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What you will practice
- If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete, the Sprint should be cancelled.
- Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master also be a Developer?
- Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.
- When multiple teams are working on the same product, who should make sure that their outputs can be integrate…
- Who must get feedback from the Key Stakeholders in the Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)
- What is used by the Scrum Team to identify unfinished work at the end of the Sprint?
Answers and explanations
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Q1. If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete, the Sprint should be cancelled.
Answer: A. True
A Sprint is cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel a Sprint, though others can provide input. Remember that incomplete work does not justify cancelling a Sprint.
Q2. Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master also be a Developer?
Answer: A. Yes
A Product Owner or Scrum Master can also be a Developer if they actively execute Sprint Backlog work. However, Scrum explicitly prohibits anyone having the title of lead or manager within the Scrum Team.
Q3. Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.
Answer: D. The Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They serve the organization by leading and coaching its adoption. Remember this specific accountability applies to the Scrum Master role.
Q4. When multiple teams are working on the same product, who should make sure that their outputs can be integrated into one Increment?
Answer: B. The Developers of the Scrum Teams
The Developers of all Scrum Teams working on the same product are responsible for creating a usable integrated Increment. Multiple teams must coordinate to ensure their combined work is successfully integrated at least by the Sprint end.
Q5. Who must get feedback from the Key Stakeholders in the Sprint Review? (choose the best answer)
Answer: B. The Scrum Team
The entire Scrum Team must get feedback from key stakeholders during the Sprint Review. This collaborative event goes beyond a simple status report, focusing on gathering stakeholder input to adapt the Product Backlog and optimize future value.
Q6. What is used by the Scrum Team to identify unfinished work at the end of the Sprint?
Answer: D. Definition of Done
The Definition of Done creates transparency by providing a strict set of criteria to evaluate incomplete work at the end of a Sprint. If an item fails to meet this shared standard, it cannot be part of the finished Increment.
Q7. The Product Owner can invite stakeholders to the Product Backlog Refinement sessions.
Answer: A. Yes
The Product Owner can indeed invite stakeholders to Product Backlog refinement sessions to gather insights and clarify expectations. This collaboration ensures the team understands market needs without disrupting the Developers' accountability over their work.
Q8. Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following?
Answer: C. Value of Commitment
Doing your best and helping others demonstrates the Scrum value of commitment. While high performance is a goal, the specific behavior of personal dedication directly aligns with this foundational value, making it the best choice.
Q9. Scrum is an iterative and incremental Agile framework.
Answer: A. True
Scrum is founded on empiricism, making it inherently iterative and incremental. It repeats cycles to inspect progress and adds usable functionality step by step, so any definition missing these concepts is incorrect.
Q10. All Scrum Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.
Answer: A. True
All Scrum Teams working on the same product must use a single Product Backlog. This rule ensures transparency, proper prioritization, and alignment under one Product Owner, even when multiple teams execute the work.
Q11. When multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product (and therefore same Product Backlog), how should the Product Backlog items be picked by each team?
Answer: D. The Developers (or appropriate representatives) of each Scrum Team pull work from the Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner.
The correct answer works because developers pull work rather than having it pushed or assigned by a manager. For the exam, remember that self-management means teams select their own items in coordination with the Product Owner.
Q12. Which of the following statements is not correct?
Answer: D. The Product Owner only orders the Product Backlog Items on their value
The correct answer works because ordering goes beyond just value. A practical exam cue is to remember that the Product Owner also considers dependencies, risk, and market conditions when ordering items.
Q13. Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog? Select two options.
Answer: C,E. The Developers, but with permission of the Product Owner || The Product Owner
The correct answers work because the Product Owner manages the backlog and can delegate work to Developers. A practical exam cue is that anyone can add items, but final authority rests with the Product Owner.
Q14. The Scrum Framework recommends:
Answer: B. Early and frequent releases of usable increments
The correct answer works because Scrum emphasizes frequent delivery to maximize feedback. A practical exam cue is to recall that multiple Increments can even be released within a single Sprint.
Q15. What is a good way for a Scrum Team to ensure that security concerns are addressed and made transparent?
Answer: D. Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern and/or add security concerns to the Definition of Done.
Addressing non-functional requirements like security means integrating them directly into the Definition of Done or adding them to the Product Backlog. Avoid isolated sprints or separate backlogs, because these create hidden dependencies and break cross-functional team flow.
Q16. From the organization's perspective, who is accountable for creating the Increment every Sprint?
Answer: D. The Scrum Team
The entire Scrum Team shares accountability for creating a valuable Increment each Sprint. While Developers actually build it, the Product Owner and Scrum Master are also accountable for overall success, making options listing only Developers incorrect.
Q17. Where can Scrum be used? Select all the applicable answers.
Answer: A,B,C,D,E,F. Development of products and enhancements || Development of software and hardware || Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies || Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments || Managing the operation of an organization || Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities
Scrum is highly versatile and applies to software, hardware, research, and organizational management. Whenever a question asks where it can be used, default to selecting all positive domains, as the framework applies to complex product development broadly.
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