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1. Question

What two attributes are optional for a Product Backlog Item?

Order

Description

Test descriptions that will prove PB Item completeness when "Done"

Estimate

Value

Dependencies

Incorrect
Product Backlog items have the attributes of a description, order, estimate, and value. Product Backlog items often include test descriptions that will
prove its completeness when “Done”.

2. Question

If an item in the Sprint Backlog cannot be finished by the end of the Sprint (it turned out there is a lot more work to do than was estimated), the Sprint is
cancelled.

False

True

Correct
The Sprint is cancelled only in the case if the Sprint Goal became obsolete. If some work could not be done, the Sprint Backlog should be re-negotiated

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between the Product Owner and Development Team.

3. Question

How frequently product releases should occur?

At least every 6 months

Every 3 months

Frequently enough to eliminate the risk that the product’s value will get out of line with the marketplace

Every Sprint

By the end of Product development

Incorrect
While Scrum doesn’t require a release to occur every Sprint, it should be noted that the more elapsed time that accumulates since the last release, the
higher the risk that the product’s value will get out of line with the marketplace. Product Owners should keep this risk in the forefront of their mind.
Looking at it another way, the sooner you release, the sooner you can start capturing the value created by the product.

4. Question

How frequently the Product Owner should communicate and re-iterate his product vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders?

Early and often

Once at the first Sprint Planning

Every Daily Scrum

Every Sprint Retrospective

Incorrect
The PO should communicate and re-iterate his product vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders early and often, reminding all involved of
how that vision aims to maximize the value of the product and of the work the Scrum Team performs.

5. Question

Who has the “last say” on the order of items in the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

The Product Owner and The Scrum Master

Correct
While the Product Owner is not the only person who may influence the ordering of the Product Backlog, the Product Owner has the “last say” on the
order of the Product Backlog, and those wanting to change the order of the Product Backlog have to influence the Product Owner to do so.

6. Question

How can the Product Owner bring his product vision to life (select 3)?

Asking for an approval of the Upper Management

Utilizing the underlying empirical product planning features of Scrum

Articulating the product vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders early and often

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Via the Product Backlog and iterating towards that vision every Sprint

Making the Scrum Master bring the vision to the Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders

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The PO should communicate and re-iterate his product vision early and often, reminding all involved of how to help maximize value. Utilizing the
underlying empirical product planning features of Scrum, the PO should also be ready to make strategic pivots for the product vision. This vision is
brought to life in a more tactical way, via the Product Backlog and iterating towards that vision every Sprint.

7. Question

Every Product Backlog Item should be created by the Product Owner personally and only then the Development Team can add details to it at the PO’s
discretion.

False

True

Correct
False. The Product Owner is solely responsible and accountable for the decisions in the Product Backlog. However, the legwork of managing the Product
Backlog might be fully delegated to the Development Team, so it is quite possible that the Product Owner might not ever create or write a User Story or
Product Backlog Item.

8. Question

What is the order of items in the Product Backlog?

Alphabetical

The less clear items at the top

The recently added items at the top

Less valuable and most unclear items at the bottom

Correct
The Product Owner is responsible for placing the most valuable and clear items at the top of the Product Backlog.

9. Question

What does Cone of Uncertainty show?

How much work remains till the end of the Sprint

Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks

How much is known about the Product over time

Hierarchy of tasks that comprise a project

Correct
The Cone of Uncertainty describes the evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project.

10. Question

Product Backlog Refinement …

Select the three most applicable sentence endings.

Is an ongoing process

Is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to Product Backlog items

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Usually takes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team

Usually happens 2-4 times in dependency of the Sprint length

Answers the question: how will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved

Is time-boxed to a maximum of 4 hours

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Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the
Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. It usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of
the Development Team.

11. Question

Who should do the legwork of gathering the marketplace data for the Product Owner?

The Scrum Team

The Product Owner

The Scrum Team and the Key Stakeholders

It does not matter who does the legwork

Incorrect
The Product Owner may or may not be the one doing the legwork of gathering the marketplace data, but the PO should definitely be aware of said
data/research.

12. Question

What part of the capacity of the Development Team does Product Backlog refinement usually consume?

