5.

The Cycle Time metric for a certain Work Item cannot be used (Select Two)
A) As a leading Indicator to the Length of the feedback loop for that Work Item
B) To help the Scrum Team inspect and adapt their process
C) As a lagging Indicator to the Lenth of the feedback loop for that work Item
D) To Influence the Team’s SLE
E) To Help the Developers inspect and adapt their Sprint in the Daily Scrum
Answer: A, E
6. What element of the Scrum framework or supporting practices is a form of the work in
progress (WIP) Limit?
A) Sprint Goal
B) Burndown Chart
C) Definition of Done
D) The Sprint Backlog
E) There is no such element in teh Scrum Framework
F) The Product Backlog
Answer: D
7. Which of the following is NOT an essential component to initially achieving flow?
A) Inspecting & Adapting your workflow
B) Actively managing WIP
C) Visualizing your Workflow
D) Ensuring the Product Backlog is refined Requently
E) Limiting Work in Progress (WIP)
Answer: D
8. For a specific Sprint Backlog item that has been started, what is the best chart (Analytic) to
determine when it will be finished?
A) Control chart
B) Work Item Aging Chart
C) Throughput Run Chart
D) Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
D) Ensuring the Product Backlog is refined Requently
E) Limiting Work in Progress (WIP)
Answer: B
9. What might a Scrum Team visualize with Kanban? (Select 3)
A) The Sprint Retrospective
B) The Spint Backlog
C) The Product Backlog
D) The Definition of Done
Answer: B, C, D?
10. Within the same Kanban system, Work in Progress (WIP), is NOT a leading Indicator for
A) Throughput
B) Cycle Time
C) Number of Product Backlog Items finished in Sprint
D) Story points delivered
Answer: D
11. Your Scrum Team’s Cycle Time is currently 8 Days or less with 85% confidence. The team
has set the service Level expectation (SLE) accordingly. If an item in progess has just passed
the age by which 50% of past items have been compelted, What can we say about eh chance
that the item meet the team’s 8-day SLE?
A) Nothing changed, we are still 85% confident the card will meet the SLE
B) The chance to meet teh team’s SLE is now 70%
C) The chance to meet teh team’s SLE is now 50%
D) We cannot predict with any level of confidence what will happen with the work item at
 this point
Answer: A
12. Some Kanban implementations prescribe the practice of implementing feedback loops. The
Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams does not include that practice. Why?
(choose the best answer)
A) Kanban boards may function as a feedback loop in a Scrum with Kanban environment.
B) There is no need to implement feedback loops in Kanban. Feedback loops only apply at
the enterprise level.
C) A Scrum Team must devise and design their own feedback loops through an inspection
and adaptation process
D) There are five feedback loops in Scrum The Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams builds upon
the Scrum guide. There is no need to explicitly add that practice.
Answer: D
13. What are possible benefits of Supplementing Scrum with kanban practices? (Choose 4 best
Answers)
A) May result in greater collaboration within Scrum Team
B) Scrum Teams no longer need the Sprint time box
C) May reduce the average Cycle Time
D) Introduces better transparency into state of work in Progess (WIP)
E) May help to discover areas of variability within your Sprint
F) Removes the need for Sprint Planning Event
G) Allows teams to release multiple times a sprint
Answer: A, C, D. E
14. When compared to your SLE, what flow metric will help reduce the risk that a work item
will not be finished on-time, once the work item has been started?
A) Work in Progress (WIP)
B) SLE
C) Work Item Age
D) Throughput
Answer: C
15. A Scrum Team’s Definition of Workflow must have defined points at which the Scrum Team
considers work to have started and to have finished. This allows the team to track their
work in Progres (WIP) How are these points defined?
A) In Any way the Developers choose to denine it. They have to final say on the Sprint
Backlog
B) Any refined Product Backlog item in the Product backlog is WIP
C) In any way the Scrum Team chooses to define it. The Product Owner and the Developers
must agree on the definition
D) How it is defined and who defines it depends on the boudnaries/scope of the definition
of Workflow
E) Any Product backlog item in the Sprint Backlog is WIP
Answer: D
16. If you reduce your batch size, your overall efficiency will always increase
A) True or B) False
Answer: B
17. Which statements best describe purpose of a Scrum Team's definition of workflow?
A) It helps service request manager track the percent completion of a work item
B) It provides a mutual undestanding of when a work is considered to be started and
finished.
 C) It defines how value flows through the system.
D) It creates transparency over the Work In Progress (WIP) limiting rules.
