PRACTICE 3 TYPE B

1. The Scrum team has committed to the sprint goal. Halfway through the sprint, the
team discovers that there are some new tasks that need to be done before the
committed stories are completed. However, given the time constraint, the team feels
it cannot be done. What are the things the team needs to do now?
A. Abandon the sprint.
B. Evaluate it during daily-standup and then proactively discuss it with the product owner.
C. Hope for the best and let stakeholders know during the sprint review that some stories
were not completed.
D. Find someone to blame.
2. All of the following could belong to the factual definition of a team EXCEPT:
A. The code has been checked into version control.
B. The code has gone through integration test cases and regression set.
C. The acceptance test cases have passed.
D. Daily Scrum meetings have been attended.
3. Team A has a velocity of 20 story points and Team B has 40 story points in a 3-week
iteration. What does this mean?
A. Team B is twice as efficient as team A.
B. Team B has twice the capacity (team size) of Team A.
C. Team B is more mature, uses sophisticated tools, and accomplishes more at the same
time.
time.
D. Nothing. The speed of two teams cannot be compared.
4. As a Scrum Master, what should you do to ensure quality?
A. Maintain the quality of a deliverable by updating the product backlog according to
customer requirements.
B. Delegate appropriate tasks to the member with the required skills, as the Scrum team is
cross-functional.
C. During a sprint, add new members to the team if no member has the required skill.
D. Facilitate a “team first” culture when it comes to quality.
5. Which of the following is true regarding maintaining stability in a Scrum project?
A. The Scrum Master and the Scrum team must ensure that there are no interferences or
changes during a sprint.
B. The sponsor should allow the creation of change requests and approve them to be
incorporated during the current sprint and avoid unexpected rework afterwards.
C. The Scrum Master must ensure that complete stability is obtained with the help of
iterative delivery and other features and principles of Scrum.
D. Any type of change request can be approved only by the product owner.
6. The team has released a version that does not meet your organization's coding
standards. Which of the following statements is true?
A. This contributes to technical debt/
B. This represents a violation of the basic rules.
c. This is outside the definition of "fact."
d. This is acceptable as long as the value is delivered to the customer.
7. Which of the following statements is true regarding refactoring?
A. After ofthe refactoring, he software ought be more efficient.
B. After ofthe refactoring, he software It must be done.
C. After ofthe refactoring, he software ought be better organized.
D. After ofthe refactoring, he software ought be more effective.
8. If the team finds and fixes a problem as part of their normal work, in other words,
before a story is "Done", what is REAL about this?
TO. Is a mistake
B. No is a mistake.
 C. Is a problem
D. None of the previous
9. The Sprint Burndown Chart is a tool used by teams to
A. Measure work completed during a Sprint.
B. Measure the work left to complete during a Sprint.
C. Calculate the amount of the team's remaining budget.
D. Identify underperforming team members.
10. For any ongoing Sprint, when can new User Stories be added?
A. When the Scrum Master adds the user story to the Sprint Backlog
B. When the product owner approves the user story
C. When the Scrum team approves the user story
D. New user stories can never be added to the Sprint
11. How often are Prioritized Product Backlog priorities changed?
TO. never
B. Whenever the Product Owner decides that an item should be assigned a higher priority
C. Every time the Scrum Master thinks an item should be added
D. When senior management feels an item should be added
12. With reference to quality, which of the following is the responsibility of the scrum
master?
A. Reviewing and accepting/rejecting the developed deliverable
B. Defining the variety of tools that the SCRUM team can use
C. Ensure that SCRUM processes are followed by everyone
D. Working on the deliverables and making appropriate changes to them
13. A sprint review meeting for the second sprint in a scrum project is in progress. The
Product Owner accepted five stories, and rejected three others for not meeting the
acceptance criteria. Which of the following is done if the deliverables of a sprint are
rejected?
A. Unaccepted User Stories are put back into the backlog
prioritized product pending and worked on in a subsequent sprint
B. Deliverables are added to the end of the prioritized To Do list.
product so that the scrum team can work on them in the next sprint.
C. The sprint is canceled, and the team starts working on the next sprint
D. The sprint is extended to give the team enough time to get back to work.
rejected deliverables.
14. Suppose you are a Scrum Master on a project to design a metropolitan rail system for
a city. It has been brought to your attention that the Product Owner has changed the
acceptance criteria for one of the User Stories for an ongoing sprint, as the client has
changed a critical business requirement. Which of the following statements presents
the best solution for such a situation?
A. You should instruct the scrum team to stop work on the current sprint backlog, and start
working on the latest business requirements.
B. The Product Owner should add this requirement to the prioritized product backlog and
the team would work on it in a future sprint.
C. You should tell the Product Owner to inform the partners that their business requirement
cannot be worked on, since the scrum team does not have close communication.
D. The Product Owner must cancel the current sprint, and must begin planning a new
sprint so that the team can develop the deliverable [final product] based on the latest
business requirements.
15. What is Quality Guarantee?
A. The evaluation of the processes and standards that govern quality management to
ensure that they continue to be relevant.
B. The identification and evaluation of the required product of a sprint and the project along
with the acceptance criteria, any development methods to follow, and the key
responsibilities of the scrum team regarding quality.
 C. The execution of quality activities planned by the scrum team in the process of
developing deliverables that can potentially be sent
D. A Scrum method in which the team learns from partner experience and participation to
constantly keep the prioritized product backlog updated with any changes in
requirements.
16. Between traditional project management and scrum, differences exist in how quality
is obtained and/or implemented. Which of the following is NOT true? TO. In traditional
project management, once the user clarifies their expectations, it is the project manager who
defines those user expectations in measurable terms.
B. In traditional project management, changes can be made through a formal change
management system.
C. In Scrum, the Scrum Master and the scrum team collaborate and decide on the
acceptance criteria for user stories.
D. In Scrum, product development is performed by the Scrum Team in short iterations
called Sprints.
17. What is a responsibility of the Scrum Master in the context of change in Scrum?
A. Eliminate all changes that could affect the quality of deliverables and processes.
B. Facilitate identification of change requests by the Scrum Master and their evaluation
and prioritization by the product owner.
C. Provide change requests in a project.
D. Approve changes that are modified, eliminated or added according to the project
requirements and communicate them to the Scrum team.
18. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of self-organization in Scrum?
A. Team commitment and shared ownership.
B. The need for changes due to poorly clarified requirements is minimized.
C. Motivation, which leads to a better level of team performance.
D. Innovative and creative environment that leads to growth.
19. A team hires you as a scrum coach to see if the team's efficiency and speed can be
improved. What could be your recommendation to improve speed?
A. Have the team commit to fewer stories each sprint, so the likelihood of completing them
on time is higher.
B. Reduce daily-stand-up meetings from 15 to 10 minutes.
C. Suggest that the business representative meet with the development team.
D. Compare the speeds of similar projects running in the same organization and present
them to the team
20. What is one of the characteristics of a sprint?
A. The duration of a sprint is decided by the client based on the business need.
B. A sprint always integrates functionality developed in previous sprints.
C. Incremental functionality can be delivered to the customer after each sprint.
D. A sprint is a mini waterfall project with small amounts of planning, design, and
implementation done in consecutive sprints.