Scrum PSM-II Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Scrum PSM-II Online Questions & Answers

• Question 141:

  How much time is allowed between the conclusion of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?

  A. Maximum of one day for Sprints that are time-boxed to two weeks.
  B. None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the conclusion of the previous Sprint.
  C. Enough time for the last Increment to finish testing.
  D. Enough time for the Product Owner to prepare the Product Backlog for Sprint Planning.
  E. All of the above are allowed.
  B. None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the conclusion of the previous Sprint.

• Question 142:

  Which two statements are the most accurate in regards to scaling Scrum for large projects requiring multiple Scrum Teams? (Choose two.)

  A. A person focusing on the Sprint Backlog of a single Scrum Team is often more productive than that same person working on multiple Scrum Teams at the same time.
  B. A well-structured Product Backlog can minimize and often eliminate Development Team members working on multiple Scrum Teams during a Sprint.
  C. Team members must work full time on a single Scrum Team.
  D. Customizing the core Scrum framework is necessary to be successful with Scrum at large scale.
  A. A person focusing on the Sprint Backlog of a single Scrum Team is often more productive than that same person working on multiple Scrum Teams at the same time.
  B. A well-structured Product Backlog can minimize and often eliminate Development Team members working on multiple Scrum Teams during a Sprint.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  A person or team working on a single problem at a time is typically more effective than one that is working on multiple problems congruently as they can fully focus and dedicate their energy to resolving the problem before moving to the next. Having a well-structured Product Backlog can help minimize dependencies and increase focus for each team.

• Question 143:

  Using Scrum ensures that adding more resources to a project proportionally increases the value delivered.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  Explanation/Reference:

• Question 144:

  Which approach would you recommend to ensure that the Product Backlog items discussed at Sprint Planning are well understood, actionable, and easier to forecast?

  A. Having a separate group of business analysts and functional testers analyzing high-ordered Product Backlog items before Sprint Planning.
  B. Having the Product Owner work with stakeholders between the end of the last Sprint and before beginning the next to prepare the Product Backlog items so not to interrupt the Development Team.
  C. Having the business analysts in the Development Team create the upcoming Product Backlog items during a Sprint and adding them to the next Sprint's forecast.
  D. Having the Development Team use some time during each Sprint to help the Product Owner analyze, estimate, and design items at the top of the Product Backlog that is projected to be worked on in the upcoming Sprint.
  D. Having the Development Team use some time during each Sprint to help the Product Owner analyze, estimate, and design items at the top of the Product Backlog that is projected to be worked on in the upcoming Sprint.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. Refinement usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team. However, Product Backlog items can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner's discretion.

• Question 145:

  The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a potentially releasable product Increment.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Sprints promote iterative and incremental development.

• Question 146:

  According to Scrum theory, how should a group of fifty people be divided into multiple Development Teams?

  A. Allow the team leads to divide and select teams.
  B. Understanding the product, the product vision and the Scrum framework, the group self-organizes into teams.
  C. Create a skills matrix, identify role levels, and years of experience to assign people to teams.
  D. The teams will rotate members every Sprint to spread knowledge.
  B. Understanding the product, the product vision and the Scrum framework, the group self-organizes into teams.

• Question 147:

  Select two ways in which Scrum uses time-boxing to promote self-organization? (Choose two.)

  A. Time-boxes ensures that the Development Team commits to completing the items in the Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.
  B. Time-boxes encourage the ones closest to the problem make the best possible decisions within the time-frame given the current situation.
  C. Time-boxes can help teams plan how many additional Sprints is needed for User Acceptance testing.
  D. Time-boxes helps everybody concentrate on the same problem at the same time.
  B. Time-boxes encourage the ones closest to the problem make the best possible decisions within the time-frame given the current situation.
  D. Time-boxes helps everybody concentrate on the same problem at the same time.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Time-boxes help everyone focus on the work of the Sprint and personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team.

• Question 148:

  User documentation is part of your Definition of Done. However, there are not enough technical writers for all teams. Your Scrum Team does not have a technical writer. What needs to be done?

  A. Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last development Sprint. It will then be done by any available technical writers.
  B. Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for the various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.
  C. Your Scrum Team is still accountable for creating user documentation. In this case, the Developers will write it.
  C. Your Scrum Team is still accountable for creating user documentation. In this case, the Developers will write it.

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  Explanation/Reference:

• Question 149:

  Cross-functional teams are specialized for working on specific system components (e.g. design, database, backend, frontend).

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Cross-functional teams have all the skills and competencies needed to deliver end-to-end work.

• Question 150:

  The Development Team can cancel the Sprint:

  A. When the availability of the Product Owner is less than expected.
  B. When the requirements for the work to be done become unclear or not understood.
  C. It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.
  D. When the Sprint Backlog is determined to be unachievable.
  E. When too many impediments occur.
  C. It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.