PSM II Block 11 - Certifica2IT

Professional Scrum Master II

Questions Block 11

1. The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted.

True

False

2. As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team effectively.
What action would you take?

Send the Product Owner to training.

Nominate a proxy Product Owner.

Act as the go-between.

Coach the Product Owner.

3. A Scrum Master teaches those who are interested in the Development Team’s progress that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review.

True

False

4. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take if the Product Owner is having difficulties managing the Product Backlog?

Have the Development Team order the work instead of the Product Owner.

Have the Product Owner order the items based on size, having the Development Team work on the smallest items first.

Offer the Product Owner help in understanding that the goal of ordering the Product Backlog is to maximize the flow of value.

Delegate the work to the Assistant Product Owner.

Delay the Sprint in order for the Product Owner to have enough time to prioritize the Product Backlog.

5. What action should a Scrum Master take if the Development Team has decided that Retrospectives are no longer necessary?

Start facilitating more productive and useful Retrospectives.

Suggest reducing the frequency of the Retrospectives.

Extend the Sprint time-box in order to fit the Retrospectives.

Comply with the team’s decision.

6. As a Scrum Master, what would you strive for if five new Scrum Teams were to work on one product?

There should be five Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.

The product has one Product Backlog and one Product Owner.

There should be five Product Backlogs and one Product Owner to manage them.

There should be five Product Backlogs and five Product Owners.

7. Several Sprints into a project, a client is complaining to the Product Owner about the poor performance of the product.
As a Scrum Master, how can you help the Product Owner?

Coach the Product Owner on effective ways to communicate this concern to the Development Team and encourage the Product Owner to add the performance issue to the Product Backlog.

Tell the Product Owner performance is defined by the Development Team.

Note the issue for the next Sprint Retrospective.

Notify the team responsible for system performance.

8. The Product Owner’s primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.

True

False

9. During Sprint Planning, the Development Team was not able to confidently forecast a Sprint Backlog but the Scrum Team was able to create a Sprint Goal for upcoming Sprint. What action should the Scrum Master take?

Postpone the Sprint in order for the Product Owner to refine the Product Backlog to the level needed.

Extend the Sprint Planning time-box until the Development Team can forecast enough items to begin the Sprint.

Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to mt the goal and discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.

Request assistance from the technical architect.

10. How should a Scrum Master divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development Teams?

Create teams based on their functional layer.

Have the resource manager assign the people to teams.

Ask the developers to divide themselves into teams.