Scrum PSM I Questions - Boost Your Exam Preparation

Scrum PSM I Questions – Boost Your Exam Preparation

Jonnie Karnath2023-05-12T06:06:31+00:00

If you want to boost your exam preparation and increase your chances of success, Certspots Scrum PSM I questions are an excellent resource for anyone looking to pass the Professional Scrum Master I exam. The PSM I exam questions are updated regularly to ensure that they reflect the most current trends and technologies in the industry, and to keep up with any changes to the exam format or content. By practicing with Certspots Scrum PSM I questions, candidates can evaluate their knowledge and skills, identify areas where they need to improve, and develop strategies for answering exam questions quickly and accurately. This will not only reduce their chances of failure but will also help them perform better on the actual exam.

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1. The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group?

The Development Team and stakeholders.

The Product Owner and Development Team.

The Scrum Team and stakeholders.

The Product Owner and management.

The Development Team and management.

The Product Owner and stakeholders.

2. How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?

Ensure every Increment meets them.

Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team’s responsibility.

Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.

Assign them to the lead developers on the team.

3. In accordance with Scrum theory, how should a group of 100 people be divided into multiple Development Teams?

Understanding the product, the product vision and the rules of the Scrum framework, the group divides itself into teams.

It doesn’t really matter because you can rotate the teams every Sprint to spread knowledge.

Check with the allocation department to see who has worked together before and make these the first teams.

Create a matrix of skills, seniority, and level of experience to assign people to teams.

4. Who is accountable for tracking the remaining work toward the Sprint Goal? (Choose the best answer.)

The Developers.

The Scrum Master.

The Product Owner.

The Project Manager.

5. When is it most appropriate for a Development Team to change the definition of “Done”?

During Spring Planning.

Prior to starting a new Sprint.

During the Sprint Retrospective.

Prior to starting a new project.

6. You have six teams using a traditional method to deliver a product. Your management has asked you to start using Scrum. In the initial project there were separate plans and teams for the layers of a software system, i.e. one for the front-end, one for the middle tier, one for the back-end, and one for the interfaces and services. This resembles what is known as component teams. But you have read that it’s a good idea to have teams organized by feature.

What are the advantages of keeping component teams while starting Scrum?

There’s less initial disruption than organizing into new teams. As they start, they will discover what works best, and how to potentially re-organize towards this.

Component teams generally have the skills needed to create a working Increment of software that provides business value.

Because they have worked together for some time, they are likely able to start producing shippable Increments faster that new feature teams would.

There are fewer cross-team dependencies than working in feature teams.

7. Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint Retrospective?

Methods of communication.

The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.

Skills needed to improve the Development Team’s ability to deliver.

Its Definition of “Done”.

All of the above.

8. Who creates a Product Backlog Item’s estimate?

The Development Team after clarifying requirements with the Product Owner.

The Product Owner with input from the Development Team.

The most senior people in the organization, including architects and subject matter experts.

The Scrum Master.

The Development Team, alone.

9. The Product Backlog is ordered by:

The Product Owner with the most valuable items placed at the top.

Risk, where safer items are at the top, and riskier items are at the bottom.

Items are randomly arranged.

Size, where small items ale at the top and large items are at the bottom.

10. What are two good ways for a Scrum Team to ensure security concerns are satisfied? (Choose two.)

Postpone the work until a specialist can perform a security audit and create a list of security-related Product Backlog items.

Add security concerns to the definition of “Done”.

Add a Sprint to specifically resolve all security concerns.

Delegate the work to the concerned department.

Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern.

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11. When many Scrum Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the Definition of Done?

(Choose the best answer.)

Each Scrum Team defines and uses its own. The differences are discussed and reconciled during a hardening Sprint.

The Scrum Masters from each Scrum Team define a common Definition of Done.

Each Scrum Team uses its own, but must make their definition clear to all other teams so the differences are known.

All Scrum Teams must have a Definition of Done that makes their combined work potentially releasable.

12. You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product.

Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario. (Choose two.)

There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.

There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a chief Product Owner.

The product has one Product Backlog.

Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog.

There should be only one Product Owner.

13. A Scrum Team is only allowed to meet with stakeholders during Sprint Review.

True

False

14. What is the purpose of a Sprint Review?

To take time to judge the validity of the project.

To inspect the product increment with the stakeholders and collect feedback on next steps.

To review the Scrum Team’s activities and processes during the Sprint.

