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NEW QUESTION 57
Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)
- A. Sprint Goals give the Development Teams flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint.
- B. Sprint Goals are defined when the completed work is reviewed at the end of a Sprint.
- C. During the Sprint Planning, the entire Scrum Team collaboratively crafts a Sprint Goal based on a business objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.
- D. Sprint Goals can change as new insights emerge during the Sprint.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
The number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team.
Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The Sprint Goal gives the Development Team some flexibility regarding the functionality implemented within the Sprint. The selected Product Backlog items deliver one coherent function, which can be the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal can be any other coherence that causes the Development Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives.
NEW QUESTION 58
A Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.
- A. False. A Scrum Master is only necessary when requested or needed.
- B. True. Each must be a full-time member on the Scrum Team.
- C. False. If a Product Owner is unavailable, he/she can be replaced by a Business Analyst.
- D. True. Their participation and availability will impact the outcomes produced by the Scrum Team.
Answer: D
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 59
Who must ensure that the work done for a Product Backlog item conforms to the Definition of "Done?"
- A. The Product Owner.
- B. The test team.
- C. The Scrum Team.
- D. The Development Team.
- E. The Scrum Master.
Answer: D
Explanation:
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Explanation:
The Development Team owns the Definition of "Done" and is accountable for the quality of the Product Backlog items.
NEW QUESTION 60
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take if the Product Owner is having difficulties managing the Product Backlog?
- A. Delay the Sprint in order for the Product Owner to have enough time to prioritize the Product Backlog.
- B. Have the Development Team order the work instead of the Product Owner.
- C. Delegate the work to the Assistant Product Owner.
- D. Have the Product Owner order the items based on size, having the Development Team work on the smallest items first.
- E. Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product Backlog is to maximize the flow of value.
Answer: E
Explanation:
The Product Owner's primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
NEW QUESTION 61
By the end of the Sprint, a Product Backlog item in the Sprint Backlog does not meet the team's Definition of Done.
What two things should happen with the item? (Choose two.)
- A. It will be inspected at the Sprint Review and if it is acceptable by the stakeholders then include it in the Increment.
- B. Split the item and add the estimation of the completed work to the current Sprint so not to impact the velocity and add the 'undone' work to the next Sprint.
- C. Estimate the remaining work needed to make it 'done' and add it to the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.
- D. Do not include the item in the Increment for the Sprint.
Answer: C,D
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'. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. This is the Definition of Done for the Scrum Team and it is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment.
NEW QUESTION 62
Which is the best description of a Product Owner?
- A. Go-between between development team and stakeholders.
- B. Team leader.
- C. Value optimizer.
- D. Requirements developer.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 63
Steven is a Scrum Master employed by the engineering department. The Director of Engineering considers using Scrum for a new project but wonders about the value of having all of the Development Team members attend the Daily Scrum. He is concerned that the employees already attend a lot of mandatory company meetings.
What are two outcomes of the Daily Scrum that Steven should explain on why the Daily Scrum is important?
(Choose two.)
- A. Through the short, daily alignment of the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team grow and improve a shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken in the next 24 hours to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint Goal. This daily opportunity to inspect and adapt will enable the Development Team to best tackle any unforeseen circumstances that might otherwise disrupt the team's progress.
- B. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team needs to update the Scrum board with their current status and progress, at a task level. This is crucial to ensure that the Directory of Engineering knows the team's actual progress and control the work being done.
- C. During the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team will inform of problems that are hindering their progress, and for which they have no means to resolve. They will inform Steven as a Scrum Master, so he can remove the impediments and help the team be more productive.
- D. The Development Team members will produce a daily status report indicating how much time was spent working on individual tasks since the last Daily Scrum. The reports will help in discussing how the Sprint went at the Sprint Review meeting. It will provide detailed insights into the accuracy of estimates versus actual time spent, which can be used to create better estimates at the next Sprint Planning.
