SPS Quiz #1

Which of the following are objectives of the Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

To inspect the current state of the Integrated Increment and to identify integration issues or newly discovered cross-team dependencies or cross-team impacts.
To share with the team what each member has completed in the Sprint, what each member will work on next, and to report progress toward sprint goal and roadblocks so that Scrum Master can work to remove those.
To give a status report to the Product Owner on what each member has completed in the Sprint, what each member will work on next, and to report progress toward sprint goal and roadblocks so that Scrum Master can work to remove those.
To inspect progress toward the Nexus Sprint Goal and the Nexus Sprint Backlog adjusted to reflect the current understanding of the work of the Scrum Teams within the Nexus.

A company has two products. Which of the following is an acceptable way of forming Scrum Teams?
(choose all that apply)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

There should be one Product Owner supported by an assistant to the Product Owner.
There should be a Chief Product Owner and one Product Owner for each product.
There can be a single person performing the Product Owner role for both Products.
There can be a full-time Product Owner for each Product.

What are the objectives of Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Identify cross-team dependencies or cross-team impacts.
Seek to solve issues challenging an individual Scrum Team.
Review Progress with the Product Owner.
Make transparent newly discovered integration issues.
Inspect the current state of the Integrated Increment.

Which two statements are TRUE about Technical Debt?
(choose the two best answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Product stability becomes unpredictable as the product evolves.
It should not impact the ordering of the Product Backlog items.
It should be managed on a separate list and addressed in the hardening Sprint.
It can lead to wrong assumptions about the current state of the system.

When are dependencies between the Product Backlog items discovered or identified in Nexus?
(choose all that apply)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

All of the above.
Nexus Refinement.
Nexus Sprint Planning.
Nexus Sprint Retrospective.

A company is applying Scrum to build five major products. Which statements represent the two best options for how Product Ownership might be structured?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

One and only one. The Product Owner may not delegate to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality
As many as are needed to communicate expectations and requirements with the Developers.
One specific Product Owner is responsible for each product. This Product Owner may delegate to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within the product.
One specific Product Owner is responsible for all five products. This Product Owner may delegate to others for specific value, capabilities, and functionality within each product.

Which of the following would be valid considerations when establishing the length of a Sprint?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Nexus Integration Team should determine the sprint length for all individual Scrum Teams.
All teams in a Nexus must have the same sprint length.
The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.
The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used.

What best describes the Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

It provides input into each teams individual Daily Scrums, so that each team can better plan their work until their next Daily Scrum.
It provides a single meeting where all teams can update the Sprint Backlog.
It is only for the Nexus Integration Team to plan their work for the next 24 hours.
It is an opportunity to make integration issues transparent.
It is the same as a Scrum-of-Scrums.

Which of the following activities would a Nexus Integration Team do during an active Sprint?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Merge all teams’ code into a single branch.
Support the Scrum Teams with tools and/or practices that might aid teams in making it easier to integrate their work.
Refactor code in order to meet the Definition of “Done.”
Coach teams on modern development practices and serve as mentors.

Which of the following would be appropriate ways for the Scrum Teams to ensure quality application architecture?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Scrum Team has a set of guiding architecture principles that every Developer understands and follows when building the product.
The Developers focus only on adding functionality. The architecture will take care of itself as the Developers adds functionality.
Architecture is an ongoing discussion and is worked on by the Developers on the Scrum Teams while implementing business functionality.
The Scrum Team uses a Sprint 0 to create infrastructure that will be needed later.

The Nexus Integration Team consists of professionals who:
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Coach the Individual Scrum Teams on the necessary development, infrastructural, or architectural standards required by the organization to ensure the development of quality Integrated Increments.
Are skilled in the use of tools, various practices, and the general field of systems engineering.
Develop and Test Code.
Is not a Developer in a Scrum Team.
Ensure the Scrum Teams within the Nexus understand and implement the practices and tools needed to detect dependencies and frequently integrate.

What are two ways transparency can be impacted by technical debt?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Technical debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the state of the Increment being released.
The Product Owner knows when an Increment can be released based on the amount of technical debt.
The Developers should ensure all technical debt has been eliminated before a new Sprint can begin.
The system can become more difficult to stabilized as code is being added and development progresses, leading to work undertaken in the future to be slowed down.

Why is it important that there is only one Product Owner, per Product, that has the final say on the Product Backlog?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

One Product Owner ensures cost savings.
It is clear who is accountable for the ultimate success of the product.
It allows the Product Owner to control all decisions made about what the Developers are working on in a Sprint.
It helps avoid barriers to effective communication and rapid decision-making.
The Developers always know who determines the Product Backlog ordering.