To build team sprint.

15. What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? (Choose two.)

By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.

By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.

By facilitating Development Team decisions.

By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog.

16. Why does the Product Owner want the Development Team to adhere to its definition of “Done”?

To have complete transparency into what has been done at the end of each Sprint.

To be able to reprimand the team when they don’t meet their velocity goal for the Sprint.

To know what the team will deliver over the next three Sprints.

To predict the team’s productivity over time.

17. Who should make sure everyone on the Development Team does his or her tasks for the Sprint?

The Project Manager.

The Product Owner.

The Scrum Master.

The Development Team.

All of the above.

18. When is implementation of a Product Backlog item considered complete?

At the end of the Sprint.

When the item has no work remaining in order to be potentially released.

When QA reports that the item passes all acceptance criteria.

When all work in the Sprint Backlog related to the item is finished.

19. Who is responsible for engaging the stakeholders?

The Business Analyst.

The Development Team.

The Team Manager.

The Project Manager.

The Product Owner.

20. How do you know that a Development Team is cross-functional?

Development Team has all the skills to create a potentially releasable increment by the end of every Sprint.

A few of the Development Team members pair program and do Test Driven Development.

There are no conflicts within the Development Team.

Every member of the Development Team is able to perform every task.

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21. What is included in the Sprint Backlog?

User Stories.

Tasks.

Use Cases.

Tests.

Any of the above (or others) which are a decomposition of the selected Product Backlog items.

22. What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the phase between the end of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?

There are no such activities. The next Sprint starts immediately after the current Sprint.

Refine the Product Backlog.

Work with the Quality Assurance departments on the Increment of the current Sprint.

Update the project plan with stakeholders.

23. 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? (Choose three.)

Consulting with the Development Team.

Prioritizing the list and working on them in order.

Arranging a triage meeting with all project managers.

Alerting management to the impediments and their impact.

24. When might a Sprint be abnormally cancelled?

When the Development Team feels that the work is too hard.

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

25. What is a Development Team responsible for? (Choose two.)

Resolving internal team conflicts.

Reporting productivity.

Selecting the Product Owner.

Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal.

26. When must a Product Owner release each Increment? (Choose the best answer.)

When it makes sense.

When the Scrum Team finishes their work.

Whenever the product is free of defects.

After every Sprint, Without exception.

27. Which three purposes does the definition of “Done” serve? (Choose three.)

Guide the Development Team on how many Product Backlog items to select for the Sprint.

Create a shared understanding of when work is complete.

Describe the purpose, objective, and time-box of each Scrum event.

Describe the work that must be done before the Sprint is allowed to end.

Increase transparency.

28. A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent to get the selected items “Done” by the end of the Sprint.

Which three phrases best describe the purpose of a definition of “Done”? (Choose three.)

It controls whether the developers have performed their tasks.

It provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical documentation.

It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review.

It trucks the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item.

It guides the Development Team is creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning.

It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release.

29. Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)

Sprint Retrospective.

Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.

Sprint Burndown Chart.

Release planning.

All of the above.

30. Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review?

The Scrum process, and how it was used during the Sprint.

Coding and engineering practices.

Sprint results.

All of the above.

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31. Which Scrum Values are exhibited by not building Product Backlog items that have low business value? (Choose three.)

Economic Value Added.

Respect.

Focus.

Earned Value.

Courage.

32. Which Scrum Value is affected by a lack of trust in the Scrum Team?

Focus

Respect

Openness

Courage

Commitment.

All of the above

33. Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature?

They will improve their definition of “Done” to include more stringent criteria.

The Sprint Retrospectives will grow to be longer than 4 hours.

There is no need for a time-boxed Sprint, since time-boxes are only for new Scrum Teams.

Sprint Reviews will no longer be needed.

A Scrum Master is no longer needed since they are a mature team now.

34. Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint?

The Development Team.

The Scrum Master.

The Project Manager.

The Development Team is consultation with the Product Owner.

The Product Owner.

35. Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review? (Choose the best answer.)

The Scrum process, and how it was used during the Sprint.

Coding and engineering practices.

The product Increment.

All of the above.

36. Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?

The consistency reduces complexity.

The place can be named.

The Product Owner demands it.

Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.

37. If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?

Accumulated cost.

Individual worker productivity.

Work remaining across time.

Accumulated business value delivered to the customer.

38. Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure.

