Simulated PSPO I Practice Test 1

Who is responsible of the product backlog ?

The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Developers
All the above

A Scrum Master is presenting Scrum to a new Team. Few people have decided that a retrospective is not needed. What the Scrum Master should do ?

Check with Product Owner to have his feedback
Organise a meeting with the Team and the Management
Let’s the member of the team organise by themselves
Introduce new way of facilitating productive retrospectives

In case of a new developer is having continuing conflicts with the others developers so the side effect is to impact and create an hostile environment . If no other choice is possible, who have the responsibility of removing the developer from the team ?

(Choose the best answer)

The Developers are responsible, but they can ask the Scrum master to help them.
The Product Owner is responsible, because he’s responsible of the ROI
The Scrum Manager is responsible, he is a facilitator and an impediment remover
The manager is responsible, because he manages the career of the developer

What define the end of a Sprint ?

When the time-box expires
When the Product Owner decide it is finish
When the tasks are finished
When the DOD is completed for all Product Backlog items

What is the time-box for a Sprint Review ?

1 day
4 hours for a monthly Sprint
As long as needed
4 hours and longer as needed

What are the 3 Scrum Values exhibited and not contribute to build a Product Backlog items that have low business value ?

ROI
Respect
Focus
Courage
Earned Value
Economic Value Added

Which topics should be discussed during the Sprint Review ?

Coding and engineering good practices
Sprint results
The Scrum process, how it was used during the Sprint and how improve it.
All of the above

When it’s the best moment for the developers to change the definition of “Done” ?

Before starting a new project
During the Sprint Retrospective
Before starting a new Sprint
During Spring Planning

How do you know that the developers are cross-functional ?

Developers has all the skills to create a potential releasable increment by the end of every Sprint
A few of the developers pair program and do Test Driven Development
developers are able to perform every task
There are no conflicts between developers

During a Sprint Retrospective, what is the responsibility of the Scrum Master ?

Prioritizing the action items at the end of meeting
Acting as a scribe to capture the developers answers
Facilitating if needed or if requested but also participating as a Scrum team member
Reporting to management the discussions

Which output from Sprint Planning provides to the developers a target and a direction for the Sprint ?

The release plan
The Sprint Goal
The Sprint Backlog
Sprint Review minutes
The sprint objective

What are the 3 best points to consider when establishing the Sprint length ?

Choose 3

The change of people inside the team
Sprints must have the same length across the company
The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.
Uncertainty about the technology to use.
Be ready to deploy on market a product release.

When the developers determine that she will not be able to complete the full forecast, who needs to be present when reviewing and adjusting the selected sprint work?

The Product Owner and all stakeholders
The Product Owner and the Developer
The Scrum Master, project manager and Developer
The Developer

During the Retrospective what is the responsibility of the Product Owner ?

Participating as a Scrum Team member
Reporting the discussions to the stakeholders that he/she represents in the Scrum Team
He is not mandatory in this ceremony
Capturing requirements to renforce the Product Backlog

When the second Sprint should start ?

Once the architectural changes for the second sprint
Immediately after the first sprint
When the Product Backlog for the second sprint has been selected
when the acceptance test of the first sprint is completed by the customers

How can a Scrum Master maintain highest level of productivity among the development team?

Choose 2

Keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog
Ensure the meetings start and end at the proper time
Facilitate Developers to arrive at the decisions independently.
Remove impediments that hinder the Developers.

When Multiple Team of Developers are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of “Done” ?

All Teams must have a common definition of Done
Each Team of Developers uses their own DOD but must make it clear to all other Teams so the differences are known
Each Team of Developers define and uses their own DOD. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint
Depends on the product and teams involved.

A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during Sprint Review

True
False

Pick the responsibilities of Scrum Master during the sprint.

Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed
Track and Remove impediments.
Monitor the progress of the Developers.
Ensure the Product Owner attends all Scrum ceremonies.
Assign tasks among the Scrum team.
Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers.

