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TEST I

Question 1. When multiple teams are working together in the same project/product, each team should maintain a separate
Product Backlog.
a) True
b) False

Question 2. The Product Backlog is ordered by:

a) Small items at the top to large items at the bottom.
b) Safer items at the top to riskier items at the bottom.
c) Least valuable items at the top to most valuable at the bottom.
d) Items are randomly arranged.
e) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.

Question 3. Which two (2) things does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint?
a) Deliver an increment of potentially shippable functionality.
b) Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure.
c) Develop and deliver at least one piece of functionality.
d) Develop a plan for the rest of the project.

Question 4. Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain the
alternatives most clearly?
a) The Product Owner.
b) The Development Team.
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Project Manager.

Question 5. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

a) It is a review of the team’s activities during the Sprint
b) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.
c) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to provide feedback on the work done.
d) It is used to congratulate the Development Team if it did what it committed to doing, or to punish the Development Team if it failed
to meet its commitments.

Question 6. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
a) The place can be named.
b) The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
c) The Product Owner demands it.
d) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

Question 7. An abnormal termination of a Sprint is called when?

a) When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that everything won't be finished.
b) When the Team feels that the work is too hard.
c) When Sales has an important opportunity.
d) When the Product Owner determines that it makes no sense to finish.

Question 8. The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?

a) The same time of day every day.
b) Two minutes per person.
c) 4 hours.
d) 15 minutes.
e) 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint, proportionally less for shorter sprints.

Question 9. What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?
a) [2,4]
b) [3,9]
c) [5,11]
d) [4,8]
Question 10. An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with
terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
a) Without a new vocabulary as a reminder of the change, very little change may actually happen.
b) The organization may not understand what has changed within Scrum and the benefits of Scrum may be lost.
c) Management may feel less anxious.
d) All answers apply.
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TEST I
Question 11. What is the role of Management in Scrum?
a) To continually monitor staffing levels of the Development Team.
b) To monitor the Development Team's productivity.
c) Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities.
Management supports the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up
intelligence, and intelligent release of software.
d) To identify and remove people that aren't working hard enough.

Question 12. Which of the below are roles on a Scrum Team? (Select all that apply.)
a) Development Team
b) Users
c) Customers
d) Product Owner
e) Scrum Master

Question 13. What is the maximum length of a Sprint?

a) Not so long that the risk is unacceptable to the Product Owner.
b) Not so long that other business events can't be readily synchronized with the development work.
c) No more than one calendar month.
d) All of these answers are correct.

Question 14. Development Team membership should change:

a) Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
b) Never, because it reduces productivity.
c) As needed, while taking into account the short term reduction in productivity.
d) Just as it would on any development team, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.

Question 15. What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
a) The event must happen at a set time.
b) The event must happen by a given time.
c) The event must take at least a minimum amount of time.
d) The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time.

Question 16 . When a Development Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to be present
when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
a) The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.
b) The Product Owner and Development Team.
c) The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
d) The Development Team.

Question 17. Scrum Master is a "management" position?

a) True
b) False

Question 18 . It is important that the product increment be released to production or shipped to customers at the end of each
Sprint.
a) True
b) False

Question 19. Development Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item:
a) At the Sprint planning meeting.
b) Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be done by an individual
development team member.
c) Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
d) During the Daily Scrum.

Question 20. Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

a) Optimizing the Return on Investment (ROI) and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the work the Development Team does.
b) Directing the Development Team.
c) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders.
d) Keeping stakeholders at bay.
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TEST I
Question 21. The Development Team should not be interrupted during the Sprint. The work it selects for the Sprint should not
be changed. The Sprint Goal should remain intact. All of these attributes of a Sprint foster creativity, quality and productivity.
Based on this, which of the following is false?
a) The Product Owner can help clarify or optimize the Sprint when asked by the Development Team
b) The Sprint Backlog and its contents are fully formulated in the Sprint Planning meeting and do not change during the Sprint.
c) As a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog Items, the Sprint Backlog changes and may grow as the work emerges.
d) The Development Team may work with the Product Owner to remove or add work if it finds it has more or less capacity than it
expected.

Question 22. How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
a) As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition
of done.
b) As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
c) The best it can do given that it is usually impossible for QA to finish all of the testing that is needed to prove shippability.
d) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

Question 23. Who should attend the Daily Scrum?

a) The Development Team.
b) The Scrum team.
c) The Development Team and Scrum Master.
d) The Development Team and Product Owner.
e) The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Question 24. The timebox for the complete Sprint Planning meeting is?
a) 4 hours.
b) 8 hours for a monthly Sprint, proportionately less for shorter Sprints.
c) Whenever it is done.
d) Monthly.

Question 25. Who has the last say on the order of the Product Backlog?
a) The Stakeholders
b) The Development Team
c) The Scrum Master
d) The Product Owner
e) The CEO

Question 26. Who is responsible for updating the work estimates during a Sprint?
a) The Development Team.
b) The Scrum Master.
c) The Product Owner.
d) The most junior member of the Team.

Question 27. The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:
a) Complete the project as estimated when the date and cost are committed to the Product Owner.
b) Do all of the development work, but not the types of testing that require specialized testing, tools, and environments.
c) Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially shippable product functionality.

Question 28. What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of
productivity?
a) By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.
b) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.c
c) By preventing changes to the Backlog once the Sprint begins.
d) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

Question 29. Scrum does not have a role called "project manager."
a) True
b) False
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TEST I
Question 30. The CEO asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to the current Sprint. What should the
Development Team do?
a) Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
b) Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
c) Add the item to the next Sprint.
d) Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.

Question 31. Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders

a) Scrum Master
b) Development,Team
c) Product Owner
d) Project Manager

Question 32. Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build Software
a) True
b) False

Question 33. When multiple teams are working together, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog
a) True
b) False

Question 34. Scrum is a management framework

a) True
b) False

Question 35. Who has the last say on the tasks in the Scrum Board
a) Scrum Master
b) Scrum Team
c) Product Owner
d) Development Team

Question 36. Who has the last say on the order of the Sprint Backlog
a) Scrum Master
b) Scrum Team
c) Product Owner
d) Development Team

Question 37. Who has the last say on the Scrum Board /Task Board
a) Scrum Master
b) Scrum Team
c) Product Owner
d) Development Team

Question 38. A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several
a) True
b) False

Question 39. The Team’s Velocity is the number of Product Backlog items
a) True
b) False

Question 40. We must schedule the Sprint Review, however the Sprint Retrospective is optional
a) True
b) False
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TEST II

Question 1. Who are responsible for registering the work estimates during a Sprint? (Select all that apply.)
a) Product Owner
b) Scrum Master
c) Scrum Team
d) The Development Team

Question 2. For which is the Scrum Master responsible?

a) The Scrum process being adopted and used properly
b) The Team
c) The Scrum Board
d) The Scrum Team

Question 3. When is a Sprint over?

a) When the timebox expires
b) When the Development Team complete the Product Backlog

Question 4. Which phrase best describes a Product Owner?

a) Value optimize
b) Manager
c) The Scrum’s expert

Question 5. Which two (2) things does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint?
a) Develop a plan for the rest of the project
b) Nail down the complete architecture and infrastructure
c) Daily Meeting
d) Sprint Review

Question 6. The time-box for the Sprint Planning?

a) 8 hours for a 4 week Sprint. Usually shorter for shorter Sprints.
b) 4 hours for a 4 week Sprint.
c) 2 hours for 1 month Sprint
d) Always 4 hours

Question 7. A properly functioning Scrum team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several.
a) True
b) False

Question 8. When should the Sprint Retrospectives be held?

a) At the end of each Sprint
b) At the end of each Product Backlog
c) At the middle of each Sprint
d) At the end of each Project

Question 9. Which statement best describes Scrum?

a) A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed.
b) A framework within which simple products in complex environments are developed.
c) A framework within which complex products in simple environments are developed.
d) A framework within which simple products in simple environments are developed.

