PSM II Professional Scrum Master II Topic 3
Question #: 81
Topic #: 1
In what ways does the Scrum Master keep a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?
A. By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team and facilitating Development Team decisions.
B. By helping the Development Team with user acceptance tests and tracking defects.
C. By ensuring each member takes turns speaking at the Daily Scrum and ending the event on time.
D. By keeping the Scrum board and burn-down chart updated daily.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 82
Topic #: 1
Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master role?
A. The Scrum Master assigns the tasks to Development Team members and ensures they are completed within the committed timebox.
B. The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which interactions are helpful and teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings within the timebox.
C. The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Scrum board and ensuring team members avoid conflicts.
D. At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master demonstrates the completed Increment and answers any questions from the stakeholders.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 83
Topic #: 1
A Development Team, that has remote team members, typically spends time before the Daily Scrum to setup the meeting rooms and conference calling equipment and tools in order to have their Daily Scrum.
How should the Scrum Master handle this situation?
A. Allow the Development Team to self-manage and decide for itself what to do.
B. Setup the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.
C. Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.
D. Inform management and ask them to solve it.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 84
Topic #: 1
A Development Team member has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data security risk.
What action should the Scrum Master take?
A. Notify the test team.
B. Add a Product Backlog item to address the security issue.
C. Ask the Development Team member to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.
D. Wait until the Sprint Retrospective to add security to the definition of ג€Doneג€.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 85
Topic #: 1
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 would be the LEAST helpful technique in this situation?
A. Consulting with the Development Team
B. Prioritizing the list and working on them in order.
C. Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.
D. Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 86
Topic #: 1
Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned you as the Scrum Master.
In what ways would you help the team start?
A. Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities, have the tech leads clarify the expectations and responsibilities of each role, and propose a performance rewards system.
B. Have the Scrum Team members introduce their background experience with each other, ask the Product Owner to discuss the product and answer questions, and ensure the team understands the need for a Definition of ג€Done.ג€
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 87
Topic #: 1
What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum?
A. Estimates must be made in Story Points.
B. Estimates must be in relative units.
C. The Development Team is responsible for estimates.
D. Estimates are made by the Product Owner.
E. Estimates must follow the Fibonacci Sequence.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 88
Topic #: 1
The Development Team discovers that it doesn’t have the tools and infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done.
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
A. Stop the Sprint and have the Development team work on the infrastructure before continuing.
B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the work in the Hardening Sprint.
C. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and establish a Definition of ג€Doneג€ that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 89
Topic #: 1
The Development Team has suggested to move the Daily Scrum to every other day instead of every day.
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
A. Learn why the Development Team wants this, coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.
B. Support the self-organizing team’s decision.
C. Have the Development Team members vote on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 90
Topic #: 1
What action can the Scrum Master take to ensure communication between the Development Team and Product Owner is effective?
A. Ensure all communication goes through the Scrum Master first.
B. Teach the Product Owner to talk in terms of technology and technical requirements.
C. Observe the communications between them and facilitate discussions if needed or by request.
D. Translate the technologies used by the Development Team in order for the Product Owner to make decisions.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 91
Topic #: 1
On a project where multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, how should the work be distributed between teams?
A. The Scrum Team with the highest capacity will pull items from the Product Backlog first.
B. Each Scrum Team must have an equal amount of User Stories per Sprint.
C. The Product Owner separates the Product Backlog items for each team.
D. The Development Teams pull in work from a shared Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner and the other teams.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 92
Topic #: 1
The outcome of a Sprint can be impacted by which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)
A. The working relationships and skills of the people on the Scrum Team(s).
B. The complexity and stability of the technology.
C. The complexity of the requirements.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 93
Topic #: 1
Which statement is FALSE in regards to the Sprint Goal?
