GAQM GAQM Certifications SCRUM-MASTER Questions & Answers

• Question 121:

  Which of the following statements best describes Product Backlog items?

  A. Undefined or poorly defined Product Backlog items should be placed on the Product Backlog with a low priority

  B. All Product Backlog items are the result of a(n) analysis, requirements and/or design phase(s).

  C. Undefined or poorly defined Product Backlog items should be kept out from the Product Backlog until sufficient detail is known.

  D. Every Product Backlog item, whether low priority or high priority, should possess sufficient detail for the Team to complete in a Sprint.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 122:

  Which of the following is not a Scrum artifact?

  A. User Stories

  B. Sprint Backlog

  C. Product Backlog

  D. Software Increment

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 123:

  You are the new Scrum Master at a company currently doing RUP in three month iterations. Your current task in switching from RUP to Scrum is to define how long the Sprint cycle should be. In what units of time should you define the sprint cycle?

  A. A fixed amount of months

  B. A fixed amount of weeks, excluding holidays

  C. A fixed amount of days

  D. A fixed amount of hours

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 124:

  Which of the following statements best explains what the term Sprint means in Scrum?

  A. A sprint is a specific amount of days for a team to test and resolve any issues prior to product release or shipment

  B. A sprint is a specific amount of days for a team to work at a sustainable pace to finish select work.

  C. A sprint is an agreed upon period of time for team members to select individual items from the product backlog to work on.

  D. A sprint is a specific amount of days for a team to work as many hours as needed to finish assigned work

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 125:

  _____________ can change the priority of items in the _________ backlog at any time.

  A. The Team; Product

  B. The Product Owner(s); Sprint

  C. The Product Owner(s); Product

  D. The Scrum Master; Sprint

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 126:

  Why does Scrum prevent Product Owners from changing Product Backlog items that are being worked on during the Sprint?

  A. The development team cannot meet their Sprint commitment to complete work if requirements are changing

  B. A Sprint cycle is not enough time for senior management review and approve changes

  C. This forces Product Owners to focus on what is really important for the team to develop.

  D. The development team must be able to limit the Product Owner authority

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 127:

  What is the maximum amount of time that the team should spend in the daily scrum?

  A. As long as it takes

  B. 1 hour

  C. 45 minutes

  D. 15 minutes

  E. 15 minutes, proportionally less for shorter Sprints

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 128:

  Please select which statement is the most accurate:

  A. Agile Development is an implementation of Scrum

  B. Scrum is an implementation of Agile Development

  C. Agile Development and Scrum are synonyms for the same methodology

  D. Agile Development and Scrum are contrasting methodologies

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 129:

  Which of the following is not a Product Owner responsibility?

  A. Running the daily scrum meeting

  B. Team communication

  C. Gathering requirements for Product Backlog items

  D. Inspecting work at Sprint Review

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 130:

  How should items in the Product Backlog be ordered?

  A. Alphabetically first and then by list order in the Product Backlog

  B. Grouped by business features first and then chronologically by date of original business request

  C. Prioritized by business importance first. The items that result in biggest ROI, must be priorized first

  D. Chronologically by date of original business request first and then by list order in the Product Backlog

  Correct Answer: C