Scrum PSM-II Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Scrum PSM-II Online Questions & Answers

• Question 91:

  After several Sprints, a key stakeholder starts using the product. The stakeholder is surprised by the slow performance and complains to the Product Owner. The Product Owner comes to the Scrum Master asking for advice.

  What is the best action for a Scrum Master to take?

  A. Wait until the next Sprint Retrospective as it is the most opportune time to modify the Definition of Done.
  B. Bring the concern to the testers in the Development Team and ask them to include performance testing.
  C. Explain to the Product Owner that it's up to the Development Team to. decide on acceptable performance standards as they own the Definition of Done.
  D. Encourage the Product Owner to bring the performance concerns to the Development Team and work with them on how to improve performance, and ultimately have stronger Definition of Done.
  D. Encourage the Product Owner to bring the performance concerns to the Development Team and work with them on how to improve performance, and ultimately have stronger Definition of Done.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The highest priority of agility is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Because the Development Team is the one doing the work and increments must meet performance standards, they can expand their Definition of Done to include more stringent criteria for higher quality.

• Question 92:

  Which of the following is true about the Product Owner role?

  A. Can be shared between multiple people on a Scrum Team, Is the same as a Project Manager. Is played by a committee or a team of people.
  B. Is one person. Can be influenced by a committee. Is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.
  B. Is one person. Can be influenced by a committee. Is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.

• Question 93:

  Who determines how to do the work during the Sprint?

  A. The Scrum Master.
  B. The Technical Architects.
  C. The Development Team.
  D. The Team Leads.
  E. The engineering director.
  C. The Development Team.

• Question 94:

  Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Technical debt is any shortcomings in the code. It is a natural by-product of software development (unavoidable) and can at best be managed. If neglected, it will compound and have a negative effect on the team's ability to the deliver value. A team can have an artificially high velocity by taking shortcuts or introducing technical, debt into the system. This can give a false assumption about the current state of the product. It can look good on the surface but underneath can be a mess.

• Question 95:

  A high performing Scrum Team will have frequent Release Sprints.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True
  B. False

• Question 96:

  What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)

  A. Timeboxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.
  B. Clearly defined functional teams within the Development Team to define handoff phases during development.
  C. Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.
  D. Having a mixture of different levels of skills and experience to promote domain knowledge sharing.
  A. Timeboxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.
  C. Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Time-boxing promotes regularity and focus for self-organized teams. Having shippable Increments allows teams to collaboratively make decisions on what needs to be done next.

• Question 97:

  During a Product Backlog refinement meeting, the Product Owner introduces a business objective that will be worked on for the next several Sprints. The Product Owner envisions several key features necessary to be delivered in order to meet the business objective. As the features will be using sensitive user data it will be subjected to external security audits. These non-functional security requirements were not applicable to previous Increments.

  What are two good ways the Development Team can handle these high-security concerns? (Choose two.)

  A. They should be planned in parallel Sprints so not to disrupt the Development Team during feature development. After security concerns have been finalized, they will be applied to the work that is already completed before new feature development can continue.
  B. They should be handled in a parallel Sprint by a separate security team so that security can be resolved through application enhancements without impacting the functional development.
  C. A complete list of security-related Product Backlog items needs to be created before starting a new Sprint.
  D. During the Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team assesses how to add these expectations to their Definition of Done so every future Increment will meet these security requirements. If needed they can work with external specialists to better understand the requirements.
  E. They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed throughout the next Sprints, combined with creating the business functionality in those Sprints, no matter how small the business functionality.
  D. During the Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team assesses how to add these expectations to their Definition of Done so every future Increment will meet these security requirements. If needed they can work with external specialists to better understand the requirements.
  E. They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed throughout the next Sprints, combined with creating the business functionality in those Sprints, no matter how small the business functionality.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  In order to ensure transparency, work that must be done to the product must be visible in either the Product Backlog or the Definition of Done.

• Question 98:

  Which of the following actions is appropriate for a Scrum Master at the Daily Scrum?

  A. Making sure each member has an opportunity to answer all three questions.
  B. Leading the Daily Scrum.
  C. Teaching the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum time-boxed to 15 minutes or less.
  D. Updating the Scrum board.
  E. All of the above.
  C. Teaching the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum time-boxed to 15 minutes or less.

• Question 99:

  When multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, also known as scaled Scrum, they must still work in conformance of the Scrum guide.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Scrum is a framework with built in flexibility to support multiple Scrum Teams working on a single product.

• Question 100:

  The Sprint length should be:

  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.
  C. No more than one month.
  D. All of these answers are correct.
  D. All of these answers are correct.