Which answer best describes the list of topics discussed as part of Sprint Planning ?

What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint
What to do and who will do it
What can be done and how to do it
How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve
Who is on the team and what team member roles will be

When Does the Product Owner release each Increment to production ?

When the increment has value and align with the requirements of the stakeholders.
Whenever the product is free of defects
Once the Developers are done with the work in every Sprint
Without exception

Does Scrum have a role called “Project Manager” ?

Yes
No

Who owns the Sprint Backlog ?

The Scrum Team
Developers
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner

At what point of time do Developers take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item ?

At the Daily Scrum
At the Sprint Planning
Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are owned by the team of Developers as a whole, even though each one
may be done by an individual developer.
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work

What are expected outcomes of the Daily Scrum ?

Identify impediments to be taken care by Scrum Master. An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders
An updated Scrum board to make Sprint progress transparent for the stakeholders. A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal
A status report for the upper management indicating what each individual has done, will be doing, and what is impeding him/her. A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal
Inspecting Progress of Sprint Goal and Identify impediments to be taken care by Scrum Master
An update of completed tasks and of the remaining work so the Scrum Master can plan the next day. New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.

Choose the roles that apply for a Scrum Team.

Project Manager.
Scrum Master.
Product Owner.
Developers
None of the above

What is the purpose of Sprint Review ?

Build and Maintain Team Spirit
Inspect,Review the product Increment delivered with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next series of action
Review the Scrum Team’s activities and processes happened during the Sprint
Discuss on the validity of the project

On what basis are the items in The Product Backlog ordered by?

Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom
Items are arranged in random fashion
Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom
Priority, where the most important items are at stacked at the top followed by items next in line

How should the Scrum Master address the concern of safety issues as pointed by one of the member in the team of developers?

Create a Separate Product Backlog item for security
Collaborate with the testers to check on this issue.
Encourage the developer to share the issue or any such issue with the team as soon as possible
Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the issues are fixed
Add security to the definition of Done if needed

Which statement aptly defines Scrum ?

A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management
A cookbook that defines best practices for software development
A complete methodology that defines how to develop software
A framework for developing, delivering, and sustaining products in a complex environment

The Responsibility of the Product Owner is to make sure the team picks prioritised items from the Product Backlog for a particular Sprint to stay on the same page with the stakeholders.

True
False

A Scrum Master maintains a list of open impediments, but since he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments it has piled up. Which techniques would be most helpful to address the current situation?

Consult with the Developers on regular intervals during Daily Scrum.
Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.
Alert management on the list of impediments and their impact.
Prioritize the list and work on them in order.

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 unclear about his responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum?

Describing features as Use Cases.
Providing the Developers with detailed specifications
Interact with stakeholders regularly.
Ensure that the top priority functionality is produced first always
Creating detailed functional test cases.

What does time-boxed event infer?

The event must happen at a set time
The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
The event must take at least a minimum amount of time
The event must happen by a given time

What purpose do burndown charts serve?

The Total Accumulated cost incurred till date
The Total Accumulated business value delivered to the customer till date
The Amount of work accomplished by an Individual in the team
The Amount of Total Work remaining within the Time-Boxed Sprint

Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must maintain the same Sprint start date/end date intervals throughout.

True
False

Is it mandatory for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum ?

Yes,To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down
No,Presence of Scrum Master is optional.He or She only has to ensure the Developers have a Daily Scrum.
Yes,To make sure every team member answers the three questions
Yes,To gather status and progress information to report to management

Can Developers cancel a Sprint?

Yes. When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable
Yes.When the Product Owner is absent too often
No. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints
Yes. When functional expectations are not well understood
Yes.When a technical dependency cannot be resolved

What are the responsibilities of Developers in Scrum Team?

Complete the project within the date and cost as calculated by the Product Owner
Turn Product Backlog items into valuable increment of potentially releasable product functionality
Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional tools and environments

Identify the set of Scrum Values that are affected by lack of trust within the Scrum Team ?

