PSPOI Quiz #2 Old

What provides guidance to the Developers on why they are building the Increment?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Goal
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master

How long does a Product Backlog exists?
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Until the final Product Release.
As long as the Product exists.
Not more than 3 years.
As long as a Developer is doing work from it.

Peter has been asked to take the Product Owner role of a large product initiative. 4 teams new to Scrum will be building this product. He has created the initial Product Backlog but is unsure of how to minimize the dependencies between the Scrum Teams. Which of the following would be the best advice to give Peter?
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The Product Owner creates separate Product Backlogs for each team.
The Product Owner has the Technical Leads determine which items will be assigned to which team.
The Product Owner identifies the dependent items and re-order the Product Backlog items for the Scrum Teams.
The Product Owner works with the Developers from all Scrum Teams on how to best analyze and break apart the work.
The Product Owner notifies the Scrum Master so he/she can resolve the impediment.

In which Scrum event do Key Stakeholders actively participate?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Daily Scrum
The Sprint Retrospective
The Sprint Review
The Sprint Planning

When is the Scrum Team allowed to interact with the Key Stakeholders?
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Any time where it’s valuable to have the Stakeholder input
The Sprint Retrospective
The Daily Scrum
The Sprint Review

What would naturally occur if the Product Backlog isn’t adequately clear at Sprint Planning?
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The Business Analysts can compensate with a clearly defined Sprint Goal.
The meeting is extended in order to refine enough ‘ready’ items for the Sprint.
It will be more difficult for the Scrum Team to forecast work to be done for the Sprint.
Nothing in particular.
The Developers will follow the Product Owner’s Sprint Goal.

How much of the Scrum Team’s capacity is allocated for Product Backlog refinement?
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No more than 20%.
No more than 5%.
One day or less.
As much as the Scrum Team decides.

Which concept illustrates that, as a forecast lengthens, the level of unknowns also increase?
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The “cone of uncertainty”
The “Iron Triangle”
Empirical process control
Software Product Life Cycle

The Scrum Master has asked Peter, the Product Owner, to spend more time with the Scrum Team. What might have caused this?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

Peter is not a full-time Product Owner of the Scrum Team.
There are internal conflicts between the Developers.
What Peter had envisioned as the increment and the actual increment presented at the Sprint Review was completely different.
Peter has not been attending the Daily Scrum.
The Developers do not know who will be doing which tasks.

Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work in the Sprint Backlog to forecast the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

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

Which statement best describes the job of a Product Owner?

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Working with stakeholders to identify the most important requirements.
Writing clear, transparent and detailed user stories.
Spending a lot of time with the Developers to clarify the requirements.
Communicating the project and release performance with the customer and the Developers.

Who updates the project plan in Scrum?
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The Product Backlog is the project plan in Scrum and the Product Owner updates it as new information and insights emerge.
The Project Manager will update the project plan according to the progress of the Product Backlog.
Project plans are not allowed in Scrum.
The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring the Product Backlog is aligned with the project plan and update dates it at least every Sprint.
The Business Analyst is responsible for managing the project plan and ensuring the Product Backlog is aligned with the project plan.

Yes or No: Could the Product Owner or the Scrum Master also be a Developer on the Scrum Team?
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Yes
No

As a Product Owner, what should be taken into consideration when ordering the Product Backlog?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The items with the highest ROI are always at the top.
The availability of the technical lead.
The highest priority items are always at the top.
How much time the Developers are allocated to the project.
The newest items are added towards the bottom.
Whatever is most appropriate for you to achieve the product’s goals and to optimize the value delivered to the users.

Although Burn-down charts are optional, it can be useful tool for tracking what measure?
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How much work is remaining across time.
How much business value has been delivered to the customer.
How individual team members are performing.
How much cost has been accumulated.

True or False: The Product Owner determines the scope of work in the Sprint Backlog for the Developers.
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True. This is a responsibility of the Product Owner role.
False. This is the responsibility of the Scrum Master.
True. The Product Owner will define the amount of work according to the capacity of the Developers.
False.
True.
False. The Sprint Backlog is committed by the Developers at the Product Backlog refinement meeting.

Who has the “final say” on the order of the items in the Product Backlog?
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The Product Owner and The Scrum Master
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Developers

How frequently should product releases occur?
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Every Sprint.
At least every 6 months.
Frequent enough to minimize the risk of the product’s value deviating from the market.
Every 3 months.
By the end of Product development.

How much time should a Product Owner spend with the team members?
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As much as needed to maximize the deliver of value.
As much as required by the senior management.
As much as required by the customer.
100% of the time.

What can a Burn-down chart show?
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How much work is remaining until the end of the Sprint.
The evolution of the level of uncertainty during a project.
How much additional velocity is needed to complete the work before the end of the Sprint.
How many additional days is required before the Sprint can end.

