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Question 1 of 80

1. Question
1. When can Developers cancel a Sprint?
- A. They can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.
- B. When functional expectations are not well understood
- C. When the Product Owner is absent too often.
- D. When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.
Question 2 of 80

2. Question
2. The following are the timebox events in Scrum (Select 3)
- A. Release Planning
- B. Product Backlog Refinement
- C. Daily Scrum
- D. Sprint Planning
- E. Triage-call
- F. Sprint Review
Question 3 of 80

3. Question
3. The Sprint review is: (Choose 1)
- A. An opportune time for the Scrum team to inspect the increment with Stakeholders for potential feedback
- B. Time to appreciate Developer work
- C. 2-hour timeboxed event for the 2-week Sprint
- D. Demo of the Developer’s work to the Product Owner
Question 4 of 80

4. Question
4. The purpose of each sprint is: (Choose 2)
- A. Create at least one piece of business functionality that can attract feedback
- B. Refine the Product Backlog Items for the upcoming sprint
- C. Creating a potentially releasable increment of the Product
- D. Ensuring everyone in the Scrum Team is working on their tasks
Question 5 of 80

5. Question
5. What NOT to discuss in the Sprint Retrospective? (Choose 2)
- A. Definition of DONE
- B. Sprint backlog for the upcoming Sprints
- C. Process improvements
- D. Estimating current PBIs in the Product backlog
- E. Team Collaboration and relation
Question 6 of 80

6. Question
6. Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)
- A. Sprint Retrospective.
- B. Members must stand up at the Daily Scrum.
- C. Sprint Burndown Chart.
- D. Release planning.
Question 7 of 80

7. Question
7. The Product backlog may include (Choose 1)
- A. User stories
- B. Features
- C. Defects
- D. Experiments
- E. Capabilities
- F. All of the above
Question 8 of 80

8. Question
8. The time-box for the Sprint Planning event is? (Choose 1)
- A. 8 Hours for a monthly Sprint
- B. 6 Hours for Monthly
- C. 4 Hours for a 2-week Sprint
- D. Whatever time a Scrum Team decides
Question 9 of 80

9. Question
9. Who in the Scrum Team is responsible for expressing the Product Backlog Items? (Choose 1)
- A. Business Analyst
- B. The Scrum Master
- C. The Product Owner
- D. Anyone from the developers
Question 10 of 80

10. Question
10. The Definition of Done is inspected and adapted during? (Choose 1)
- A. Sprint planning
- B. Release Planning
- C. Project Kick-off
- D. Sprint Retrospective
Question 11 of 80

11. Question
11. Who in the Scrum team can cancel a Sprint abnormally? (Choose 1)
- A. Product Owner
- B. Business Analyst
- C. Developers
- D. Scrum Master
Question 12 of 80

12. Question
12. The Sprint ends when: (Choose 1)
- A. All the stories of the Sprint are completed
- B. When the timebox expires
- C. When the Scrum Master says it’s DONE
- D. When it’s marked as done in the tool (JIRA, ADO)
Question 13 of 80

13. Question
13. Are the acceptance criteria and the definition of DONE the same?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 14 of 80

14. Question
14. Who in the Scrum Team is responsible for writing the Product Backlog Items (User Stories)? (Choose 1)
- A. Scrum Master
- B. Project Manager
- C. Product Owner or whoever the Product Owner delegates to
- D. Sr. Technical Members
Question 15 of 80

15. Question
15. The Scrum is: (Choose 3)
- A. A Framework to solve complex problems
- B. Each element of Scrum has a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum success
- C. A traditional process with a Scrum Master to replace Project Managers
- D. Scrum is a methodology
- E. Scrum is based on empiricism
Question 16 of 80

16. Question
16. What are the Scrum values? (Choose 3)
- A. Focus
- B. Transparency
- C. Earned Value
- D. Inspection
- E. Courage
- F. Commitment
Question 17 of 80

17. Question
17. The Sprint may include (Choose 1)
- A. Functional Tests
- B. User Stories
- C. Story tasks
- D. Any of the above-mentioned is a decomposition of PBIs
Question 18 of 80

18. Question
18. The Project Manager is a role in Scrum
- A. True
- B. False
Question 19 of 80

19. Question
19. The Developers in the Scrum Team are accountable for (Choose 2)
- A. Holding each other accountable
- B. Creating conflict
- C. Providing a status update during the daily stand-up call
- D. Committing to the Sprint Backlog and delivering it by end of the Sprint
- E. Delivery of a "Done" increment that meets their Definition of Done
Question 20 of 80