Not more than 20%

Not more than 10%

Not more than 5%

The Development Team is not authorized for Product Backlog refinement

Correct
Product Backlog refinement usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team.

13. Question

What technique should be used for representing Product Backlog Items?

Acceptance Tests

Any technique, even a mix of several techniques

User Stories

Use Cases

Scenarios

Incorrect
User stories are a fairly common technique for representing Product Backlog Items, but other techniques can be used instead. For instance, a team can
use scenarios, use cases, acceptance tests, etc. The Product Backlog might even contain a heterogeneous mix of the above.
The Product Owner should work with the rest of the Scrum Team on choosing and optimizing the techniques used to represent Product Backlog Items.

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14. Question

What factors should be considered by the Product Owner in the release decision (select four)?

The customers that will be constrained by the new release

Approval of the Key Stakeholders

The risk that the product’s value can get out of line with the marketplace

Can customers actually absorb the new release?

The amount of work remaining toward the Sprint Goal

The costs and benefits of the upgrade

Does the Increment meet the Definition of “Done”?

Incorrect
While Scrum doesn’t require a release to occur every Sprint, it should be noted that the more elapsed time that accumulates since the last release, the
higher the risk that the product’s value will get out of line with the marketplace. Product Owners should keep this risk in the forefront of their mind.
Another factor in the release decision is whether your customers can actually absorb your frequent releases. Most customers approach this upgrade
decision using a common sense method of weighing the costs and benefits of the upgrade(new increment). This is all the more reason to make sure that
your releases are of the utmost value, and offer relatively low absorption costs. Regardless of the benefits and costs, some customers will still be
constrained, so this constraint should be a consideration when deciding how often or whether to release.
The PO is the one and only person who can decide whether to release the latest increment of the product.
The Increment is “Done” by its definition.

15. Question

In which meetings the Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate?

The Daily Scrum

The Sprint Planning

The Sprint Retrospective

The Sprint Review

Incorrect
The Key Stakeholders are allowed to participate only in the Sprint Review meeting. However, any member of the Scrum Team can interact with them any
time.

16. Question

The Product Owner should be expertly aware of the marketplace for the product.

True

False

It depends

Incorrect
The Product Owner should be expertly aware of the marketplace for the product. They should constantly be gathering and re-gathering information and
data regarding the marketplace, so that the product value is maximized. Getting out of touch with the marketplace can be a recipe for product disaster.

17. Question

The Product Owner wants to apply some non-functional requirements to the Product. What is the best way to proceed?

Non-functional requirements cannot be handled within the bounds of Scrum

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Create a new Item for every requirement in the Product Backlog

Find a way to convert non-functional requirements into Product features and act accordingly

Add the non-functional requirements to the DoD and check every Increment against these criteria

Incorrect
Non-functional requirements describe qualities of the Product being developed. For example, the Product should be secure and extensible. The only way
to meet such requirements is to have them as a part of the DoD and check every Increment against these criteria.

18. Question

What are the three most applicable characteristics of the Product Owner?

Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement

Product Value Maximizer

Product Marketplace Expert

Lead Scrum evangelist in the Organization

Facilitator of Scrum events

Incorrect

Product Value Maximizer

Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement
Product Marketplace Expert

19. Question

Who decides whether to release the latest increment of the product?

The Development Team

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner and The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

Correct
The Product Owner is the one and only person who can decide whether to release the latest increment of the product.

20. Question

All Development Teams working on the same Product should use the same Product Backlog.

True

False

Incorrect
Multiple Scrum Teams often work together on the same product. One Product Backlog is used to describe the upcoming work on the product.

21. Question

Who is allowed to change the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?

The Development Team and the Product Owner

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The Product Owner

The Scrum Team

The Development Team

The Scrum Master

Incorrect
Only the Development Team can change its Sprint Backlog during a Sprint. The Sprint Backlog is a highly visible, real-time picture of the work that the
Development Team plans to accomplish during the Sprint, and it belongs solely to the Development Team.

22. Question

What happens during the Sprint? Select three answers.

