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NEW QUESTION 57
Which of these tools is mandatory for the Product Owner to use?
- A. Release burnup chart.
- B. Burndown chart.
- C. None of the above.
- D. Project Gantt chart.
- E. Version control.
Answer: C
Explanation:
The Product Owner can use any tool, method or practice that he/she finds fit in order for him/her to make the best decisions possible.
NEW QUESTION 58
When technical debt occurs, the system will become more unstable as development progresses and code is added resulting in future work being slowed down.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A
Explanation:
Technical debt is any shortcomings in the code. It is a natural by-product of software development (unavoidable) and can at best be managed. If neglected, it will compound and have a negative effect on the team's ability to the deliver value. A team can have an artificially high velocity by taking shortcuts or introducing technical debt into the system. This can give a false assumption about the current state of the product. It can look good on the surface but underneath can be a mess.
NEW QUESTION 59
Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to 'done' during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.
What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)
- A. Steven coaches Peter on best practices for updating the burndown chart as it provides accurate information on how well the team is performing.
- B. Nothing. Steven is optional at the Daily Scrum and it is the responsibility of the team to decide how to best run it.
- C. Steven talks with Peter about concerns of how his behavior might impact the team members and request that he stop attending for now.
- D. Steven coaches the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum.
Answer: C,D
Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.
The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren't.
The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.
NEW QUESTION 60
Steven is a Scrum Master for three Scrum Teams building the same product and working from the same Product Backlog. Management wants to standardize how velocity is calculated across all three teams in order to identify which teams are high performing and which teams need more support.
What would be the best two responses Steven could provide to management? (Choose two.)
- A. Providing incentives based on velocity can increase the Scrum Team's motivation to produce more value.
- B. There is no direct relationship between velocity and value.
- C. Velocity is the amount of business functionality that a Scrum Team creates in a Sprint. It is unique to that team and used as an input to Sprint Planning.
- D. Standardizing velocity across teams is a good way to understand which teams are producing the most value.
Answer: B,C
Explanation:
Working software is the primary measure of progress. Scrum is based on empirical process control theory where delivering working software frequently and measuring the impact helps the Product Owner maximize opportunity for the business to deliver value.
NEW QUESTION 61
During the Sprint Review, one of the stakeholders announces that due to recent market changes, there is risk that funding might be reduced for the project. This triggers tensions to rise and arguments to break out between members.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two actions to take? (Choose two.)
- A. Be objective and request for a short break for people to calm down.
- B. Avoid getting involved as it is the Product Owner's responsibility to manage stakeholder expectations.
- C. Encourage the stakeholders and Product Owner to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.
- D. Inform everyone that the team needs to stay busy until the information is formally announced.
- E. Defend the original budget and request the stakeholders to adhere to the original agreed funding for the product.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum by helping everyone embody the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect.
NEW QUESTION 62
The Scrum Master is no longer needed when teams become self-organized.
- A. False
- B. True
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 63
In order to start the first Sprint, Scrum only requires a Product Owner with enough ideas, a Development Team to execute on those ideas, and a Scrum Master to guide the process.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A
Explanation:
In complex domains, you are only able to know the outcomes in hindsight. Empiricism, from which Scrum was founded on, asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. New knowledge will emerge as work is being done.
NEW QUESTION 64
At the fifth Sprint Retrospective, the Product Owner mentions that he is surprised about the amount of technical debt that has built up in the system and that the product is not able to support an adequate number of users. Peter, the Product Owner, is upset that the product will need several more Sprints to address the scalability issues in order to meet his expectations.
What factors may have led to this?
- A. The Development Team and the Product Owner are not having conversations around technical debt.
- B. None of the above.
- C. The Scrum Master has not ensured that the Scrum Team is transparent.
- D. All of the above.
- E. The Scrum Team has not used the past Sprint Retrospectives effectively to inspect and adapt.
- F. The Development Team has not been paying enough attention to technical quality.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Each component within the Scrum framework serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum's success and usage. Scrum's roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable and although implementing only parts of Scrum is possible, the result is not Scrum.
NEW QUESTION 65
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. The Scrum Team discusses openly about alternative ways to reach it.
- C. It helps increase focus.
- D. If it doesn't seem achievable, the Development Team has the courage to tell the Product Owner.
- E. The Product Owner respects the Development Team's opinion on whether they can achieve it.
- F. The Development Team commits to it.
Answer: A
Explanation:
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.
NEW QUESTION 66
At the eighth Sprint Review, the stakeholders are upset that the product being built is not what they expected and will incur additional costs that was not planned for.
What may have led to this?
- A. The Scrum Master has not been attending the Daily Standup. The Product Owner has not been using the Gantt chart correctly. The Stakeholders has not been invited to the Sprint Retrospectives.
- B. The Scrum Master has not been reporting on the progress of the Scrum Team. The Product Owner has not been managing the Development Team's tasks effectively. The Development Team has not been improving their velocity.
