1. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

a. The consistency reduces complexity

b. The place can be named
c. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance
d. The product owner demands it

2. The Product Owner may consider the dependencies of the software tools the Development Team
uses when ordering the Product Backlog

a. True
b. False

3. Select the true statements. Before starting the first Sprint, what are the prerequisites?

a. A staffed scrum team

b. A completed system architecture
c. A complete product backlog capturing all the detailed product needs
d. The availability of the project manager
e. Just enough product backlog items with business ideas for the first sprint

4. The Product Owner can invite the stakeholders to the Backlog Refinement sessions

a. No
b. Yes

5. What are the roles in a Scrum Team? Select all that apply

a. None of them
b. Programmer
c. Tester
d. Business analyst
e. Project manager
f. Architect
g. Operations analyst

6. Who must ensure that the work done for a Product Backlog item conforms to the Definition of
"Done"?

a. The dev team

b. The scrum master
c. The scrum team
d. The test team
e. The product owner

7. Scrum is best described as a

a. Framework for developing and sustaining complex products

b. Collection of best practices
c. Softwarue methodology
d. Product development process

8. Which statement is true about the Product Backlog?

a. It supplements teh requirements document
b. It should not have more than 6 months of work
c. It’s a livig artifact that evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves
d. It’s a complete project plan that the scrum team commits to completing

9. A key concern when multiple Development Teams are working for the same Product Backlog is
minimizing dependencies between teams.

a. True
b. False

10. Who takes the ownership of Scrum Events?

a. Scrum master
b. Product owner
c. Scrum team

11. The only time a Scrum Team can meet the Stakeholders is during the Sprint Review

a. True
b. False

12. What is the main reason for the Scrum Master to be at the Daily Scrum?

a. He or she does not have to be there, he/she only has to ensure the dev team has a daily scrum
b. To gather status and progress information to report to management
c. To write down any changes to the sprint backlog, including adding new items, and tracking progress
on the burndown
d. To make sure every team member answers the three questions

13. The Scrum Master is no longer needed when teams become self-organized.

a. True
b. False

14. What is the tactic a Scrum Master should use to divide a group of 100 people into multiple
Development Teams?

a. Ask the prouduct owner to assign the people to teams

b. Ask the developers do divide themselves into teams
c. Create teams based on their skills across multiple layers (such as database, UI, …)

15. A Scrum Team has been working on a product for nine Sprints. A new Product Owner comes in,
understanding he is accountable for the Product Backlog. However, he is unsure about his
responsibilities. Which two activities are part of the Product Owner role according to Scrum ?
Choose 2 answers.

a. Interacting with stakeholders

b. Providing the development team with detailed technical specifications
c. Creating detailed functional test cases
d. Describing features as use cases
e. Ensuring that the most valuable functionality is produced at all times
16. Who decides what to work on for the next Sprint?

a. The scrum master

b. The product manager
c. The project management office (PMO)
d. The product owner

17. A Scrum Team member can play both Scrum Master and Product Owner roles

a. True
b. False

18. The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the Product backlog. What
is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

a. Suggest the product owner extend the sprint, so he can have more time to order the product
backlog
b. Present the product owner with an ordered product backlog to use
c. Encourage the product owner to work with the dev team to see which items technically are fastest
to implement
d. Suggest that the dev team does the ordering to be sure that it’s a feasible ordering of work
e. Offer the product owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the product backlog is to
maximize value

19. A cross-functional Development Team is defined as:

a. A group of fullstack developers shared across multiple teams

b. Cross-skilled individuals who are able to do all the work necessary to deliver a shippable increment at
the end of the sprint
c. A team of skilled developers that can effectively multi-task on multiple product backlog items at the
same time
d. A team of engineers, testers, business analysts, technical architects and functional managers

20. What is included in the Sprint Backlog?

a. Tests
b. Use cases
c. Any of them or others which are a decomposition of the selected product backlog items
d. Tasks
e. User stories

21. For the Product Backlog Refinement act, the Scrum Team needs to define a recurring pre-set time
every week outside the current working hours of the Development Team.

a. True
b. False

22. Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?