What pre-requisites must be met before a Sprint Planning can start?
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Availability of key Scrum Team members.
There are no such pre-requisites.
A fully refined Product Backlog.
The preparedness of the Product Owner.
Approval from the steering committee.
User Stories that conform with the Definition of Ready.

Who is considered the chief product visionary?
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner

What would best describe the essence of Scrum?
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A process that maximizes productivity.
A small group of people that is highly flexible and adaptive.
A process that maximizes utilization of team members.
An evolution of the traditional waterfall process.

You are a Product Owner who is also responsible for monitoring the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). What are the costs that can influence the TCO of the product being built?
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The accrued cost compared to the value generated by the product.
All the investments (conception, development, operation and maintenance) to be made in the product.
The financial funding of product development, where each Sprint has a fixed cost.

Which of the following is TRUE about the Product Owner?
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The Product Owner is accountable for creating and sustaining a Product Backlog that maximizes value and represents the needs of the stakeholders.
The Product Owner ensures that the Product Backlog items assigned to the Developers adhere to the Definition of Ready.
The Product Owner describes the Increment at the Sprint Planning and ensures that the Developers deliver it before the end of the Sprint.
The Product Owner is responsible for creating User Stories in agreement with the stakeholders.

How will an organization know the outcomes of a product that is currently in development?
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By comparing the estimated time for development versus the actual time spent.
By releasing often, and updating KPIs (key performance indicators) on value after every release and feeding this information back into work on the Product Backlog.
By an increase of velocity trends from Sprint to Sprint.
By the pattern of Increment approvals by the Product Owner and stakeholders at the Sprint Review.

Who is ultimately responsible for estimating the effort needed to complete Product Backlog items?
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The Developers.
The Scrum Master.
The Product Owner.
The Scrum Team.
The Business Analysts.

Who is best in deciding whether or not to release the latest Product increment to the users?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Developers
The Product Owner
The Release Manager
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Team
The QC Team

How can the Product Owner benefit from having time-boxed Sprints?
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By being able to manage the performance of the Developers.
By ensuring that the Sprint Backlog committed at Sprint Planning is completed.
By having shippable increments every Sprint, he/she can have work released to obtain feedback from users and the market.
By having shippable increments every Sprint, the Business Analysts can give sign off on the Increment at least every Sprint Review.
By assuring that the project will be fully delivered by the expected deadline.

A Product Owner is applying value estimations to Product Backlog items. Is this acceptable?
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No. Value estimations are not allowed in Scrum as the Developers are the only ones allowed to add estimations.
Yes. As the value maximizer, the Product Owner must use value points to determine the upfront value of the product in order to guaranteed the success of the product.
Yes. It’s OK as it can help the Product Owner order the Product Backlog and validate the expected value against the actual delivered value.

Who must ensure the Product Backlog is refined and in a healthy state?

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Stakeholders
The Product Owner
The Developers
The Business Analyst

How frequently should the Product Owner communicate and reiterate the product vision to the Scrum Team and the product’s Key Stakeholders?
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At every Sprint Review.
Only once before the first Sprint.
At every Daily Scrum.
Early and often.

When can the Product Backlog be revised?
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Only after receiving feedback at the Sprint Review.
Only after a change request has been approved.
The Product Backlog can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner’s discretion.
Only during Product Backlog refinement with the Developers.

Who is primarily responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined by the Scrum Guide?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Team
The Developers
The Head of Agile transformation

You are a Product Owner of a Scrum Team. In the middle of the Sprint, you find out that the Developers will not be able to finish the Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint. What is the most appropriate response?
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Ask the team how much more time is needed and extend the Sprint accordingly.
Redefine the Sprint Goal to be aligned with the new commitment.
Tell the Developers that it is their responsibility to meet their commitments. Overtime may be necessary.
Shorten or postpone selected Scrum Events in order to allocate additional development time.
Work with the Developers to re-work selected Product Backlog items in the Sprint Backlog in order to meet the Sprint Goal.

An organization that is new to Scrum wants to know how the interactions should be between the Product Owner and the Stakeholders. Which statement best describes the relationship?
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The Product Owner proactively seeks feedback and expectations from stakeholders in order to make changes to the Product Backlog.
The Product Owner demos the Increment at Sprint Review for final user acceptance approval by the stakeholders.
The Product Owner has full authority over the requirements and should only involve the stakeholders during the approval process.
The stakeholders transfer requirements to the Product Owner to convert to User Stories in the Product Backlog.

The purpose of the Sprint Review is to:

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Provide a status report on the project.
Inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog.
Demo work that is done and work that is near to completion to the Stakeholders.
Inspect the performance of the Developers.

What best describes an Increment?
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All items in the Sprint Backlog that are done but not yet tested.
All completed User Stories in the Sprint Backlog that have been approved by the Stakeholders.
All ‘Done’ items in the Sprint Backlog.
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint.
The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint plus the value of the Increments of all previous Sprints.

