PSM II Block 09 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 09

1. In what ways does the Scrum Master keep a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?

By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team and facilitating Development Team decisions.

By helping the Development Team with user acceptance tests and tracking defects.

By ensuring each member takes turns speaking at the Daily Scrum and ending the event on time.

By keeping the Scrum board and burn-down chart updated daily.

2. Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master role?

The Scrum Master assigns the tasks to Development Team members and ensures they are completed within the committed timebox.

The Scrum Master helps those outside the Scrum Team understand which interactions are helpful and teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings within the timebox.

The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Scrum board and ensuring team members avoid conflicts.

At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master demonstrates the completed Increment and answers any questions from the stakeholders.

3. A Development Team, that has remote team members, typically spends time before the Daily Scrum to setup the meeting rooms and conference calling equipment and tools in order to have their Daily Scrum.
How should the Scrum Master handle this situation?

Allow the Development Team to self-manage and decide for itself what to do.

Setup the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.

Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.

Inform management and ask them to solve it.

4. A Development Team member has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data security risk.
What action should the Scrum Master take?

Notify the test team.

Add a Product Backlog item to address the security issue.

Ask the Development Team member to share the issue with the team as soon as possible.

Wait until the Sprint Retrospective to add security to the definition of “Done”.

5. 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 would be the LEAST helpful technique in this situation?

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.

6. Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned you as the Scrum Master.
In what ways would you help the team start?

Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities, have the tech leads clarify the expectations and responsibilities of each role, and propose a performance rewards system.

Have the Scrum Team members introduce their background experience with each other, ask the Product Owner to discuss the product and answer questions, and ensure the team understands the need for a Definition of “Done.”

7. What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum?

Estimates must be made in Story Points.

Estimates must be in relative units.

The Development Team is responsible for estimates.

Estimates are made by the Product Owner.

Estimates must follow the Fibonacci Sequence.

8. The Development Team discovers that it doesn’t have the tools and infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done.

What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Stop the Sprint and have the Development team work on the infrastructure before continuing.

Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the work in the Hardening Sprint.

Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and establish a Definition of “Done” that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances.

9. The Development Team has suggested to move the Daily Scrum to every other day instead of every day.
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Learn why the Development Team wants this, coach the team on why the Daily Scrum is important and work with them to improve the outcome of the Daily Scrum.

Support the self-organizing team’s decision.

Have the Development Team members vote on which days the Daily Scrum should occur.

10. What action can the Scrum Master take to ensure communication between the Development Team and Product Owner is effective?

Ensure all communication goes through the Scrum Master first.

Teach the Product Owner to talk in terms of technology and technical requirements.

Observe the communications between them and facilitate discussions if needed or by request.

Translate the technologies used by the Development Team in order for the Product Owner to make decisions.