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

39. Which two activities will a Product Owner engage in during a Sprint? (Choose two.)

Run the Daily Scrum.

Prioritize the Development Team’s work on the Sprint Backlog.

Update the Sprint burndown chart.

Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current Sprint.

Work with the stakeholders.

40. Who creates the definition of “Done”?

The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team’s productivity.

The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definition.

The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success.

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization).

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41. You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Several of the developers come to you complaining that work identified for the upcoming two Sprints will require full-time commitment from a technical specialist who is external to the teams.

What are two key concerns for the Scrum Master to take into account in this situation? (Choose two.)

The desire to maintain a stable velocity.

The benefit of Development Teams figuring out a solution for themselves.

The need to have enough work to keep all Development Team members busy.

The ability of the Development Teams to produce integrated Increments.

42. Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency. (Choose two.)

When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment.

It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint.

As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.

It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a Development Team is not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt.

43. When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their increments be integrated every Sprint?

Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.

Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done.

No, each Scrum Team stands alone.

No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.

44. Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the order teams.

What should the Scrum Master do?

Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.

Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment.

Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned.

45. Which are appropriate topics for discussion in a Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best three answers.)

Arranging the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

The value of work currently represented in the Product Backlog.

Team relations

Definition of Done.

How the Scrum Team does its work.

46. A new developer is having continuing conflicts with existing Development Team members and creating the hostile environment.

If necessary, who is responsible for removing the team member?

The hiring manager is responsible, because he/she hired the developer.

The Scrum Manager is responsible, because he/she removes Impediments.

The Development Team is responsible, and may need help from the Scrum Master.

The Product Owner is responsible, because he/she controls the return on investment (ROI).

47. During the Sprint Retrospective a Scrum Team has identified several high priority process improvements.

Which of the following statements is most accurate? (Choose the best answer.)

The Scrum Team may add items to the Sprint Backlog for the next Sprint.

The Scrum Team should choose at least one high priority process improvement to place in the Product Backlog.

The Scrum Team should decline to add a process improvement to the Sprint Backlog when things are running smoothly.

The Scrum Master selects the most important process improvement and places it in the Sprint Backlog

48. What is the key concern when multiple Development Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?

Minimizing dependencies between teams.

Clear definition of requirements.

Meeting original scope projections.

Making sure there’s enough work for everyone on every team.

Maximizing velocity.

49. How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum? (Choose the best answer.)

The Scrum Master speaks on their behalf.

Managers are not required at the Daily Scrum.

Management gives an update at the start of each Daily Scrum.

The Product Owner represents their opinions.

50. Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?

The Sprint Backlog.

The Sprint Goal

The release plan.

Sprint Review minutes.

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51. A Sprint Retrospective should be held:

At the end of each Sprint.

At the beginning of each Sprint.

Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one.

At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release.

52. Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

Define the major product features and release plan architecture

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

53. Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team communicates effectively with the Product Owner?

Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration.

Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives.

Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints.

Act as a go-between for them.

54. A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a new Development Team. The Development Team gas decided that a Sprint Retrospective is unnecessary.

What action should the Scrum Master take?

Call a meeting between the Development Team and senior management.

Comply with the decision of the self-organizing team.

Consult with the Product Owner to see how he/she feels about the situation.

Begin facilitating productive and useful Sprint Retrospectives.

55. Which three of the following are true about Scrum? (Choose the best three answers.)

Scrum implements self-management by replacing Project Managers with Scrum Masters.

Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products.

Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment.

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.

Scrum is based on empiricism and lean thinking.

56. Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum’s values? (Choose two.)

Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure.

Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams.

Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams.

Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into Development Teams.

The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments.

57. Sprint burndown charts are an efficient tracking tool, because they show:

An estimate of the total work remaining for the Sprint.

How much effort has gone into a Sprint.

How many hours have been worked by each Development Team member.

How many Product Backlog items remain.

58. For which is the Scrum Master responsible?

Managing the performance of the Scrum Team.

The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself.

The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly.

Keeping track of resource allocation.

59. What are two responsibilities of testers in a Development Team? (Choose two.)

Verifying the work of programmers.

Everyone in the Development Team is responsible for quality.

Tracking quality metrics.

Finding bugs.

Scrum has no “tester” role.

60. Who has the final say on the order of the Product Backlog?

The Development Team.

The Product Owner.

The Scrum Master.

The Stakeholders.

The CE

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