A. It is only a forecast and changes during the Sprint as more is learned.
B. If it doesn’t seem achievable, the Development Team has the courage to tell the Product Owner.
C. The Product Owner respects the Development Team’s opinion on whether they can achieve it.
D. It helps increase focus.
E. The Scrum Team discusses openly about alternative ways to reach it.
F. The Development Team commits to it.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 94
Topic #: 1
During a Product Backlog refinement meeting, the Product Owner introduces a business objective that will be worked on for the next several Sprints. The Product
Owner envisions several key features necessary to be delivered in order to meet the business objective. As the features will be using sensitive user data it will be subjected to external security audits. These non-functional security requirements were not applicable to previous Increments.
What are two good ways the Development Team can handle these high-security concerns? (Choose two.)
A. They should be planned in parallel Sprints so not to disrupt the Development Team during feature development. After security concerns have been finalized, they will be applied to the work that is already completed before new feature development can continue.
B. They should be handled in a parallel Sprint by a separate security team so that security can be resolved through application enhancements without impacting the functional development.
C. A complete list of security-related Product Backlog items needs to be created before starting a new Sprint.
D. During the Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team assesses how to add these expectations to their Definition of Done so every future Increment will meet these security requirements. If needed they can work with external specialists to better understand the requirements.
E. They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed throughout the next Sprints, combined with creating the business functionality in those Sprints, no matter how small the business functionality.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 95
Topic #: 1
Steven is a Scrum Master employed by the engineering department. The Director of Engineering considers using Scrum for a new project but wonders about the value of having all of the Development Team members attend the Daily Scrum. He is concerned that the employees already attend a lot of mandatory company meetings.
What are two outcomes of the Daily Scrum that Steven should explain on why the Daily Scrum is important? (Choose two.)
A. During the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team will inform of problems that are hindering their progress, and for which they have no means to resolve. They will inform Steven as a Scrum Master, so he can remove the impediments and help the team be more productive.
B. Through the short, daily alignment of the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team grow and improve a shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken in the next 24 hours to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint Goal. This daily opportunity to inspect and adapt will enable the Development Team to best tackle any unforeseen circumstances that might otherwise disrupt the team’s progress.
C. The Development Team members will produce a daily status report indicating how much time was spent working on individual tasks since the last Daily Scrum. The reports will help in discussing how the Sprint went at the Sprint Review meeting. It will provide detailed insights into the accuracy of estimates versus actual time spent, which can be used to create better estimates at the next Sprint Planning.
D. The Daily Scrum serves for the Development Team to report to Steven, as a Scrum Master, all updates on the assigned tasks in the Sprint Backlog. He can then use the team’s updates to plan their work for the next day, making sure that every team member is assigned the right tasks.
E. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team needs to update the Scrum board with their current status and progress, at a task level. This is crucial to ensure that the Directory of Engineering knows the team’s actual progress and control the work being done.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 96
Topic #: 1
An organization is planning to form five new Scrum Teams to work on building a single product. A few of the future team members ask the Scrum Master who will coordinate the work between the different Scrum Teams.
What action should the Scrum Master take?
A. Visit the five Development Teams daily to ensure alignment and that all Sprint Backlogs remain synchronized.
B. Teach them that it is their responsibility to form the teams such that each team will have the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies to create an integrated Increment by the end of every Sprint.
C. Advise the teams to minimize dependencies by working on separate development branches and integrate at the end of four Sprint cycles.
D. At the end of Sprint Planning, collect all Sprint tasks and create a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.
E. Teach the Product Owner to work with the technical leads on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 97
Topic #: 1
Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)
A. Sprint Goals are defined when the completed work is reviewed at the end of a Sprint.
B. Sprint Goals give the Development Teams flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint.
C. During the Sprint Planning, the entire Scrum Team collaboratively crafts a Sprint Goal based on a business objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.
D. Sprint Goals can change as new insights emerge during the Sprint.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 98
Topic #: 1
If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define a Definition of Ready (DoR). The DoR is a checklist that the Product Owner must fulfill before a Product Backlog item can be presented at the Sprint Planning. This protects the Development Team from interruptions and disruptions during the Sprint.
