Question 1
Question
Who can cancel a Sprint?
Answer
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The Scrum Team.
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The Scrum Master.
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The Product Owner.
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The Stakeholders
Question 2
Question
You have just been hired by a company new to scrum. Your Managment hast assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario.
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Each Scrum Team should have a seperate Product Backlog.
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The product has one Product Backlog.
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There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.
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There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a Chief Product Owner,
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There should be only one Product Owner.
Question 3
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The Sprint Backlog is a result of Sprint planning, and includes the Sprint Goals.
Question 4
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A Product Pwner want advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. Whta guidance should a Scrum Master give?
Answer
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Estimates are made by the Product Owner, but are best checked with the Developers.
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Scrum forbids estimating.
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Estimates must be so relative units.
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Estimates are made by the people doing the work
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Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.
Question 5
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What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?
Answer
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To inspect the product increment with the Stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps.
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To build team spirit.
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To review the Scrum Team's activities and processes during the Sprint.
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To take time to judge the validity of the project.
Question 6
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Which of the following are true about the Product Owner?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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The Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.
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The Product Owner is one person.
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The Product Owner can be represented by a committee or a team of people.
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The Scrum Team can have multiple Product Owners.
Question 7
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Commitment is essential to achieve the benefits of Scrum. What actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members?
(choose the best two answers)
Question 8
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When does the second Sprint start?
Answer
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After the customer completes acceptance testing of the first Sprint.
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Once the architectural changes for the second Sprint are approved by the senior
architect.
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Immediately after the first Sprint.
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After the Product Backlog items for the second Sprint have been selected
Question 9
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During a Sprint, when ts new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint
Backlog?
Answer
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As soon as possible after it is identified.
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When the Scrum Master has time to enter it.
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During the Daily Scrum after the Developers approve it
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When the Product Owner identifies new work.
Question 10
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User documentation is part of your Definition of Done. However. there are not enough technical
writers for all teams. Your Scrum Team does not have a technical writer. What should the
Scrum Team do?
Answer
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Wait until you have a technical writer on your Scrum Team to take care of this.
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Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last
development Sprint. It will then be done by any available technical writers.
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Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for
the vanious Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.
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The Developers on the Scrum Team should write the user documentation.
Question 11
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Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the Developers on
one of the Scrum Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the other
teams. What should the Scrum Master do?
Answer
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Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge
thal into a consolidated pian for the entire Sprint.
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Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an
integrated Increment that ts inclusive of ali five team's work.
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Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product
Backlog in a way to avoid too much overlap during a Sprint.
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Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned.
Question 12
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A Scrum Master fulfills the same role as a traditional Project Manager.
Question 13
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A Scrum Master is working with a Scrum Team that has Developers in different physical
locations. The Developers meet in a variety of meeting rooms and have much to do logistically
(for example: reserve meeting rooms and set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum.
What action should the Scrum Master take?
Answer
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Set up the meeting and tell the Scrum Team that is how it will be done.
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Allow the Developers to self-manage and determine for themselves what to do.
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Inform management and ask them to solve it.
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Ask the Developers to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.
Question 14
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For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a valuable and useful Increment must
be available?
Answer
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When the Product Owner asks to create one.
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At the end of every Sprint.
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Before the Release Sprint.
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Every 3 Sprints.
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After the Acceptance Testing phase.
Question 15
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The Product Owner is not collaborating with the Developers during the Sprint. What are two
valuable actions for a Scrum Master to take?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery.
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Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.
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Inform the Product Owner's functional manager.
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Nominate a proxy Product Owner.
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Stop the Sprint, send the Product Owner to a course and restart.
Question 16
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Who must attend the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)
Answer
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The Scrum Team.
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The Scrum Master and Product Owner.
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The Developers.
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The Developers and Scrum Master.
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The Developers and Product Owner.
Question 17
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Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product must have the same Sprint
start date.
Question 18
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Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder
just started using the product. The stakeholder is unhappy with the quality of the product. What
are two good options for the Scrum Master?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Bring the concern to the testers to improve how the Product is verified.
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Wait to bring this up until the Sprint Retrospective.
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Coach the Product Owner on how to talk with the Developers about this
concern,
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Explain to the Product Owner that it is up to the Developers to decide on
acceptable quality standards.
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Encourage the Product Owner to put quality specifications on the Product
Backlog and express the stakeholders concern to the Developers.
Question 19
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In accordance with Scrum theory, how should a group of 100 people be divided into multiple
Scrum Teams?
Answer
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Check with the allocation department to see who has worked together before and
make these the first teams.
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Create a matrix of skills, seniority, and level of experience to assign people to teams.
