologistic metaphor referring to the eventual consequences of poor or evolving software architecture and software development within a codebase?

Quality Analysis

Software Analysis

Business Debt

Technical Debt

64.

Which events are time-boxed according to the Scrum Guide? Select three answers.

Sprint Testing

Daily Scrum

Design Sprint

The Sprint

Sprint Review

65.

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrums?

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Development Team

Scrum Master and Development Team

66.

Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three answers.

Product Owner

Key Stakeholders

Scrum Master

Development Team

Team Manager

67.

Which of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? Select two answers.

The Scrum Master teaches the Development Tea m to keep the Scrum meetings to their timebox

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

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

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint
Burndown

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

68.

The duration (length) of the Sprint is decided by…

Product Owner

Development Team

Scrum Master

Scrum Team

69.

How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

All development work and at least some testing

Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation

As much as it can fit into the Sprint

As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of “Done”

70.

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

Ensure every Increment meets them

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

Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the
Release Sprint

Assign them to the lead developers on the team

71.

What is the primary purpose of the Sprint Retrospective?

To uncover ways to work better as a team

To find the person responsible for the sprints failure

To give the ScrumMaster the opportunity to hold employee reviews

To give the product owner an opportunity to complain about the teams lack of progress

72.

Definition of Done can be reviewed and adapted during each Sprint Retrospective. True or False?

True

False

73.

Who creates the definition of “Done”?

The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success

The development organization (or Development Team if
none is available from the development organization)

The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the
Development Team’s productivity

The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definitions

74.

A Product Owner…

Must have a thorough understanding of Agile techniques, for Agile to work

Will always receive lower-quality products than their non-Agile counterparts

Will typically get business value delivered early and often

Will need to understand the technical aspects of
development, to contribute effectively

75.

How much of the Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning meeting?

Just enough to understand design and architectural
implications.

Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team’s understanding of the Sprint

Enough so the Development Team can create its best forecast of what it can do, and to start several days of the Sprint

The entire sprint Backlog must be identified by the end of the Sprint Planning meeting

76.

Which statements are right when four teams are working on a single product? Select two answers.

There should be only one Product Backlog

There should be only one Scrum Master

There should be four Product Owners

There should be four Product Backlogs

There should be only one Product Owner

77.

Scrum Teams should normalize their estimations, so that management can measure and compare their performance.

False

True

78.

Who determines how work is performed during the sprint?

Development Team managers

Scrum Master

Development Team

Subject matter experts

79.

Which statements are right about technical debt? Select two answers.

When measured properly, the Product Owner can estimate when the product is ready for release

It creates false assumptions about the current state of the system; e.g. it might not really be releasable

It creates uncertainly, because when more code is added, more problems will occur and the development slows down

The Development Team should not start working on a new item unless they remove all existing technical debt

80.

Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?

Sprint Backlog

Sprint Goal

Release Plan

Sprint Review

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