Question 10. Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as outcome of the Sprint Planning?
a) It is a decomposition of Product Backlog items such that enough work is decomposed for at least the first days of the Sprint
b) It is a decomposition of Product Backlog items such that all work is decomposed for at least the first days of the Sprint

Question 11. The Product Backlog is ordered by:

a) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
b) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Scrum Master.
c) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Development Team.
d) ROI
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TEST II
Question 12. A new developer has joined an existing Scrum team. He/she is having continuing conflicts with existing members
and is making the environment hostile. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the new team member, and why
a) The Development Team is responsible because it is a self-organizing Team, although it may have to be advised by the Scrum
Master.
b) The Scrum Master, he is the manager.
c) The Product Owner and Development Team, they are responsibles.

Question 13. The Product Owener determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint.
a) True
b) False

Question 14. Which of the following is true about Scrum? (Select all that apply.)
a) Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose, and is essential to Scrum's success and your usage of Scrum to develop
complex products.
b) Scrum is a framework for developing and mantaining complex products.
c) Scrum is based on empirical control theory
d) Scrum and Agile are the same

Question 15. The CEO asks the Development Team to add a 'very important' item to the current Sprint. What should the
Development Team do?
a) Inform the Scrum Master & Product Owner so he/she can work with the CEO.
b) Do what he says, he is the boss.
c) Do it, right now.

Question 16. A Sprint Review is the only time that the stakeholders and the Scrum Team come together.
a) True
b) False

Question 17. A Sprint Restrospective should be held:

a) At the end of each Sprint
b) At the middle of each Sprint
c) Ate the start of each Sprint

Question 18. Who has the last say on the Scrum framework?
a) The Scrum Master
b) The Product Owner
c) The Scrum Team
d) The Development Team

Question 19. What is the primary way a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highers level productivity?
a) Saying what to do
b) By facilitating Development Team decisisions and removing impediments.
c) Managing the Team

Question 20. A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has decided that a
retrospective is unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?
a) Doing what the Development Team says, as they do the work.
b) Going to the Project Manager and asking why?
c) Removing restrospective.
d) Begin facilitating productive, useful retrospectives

Question 21. Which statement best describes a Product Owner's responsibility?

a) Optimizing the value of the work the Development Team does.
b) The responsible of the Team
c) Leading Scrum’s framework

Question 22. Who owns the Sprint Backlog?

a) The Development Team
b) The Scrum Team
c) The Scrum Master
d) The Scrum Owner
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TEST II
Question 23. Scrum does not have a role called 'Scrum Manager'
a) True
b) False

Question 24. What is the role of Management in Scrum?

a) Management supports the Product Owner with insights and information into high value product and system capabilities.
Management supports the Scrum Master to cause organizational change that fosters empiricism, self-organization, bottom-up
intelligence, and intelligent release of software
b) Management says what to do.
c) Management manages the Scrum’s framework

Question 25. Which of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? (Select all that apply)
a) The Scrum Master teaches the development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to their time-box.
b) The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.
c) The Scrum Master orders the Product Backlog
d) The Scrum Master do what the Product Owner says.

Question 26. The Product Owner must ship each Sprint increment.
a) When it makes sense.
b) Always
c) Never
d) When the Scrum Master decides.

Question 27. An abnormal termination of a Project is called when?

a) When the Product Owner and Scrum Master determines that it makes no sense to finish it.
b) When the Development Team and Scrum Master determines.
c) When it makes sense.
d) When the client and the Scrum Master determines.

Question 28. The three pillars of empirical process control are:

a) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
b) Sprint, Team and Delivery
c) Review, Retrospective and Planning
d) Inspection, Review and Retrospective

Question 29. Development Team members are always composed at least for someone of IT:
a) True
b) False

Question 30. Which of the following best describes an increment of working software?
a) Additional features in a usable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.
b) Additional features in a manegable state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.
c) Additional features in a coded state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.
d) Additional features in a coded and tested state that complement those delivered in previous iterations.

Question 31. Which are properties of the Daily Scrum? (Choose 2)

a) Its location and time should remain constant
b) It is fifteen minutes or less in duration
c) The Scrum Master lead the meeting
d) The Product Owner should be daily

Question 32. The primary reason one might choose a four-week Sprint is whe the work is too large for a two-week Sprint and
cannot be decomposed further
a) True
b) False
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TEST II

Question 33. Which statement best describes the Sprint Review?

a) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint.
b) It is when the Development Team and Scrum Master inspect the outcome of the Sprint and figure out what to do in the upcoming
Sprint.

Question 34. Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show:
a) Estimated work remaining for the Sprint. (Zero Effort)
b) Estimated work + budget remaining for the Sprint
c) Estimated work – Actual Work / Sprint 0 – Number of Sprints

Question 35. For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a new increment of working software must be available?
a) At the end of every Sprint
b) At the end of every Product Backlog
c) At the end of every Daily Meeting
d) At the middle of every Sprint

Question 36. Who is responsible for clearly expressing Product Backlog Items?
a) The Product Owner.
b) The Stakeholders
c) The Scrum Team
d) The Development Team

Question 37. What are the responsibilities of a tester in a Development Team (choose 2) ?
a) Everyone is responsible for quality in Scrum
b) There is no specific tester role
c) Negotiating alone DoD with the client
d) Defining the QA Sprint monthly, as defined by Scrum

Question 38. When does the next sprint begin?

a) Immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint
b) When the Product Owner is ready
c) After the Sprint Review

Question 39. When many Development Teams are working on a single product, is that to say, one Product Backlog, what best
describes the definition of 'done'?
a) All Development Teams must have a definition of 'done' that makes their combined work potentially releasable
b) Code and Tested
c) All Development Teams could have a definition of 'done' that makes their combined work potentially releasable

Question 40. When many Scrum teams are working on the same product, should all of their increments be tested and
integrated every sprint?
a) Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done
b) Sometimes, when necessary.
c) Never.
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TEST III

Question 1. Which are the roles in a Scrum Team? (Select all that apply.)
a) Product Owner
b) Scrum Master
c) Development Team
d) Scrum Manager
e) Scrum Tester

Question 2. Which are the Scrum’ values?

a) Commitment, Focus, Respect, Courage, Openness
b) Focus, Respect, Courage,
c) Respect, passion, inspect, adapt
d) Courage, management, flexibility
e) Openness, Commintment, Focus, Respect, Courage, Improvement

Question 3. Which is one basic principle of Scrum?

a) Continuous improvement (Inspect & Adapt)
b) Continuous improvement (Do it right)
c) Waterfall process

Question 4. Who should know the most about the tasks in the Task/Scrum Board?
a) The Product Owner.
b) The Development Team.
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Project Manager.