Respect
Openness
Focus
Commitment
Courage
All of the above

Which of the following is a trait of a Self-organizing Team of Developers?

Product Backlog ordering
Sprint length
Stakeholders for the Sprint Review
How to best accomplish its work within a limited timeline
When to release, based on its progress

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

True
False

How can we conclude whether the Scrum team of Developers are cross-functional ?

The Developers comprise a team of cross-skilled individuals contributing towards delivery of an increment of software
The Developer comprise a team of business analysts, architects, developers and testers
Developers from Team work closely with external business analysts, architects, developers and testers.
The Developers are a virtual team drawing from separate teams of business analysts, architects, developers and testers

Which of the below Ceremonies best exhibit Inspection in Scrum ?

Sprint Review
Release Planning
Sprint Retrospective.
Daily Scrum
Refinement Meeting

What is the recommended Team size for Developers under Scrum?

9
3 to 9
At least 7
7 plus or minus 3

What activities should Product Owner typically undertake in the phase between the end of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint ?

Refine the Product Backlog
Update the project plan with stakeholders
Work with the QA departments on the Increment of the current Sprint
There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint

Identify applicable choices which showcases responsibilities of a self-organizing team of Developers under Scrum

Pick the work planned in the Sprint Backlog and stick to its completion deadline
Increase velocity.
Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint as per priority and need with consultation from the Product Owner
Report daily progress to stakeholders.
Reorder the Product Backlog.

Who has the authority to abnormally terminate a Sprint ?

The Product Owner
The Developers
The Scrum Master
The Stakeholders

The IT manager asks Developers for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Developers approach Scrum Master for advice.

What Should a Scrum Master do?

Coach the IT Manager- Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review
Tell the Developers to fit the report into the Sprint Backlog
Create and deliver the report to the manager herself
Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the report
Inform the Developers to figure it out themselves

Which of the below are true about Daily Scrum ?

Choose 2 answers :

Location and Time should remain constant
Driven by Team lead
Conducted first thing in the morning
It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions
Ideal Duration should be fifteen minutes or less

Who are the typical Key Stakeholders ?

Customers – Responsible for paying to use the product
The people responsible for product marketing
People who actually use the product under development
People involved in funding decisions for the product development effort
The people responsible for product development

Which of the following is the most effective way a Scrum Master can keep a team of Developers delivering at its highest level of productivity ?

Ensure the meetings start and end at the proper time
Keep high value features high in the Product Backlog
Prevent changes to the backlogs once the Sprint begins
Coach Developers to make right decisions and remove impediments

Which of the following are true about the Scrum Master role ?

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Developers when they need work
The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown
Scrum Master coaches the team to follow all Scrum Ceremonies within the time box
The Scrum Master initiates and drives the interaction between External team with the Scrum Team

Who is responsible for promoting and endorsing Scrum?

The Scrum Master and the Product Owner
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Team
The Developers

Which of the following activities should a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint ?

Run the Daily Scrum
Update the Sprint burndown chart
Respond to Questions from the Developers about items in the current Sprint
Prioritize the Developers work on the Sprint Backlog
Work with the stakeholders.

Who is responsible for maintaining transparency and clarity in Product Backlog Items ?

The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Developers do it
The business analyst who represents the Product Owner in the Development Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner

Developers have identified concerns delivering a working Increment because they don’t have clarity over a functional requirement, what should be the next course of action ?

Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint
Initiate a Sprint Grooming, Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable.
Partially complete the functionality, and discuss the remaining work at the Sprint Review
Add a specialist to the team of Developers

The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a usable Increment of product

True
False

Who must do all the work to make sure Product Backlog items adhere to the Definition of “Done” ?

The Scrum Master
Developers
The Scrum Team
The Product Owner
QA Specialists

What are three benefits of self-organization ?

