PSM II Block 10 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 10

1. On a project where multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, how should the work be distributed between teams?

The Scrum Team with the highest capacity will pull items from the Product Backlog first.

Each Scrum Team must have an equal amount of User Stories per Sprint.

The Product Owner separates the Product Backlog items for each team.

The Development Teams pull in work from a shared Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner and the other teams.

2. The outcome of a Sprint can be impacted by which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

The working relationships and skills of the people on the Scrum Team(s).

The complexity and stability of the technology.

The complexity of the requirements.

3. Which statement is FALSE in regards to the Sprint Goal?

It is only a forecast and changes during the Sprint as more is learned.

If it doesn’t seem achievable, the Development Team has the courage to tell the Product Owner.

The Product Owner respects the Development Team’s opinion on whether they can achieve it.

It helps increase focus.

The Scrum Team discusses openly about alternative ways to reach it.

The Development Team commits to it.

4. During a Product Backlog refinement meeting, the Product Owner introduces a business objective that will be worked on for the next several Sprints. The Product Owner envisions several key features necessary to be delivered in order to meet the business objective. As the features will be using sensitive user data it will be subjected to external security audits. These non-functional security requirements were not applicable to previous Increments.
What are two good ways the Development Team can handle these high-security concerns? (Choose two.)

They should be planned in parallel Sprints so not to disrupt the Development Team during feature development. After security concerns have been finalized, they will be applied to the work that is already completed before new featuredevelopment can continue.

They should be handled in a parallel Sprint by a separate security team so that security can be resolved through application enhancements without impacting the functional development.

A complete list of security-related Product Backlog items needs to be created before starting a new Sprint.

During the Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team assesses how to add these expectations to their Definition of Done so every future Increment will meet these security requirements. If needed they can work with externalspecialists to better understand the requirements.

They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed throughout the next Sprints, combined with creating the business functionality in those Sprints, no matter how small the business functionality.

5. Steven is a Scrum Master employed by the engineering department. The Director of Engineering considers using Scrum for a new project but wonders about the value of having all of the Development Team members attend the Daily Scrum. He is concerned that the employees already attend a lot of mandatory company meetings.
What are two outcomes of the Daily Scrum that Steven should explain on why the Daily Scrum is important? (Choose two.)

During the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team will inform of problems that are hindering their progress, and for which they have no means to resolve. They will inform Steven as a Scrum Master, so he can remove theimpediments and help the team be more productive.

Through the short, daily alignment of the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team grow and improve a shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken in the next 24 hours to achieve the best possibleprogress toward the Sprint Goal. This daily opportunity to inspect and adapt will enable the Development Team to best tackle any unforeseen circumstances that might otherwise disrupt the team’s progress.

The Development Team members will produce a daily status report indicating how much time was spent working on individual tasks since the last Daily Scrum. The reports will help in discussing how the Sprint went at the Sprint Reviewmeeting. It will provide detailed insights into the accuracy of estimates versus actual time spent, which can be used to create better estimates at the next Sprint Planning.

The Daily Scrum serves for the Development Team to report to Steven, as a Scrum Master, all updates on the assigned tasks in the Sprint Backlog. He can then use the team’s updates to plan their work for the next day, making sure thatevery team member is assigned the right tasks.

During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team needs to update the Scrum board with their current status and progress, at a task level. This is crucial to ensure that the Directory of Engineering knows the team’s actual progress andcontrol the work being done.

6. An organization is planning to form five new Scrum Teams to work on building a single product. A few of the future team members ask the Scrum Master who will coordinate the work between the different Scrum Teams.
What action should the Scrum Master take?

Visit the five Development Teams daily to ensure alignment and that all Sprint Backlogs remain synchronized.

Teach them that it is their responsibility to form the teams such that each team will have the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies to create an integrated Increment by the end of every Sprint.

Advise the teams to minimize dependencies by working on separate development branches and integrate at the end of four Sprint cycles.

At the end of Sprint Planning, collect all Sprint tasks and create a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

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

7. Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)

Sprint Goals are defined when the completed work is reviewed at the end of a Sprint.

Sprint Goals give the Development Teams flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint.

During the Sprint Planning, the entire Scrum Team collaboratively crafts a Sprint Goal based on a business objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.

Sprint Goals can change as new insights emerge during the Sprint.

8. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define a Definition of Ready (DoR). The DoR is a checklist that the Product Owner must fulfill before a Product Backlog item can be presented at the Sprint Planning. This protects the Development Team from interruptions and disruptions during the Sprint.

True

False

9. How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than one Scrum Team is working on one product?

Teach them that it’s their responsibility to coordinate with the other teams to integrate and create a shippable product Increment at the end of every Sprint.

Identify and manage the dependencies between Scrum Teams.

Have the Product Owner work with the tech leads of each team to parse the Product Backlog and minimize overlap in User Stories.

Merge the teams and work from a single Sprint Backlog.

10. What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?

Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.

Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.

Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.