Title: Scrum Open

Percentage: 76.7%

Duration: 00:08:48

Date started: Sun 12 Dec 2021 02:18

Date finished: Sun 12 Dec 2021 02:26

Feedback

Thank you for taking the Open assessment of Scrum. Please review The Scrum Guide on Scrum.org
and take this assessment again to improve your score.

Ken Schwaber

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All Questions 23 Correct 7 Incorrect

Question 1 of 30

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: E.
You chose: E.

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 A. 4 hours and longer as needed.

B. As long as needed.

C. 2 hours.

D. 1 day.

E. 4 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

Feedback

Sprint Review is a maximum four-hour timeboxed event for one-month Sprints. For shorter
Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

Question 2 of 30

A Scrum Team consists of the following:

(choose the best three answers)

Correct answer: A. B. E.
You chose: A. B. E.

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A. Product Owner

B. Scrum Master

C. Customers

D. Users

E. Developers

Feedback

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 The Scrum Team consists of one Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.

Question 3 of 30

When does a Developer become accountable for the value of a Product Backlog item
selected for the Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D.
You chose: D.

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A. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.

B. During the Daily Scrum.

C. At the Sprint Planning Event.

D. Never. The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating value every Sprint.

Feedback
All members of the Scrum Team share in the accountability for creating value every Sprint.

Question 4 of 30

How much work must the Developers complete for each Product Backlog item they select
for a Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.

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 You chose: B.

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A. All development work and at least some testing.

B. Enough so that each Product Backlog item they select meets the Definition of
Done.

C. As much as it can fit into the Sprint.

D. Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

Feedback

The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver useful and valuable Increments that adhere to the Scrum
Team's current Definition of Done.

Question 5 of 30

True or False: Scrum has a role called "project manager."

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

A. True

B. False

Feedback

A Scrum Team has a Scrum Master, a Product Owner and Developers. As a whole they have all
controls needed.

Question 6 of 30

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A.
You chose: A.

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A. The Product Owner.

B. The CEO.

C. The Developers.

D. The Scrum Master.

E. The Stakeholders.

Feedback
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog.

Question 7 of 30

When is a Sprint over?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: A.

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A. When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.

B. When the timebox expires.

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 C. When the Product Owner says it is done.

D. When all the tasks are completed.

Feedback
Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency. A new Sprint starts
immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Question 8 of 30

Which of the following services is appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily
Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: E.

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A. Ensure that all 3 questions have been answered.

B. Teach the Developers to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute timebox.

C. Facilitate in a way that ensures each team member has a chance to speak.

D. Lead the discussions of the Developers.

E. All answers apply.

Feedback

The Scrum Master ensures that the Developers have the event, but the Developers are
responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum. The Scrum Master teaches the Developers to keep
the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute timebox. The Scrum Master enforces the rule that only
members participate in the Daily Scrum.

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 Question 9 of 30

True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable and useful Increment of
working product.

Correct answer: A.
You chose: A.

A. True

B. False

Feedback

The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a timebox of one month or less during which a done, useful, and
valuable working product Increment is created.

Question 10 of 30

What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A.
You chose: A.

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A. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

B. The event must happen at a set time.

C. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.

D. The event must happen by a given time.

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 Feedback

Timeboxed events are events that have a maximum duration.

Question 11 of 30

Which Scrum events are timeboxed?

(choose the best three answers)

Correct answer: B. E. F.
You chose: B. E. F.

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A. Release Retrospective.

B. Sprint Planning.

C. Sprint Testing.

D. Refinement.

E. Sprint Retrospective.

F. Sprint Review.

G. Release Testing.

Feedback

The Scrum Guide states that the Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and Sprint Reviews are
timeboxed events. Sprints are fixed length events of one month or less to create consistency, and
the Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event.

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 Question 12 of 30

The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: D.

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A. Monthly.

B. Whenever it is done.

C. 8 hours for a monthly Sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

D. 4 hours.

Feedback

Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter
Sprints, the event is usually shorter.

Question 13 of 30

During a Sprint, a Developer determines that the Scrum Team will not be able to complete
the items in their forecast. Who should be present to review and adjust the Product
Backlog items selected?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D.
You chose: B.

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 A. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.

B. The Developers.

C. The Scrum Master, the project manager, and the Developers

D. The Product Owner and the Developers.

Feedback

During the Sprint, scope may be clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and the
Developers as more is learned. It is important to be transparent when challenges arise since
ultimately the entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment.

Question 14 of 30

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: D.

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A. To write down any changes to the Sprint Backlog, including adding new items,
and tracking progress on the burn-down.

B. To make sure every team member answers the three questions.

C. They do not have to be there; they only need to ensure the Developers have a
Daily Scrum.

D. To gather status and progress information to report to management.

Feedback

The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and

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 kept within the timebox.

Question 15 of 30

Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. The Scrum Team.

B. The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

C. The Developers.

D. The Developers and Scrum Master.

E. The Developers and Product Owner.

Feedback

Only the people doing the work described on the Sprint Backlog need to inspect and adapt at the
Daily Scrum. If the Product Owner or Scrum Master are actively working on items in the Sprint
Backlog, they participate as Developers, they will need to be at the Daily Scrum.

Question 16 of 30

Which statement best describes Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

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 Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific

Management.

B. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.

C. A framework for creating complex products in complex environments.

D. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software.

Feedback

Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value
through adaptive solutions for complex problems.

Question 17 of 30

Select three incorrect, untrue, or misleading statements about Scrum?