Question 5. Which statement best describes the Sprint Retrospective?

a) It is a review of the different processes
b) It is when the Scrum Team and stakeholders adapt the outcome of the Sprint, figure out what to do in the upcoming Sprint and
do the demos for the stakeholders.
c) It is a demo at the end of the Sprint for everyone in the organization to provide feedback on the work done.
d) It is used to evaluate the ROI

Question 6. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and different place?
a) The place can be named.
b) The Development Team needs it and it is the best option.
c) It is an option, but not recommended as said in a different place.
d) Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

Question 7. An abnormal termination of a Sprint is called when?

a) When it is clear at the end of a Sprint that everything won't be finished.
b) When the Team feels that the work is too hard.
c) When Sales has an important opportunity.
d) When the Product Owner and Scrum Master determine that it makes no sense to finish.

Question 8. Which is the timebox for a Sprint 0 or Sprint Init?

a) The same time in each project/product/service Scrum
b) 2 hours, always.
c) 4 hours, always.
d) 15 minutes.
e) It depends on the Product, Project and Service, and on Stakeholders and Product Owner constraints.

Question 9. Could two different Development Teams have the same Scrum Master?
a) Yes
b) No
Question 10. Could one Development Team working only in a single product has two different Scrum Masters for this
project?
a) Yes,
b) No
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TEST III
Question 11. What is the role of Project Manager in Scrum?
a) Lead the team.
b) Manage the Scrum Team.
c) None
d) Lead and Manage the Scrum Master and Development Team.

Question 12. Scrum is…?

a) Predictive.
b) Adaptative.

Question 13. What is the maximum length of a Project in Scrum?

a) At least one week, but no more than four weeks.
b) At least one week, but no more than one Release.
c) No more than four weeks.
d) None of these answers are correct.

Question 14. What could we manage well in Scrum?

a) Complexity
b) Adaptability
c) Uncertainty
d) All of these answers are correct

Question 15. Who estimated the tasks in the Sprint Backlog?

a) The Product Owner
b) The Development Team
c) The Scrum Team
d) The person who will assume the task in the Daily Meeting

Question 16 . Who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the Task Board in the Daily Meeting?
a) The Scrum Master, Project Manager and Development Team
b) The Product Owner and Development Team
c) The Product Owner and all Stakeholders
d) The Development Team

Question 17. The Product Owner should participate in each event.

a) True
b) False

Question 18 . Each Sprint has a Sprint Goal & Definition of Done.

a) True
b) False

Question 19. Each Development Team member is full responsible of his/her task (estimating, coding, testing)
a) True
b) False

Question 20. Which statement best describes a Scrum Master's responsibility?

a) Managing the Team like a Project Manager
b) Coaching and Mentoring the Development Team
c) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
d) Keeping stakeholders at bay
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TEST III

Question 21. Could the Development Team be interrupted during the Sprint?
a) Never, we have to wait until they finish the work.
b) Yes, it doesn’t matter.
c) Yes, only the Scrum Master is authorized.

Question 22. How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?
a) As much as it has told the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the
definition of done.
b) As much as it can fit into the Sprint.
c) The best it can do given that it is usually impossible for QA to finish all of the testing that is needed to prove shippability.
d) Analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

Question 23. Who is required to attend the Sprint Planning?

a) The Development Team.
b) The Scrum team.
c) The Development Team, Product Owner, and Scrum Master.
d) The Development Team and Product Owner.
e) The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Question 24. The timebox for the Grooming meeting is…

a) 2 hours
b) Between 5% and 20% of the Sprint duration.
c) Between 5% and 10% of the Sprint duration.
d) 1 hour.

Question 25. Who has the last say on the Scrum Framework?
a) The Stakeholders.
b) The Development Team.
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Product Owner.
e) The CEO.

Question 26. Who is responsible for updating the Product Backlog?

a) The Development Team.
b) The Scrum Master.
c) The Product Owner.
d) The most junior member of the Team.

Question 27. The Development Team should meet at least…

a) One daily.
b) Only at Daily Meeting

Question 28. What is the primary way a Product Owner keeps a Scrum Master working at its highest level of productivity?
a) By facilitating Development Team decisions and removing impediments.
b) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.
c) He/she has not the responsibility.
d) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

Question 29. Scrum does not have a role called "Scrum manager."
a) True
b) False

Question 30. The Client asks the Development Team to add a "very important" item to the current Sprint. What should the
Development Team do?
a) Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments.
b) Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item of equal size.
c) Add the item to the next Sprint.
d) Inform the Scrum Master so he/she can work with the Product Owner.
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TEST III

Question 31. What’s really Scrum?

a) Process
b) Methodology
c) Framework
d) Norm

Question 32. The Scrum framework is composed by

a) Roles, Rules, Artifacts, Events and Scrum Master
b) Roles, Rules, Artifacts and Processes
c) Roles, Rules, Events and Artifacts

Question 33. When multiple Scrum Masters are working together, they should report to one Line Product Owner
a) True
b) False
Question 34. Scrum is founded by:
a) Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland
b) Ken Dortmund and Martin Fowler
c) Jeff Sutherland and Ken Beck

Question 35. Who has the last say on the Definition of Done
a) Scrum Master and Product Owner.
b) Scrum Team.
c) Product Owner and Client.
d) Development Team.
e) Client.

Question 36. The Scrum Master leads the process and the Product owner the product
a) True
b) False

Question 37. The Scrum Team is composed by

a) Scrum Master
b) Development Team
c) Product Owner
d) All

Question 38. Development Team is

a) 6+-3 members [3,9]
b) 2+-3 members [-1,5]
c) 4+-3 [1,7]

Question 39. The Scrum Team is

a) 7+-2 [5,9]
b) 8+-3 [5,11]
c) 6+-3 [3,9]

Question 40. The Development Team is (Select all that apply.)

a) Cross-functional
b) Collocated
c) Self-organized
d) Only IT members
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TEST IV

Question 1. An User Story has always an acceptance criteria.

a) True
b) False

Question 2. A Task has always conditions of acceptance.

a) True
b) False

Question 3. Which duration could have a Sprint in Scrum? (Select all that apply.)
a) One week
b) Two weeks
c) Three weeks
d) Four weeks

Question 4. The Scrum Events consist of....

a) Sprint Planning, Daily Meeting, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective.
b) Sprint Planning, Daily Meeting, Sprint Review, Sprint Integration & Testing
c) Sprint and Releases
d) None of them

Question 5. Which things does the Development Team not do during the Daily Meeting? (Select all that apply.)
a) Order the Product Backlog
b) Review the Process
c) Review the Product
d) Define Definition of DOne

Question 6. The time-box for the Sprint Retrospetctive is..

a) 8 hours for a 4 week Sprint. Usually shorter for shorter Sprints.
b) 3 hours for a 4 week Sprint.
c) 2 hours for 1 month Sprint
d) Always 4 hours

Questions 7- The Release Burndown chart is composed by (Select all that apply.)
a) Y Axis (Hours), X Axis (Days).
b) Y Axis (Sprints), X Axis (Days).
c) Y Axis (Sprints), X Axis (Hours).
d) Y Axis (Story Points), X Axis (Days).
e) Y Axis (Story Ponits), X Axis (Sprints).

Questions 8- The Sprint Burndown chart is composed by (Select all that apply.)
a) Y Axis (Hours), X Axis (Days) .
b) Y Axis (Sprints), X Axis (Days).
c) Y Axis (Sprints), X Axis (Hours).
d) Y Axis (Story Points), X Axis (Days).
e) Y Axis (Story Ponits), X Axis (Sprints).

Question 9. 3- Each Sprint is composed of

a) Goal .
b) Goal & DoD.
c) Goal & DoD & Sprint Review.
d) Goal & DoD & Daily Meeting & Sprint Review.
e) Goal & DoD & Sprint Planning & Daily Meetings & Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective & May be Grooming.