a. The CEO
b. The steakeholders
c. The dev team
d. The scrum master
e. The product owner

23. What is it most appropriate for a development team to change the definition of "Done"?

a. Prior to starting a new project

b. Durig the sprint retrospective
c. During sprint planning
d. Prior starting a new sprint

24. When does the Development Team create the Sprint Backlog?

a. During the review with stakeholders

b. During the sprint planning
c. Along with the creation of the product backlog
d. After the product backlog refinement

25. You are a Product Owner who is also responsible for monitoring the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).
What are the costs that can influence the TCO of the product being built? (choose the best answer)

a. The accrued cost compared to the value generated by the product

b. The financial funding of product development where each sprint has a fixed cost
c. All the investents (conception, development, operation and maintenance) to be made in the product

26. Which of the following is TRUE about the Product Owner? (choose the best answer)

a. The product owner is accountable for creating and sustaining a product backlog that maximizes
value and represents the needs of the stakeholders
b. The product owner describes the increment at the sprint planning and ensures that the dev team
delivers it before the end of the sprint
c. The product owner ensures that the product backlog items assigned to the dev team adheres to the
definition of ready
d. The product owner is responsible for creating user stories in agreement with the stakeholders

27. Multiple Scrum Teams workings on the same project must have the same Sprint start date

a. True
b. False

28. Which two ways of creating a Development Team are consistent with Scrum's values? Choose 2
answers.

a. Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure
b. The chief product owner determines the new team structures and assignments
c. Managers personnally re-assign current subordinates to new teams
d. Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into dev team
e. Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams

29. What is the best suited structure for Development Teams in order to produce integrated
increments?

a. Each dev team works only on one technical layer of the system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tie,
interface)
b. Each dev team develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers
30. Each Development Team must have a different Product Owner.

a. False
b. True

31. A team should NOT start the first Sprint until the Product Owner has detailed all of the Product
Backlog items in the Product Backlog.

a. False
b. True

32. Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do if the Development Team doesn't have
the engineering tools and infrastructure to completely finish each selected Product backlog Item?
Choose 2 answers.

a. Coach the dev team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and adjust the definition
of done accordingly
b. Have the dev team establish a definition of done that is actually possible to achieve given current
circumstances
c. Encourage the product owner to accept partially done increments until the situation improves
d. Declare the dev team not ready for scrum
e. Refocus the current sprint on establishing the dev team’s infrastructure instead of delivering an
increment

33. Select the true statements

a. The product backlog increases transparency

b. The product backlog exists as long as teh product exists
c. The product backlog only contans teh functional requirements of the product

34. When might a Sprint be abnormally terminated?

a. When the dev team feels that the work is too hard
b. When the sales department has an important new opportunity
c. When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the sprint
d. Whwen the sprint goal becomes obsolete

35. Who is responsible for estimating the Product Backlog items?

a. The product owner

b. The dev team by themselves
c. The scrum master
d. The technical architect
e. The dev team after clarifying the requirements with the product owner

36. Which three of the following are time-boxed events in Scrum? Choose 3 answers.

a. Sprint testing
b. Sprint planning
c. Sprint retrospective
d. Daily scrum
e. Sprint 0
f. Release testing
g. Release retropspective

37. What impact does an evolving environment have on the Product Backlog?

a. A new product backlog is created to meet the needs of the users

b. Identify a different market for the current product backlog
c. The product backlog is static as it’s a commitment to the stakeholders
d. The product backlog is a living artifact that evolves as the product and the environment in which it
will be used evolves

38. A Development Team member’s behavior causes issues to the whole team and affects the progress
of the development work. Who is responsible to solve the issue?

a. Dev team
b. Scrum master
c. Management
d. Product owner

39. When is a Sprint over?

a. When the product woner says it’s done

b. When all product backlog items meet their definition of done
c. When all the tasks are completed
d. When the timebox expires

40. What impact does technical debt have on the Product Owner? (choose the best two answers)

a. Technical debt has no impact on the delivery of value

b. More time and money is spent maintaining the product when you have it
c. Technical debt is only a concern of the dev team as the product owner should not be distracted by
technical aspects
d. Technical debt can reduce the velocity in which new functionality can be created