True or False: A Product Backlog is never complete.
Choose only ONE best answer.

False – A complete Product Backlog should be fully defined before starting the first Sprint.
True – As long as a product exists, a Product Backlog also exists.

Who’s responsible for product change management in Scrum?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Developers.
The Product Owner.
The Scrum Master.
The Scrum Team.
There’s no change management in Scrum.

Which is a valid description for the order of the items in the Product Backlog?
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Newest items towards the top.
They are aggregated into pre-planned Sprints.
Lower valued and less clear items towards the bottom.
They are segmented into User Stories and non-functional items.

What best describes the Product Backlog?
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An approved list of product requirements that should be completed by a set period of time.
A living artifact of product requirements evolves and exists as long as the product exists.
A list of all funded Sprints and pre-allocated items within those Sprints.
A repository of user stories that the Developers select from that complements a separate technical backlog owned by the Developers.

Which practice must be used by a Product Owner to manage the Product Backlog and share the Product Backlog progress?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

A Release burn-down chart.
A Gantt chart.
A Value burn-up chart.
Any projective practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work to be done.
A Product Backlog burn-down chart.

How can a Product Owner to validate the results of his/her assumptions made for the Product?
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Releasing Increments to the market, early and often, to learn about the business assumptions built into the product.
Having detailed and thorough User Acceptance Testing applied at the end of each Sprint.
Set the Sprint Goal before selecting Product Backlog items at Sprint Planning to ensure that the Developers deliver an Increment within the scope by the end of the Sprint.

What is the typical sequence of Scrum events?
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Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective
Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum
Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective
Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review

What are the limitations on the decisions of the Product Owner for the Product Backlog?
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There are no limitations. The Product Backlog is fully owned by the Product Owner and the entire organization must respect a Product Owner’s decisions.
Technical and architectural work that needs to be done first before functionality can be implemented.
All change and update requests must come from the head of Product development.
Decisions by the CFO, the CEO or the board of directors.
Changes must be approved by QC to ensure that the work conforms with minimum quality standards.
The Scrum Team’s Definition of Ready. Items must conform with the Definition of Ready before changes can be made to the Product Backlog.

A Scrum Team towards the end of a Sprint. The last remaining item is taking longer than expected. The Developers inform the Product Owner that they will not be able to complete the item before the time-box due to complexity. What should the Product Owner do?

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Accept that the estimation was incorrect. Help the team, moving forward, in improving the estimations.
Report the failure of the Developers to management.
Cancel the Sprint.
Reprimand the Developers for providing poor estimates.

How are Product Backlog items are selected in scaled Scrum where there are multiple Scrum Teams?

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The teams pull items in agreement with the Product Owner and other teams.
Each team provides the Product Owner with their capacity and the Product Owner creates the Sprint Backlogs based on each team’s capacity.
The highest performing team creates their Sprint Backlog first and then the next highest performing team and so on.
The Product Owner assigns each team with a set of items.
The items are randomly assigned to each team.

Who is accountable for maximizing the value of the work the Developers do?

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The Sales Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Developers

The Product Owner should inspect the value delivered by the Scrum Team at least:

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Once per Sprint
Once per release
Once a week
Every Daily Scrum

A Product Owner is:

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A committee
One person

The Product Owner manages:

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The process
The Sprint Backlog
The Developers
The Product Backlog

What is the benefit of using value points as an input for ordering the Product Backlog?

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It can help to make the ordering more transparent.
Value points are not allowed in Scrum.
Makes the ordering faster.

SCRUM is short for:

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Nothing. Its not an acronym
Safe Controlled Response Under Management
Self organising Collaborative & Reflective Universal Method
Super Creative Really Useful Method

A company has two products. Which of the following is an acceptable way of forming Scrum Teams?
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There should be one Product Owner supported by a Junior Product Owner.
There must be a single Product Owner across all products.
There is a single Product Owner for each product.
There should be a Chief Product Owner and one Product Owner for each product.

Which of the following does not conform with Scrum?

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Refactoring
Release planning
Progress tracking
Hardening Sprints

Product Backlog refinement is:

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Is only done once per Sprint.
An ongoing activity.
Only a concern for the Product Owner.
A Scrum event.

Who manages the Sprint Backlog?

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The Product Owner
The Developers
The Scrum Team
The Scrum Master

Which of the following is a valid reason for the Product Owner to be aware of technical debt?

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There’s no reason, the Developers are the only ones that should be concerned with technical debt.
To have a better understanding of the total-cost-of-ownership as it is affected by the maintenance cost.
To track the quality of individual Developers.

Why would technical debt be important for Product Owners?
(choose the best answer)
Choose only ONE best answer.

