Product Owner I Practice Test 1 Old

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 does the second Sprint start ?

Once the architectural changes for the second sprint have been approved by the senior architect
Immediately after the first sprint
After the Product Backlog for the second sprint has been selected
After the customer completes acceptance test of the first sprint

What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity ?

Choose 2

By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog
By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time
By facilitating Development Team decisions.
By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.

When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of “Done” ?

All Development Teams must have a definition of Done
Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other Teams so the differences are known
Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint
It depends

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

True
False

During the Sprint, the Scrum Master’s role is to do which two of the following ?

Choose 2

Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed
Remove impediments.
Monitor the progress of the Development Team.
Ensure the Product Owner attends all Scrum events.
Assign tasks with the Scrum team.
Escalate team conflicts to functional line managers.

Which answer best describes the topics covered in 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

The Product Owner must release each Increment to production :

When it makes sense
Whenever the product is free of defects
To make sure the Development Team is done every Sprint
Without exception

Does Scrum have a role called “Project Manager” ?

Yes
No

Who owns the Sprint Backlog ?

The Scrum Team
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner

When do Development Team members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item ?

During the Daily Scrum
At the Sprint planning meeting
Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are owned by the entire Development Team, even though each one
may be done by an individual Development Team member.
Whenever a team member can accommodate more work

One of the Scrum events is the Daily Scrum. What are two intended outcomes of the Daily Scrum ?

New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of. 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
A shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken next to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint goal. New impediments for the Scrum Master to take care of.
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.

Who is on the Scrum Team ?

Choose all that apply

Project Manager.
Scrum Master.
Product Owner.
Development Team.
None of the above

What is the purpose of a Sprint Review ?

To build team spirit
To inspect the product Increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps
To review the Scrum Team’s activities and processes during the Sprint
To take time to judge the validity of the project

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom
Items are randomly arranged
Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom
Importance, where the most important items are at the top at all times

A member of the Development Team takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data security issues. What should the Scrum Master do ?

Create a Product Backlog item for security
Go check with the testers
Ask the person to share the 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

Which statement best describes 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 within which complex products in complex environments are developed

The Product Owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to satisfy the stakeholders

True
False

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 three techniques would be most helpful in this situation ?

Consulting with the Development Team.
Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.
Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.
Prioritizing the list and working 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 unsure about his responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum?

Describing features as Use Cases.
Providing the Development Team with detailed specifications.
Interacting with stakeholders.
Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced first, at all times
Creating detailed functional test cases.

What does it mean to say that an event has a time-box ?

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

If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track ?

Accumulated cost
Accumulated business value delivered to the customer
Individual worker productivity
Work remaining across time

Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same Sprint start date :

true
false

What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum ?

To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress on the burn-down
He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Development Team has a Daily Scrum
To make sure every team member answers the three questions
To gather status and progress information to report to management

When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint ?

When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable
When the Product Owner is absent too often
It can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints
When functional expectations are not well understood
When a technical dependency cannot be resolved

The Development Team should have all the skills needed to :

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

Which Scrum Value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team ?

Respect
Openness
Focus
Commitment
Courage
All of the above

Which does a self-organizing Development Team choose ?

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

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

True
False

What does it mean for a Development Team to be cross-functional ?

The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to deliver an increment of software
The Development Team includes not only developers but also business analysts, architects, developers and testers
Developers on the Development Team work closely with business analysts, architects, developers and testers who are not on the team
The Development Team is a virtual team drawing from separate teams of business analysts, architects, developers and testers

Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum ?

Sprint Review
Release Planning
Sprint Retrospective.
Daily Scrum
Refinement Meeting

What is the recommended size for a Development Team ?

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

What activities would a 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

Choose two responsibilities of a self-organizing Development Team

Do the work planned in the Sprint Backlog
Increase velocity.
Pull Product Backlog items for the Sprint
Report daily progress to stakeholders.
Reorder the Product Backlog.

Who can abnormally terminate a Sprint ?

The Product Owner
The Development Team or its members
The Scrum Master
The Stakeholders

The IT manager asks a Development Team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should :

Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review
Tell the Development Team 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
Tell the Development Team to figure it out themselves

Which are properties of the Daily Scrum ?

Choose 2 answers :

Its location and time should remain constant
It is facilitated by the team lead
It is held first thing in the morning
It consists of the Scrum Master asking the Team members the three questions
It is fifteen minutes or less in duration.

Who are the typical Key Stakeholders (select three)?

The people responsible for paying to use the product
The people responsible for product marketing
The human people who actually use the product under development
The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort
The people responsible for product development

Of the following choices, what is the most effective way a Scrum Master can keep a Development Team working 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
Facilitate Development Team decisions and remove impediments

Which two of the following is true about the Scrum Master role ?

The Scrum Master assigns tasks to Development Team members when they need work
The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown
At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what has been “done” and what has not been “done”.
The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team
The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their timebox.

Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.

The Scrum Master and the Product Owner
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.
The Scrum Team
The Development Team

Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint ?

Run the Daily Scrum
Update the Sprint burndown chart
Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint
Prioritize the Development Team’s work on the Sprint Backlog
Work with the stakeholders.

Who is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog Items ?

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

When a Development Team is having trouble delivering a working Increment because they don’t understand a functional requirement, what should they do ?

Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint
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 Development Team

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

True
False

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

The Scrum Master
The Development Team
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 should a Sprint Goal be created ?

It must be established before Sprint Planning in order to begin planning
During Sprint Planning
It should have been created in the previous Sprint during Product Backlog refinement
A Sprint Goal is not mandatory in Scrum
At any time during the Sprint

What is the tactic a Scrum Master should use to divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams ?

Create teams based on their skills across multiple layers (such as database, UI, etc.)
Ask the Product Owner to assign the people to teams
Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams

When might a Sprint 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 Development Team during the Sprint. What are two valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take ?

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

When multiple teams work together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog

True
False

Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders ?

The Development Team
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 Development Team membership change ?

Every Sprint to promote shared learning
As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity
Never, because it reduces productivity
As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity

What are two responsibilities of testers in a Development Team ?

Verifying the work of programmers
Everyone in the Development Team is responsible for quality
Finding bugs
Scrum has no “tester” role

What is the two good ways for the Development Team to make non-functional requirements visible ?

Add 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.

What is a good ways for the Development Team 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 them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner posted on the expected effort

Every Development Team should have :

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

Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner ?

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

The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group ?

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

A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what ‘done’ means. Choose 2 answers :

All work the Development Team is willing to do.
Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.
No work left from the definition of “Done”.
Ready for integration.
All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users.

Multiple Scrum Teams creating the same product work from the same Product Backlog :

True
False

Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint ?

Architects
Subject matter experts
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
Development Team managers

What happens if the Development Team cannot complete its work by the end of the Sprint ?

The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again
The Sprint is extended and future Sprints use this new duration
The Sprint length holds and the Development Team continuously learns what is actually possible to do within a Sprint of this length

A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. Which of these is the guideline that a Scrum Master should give ?

Estimates must be in relative units
Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points
Scrum forbids estimating
Estimates are made by the Development Team
Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Development Team

The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint

True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders
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

Product Owner I Practice Test 1 old

January 3, 2022

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