Quality goals do not decrease

Sprint scope is defined at the Sprint Planning and cannot be changed

No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal

Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned

The Sprint Goal is changed frequently to reflect the status of the remaining work

Incorrect
During the Sprint:

No changes are made that would endanger the Sprint Goal;

Quality goals do not decrease; and,
Scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team as more is learned.

23. Question

Who is responsible for monitoring progress toward high-level goals?

The Scrum Master and The Development Team

The Product Owner and The Development Team

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

The Scrum Team

Correct
The Product Owner tracks total work remaining at least every Sprint Review. The Product Owner compares this amount with work remaining at previous
Sprint Reviews to assess progress toward completing projected work by the desired time for the goal. This information is made transparent to all
stakeholders.

24. Question

The Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organizing team to accomplish
the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.

False

True

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By the end of the Sprint Planning, the Development Team should be able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a
self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment.

25. Question

What is the Increment?

The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint

The sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints

All "Done" items in the Sprint Backlog

All items in the Sprint Backlog that could be released regardless of whether the Product Owner decides to actually do it

Incorrect
The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during the Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints.

26. Question

What does the word “development” mean in the context of Scrum? Select the best option.

Software and hardware development

Complex work that can include all the suggested options and even more

Development of an operational environment for the Product

Product development, its releasing and sustaining

Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and Product capabilities

Correct
When the words “develop” and “development” are used in the Scrum Guide, they refer to complex work including software and hardware development,
development and releasing of products and enhancements, development and sustaining product operational environments, research and identifying of
viable markets and technologies, and even more.

27. Question

What provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment?

The Product Owner

The Sprint Backlog

The Scrum Master

The Sprint Goal

Incorrect
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the
Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

28. Question

Where Scrum can be used? Check all the applicable items.

Development of software and hardware

Managing the operation of an organization

Development of almost everything we use in our daily lives as individuals and societies

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Development and sustaining of Cloud and other operational environments

Research and identifying of viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities

Development of products and enhancements

Incorrect
Scrum has been used to develop software, hardware, embedded software, networks of interacting function, autonomous vehicles, schools, government,
marketing, managing the operation of organizations and almost everything we use in our daily lives, as individuals and societies.

Scrum has been used extensively, worldwide, to:

Research and identify viable markets, technologies, and product capabilities;

Develop products and enhancements;
Release products and enhancements, as frequently as many times per day;
Develop and sustain Cloud (online, secure, on-demand) and other operational environments for product use; and,
Sustain and renew products.

29. Question

What are the characteristics of a Product Backlog Item that is “Ready” for selection in a Sprint Planning? Select three.

Well refined

Can be "Done" within one Sprint

Somewhere at the top of the Product Backlog

Somewhere at the bottom of the Product Backlog

Has less detail

Can be implemented within one Sprint and tested in the next Sprint

Incorrect
Higher ordered Product Backlog items are usually clearer and more detailed than lower ordered ones. More precise estimates are made based on the
greater clarity and increased detail; the lower the order, the less detail. Product Backlog items that will occupy the Development Team for the upcoming
Sprint are refined so that any one item can reasonably be “Done” within the Sprint time-box. Product Backlog items that can be “Done” by the
Development Team within one Sprint are deemed “Ready” for selection in a Sprint Planning.

30. Question

Who is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum? Select the best choice.

The Development Team

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master and the Product Owner

The Scrum Team

Correct
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone
understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.

31. Question

Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner

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The Scrum Master

The Key Stakeholders

The Development Team

Correct
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.

32. Question

When is the Scrum Team allowed to interact with the Key Stakeholders (select the most applicable option)?

The Sprint Retrospective

Any time where it’s valuable to have the Stakeholder input

The Daily Scrum

The Sprint Review

Correct
The Product Owner is responsible for making sure that the Key Stakeholders attend and interact in the Sprint Reviews, but really the Stakeholders can
be involved with the Scrum Team any time where it’s valuable to have the Stakeholder input.

33. Question

Select the two meetings in which people outside the Scrum Team are allowed to participate.

The Sprint Planning

The Daily Scrum

The Sprint Review

The Sprint Retrospective

Incorrect

The Development Team may invite other people to attend the Sprint Planning in order to provide technical or domain advice.
The Product Owner is responsible for inviting the Key Stakeholders to the Sprint Review meeting

34. Question

Who identifies the Key Stakeholders for the Product?