- E. The Daily Scrum serves for the Development Team to report to Steven, as a Scrum Master, all updates on the assigned tasks in the Sprint Backlog. He can then use the team's updates to plan their work for the next day, making sure that every team member is assigned the right tasks.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog. The Daily Scrum optimizes the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal. Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
NEW QUESTION 64
During the Sprint Retrospective, the team is discussing the quality issues that prevented the team from delivering a releasable Increment at the end of the Sprint. The Development Team does, however, mention that they were able to achieve a high velocity.
What are the best two responses for Steven, their Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)
- A. Facilitate a discussion on how to improve the quality to a level high enough for the Increment to be releasable, even if the measured velocity drops in the next Sprint.
- B. Acknowledge the hard work but remind the Development Team that they need to improve in order to do even more in the next Sprint.
- C. Stress the value of working software over measured velocity.
- D. Agree and acknowledge the Development Team's hard work, so they will be motivated to do even more in the next Sprint.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. The primary objective of a Sprint (iteration) is to produce a potentially shippable product Increment. Having an Increment will allow the Scrum Team to know the right thing to do in the upcoming Sprint. Having a velocity is important but working software is the primary measure of progress.
NEW QUESTION 65
Steven is a Scrum Master for three different teams building a single product from the same Product Backlog. Development Team members from each team have approached Steven complaining that their teams need Nicole, an external specialist, to commit full time for their next Sprint.
Which three acceptable solutions would Steven consider? (Choose three.)
- A. People from the Development Teams with an interest in Nicole's domain could volunteer to take on this work in their respective teams.
- B. Investigate whether applying additional techniques or frameworks for scaling Scrum would be appropriate for this product team in the future, since you have multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, with dependencies between the teams.
- C. Ask Nicole for a plan to hire and train additional people in her domain, and in the meantime work with the Product Owner and Development Teams to re-prioritize the work so that tasks not depending on Nicole can be done first.
- D. For Sprints that require Nicole's expertise for more than one team, combine the teams into one and separate when they no longer need to share her services.
- E. Create a team with Nicole and people from the teams to temporarily work in Nicole's domain to serve the existing teams.
- F. Have the Development Team re-order the Product Backlog so Nicole can serve one team full-time in a Sprint.
Answer: A,B,F
Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments within the current context of the situation AND boundaries defined by the Scrum framework.
NEW QUESTION 66
If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define a Definition of Ready (DoR). The DoR is a checklist that the Product Owner must fulfill before a Product Backlog item can be presented at the Sprint Planning. This protects the Development Team from interruptions and disruptions during the Sprint.
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: A
Explanation:
Product Backlog items should be clear enough and have enough information for the Product Owner and Development to understand the work that needs to be done and to create a forecast of Product Backlog items to implement the Sprint Goal. Nothing stops the flow of Sprints, for example, we do not delay the Sprint because the items are not ready. In such cases, the "unready" items would be selected for the Sprint anyway and refined during the Sprint.
In the case that the Product Backlog items are not clear enough, the Development Team forecasts 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. At the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team can discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.
NEW QUESTION 67
Steven is a Scrum Master asked to assist in creating five new Scrum Teams that will be working to build a highly anticipated product. He talks with them about the importance of being able to integrate their Increments by the end of their Sprints. This includes the first Sprints. The product is very important to both the end users and the organization.
Of the choices raised by future team members, what would Steven encourage?
- A. Each Scrum Team delivers functionality at the end of each Sprint. New Product Backlog items will then be added to the next Sprint Backlog to integrate their functionality with the other teams to create a unified Increment.
- B. Each Scrum Team delivers Increments in its own code branch. After UAT is performed at the Sprint Review, the code branch is isolated until enough Increments are considered acceptable. All code branches will then be merged during the release phase.
- C. Wait until enough of the infrastructure and architecture is in place before starting the first Sprints. This will increase the success of delivering integrated Increments in Sprint 1.
- D. All Scrum Teams agree on a mutual understanding of 'done' that defines all work necessary to deliver a potentially shippable Increment that includes all previous Increments delivered for the product.
Answer: D
Explanation:
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as "Done", everyone must understand what "Done" means. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the Development Teams on all the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of "Done" to have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. Each Increment is additive to all prior Increments and thoroughly tested, ensuring that all Increments work together.
