Scrum PSM-II Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Scrum PSM-II Online Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  In the Sprint Review, one of the stakeholders highlights the money spent this year, and that due to market changes, the funding may run out. An argument follows this statement, with raised voices and strong emotional statements. As a Scrum Master, what are your two best options? (Choose two.)

  A. Ask for a short break for people to calm down and be objective.
  B. Argue that the Scrum Team needs to be kept busy while the funding is confirmed.
  C. It is the Product Owners meeting, so do nothing.
  D. Defend the budget, asking the stakeholders to support the funding of the work.
  E. Encourage the stakeholders to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.
  A. Ask for a short break for people to calm down and be objective.
  E. Encourage the stakeholders to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.

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• Question 112:

  What factors are best considered when defining the Sprint length?

  A. How often team membership changes and the size of the Development Team.
  B. Having consistent Sprint length across all Scrum Teams.
  C. The level of expertise over the technology to be used, ability to release an Increment to the end users, and the risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.
  C. The level of expertise over the technology to be used, ability to release an Increment to the end users, and the risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.

• Question 113:

  What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?

  A. Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.
  B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.
  C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.
  B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.

• Question 114:

  What must the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

  A. Create a potentially shippable product Increment that includes at least one piece of functionality.
  B. Analyze and estimate the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.
  C. Create a project plan in order to map functional development to Sprint dates.
  D. Only design and develop the architecture and infrastructure.
  A. Create a potentially shippable product Increment that includes at least one piece of functionality.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Sprints promote iterative and incremental development.

• Question 115:

  You are the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team that has one Developer who disagrees with team decisions. Their disagreements are becoming disruptive and slowing progress. The Developer often returns to earlier team decisions and re-opens the issue.

  What are two ways to go about this problem? (Choose two.)

  A. You go to the Human Resources department and ask them to have a conversation with the Developer based on the issues the team has raised.
  B. You organize an offsite team building activity to establish a foundation of trust. You observe whether the problem persists after the offsite activity.
  C. You take the Developer aside to express your concern over their disagreements and tell them to act as a team player and to comply with the team's decision.
  D. To every team member expressing this concern you suggest raising this with the full team. You offer to help initiate the conversation but not to resolve the concern yourself.
  E. At the Sprint Retrospective you observe whether the topic is raised. If it does not happen, you check on how comfortable everybody is with the way team decisions are made.
  C. You take the Developer aside to express your concern over their disagreements and tell them to act as a team player and to comply with the team's decision.
  E. At the Sprint Retrospective you observe whether the topic is raised. If it does not happen, you check on how comfortable everybody is with the way team decisions are made.

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• Question 116:

  A new member has just joined an existing Development Team that has been together for several Sprints. During the Sprint, the individual has been trying to share his ideas and viewpoints but is continuously ignored by the rest of the Development Team.

  Which three Scrum Values has the Development Team been neglecting? (Choose three.)

  A. Commitment
  B. Respect
  C. Transparency
  D. Focus
  E. Openness
  F. Courage
  B. Respect
  E. Openness
  F. Courage

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The Scrum Team members have courage to do the right thing and work on challenging problems. The Scrum Team agree to be open (to speak and listen) about all the work and the challenges with performing the work. Scrum Team members respect each other's skills, experience, and opinions.

• Question 117:

  As a Scrum Master, what would you strive for if five new Scrum Teams were to work on one product?

  A. There should be five Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.
  B. The product has one Product Backlog and one Product Owner.
  C. There should be five Product Backlogs and one Product Owner to manage them.
  D. There should be five Product Backlogs and five Product Owners.
  B. The product has one Product Backlog and one Product Owner.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  For a single product there is one Product Backlog. For a single Product Backlog there is one Product Owner.

• Question 118:

  Successful use of Scrum depends on how well people behave and act in ways that reflect the Scrum values. What can the value of openness affect?

  A. Collaboration efforts.
  B. Level of product quality.
  C. Team member happiness.
  D. Time to market.
  E. Trust from stakeholders.
  F. All of the above.
  F. All of the above.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The Scrum Team and its stakeholders agree to be open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work.

• Question 119:

  In an environment where user acceptance testing is required before the Increment can be put into production, a development manager proposes to have user acceptance testing done every third Sprint, because the feedback from the user acceptance tests are disrupting work in Sprints. Is this a good idea?

  A. No, the Increment will not be transparent and the feedback loop is too long.
  B. It depends on what is stated in their Definition of Done.
  C. Yes, the Scrum Team needs stability in the Sprint.
  D. Yes, the Scrum Team is a self-managing team.
  A. No, the Increment will not be transparent and the feedback loop is too long.

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• Question 120:

  An important aspect of Scrum are timeboxes. Select two ways in which timeboxing reinforces the creation of value. (Choose two.)

  A. Scrum Teams can determine on their own how much overtime is acceptable for a timebox- generally expressed as a percentage of the timebox.
  B. Timeboxes help everyone focus on the same problem at the same time.
  C. Timeboxing assures that a Product Owner does not interrupt the Developers during a Sprint.
  D. Timeboxes encourage the people who are closest to the problem to create the best possible result in the time allotted, given the current context.
  B. Timeboxes help everyone focus on the same problem at the same time.
  D. Timeboxes encourage the people who are closest to the problem to create the best possible result in the time allotted, given the current context.

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