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Question # 6

Which of the following best describes why Epics are decomposed into smaller User Stories during a Sprint?

A.

Tasks are easier to complete.

B.

Scrum Teams are smaller in size.

C.

Too large to be completed in a Sprint.

D.

Take considerably longer time to review.

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Question # 7

One of the responsibilities of the Scrum Master is to ensure that the Product Owner does not change the

Acceptance Criteria of a committed User Story in the middle of a Sprint. In this regard, which of the following

statements about Acceptance Criteria is correct?

A.

User Story Workshops are held as part of Sprint Review.

B.

Acceptance Criteria provide the objectivity required for the User Story to be considered as Done or not

Done.

C.

The Scrum Master defines and communicates the Acceptance Criteria to the Scrum Team.

D.

During the Sprint Retrospect Meeting, the Acceptance Criteria provide context for the Product Owner to

decide if a User Story has been completed satisfactorily.

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Question # 8

A User Story is considered complete only when the which of the following is/are satisfied?

A) Acceptance Criteria

B) Done criteria

C) Demo to the product owner

D) Non-functional criteria

A.

A and В

B.

A, В and C

C.

C and A

D.

D and A

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Question # 9

You are the Scrum Master and you're coaching the Development Team on creating a Sprint Goal. The team doesn't understand why they need to create a Sprint Goal. What should you tell the Development Team?

A.

The Development Team needs a Sprint Goal to create a communications plan of who does what and when.

B.

The Development Team needs a Sprint Goal to communicate exactly who'll do what in the Sprint.

C.

The Development Team needs a Sprint Goal to create synergy among the Development Team members.

D.

The Development Team needs a Sprint Goal so they'll see the value and importance of completing all of the user stories selected for the Sprint meet the definition of done.

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Question # 10

Which one of the following is an output of Sprint Planning and is used to give the Development Team a Sprint target?

A.

Sprint Goal

B.

Roles and Responsibilities

C.

Product Backlog

D.

Team charter

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Question # 11

When is a Sprint cancelled?

A.

When the Scrum Master realizes that the Scrum framework is not followed entirely

B.

When priorities change in the Product Backlog, in a way that Sprint Backlog items are no longer the highest ones

C.

When the Product Owner determines that it makes no sense to finish the Sprint

D.

When we realize that we cannot deliver all of the Sprint Backlog items

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Question # 12

An organization wants to transition to Scrum They want to make sure this transition goes well What factor helps most to ensure a smooth transition?

A.

Assessing the Agile maturity level of the organization

B.

Ensuring that all teams are trained in the Scrum framework

C.

Having leadership create and demonstrate an Agile mindset

D.

Setting up autonomous self-regulating, cross-functional teams

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Question # 13

A team finds bugs in a feature.

What is the best action to take?

A.

Create a task “Correct bugs” and estimate it.

B.

Create a task “Correct bugs” and let the Product Owner prioritize it.

C.

Create a User Story “As a client I want a zero defect product” and estimate it.

D.

Create a User Story “As a client I want a zero defect product” and let the Product Owner prioritize it.

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Question # 14

You are the Scrum Master for your organization and you're training the Product Owner and the Development Team on the rules of Scrum. After a few Sprints in the project, the Development Team is getting used to processes and flow of the work. With their confidence, the Development Team has decided that a Sprint Retrospective is no longer needed in the project. What should you do regarding the team's desire to no longer have a Sprint Retrospective?

A.

You should demand the Development Team host a retrospective as it is a rule of Scrum.

B.

You should discuss the situation with the Product Owner to see how she feels about no longer having a Sprint Retrospective.

C.

You should require the key Development Team members to participate in the Retrospective to shorten its duration.

D.

You should do nothing as the Development Team is self-organized and self-managed.

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Question # 15

Maria is one of the Scrum Master for a rail-road reservation system program. She facilitates the Daily Standup

Meetings to enable the Scrum Team to discuss issues faced by individual members, and seek solutions to

motivate the team. Which of the following represents the mandatory outputs of Conduct Daily Standup

process?

A.

Updated Sprint Burndown chart and Impediment log.

B.

