Quick Test 5 – Questions
1. Which is not a Product Backlog Management activity?
a) Clearly expressing and ordering Product Backlog Items.
b) Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs.
c) Using formal change control to manage Product Backlog when the market provides feedback from product usage.
d) Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
2. Select all that apply. The Scrum Team must participate in the
a) Sprint Planning.
b) Daily Scrum.
c) Sprint Review.
d) Sprint Retrospective.
3. An inspector finds that a work aspect deviates outside acceptable limits, and that the resulting product will be unacceptable. When will the team adjust this work aspect to minimize the deviation?
a) In the next Scrum event.
b) As soon as possible.
c) After the Scrum Master approves the adjustment.
4. A Scrum Team can identify the improvements only during the Sprint Retrospective.
a) True
b) False
5. For the first Sprint, the inputs are the Product Backlog and the Projected Capacity of the Development Team. What are the additional inputs to the subsequent Sprints? Select all that apply.
a) The defect list from the previous Sprint.
b) The Sprint Plan.
c) The past performance of the Development Team.
d) The latest Product Increment.
6. When a Sprint is cancelled, the Scrum Team discards all the work and refines a new Product Backlog.
a) True
b) False
7. At the end of Sprint Planning, the Development Team could not decompose all of the work into units of one day or less. It could decompose the work for only the first few days of the Sprint.
a) The Development Team should close the Sprint Planning and start the work.
b) Since the team is self-organized, they should continue Sprint Planning in the following days before they start the work.
c) The Scrum Master should coach the team in required skills.
8. What is a key inspect and adapt meeting for the Development Team?
a) Project Status Meeting
b) Daily Scrum
c) Design Sessions
9. Which are true statements? Select all that apply.
a) Only the Product Owner should update the Product Backlog without delegating to anyone.
b) Only the Development Team should be responsible for estimates of the Product Backlog Items.
c) Only the Product Owner should cancel the Sprint. Others can influence the decision to cancel.
d) Only the Product Owner can change the Sprint Backlog.
10. Who defines the definition of “Done”?
a) Development Team
b) Technical/Domain Experts
c) Product Owner
d) Scrum Team
Quick Test 5 – Answers
1. Correct answer is ‘c.’ Changes in business requirements, market conditions, or technology may cause changes in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner keeps the Product Backlog updated as a living artifact to reflect these changes without a formal change control process.
2. Correct answers are ‘a,’ ‘c,’ and ‘d.’ The Scrum Team participates in all events except the Daily Scrum. The Development Team must participate in Daily Scrum event because it organizes, plans, and controls its work without the direction or management of the Product Owner or Scrum Master. The Scrum Master can participate if there is a need to coach or facilitate until the Development Team can do that on its own.
3. Correct answer is ‘b.’ The Development Team does not wait for any formal event to make this adjustment; instead they make it as soon as possible to minimize further deviation.
4. Correct answer is ‘b.’ The Sprint Retrospective provides a formal opportunity to focus on inspection and adaptation. However, improvements may be identified and implemented at any time.
5. Correct answers are ‘c’ and ‘d.’
6. Correct answer is ‘b.’ The team still conducts the Sprint Review to review “Done” Product Backlog Items. If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it. All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back in the Product Backlog.
7. Correct answer is ‘a.’ Sprint Planning is time-boxed and cannot be extended. It is enough to have the work decomposed for the first few days of the Sprint to start the work and can be decomposed as needed throughout the Sprint.
8. Correct answer is ‘b.’ Daily Scrums improve communication, eliminate other meetings, identify impediments to development for removal, highlight and promote quick decision-making, and improve the Development Team’s level of knowledge. This is a key inspect and adapt meeting for the Development Team.
9. Correct answers are ‘b’ and ‘c.’
10. Correct answer is ‘a.’ The definition of “Done” is developed by the Development Team with conditions that are acceptable to the Product Owner.