Because it increases the value delivered to the users.
Because it increases the “total cost of ownership”.
It wouldn’t, the Product Owner’s only focus is value.

How should the Product Owner make release projections?

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This is the responsibility of the Scrum Master to forecast the release dates.
By any method s/he finds appropriate.
By dividing the remaining amount of work in the Product Backlog to the latest calculated velocity.
By using a trend line in the burn-down chart.

Which of the following is a reason for the Product Owner to pay attention to technical debt?
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To track the performance of individual Developers.
To understand how technical debt can impact the velocity of the Scrum Team in the future.
There’s no reason for the Product Owner to pay attention to technical aspects.

Which of the following helps the Product Owner avoid waste in the project?
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Make all Product Backlog items as clear as possible from the beginning of the project in order to avoid unplanned changes.
Don’t add too much detail to the Product Backlog items until they have moved towards the top of the Product Backlog.
Only breakdown large Product Backlog items after they have been moved to the Sprint Backlog.

The Product Owner should track the performance of the project at least …
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once per release.
every Sprint.
every Daily Scrum.
once a week.

What is the typical size of items in a Sprint Backlog as compared to the average size of items in the Product Backlog?

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On average, they are the same size.
On average, the Sprint Backlog items are larger.
On average, the Sprint Backlog items are smaller.

Halfway through a Sprint, the Developers realize they do not have enough capacity to finish all of the items in the Sprint Backlog. They immediately inform the Product Owner that they under-estimated the work. As a Product Owner, what is the most appropriate response?

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Replace some of the items in the Sprint Backlog with smaller items from the Product Backlog.
Help the Developers adjust the work to meet the Sprint Goal.
Tell the team that they must complete all work as their commitment from Sprint Planning.
Postpone the Scrum events to gain more capacity.

How should the Product Backlog be ordered?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

Most complex to least complex.
Least dependencies to most dependencies.
By any means the Product Owner decides will maximize the flow of value.
Lowest risk to highest risk.

The Developers are ready to start the first Sprint, however, the Product Backlog is not complete yet. What should the Product Owner do?

(choose the best answer)
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Dedicate the first Sprint to detailing and finalizing the Product Backlog.
Let the team start the first Sprint, and continue refining the Product Backlog.
Ask the Developers help you refining the Product Backlog instead of starting the first Sprint.

How would the Product Backlog be impacted by the changes in the environment in which the product will be used?
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It evolves to reflect the changes.
There’s no effect on the Product Backlog.
The old baselined Product Backlog would be saved, and a new one would be created for the rest of the project.
The Product Backlog should be kept high-level enough to tolerate such changes.

Who can do the legwork of gathering the marketplace data for the Product Owner?
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The Scrum Team
Anyone can do the legwork
Subject matter experts
Only the Product Owner

The Product Owner is using split testing to measure the end users’ satisfaction and using the data to evolve the Product Backlog for the remaining Sprints. Is this ok?
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Yes
No

What should the Product Owner do in the middle of the Sprint when the Developers realize they are not able to finish all the Sprint Backlog items?

(choose the best answer)
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Help the Developers adjust their work to meet the Sprint Goal.
Extend the Sprint.
Change the Sprint Goal.
Add more Developers to the team.

When should the project plan be updated?

(choose the best answer)
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The project plan is updated before the first Sprint.
The Product Backlog is the project plan and can be updated at anytime.
The project plan is updated after changes to the Product Backlog have been approved.

The Product Owner usually ensures value by maximizing …
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Return on investment
Profit.
Revenue.
Number of features delivered.

When is a Product Backlog item “ready” for selection in a Sprint Planning meeting?
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When it meets the criteria in the definition of “Ready”.
When it can be “Done” within one Sprint.
When all tasks required for completing it are identified.

Which of the following is the best response from the Product Owner if the Developers have difficulty understanding requirements in the middle of the Sprint?

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Ask the Scrum Master to answer questions from the Developers.
Be available to the team to explain or answer questions they may have.
Attend their Daily Scrums and answer their questions.
Attend their Daily Scrums and remove their impediments.

During the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Team has identified several action items that can improve the team’s effectiveness. What should the Scrum Team do?
(choose the best answer)
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Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements.
Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.
Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement or address the most impactful improvements as soon as possible.
Assign a responsible team member for at least one improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.

Who is responsible for representing the interests of the stakeholders?
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Choose only ONE best answer.

The Developers
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Scrum Team

Why should there be only one Product Owner per product?
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One person is always enough for this role
There should be one Product Owner for each team. If there are more than one Scrum Team working on the same product, multiple Product Owners might be needed.
The Developers know who’s responsible for ordering the Product Backlog.
It becomes confusing when there are more than one Product Owners managing the team.

Who’s responsible for deciding when to release an Increment?
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The Developers
The Scrum Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Customer

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June 28, 2022

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