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NEW QUESTION # 31
When does a new Sprint begin?
- A. Immediately after the next Sprint Planning.
- B. Immediately after the end of the previous Sprint.
- C. Every Monday.
- D. It depends on the Product Owner.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 32
Over the course of several Sprints, the relationship between the Product Owner and the Development team has suffered. The Development Team is upset with the Product Owner for the constantly changing the upcoming items for the product. The Product Owner is upset with the Development Team for changing the work that needs to be done during the Sprint.
What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do?
- A. The Scrum Master's responsibility is to ensure the Development Team has a stable velocity. Any changes that negatively impact the team's velocity will be rejected by the Scrum Master.
- B. Explain to the Development Team that the Product Owner is accountable for flow of value and needs to be followed in order to maximize the value delivered.
- C. During the Sprint Retrospective, ask the Product Owner and the Development Team to address the issues.
Have the Team discuss why the changes occur and what impact they have on the value of the product. - D. Take the time between Sprints to organize a team building session to rebuild the relationship.
Answer: C
Explanation:
Conflicts are a natural occurrence and the Scrum Master coaches the Development Team on the value of resolving conflicts. Leaving conflicts unresolved can impact the Scrum values of openness and respect diminishing trust. Lower trust levels will impact the Scrum Team's effectiveness and can cause impediments in the future. It is the responsibility of the Scrum Master to remove impediments that hinder the team through conflict resolution and facilitation.
NEW QUESTION # 33
Your organization has announced a release to its user base three Sprints from now To be able to include all functionality in the release, work needs to accelerate. The Product Owner puts some testing from the Definition of Done on hold for the next three Sprints, while adding a generic item to the Product Backlog to resolve this in a future release.
The Developers object that this will lead to technical debt. Select two ways that explain the impact of technical debt to the Product Owner.
(choose the best two answers)
- A. Feature development of a next release is not allowed to start as long as there is technical debt from the current release. The Product Owner should first accept this impact before the Definition of Done can be reduced.
- B. As development progresses and functionality is added upon the reduced Definition of Done, unknown errors will creep in. The system becomes more difficult to stabilize. Work for the actual release as well as future releases Will be slowed down in unpredictable ways.
- C. A generic Product Backlog item is not good enough. The amount of technical debt will have to be calculated and estimated much more precisely, so the total amount of extra work that needs to be budgeted is well known.
- D. Releasing the version creates false assumptions about the actual state of the system. This is likely to result in interruptions during future Sprints in order to react to unforeseen problems arising from not having met the Definition of Done.
Answer: B,D
Explanation:
Explanation
Technical debt is the implied cost of rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of a better approach that would take longer1. Reducing the Definition of Done for the next three Sprints will create technical debt, which will have negative impacts on the product quality, value, and delivery. Two ways to explain these impacts to the Product Owner are:
Releasing the version creates false assumptions about the actual state of the system. This is likely to result in interruptions during future Sprints in order to react to unforeseen problems arising from not having met the Definition of Done2. This will reduce the transparency, predictability, and adaptability of the Scrum process, and compromise the trust and satisfaction of the customers and stakeholders.
As development progresses and functionality is added upon the reduced Definition of Done, unknown errors will creep in. The system becomes more difficult to stabilize. Work for the actual release as well as future releases will be slowed down in unpredictable ways3. This will increase the complexity, risk, and cost of the product development, and lower the value and quality of the product.
References:
What is Technical Debt in Scrum? | StarAgile, section "The technical debt is created when".
Technical Debt & Scrum: Who Is Responsible? | Scrum.org, section "What Is Technical Debt?".
Managing Technical Debt in a Scrum Project | SCRUMstudy Blog, section "Technical debt accrues".
NEW QUESTION # 34
A Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.
- A. True. Their participation and availability will impact the outcomes produced by the Scrum Team.
- B. False. If a Product Owner is unavailable, he/she can be replaced by a Business Analyst.
- C. True. Each must be a full-time member on the Scrum Team.
- D. False. A Scrum Master is only necessary when requested or needed.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
A Product Owner or Scrum Master can be dedicated to one team OR participate as a member on more than one team. How much time they spend with each team will directly impact effectiveness of the team.