The Scrum Team

The Upper Management

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Development Team

Correct
In order to maximize value, the Product Owner should identify the Key Stakeholders for the Product, and involve them as necessary throughout the
development effort.

35. Question

Once the Product Owner gained his Product Vision and defined the tactics of bringing this vision to life, it is a bad idea to change them before the next
Product Release.

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False

True

Incorrect
The PO should never be afraid to change the vision or tactics based on marketplace changes. Being able to strategically re-pivot and capture value in
new and different ways is one of the key benefits of an Agile mindset.

36. Question

The Sprint Review is just a demo of the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint. Do you agree?

Yes. There is no much difference.

No, the demo also should include the Items completed in the previous Sprints that were not demonstrated for some reason

No, the Sprint Review contains much more activities

Correct
No. The Sprint Review contains much more activities to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog.
For example:

The Product Owner also explains what has not been “Done”;
The entire group collaborates on what to do next, so that the Sprint Review provides valuable input to subsequent Sprint Planning;
Review of the timeline, budget, potential capabilities, and marketplace for the next anticipated releases of functionality.

37. Question

Could the Product Owner and the Scrum Master be a part of the Development Team?

Yes

No

Incorrect
Yes. Scrum does not prohibit the Product Owner or the Scrum Master do development work. However, it is not the best practice because it could create a
conflict of interest.

38. Question

Who is responsible for tracking the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal?

The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner and the Development Team

Incorrect
At any point in time in a Sprint, the total work remaining in the Sprint Backlog can be summed. The Development Team tracks this total work remaining at
least for every Daily Scrum to project the likelihood of achieving the Sprint Goal. By tracking the remaining work throughout the Sprint, the Development
Team can manage its progress.

39. Question

Who is the leader in terms of getting feedback from the Key Stakeholders in the Sprint Review?

The Development Team

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The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Scrum Team

Incorrect
The Product Owner is a vital leader in terms of getting feedback from the key stakeholders in the Sprint Review.

40. Question

How does the Product Owner communicate his marketplace knowledge to the Scrum Team (select three)?

Product Backlog Refinement

Daily ad hoc interactions

Sprint Retrospectives

Sprint Reviews

Daily Scrums

Incorrect
The Product Owner communicates all of this marketplace knowledge to the Scrum Team through daily ad hoc interactions as well as Product Backlog
Refinement and in Sprint Reviews.

41. Question

How does the Scrum Master help the Product Owner? Select the three most appropriate answers.

Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption

Understanding product planning in an empirical environment

Introducing cutting edge development practices

Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed

Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management

Incorrect
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including:

Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible;
Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management;
Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items;
Understanding product planning in an empirical environment;
Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;
Understanding and practicing agility; and,
Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

42. Question

Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Product Owner and the Scrum Master

The Key Stakeholders

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Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel the Sprint, although he or she may do so under influence from the stakeholders, the Development
Team, or the Scrum Master.

43. Question

What are the Scrum Artifacts? Select all applicable items.

The list of removed impediments

Increment

Product Backlog

The Sprint Goal

Sprint Backlog

Incorrect
The Scrum artifacts are Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Increment.

44. Question

Who is responsible for the Product Backlog?

The Scrum Master

The Scrum Master and The Development Team

The Product Owner

The Product Owner and The Scrum Master

The Product Owner and The Development Team

The Development Team

Correct
The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.

45. Question

What does Burn-down Chart show?

Dependencies, start times and stop times for project tasks

The evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project

How much work remains till the end of the Sprint

Hierarchy of tasks that comprise a project

Correct
Burn-down chart shows the evolution of remaining effort against time.

46. Question

What are the time-boxes for the Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective?

3 hour time-box for each

3 and 4 hours respectively

4 hour time-box for each

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4 and 3 hours respectively

Correct
The Sprint Review is at most a four-hour meeting for one-month Sprints.
The Sprint Retrospective is at most a three-hour meeting for one-month Sprints.

47. Question

Who is allowed to make changes in the Product Backlog? Select two options.