Updated Scrumboard and Unapproved Change Requests.

C.

Updated Sprint Burndown chart and Motivated Scrum Team.

D.

Updated Scrumboard and Dependencies.

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Question # 16

Which of the following is a responsibility of the Scrum Master in the context of change in Scrum?

A.

Eliminating all changes that may affect the quality of deliverables and processes

B.

Facilitating identification of Change Requests by the Scrum Team and their assessment and prioritization

by the Product Owner.

C.

Providing requests for changes in a project.

D.

Approving changes that are amended, removed, or added according to project requirements, and

communicating the same to the Scrum Team.

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Question # 17

All of the following events and activities are examples of adaptation, EXCEPT:

A.

Seeking help from team members

B.

Experienced team members mentoring new members

C.

Recording Lessons learned to improve processes and address problems

D.

Using information radiators to track the project progress

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Question # 18

How can pair programming help with adopting Agile?

A.

It helps recognizing who wrote which code

B.

It is beneficial to knowledge transfer

C.

It makes development faster and cheaper

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Question # 19

A Scrum team is halfway through a sprint when an important customer requests a new feature So far the customer is really happy with the work of the team. The customer would really like the team lo include the feature in this sprint

What should the Scrum Master do?

A.

Ask the Product Owner to put the feature on the product backlog with an appropriate priority to protect the team from interruptions of the sprint

B.

Discuss the product goal with the customer and assure them the team will meet the product goals to keep the customer engaged and happy

C.

Ensure the customer understands the value of the current work ask them to reorder the features, and notify them of the new timeline

D.

Reorganize the team's current work and inform the Product Owner of an extension of the sprint to include the new feature in the current sprint

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Question # 20

A project on developing quality testing equipment for an agro-based industry will start with the Create

Deliverables process. Which of the following are NOT inputs to the current process?

A) Scrum Core Team

B) Acceptance Criteria

C) Impediment log

D) Length of Sprint

A.

A and В

B.

B and D

C.

A and C

D.

В and C

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Question # 21

After the creation of the Release Plan, the Product Owner says:

Over the next four months with eights two-week Sprints we will complete exactly 240 Story Points of work.

The Scrum Master argues that the end date of the release can be positively or negatively impacted by three factors. Completed work is the first factor.

What are the other two factors?

A.

Changed requirements and estimation mode

B.

Changed requirements and revised estimates

C.

Fixed requirements and estimation mode

D.

Fixed requirements and revised estimates

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Question # 22

Scrum has cross-functional teams

What does this mean?

A.

That any team member can do any of the tasks in the sprint

B.

That the team has team members in each of the Scrum roles

C.

That the team makes their own decisions on how they work

D.

That together the team members have all stalls necessary

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Question # 23

John is the Scrum Master for his organization. His current project has one Development Team, but it's been decided to add two more Development Teams. What can John expect for the immediate impact on the existing Development Team's productivity?

A.

Productivity will increase.

B.

Productivity will stay the same.

C.

Productivity will decrease.

D.

It depends on the project's velocity.

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Question # 24

Your team uses Story Points to estimate User stories.

Halfway through a Sprint, you are not seeing the progress you expected. The Team feels some Stories are not estimated correctly, when compared to other Stories.

How should you address this?

A.

Complete incomplete Stories

B.

Increase or re-estimate Velocity

C.

Re-estimate all small Stories

D.

Switch to using Ideal days

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Question # 25

You are a Scrum Master on a project that is preparing to begin its first Sprint. You explain to the Scrum team

the concept of Daily Standup Meetings. You include all of the following points in your introduction to the Daily

Standup Meeting, EXCEPT:

A.

The Daily Standup Meeting is a short daily meeting, time-boxed to 15 minutes.

B.

The meeting may be cancelled or delayed if one or more members are not able to attend.

C.

Team members assemble to report their progress in the Sprint and plan the day's activities.

D.

The information provided by the Team members is used to identify the impediments in the way of project

progress.

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Question # 26

Which one of the following INCORRECTLY matches a type of Scrum Team and a corresponding

communication facilitator?

A.

Colocated Team : War Rooms

B.

