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Question 1

A Scrum team is in a sprint retrospective at the end of a sprint. The Scrum Master facilitates this meeting and has made a simple board with headings of Keep Start and Stop Team members can post their thoughts for removing impediments.

Most ideas can be grouped together and involve the team's own process. There are some more general suggestions to lift impediments which do not fit into the general groupings. These ideas have to do with the organization's enterprise architecture and data compliance policy

What should the Scrum Master do with these ideas?

AAdd them to the organizations continuous improvement backlog

BAsk the team members themselves what they want to do with them

CDecide to add them to the team's continuous improvement backlog

DIgnore them because they are not relevant to this sprint or the next

Answer : B

Question 2

Large Scrum projects can be scaled using a Nexus approach. The Nexus approach has a Nexus integration team to coordinate the project. How is the sprint scaled for the multiple Scrum teams working in a Nexus?

AA single sprint is planned for all teams simultaneously. The teams each have their own Scrum Master to help remove roadblocks

BEach team works on a single epic in multiple sprints. The Nexus integration team acts like a Product Owner team

CSeveral sequential sprints that form a release are planned ahead. The work of the teams may depend on each other

DThe sprint goals are determined and the teams choose their items. The Nexus integration team has members of each team

Answer : D

Question 3

A Scrum team is dividing their work Azis is the Product Owner and has refined the product backlog He wants to assign the tasks to the Developers The Developers want to choose their own tasks The Scrum Master agrees with the Product Owner

Is it a good idea it the Product Owner divides the tasks'?

AYes, because the Product Owner both understands the ordering and knows the Developers skills

BYes, because the Scrum Master and the Product Owner agree on who assigns work to the Developers

CNo, because the Scrum Master is accountable tor dividing product backlog items over the Developers

DNo, because this conflicts with the principle of self-management and the Developers do not agree

Answer : D

Question 4

A Scrum team is halfway through a sprint when an important customer requests a new feature So far the customer is really happy with the work of the team. The customer would really like the team lo include the feature in this sprint

What should the Scrum Master do?

AAsk the Product Owner to put the feature on the product backlog with an appropriate priority to protect the team from interruptions of the sprint

BDiscuss the product goal with the customer and assure them the team will meet the product goals to keep the customer engaged and happy

CEnsure the customer understands the value of the current work ask them to reorder the features, and notify them of the new timeline

DReorganize the team's current work and inform the Product Owner of an extension of the sprint to include the new feature in the current sprint

Answer : A

Question 5

A Scrum team has agreed on the following definition of potentially shippable

Potential By shippable increments must have been tested and must meet the conditions of satisfaction provided by the Product Owner Why Is it important to include 'tested' in the definition of what is potentially shippable?

ABecause each potentially shippable increment that has passed these tests will be released to users

BBecause increments are not done without testing to make sure the product will work as expected

CBecause testing shows how well the separate developed increments are integrated with each other

DBecause testing will prove that the increments are part of a cohesive whole and the sprint goal set

Answer : B

Question 6

A head office of a chain of department stores has commissioned updates to a software package to improve stock management tor its warehouse and customer services.

The Scrum team is implementing notifications on the time of day an out-of-stock item arrives at a nominated store. The team does not have access to the inventory data which is managed by the information management team. This forms a major roadblock Since this feature has high external value it is important that the roadblock is removed.

What is the best way for the Scrum Master to help the team in this situation?

AAsk the Product Owner to move the backlog item to the product backlog

BCoach the information management team to speak with the team members

CLet the team solve this problem because they are all trained professionals

DNegotiate with the information management team for access to the data

Answer : C

Question 7

A Product Owner is refining the product backlog She has provided more details to stones that nave a higher priority after speaking with several customers She has also grouped several user stories with a lower priority into epics

Is this the right way to refine the product backlog?

AYes because customer requirements that are very clear lead to detailed stories

BYes because stories with high priority should be pulled into a sprint backlog soon

CNo. because any story in the product backlog can be either detailed or coarse-grained

DNo. because grouping the user stories into epics leads to losing important details

Answer : B

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