The Key Stakeholders

The Scrum Master

The Development Team, but with permission of the Product Owner

The Product Owner

Anyone

Incorrect
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for the Product Backlog. However, he or she can delegate some work related to product backlog
management to the Development Team.

48. Question

Who is responsible for creation of the Definition of “Done”?

The Scrum Team

The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Scrum Master

Incorrect
If the definition of “done” for an increment is part of the conventions, standards or guidelines of the development organization, all Scrum Teams must
follow it as a minimum. If “done” for an increment is not a convention of the development organization, the Development Team of the Scrum Team must
define a definition of “done” appropriate for the product. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the system or product release, the development
teams on all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define the definition of “Done.”

49. Question

The Scrum Master should not allow the Product Owner to attend the Sprint Planning if the PO is not ready with a Sprint Goal. Is this true or false?

True

False

Correct
False. The Scrum Team crafts a Sprint Goal during the Sprint Planning.

50. Question

What is the essence of Scrum? Select the most appropriate option.

The Development Team

A small team of people that is highly flexible and adaptive

The Scrum Guide

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The Scrum Master and the Product Owner

Correct
The essence of Scrum is a small team of people. The individual team is highly flexible and adaptive. These strengths continue operating in single,
several, many, and networks of teams that develop, release, operate and sustain the work and work products of thousands of people. They collaborate
and interoperate through sophisticated development architectures and target release environments.

51. Question

Select the three best options to finish the sentence below.

Technical debt …

reflects some extra development work

is a real risk which can genuinely be incurred

compromises long-term quality of the Product

belongs entirely to the Development Team. No one else should know about it.

is a lack of technical supplies

Incorrect
Technical debt is a concept in programming that reflects the extra development work that arises when code that is easy to implement in the short run is
used instead of applying the best overall solution. In other words it can be defined as the longer term consequences of poor design decisions. Technical
debt is a real risk which can genuinely be incurred. It compromises long-term quality of the Product.

One of the ways of handling technical debt is recording it on the Product Backlog. So, it becomes visible to the Scrum Team.

52. Question

How long does the Product Backlog exists?

While the Product exists

Till the final Product Release

While at least one Development Team is working on it

Not more than 5 years

Incorrect
The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. If a product exists,
its Product Backlog also exists.

53. Question

When something about Scrum frustrates the Product Owner, the PO can delegate some responsibilities to the Scrum Master.

False

True

Incorrect
It is NOT acceptable for the PO to attempt to proxy or outsource their PO Scrum Team duties.
The Product Owner will work in concert with the Scrum Master to utilize Scrum correctly and advantageously, and try to never been seen as subverting or
disrespecting the Scrum framework. When something about Scrum frustrates a Product Owner, she should consult the Scrum Master for ways to
implement the Scrum framework in a way that is effective.

54. Question

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What could be a source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product?

The CEO of the Organization

The Key Stakeholders

The Product Backlog

Incorrect
The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that might be needed in the product and is the single source of requirements for any changes to be
made to the product.

55. Question

Imagine the following situation. At the Sprint Retrospective meeting the Scrum Team identified some improvements that can be done. What should the
Scrum Team do? Select the best option.

Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes all the improvements.

Make sure the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint includes at least one high priority process improvement.

Assign responsible team members for every improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.

Assign a responsible team member for at least one improvement. Check the progress at the next Retrospective.

Incorrect
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary to meet the Sprint Goal. To ensure continuous
improvement, it includes at least one high priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting.

56. Question

What happens when a Sprint is cancelled? Select three.

If part of the work is potentially releasable, the Product Owner typically accepts it

Several top Product Backlog Items are taken into the Sprint Backlog to replace the obsolete items

Any completed and “Done” Product Backlog items are reviewed

At the Sprint Retrospective the Scrum Master determines who from the Development Team is responsible for cancelling the Sprint

All incomplete Product Backlog Items are re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog

Incorrect
When a Sprint is cancelled, any completed and “Done” Product Backlog items are reviewed. 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 on the Product Backlog.

57. Question

What does Product Backlog management include? Select three most applicable items.

Moving Product Backlog items into the Sprint Backlog

Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs

Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next

Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions

Presenting Product Backlog items to the Key Stakeholders

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Product Backlog management includes:

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Clearly expressing Product Backlog items;

Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions;
Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team performs;
Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next; and,
Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.