Colocated Team: Wall displays

C.

Distributed Team: Video Conferencing

D.

Distributed Team : Manual Scrumboard

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Question # 27

A Scrum team uses a Scrum board. They have recently introduced work-in-progress limits (WiP-limits) and blocker tickets to improve flow. The blocker tickets show on which tickets the Developers cannot currently work

The Product Owner walks past the Scrum board and sees a blocker ticket in the 'doing' column with a WiP-limit of 2 He suggests that the ticket affected is moved back to the waiting to be done' column so that another ticket can be worked on in the meantime

How should the Scrum Master respond to this suggestion?

A.

Agree with the Product Owner Achieving flow in sprints was the main reason Developers chose to introduce WiP-limits and moving the ticket will improve flow

B.

Agree with the Product Owner Getting work completed is more important than wasting time on an activity that has some impediment preventing it from getting to done

C.

Disagree with the Product Owner Only Developers may decide to move tickets on the Scrum board, so moving the ticket will invalidate the principle of serf-managing teams

D.

Disagree with the Product Owner Work on the blocker ticket is in progress and moving the ticket back artificially increases the WiP-limit to 3 and leaves the block in place

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Question # 28

You are the Scrum Master of a project to construct an IT Tech Park. This project requires adhering to stringent

quality standards at every stage of development. A Scrum Core Team is formed for this project in which the

Scrum Master is supposed to facilitate a “team first” mentality when it comes to quality. You must ensure all of

the following to maintain quality in Scrum, EXCEPT:

A.

Any quality related error must be fixed only at the end to ensure that the deliverable is Done.

B.

Iterative Product development, repetitive testing, and documentation help ensure quality is inherent in each

Done deliverable.

C.

Any quality requirement must consider the capacity and willingness of the organization to meet the

business need.

D.

The changing needs of the customers must be incorporated during the increments.

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Question # 29

During a Daily Standup Meeting, several members of the team voice their concerns about some Acceptance

CriteriA. Which of the following would be the best course of action?

A.

The Product Owner must proactively help the team solve issues during the meeting.

B.

The Product Owner should discuss the issues with the management and come up with solutions after the

meeting.

C.

Discuss and resolve issues as and when they are spoken about during the meeting.

D.

Discuss among Core Roles after the meeting and resolve the issues.

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Question # 30

The Scrum Team along with the Scrum Master adopted the Fist of Five technique to arrive at accurate

estimations for the prioritized User Stories. The results of the vote of each team member are as follows: three

members: 2 fingers; four members: 3 fingers; and two members: 5 fingers. Which of the following options is in

plurality?

A.

I am not sure and would like to go with the group's consensus conclusion.

B.

I agree with the group's conclusion and would like to discuss some minor issues.

C.

I disagree with the group's conclusion and have major concerns.

D.

I wholeheartedly agree with the group's conclusion.

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Question # 31

Kevin is a Product Owner for a retail organization. The Product Backlog for his immense marketing tool project has 200 Product Backlog Items.

Into what should he group the smaller Stories together?

A.

Epics

B.

Themes

C.

User Stories

D.

Views

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Question # 32

A Scrum Team is supposed to deliver potentially snippable software at the end of each Sprint. During the last Sprint the Team did not deliver a potentially shippable increment.

The correct question to ask is: “What can we do to make sure we do better in the next Sprint?

Who is responsible for making sure this question asked?

A.

The Development Team

B.

The Product Owner

C.

The Project Manager

D.

The Scrum Master

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Question # 33

At the end of each Sprint the Scrumboard is _________.

A.

Updated with new tasks and completed tasks.

B.

Placed besides the new one to compare team velocities in Sprints.

C.

Analyzed by the Scrum master to understand the project progress in that particular sprint.

D.

Reset or wiped off.

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Question # 34

While assisting the Product Owner in developing a Prioritized Product Backlog, the Scrum Master must

consider the primary factors on which the Prioritized Product Backlog is based-on. Which of the following are

those primary factors?

A) Value

B) Dependencies

C) Risk

D) Deliverables

A.

A, В, and С

B.

A

C.

A, C, and D

D.

С

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