The purpose of the Nexus Integration Team is to:
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Raise transparency.
Manage the Developers across Scrum Teams.
Be accountable that an Integrated Increment is produced.
Manage the Nexus.
Integrate the work of the Scrum Teams.

Which of the following accountabilities does the Nexus framework introduce?
(choose the best answer)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Lead Product Owner.
The Technical Architect.
The Nexus Integration Team.
The Nexus Lead.

The purpose of the Nexus Sprint Backlog is:
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

To make transparent dependencies and the flow of work during the Sprint.
To make the work of the Nexus Integration Team transparent.
To provide a view of all Product Backlog items from the Sprint Backlogs of the individual Scrum Teams.
To visualize all Product Backlog items for future Sprints.

Which of the following activities occur during the Nexus Sprint Planning?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Nexus Sprint Backlog is fully formulated.
Cross-team dependencies are identified and made transparent.
The Nexus Sprint Goal is formulated.
The work each Scrum Team will do is coordinated to support of the Nexus Sprint Goal.
The Product Backlog is prioritized.

The purpose of the Nexus Sprint Retrospective is to:
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

provide a single meeting to inspect and adapt how all teams are working together.
enable bottom-up intelligence to improve how the teams in a Nexus are working together.
allow for inspection and adaptation of both individual Scrum Teams and the Nexus.
provide a forum for management to see how the Nexus is performing.

During the Nexus Sprint Planning, representatives from the each of the 9-member Scrum Teams identify many dependencies. This makes it hard for them to choose the work they could pull into their individual teams for the next Sprint. No matter how they reorganize the Product Backlog items, they continually find more or new dependencies.
There are two teams that have a lot of dependent work between them. What techniques could help this Nexus manage their dependencies effectively?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Reorganize team members between the teams to eliminate cross-team dependencies.
Extend the Sprint so that the teams can have more time to complete the dependent work.
The Nexus Integration Team should complete the dependent work ahead of the Sprint for the teams.The Nexus Integration Team should complete the dependent work ahead of the Sprint for the teams.
Reorder Product Backlog items so that you can accommodate the dependency.

The purpose of the Nexus Sprint Backlog is to:
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Make the work of the Nexus Integration Team transparent.
Make dependencies transparent.
Provide an overview of all Product Backlog items in the Sprint.
Manage the work for the Scrum Teams.

What is the Nexus Integration Team responsible for?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Managing the Nexus process.
Integrating the work of the Scrum Teams.
Addressing cross-functional team constraints.
Being accountable for ensuring that a done Integrated Increment is produced every Sprint.

What are the objectives of the Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Inspect the current state of the Integrated Increment.
Seek to solve issues challenging an individual Scrum Team.
Review progress with the Product Owner.
Make transparent newly discovered integration issues.
Identify cross-team dependencies or cross-team impacts.

In addition to the three specific accountabilities in Scrum, which other accountability does Nexus introduce?
(choose the best answer)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Nexus Scrum Master.
The Nexus Product Owner.
The Nexus Development Team.
The Nexus Integration Team.

Which of the following would be acceptable ways of forming Scrum Teams for a company that has two products?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

There can be a single Product Owner across two products however a single Product cannot have more than one Product Owner.
There can be a single Product Owner for each product.
There should be one Product Owner supported by Business Analysts for each Product.
There should be a Chief Product Owner and one Product Owner for each product.

A Nexus Daily Scrum:
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Replaces individual Daily Scrums where all Scrum Teams can update a single Sprint Backlog.
Provides input into each team’s individual Daily Scrums in order for each team to better plan their work until their next Daily Scrum.
Is only for the Nexus Integration Team to plan their work for the next 24-hours.
Is an opportunity to make integration issues transparent.
Is the same as a Scrum-of-Scrums.

What are the most important objectives of doing Product Backlog Refinement at scale?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Adding new items to the Product Backlog.
Forecasting which Scrum Team might deliver which Product Backlog Items.
Ensuring that all requirements for the Product Backlog Items are finalized.
Decomposing large Product Backlog Items into smaller ones.
Identifying dependencies that impact multiple teams.

How can the Developers from multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product ensure the quality of the application architecture?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The technical architecture team will execute in a parallel Sprint so that the Developers from across the Scrum Teams can focus on only delivering business functionality.
Architecture is an ongoing discussion within and across Scrum Teams while still delivering business functionality for each Sprint.
The Scrum Teams have a set of guiding architecture principles that every Developer understands and follows when writing code.
The product architecture and infrastructure is developed and implemented before the first Sprint begins.