Question 10. If we Agile then we do Scrum

a) True.
b) False.
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Question 11. The Tasks in the Scrum Board/Task Board are ordered by:
a) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Product Owner.
b) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Scrum Master.
c) Whatever is deemed most appropriate by the Development Team.
d) ROI.

Question 12. The Development Team could abort a Project

a) Yes.
b) No.

Question 13. The Development Team determines how many Product Backlog items selects for a Sprint.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 14. Which of the following is true about a Product Backlog? (Select all that apply.)
a) It is DEEP.
b) It is INVEST.
c) It is ADIP.
d) None.

Question 15. If a User Story is composed by three tasks, and the QA doesn’t accept one of them then ...
a) The Scrum Master doesn’t accept the User Story.
b) The Product owner decides what to do.
c) The Product owner will always accept the User Story as it 2/3 of the finished work.

Question 16. The Sprint Retrospective is optional it depends on the Product Owner.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 17. Two Teams working at the same project in a one Week Sprint long has always the same Velocity
a) True.
b) False.

Question 18. Who has the last say on the Release Burn Down Chart?
a) The Scrum Master.
b) The Product Owner.
c) The Scrum Team.
d) The Development Team.

Question 19. Which are the principles of Agile?

a) Customer collaboration versus contract negotiation.
b) Working software versus comprehensive documentation.
c) Response to change versus following a plan..
d) Iterations and individuals versus processes and tools
e) All.

Question 20. A Product Owner is introducing the Product Backlog to a new Development Team. The Development Team
has decided that a User Story is not necessary. What action should the Product Owner take?
a) The Product Owner accepts the decisión.
b) The Product Owner hear why, the Scrum Master moderate, however the Product Owner has the last say.
c) The Scrum Master and Product Owner don’t hear the Team.
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Question 21. If the Development Team completes the work before the Sprint is over the they can end the Sprint
a) True
b) False.

Question 22. Who owns the term Velocity?

a) The Development Team.
b) The Scrum Team.
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Scrum Owner.

Question 23. Scrum does not have a artifact called 'Bug Backlog'
a) True.
b) False.

Question 24. The Impediment Backlog is managed by the Product Owner .

a) True
b) False

Question 25. Which of the following are true about the Story Points?
a) 1 Story Point = 1 Hour.
b) The Story Points measure complexity, risk, uncertainty, effort, productivity, learning curve, etc ...
c) Two differents Teams has the same velocity if they have the same number of Team Members.

Question 26. The Product Owner with the Client is who decides which User Stories pass the DoD.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 27. An abnormal termination of a Daily Meeting is called when?

a) The Product Owner determines.
b) When the Development Team and Scrum Master determines.
c) When it makes sense.
d) When the client and the Scrum Master determines.

Question 28. The three pillars of empirical process control are:

a) Inspection, Transparency, Adaptation
b) Sprint, Team and Delivery
c) Review, Retrospective and Planning
d) Inspection, Review and Retrospective

Question 29. Development Team members are always composed for one :
a) Scrum Master, Product Owner and Development Team.
b) Scrum Master, Product Owner, Deveopment Team and Integration Team.
c) None

Question 30. The Task Board is defined by?

a) Product Owner.
b) Scrum Master.
c) Development Team.
d) Scrum Master and Development Team.
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Question 31. Which are properties of the Sprint Review? (Choose 3)
a) The Client is always in the meeting.
b) It is four hours or less in duration.
c) The Scrum Master coachs and moderates the meeting.
d) We review the Goals, DoD, User Stories and Product increment.

Question 32. A User Story is Epic if doesn’t fit in a Sprint

a) True.
b) False.

Question 33. A User Story is (Select all that apply.)

a) INVEST .
b) DEEP.
c) always actionable.
d) divided into User Stories or Tasks

Question 34. The Scrum Board is an efficient tool because shows:

a) The Product Backlog and the PBI, Goal, DoD
b) The Sprint Backlog, the tasks, charts, status, DoD, Goals, impediments and incidents backlog and more...
c) The Product and Sprint Backlog

Question 35. A increment of working product must be always integrated and tested partially and jointly
a) True
b) False

Question 36. If the Scrum Team has members of two different companies then we need two different Scrum Masters
a) True
b) False

Question 37. Each Sprint is composed of

a) Goal.
b) Goal & DoD.
c) Goal & DoD & Sprint Review.
d) Goal & DoD & Daily Meeting & Sprint Review.
e) Goal & DoD & Sprint Planning &Daily Meetings & Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective.

Question 38. The first and the last meeting in one Sprint are?
a) Sprint Planning and Sprint Review.
b) Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective.
c) Daily Meeting and Grooming.
d) Sprint Planning and Grooming Meeting.

Question 39. When many Scrum Teams are working on a different product,s in a different project but with the same cleint,
what best describes the definition of 'done'?
a) All Scrum Teams must have the same Product Backlog
b) All Scrum Teams could have different Product Backlog and the same DoD
c) All Scrum Teams have different Product Backlogs and could have the same DoD

Question 40. Testing, TDD and Pair Programming are optional in Scrum...
a) True
b) False
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Question 1. The project has four Sprints, each Sprint is one week long, then the Sprint Planning is
a) 4 hours
b) 8 hours
c) 2 hours
d) 1 hour
e) None

Question 2. The project has four Sprints, each Sprint is one week long, then the Daily Meeting is
a) 30 minutes
b) 20 minutes
c) 15 minutes
d) 5 minutes

Question 3. The project has two Sprints, each Sprint is one week long, then the Sprint Review is
a) 8 hours
b) 2 hours
c) 1 hour
d) None

Question 4. The project has two Sprints, each Sprint is two weeks long, then the Sprint Retrospective is
a) 3 hours
b) 1 hour and 30 minutes
c) 45 minutes
d) 2 hours

Question 5. The project has two Sprints, each Sprint is two weeks long, then
a) We could schedule Grooming as needed but the total could not exceed more than [5,10]% of the Sprint
b) We could schedule only one Grooming meeting
c) We could schedule at least two Grooming meetings which each one is two hours long
d) It doesn’t make sense any Grooming meeting

Question 6. Why is the Daily Scrum meeting leaded by the Product Owner?
a) Because he leads the project
b) Because he engages the client
c) Never
d) Because he knows what to do

Question 7. An abnormal termination of a Daily Meeting is called when?

a) When the Product Owner decides it
b) When the Team feels that the work is too hard
c) When Senior Developer decides it
d) Never, only in case that the Scrum Master decides it, with the feedback of the Development Team

Question 8. The Sprint 0 or Sprint Init…

a) has the same events and artifacts like a normal Sprint
b) Each project has one Sprint 0 or it is the first Sprint Planning
c) is 4 hours long
d) is 15 minutes long

Question 9. Could two different teams have the same DoD?

a) Yes
b) No

Question 10. Could one Development Team has two different Product Owners if they are working in a Product?
a) Yes
b) No

Question 11. Is the Goal and DoD for one Sprint the same?
a) Yes
b) No
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Question 12. Is the Scrum framework incremental and iterative?
a) Yes
b) No

Question 13. What is the maximum length of one Sprint in Scrum?

a) One Release
b) One Year
c) Two Weeks
d) It depends on the Project or Product, but no more than 1 month

Question 14. Could we have in one Release four Sprints?

a) Yes
b) No

Question 15. Who decides the Sprint length?

a) The CEO and the Product Owner
b) The Product Owner and the Scrum Master with Client’s and Development Team’s feddback
c) The Scrum Team.
d) The person who will assume the role of Scrum Master

Question 16 . Who should be present when reviewing the Tasks’ conditions of acceptance?
a) The Scrum Master, Project Manager and Development Team
b) The Product Owner and Development Team
c) The Product Owner & Development Team, external/internal QA in case Scrum Master
d) The Development Team.

