PSM II Block 13 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 13

1. Why is it important that there is only one Product Owner per product?

The Scrum Master knows who will be his back-up whenever he is unavailable, it saves the organization time and money, and the Development Team knows who to request tasks from.

It is clear who is accountable for the ultimate success of the product, the Development Team always knows who determines priorities, and it helps avoid barriers to effective communication and rapid decision-making.

It isn’t important as multiple Product Owners can easily share a single Product Backlog.

2. Which of these tools is mandatory for the Product Owner to use?

Release burnup chart.

Burndown chart.

Version control.

Project Gantt chart.

None of the above.

3. A new Product Owner is hired to work on an existing product that has ongoing for five Sprints. He/she is unsure about all of the responsibilities of a Product Owner.

Which of these Product Owner’s activities are defined in Scrum?

Writing User Stories.

Interacting with stakeholders and ensuring that the most valuable functionality is always produced first.

Describing features as Use Cases.

Ensuring work is completed within scope and time.

4. Which is the best description of a Product Owner?

Requirements developer.

Value optimizer.

Team leader.

Go-between between development team and stakeholders.

5. Who is responsible for ensuring the Product Backlog items are understood to the level needed?

The Business Analyst.

The Scrum Master.

The Development Team.

The Product Owner.

6. What activities would a Product Owner do during an active Sprint?

Engage with the stakeholders and answer questions from the Development Team.

Prioritize the Sprint Backlog.

Participate at the Daily Scrum.

Update the burndown chart.

7. Peter is a new Product Owner on a newly formed Scrum Team. Peter has projected a product completion date based on an estimated velocity of 21 completed points per Sprint. After the first 3 Sprints, the team has determined that their maximum velocity is 15 points and they are unable to create shippable increments at the end of each Sprint.
What is the best way to proceed?

The Sprints have failed to produce shippable Increments there for opportunities to inspect and adapt is lost. The Scrum Master would encourage the organization to add more team members in order to increase the team’s capacity.

The Scrum Master would coach the team on improving their estimations and commitment to completing the Sprint Backlog.

Extend the Sprint in order to complete the Sprint Backlog items.

Inform Peter that the projected completion date is not correct. The Development team would estimate the remaining work to produce a shippable Increment and suggest making it “Done” before working on new features. Based onempirical data, Peter can adjust the completion date and decide how to continue.

8. Who manages the progress of work during a Sprint?

The Scrum Master

The Product Owner

The Team Lead

The Development Team

9. What should the Development Team do if they are approached by someone outside the team and asked to add a “very important” item to a Sprint that is in progress?

Add the item to the bottom of the Sprint Backlog.

Replace an item in the current Sprint of equal size.

Add the item to the top of the next Sprint Backlog.

Inform the Product Owner so he/she can work with the person.

10. How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

An equal amount of time on analysis, design, programming, testing and documentation.

As much as it has informed the Product Owner will be done for every Product Backlog item it selects in conformance with the definition of “Done”.

All development work and at least some testing.

As much as it can fit into the Sprint. Any remaining work will be moved to a subsequent Sprint.