A. True
B. False
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 99
Topic #: 1
How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than one Scrum Team is working on one product?
A. Teach them that it’s their responsibility to coordinate with the other teams to integrate and create a shippable product Increment at the end of every Sprint.
B. Identify and manage the dependencies between Scrum Teams.
C. Have the Product Owner work with the tech leads of each team to parse the Product Backlog and minimize overlap in User Stories.
D. Merge the teams and work from a single Sprint Backlog.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 100
Topic #: 1
What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?
A. Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.
B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.
C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 101
Topic #: 1
The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted.
A. True
B. False
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 102
Topic #: 1
As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team effectively.
What action would you take?
A. Send the Product Owner to training.
B. Nominate a proxy Product Owner.
C. Act as the go-between.
D. Coach the Product Owner.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 103
Topic #: 1
A Scrum Master teaches those who are interested in the Development Team’s progress that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint
Review.
A. True
B. False
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 104
Topic #: 1
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take if the Product Owner is having difficulties managing the Product Backlog?
A. Have the Development Team order the work instead of the Product Owner.
B. Have the Product Owner order the items based on size, having the Development Team work on the smallest items first.
C. Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product Backlog is to maximize the flow of value.
D. Delegate the work to the Assistant Product Owner.
E. Delay the Sprint in order for the Product Owner to have enough time to prioritize the Product Backlog.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 105
Topic #: 1
What action should a Scrum Master take if the Development Team has decided that Retrospectives are no longer necessary?
A. Start facilitating more productive and useful Retrospectives.
B. Suggest reducing the frequency of the Retrospectives.
C. Extend the Sprint time-box in order to fit the Retrospectives.
D. Comply with the team’s decision.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 106
Topic #: 1
As a Scrum Master, what would you strive for if five new Scrum Teams were to work on one product?
A. There should be five Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.
B. The product has one Product Backlog and one Product Owner.
C. There should be five Product Backlogs and one Product Owner to manage them.
D. There should be five Product Backlogs and five Product Owners.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 107
Topic #: 1
Several Sprints into a project, a client is complaining to the Product Owner about the poor performance of the product.
As a Scrum Master, how can you help the Product Owner?
A. Coach the Product Owner on effective ways to communicate this concern to the Development Team and encourage the Product Owner to add the performance issue to the Product Backlog.
B. Tell the Product Owner performance is defined by the Development Team.
C. Note the issue for the next Sprint Retrospective.
D. Notify the team responsible for system performance.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 108
Topic #: 1
The Product Owner’s primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
A. True
B. False
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 109
Topic #: 1
During Sprint Planning, the Development Team was not able to confidently forecast a Sprint Backlog but the Scrum Team was able to create a Sprint Goal for upcoming Sprint. What action should the Scrum Master take?
A. Postpone the Sprint in order for the Product Owner to refine the Product Backlog to the level needed.
B. Extend the Sprint Planning time-box until the Development Team can forecast enough items to begin the Sprint.
C. Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.
D. Request assistance from the technical architect.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 110
Topic #: 1
How should a Scrum Master divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams?
A. Create teams based on their functional layer.
B. Have the resource manager assign the people to teams.
C. Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 111
Topic #: 1
You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working on one product. Several of the developers notify you that their teams will need full-time help of an external technical specialist in the upcoming two Sprints.
What key concerns should the Scrum Master take into account?
A. Having enough work for all Development Team members.
B. The benefit of Development Teams solving the problem themselves and the ability to produce integrated Increments.
C. Maintaining a consistent velocity.
D. Hiring additional resources to fill the void in skillset.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 112
Topic #: 1
Which of the following actions is appropriate for a Scrum Master at the Daily Scrum?
A. Making sure each member has an opportunity to answer all three questions.
B. Leading the Daily Scrum.
C. Teaching the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum time-boxed to 15 minutes or less.
D. Updating the Scrum board.
E. All of the above.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 113
Topic #: 1
Which role would know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain clearly the alternatives?