Question 17. Should the Product Owner participate in each Daily Meeting?
a) True
b) False

Question 18 . Each Sprint has a Grooming meeting?

a)Yes, always
b) No, never
c) It depends on

Question 19. Each Scrum Team is full responsible of their Project & Product
a) True
b) False

Question 20. Which two statements best describes a Scrum Master's responsibility? (Select all that apply.)
a) Managing the Team like a Project Manager
b) Coaching and Mentoring the Development Team, in a senior Development Team
c) Managing the project and ensuring that the work meets the commitments to the stakeholders
d) Managing and Leading the Development Team, in a junior Development Team

Question 21. A task is defined as …

a) SMART
b) INVEST
c) PEEP
d) DEPP

Question 22. How much work must a Development Team do to a User Story item it selects for a Release?
a) As much as the Development Team has told the Stakeholders will be done for every User Story it selects in conformance
with their opinion
b) As much as it can fit into the Project
c) The best it can do given that it is usually impossible for QA to finish all of the testing that is needed to prove shippability
d) As much as the Development Team has told the Product Owner will be done for every User Story it selects in
conformance with the DoD
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Question 23. Who has the first contact with the client?
a) The Development Team
b) The Scrum Team.
c) Always, only the Product Owner
d) The Development Team and Product Owner.
e) It depends on, either the Scrum Master or the Product Owner

Question 24. What does Zero effort mean, practically speaking?

a) We have completed 98% of the work scheduled
b) From today, we commit to deliver 2% for next Daily Meeting

Question 25. Who has the last say or moderate in the Sprint Retrospective?
a) The Stakeholders.
b) The Development Team.
c) The Scrum Master.
d) The Product Owner.
e) The CEO.

Question 26. Who manages Team’s engagement? (Select all that apply.)
a) The Development Team
b) The Scrum Master
c) The Product Owner
d) The most junior member of the Team

Question 27. When the Product Owner sets up a meeting with the client ?
a) Only, once for each Sprint
b) Whenever the Scrum Team needs it, or he/she thinks that it is necessary

Question 28. Could the Scrum Master and Product Owner be the same person?
a) No, never, this is not recommended
b) Yes, it could.

Question 29. Scrum does not have a role called "QA"

a) True
b) False

Question 30. One User Story should have at least one Task
a) No, never
b) Yes, always
c) It depends on the descomposition’s process and the level of depth.

Question 31. Who’s really a Product Owner? (Select all that apply.)
a) The Product Backlog responsible
b) As Scrum Master the Scrum’s framework, the Product Owner the product
c) He decides which User Stories pass the DoD
d) The Scrum Board full responsible as well.

Question 32. The Scrum’s name or origin come from (Select all that apply.)
a) Mr. Takeuchi and Mr. Nonaka’work.
b) Mr. Martin and Jon Seeling
c) Rugby’s terminology

Question 33. When multiple Scrum Masters are working together, they should report to one Line Scrum Master
a) True
b) False

Question 34. Scrum is introduced on :

a) 1990
b) 1992 OOPSLA
c) 1995 OOPSLA
d) 1986 MIT
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Question 35. What each member of the Development Team explains in the Daily Meeting
a) What I did, what I will do, and the impediments that I found in the last day to achive the goals
b) What we did, what he did, and what we will do
c) What we want
d) What the Scrum Master decides

Question 36. One User Story has 8 story points, if half the tasks of the User Story pass the DoD then we achieve
a) 4 story points
b) 2 story points
c) It depends on

Question 37. Could two different Scrum Teams be working on a single product?
a) Yes
b) No

Question 38. The commitment and focus is optional in Scrum

a) True
b) False

Question 39. Which two types of contracts are better for Scrum (Select all that apply.)
a) Fixed Price
b) Time & Material
c) Cost reimbursable contracts -Cost Plus incentive Fee

Question 40. One Development Team which is working in a single product could have
a) One Scrum Master and One Product Owner
b) One Scrum Master and Two Product Owners
c) One Product Owner and Two Scrum Masters
d) Two Scrum Masters and Two Product Owners
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Question 1. Two different tasks in two different User Stories could have the same Conditions of Acceptance
a) True, always
b) False, never
c) It depends on.

Question 2. A Release has always some conditions of acceptance.

a) True
b) False

Question 3. What says Scrum about ScrumBut. Can we do ScrumBut?

a) Yes
b) May be.
c) Never

Question 4. The Scrum Artifacts consist of...

a) The Product Backlog
b) The Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog
c) The Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog and Increment

Question 5. Which things does the Development Team not do during the first Sprint Planning? (Select all that apply.)
a) Order the Product Backlog
b) Review the Process
c) Review the Product
d) Define Definition of DOne

Question 6. The time-box means...

a) The max length of a event
b) The length of a event
c) The min length of event
d) The possible time of on event

Questions 7- The Release Burndown chart is managed only by

a) Scrum Team.
b) Development Team
c) Product Owner
d) Scrum Master
e) Client

Questions 8- The Sprint Burndown chart could be managed by (Select all that apply.)
a) Scrum Team
b) Development Team
c) Product Owner
d) Scrum Master
e) Client

Question 9. 3- Each Development Team in Scrum has skills in... (Select all that apply.)
a) IT
b) IT+Design
c) It depends on the sector, client and project
d) Crossfunctional

Question 10. We don’t need to create documentation in Scrum,

a) True, that’s what Agile says
b) False, as needed
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Question 11. The testing and integration are always recursive in each increment
a) True
b) False

Question 12. The Client and the Product Owner could abort a Project
a) Yes
b) No.

Question 13. The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items selects the Development Team
a) True
b) False

Question 14. Which of the following is true about the Task Board? (Select all that apply.)
a) It is not an official Scrum Artifact, however Scrum and the community accepts it
b) It is managed by the Product Owner
c) It is defined by the client
d) It is defined between the Development Team and Scrum Master

Question 15. If a User Story is composed by two tasks, and the Product Owner doesn’t accept one of them in the
Sprint Review then ...
a) The Development Team can change the decision and accept the User Story.
b) The User Story comes back to the Product Backlog and we need to reestimate the User Story and priorize Product Backlog
c) The Product owner will always accept the User Story as it 2/3 of the finished work.
d) The User Story is Done, however we need only to reestimate the tasks

Question 16. Two Development Teams are working in one single product then they have...
a) Same velocity
b) Different velocity
c) The velocity depends on each team’s characteristics

Question 17. At the same time, one single Scrum Master can coach different Development Teams in different projects
& companies
a) True.
b) False.

Question 18. If one User Story is 4 points, then two User Stories are 8 points
a) True
b) False

Question 19. When was Agile defined?

a) In the 2000 and before that Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland defined Scrum
b) In the 2000 and after that Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland defined Scrum
c) In the 2001 and before that Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland defined Scrum
d) In the 2001 and after that Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland defined Scrum
e) None

Question 20. Could a Development Team member propose a task for a User Story in the Daily Scrum
a) Yes
b) No
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Question 21. Could a Development Team member change temporarily a task estimate for a User Story in which he is
working ,in the Daily Scrum
a) True
b) False.