58. Question

Who participates in the Sprint Review? Select all applicable variants.

The Development Team

The Organization CEO

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Key Stakeholders

Correct
During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the
Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value.

59. Question

A Development Team is waiting for a specific software component that they need to integrate and use.
The component should be ready in a month.
The Backlog Items with highest priorities depend on this specific component.

What should the Product Owner do?

Transfer the dependent Items to the Integration Team

Make sure the dependency is visible in the Product Backlog and the Development Team has enough independent Items for the next Sprint.

Remove the dependent Items from the Product Backlog and put them in a special wait list. When the dependency is resolved, the Items should be
returned back.

Nothing. The Product Backlog already has the most valuable items at the top. The Development Team cannot proceed further until the dependency is
resolved.

Correct
The Product Backlog should make the dependency visible to all the interested parties.
Usually Items with external dependencies are not considered “Ready” for selection at the Sprint Planning.
Development Teams should deliver an Increment of product functionality every Sprint.

60. Question

The Scrum Team consists of

The Development Team

The Product Owner

The Key Stakeholders

The Scrum Master

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The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master.

61. Question

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How long should the Sprint Planning be?

Not more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team

Not more than 4 hours

Not more than 8 hours

Until all the Items in the Sprint Backlog are decomposed to units of one day or less

Incorrect
Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint.
There is no need to decompose all the Items in the Sprint Backlog. It can be done only for the first days of the Sprint.

62. Question

Who is allowed to tell the Development Team to work from a set of requirements?

The Key Stakeholders

Upper Management

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Product Owner and the Scrum Master

Correct
The Product Owner’s decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog. 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.

63. Question

How does Definition of “Done” help the Scrum Team? Select three most applicable items.

Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning

DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment

DoD ensures artifact transparency

DoD helps to calculate velocity of the Scrum Team

DoD helps in inspection and adaptation

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DoD is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment

Guides the Development Team in knowing how many Product Backlog items it can select during a Sprint Planning
DoD ensures artifact transparency

64. Question

All the Scrum Teams working on the same product should have the same Sprint length.

False

True

Correct
False. Scrum does not require having aligned Sprints for multiple teams.

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65. Question

What is the Sprint Backlog?

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the plan for delivering them

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint

The plan for delivering Product Backlog items

The Product Backlog items selected for this Sprint plus the Team Backlog items

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The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint
Goal.

66. Question

The Sprint Backlog is created at the Sprint Planning. It is prohibited to add new work into the Sprint Backlog later by the Development Team.

False

True

Incorrect
The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. This emergence occurs as
the Development Team works through the plan and learns more about the work needed to achieve the Sprint Goal. As new work is required, the
Development Team adds it to the Sprint Backlog.

67. Question

Who is allowed to participate in the Daily Scrum?

The Product Owner

The Key Stakeholders

The Development Team

The Scrum Master

Incorrect
The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team. If others are present, the Scrum Master ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting.

68. Question

Who is responsible for crafting the Sprint Goal at the Sprint Planning?

The Product Owner

The Scrum Master

The Scrum Team

The Development Team

The Key Stakeholders

Incorrect
After the Development Team forecasts the Product Backlog items it will deliver in the Sprint, the Scrum Team crafts a Sprint Goal.

69. Question

Who are the typical Key Stakeholders (select three)?

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The people responsible for product marketing

The human people who actually use the product under development

The people responsible for paying to use the product

The people responsible for product development

The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort

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According to the Scrum Glossary, a stakeholder is “a person external to the Scrum Team with a specific interest in and knowledge of a product that is
required for incremental discovery. Represented by the Product Owner and actively engaged with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.”
Typically, they fall into one of three broad categories:

The Users – The human people who actually use the product under development
The External Customers – The people responsible for paying to use the product
The Internal Customers – The people responsible for making the funding decisions for the product development effort

70. Question

It is a good practice to have at least two Product Owners on big projects.

True

False

Correct
The Product Owner is one person, not a committee, but the Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog.

71. Question

Who is the chief product visionary?