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It does not really matter since you can rotate the teams every Sprint to spread
knowledge.
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Understanding the product, the product vision and the rules of the Scrum framework,
the people divide themselves into teams.
Question 20
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The Definition of Done serves which three purposes?
(choose the best three answers)
Answer
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Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.
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Guide the Developers on how many Product Backlog items to select for the
Sprint.
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Increase transparency.
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Describe the work that must be mostly done before the Sprint |s allowed to end.
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Describe the purpose, objective, and timebox of each Scrum event.
Question 21
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What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
(choose
Answer
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The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.
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The event must happen at a set time.
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The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.
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The event must happen by a given time.
Question 22
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Who creates the Definition of Done?
Answer
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The Scrum Master
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The Scrum Team
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The Product Owner
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The Developers
Question 23
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When the Developers determine that they will not be able to finish the complete forecast, who
has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
Answer
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The Scrum Master and the Developers.
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The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
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The Product Owner and the Developers.
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The Scrum Master, project manager and the Developers
Question 24
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During a Sprint Retrospective. the Developers propose moving the Daily Scrum to only occur
on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Which two are the most appropriate responses for the Scrum
Master to recommend?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Have the Developers vote-_
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Acknowledge and support the self-managing team’s decision.
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Coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important as an opportunity to update
the plan.
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Consider the request and decide on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.
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Learn why the Developers want thS and work with them to improve the outcome
of the Daily Scrum.
Question 25
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What enhances the transparency of an Increment?
Answer
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Keeping track of and estimating all undone work to be completed in a “hardening”
Sprint,
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Doing all work needed to meet the Definition of Done.
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Reporting Sprint progress to the stakeholders daily,
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Updating Sprint tasks properly in the electronic tracking tool.
Question 26
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Which of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Documenting acceptance criteria for items in the next Sprint.
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The order of items in the Product Backlog.
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Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint.
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How the team collaborates.
Question 27
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For which of the following is the Scrum Master responsible?
Answer
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Properly adopting and using the Scrum framework.
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Keeping track of resource allocation.
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Managing the performance of the Scrum Team.
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The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself.
Question 28
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What may be included in the Sprint Backlog?
Question 29
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An increment must be released to customers or users at the end of each Sprint.
Question 30
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Every Scrum Team should have:
Answer
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One Lead Developer and no more than 8 other members.
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Al least one representative from each major department, such as, Quality Assurance,
Development. and Marketing.
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The competencies and skills needed to deliver an Increment in a Sprint.
Question 31
Question
As the Sprint Planning progresses, the Developers realize that the workload may be greater
than their capacity to complete the work. Which two are valid actions?
Answer
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Cancel the Sprint,
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The Developers work overtime during this Sprint.
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Recruit additional Developers before the work can begin.
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The Developers ensure that the Scrum Team is aware, start the Sprint, and
monitor progress.
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Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.
Question 32
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Who is responsible for collaboration with stakeholders?
Answer
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The Project Manager.
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The Team Manager.
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The Business Analyst.
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The Scrum Team.
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The Developers.
Question 33
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When Developers are having trouble delivering an Increment because they do not understand a
functional requirement, what should they do?
Answer
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Partially complete the functionality, and discuss the remaining work at the Sprint
Review.
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Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable.
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Add a specialist to the Development Team-
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Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint
Question 34
Question
What is the typical size for a Scrum Team?
Answer
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10 or fewer.
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At least 7.
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7 plus or minus 3.
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9.
Question 35
Question
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
Question 36
Question
A new Developer is having continuing conflicts with existing members of the Scrum Team,
which is impacting the delivery of the Increment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing
the Developer from the Scrum Team?
Answer
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The Product Owner is responsible, they control the return on investment (ROI).
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The Scrum Team is responsible
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The Scrum Master is responsible, they remove impediments.
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The hiring manager is responsible, they hired the Developer.
Question 37
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The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog.
What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
Answer
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Encourage the Product Owner to work with the Developers to see which items
technically are fastest to implement.
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Suggest that the Developers order the Product Backiog to be sure that it is a feasible
ordering of work.
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Present the Product Owner with an ordered Product Backlog to use.
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Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product
Backlog is to maximize value.
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Suggest the Product Owner extend the Sprint, so he can have more time to order the
Product Backlog.
Question 38
Question
Which two ways of creating ScrumTeams are consistent with Scrum’s values?
Answer
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Bring all the people together and let them organize into Scrum Teams.
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Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams.
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Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new
structure.
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Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams.
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The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments.
Question 39
Question
Which Scrum Value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team?