E) It is used as a checklist of all the states that every work item should go through before it
is considered to be done.
F) It makes handoff policies explicit by defining clear quality gates between the
development stages.
Answer: B,C,D
18. Which of the following metrices are likely to be reviewed in flow based Daily Scrum?
A) Work item Age
B) Work in progress(WIP)
C) Process control chart and Scrum teams 85th percentile
D) Lead Time
E) Throughput
F) Cycle Time
G) Velocity
Answer: A and B
19. In which of these situations should Scrum Team consider revising the Work In Progress
(WIP) limits?
A) When there is unplanned urgent work that emerges during the sprint.
B) When they see that the average story size that they are working on is growing.
C) When they have extra capacity during the sprint and want to start some new work items
from the Sprint Backlog.
D) When they want to improve their cycle time flow and focus
Answer: D
20. What is true about Sprint Goal if developers reserve capacity for unplanned work during an
upcoming Sprint
A) The Sprint Goal no longer helps the Developers. They do not know what they will be
working on.
B) Sprint Goal becomes more important. It helps the developers maintain their focus as
new Product Backlog Items are brought into the Sprint Backlog.
C) The Developers should never reserve any capacity for unplanned work. It is inefficient if
developers forecast doesnot take into account all their capacity.
Answer: B
21. A Scrum Team's Service Level Expectation (SLE) is an input to various Scrum events. In
which event will SLE provide the most benefit towards achieving good flow.?
A) Sprint Retrospective
B) Daily Scrum
C) Sprint Review
D) Sprint Planning
Answer: D
22. A Scrum Team's Definition of Workflow must have different points at which the Scrum Team
considers work to have started and to have finished. This allows the team to track their
Work in Progress (WIP). How are these point defined?
A)Any Prduct Bcklog Item inthe Sprint Backlog is WIP.
B) In any way developers choose to define it. They have the final say on the Sprint Backlog.
C) In any way the scrum team chooses to define it. The product owner and the developers
must agree to the definition.
D) How is it defined and who defines it depends on the boundaries/scope of the Definition
of Workflow.
 E) Any refined product backlog item in the product backlog is WIP
Answer: D
23. What element of Scrum framework or supporting practices is a form of Work In Progress
(WIP) limit?
A) The product backlog
B)The Sprint Goal
C) Definition ofDone
D) There is no such eement in Scrum Framework
E) Burndown chart
F) The sprint backlog
Answer: F
24. What is a probablistic forecast intended to communicate?
A) A forecast based of past performance that can help discussions about the likelyhood of
achieving a certian goal in a given timeframe.
B) The best way to predict the future performance of a team.
C) A guarentee of when a certain amount of scope will be completed.
Answer: A
25. Which of the following are not a Kanban for Scrum team's practice?
A) Limiting WIP
B) Active management of items in Progress
C) Identifying bottlenecks in your workflow
D) Visualizing your workflow
E) Inspecting and adapting Workflow.
Answer: C
26. Which of the following is NOT an essential component to initially achieving flow?
A) Inspecting and adopting your Workflow
B) Limiting Work in Progress (WIP)
C) Ensuring that Product backlog is refined frequently
D) Actively managingWIP
E) Visualizing your Workflow
Answer: C
27. What should the developers do if during the sprint the Product Owner asks them to add an
urgent unplanned Work Item that aligns to the Sprint Goal but doesnot fit into the current
Work In Progress (WIP) limits?
A) Adjust WIP limit to allow for taking on the extra item and record it as part of Definition
of Workflow
B) Add the urgent item to the Sprint backlog but only start working on it when the WIP
limits allow it
C) Reject the urgent item since the WIP limits donot allow it. Tell the Product Owner to wait
untill the next Sprint.
D) Take on the urgent item as an exception to the WiP limits and visualize that.
Answer: B and D
28. What are the four key flow metrices in Scrum with Kanban
Answer: A) Work in Progress (WIP), Work Item Age, Throughput, Cycle Time.
29. Within the same Kanban system, Work in Progress is NOT a leading indicator for
A) Cycle Time
B) Storypoints delivered
C) Number of Product backlog items finished in a sprint
D)Throughput
 Answer: B

30. What might be considered during Sprint retrospective once a team decides to suppliment
their Scrum with Kanban?
A) Workflow
B) Current policies
C) WIP limit
D) Metrices and Charts such as Cumulative flow diagram, Cycle Time Scatterplot, and
Work Item Aging
E) All of the answers.
Answer: E