Question 22. Who is Who? (Select all that apply.)

a) Product – Product Owner
b) Process – Scrum Team
c) Process – Scrum Master
d) Development – Development Team
e) Product – Development Team

Question 23. Scrum does not have an artifact called ' Init Backlog'
a) True
b) False

Question 24. Scrum Board = Task Board

a) True
b) False

Question 25. Which of the following are true about the Story Points? (Select all that apply.)
a) If one User Story is three Story Points then always three Story Points are one User Story.
b) The Story Points measure the team’s productivity
c) One project has two Sprints, and one Scrum Team, then the story points are 100 story points

Question 26. The Development Team update the Task Board daily.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 27. In one Project we could have one Release composed by two Sprints and one Release composed by one
Sprint
a) True
b) False

Question 28. Continuous improvement and Deming cycle are synonyms, what they define is ... (Select all that apply.)
a) Plan+Do+Check+Act
b) Inspect + Adapt + Learn
c) Agile+Scrum
d) DoD+Goals

Question 29. Could the Development Team change a Team member?

a) Yes, always
b) No, never
c) Yes, taking in consideration many factors, as productivity, skllis, but always with the Scrum Master’s feedback

Question 30. The Agenda and Goals of the Sprint Retrospective’s meeting are defined by?
a) Product Owner, as he/she is the product’ responsible
b) Scrum Master, as he/she defines the process
c) Development Team.
d) Scrum Master and Development Team.
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Question 31. Which are properties of Refinement meeting? (Select all that apply.)
a) The Client is always in the meeting
b) It is always 10% time of the Sprint duration
c) Grooming is a synonymous
d) We can set up more than one Grooming’s meeting.

Question 32. A User Story should be always divided into User Stories
a) True, always
b) True, sometimes
c) False, never

Question 33. In the Product Backlog we can find... (Select all that apply.)
a) Bugs
b) Improvements
c) Requirements
d) Prototypes

Question 34. Two different Scrum Teams that they work on the same project they could have different Product
Backlog Views but the same Product Backlog
a) True
b) False

Question 35. A increment of working software must be always shipped to production?

a) True, always.
b) False, never.
c) May be, it depends on the Product Owner and Clients decision in the Sprint Review

Question 36. We, as a Development Team, can manage in one Scrum Board three different Projects
a) True
b) False

Question 37. One goal of theGrooming meeting is to prepare, set up, and visualize next Sprint
a) True.
b) False

Question 38. We have to set up always a Sprint 0 in each Sprint?

a) True
b) False

Question 39. The Daily Meeting is optional, or may be weekly, if the Development Team decides
a) True
b) False

Question 40. Two different Sprint Reviews in one project which is one month long have always the same duration,
and the same timebox.
a) True
b) False
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Question 1. For which is the Scrum Master responsible?
a) The Scrum process being adopted and used properly
b) Define the sprint 0
c) Select the items in the Sprint Backlog
d) Manage as a Project Manager.

Question 2. Which is the time-box for the Sprint Review?

a) 4 hours for a 4 weeks Sprint. Usually shorter for shorter Sprints.
b) 2 hours for a 4 weeks Sprint. Usually shorter for shorter Sprints.
c) The Scrum Team can decide how long it takes.
d) It is always 4 hours for a Sprint.

Question 3. A new developer has joined an existing Scrum Team. He/she is having continuing conflicts with
existing members and is making the environment hostile. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the new
team member, and why?
a) The Development Team is responsible because it is a self-organizing Team, although it may have to be advised by
the Scrum Master.
b) The Product Owner and Scrum Master are responsible for it.
c) The CEO is and the Scrum Master is responsible for it.
d) We can not remove any Scrum Team member if the Sprint has started

Question 4. A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team has
decided that daily meetings are unnecessary. What action should the Scrum Master take?
a) Begin facilitating productive, useful retrospectives
b) Nothing.
c) Explainig sincerely that he is the boss, and they should do what he says.
d) Changing the Team Member who has started the discusión.

Question 5. Upon what type of process control is Scrum based?

a) Empirical.
b) Control Fourier.
c) Casual.
d) Gournier model .

Question 6. The Development Team should have all the skills needed to:
a) Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of potentially shippable product functionality.
b) Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into an increment of shippable product functionality.
c) Turn the Product Backlog items that the Product Owner selects into an increment of shippable product functionality.
d) Turn the Product Backlog items that the Product Owner selects into an increment of potentially shippable product
functionality.

Question 7. Items on the Product Backlog tend to be:

a) Larger than the items in the Sprint Backlog.
b) Shorter than the items in the Sprint Backlog.

Question 8. Which three(3) activities will a Product Owner likely engage in during a Sprint?
a) Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.
b) Work with the stakeholders.
c) Provide feedback.
d) Review the Development Team activities.

Question 9. Which technique is the LEAST productive way for Scrum Master to ensure that the Development
Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?
a) Act as a go-between for them.
b) Monitor communications between them.
c) Teach the Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives.
d) Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints.

Question 10. Which of the following is NOT a timeboxed event in Scrum? (Select all that apply.)
a) Sprint Testing.
b) Sprint 0.
c) Release Retrospective.
d) Release Testing.
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Question 11. A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to
resolve only a small portion of the impediments. Which three techniques would be most helpful in this situation?
(Select all that apply.)
a) Alert management to the impediments and their impact
b) Consult with the Development Team.
c) Prioritize the list and work on them in order.
d) Cut the list and move to the next Sprint

Question 12. When does the second Sprint start?

a) Immediately after the first Sprint.
b) Before the first Sprint ends.
c) When Development Team decides.
d) When CEO decides.

Question 13. What does it mean for a Development Team to be cross-functional?

a) The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to contribute to do what is necessary to
deliver an increment of software.
b) The Development Team includes cross-skilled individuals who are able to code, test, design.
c) The Development Team speaks different languages.
d) The Development Team must include someone of IT, Design, QA, and Testing.

Question 14. When a Development Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to be
present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
a) The Product Owner and Development Team.
b) The Development Team and Stakeholders.
c) The Development Team and Scrum Master.
d) The Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Question 15. The Product Owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to
satisfy the stakeholders.
a) True
b) False

Question 16. Which of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? (Select all that apply.)
a) Daily Scrum.
b) Sprint Retrospective.
c) Sprint Review.
d) Sprint Test.

Question 17. How many hours per day should a person on a Scrum Team work?
a) At a sustainable pace, usually 7-8 hours per day.
b) As much as possible.
c) The Product Owner decides it.
d) The Scrum Master decices it.

Question 18. As Scrum Teams mature, it is expected that the following decision is likely to be taken:
a) They will improve their Definition of Done to include more stringent criteria.
b) They will be more easy-going.
c) They will define more complex Scrum Board.
d) They will schedule shorter Sprints.

Question 19. During the Sprint, the Scrum Master's role is to: (Select all that apply.)
a) Remove Impediments.
b) Facilitate inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or hended.
c) Manage the Scrum Team.
d) Add or remove Team members.

Question 20. It is mandatory that the product increment be released to production at the end of each sprint.
a) True.
b) False.
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Question 21. When multiple Scrum Teams are working on the same project, they should make sure that each
team has different Sprint start dates.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 22 If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
a) Hours remaining.
b) Work remaining across time.
c) Budget remaining.

Question 23. If quality assurance work does not occur as part of the development work within a Sprint, which
benefits are lost? (Select all that apply.)
a) The next Sprint will probably be interupted with bugs that are being found.
b) The increment probably is not potentially shippable.
c) The indication of progress on the Product Baklog is not transparent.
d) The velocity will decrease.

