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Title: Scrum Open

Percentage: 100%

Duration: 00:03:51

Date started: Mon 18 Jan 2021 08:17

Date finished: Mon 18 Jan 2021 08:21

Feedback
Congratulations! Your score on the Open assessment demonstrates you know some Scrum basics.

Scrum on,
Ken Schwaber

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Question 1 of 30

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

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

D) He or she does not have to be there; he or she only has to ensure the Developers have a
Daily Scrum.

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Feedback
The Scrum Master only ensures that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept
within the timebox.

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

Question 3 of 30

When should the Developers on a Scrum Team should be replaced?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

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

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

C) Every Sprint to promote shared learning.

D) Never, it reduces productivity.

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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 4 of 30

When does the next Sprint begin?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) When the Product Owner is ready.

B) Next Monday.

C) Immediately following the next Sprint Planning.

D) Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Feedback
A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

Question 5 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: A)
You chose: A)
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A) The Sprint Backlog is fully formulated in the Sprint Planning event and does not change
during the Sprint.

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

C) As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items, the Sprint Backlog changes and
may grow as the work emerges.

D) The Developers may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has
more or less capacity than it expected.

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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 6 of 30

Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) Keep stakeholders from distracting the Developers.

B) Directing the Developers.

C) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the
stakeholders.

D) Optimizing the value of the work the Scrum Team does.

Feedback
The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Scrum Team.

Question 7 of 30

True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams work together on the same product, each team
should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)

A) True

B) False

Feedback
Products have one Product Backlog, regardless of how many Scrum Teams are used. Any other setup
makes it difficult for the Developers to determine what they should work on.

Question 8 of 30

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Who is required to attend the Daily Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) The Scrum Team.

B) The Developers and Product Owner.

C) The Developers and Scrum Master.

D) The Developers.

E) The Scrum Master 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 9 of 30

What is the role of Management in Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) Continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.

B) Identify and remove people that are not working hard enough.

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

D) 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 intelligent release of software.

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.

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Question 10 of 30

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

B) The place can be named.

C) The Product Owner demands it.

D) The consistency reduces complexity.

Feedback
The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity.

Question 11 of 30

Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to check on the work
done.

B) It is a mechanism to control Developer activity during a Sprint.

C) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of a Sprint and figure out
what to do next.

Feedback
Every event in Scrum, besides the Sprint, which is a container for the other events, is an opportunity to
Inspect and Adapt.

Question 12 of 30

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An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology
to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)

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 13 of 30

The timebox for the Sprint Planning event is?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Whenever it is done.

B) Monthly.

C) 4 hours.

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

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 14 of 30

True or False: It is mandatory that the product Increment be released to production at the end of
each Sprint.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
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A) True

B) False

Feedback
The product Increment should be usable and releasable at the end of every Sprint, but it does not have to be
released.

Question 15 of 30

When is a Sprint over?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) When the Product Owner says it is done.

B) When all Product Backlog items meet their Definition of Done.

C) When all the tasks are completed.

D) When the timebox expires.

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 16 of 30

Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?

(choose the best two answers)

Correct answer: D) E)
You chose: D) E)
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A) Develop a plan for the rest of the release.

B) Create the complete Product Backlog to be developed in subsequent Sprints.
C) Determine the complete architecture and infrastructure for the product.
D) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.

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E) Deliver an Increment of useful and valuable product.

Feedback
The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, which is one month or less during which a done, usable, valuable product
Increment is created. This applies to every Sprint.

Question 17 of 30

The Product Backlog is ordered by:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: E)
You chose: E)
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A) Size, where small items are at the top and large items are at the bottom.

B) Items are randomly arranged.

C) Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.

D) Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.

E) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

Feedback
The Product Owner is accountable for effective Product Backlog management. The Product Backlog is an
emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken
by the Scrum Team.

Question 18 of 30

Which Scrum events are timeboxed?

(choose the best three answers)

Correct answer: B) D) F)
You chose: B) D) F)
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A) Release Testing.
B) Sprint Retrospective.
C) Refinement.
D) Sprint Planning.
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E) Sprint Testing.
F) Sprint Review.
G) Release Retrospective.

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.

Question 19 of 30

The timebox for the Sprint Review is:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
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A) 2 hours.

B) 1 day.

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

D) 4 hours and longer as needed.

E) As long as needed.

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

Question 20 of 30

The length of a Sprint should be:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)

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.

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C) One month or less.

D) All of the above.

Feedback
All of these choices are appropriate considerations in determining the length of a Sprint.

Question 21 of 30

The three pillars of empiricism are:

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) Transparency, Eliminating Waste, Kaizen.

B) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation.

C) Respect For People, Kaizen, Eliminating Waste.

D) Planning, Inspection, Adaptation.

E) Planning, Demonstration, Retrospective.

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

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

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: D)
You chose: D)
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A) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

B) All development work and at least some testing.

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

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

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 23 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.

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)

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 24 of 30

Who creates the Definition of Done?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

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

B) If it is not an organizational standard, the Scrum Team must create a Definition of Done
appropriate for the product.

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

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

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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 25 of 30

The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: E)
You chose: E)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) Two minutes per person.

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

C) The same time of day every day.

D) 4 hours.

E) 15 minutes.

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 26 of 30

Which statement best describes Scrum?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: C)
You chose: C)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

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.

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

Question 27 of 30

Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: A)
You chose: A)
Note: This question displayed answers in random order during the test.

A) Empirical

B) Complex

C) Hybrid

D) Defined

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 observed.

Question 28 of 30

When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

(choose the best answer)

Correct answer: B)
You chose: B)
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A) When the Developers feel that the work is too hard.

B) When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

C) When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

D) When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

Feedback

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A Sprint could be cancelled if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. Only the Product Owner has the authority
to cancel the Sprint.

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
Optimal Scrum Team size is small enough to remain nimble and large enough to complete significant work
within a Sprint. Too few members decreases interaction and delivers smaller productivity gains. Too many
Scrum Team members requires too much coordination.

Question 30 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.

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