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01) The Scrum Team should have all the skills needed to: (Choose the best answer)
A) Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the
Product Owner.
B) Do all the development work, except for specialized testing that requires additional
tools and environments.
C) Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially releasable
product functionality.

02) Which of the following is a Scrum event? (Choose the best three answers)
A) Sprint Review.
B) Daily Scrum.
C) Management Inspection.
D) Sprint Planning

03) In some circumstances, it is possible to maintain more than one Product Backlog. Which
of the following is one of these? (Choose the best answer)
A) When there are several Product Owners for the same product, each one with its
own Product Backlog.
B) When there are multiples, independent teams working on several independent
products. Each combination of product and team will have their own Product
Backlog.
C) When the product is too big. A product backlog that is too big is unmanageable
D) Teams should preferably be organized into feature teams, and each team must
have its own Product Backlog.

04) Some activities happen at the end of the Sprint. Given the options below, which three
do NOT happen? (Choose the best three answers)
A) Software development
B) Software deployment
C) Sprint Review meeting
D) QA activities
E) Sprint Retrospective

05) What are the two topics that should be discussed during the Sprint Planning? (Choose
the best answer)
A) 1 - The Product Owner decides what should be done.
2 - How many team members will be needed to complete the selected work?
B) 1 - What are the functional requirements?
2- How will it be developed?
C) 1 - What can be delivered in the increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?
2 - How will the work needed to deliver the Increment be achieved?
D) The Scrum Team decides.

06) Given the following Scrum events, which of the following is the latest step? (Choose the
best answer)
A) Daily Scrum.
B) Sprint Retrospective.
C) Sprint Review.
D) Sprint Planning.
07) True or False: Scrum team practices constantly evolve through the application of
frequently learned lessons.
A) True
B) False

08) According to Scrum, the amount of time for a team to plan Sprint activities is expressed
in what unit of time? (Choose the best answer)
A) Months
B) Days
C) Hours
D) Points

09) What is the MAIN objective of the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer)
A) To inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending
towards completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.
B) To give a status report to the Product Owner, so that the Product Owner can
communicate the stakeholders properly.
C) To discuss work details with the team considering that every team member must
attend this meeting.
D) To give a status report to the Scrum Master.

10) The Scrum Team is running a Sprint that will end in two days. The team does not have
enough time to complete 3 tasks related to two important Product Backlog Items. But
the team believes that only 14 hours more is sufficient to complete all work. They know
that the Product Owner will be disappointed in case these two items are not delivered.
How should the Developers handle the remaining three tasks? (Choose the best answer)
A) The Developers should reallocate the testing tasks to the next Sprint and delivery
the two items. The Product Owner satisfaction is more important than just a few
testing tasks.
B) The Developers should work overtime, as many as needed, and complete all tasks.
C) The Developers should place the two Product Backlog items back to the Product
Backlog.
D) The Developers should complete the two items in the current Sprint and reallocate
the testing tasks to the next Sprint.

11) The Developers needs to manage the actual versus planned progress. What artifact
should they use for this purpose? (Choose the best answer)
A) User stories
B) Burndown chart
C) Scrum board
D) Kanban board
E) They do not need manage it. The Scrum Master is responsible for manage the sprint
progress.

12) A new Scrum Team could not complete some items during the second Sprint. What
happens in this case? (Choose the best answer)
A) The Scrum Team is learning how to run Scrum. For the first Sprints in the beginning,
they can extend the Sprint without any harm.
B) The Scrum Team is not competent. Change the team members.
C) Undone items return to the Product Backlog.
D) None of the above.
13) An optimal Scrum Team size is small enough to remain nimble, and large enough to
complete significant work.

What should be the recommended size for a Scrum Team? (Choose the best answer)
A) 10 or less
B) 9, +1 or -2
C) 8, a pizza slice for each member
D) 7, +2 or -2

14) Which of the following best defines the Scrum? (Choose the best answer)
A) Scrum is a framework for developing, delivering, and sustaining complex products.
B) Scrum is a methodology
C) Scrum is a complete process for developing software
D) Scrum is not an agile framework

15) Which of the following factors should be used to order the Product Backlog? (Choose
the best answer)
A) Size, where small items are at the top, and large items are at the bottom.
B) Risk, where items with low risk are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.
C) Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
D) Importance, where the most important items are at the top at all times.
E) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

16) Who is responsible for defining the Sprint Backlog scope? (Choose the best answer)
A) Only the Product Owner
B) The Developers in agreement with the Product Owner
C) The Scrum Master in agreement with the Product Owner
D) Only the Developers

17) A big company has 5 Teams working on the same product. They want to deliver a done
and potentially shippable product increment.