20. Question
20. The recommended size of the Scrum Team is: (Choose 1)
- A. 8 or fewer than 8
- B. 10 or fewer than 10
- C. 6 to 7 only
- D. Minimum 5
Question 21 of 80

21. Question
21. During the sprint retrospective, the Scrum team discusses (Choose 1)
- A. Any changes to be made in the Definition of “Done.”
- B. Technology or skill improvements
- C. People and communication channels
- D. All of the Above
Question 22 of 80

22. Question
22. The increment of the Sprint must be released to Production by the end of each sprint?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 23 of 80

23. Question
23. Multiple teams that are working on the same Product must have the same cadences?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 24 of 80

24. Question
24. Who is responsible for tracking the progress of product-level goals? (Choose 1)
- A. Product Manager
- B. Product Owner
- C. Developers
- D. Project Manager
Question 25 of 80

25. Question
25. Daily Scrum is started by (Choose 1)
- A. Anyone from the developers
- B. Scrum Master
- C. Product Owner
- D. The person who missed the last Daily Scrum
Question 26 of 80

26. Question
26. What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox? (Choose 1)
- A. The event can take no more than a maximum amount of time
- B. The event must take at least a minimum amount of time
- C. The Event must happen by a given time
- D. The event must happen at a set time
Question 27 of 80

27. Question
27. Product Backlog management includes? (Select 3)
- A. Assigning the Product Backlog items to the Sprint Backlog
- B. Presenting Product Backlog items to the Key Stakeholders
- C. Product Backlog is transparent and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next
- D. Ordering Product Backlog Items to best achieve the Product goal
- E. Optimizing the value of the work the developers perform
- F. Presenting Product Backlog items to the Key Stakeholders
Question 28 of 80

28. Question
28. Can Developers, in support of the Scrum Master, take a call to cancel the Sprint?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 29 of 80

29. Question
29. The Daily Scrum is timeboxed to: (Choose 1)
- A. 30 mins for the first few sprints and 15 mins after that
- B. 15 Mins
- C. 45 Mins
- D. As much time as the Scrum team decides
Question 30 of 80

30. Question
30. The Scrum Master ______ (Choose 2)
- A. Assigns the tasks to the Developers and then tracks them for reporting
- B. Teach and ensure the timeboxing of the various events in the sprint
- C. Presenting to the stakeholders during review on what has been completed and what is pending
- D. Updates the tools for driving the progress reports (like burndown and release burndown charts)
- E. The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team
Question 31 of 80

31. Question
31. In what scenarios can a Product Owner abnormally terminate the Sprint? (Choose 1)
- A. When there is too much work in the Sprint
- B. When the Scrum master is on holiday
- C. When Stakeholders find a new opportunity in the market
- D. When a Sprint goal is no longer valid for the Sprint
Question 32 of 80

32. Question
32. The time-boxed events in Scrum are: (Choose 4)
- A. Sprint Review
- B. User Acceptance Testing
- C. Daily Scrum
- D. Product Backlog Refinement/grooming
- E. Sprint Retrospective
- F. Sprint Planning
Question 33 of 80

33. Question
33. Who owns the Sprint backlog and takes the call to update it? (Choose 1)
- A. The Developers
- B. Scrum team
- C. Scrum Master
- D. Project Manager
Question 34 of 80

34. Question
34. Who are the participants of Sprint planning event? (Choose 1)
- A. Stakeholders
- B. Scrum teams
- C. Project Manager
- D. Product Owner and Developers only
Question 35 of 80

35. Question
35. During the Sprint Review Scrum Team must demonstrate the work completed in the previous sprint?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 36 of 80

36. Question
36. The increment can be described as: (Choose 1)
- A. A new functionality in the Product that is not been tested yet
- B. New usable and DONE features in the product built on the features delivered in previous sprints
- C. A detailed design of everything forecasted for the current Sprint
- D. A User Interface for the features that were delivered in the previous sprint
Question 37 of 80