Answer
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Focus
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Respect
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Openness
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Courage
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Commitment
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All of them
Question 40
Question
How much work Is required of the Developers to complete a Product Backlog item selected
during the Sprint Planning?
Answer
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A proportional amount of time on analysis, design, development, and testing.
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As much as they can fit into the Sprint, with remaining work deferred to the next
Sprint.
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All development work and at least some testing.
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As much as is required to meet the Scrum Team's Definition of Done.
Question 41
Question
Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.
Question 42
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How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event?
Answer
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Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Developers’
understanding of the Sprint.
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Enough so the Developers can create their forecast of what work they can do.
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Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.
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The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of Sprint
Planning.
Question 43
Question
What is the function or purpose of management in Scrum?
Answer
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To identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.
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To monitor the productivity of the Developers.
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To present the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve.
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To continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.
Question 44
Question
Developers are self-managing. which of the following do they manage?
Answer
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Product Backlog ordering.
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When to release, based on its progress.
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Sprint Backlog.
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Stakeholders for the Sprint Review
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Sprint length.
Question 45
Question
What is the key concern when multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product
Backlog?
Answer
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Maximizing velocity,
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Clear definition of requirements.
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Minimizing dependencies between teams.
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Making sure there is enough work for everyone on each team.
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Meeting original scope projections.
Question 46
Question
Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review?
Question 47
Question
Which of the following are topics for the Developers to discuss at the Daily Scrum as they
inspect their progress toward the Sprint Goal?
(choose the best three answers)
Answer
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What have we learned since yesterday, and how should we modify our plan to
increase our ability to meet the Sprint Goal?
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What will | be working on tomorrow?
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How many hours did I spend on the project yesterday?
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Will today’s work negatively impact our ability to meet the Sprint Goal for the
Sprint following this one?
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Why were you late?
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Are there any impediments blocking progress toward the Sprint Goal?
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Are there any decisions that need to be made to maintain progress toward the
Sprint Goal?
Question 48
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When does a Developer become accountable for an item in the Sprint Backlog?
Answer
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During the Daily Scrum.
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At Sprint Planning when all of the Sprint Backlog items are split evenly across the
Developers,
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As soon as a Developer on the Scrum Team can accommodate more work.
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Never. All Developers on the Scrum Team share accountability for items in the Sprint
Backlog.
Question 49
Question
A Scrum Team is experiencing a growing list of impediments. Which techniques would be most
helpful in this situation?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Arrange a triage meeting with management
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As a Scrum Team. prioritize the list and work on them tn order.
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The Scrum Master discusses the impediments with the Scrum Team.
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The Product Owner should add the open impediments to the Product Backlog.
Question 50
Question
Who is accountable for managing the progress of work during a Sprint
Question 51
Question
At the end of a Sprint, a Product Backlog item worked on during the Sprint does not meet the
Definition of Done. What two things should happen with the undone Product Backlog item?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Review the item, add the done part of the estimate to the velocity and create a
Story for the remaining work.
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Put it on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.
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Do not include the item in the Increment this Sprint.
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If the stakeholders agree, the Product Owner can accept it and release it to the
users.
Question 52
Question
You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog.
Several of the Developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two
Sprints will require full-time commitment from a specialist who is external to the teams.
What should the Scrum Master consider in this situation?
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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The desire to maintain a stable velocity.
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The benefit of Developers figuring out a solution for themselves.
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The need to have enough work to keep all Developers busy.
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The ability of the Scrum Teams to produce integrated Increments.
Question 53
Question
What is the Scrum Master responsible for during the Sprint Retrospective?
Answer
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Participating as a Scrum Team member and facilitating as requested or needed.
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Acting as a scribe to capture the Scrum Team's answers.
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Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management.
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Prioritizing the resulting action items.
Question 54
Question
Developers do not meet with stakeholders; only the Product Owner meets with
stakeholders.
Question 55
Question
Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.
Answer
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False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Scrum Team.
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True. Each must be 100% dedicaled to the Scrum Team
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False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a subject matter expert in the Scrum
Team.
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True. Outcomes are affected by thelr participation and availability.
Question 56
Question
To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product
Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, Developers to implement those ideas, and a Scrum
Master to help quide the process.
Question 57
Question
During the Sprint Retrospective a Scrum Team has identified several high priority process
improvements. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
Answer
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The Scrum Team should decline to add a process improvement to the Sprint Backlog
when things are running smoothly.
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The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement to
place in the Product Backlog.
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The Scrum Master selects the most important process improvement and places it in
the Sprint Backlog
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The Scrum Team may add the items to the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.
Question 58
Question
The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the
frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days?