Question 24. What is NOT a benefit of self-organization to the Scrum Development Team?
a) Management can remove a failing resource more easily.
b) The commitment, trust and transparency increase.

Question 25. One reason one might choose a one-week Sprint is that the risk is too high and the scope has a lot of
uncertainty
a) True.
b) False.

Question 26. Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool because they show:
a) Estimated work remaining for the Sprint.
b) Work accomplished across one Sprint
c) Estimated work remaining for each Scrum Team member.
d) Estimated work remaining for each Development Team member.

Question 27. For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a new increment of working software must be
available?
a) At the beginning of every Sprint.
b) At the end of every Sprint
c) At the end of every two Sprints.
d) When the Scrum Master decides.

Question 28. Who is responsible for clearly expressing the Scrum Board Items?
a) The Product Owner.
b) Scrum Master.
c) Development Team.
d) Stakeholders.

Question 29. The Product Owner remain distant. He/she has handed over the required Product Backlog for the
Sprint but is not collaborating with the Development Team during the Sprint. What are valuable actions for a
Scrum Master? (Select all that apply.)
a) Coach the Product Owner in the values of Scrum and incremental delivery.
b) Bring up the problem in the Sprint Retrospective.
c) Try to change the Product Owner.
d) The Scrum Master will do what the Product Owner says and try to influence the Development Tea

Question 30. When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the definition of
'done'?
a) All Development Teams must have a definition of 'done' that makes their combined work potentially releasable.
b) All Development Teams must have a definition of 'done' that makes their combined work releasable.

Question 31. The Sprint Goal is a result from Sprint Planning, as is Sprint Backlog.
a) True.
b) False.
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Question 32. When many Scrum teams are working on different products in the same project, should all of their
increments be integrated every sprint?
a) Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done.
b) It should not be.

Question 33. During a Sprint Retrospective, for what is the Scrum Master responsible?
a) Participating as a Scrum Team member, and facilitating as requested or hended.
b) Participating only as a moderator.
c) Hearing the brainstorming, however only he deciding what to do.
d) Only facilitating as requested or hended

Question 34. Where are all the customer requirements stored?

a) Task Board.
b) Product Backlog.
c) Sprint Backlog.
d) Scrum Board.

Question 35. During the Daily Meeting the Development Team realizes that we need the design documentation?
What we do?
a) We cancel de meeting.
b) We write down and propose a meeting after the Daily Meeting.
c) We extend in time the Daily Meeting until we reach an agreement on the documentation.
d) The person who is missing the documentation speaks with design, and we continue with the Daily Meeting

Question 36. During the Daily Meeting the Product Owner interrupts and asks us to cancel the meeting.
What do we do if we are the Development Team?
a) We do what he tells us.
b) We argue that the meeting lasts 15 minutes and that is expected to end the meeting
c) We explaine him/her that we should talk to the Scrum Master before take a decision.
d) We don’t listen to him/her and we continue withthe Daily Meeting.

Question 37. What’s better for a project that lasts a month, in terms of risk management?
a) Sprints which last a week
b) Sprints which last two weeks
c) Sprints which last four weeks
d) Sprint which lasts one month

Question 38. What’s better for a project that lasts a month, in terms of client engagement?
a) Sprints which that last a week
b) Sprints which that last two weeks
c) Sprints which that last four weeks
d) Sprint which thats last one month

Question 39. To develop a car we need three Development Teams of 9 people, each Development Team will
arrange a version (Diesel, Gasoline, Electric), (Select all that apply.)
a) We need a Development Team of 27 team members.
b) We can compose three Development Teams where each of them has a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.
c) We can compose three Development Teams where each of them has a Product Owner, and they all share the same
ScrumMaster.
d) We can compose three Development Teams where each of them has two Product Owners, and they all share the same
ScrumMaster.
e)
Question 40. The DoD and the Acceptance Criteria are the same thing?
a) True.
b) False
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Question 1. We are a Development Team composed of 5 people, the first Daily Meeting, two people are not on
time. What we do?
a) We cancel the Daily Meeting until next day.
b) We begin, and the Scrum Master notes it as an impediment to resolve in the next Sprint Retrospective.
a) We pospone the Daily Meeting.
b) We wait for until they arrive.

Question 2. In the middle of a Sprint, someone notified us of a critical bug in production, What ought to do the
Development Team?
a) Stop the work, and resolve the Bug
b) Ignore it, as we must finish the work committed in the Sprint.
c) Notify the Scrum Master, stop and hold a meeting of Grooming with the Scrum Master to analyze the impact and
costs, in case, with the Product Owner as well, and then we will take the best decision.
d) Solve the Bug without that the Product Owner and Scrum Master will find out.

Question 3. The Development Team is composed by (Select all that apply.)

a) Scrum Master.
b) Scrum Owner.
c) Product Owner.
d) None.

Question 4. The Definition of Done is optional

a) True.
b) False.

Question 5. The CEO of the company try to convince us, as Scrum Masters, that the company can save money if
the Scrum Masters play two different roles, as Scrum Master and Product Owner
a) We do what the CEO says, as he/she is the boss.
b) We try to explain him/her the different roles in Scrum and argues him/her the benefits.
c) We hear what he/she says, but we decide what we want, as we are the Scrum Masters.

Question 6. As Scrum Masters, we coach two different projects, with the same Development Team, then we
propose that …
a) We could schedule one Daily Meeting which is 30 minutes long.
b) We could schedule two different Daily Meetings which each one is 15 minutes long.
c) We don’t need a Daily Meeting.
d) We need one Daily Meeting which is 15 minutes long.

Question 7. If the Product Owner doesn’t accept a User Story in the Sprint Review then …
a) The User story goes back to the Product Backlog, and we will need to re-priorize the Product Backlog again
b) The User Story goes back to the Sprint Backlog, and we will need to re-priorize the Product Backlog again
c) The User Story goes back to the Scrum Board, and we will follow the processes.
d) The User Story goes back to the first Sprint, and we will not explain it to the Client neither the Product Owner.

Question 8. If the Sprint Review is 2 hours long then (Select all that apply.)
a) The Daily Meeting is 15 minutes.
b) The Sprint Planning is 4 hours.
c) The Sprint Retrospective is 3 hours.
d) The Sprint Retrospective is 90 minutes.

Question 9. The client call us, as Scrum Master, and he/she explains us, that the Product Owner and the
Development Team, they are not confident with us. What should we do?
a) We should go to the Chief of PMO to explain him/her whats’ happening.
b) We will wait until to see some evidences.
c) We will set up a meeting urgently with the Client and Product Owner.
d) We will set up a meeting with the Scrum Team, to see what’s happening.
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Question 10. We are a Development Team, and the Product Owner proposes us to join a friend of him/her, which
is an excellent QA
a) We should accept him/her, as he/she is the owner of the product.
b) We evaluate with the Scrum Master if we need someone with his/her skills, and then we will take a decision.
c) We automatically reject him/her.
d) We have to accept what the Scrum Master says.

Question 11. How could we start with Scrum in our company (Select all that apply.)
a) We could start with a pilot Project/Product which we have detected with low risk.
b) Doing ScrumBut, is that to say, assuming that we are doing Scrum, but using the Artefacts and Events that we want.
c) Deploying Scrum incrementally in our projects and products, with a deployment road-map.
d) Introducing Scrum incrementally, in our established methodology, and setting up a deployment road-map.