How should they do it? (Choose the best answer)

A) Each Sprint, all Scrum Teams have a done increment that integrates with all of the
other done increments from all other Scrum Teams on the initiative; the sum of all
of increments is the increment for that initiative or project
B) Each Scrum Team provides a unique done increment that includes the team´s
added functionality
C) Functionality not integrated with the work of other Scrum Teams may be delivered
as unintegrated increments; this demonstrates the value created by the Scrum
Teams unable to completely integrate their increments
D) Each Scrum Team delivers done increments of its own area of responsibility; these
increments are integrated into a whole product during stabilization prior to release

18) What is the Release Burndown? (Choose the best answer)

A) A graph indicating what has been completed by the Scrum Team
B) A measure of the remaining Product Backlog across the time of a release plan
C) What has been completed by the Scrum Team to date
D) The work remaining to be completed by the Product Owner
19) A big company has 5 teams working on the same product. The Product Owner is not sure
about how to arrange the Product Backlog. You, as a Scrum Master, should support the
Product Owner. What do you suggest? (Choose the best answer)
A) Backlog for each Scrum Team; all of the increments are integrated at the end in an
integration Sprint.
B) All Scrum Teams work from a common Product Backlog and integrate their work
every Sprint
C) Each Scrum team should have a separate product backlog; all of the increments are
integrated at the end in an integration Sprint
D) Scrum Teams should have their separate Product Backlogs

20) You are the Scrum Master for five new teams working on the same Product Backlog.
Several developers come to you asking if their increments should be integrated every
sprint.

What do you tell them? (Choose the best answer)

A) No, each team have to deliver their own increment.
B) Yes, but that is not a problem if one or two teams cannot do that.
C) Yes, but only Scrum Teams that work on the same product module.
D) Yes, the Product Owner needs an integrated increment in order to be able to
inspect what was done accurately.

21) Given the following statements, which three are true? (Choose the best three answers)
A) Scrum and traditional processes have many similarities, but Scrum allows self-
managing teams, so no project managers are needed.
B) Empirical process control theory is the Scrum foundation.
C) Scrum is a methodology and prescribes exactly what you have to do in each
situation.
D) Scrum is a framework.
E) Scrum has few components and each one has a specific purpose. To be successful,
all components are required

22) Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For
shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. Given the following objectives, which ones
are covered as part of the Sprint Planning? (Choose the best answer)
A) Understanding what features the Product Owner most want for the next Sprint and
figuring out how to do them.
B) Updating the release project plan with sprints, deadlines, risks, and costs.
C) Demonstrating current software increment and figuring out if it is good enough.
D) Re-estimating higher product backlog items, reviewing team velocity, and making
commitment about project end date.

23) Who should be accountable for managing and updating the Sprint Backlog during a
Sprint? (Choose the best answer)
A) The Developers in agreement with Product Owner.
B) The Scrum Team. He is responsible for administrative tasks.
C) The Developers.
D) The Product Owner. He is responsible for managing the project progress.
24) A new team member, that is new to Scrum as well, come to you asking about what a
good Sprint output could be.

What should you tell him? (Choose the best answer)

A) A complete requirement specification
B) An increment of working software that was not tested
C) An increment of software with some incomplete functionalities
D) An increment of working software that is "done"

25) Scrum Teams are self-managing. Self-managing teams choose how to best accomplish
their work rather than being directed by others out of the team.

Which moment the Developers volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item? (Choose the
best answer)
A) During the Sprint Planning meeting.
B) They are self-managing. It might be any time.
C) Never. The Sprint backlog and all items are collectively owned by the Developers,
even if they are being worked on by a specific member.
D) At the beginning of the Sprint.

26) Select the two best answers about the Daily Scrum Meeting. (Choose the best two
answers)
A) Its duration is fifteen minutes or less.
B) It is facilitated by the Product Owner or Scrum Master.
C) All team members must answer the three questions
D) Its location and time should remain constant

27) During the Sprint, everyone should do their tasks. Who should make sure that it
happens? (Choose the best answer)
A) The Product Owner
B) The Developers
C) The Project Manager
D) The Scrum Master

28) What criteria should be taken into account to define the Sprint length? (Choose the
best answer)
A) Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner
B) Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other
business events.
C) No more than one month
D) All of thse answers are Correct.

