Scrum Scrum Certifications PSM-I Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  What is the role of management in Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. To present the Scrum Teams with insights and resources that help them improve.

  B. To monitor the Development Team's productivity.

  C. To identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.

  D. To continually monitor staffing levels of the Scrum Team.

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://productmint.com/what-is-the-role-of-management-in-scrum/#:~:text=As%20advocated%20by%20the%20Scrum,value%20product%20and%20system%20capabilities

• Question 182:

  The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the Development Team do?

  A. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.

  B. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.

  C. Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

  D. Add the item to the next Sprint.

  Correct Answer: C

  According to the scrum guide, The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item's priority must address the Product Owner.

• Question 183:

  What are two responsibilities of testers in a Scrum Team? (Choose two.)

  A. Verifying the work of programmers.

  B. Everyone in the Development Team is responsible for quality.

  C. Tracking quality metrics.

  D. Finding bugs.

  E. Scrum has no "tester" role.

  Correct Answer: BE

• Question 184:

  What two factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length? (Choose two.)

  A. The organization has mandated similar length sprints.

  B. The level of uncertainty over the technology to be used.

  C. The frequency at which team formation can be changed.

  D. The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.

  Correct Answer: BD

• Question 185:

  Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint? (Choose two.)

  A. The length of the Sprint should be proportional to the work that is done in between Sprints.

  B. It is best to have Sprints of consistent length throughout a development effort.

  C. Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should hold the time it will take to code the planned features in the upcoming Sprint, but does not include time for any testing.

  D. Sprint length is determined during Sprint Planning, and should be long enough to make sure the Development Team can deliver what is to be accomplished in the upcoming Sprint.

  E. All Sprints must be 1 month or less.

  Correct Answer: BE

• Question 186:

  A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint. Select two statements that explain what "Done" means. (Choose two.)

  A. All work the Development Team is willing to do.

  B. Ready for integration.

  C. No work left from the definition of "Done".

  D. Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.

  E. All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users.

  Correct Answer: CE

• Question 187:

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

  A. The Scrum Master.

  B. The Development Team.

  C. The Product Owner.

  D. The most junior member of the Team.

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.aha.io/roadmapping/guide/release-management/what-is-a-sprint#:~:text=Who%20manages%20a%20sprint%3F,in%20sprint%20planning%20and%20implementation.andtext=Responsible%20for%20maximizing%20the %20value,to%20accept%20stories%20as%20done

• Question 188:

  How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event?

  A. Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Development Team's understanding of the Sprint.

  B. The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of the Sprint Planning meeting.

  C. Enough so the Development Team can create its best forecast of what is can do, and to start the first several days of the Sprint.

  D. Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 189:

  Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?

  A. Failing unit tests, to identify acceptance tests for the next Sprint.

  B. An increment of software with minor known bugs in it.

  C. An increment of working software that is "done".

  D. A single document, if that is what the Scrum Master asked for.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 190:

  Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency. (Choose two.)

  A. When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment.

  B. It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint.

  C. As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.

  D. It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a Development Team is not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt.

  Correct Answer: BC