PSM II Block 18 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 18

1. Which statement is correct about the length of the Sprints?

All Sprints must be one month or less and it is optimal to have a consistent Sprint length.

The Sprint length is dependent on the development effort forecasted (amount of items selected) during Sprint Planning.

The Sprint length is calculated by aggregating the time required to design, code and test.

The Sprint Length is defined by the Scrum Master.

2. Who can prematurely cancel a Sprint?

The Development Team

The Product Owner

The Stakeholders

The Scrum Master

3. What must the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

Create a potentially shippable product Increment that includes at least one piece of functionality.

Analyze and estimate the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

Create a project plan in order to map functional development to Sprint dates.

Only design and develop the architecture and infrastructure.

4. How should a Scrum Master respond if the Product Owner plans the first Sprint to only focus on setting up the infrastructure and architecture in order to work on functionality in a subsequent Sprint?

Help the Product Owner understand the value of including business functionality into every Sprint and explain to him/her that the best architecture and infrastructure emerge alongside the development of the functionality.

Support the Product Owner’s decision as he/she is accountable for maximizing the value of the work that the Development Team does.

Explain that one Sprint may be too short to finish the architecture and he should pre-allocate subsequent Sprints just in case.

Add at least one technical architect to the Development Team to ensure the architecture can be completed in the first Sprint.

5. The Sprint length should be:

Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.

Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other business events.

No more than one month.

All of these answers are correct.

6. A time-box is:

An event that starts at a specific time.

An event with a minimum set time.

An event that cannot take more than a maximum amount of time.

An event that must happen by a specific time.

7. When does a new Sprint begin?

Immediately after the next Sprint Planning.

Immediately after the end of the previous Sprint.

It depends on the Product Owner.

Every Monday.

8. What might be a valid reason for abnormally cancelling a Sprint?

When the Development Team discovers it cannot meet their Sprint commitments.

When the work becomes too difficult for the Development Team.

When the sales department discovers features that add more value than the current work being done.

When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

9. When does a Sprint end?

When there is no work remaining in the Sprint Backlog.

When the time-box expires.

It depends on the Product Owner.

Immediately after the conclusion of the Sprint Review.

10. The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a potentially releasable product Increment.

True

False