29) The Product Owner has several responsibilities. Which of the following is NOT a
Product Owner's responsibility? (Choose the best answer)
A) Facilitate the Daily Scrum meeting
B) Determine and detail the product features and work closely with stakeholders.
C) Gather requirements for Product Backlog items.
D) Inspect the product increment during the Sprint Review.
30) One of the key Product Owner's responsibilities is to order the Product Backlog items
correctly. How should he/she do this? (Choose the best answer)
A) Alphabetically first and then by business value.
B) Grouped by business features first and then chronologically by date of original
business requester.
C) Prioritized by business importance first: the items that result in biggest ROI must
be prioritized first.
D) Chronologically by date of original business requester first and then by business
value.

31) There are three teams working on the same product. How many Product Backlogs
should be maintained in this scenario? (Choose the best answer)
A) Three. One for each team.
B) Just one for all Teams.
C) As many as possible.
D) No Product Backlog is needed.

32) There is a lot of misunderstandings about official events in Scrum. Given the options
below, what is required by Scrum? (Choose the best answer)
A) Release planning
B) Definition of Ready
C) Sprint / Release Burndown chart
D) Daily Scrum have to be held in front a Scrum Board
E) Sprint Review
F) All events above are required by Scrum

33) True or False: After adopting Scrum, the Scrum Team has been very happy. A team
member expresses a key point of this happiness: "We don’t need writing detailed
specifications anymore". Is this statement true or false?
A) True
B) False

34) What is the main objective of the Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best answer)
A) To identify what went wrong during the Sprint
B) To provide feedback to the Scrum Master and Product Owner
C) To discuss and recommend ways to work better in the next Sprints

35) You have just been hired as a Scrum Master for a company that has 10 major products.
The senior management is not confident about how many Product Owners are needed,
they asked you to help them to decide it. Which statements are the two best alternatives
for how many Product Owners should exist? (Choose the best two answers)
A) Only one onsidering that the Product Owner may not delegae to others specific
value, capabilities, and functionality withing the Product
B) One specific Product Owner is responsible for each product (Ten in total),
considering that the Product Owner may delegate to others specific value
compabilities, and functionality within the Product.
C) One specific Product Owner is responsiblem for all tem products, taking into
account that the Product Owner may delegate to others for specific value,
capabilities, and functionality with each Product.
D) As many as needed. Scrum is about empiricism, not a predictive process.

36) True or False: Two Scrum Masters are having a discussion about management in Scrum.
One of them believes that Scrum Master is a management position. Is this Scrum Master
correct?
A) True
B) False
37) An optimal Scrum Team size is small enough to remain nimble, and large enough to
complete significant work. What should be the recommended size for a Scrum Team?
(Choose the best answer)
A) 10 or less
B) 9, +1 or -2
C) 8, a pizza slice for each member
D) 7, +2 ou -2

38) A company has just started using Scrum. There are three Scrum teams and one of them
tells the Scrum Master that it does not feel the need for retrospectives. Given the
following answers, which one is the best? (Choose the best answer)
A) Discuss with the Senior Management what to do
B) Start doing retrospective
C) The team is self-managing. Agree with the team and support them
D) You suggest retrospective to be done every three months.

39) True or False: The Sprint Backlog contains only items selected from the Product Backlog.
A) True
B) False

40) Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog are two official Scrum artifacts. Jhon, a new team
member, does not know the main difference between them. If you were Jhon's Scrum
Master, what should you tell him? (Choose the best answer)
A) There is no big difference. Both are used for the same purpose: show the Product
Backlog items
B) The Sprint Backlog is optional, while the Product Backlog is required.
C) The Sprint Backlog is a subset of the Product Backlog
D) The Sprint Backlog is owned by the Scrum Master and the Product Backlog is owned
by Product Owner.

41) A big company has 5 Teams working on the same product. They want to deliver a done
and potentially shippable product increment. How should they do it? (Choose the best
answer)
A) Each Sprint, all Scrum Teams have a done incremente that integrates with all of the
other done incremens from all other Scrum Teams on the initiative; the sum of all
of increments is the incremente for that initiative or Project.
B) Each Scrum Team provides a unique done incremente that includes the team´s
added functionality.
C) Functionality not integrated with the work of other Scrum Teams may be delevered
as unitegrated increments; this demonstrates the value created by the Scrum
Teams unable to completely integrate then increments.
D) Each Scrum Team delivers done increments of its own are of responsiblity these
increments are integrated into a whole Product during stabilization prior to release.

