80 Preguntas Scrum
80 Preguntas Scrum
80 Preguntas Scrum
Lower positioned, Product Backlog items, are usually larger and less clear than those on the top.
1. False
2. True
Who can decide add more work to the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint?
1. The Scrum Team.
2. The Development Team.
3. The Product Owner.
4. The Scrum Master.
5. The Management.
A programmer is not working properly and is blocking the progress of the team and their activities
constantly. Who should decide about the future of this person as a member of the team?
1. The Product Owner
2. The Scrum Master
3. The management
4. The Development Team
In this event, the Scrum Team and stakeholders talk and collaborate about what was done in the
Sprint, in order to share the Sprint progress.
1. Sprint Review.
2. Sprint Retrospective
3. Daily Scrum.
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
1. When they can't solve some technical issue.
2. At any moment.
3. They can’t cancel Sprints.
4. When the Sprint doesn’t make sense anymore.
How should the members of multiple teams be composed for a single project?
1. Developers themselves will decide the teams' composition.
2. Management chooses the team members for each team.
3. Product Owner chooses the team members for each team.
4. Scrum Master chooses the team members for each team.
5. Everyone together will decide on how to form the teams.
Which of the following is the most proper situation during the Sprint Planning considering that we
have seven Scrum Teams working in a single product?
1. All teams members meet and together create one Sprint Backlog for the Sprint, in wich everyone will
work.
2. Everyone meets at the same place at the same time, Scrum Teams can nominate a smaller number of
appropriate people to represent the team on early discussions that are carried out at escalation level,
the Product Owner gives information and then every dependency is discussed and coordinated by the
teams. Team members can be shifted as needed and Sprint Backlogs for each Scrum Team are created.
3. The Product Owner meets only with some representatives from each team to select items from the
Product Backlog. Then each representative works with his/her team to create their Sprint Backlog and
dependencies are avoided for special escalation Sprints.
When the Development Team find itself in a situation where doesn’t have the proper tools and
infrastructure, what are the best two things to do?
1. The team must create a realistic Definition of Done under current circumstances.
2. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools, and infrastructure over time and adjust the
Definition of Done accordingly.
3. The Development Team can't implement Scrum.
4. A Sprint Zero is created to focus on infrastructure instead of creating an Increment.
The Development Team and the Product Owner are not working together at all. What should the
Scrum Master do?
1. Report the Product Owner to her/hes manager.
2. Restart the Sprint.
3. Coach the Product Owner and the Development Team about Scrum values and incremental delivery.
4. Send everybody to a Scrum capacitation course and restart the project.
Which three of the following are true about the Scrum Master role?
1. It’s a management position.
2. Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
3. Is responsible for updating the burndown chart
4. Is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team.
5. Is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.
The Sprint Backlog contains items pulled only from the Product Backlog.
1. False
2. True
The Product Owner decides how many Product Backlog items should be selected for next Sprint.
1. False
2. Correct
3. Correct, based on the agreements with the customer.
4. Incorrect, the PMO decides that.
5. Incorrect, the Scrum master decides that.
Which are two good approaches for the Development Team to make non-functional requirements
visible?
1. Add them to the acceptance criteria as part of the definition of "Done".
2. Crate and special Product Backlog only for these requirements.
3. QA must run integration and regression tests before the end of the Sprint.
4. Add them to the Product Backlog and keep the Product Owner informed of the estimated effort.
Product Owner says the customer has security concerns. Where can be addressed these concerns in
Scrum? (Select 2 answers).
1. Can be handled by security experts contractors in some moment.
2. Can be handled in the Definition of Done.
3. Can be handled in a special dedicated Sprint.
4. Can be added to the Product Backlog.
Which are three reasons why to include tests in the Definition of “Done” is a good practice?
1. Because progress will be easier to show in burndown charts.
2. Because adds transparency to final increments.
3. Because can simplyfy requierements definitions.
4. Because the results are likely to be releasable.
What two approaches should the Scrum Master take when your team doesn’t have the proper
infrastructure to do the work needed to complete the selected Product Backlog items?
1. Coach the Development Team to improve infrastructure while adjusting the Definition of Done
properly.
2. Help the Scrum Team to create proper Sprint Goal and Definition of Done accordingly under current
circumstances.
3. Create a special Sprint to get infrastructure instead of creating an increment.
4. Suspend the project.
5. Suspend the Sprint.
What is the most important subject that the Scrum Team should resolve during Sprint zero?
1. Communicate with the stakeholders and introduce the team.
2. There’s no such thing as Sprint zero.
3. Determine the total number of Sprints in the project.
4. Prepare the Product Backlog for at least three Sprints.
Eventually, the Scrum Master becomes unnecessary when the Development Team matures through
the project.
1. False
2. True
From the following options, what is the best way a Scrum Master can increase the team productivity?