(choose the best three answers)

Correct answer: A. D. E.
You chose: A. D. E.

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A. Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum
you think will work for your environment.

B. Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.

C. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to your

ability to use Scrum to develop complex products.

D. Scrum is like traditional processes but with self-organization to replace Project

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E. Scrum is a framework that eliminates complexity.

F. Scrum is based on empirical process control theory.

Feedback

1. Scrum is meant to be implemented as prescribed in the Scrum Guide. For example,

the five events in the Scrum Guide are mandatory, each event has a specific purpose.
2. Scrum does not eliminate the complexity that is inherent in delivering a product in
today’s world, instead it offers a framework for dealing with complexity. By regularly
delivering Increments of value teams gain the ability to inspect and rapidly adapt
based on the feedback received.
3. Project Managers are not simply replaced by self-managing teams. Scrum is a
framework for optimizing decision making based on the knowledge and experience of
the entire team.

Question 18 of 30

Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release,
and be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D.
You chose: D.

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A. The Developers

B. The Project Manager

C. The Scrum Master

D. The Product Owner

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 Feedback

The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for ordering the Product Backlog. Their
responsibilities include making the Product Backlog visible, transparent, and clear to all.

Question 19 of 30

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. The same time of day every day.

B. 15 minutes.

C. Two minutes per person.

D. 15 minutes for a 4-week sprint. For shorter Sprints it is usually shorter.

E. 4 hours.

Feedback

The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master
serves the Scrum Team by ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive,
and kept within the timebox.

Question 20 of 30

An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the

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 terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D.
You chose: B.

A. Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may
actually happen.

B. The organization may not understand what has changed with Scrum and the
benefits of Scrum may be lost.

C. Management may feel less anxious.

D. All of the above.

Question 21 of 30

The three pillars of empiricism are:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen.

B. Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.

C. Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste.

D. Planning, Inspection, Adaptation.

E. Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective.

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 Feedback
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that
knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known.
Three pillars uphold every implementation of empirical process control: transparency, inspection,
and adaptation.

Question 22 of 30

When should the Developers on a Scrum Team be replaced?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.

B. As needed, while taking into account a short-term reduction in productivity.

C. Never, it reduces productivity.

D. Every Sprint to promote shared learning.

Feedback
Scrum Teams typically go through some steps before achieving a state of increased performance.
Changing membership typically reduces cohesion, affecting performance and productivity in the
short term.

Question 23 of 30

Who creates the Definition of Done?

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 (choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. The Product Owner since they are responsible for the product's success.

B. The Scrum Master since they are responsible for the productivity of the
Developers.

C. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of

Done appropriate for the product.

D. The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common
denominator of all members' definitions.

Feedback
If the Definition of Done for an Increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum
Teams must follow it as a minimum. If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must
create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product.

Question 24 of 30

What is the role of Management in Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A.
You chose: A.

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A. Support the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product
and system capabilities. Support the Scrum Master to cause organizational
change that fosters empiricism, self-management, bottom-up intelligence, and

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B. Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.

C. Monitor the progress of the Developers on the Scrum Team.

D. Identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.

Feedback
Management has no active role in the actual product development through Scrum. However,
management external to the Scrum Team is relevant in setting the vision and strategy to guide the
overall direction of the organization.

Question 25 of 30

Who is responsible for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. The Scrum Master.

B. The Developers.

C. The Product Owner.

D. The most junior member of the team.

Feedback
The Developers use the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect
how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

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 Question 26 of 30

The Developers should not be interrupted during the Sprint and the Sprint Goal should
remain intact. These are conditions that foster creativity, quality and productivity.

(Which one the following answers is FALSE?)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. The Developers may work with the Product Owner to add or remove work if they
find themselves with more or less capacity than expected.

B. The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not
change during the Sprint.

C. As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog

changes and may grow as the work emerges.

D. The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the
Developers.

Feedback
The Sprint Backlog makes visible all of the work that the Developers identify as necessary to
meet the Sprint Goal. The Developers modify the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the
Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint.

Question 27 of 30

True or False: The Scrum Team must choose at least one high priority process
improvement item, identified during the Sprint Retrospective, and place it in the Sprint
Backlog.

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 Correct answer: B.
You chose: A.

A. True

B. False

Feedback
An earlier version of the Scrum Guide prescribed the practice of placing one improvement in the
Sprint Backlog. This was removed in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide because it was felt to
be too prescriptive. However, if this practice provides value to you then you should adopt it. It is
simply not prescribed anymore, but can still be valuable.

Question 28 of 30

The Developers should have all the skills needed to:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B.
You chose: B.

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A. Do all of the development work, except for specialized testing that requires
additional tools and environments.

B. Turn the Product Backlog items they select into an Increment of useful and
valuable product functionality.

C. Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the
Product Owner.

Feedback
The Developers are a group of professionals who do the work of delivering an Increment of done
product at the end of each Sprint. As a team, Developers have all of the skills necessary to create

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Question 29 of 30

What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C.
You chose: C.

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A. Minimum of 7.

B. 9.

C. Typically 10 or fewer people.

D. 7 plus or minus 2.

Feedback

A Scrum Team is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work
within a Sprint, typically 10 or fewer people. Generally smaller teams communicate better and are
more productive

Question 30 of 30

Who is on the Scrum Team?

(choose the best three answers)

Correct answer: B. C. D.
You chose: B. C. D.

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A. Project Manager.

B. The Scrum Master.

C. Developers.

D. The Product Owner.

Feedback
The Scrum Team consists of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner and Developers. The Scrum
Team is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal.

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