- C. The Scrum Master has not ensured that the project is transparent. The Product Owner has not made the stakeholders aware of the progress of the project. The stakeholders have not been attending the Sprint Reviews.
Answer: C
Explanation:
Scrum requires significant aspects of the process to be visible to those responsible for the outcome. This includes transparency with internal and external stakeholders.
NEW QUESTION 67
Steven, a Scrum Master, is approached by the Development Team members complaining that one of the senior engineers is using too much time during the Daily Scrums to share technical solutions.
Which are the best two actions for Steven to take? (Choose two.)
- A. Contact the team member's direct manager and to resolve this problem.
- B. Suggest using a token to limit who is allowed to speak during the Daily Scrum.
- C. Speak with the person privately and coach him on the purpose of the Daily Scrum.
- D. Coach the Development Team to help them find a way to solve the problem, and for them to take ownership of the solution.
- E. Suggest that the team members timebox the amount of time each person can speak at the Daily Scrum to a maximum of two minutes.
Answer: C,D
Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including: Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality; Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
It is the Scrum Master's responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order to help them maximize the benefits of each event in accordance to the Scrum values and theory.
NEW QUESTION 68
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 keeping the Scrum board and burn-down chart updated daily.
- C. By helping the Development Team with user acceptance tests and tracking defects.
- D. By ensuring each member takes turns speaking at the Daily Scrum and ending the event on time.
Answer: A
Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team by removing impediments to the Development Team's progress and facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
NEW QUESTION 69
Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A
Explanation:
Technical debt is any shortcomings in the code. It is a natural by-product of software development (unavoidable) and can at best be managed. If neglected, it will compound and have a negative effect on the team's ability to the deliver value. A team can have an artificially high velocity by taking shortcuts or introducing technical, debt into the system. This can give a false assumption about the current state of the product. It can look good on the surface but underneath can be a mess.
NEW QUESTION 70
What should a Development Team do if it realizes it has selected too much work after starting the Sprint?
- A. Add additional team members to handle the extra work.
- B. Modify the definition of "Done" to ensure all Product Backlog items can be done by the end of the Sprint.
- C. Continue working and update the Product Owner at the Sprint Review.
- D. Work with the Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items as soon as possible.
Answer: D
Explanation:
The Sprint Backlog is a living artifact that evolves and changes as more is learned or discovered.
NEW QUESTION 71
The Product Owner's primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A
Explanation:
The Product Owner is also known as the value maximizer. He is responsible for maximizing the value of the work that the Development Team does. This is done through the ordering of the Product Backlog.
NEW QUESTION 72
How much time is allowed between the conclusion of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?
- A. Enough time for the Product Owner to prepare the Product Backlog for Sprint Planning.
- B. All of the above are allowed.
- C. Enough time for the last Increment to finish testing.
- D. Maximum of one day for Sprints that are time-boxed to two weeks.
- E. None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
Answer: E
Explanation:
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NEW QUESTION 73
Scrum promotes self-organization.
Which of these statements would NOT support self-organizing?
- A. Being a lightweight framework.
- B. Removing titles for Development Team members.
- C. Removing the need for documentation.
- D. The Development Team deciding what work to do in a Sprint.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 74
Scrum is based on which of the following?
- A. Defined process.
- B. Empiricism.
- C. Complex process.
- D. Hybrid model
Answer: B
Explanation:
Scrum addresses complex problems in complex environments and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. What is known can only be discovered in hindsight.
NEW QUESTION 75
A new Product Owner has joined an existing Scrum Team that has been working together for eight Sprints. The Development Team has grown to have a good understanding of the functionality and business for the product they have been building. The Product Owner, being new to the company, is unsure about his responsibilities.
As a Scrum Master explain what two acceptable ways of helping the Product Owner would be. (Choose two.)
- A. You advise the Product Owner to start building a good relationship with the stakeholders of the product.
Ongoing interaction with them is important to regularly align with changing organizational or market expectations. The Product Owner is also expected to invite the right stakeholders to the Sprint Review meeting. - B. You inform the Product Owner that, in today's highly competitive markets, it is important that the Development Team is updated on changing business priorities on a daily basis. The Daily Scrum allows the Development Team to adapt to the changes in scope without delay.
- C. You advise the Product Owner to rely on the Development Team and the stakeholders to formulate the Product Backlog, as they are the ones most knowledgeable. By asking Question:s and working with them the Product Owner will quickly be up to speed.
- D. You tell the Product Owner to make sure that there are no ambiguities or possible misunderstandings in the items on the Product Backlog when they are handed over to the Development Team. This is best done by capturing the functional requirements during an analysis phase, resulting in documents that are considered as the working product of such analysis Sprints.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
The ones that are closest to the work are the best ones to understand and explain what the work is and what the needs of the users and product are.
NEW QUESTION 76
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