42) A big company has 5 Teams working on the same product. Each team wants to use their
own Definition of Done. According to Scrum, what best describes the Definition of
"Done" in this scenario? (Choose the best answer)
A) All teams must use the same definition
B) Each team should define and uses its own
C) Each team uses its own but must make it clear to all other teams
D) It depends
43) You are the Scrum Master for five new teams working on the same Product Backlog.
Several developers come to you asking if their increments should be integrated every
Sprint. What do you tell them? (Choose the best answer)
A) No, each team have to deliver their own increments
B) Yes, but that is not a problem i fone or two teams cannot do that
C) Yes, but only Scrum Teams that work on the same Product module
D) Yes, the Product Owner needs na integrated incremente in order to be able to
inspect what was done accurately.

44) The Scrum Master has a lot of responsibilities. A new team member, that is new to
Scrum as well, comes to you asking about the main responsibility of the Scrum Master.
What do you tell him/her? (Choose the best answer)
A) The main responsibility is to facilitare all daily Scrum meetings.
B) The main responsibility is to remove any impediments that the Developers
encounters during their work
C) The main responsibility is work with the Scrum Team acting as a technical leader.
D) The main responsibility is to manage the Developers. The Scrum Master helps the
Product Owner as well, but her/his main focus is the Developers

45) What is the recommended worktime for a team member in a Scrum Team? (Choose the
best answer)
A) A sustainablem pace, usually from 7-8 hours per day
B) As man as required by the Scrum Master
C) As many as required to deliver a Product incremente
D) 14 hours per day.

46) The total remaining story points for a given product is 60. The scrum team has 7
members and 4 Spring have been done with the following information:

Sprint 1: 10 points
Sprint 2: 12 points
Sprint 3: 09 points
Sprint 4: 13 points

How many Sprints probably will be needed to complete all remaining points? (Choose
the best answer)
A) 4
B) 7
C) 6
D) 5

47) The Scrum defines a series of responsibilities. Who is the owner of the Sprint Backlog?
(Choose the best answer)
A) The Scrum Team
B) The Product Owner
C) The Developers
D) The Product Owner and the Developers
48) Sprint Planning is Time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For
shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. Given the following objectives, which ones
are covered as part of the Sprint Planning? (Choose the best answer)
A) Understanding what feature the Product Owner most want for the next Sprint and
figuring out how to do them
B) Updating the release Project plan with Sprints, deadlines, risks, and costs
C) Demonstrating current software increment and figuring out if it is good enough
D) Re-estimating higher Product Backlog items, reviewing team velocity, and making
commitment about Project end date.

49) A new team member, that is new to Scrum as well, come to you asking about what a
good Sprint output could be. What should you tell him? (Choose the best answer)
A) A complete requirement specification
B) Na inrement of working software that was not rested
C) Na incremente of software with some incomplete funcionalities
D) Na incremente of working software that is “done”.

50) During the Sprint, the Developers works to turn Product Backlog items into a working
software increment. The Scrum Master act as a coach and removes impediments. And
how about the Product Owner? What three activities a Product Owner will probably do
during the Sprint? (Choose the best three answers)
A) Facilitate the Daily Scrum
B) Answer question from the Developers about items in the current Sprint.
C) Update the Sprint burndown chart
D) Work with the stakeholders
E) Priorize the Developer´s activities
F) Provide feedbak

51) Scrum Teams are self-managing. Self-managing teams choose how to best accomplish
their work rather than being directed by others out of the team.

Which moment the Scrum Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item?
(Choose the best answer)
A) During the Sprint Planning meeting
B) They are self-managing, it might be any Time
C) Never. The Sprint Backlog and all items are collectively owned by the Scrum Team,
even if they are being worked on by a specific member.
D) At the beginning of the Sprint.

52) True or False: The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through
the implementation of the Product Backlog, and it provides guidance to the Developers
on why it is building the Increment. The Sprint Goal is crafted before the Sprint Backlog
is created.
A) True
B) False

53) Who is responsible for managing the progress toward a business objective? (Choose the
best answer)
A) The Product Owner
B) The Product Owner and the Scrum Master
C) The Scrum Master
D) The Developers
54) True or False: A Scrum Master is essentially the same as a traditional PM (Project
Manager).
A) True
B) False

55) True or False: Sprint's goal is a result of Sprint's planning, as is the Sprint Backlog.
A) True
B) False

56) True or False: There should be only one Product Backlog for the same product, even if
there are multiples Scrum Teams working on it.
A) True
B) False

57) True or False: A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during the Sprint
Review.
A) True
B) False

58) True or False: A product Increment must be released to production at the end of each
Sprint.
A) True
B) False

59) True or False: When multiple teams are working together, each team should maintain a
separate Product Backlog.
A) True
B) False

60) True or False: Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same
Sprint start date.
A) True
B) False

61) True or False: It is recommended to have analysts employ a “definition of ready” to

ensure all items at the top of the Product Backlog are actionable once they are selected
for the Sprint Backlog.
A) False
B) True