Increased accuracy of estimates.
Increased self-accountability.
Increased commitment.
Increased creativity.
Increased rule compliance

When is the ideal time to create a Sprint Goal ?

Set up before Sprint Planning in order to begin planning
Sprint Planning
Create in the previous Sprint during Product Backlog refinement
Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum
At any time during the Sprint

What is the best way the Scrum Master divide a group of 100 people into multiple team of Developers ?

Divide teams based on their skills across multiple layers (such as database, UI, etc.)
Request the Product Owner to assign the people to teams
Coach and facilitate the developers to divide themselves into teams as per the work items

Identify the circumstances under which a Sprint can be abnormally terminated ?

When the sales department has an important new opportunity
When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint
When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard
When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete

The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Developers during the Sprint. As a Scrum Master ,what would be your next course of action?

Discuss the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.
Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery
Escalate to the Product Owner’s functional manager.
Nominate a proxy Product Owner.
Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a course and restart.

Even though multiple teams work together on the same product, It is mandatory for each team to maintain a separate Product Backlog

True
False

Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders ?

The Developers
The Product Owner
The business analyst
The team manager
The project manager

The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is the Sprint Backlog

True
False

How often should membership of the Developers change ?

Every Sprint to promote shared learning
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity
It reduces productivity so the option is never taken
As per requirement, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity

What are the responsibilities of testers among the team of Developers?

Verifying the work of programmers
Every Developer is responsible for quality
Finding bugs
There is no such role as “tester” in Scrum

Identify the action items that the Developers need to take to make sure non-functional requirements are accounted for?

Include them to the definition of Done so the work is taken care of every Sprint
Run the integration and regression tests before the end of the Sprint, and capture the open work for the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint
Put them on a separate list on the Scrum board, available for all to see
Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner posted on the expected effort.

Which of the following seems to be the ideal way for the Developers to make non-functional requirements visible ?

Run the integration and regression tests before the end of the Sprint, and capture the open work for the Sprint Backlog of the next Sprint
Put them on a separate list on the Scrum board, available for all to see
Add the items to Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner updated on the expected effort

Choose the applicable statements that a developers should poesses

At least one representative from each major software engineering discipline (like QA, Dev, UX)
The competencies and skills needed to deliver a Usable Increment complying to the Definition of Done in a Sprint
One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members

What does the Scrum Master need to do to make sure Developers maintains proper communication with Product Owner ?

Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints
Teach the Developers to talk in terms of business needs and objectives
Act as a mediator for them
Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration

The Sprint Review serves as an inspect and adapt opportunity .

Identify the users benefitted from this scrum ceremony.

The Product Owner and Developers
The Developers and stakeholders
The Scrum Team and stakeholders
The Product Owner and management

Which of the following statements explains the task complies with ‘Definition of Done’ .

All work the Development Team is willing to do.
Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.
All the scenarios/working conditions have been completed as listed under of the definition of “Done”.
Ready for integration.
All work to create product/increment are ready to be released to end users.

Multiple Scrum Teams working towards a single product should adhere to follow the same Product Backlog :

True
False

Who finalizes on the amount work performed during the Sprint ?

Architects
Subject matter experts
Developers
The Scrum Master
Development Team managers

Developers realise work planned wouldn’t be done by the end of the Sprint ,What should be the next course of action?

The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again
The team considers sprint extension and future Sprints use this new duration
The Sprint is closed as per schedule and the incomplete work is spilled over and carry forwarded.

A Product Owner requires more insight on work estimation. Identify what a Scrum Master should recommend?

Relative Estimation techniques should be put to use.
Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points
Estimation is forbidden in Scrum
Developers have the onus on estimating the work
Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development Team

List of Product Backlog items accomplished within a Sprint by developers is confirmed by the Product Owner

True, as confirmed with stakeholders and set in the sprint planning
True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager that the Team has enough capacity
True
False, the Scrum Master does that
False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager’s responsibility
False

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