Question 12. A Scrum Master is working with a Development Team which they are located in different physical
locations. The Development Team meets in a variety of meeting rooms and they have much to do logistically (for
example, set up conference calls) before beginning the Daily Scrum. What action should the Scrum Master take?
a) Allow the Development Team to self-manage and determine for itself what to do.
b) Decide what to do.

Question 13. Which of the following two items are NOT topics of discussion within a Sprint Retrospective?
a) Functionality implemented as a result of the Sprint.
b) Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.
c) How to improve the communications between the Scrum Team.
d) The Impediments and Incidents Backlog.

Question 14. When is a Product Backlog item considered complete?

a) The item has no work remaining that must still be done before it can be used by its end user.
b) When the Development Team decides.
c) When the item pass the criteria of the QA.
d) The item has no work remaining that can be done before it can be used by the Scrum Team.

Question 15. During the Sprint, the Product Owner proposes one change in one User Story selected for this
Sprint. Where should the Scrum Team analyze the impact and try to find out a solution?
a) Daily Meeting.
b) Sprint Review.
c) Sprint Retrospective.
d) Grooming.

Question 16. We are still missing 550 story points in this Release. Who is aware and from where takes the
information? (Select all that apply.)
a) Client and Monthly report.
b) Product Owner & Release Burn-down chart.
c) Scrum Master & Sprint Burn-down chart.
d) Development Team & Increment Burn-down chart.

Question 17. During a Sprint Review, for what is the Scrum Master responsible? (Select all that apply.)
a) Helping and Coaching the Scrum Team.
b) Leading and Managing the Meeting.
c) Accepting the User Stories which pass the Definition of Done.
d) Removing impediments.

Question 18. The Product Owner should be in the Daily Meeting

a) True.
b) False.

Question 19. If the Sprint lasts one week, we could schedule the Sprint Review and Retrospective the same day.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 20. One Project lasts one month, and we have divided into four Sprints (Select all that apply.)
a) We should have one Sprint Retrospective at the end of each Sprint.
b) The Sprints Retrospective are optional, however, the Sprints Review are mandatory
c) All Sprint Retrospective are TimeBox.
d) One Sprint Retrospective could last 25 minutes and the others 15 minute
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Question 21. How many meetings per day should a person on a Development Team participate?
a) At least one.
b) No more than three.
c) As the Product Owner says.
d) As the Development Team says.

Question 22. The Scrum Master should have these skills (Select all that apply.)
a) Problem Solving, Influencing, Negotiation, Contracting,
b) Deep knowledge of the Scrum framework.
c) Technical skills.
d) Good Communication skills, Organization, Planning.

Question 23. In the Sprint Review, the Product Owner doesn’t accept a User Story, however, QA says the User
Story pass DoD,
a) As Scrum Masters, we do what our Product Owner says.
b) As Scrum Masters, we decide the best decision.
c) As Scrum Masters, we postpone the decision, we schedule a meeting with both partiee to try to find a solution.
d) As Scrum Masters, we do what our QA says.

Question 24. We have a project which is two months in duration (Select all that apply.)
a) We could divide into four Releases which are two Sprints long.
b) We could divide into eight Sprints which are one week long.
c) We could divide into two Releases and eight Sprints
d) We could divide into four Sprints One week long, and two Sprints two weeks long
Question 25. What’s true about Agile? (Select all that apply.)
a) In the AgileManifesto.org we could find the values & principies of agile, and sign-in it
b) Agile and Scrum are the same.
c) Agile says “working software versus comprehensive documentation”.
d) Agile says “responding to change versus following a plan”.

Question 26. Two different Development Teams are working in one Product, each one has a Scrum Master,
however the Product Owner is the same for both teams, what’s true (Select all that apply.)
a) The Product Backlog is unique.
b) The work musst be tested and integrated each Sprint.
c) The Velocity for both teams is the same.
d) The Sprint Backlog for both teams is the same.

Question 27. What’s true about the Daily Meeting? (Select all that apply.)
a) It is always daily.
b) It is always 15 minutes long (Timebox).
c) The Product Owner leads the meeting.
d) The Scrum Master is always in the Meeting.

Question 28. Two Development Teams have the same velocity then... (Select all that apply.)
a) Both Development Teams have the same number of members.
b) Both Development Teams have the same productivity.
c) Both Development Teams work the same number of hours.
d) Both Development Teams have the same storypoints for Sprint.

Question 29. Two different tasks in the same User Story have (Select all that apply.)
a) The same Conditions of Acceptance (in terms of Tasks).
b) The same story points .
c) The same hours.
d) The same Sprint.
e) The same Conditions of Acceptance (in terms of User Story).

Question 30. The Definition of Done for each Sprint in one Project is the same
a) True.
b) False.
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Question 31. The Scrum Master and the Product Owner select the User Stories for each Sprint
a) True.
b) False.

Question 32. The Development Team is in the Sprint Planning for the second Sprint trying to decompose the User
Stories commited for this Sprint. Howerver, the Product Owner insists that it is not necessary do it, (Select all that
apply.)
a) The Development Team does what the Product Owner says.
b) The Scrum Master tries to argument to the Product Owner that’s necessary and why.
c) The Scrum Master and Product Owner expose to the Development Team that’s what the client wants and they should
do what they say.
d) The Development Team meets with the Scrum Master and explain him/her what’s happening, so that he/she can try
to find a solution.

Question 33. The Client proposes deliverables which are 3 weeks long...
a) We could work with Sprints which are one week long and releases which are 3 weeks long.
b) We could work with Sprints which are two weeks long and releases which are 2 weeks long.
c) We could work with Sprints which are three weeks long and releases which are one week long.
d) We could work with Sprints which are four weeks long and releases which are 3 weeks long.

Question 34. The Scrum Master and Product Owner, they should participate in each event in Scrum
a) Yes, of course.
b) The Scrum Master could, and the Product Owner should not..
c) The Scrum Master could not and the Product Owner could.
d) Yes, the Scrum Master could, however, the Development Team could invite in some cases the Product Owner.

Question 35. Who defines the product road-map

a) The Scrum Master and Product Owner.
b) The Development Team.
c) The Scrum Team.
d) The Product Owner and the Client.

Question 36. In the Sprint Review the Scrum Team shows one demo of the product
a) True.
b) False.

Question 37. It is the second day of the last Sprint, which is two weeks in duration, and we see that we could not
finish the work committed in the last Sprint Planning.
a) We work extra hours as a Development Team and we don’t inform to the Scrum Master.
b) We explain the situation to the Product Owner in the Daily Meeting.
c) We explain the situation to the Scrum Master.
d) First, we cut back the deliverables and we explain the decision to the Scrum Master and Product Owner.

Question 38. The tasks in the Sprint Backlog are defined for each member who will do the work
a) True.
b) False.

Question 39. The tasks in the Sprint Backlog are estimated for each member who will do the work
a) True.
b) False.

Question 40. Susan is the girlfriend of John, CEO of the company, she is member of the Development Team. Her
attitude is bad, and she is always coming to late to the Daily Meeting (Select all that apply.)
a) We don’t say anything and we will try to start the Daily Meeting later when Susan arrives
b) We inform to the Scrum Master in the Daily Meeting that we want to speak with him/her urgently, then we set up a
meeting, and we explain the situation to the Scrum Master, so that he/she can find a solution.
c) We decide to stop the Sprint. And urgently, we set up a Sprint Retrospective meeting.
d) We explain the situation to the Scrum Master in the Daily Meeting, and we start a brainstorming to find a solution.
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