Which statements are true about the Nexus Sprint Goal?

(choose all that apply)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

It is the sum of all the work and Sprint Goals of the Scrum Teams within the Nexus.
It is the commitment for the Nexus Sprint Backlog.
It encourages the Scrum Teams to work together rather than on separate initiatives.
It is is created at the Nexus Sprint Planning event and added to the Nexus Sprint Backlog.

What is the relationship between technical debt and transparency?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a Developers are not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt.
It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint.
As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.
When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment.

Which statements are TRUE when multiple Scrum Teams are working on the same product at the same time?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

They should all belong on the same Scrum Team.
Each of the Scrum Teams’ code is merged at least once every 3 Sprints.
The Scrum Teams must integrate their work by the end of the Sprint.
All Scrum Teams deliver Increments their own version control branch.
The Scrum Teams coordinate their work with other teams to deliver a single Increment.

Which two statements best describe a Nexus Sprint Review?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

It is when feedback is given on the Integrated Increment.
It is when all teams must demo their work.
It replaces individual Scrum Team Sprint Reviews.
It is a container for each individual Scrum Team’s Sprint Review.

You are a new Scrum Master that has joined an existing Nexus. During the Nexus Sprint Review, you observe that each Scrum Team is presenting their individual Increments in separate environments. What may have lead to this?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Scrum Teams are finding it difficult to create an Integrated Increment.
The Nexus Integration Team is lacking or nonexistent.
There is not enough people on the Scrum Teams.
The Nexus has not yet reached the integration Sprint.
The Sprints are too short.

When is it opportune to identify Product Backlog dependencies in a Nexus?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

During Nexus Sprint Retrospective.
The Product Owner does this between the end of the last Sprint and prior to the next.
During Nexus Sprint Planning.
During refinement.

The Scrum Teams were not able to create an Integrated Increment by the end of the Sprint, however, they were able to create individual increments in their own environments. Which of the follow statements are TRUE?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Nexus Sprint Goal has not been met.
The Nexus Integration Team lacks integration expertise. The Scrum Master should work with the organization to hire a technical expert that will do the integrations.
A Nexus Sprint Review without an Integrated Increment can lead to incorrect or flawed decisions.
The Scrum Teams will allocate time before starting the next Sprint to integrate the work of the prior Sprint.
All of the above.

Which of the following is TRUE about Technical Debt?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

The Developers must avoid Technical Debt and should eliminate any existing Technical Debt before working on new items.
It can lead to flawed assumptions about the actual state of the system.
It increases product stability.
The product can become unstable in unpredictable ways.

What questions might be used at the Nexus Daily Scrum?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

What are the plans for the next day for each Scrum Team?
Was the previous day’s work successfully integrated? If not, why not?
What are the results of previous day work for each Scrum Team?
What new dependencies or impacts have been identified?
What information needs to be shared across teams in the Nexus?
What are the impediments of each Scrum Team?

The Nexus framework consists of which of the following?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Events
Artifacts
Processes
Practices
Accountabilities
Tools

Many dependencies may exist when multiple teams are working to deliver a single Integrated Increment. Which of the following can create a dependency between teams?
(choose the best three answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Having limited access to a common environment to test an integration.
Availability of subject matter experts to execute user acceptance tests.
Overlapping work between Scrum Teams.
Limited domain knowledge and skills across the Nexus.
Not having enough Product Owners for all Scrum Teams.

Four newly formed Scrum Teams are planning their first Sprint in a new Nexus. During Nexus Sprint Planning the team members are uncovering many dependencies that can result in a complex coordination effort for the first Sprint. Which of the following approaches would be helpful?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

Adjust the sequence of work across teams to optimize the flow of work.
During implementation, adjust the time-box of Sprint 1 if more time is needed to address dependencies and finalize the Integrated Increment.
Have the Scrum Teams reorganize to form teams with reduced or no cross-team dependencies.
Merge all of the teams for the first Sprint and restore the Scrum Teams after the level of dependencies become manageable.

Which of the following events helps to identify Product Backlog dependencies?
(choose the best two answers)
Choose ALL answers that apply.

During refinement of the Product Backlog.
During Nexus Sprint Planning.
All of the above.
During Nexus Sprint Retrospective.
During Nexus Sprint Review.

SPS Quiz #1

June 28, 2022

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