NEW QUESTION 68
Paul, a Product Owner of one of the Scrum Teams, has been attending the Daily Scrum. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team members have been reporting their daily work to Paul so that he is aware of their Sprint progress and what each member is working on.
What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
- A. Facilitate the Daily Scrums to avoid any conflicts between the Development Team members and Paul.
- B. Allow the Paul to participate in the Daily Scrum as he is responsible for the success of the product.
- C. Coach Paul and Development Team members on the purpose of the Scrum events and let them figure out what to do in this situation.
- D. Ask Paul to stop attending the Daily Scrum.
Answer: C
Explanation:
Because the Development Team is the ones doing the work, they are best suited to inspect and adapt the progress toward the Sprint Goal. At minimum, this is done every 24 hours through the Daily Scrum. It is the Scrum Master's responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order for them to optimize the benefits of each event. Because the Daily Scrum is owned by the Development Team, it is up to them on how they should run it but the Scrum Master can provide guidance to ensure it adheres to the Scrum guidelines.
NEW QUESTION 69
What is a Product Owner responsibility that he/she might delegate?
- A. Representing stakeholders to the Scrum team
- B. Writing User Stories
- C. Ordering the Product Backlog
- D. Attending the Sprint Review
Answer: C
Explanation:
The Development Team may need to order the Product Backlog as they would know the most about technical limitations, risks, or dependencies between Product Backlog Items. As User Stories is a localized practice, Scrum does not govern it or dictate the practice. How the team describes the items is up to them as long as it has enough information to be transparent and understood.
NEW QUESTION 70
A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of
'done' work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.
What might be the impact on the original team?
- A. Their velocity is likely to rise and be more than 55.
- B. Their velocity is likely to drop and be less than 55.
- C. Their velocity is likely not affected and will remain at 55.
Answer: B
Explanation:
Similar to membership changes within a single Scrum Team, adding or removing additional Scrum Teams working on the same product will impact productivity in the short term. Adding additional teams often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages.
NEW QUESTION 71
Which two statements are the most accurate in regards to scaling Scrum for large projects requiring multiple Scrum Teams? (Choose two.)
- A. Customizing the core Scrum framework is necessary to be successful with Scrum at large scale.
- B. A well-structured Product Backlog can minimize and often eliminate Development Team members working on multiple Scrum Teams during a Sprint.
- C. A person focusing on the Sprint Backlog of a single Scrum Team is often more productive than that same person working on multiple Scrum Teams at the same time.
- D. Team members must work full time on a single Scrum Team.
Answer: B,C
Explanation:
A person or team working on a single problem at a time is typically more effective than one that is working on multiple problems congruently as they can fully focus and dedicate their energy to resolving the problem before moving to the next. Having a well-structured Product Backlog can help minimize dependencies and increase focus for each team.
NEW QUESTION 72
What would be the main benefits of self-organization?
- A. Increased capacity, accuracy of estimates, output.
- B. Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, commitment.
- C. Increased creativity, self-accountability, commitment.
- D. Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, output.
Answer: C
Explanation:
Self-organized teams allow teams to creatively solve difficult problems, be accountable for the work they do, and commit to each other and the goals of the team.
NEW QUESTION 73
Which statement best describes the responsibility of the Product Owner?
- A. Ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
- B. Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
- C. Managing the Development Team.
- D. Acting as the go-between for the stakeholders.
Answer: B
Explanation:
The Product Owner is accountable for the flow of value that the Development Team selects to work on.
NEW QUESTION 74
What would be the best two ways to identify that a Development Team is self-organizing? (Choose two.)
- A. Creativity thrives and new possibilities are explored.
- B. Management is able to know which members are working on which items.
- C. The Development Team members are cross-functional and knows what it needs to do to deliver the all tasks committed to the Sprint Planning.
- D. The Development Team is able to resolve internal conflicts between members in order to continue working.
Answer: A,D
Explanation:
In self-organized teams creativity thrives, conflicts can be resolved, and new possibilities are explored.
NEW QUESTION 75
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