Intervenes when required to make sure the pace of work is sustainable
Which role is responsible for turning the Product Backlog into incremental pieces of functionality?
Everyone within the Project
If a Team member is consistently late for the Daily Scrum, what is usually the first thing a Team should do?
Report the Team member to his or her manager
Have the Team member do the testing
Meet with the Team member to determine a solution
Ask the ScrumMaster to move the Team member off the Team
During a Daily Scrum meeting, Olivia mentions she has found some open source code she thinks will solve one of the problems she has been working on. She wants to implement it immediately. What is the best next step?
The ScrumMaster tells Olivia to prepare an example and presentation for the Team so they can consider using the code
After the Daily Scrum meeting is held, a separate meeting is conducted to discuss the open source solution
All members of the Team are told to evaluate Olivia's solution and report back to the team at the next Daily Scrum meeting.
The Product Owner notes the impediment and solves the problem after the meeting
Who is responsible for facilitating the Sprint Retrospective Meeting?
Which role is MOST LIKELY to communicate an impediment during a Daily Scrum?
Who is primarily responsible for maintaining the Product Backlog?
What is the ScrumMaster's role in the Sprint Retrospective?
To determine the re-composition of the Team
To facilitate the Team's search for improvements
To lead the Team in the evaluation of each individual Team member
To provide answers to the challenges that the Team identifies
Which of the following is true concerning impediments?
The Team should not use daily Scrum meetings to report impediments
It is the ScrumMaster's top priority to remove impediments
It is the Product Owner's job to remove impediments
A slow running server is not considered an impediment
Why should the Product Owner attend the Daily Scrum?
To comment on the Team's progress
To make sure the Team is still on target for its Sprint goals
To tell the Team which tasks to work on next and update the Product Backlog
To see the progress being made and determine whether the Team needs help
In a 30-day Sprint, how long is the Sprint Review Meeting?
Which of the following is a responsibility of the Product Owner?
Determine the appropriate release dates
Determine the appropriate technical solution for the project
Determine the Team composition necessary for success
Determine the length of the Sprints
What are the desirable qualities of a Product Vision?
Features a detailed overview that enlightens and inspires
Provides a complete breakdown structure of the ROI formula
Describes why the project is pursued and the product desired end state
Outlines traceability back to overall corporate governance in IT investment
Which of the following statements is TRUE about Scrum teams and planning?
Scrum Teams place value in following a plan, but they value responding to change even more
Planning is not important in Scrum
Scrum is intended to be an efficient way to carry out plans that have already been made
Traditional planning is replaced by the Sprint Burndown chart
Controls the priority order of items in the team's backlog
Is the Team's Scrum expert
Creates, refines and communicates customer requirements to the Team
Is the keeper of the product vision
According to Scrum guidelines, who is responsible for hiring or assigning a new person into a Team?
This is outside of the scope of Scrum
If a Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint goal and work?
Product Owner and Stakeholders
Product Owner, ScrumMaster, and the Team
ScrumMaster, Project Manager, and the Team
What does Scrum's definition of done help a Team produce?
Functionality that has been deployed to the users and delivers real business value
Functionality that has been designed and analyzed
Product functionality ready to be tested
An increment of potentially shippable product
How do the principles behind the Agile Manifesto suggest approaching architecture?
Architecture is not important, but functionality is important
Architecture is defined and planned up front
Architecture is defined and implemented in the first iterations
How are the Product Owner's responsibilities BEST described?
Directing the Team's daily activities
Keeping stakeholders from distracting the Team
Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
Optimizing the business value of the work
After a Team has committed to a Sprint goal, what authority does it have?
The Team has authority to swap Sprint backlog items with Product Backlog items if it cannot finish them
The Team works under the authority of the Product Architect, who has set the definition of done
The Team works according to the priorities set by the ScrumMaster, as the ScrumMaster is committed to the Scrum framework
The Team does whatever is necessary to achieve the goal
Which of the following is the main purpose of a Sprint Backlog?
For the ScrumMaster to manage the progress during the Sprint
For the Team to manage themselves during the Sprint
For the Team to manage the number of hours spent on tasks in the Sprint
For the Product Owner to understand what the Team has committed to for a Sprint
What is the main purpose of a Sprint Review?
For the Team to review their work and to determine what is needed to complete the next set of backlog items
For Stakeholders to review what the Team has built and to give input on what to do next
For Stakeholders to "hold the Team's feet to the fire" - to make sure something is produced during the Sprint
For the Product Manager to be able to show progress to the Stakeholders
What does the Team do during the first Sprint?
Delivers design documents
Develops a plan for the rest of the Sprints
Accomplishes the Sprint goal
Predetermines the complete architecture and infrastructure
When using Scrum, who is primarily responsible for making scope versus schedule trade-off decisions?