1. Breaking down the most valued Product Backlog items.
2. Assigning tasks to developers.
3. Removing impediments and facilitating Scrum events.
4. Implementing a control change board.
Who must do the work required for Product Backlog items, in order to create a potentially releasable
Increment?
1. The Development Team.
2. The Scrum Master.
3. The Product Owner
4. The Scrum Team.
During the Sprint Planning that is moving ahead, the Development Team has become aware they
won’t be able to finish the work for all selected Sprint Backlog items. Which two of the following are
usually the best actions?
1. Work every weekend.
2. Hire extra developers.
3. Inform to Product Owner as soon as possible and start the Sprint.
4. Cancel the Sprint.
5. Negotiate with Product Owner to remove or adjust some of the pulled Product BackLog items.
The CTO of your organization and one of the most important clients ask some members of the
Development Team to add a new feature in the middle of the Sprint. What should they do?
1. Add the new feature to the Product Backlog.
2. Add the new feature to the Sprint Backlog.
3. Refer them to the Product Owner.
4. Reject the request.
5. Replace an item in the current Sprint Backlog with the new one.
Multiple Scrum Teams should use the definition of “Ready” to normalize estimations. This way it will
be easier to measure and compare their performance
1. False
2. True
Which three things are Scrum Master responsibilities during the Sprint?
1. Facilitate meetings needed.
2. Make sure the Development Team stays self-organized.
3. Assign tasks to developers.
4. Remove impediments.
5. Approve Sprint length.
Who must attend to the Daily Scrum?
1. The Development Team and the Product Owner.
2. The Scrum Team.
3. The Development Team members.
4. The Development Team and the Scrum Master.
The Product Owner wants to create estimations and ask the Scrum Master for guidance about it.
What is the most proper guideline that the Scrum Master should give?
1. Product Owner should use ideal days to get estimations.
2. Product Owner should use story points to get estimations.
3. There is no estimation in Scrum.
4. Development Team must create estimations.
The Sprint Backlog contains only pulled items from Product Backlog.
1. False
2. True
Hardening Sprints are needed every few Sprints, to resolve dependencies and reduce technical debt.
1. True
2. False
What is the Scrum role who know the most about the project performance?
1. The Scrum Master.
2. The Product Owner.
3. The Scrum Team.
4. The Product Manager.
5. The Development Team.
Who can remove and replace Sprint Backlog items during the Sprint?
1. The Scrum Team.
2. No one.
3. The Product Owner.
4. The Development Team.
5. The Scrum Master.
6. The Development Team and the Product Owner.
How much time by day, should the Development Team work on their tasks?
1. Enough to reach a constant pace and cadence.
2. Around 8 hours.
3. As much as needed to complete the Sprint Backlog Items.
4. At least 6 real hours.
How much of the Sprint Backlog needs to be defined throughout the Sprint Planning meeting?
1. Absolutely all the work.
2. Just enough, so that the Development Team can estimate what they can do and to start the work the
first days of the Sprint.
3. Just enough, for the Product Owner to be able to assign tasks to developers.
4. Just enough to create the baseline for the whole project.
When should the Scrum Team held the Sprint Retrospective meeting?
1. At the end of each Release.
2. At the end of each Sprint.
3. At the end of each project.
4. When the Product Owner and the Scrum Master determine that is needed.
5. At the beginning of each Sprint.
The Development Team should prepare a complete infrastructure and set of tools for the project
during the first Sprint.
1. True
2. False
What amount of work should the Development Team do to a selected Product Backlog item to
complete the Sprint?
1. As much as they can do in the Sprint.
2. All the needed work including some improvements.
3. Requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, documentation and some maintenance.
4. As much as needed in adherence to the definition of "Done".
The structure of the Daily Scrum is set by the Development Team.
1. True
2. False
At the beginning of the Sprint, the Development Team has neither the tools nor infrastructure needed
to complete the current Sprint Backlog Items. What two things the Scrum Master should do?
1. Facilitate communication between the Product Owner and Development Team in order to establish a
plausible Sprint Goal and a proper Definition of Done.
2. Help the Development Team to get tools and improve infrastructure while Definition of Done is
adapted accordingly.
3. Talk with the Product Owner in order to accept partially done Increments.
4. The Increment for current Sprint will focus on delivering infrastructure and tool acquisition.
During the Sprint the Development Team determines that cannot complete its work by the end of the
Sprint. What happens in this case?
1. The Sprint will be canceled.
2. The Sprint will be extended.
3. The Development Team will continue the unfinished work in the next Sprint.
4. The Sprint continues.
What is the level of definition needed for the Sprint Backlog through the Sprint Planning?
1. Enough to understand infrastructure requirements.
2. The entire Sprint Backlog work must be identified and estimated by the end of the Sprint Backlog
meeting.
3. Enough to allow the Development Team to create its best forecast about what it can do as a result of
the incoming Sprint, and to start the first several days of the Sprint.
4. Enough to disaggregate tasks for the Scrum Team to establish the whole Sprint effort.