Scrum Professional Scrum Master PSM-I Questions & Answers

• Question 11:

  Which approach is best for Scrum Teams in order to produce valuable Increments? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. Each Developer works on the component where they feel that they can contribute.

  B. Each Scrum Team is accountable for developing functionality from beginning to end.

  C. Each Scrum Team works on an independent set of components.

  D. Each Scrum Member works only as an independent layer of the system.

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.atlassian.com/agile/scrum/roles

• Question 12:

  Who is accountable for clearly expressing Product Backlog items? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. The business analyst who represents the Product Owner.

  B. The Product Owner.

  C. The Scrum Master, or the Scrum Master may have the Developers do it.

  D. The Scrum Master.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 13:

  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.)

  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 within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.

  C. Management may feel less anxious.

  D. All answers apply.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 14:

  Who is accountable for tracking the remaining work toward the Sprint Goal? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. The Developers.

  B. The Scrum Master.

  C. The Product Owner.

  D. The Project Manager.

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://www.scrum.org/forum/scrum-forum/30606/who-tracks-total-work-remaining-achive-sprint-goal-dev-team-or-po#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Scrum%20Guide,of%20achieving%20the%20Sprint%20Goal% 22.andtext=The%20sprint%20goal%20tracking%20is,the%20PO%20during%20sprint%20review.

• Question 15:

  Which of the following is a Developer accountable for? (Choose the best two answers.)

  A. Selecting the Product Owner.

  B. Reporting productivity.

  C. Creating a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog.

  D. Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal.

  Correct Answer: CD

  Reference: https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

• Question 16:

  Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. What to do and who will do it.

  B. How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.

  C. What can be done and how to do it, and why to do it.

  D. What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.

  E. Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.

  Correct Answer: C

  Reference: https://plan.io/blog/sprint-planning/

• Question 17:

  A Scrum Team is a cohesive unit of professionals that consists of which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

  A. Users.

  B. One Scrum Master.

  C. Developers.

  D. Customers.

  E. One Product Owner.

  Correct Answer: BCE

  Reference: https://www.scruminc.com/scrum-team/#:~:text=The%20Scrum%20Team%20consists%20of,a%20time%2C%20the%20Product%20Goal

• Question 18:

  Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just started using the product. The stakeholder is unhappy with the quality of the product. What are two good options for the Scrum Master? (Choose the best two answers.)

  A. Wait to bring this up until the Sprint Retrospective.

  B. Encourage the Product Owner to put quality specifications on the Product Backlog and express the stakeholder's concern to the Developers.

  C. Bring the concern to the testers to improve how the Product is verified.

  D. Explain to the Product Owner that it is up to the Developers to decide on acceptable quality standards.

  E. Coach the Product Owner on how to talk with the Developers about this concern.

  Correct Answer: AE

• Question 19:

  How do you know that a Scrum Team is cross-functional? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. Scrum Team has all the skills to create an increment by the end of every Sprint.

  B. A few of the Development Team members pair program and do Test Driven Development.

  C. There are no conflicts within the Scrum Team.

  D. Every member of the Scrum Team is able to perform every task.

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://www.blueprintsys.com/scaling-agile/step-3-organize-in-cross-functional-teams

• Question 20:

  How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf.

  B. Managers are not required at the Daily Scrum.

  C. Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum.

  D. The Product Owner represents their opinions.

  Correct Answer: B