NEW QUESTION # 35
At the end of the eighth Sprint, the internal sponsors are upset and angry with the progress of the product being built. The current state of the product is not as expected and will require additional Sprints and more budget than originally anticipated at the start of the project.
What factors may have led to this? (Choose three.)
- A. The sponsors haven't been using the Sprint Reviews to actively engage, and inspect and evaluate progress.
- B. The stakeholders have not been using the Daily Scrum effectively to track the Development Team's progress.
- C. The Scrum Master has not ensured transparency.
- D. The Product Owner has not been engaging with sponsors frequently enough and has not been kept aware of the overall progress of the project.
- E. The project plan proposed to the sponsors at the start of the project followed stringently.
- F. The scope changes have not been tracked adequately and the change request process has not been followed properly.
Answer: A,C,D
Explanation:
One of the principles of agility includes working closely with business people. In order to manage stakeholder expectation, there must be open communication (through collaboration and transparency) throughout the project cycle. This maximizes alignment, helps with making business decisions, and reduces risk.
Although, the Scrum Guide does not directly state that the Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring transparency it is implicit. The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted. Scrum is founded on empiricism and the Scrum Master helps those inside and outside the team work in an empirical environment which includes transparency (one of the three pillars of empiricism).
NEW QUESTION # 36
What is the Development Team responsible for?
- A. Reporting productivity and selecting the Sprint time-box.
- B. Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal and resolving internal team conflicts.
- C. Writing User Stories and ordering the Product Backlog.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 37
The Product Owner's primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Product Owner is also known as the value maximizer. He is responsible for maximizing the value of the work that the Development Team does. This is done through the ordering of the Product Backlog.
NEW QUESTION # 38
A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments.
Which would be the LEAST helpful technique in this situation?
- A. Consulting with the Development Team
- B. Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.
- C. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order.
- D. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.
Answer: B
Explanation:
Scrum does not have project managers and arranging a triage meeting would not help accelerate the removal of impediments.
NEW QUESTION # 39
A PO (Product Owner) is essentially the same thing as a traditional PM (Project Manager).
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 40
Which statement best describes Scrum?
- A. A clearly defined methodology that defines the software development process.
- B. A manual for defining best practices for software development.
- C. A clearly defined and predictable process that follows the principles of Computer Science.
- D. A framework to address complex products in complex environments.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Frameworks allow those closest to the problem the flexibility to creatively and productively deliver products of the highest possible value. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex projects.
NEW QUESTION # 41
On a project where multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, how should the work be distributed between teams?
- A. Each Scrum Team must have an equal amount of User Stories per Sprint.
- B. The Scrum Team with the highest capacity will pull items from the Product Backlog first.
- C. The Development Teams pull in work from a shared Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner and the other teams.
- D. The Product Owner separates the Product Backlog items for each team.
Answer: C
Explanation:
During Sprint Planning the number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team regardless of the number of Development Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.
NEW QUESTION # 42
A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing.
What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)
- A. The team's Definition of Done is weak or incomplete causing a build up of technical debt.
- B. The Development Team is having difficulties with the ability to regularly release during a Sprint.
- C. The team's Definition of Done is not being adhered to during every Sprint.
- D. Scrum has been customized in a suitable manner to make the previous work releasable.
- E. Hardening Sprints are supported by the Scrum framework so this is acceptable.
Answer: A,B,C
Explanation:
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be 'Done', which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team's Definition of Done.
NEW QUESTION # 43
What might be a valid reason for abnormally cancelling a Sprint?
- A. When the sales department discovers features that add more value than the current work being done.
- B. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
- C. When the Development Team discovers it cannot meet their Sprint commitments.
- D. When the work becomes too difficult for the Development Team.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 44
The Development Team discovers that it doesn't have the tools and infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done.
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
- A. Stop the Sprint and have the Development team work on the infrastructure before continuing.
- B. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances.
- C. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the work in the Hardening Sprint.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team by coaching it in self-organization and cross-functionality.
NEW QUESTION # 45
When does a Sprint end?
- A. Immediately after the conclusion of the Sprint Review.
- B. When there is no work remaining in the Sprint Backlog.
- C. It depends on the Product Owner.