62) Average items in the Product Backlog are usually… (Choose the best answer)
A) Larger than items in the Sprint Backlog
B) Smaller than items in the Sprint Backlog
C) The same size as the items in the Sprint Backlog

63) The Scrum Master could not resolve some of the issues. Which two of the following are
good techniques to overcome this problem? (Choose the best two answers)
A) Ask the Developers for help
B) Ask the project manager for help
C) Ask the Product Owner for help
D) Cancel the Sprint and focus on solving the problem
E) Ask the senior management for help
64) When do Scrum Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item? (Choose the
best answer)
A) After the Daily Scrums
B) Whenever the team member has free capacity for more work
C) They don’t do so
D) In the Sprint Planning meeting
E) During the Daily Scrums

65) How is a Product Backlog ordered? (Choose the best answer)

A) It does not have a specific order
B) Riskier items should be on top
C) Based on the customer’s feedback received for the requirement specification
document
D) Based on the Product Owner’s judgment

66) Which two of the following are Scrum Master responsibilities during the Sprint? (Choose
the best two answers)
A) Remove impediments
B) Ensure the Product Owner spends enough time for the project
C) Measure the progress
D) Approve completed deliverables
E) Communicate the progress with stakeholders

67) What does a trend line through a release burn-down chart indicate? (Choose the best
answer)
A) When the remaining work is supposed to be finished
B) The budgeted cost of the project
C) When the remaining work will likely be completed if nothing changes in the Product
Backlog or the Scrum Team
D) When the project will likely finish, if the team develops with a speed equal to the
last Sprint

68) True or False: The Product Owner makes sure the Developers selects enough items from
the Project Backlog for a Sprint to satisfy the customer.
A) False
B) True

69) Which three statements describe the usage of the Definition of Done? (Choose the best
three answers)
A) Increases transparency
B) Creates a common understanding of when work is complete
C) Describes the work that should be done until the end of the Sprint
D) Helps developers understand how many Product Backlog items they can select for
each Sprint
E) Describe the objective of each Sprint

70) Who has the final say on the Product Backlog items? (Choose the best answer)
A) The whole Scrum Team
B) The customer
C) The Product Owner
D) The Developers
71) The Developers has realized that they have over committed themselves for the Sprint.
What should they do? (Choose the best answer)
A) Nothing
B) Ask the Scrum Master to solve the problem
C) Call the Product Owner to review the items with them and revise the Sprint Backlog
if necessary
D) Move some items back to the Product Backlog

72) Which two of the following are NOT Developers responsibilities? (Choose the best two
answers)
A) Monitoring productivity
B) Resolving their conflicts
C) Prioritizing the new Product Backlog items
D) Reporting the Sprint progress to the customer

73) Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders? (Choose the best answer)
A) The Developers
B) The Scrum Master
C) The Product Owner
D) The Scrum Team

74) How many hours per day should a developer work? (Choose the best answer)
A) At a sustainable pace (usually 6 to 8 hours)
B) Not more than 16 hours prior to the releases, as long as they take a break after
that.
C) Depending on the organizational policies
D) As much as needed for completing the planned items

75) The Developers has realized that they have selected too many items for the Sprint
Backlog, while they are in the middle of the Sprint Planning. Which two of the following
are proper actions in this case? (Choose the best two answers)
A) Work overtime and finish everything
B) Add more developers to the team
C) Remove some of the lower priority items
D) Inform the Product Owner and start development

76) A developer does not work properly and is blocking the team activity. Who should
decide on removing that person? (Choose the best answer)
A) The hiring manager
B) The Developers, probably with the help of the Scrum Master
C) The Product Owner
D) The whole Scrum Team

77) When the Scrum Team becomes mature enough, the following decision might be taken.
(Choose the best answer)
A) They will add more stringent criteria to the Definition of Done
B) They will need longer Sprint Retrospectives
C) They will not need a Scrum Master any more
D) They will not need timeboxed events any more

78) Which two of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? (Choose the best two answers)
A) Sprint
B) Sprint Review
C) Daily Scrum
D) Product Backlog refinement
79) Which of the following are outputs of Sprint Planning? (Choose the best three answers)
A) Items selected from the Product Backlog
B) Product Backlog order
C) Product Backlog estimates
D) Sprint Goal
E) Resource assignments
F) Tasks

80) What is the best way a Scrum Master optimizes the team productivity? (Choose the best
answer)
A) Measuring performance and communicating it to the stakeholders
B) Making the Product Backlog items clear and understood
C) Facilitation and problem solving
D) Communicating with the customer and understanding their requirements