Scrum Professional Scrum Master PSM-I Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? (Choose two.)

  A. Run the Daily Scrum.

  B. Prioritize the Development Team's work on the Sprint Backlog.

  C. Update management on what is being worked on.

  D. Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.

  Correct Answer: CD

• Question 22:

  Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

  A. Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

  B. Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

  C. Develop at least one piece of functionality.

  D. Define the major product features and release plan architecture

  E. Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

  Correct Answer: CE

• Question 23:

  At the seventh Sprint Review, the stakeholders are disappointed and angry. They have determined that the product or system being built will not meet their needs and will cost more than they are willing to spend. What factors likely led to this? (Choose two.)

  A. The Project Management Office (PMO) has not been engaged adequately.

  B. The Product Owner has not been keeping the stakeholders aware of the progress of the project.

  C. The stakeholders haven't been using the Sprint Reviews to inspect and evaluate progress.

  D. The stakeholders were not allowed to enter the development area.

  Correct Answer: BC

• Question 24:

  Every Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master. (Choose the best answer.)

  A. True. Outcomes affected by their participation and availability.

  B. False. A Product Owner can be replaced by a subject matter expert in the Scrum Team.

  C. False. A Scrum Master is only required when asked for by the Scrum Team.

  D. True. Each must be 100% dedicated to the Scrum Team.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 25:

  What is the accountability of the Product Owner during Sprint 0? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. There is no such thing as Sprint 0.

  B. Gathering, eliciting, and analyzing the requirements that will be inserted into the Product Backlog.

  C. Make the complete project plan to commit date, budget, and scope to the stakeholders.

  D. Determine the composition of the Development Teams so they have the capacity to deliver the completed forecast.

  E. Make sure enough Product Backlog items are refined to fill the first 3 Sprints.

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/scrum-myths-it-ok-have-sprint-0-design-sprint-hardening-sprint

• Question 26:

  When a Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast, who has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. The Development Team.

  B. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.

  C. The Product Owner and the Development Team.

  D. The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 27:

  The IT manager asks a Development Team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Development Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should: (Choose the best answer.)

  A. Talk to the IT manager and explain that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review.

  B. Tell the Development Team to figure it out themselves.

  C. Tell the Development Team to fit the report into the Sprint Backlog.

  D. Create and deliver the report to the manager herself.

  E. Ask the Product Owner to send the manager the report.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 28:

  When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of "Done"? (Choose the best answer.)

  A. Each Development Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.

  B. It depends.

  C. Each Development Team uses its own but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.

  D. All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 29:

  A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and they have been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which two techniques would be most helpful in this situation? (Choose two.)

  A. Discuss the impediments with the Development Team.

  B. Prioritize the list and work on them in order.

  C. Arrange a triage meeting with all project managers.

  D. Add each open impediment to the Product Backlog.

  Correct Answer: AB

• Question 30:

  What are two ways that architecture and infrastructure are handled in Scrum? (Choose two.)

  A. They are discussed, determined, and documented before the actual feature development Sprints.

  B. They are implemented along with functional development of the product.

  C. They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small.

  D. They are built by a separate team through the creation of an architectural runway.

  Correct Answer: BC