- D. When the time-box expires.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference:
NEW QUESTION # 46
Your company has notified the stakeholders that they will be delivering the first release of a new product within ten Sprints. On the seventh Sprint, the Scrum Team discovers that they will not be able to include all of the expected features within the first release. The Product Owner believes if they remove some items from the Definition of Done they will be able to accelerate the development process. The Development Team objects to this idea as it will lead to technical debt.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two ways to explain to the Product Owner the impact of technical debt? (Choose two.)
- A. Reducing the Definition of Done will introduce unknown errors as development progresses and functionality is added. The system can become more difficult to stabilize as work progresses. Development for the actual release as well as future releases will be slowed down in unpredictable ways.
- B. As long as there is still technical debt in the current release, feature development for the next release cannot be started. The Product Owner must first agree to this impact before allowing changes to the Definition of Done.
- C. The amount of technical debt will need to be analyzed in order to understand the impact on subsequent releases in order to allocate additional Sprints at the end of the project.
- D. Releasing the version upon a reduced Definition of Done creates false assumptions about the actual state of the system. This will create many interruptions during the development of the next release as fixes will need to be done to the previous release caused from a reduction of quality.
Answer: A,D
Explanation:
The Definition of Done helps the Scrum Team have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. The Definition of Done is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. It also ensures that the work that is done is in usable condition and meets the Development Teams quality standards for future sustainability.
NEW QUESTION # 47
Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following?
- A. Value of Commitment
- B. Increased Revenue
- C. High Performance
- D. Increased Profit
- E. Maximizing utilization
Answer: A
Explanation:
People personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team by doing their best and helping others.
NEW QUESTION # 48
Which two scenarios would best represent a self-organizing Development Team? (Choose two.)
- A. The Development Team creates its own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.
- B. Development Team members collaboratively select and re-plan their work throughout the Sprint.
- C. Management works with the Scrum Master to optimize the Development Team's progress during the Sprint.
- D. The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to help them create a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
- E. The Development Team members are strictly focused on the work within their functional role and always handing off the work to other roles in a timely matter.
Answer: A,B
Explanation:
A self-organized team is a team that is able to self-manage and decide how best to accomplish their work.
NEW QUESTION # 49
The outcome of a Sprint can be impacted by which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)
- A. The working relationships and skills of the people on the Scrum Team(s).
- B. The complexity of the requirements.
- C. The complexity and stability of the technology.
Answer: A,B,C
Explanation:
The knowledge, skills, behaviors of the team, and what's known and not known will impact not only how effective the team is but also the outcomes of what it can produce.
NEW QUESTION # 50
What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?
- A. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.
- B. Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.
- C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 51
Which of the following is required in Scrum?
- A. User Stories
- B. All Development Team members answering the three Question:s at the Daily Scrum
- C. All of the above
- D. Sprint Burndown Chart
- E. Sprint Retrospective
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION # 52
You have been hired as a Scrum Master for a company that has been doing business for over fifty years. In order to stay competitive, they have started an initiative to digitize their legacy systems. The company has several Scrum Teams working on different components that will be integrated to a single back office platform.
Your team is responsible for building the back office platform and integrating all other components. The Scrum Teams work in two week Sprints and are expected to deliver all functionality in six Sprints.
During development the requirement changes in the other components have been slowing down your team's progress. Because of these changes, your team has estimated that they will not be able to deliver all expected work within the original timeframe. The Scrum Teams working on the other components confirm that they are still on track to meet the expected delivery date. The program manager in charge of the digitization initiative is upset and angry with your team.
As a Scrum Master, what could you do to help the Product Owner?
- A. You shorten your team's Sprints to be ready sooner.
- B. You suggest working with the program manager and the other teams on the ordering and the value of your team's open Product Backlog items to redefine the possible delivery date.
- C. You suggest adding additional developers to the team in order to increase velocity and meet the original date.
- D. You remove all items from the Product Backlog for which development is forecasted to be beyond the expected date. These are likely to be low value anyhow.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:
* Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management;
* Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items;
* Understanding product planning in an empirical environment;
* Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value.
NEW QUESTION # 53
What would be the responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team?
- A. Update stakeholders on the daily progress and keep the burn-down chart updated.
- B. Deciding on the value of the product features and value estimations.
- C. Writing User Stories and reordering the Product Backlog.
- D. Select the Product Backlog items for the Sprint and do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 54
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