A. The Product Owner
B. The Release Manager
C. The Development Team
D. The Scrum Master
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 114
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is true about the Product Owner role?
A. Can be shared between multiple people on a Scrum Team, Is the same as a Project Manager. Is played by a committee or a team of people.
B. Is one person. Can be influenced by a committee. Is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 115
Topic #: 1
A PO (Product Owner) is essentially the same thing as a traditional PM (Project Manager).
A. True
B. False
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 116
Topic #: 1
Which role is responsible for engaging with stakeholders?
A. The team lead
B. The business analyst
C. The project manager
D. The Development Team
E. The Product Owner
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 117
Topic #: 1
Which statement best describes the responsibility of the Product Owner?
A. Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
B. Managing the Development Team.
C. Ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
D. Acting as the go-between for the stakeholders.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 118
Topic #: 1
What is a Product Owner responsibility that he/she might delegate?
A. Writing User Stories
B. Ordering the Product Backlog
C. Representing stakeholders to the Scrum team
D. Attending the Sprint Review
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 119
Topic #: 1
Which stakeholder is the most important for the Product Owner to satisfy?
A. The company founder
B. The board of directors
C. The Head of Product
D. The Product’s users
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 120
Topic #: 1
Customer satisfaction should be measured:
A. Annually
B. Quarterly
C. Daily
D. Frequently
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 121
Topic #: 1
Why is it important that there is only one Product Owner per product?
A. The Scrum Master knows who will be his back-up whenever he is unavailable, it saves the organization time and money, and the Development Team knows who to request tasks from.
B. It is clear who is accountable for the ultimate success of the product, the Development Team always knows who determines priorities, and it helps avoid barriers to effective communication and rapid decision-making.
C. It isn’t important as multiple Product Owners can easily share a single Product Backlog.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 122
Topic #: 1
Which of these tools is mandatory for the Product Owner to use?
A. Release burnup chart.
B. Burndown chart.
C. Version control.
D. Project Gantt chart.
E. None of the above.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 123
Topic #: 1
A new Product Owner is hired to work on an existing product that has ongoing for five Sprints. He/she is unsure about all of the responsibilities of a Product
Owner.
Which of these Product Owner’s activities are defined in Scrum?
A. Writing User Stories.
B. Interacting with stakeholders and ensuring that the most valuable functionality is always produced first.
C. Describing features as Use Cases.
D. Ensuring work is completed within scope and time.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 124
Topic #: 1
Which is the best description of a Product Owner?
A. Requirements developer.
B. Value optimizer.
C. Team leader.
D. Go-between between development team and stakeholders.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 125
Topic #: 1
Who is responsible for ensuring the Product Backlog items are understood to the level needed?
A. The Business Analyst.
B. The Scrum Master.
C. The Development Team.
D. The Product Owner.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 126
Topic #: 1
What activities would a Product Owner do during an active Sprint?
A. Engage with the stakeholders and answer questions from the Development Team.
B. Prioritize the Sprint Backlog.
C. Participate at the Daily Scrum.
D. Update the burndown chart.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 127
Topic #: 1
Peter is a new Product Owner on a newly formed Scrum Team. Peter has projected a product completion date based on an estimated velocity of 21 completed points per Sprint. After the first 3 Sprints, the team has determined that their maximum velocity is 15 points and they are unable to create shippable increments at the end of each Sprint.
What is the best way to proceed?
A. The Sprints have failed to produce shippable Increments there for opportunities to inspect and adapt is lost. The Scrum Master would encourage the organization to add more team members in order to increase the team’s capacity.
B. The Scrum Master would coach the team on improving their estimations and commitment to completing the Sprint Backlog.
C. Extend the Sprint in order to complete the Sprint Backlog items.
D. Inform Peter that the projected completion date is not correct. The Development team would estimate the remaining work to produce a shippable Increment and suggest making it ג€Doneג€ before working on new features. Based on empirical data, Peter can adjust the completion date and decide how to continue.
Selected Answer: A
