Question 1

Which three statements best describe the purpose of having a Definition of Done? (Choose three.)

Options :

A : It is a checklist to monitor the Development Team member’s progress on a task.

B :

It provides guidance to the Development Team when they are forecasting their Sprint Backlog during the Sprint Planning.

C :

As the Development Team is doing the work, it provides guidance on the remaining work needed to create the potentially shippable Increment by the end of the Sprint.

D : It helps the Development Team defer any pending work to subsequent Sprints.

E :

It creates transparency and provides a common understanding of the ‘done’ state of the Increment at the Sprint Review.

F : It helps the Scrum Team decide how much time is needed before the Sprint can end.

Answer: B,C,E

Question 2

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

Options :

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.

Answer: B

Question 3

Which of the following are time-boxed events in Scrum?

Options :

A : Sprint Planning

B : Daily Scrum

C : Sprint Review

D : Sprint Retrospective

E : All of the above

Answer: A

Question 4

In what two ways is velocity and technical debt related? (Choose two.)

Options :

A : They are not related because technical debt is non-functional and velocity is calculated based on end user functionality.

B : As the Development Team is working on new Product Backlog items, they may unexpectedly run into technical debt that will result the team’s velocity dropping.

C : A Development Team can artificially increase velocity by allowing technical debt to be incurred.

D : Adding estimates to technical debt will allow the Development Team to maintain constant velocity therefore ensuring predictability.

Answer: B,C

Question 5

An organization has just hired you as a new Scrum Master to help them transition their teams from their current traditional process to Scrum. The teams are currently structured to specialize in a single function. This is also known as component teams where a team would only address a single layer (i.e. design, frontend,

backend, database, testing, etc.). You’ve introduced the concept of cross-functional teams where all the skills needed to produce business functionality, from end to end, are inside of a single team. What should you keep in mind when transitioning from siloed teams to cross-functional teams? (Choose two.)

Options :

A : It is easier to compare the performance between cross-functional teams in order to identify to which teams to assign tasks and which teams need additional coaching.

B : Newly formed teams will need time to stabilize before reaching their peak performance. During the initial stages of forming, performance will suffer and productivity may be low, although even then delivery of business value is still likely to increase.

C : Without feature teams, you cannot do Scrum. Postpone Scrum adoption until the teams are reorganized in feature teams.

D : People from the different layers and components will need time to become accustomed to working and delivering unified functionality together as one Scrum Team thus productivity may suffer.

Answer: B,D

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