1. You are working as a Scrum Master on a team. Your organization plans to conduct a road show on Scrum across the board. You are asked to contribute to some related events.
a) You will gladly volunteer because being a Scrum Master in an organization also involves the responsibility of coaching the organization.
b) You will politely refuse because you are working as a Scrum Master on a team that is fully focused on delivering the Sprint Goal.
c) As a leader, you will delegate this to some other team members so that they can benefit from the learning and visibility.
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One of the Scrum Master’s responsibilities is coaching Scrum to the organization. Correct answer is ‘a.’
2. Since the Scrum Team is self-organizing, it can create an additional role to represent the organization within Scrum.
a) True
b) False
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Scrum has only three roles. The organization needs are best represented in the Product Backlog, which is available and visible to the required stakeholders in an organization. Correct answer is ‘b.’
3. An important executive wants the Development Team to include a highly critical feature in the current Sprint. The Development Team
a) Will work on that feature since an organization’s priority is more important.
b) Will ask the executive to work with the Product Owner.
c) As an empowered team, it will negotiate with the executive and identify an alternative backlog item of comparable scope in the current Sprint that may be removed to accommodate this critical feature.
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The Development Team should only work on the items related to the Sprint Goal. No one is allowed to tell the Development Team to work from a different set of requirements, and the Development Team isn’t allowed to act on what anyone else says. Correct answer is ‘b.’
4. The senior management or organization does not influence the Product Owner on how the product evolves in any way.
a) True
b) False
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The senior management and the organization set the larger strategies of organizational change. Such strategies may influence the product development.
In addition, the organization enables the Product Owner to obtain information that will help them increase the value of the product and capabilities. When required, they directly engage the Product Owner in setting expectations of the product. So, though they do not play any active role within Scrum on product development, they influence it through other means. Correct answer is ‘b.’
5. A Development Team in Scrum must be cross-functional. It means
a) Each team member must be cross-skilled.
b) The team must have a mix of team members from each of the different technology functions of the organization.
c) The team must have all competencies needed to create the Increment according to the definition of “Done.”
d) The team must divide their work according to subfunctions but sync up their work no later than the Sprint Review.
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Cross-skilling of team members is desirable but not mandatory. Required skills are decided by what is needed per the definition of “Done” and not by an organization’s technology functions. The team works together every day not waiting for a last minute sync up. Correct answer is ‘c.’
6. A customer wants to communicate something very relevant and important about the product to the Development Team. Who should they talk to?
a) Since everyone on the team is accountable for product development, the customer should meet all of them together.
b) Product Owner only
c) Scrum Master only
d) Development Team only
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The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee or customer in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item’s priority must address the Product Owner. Correct answer is ‘b.’
7. In a Scrum Team, only the Product Owner communicates with the stakeholders. There is no exception to this rule.
a) True
b) False
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Stakeholders only communicate with the Product Owner with respect to Product Planning, its Progress, and the Product Backlog changes. In addition, the Scrum Master can work with the stakeholders to make them understand Scrum. Also, the entire Scrum Team collaborates with stakeholders during the Sprint Review. Correct answer is ‘b.’
8. A Development Team identifies a technical issue that requires them to work together to solve this. Who needs to facilitate this?
a) Product Owner
b) Scrum Master
c) Development Team
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A Development Team is responsible for performing development work and meeting the Sprint Goal. If they have any issue that is within their influence to solve, they are responsible for resolving it. The Scrum Master is responsible for impediments that are outside the Development Team's influence. Correct answer is ‘c.’
9. In the early days of a Product Development’s initial Sprint, the Product Backlog
a) Only lays out the initially known and best-understood requirements.
b) Is as comprehensive as required to complete the Product.
c) Is not shared with the Development Team until it is supplemented with other required specifications.
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In the beginning, the Product Backlog only lays out the initially known and best-understood requirements. The Product Backlog is a living artifact that evolves and constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. Correct answer is ‘a.’
10. The primary objective behind why a Scrum Master ensures that the Scrum Team and those interacting with the Team from the outside adhere to the Scrum rules is
a) To preserve the hierarchy of reporting and communication protocol.
b) To maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.
c) To avoid the likelihood of future audits finding any violations in implementing Scrum.
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It is the Scrum Master's responsibility to ensure that outside interactions do not distract the Team from making progress in the Sprint. If beneficial, the Scrum Master can moderate these interactions in order to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. Correct answer is ‘b.’