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Correct
The Product Owner is the chief product visionary. The PO should be able to clearly articulate the product vision to the Scrum Team and key stakeholders,
and how that vision aims to maximize the value of the product and of the work the Scrum Team performs.

72. Question

Select the five Scrum Values.

Courage

Focus

Respect

Commitment

Openness

Agility

Self-organization

Effectiveness

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The Scrum Guide recognizes the following Scrum Values: commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect.

73. Question

Product Backlog Refinement practice focuses on Items for upcoming Sprints, not the current Sprint in progress. True or false?

True

False

Correct
True. Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. The Items in the current Sprint are no
longer on the Product Backlog, because they are now on the Sprint Backlog.
However, it is certainly fine for the Product Owner to add detail and clarification to the current Sprint’s work as well.

74. Question

What are Product Backlog features? Select three.

As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists

It is never complete

It is dynamic

When the final version of a product is rolled out, its Product Backlog is dismissed

A Product Backlog could be closed when it contains no items to include into the next Sprint

Incorrect
A Product Backlog is never complete. The earliest development of it only lays out the initially known and best-understood requirements. The Product
Backlog evolves as the product and the environment in which it will be used evolves. The Product Backlog is dynamic; it constantly changes to identify
what the product needs to be appropriate, competitive, and useful. As long as a product exists, its Product Backlog also exists.

75. Question

Which KVA categories should the Product Owner consider to measure and track the creation and delivery of value to the market place (select three)?

Ability to Innovate

Current Value

Time-to-Market

Risk Reduction

Employee Satisfaction

Capability Building

Incorrect
According to the Evidence Based Management an Organization should focus on the following Key Value Areas (KVA) categories:

Current Value
Time-to-Market
Ability to Innovate

76. Question

Who participates in the Sprint Planning? Select three.

The Scrum Master

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The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Key Stakeholders

The Team Manager

Incorrect
The work to be performed in the Sprint is planned at the Sprint Planning. This plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team.

77. Question

When a product grows, it is quite possible that the PO will get help from other Product Managers and others in the organization who interact regarding the
customer facing activities and knowledge of the product marketplace. Is it a good idea for the PO to proxy or outsource some of their PO Scrum Team
duties to these people (for example, Scrum Team facing duties)?

Yes

No

Correct
When a product grows, it is quite possible that the PO will get help from other Product Managers and others in the organization who interact regarding
the customer facing activities and knowledge of the product marketplace. While it is fine for the PO to be aided by the aforementioned people, it is NOT
acceptable for the PO to attempt to proxy or outsource their PO Scrum Team duties, especially the Scrum Team facing duties.

78. Question

Who is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog?

The Product Owner

The Development Team

The Scrum Master

The Scrum Team

The Scrum Master and the Development Team

The Product owner and the Scrum Master

The Product owner and the Development Team

Incorrect
The Development Team is responsible for all estimates in the Product Backlog. The Product Owner may influence the Development Team by helping it
understand and select trade-offs, but the people who will perform the work make the final estimate.

79. Question

Select the two focus areas that are not considered in executing Value Driven Development by the Product Owner.

Product Visionary

Product Marketplace Expert

Product Value Maximizer

Product Release Decision Maker

Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement

Remover of impediments to the Development Team’s progress

Coach of the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality

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Incorrect
In executing Value Driven Development, the Product Owner must consider the focus areas of:

Product Value Maximizer

Product Visionary
Product Marketplace Expert
Product Release Decision Maker
Lead Facilitator of Key Stakeholder Involvement
Other Product Owner role Considerations

80. Question

If multiple Stakeholders have varied interests in the product and different viewpoints what is the best strategy for the Product Owner?

Listen to the people that fund the product’s development because they always have the last word

Stick to the viewpoint promising the fastest time-to-market

Do an intelligent balancing of interests and try to maximize the value of the Product as a whole

Calculate ROI (Return Of Investments) for every viewpoint and select the maximal one

Correct
Inherent in the role of facilitating key stakeholder involvement is weighing and balancing the (likely) differing viewpoints of multiple stakeholders who
might have varied interests in the product. The Product Owner’s responsibility is to maximize the value of the product as a whole, and this will involve an
intelligent balancing of interests.

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