PSM II Block 06 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 06

1. If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trendline through a release burndown chart indicate?

When all work will be completed so the Scrum Team can start work on a new Product Backlog.

When the project will be over if the Product Owner removes work that is equal in effort to any new work that is added.

When the work remaining is projected to be completed if nothing changes on the Product Backlog or Development Team.

The evolution of the return of investment on the project.

2. What is a good way for a Scrum Team to ensure that security concerns are addressed and transparent?

Add Security Sprints to resolve security concerns when needed.

Have the Scrum Team create Product Backlog items for each concern and/or add security concerns to the definition of “Done”.

Create a separate backlog for security items and only work on the items when a specialist becomes available.

Delegate the work to an external team.

3. Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.

True

False

4. When technical debt occurs, the system will become more unstable as development progresses and code is added resulting in future work being slowed down.

True

False

5. At the eighth Sprint Review, the stakeholders are upset that the product being built is not what they expected and will incur additional costs that was not planned for.
What may have led to this?

The Scrum Master has not been reporting on the progress of the Scrum Team. The Product Owner has not been managing the Development Team’s tasks effectively. The Development Team has not been improving their velocity.

The Scrum Master has not ensured that the project is transparent. The Product Owner has not made the stakeholders aware of the progress of the project. The stakeholders have not been attending the Sprint Reviews.

The Scrum Master has not been attending the Daily Stanup. The Product Owner has not been using the Gantt chart correctly. The Stakeholders has not been invited to the Sprint Retrospectives.

6. Select the correct Scrum Team roles defined in Scrum.

Development Team, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Engineers, Business Analyst, Product Owner

Stakeholders, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Owner

Product Manager, Business Analyst, Development Team, Stakeholders

7. Scrum has a role called “Project Manager.”

True

False

8. A Scrum Team has been working on the same product for twelve Sprints. What would likely be the immediate impact on the original Scrum Team if two new Scrum Teams are to be added the same product?

Its productivity is likely to decrease.

Its productivity is likely to increase.

Its productivity is likely to stay the same.

9. What would be the main benefits of self-organization?

Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, commitment.

Increased rule compliance, self-accountability, output.

Increased capacity, accuracy of estimates, output.

Increased creativity, self-accountability, commitment.

10. A Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.

False. A Scrum Master is only necessary when requested or needed.

True. Each must be a full-time member on the Scrum Team.

True. Their participation and availability will impact the outcomes produced by the Scrum Team.

False. If a Product Owner is unavailable, he/she can be replaced by a Business Analyst.