(choose the best three answers)
Answer
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The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress to the stakeholders.
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The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt chart properly.
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Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost,
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The Sprint Backlog may become inaccurate.
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Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.
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Too much work is spent updating the Scrum board before the meeting,
Question 59
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The Product Backlog is ordered by:
Answer
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Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.
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Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.
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Random assignment.
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The Product Owner, with the most valuable items placed at the top.
Question 60
Question
Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as the output of the Sprint Planning?
Answer
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Each task is estimated in hours.
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It is ordered by the Product Owner.
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It is a complete list of all work to be done in a Sprint.
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It is the Developers plan for the Sprint,
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Every item has a designated owner.
Question 61
Question
Who is accountable for tracking the remaining work toward the Sprint Goal?
Answer
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The Product Owner.
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The Scrum Master.
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The Developers.
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The Project Manager,
Question 62
Question
If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
Answer
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Work remaining across time.
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Individual worker productivity.
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Accumulated business value delivered to the customer.
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Accumulated cost.
Question 63
Question
How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same
Product Backlog?
Answer
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The Product Owner decides.
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The Developers pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner.
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Each Serum Team takes an equal number of items.
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The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first.
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The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog.
Question 64
Question
The Product Owner makes sure the Developers select enough from the Product
Backlog for a Sprint to satisfy the stakeholders.
Question 65
Question
When does a Sprint conclude?
Answer
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When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.
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When the Sprint Retrospective is complete.
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When the Product Owner decides enough has been delivered to meet the Sprint
Goal.
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When all the tasks are completed by the Developers.
Question 66
Question
What are three benefits of self-management?
(choose the best three answers)
Answer
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Increased rule compliance.
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Increased commitment.
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Increased creativity.
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Increased accuracy of estimates.
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Increased self-accountability.
Question 67
Question
When must a Scrum Team release each incremen
Answer
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Whenever the product is free of defects.
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After every Sprint, without exception,
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When it makes sense to release it
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When the Scrum Team finishes their work.
Question 68
Question
Which of the following activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint?
Answer
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Answer questions from the Developers about items in the current Sprint.
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Update management on what is being worked on.
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Run the Daily Scrum.
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Prioritize the Developers’ work on the Sprint Backlog.
Question 69
Question
Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint?
Answer
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The Scrum Master.
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The Scrum Team.
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Team manager.
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The Developers
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Subject matter experts.
Question 70
Question
What happens if the Scrum Team cannot complete its work by the end of the Sprint?
Answer
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The Sprint is extended and future Sprints use this new duration.
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The Sprint length is unchanged and the Scrum Team continuously learns and adapts.
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The Sprint is extended temporarily. Lessons are taken to ensure it does not happen
again.
Question 71
Question
Cross-functional teams are optimized to work on one component or layer of a
system only.
Question 72
Question
What techniques could the Scrum Master use when the Scrum Team gets caught in an internal
disagreement about which agile practices to apply?
Answer
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Involve the complete Scrum Team in making a decision.
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Ask team members to take the issue up with the company’s Human Resources
department.
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Use coaching techniques, such as open questions and active listening.
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Ask an external agile coach what they recommend.
Question 73
Question
When multiple Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their Increments be
integrated every Sprint?
Answer
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Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.
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Yes, in order to accurately inspect what is done.
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No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.
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No, each Scrum Team stands alone.
Question 74
Question
A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Team. The Team has decided that a Sprint
Retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?
Answer
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Comply with the decision of the self-managing team.
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Consult with the Product Owner to see how they feel about the situation.
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Begin facilitating productive and useful Sprint Retrospectives.
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Call a meeting between the ScrumTeam and senior management.
Question 75
Question
A high-performance Scrum Team ensures that each Increment is complete by
running a Release Sprint,
Question 76
Question
What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the period between the end of the
current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?
Answer
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Update the project plan with stakeholders.
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Work with the Quality Assurance departments on the Increment of the current Sprint.
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There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current
Sprint.
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Refine the Product Backlog.
Question 77
Question
A Scrum Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two
statements that explain what done means.
(choose the best two answers)
Answer
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Ready for integration.
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Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality
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Ready to be released to end users.
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No work is left to meet the Definition of Done.
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All work the Developers are willing to do.
Question 78
Question
How often should Scrum Team membership change?
Answer
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Never, it reduces productivity.
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Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
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As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.
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As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
Question 79
Question
Developers should receive variable goals by the Product Owner as part of Sprint Planning
Question 80
Question
Product Backlog items that can be done by the Scrum team within one Sprint are deemed ready for selection in a Sprint Planning event.