37. Question
37. Which statement is true about Product Backlog? (Choose 2)
- A. It’s a single source of requirements for the developers to pull the work from
- B. It’s a complete list of requirements and tasks to complete
- C. It is a list of only functional requirements
- D. Product Backlog doesn’t contain experiments and POC related requirements
- E. It evolves as more is learned about the Product
Question 38 of 80

38. Question
38. When does the Product Owner or the Scrum Master participate in Daily Scrum? (Choose 1)
- A. When Scrum team raises impediments
- B. When the Product Owner and Scrum Master want
- C. Product Owner and Scrum Master must participate in the Daily Scrum
- D. When a Product Owner or Scrum Master is also playing the role of a developer in the Scrum team
Question 39 of 80

39. Question
39. Scrum Master is accountable for (Choose 1)
- A. Managing the performance of the scrum team
- B. The meetings and the objectives that a scrum team sets for itself
- C. The Scrum Framework is being adopted and used properly
- D. Keeping track of resource allocation
Question 40 of 80

40. Question
40. How much time is required after a Sprint to prepare for the next Sprint? (Choose 1)
- A. Enough time for the requirements to be determined and documented.
- B. The break between Sprints is time-boxed to 1 week for 30-day Sprints, and usually less for shorter sprints.
- C. None. A new Sprint starts immediately following the end of the previous Sprint.
- D. Enough time for the developers to finish the testing from the last Sprint
Question 41 of 80

41. Question
41. Market changes and their impact on the Product Backlog can be discussed during the Sprint Review?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 42 of 80

42. Question
42. What all can be included in the Sprint backlog? (Choose what applies)
- A. User Stories
- B. Defects
- C. Tasks
- D. Non-Functional requirements
Question 43 of 80

43. Question
43. Sprint length can be extended temporarily to accommodate ad-Hoc requests or any undone work?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 44 of 80

44. Question
44. The adaptation for the Sprint planning is (Choose 1)
- A. Uncommitted Sprint Backlog and Uncommitted Sprint Goal
- B. Committed Product Backlog Items and Uncommitted Sprint Goal
- C. Sprint Goal, forecasted Product Backlog Items, and a Plan to deliver them (Sprint Backlog)
- D. Definition of Done
Question 45 of 80

45. Question
45. What is the immediate impact on the productivity of a Scrum team by adding more members to it? (Choose1)
- A. Productivity will likely be the same
- B. The Productivity of the Scrum team will increase
- C. The Productivity is likely to decrease initially and may increase later
- D. Scrum forbids the concept of the productivity of the team
Question 46 of 80

46. Question
46. Who creates the Definition of Done? (Choose 1)
- A. Developers
- B. Product Owner
- C. Scrum Master
- D. Scrum team
Question 47 of 80

47. Question
47. What should NOT be discussed in the Sprint Retrospective? (Choose 2)
- A. Definition of DONE
- B. Sprint backlog for the upcoming Sprints
- C. Process improvements
- D. Team Collaboration and relation
- E. Estimating current PBIs in the Product backlog
Question 48 of 80

48. Question
48. Product Owner is (Choose 2)
- A. Accountable for Value maximization of the work done by the developers
- B. Is one person
- C. A committee
- D. A traditional Project manager
Question 49 of 80

49. Question
49. Tracking the work in a sprint is the responsibility of? (Choose 1)
- A. Scrum Master
- B. Business Analyst
- C. Developers
- D. Project Manager
Question 50 of 80

50. Question
50. The Sprint backlog may include (Choose 1)
- A. User stories
- B. Experiments
- C. Features
- D. All of the above
Question 51 of 80

51. Question
51. Due to non-availability of a few of Scrum team members, the Sprint Retrospective can be conducted in the next sprint?
- A. True
- B. False
Question 52 of 80

52. Question
52. What gets covered during the Sprint Planning? (Choose 1)
- A. How the Product is getting impacted with the change in the market conditions
- B. Why to do the Sprint, What should be done, and How to do it.
- C. Who will do what part of the Sprint
- D. What went wrong with the previous deliverables of the Sprint
Question 53 of 80

53. Question
53. Developers best structure themselves in order to create an integrated DONE increment by (Choose 1)
- A. Working only on one technical layer (like UI, DB, middle tier, API)
- B. They develop functionality end to end through all the technical, no-technical layers
Question 54 of 80

54. Question
54. What is the best-suited structure for Developers in order to produce integrated Increments? (Choose 1)
- A. Each developer develops functionality from beginning to end throughout all technical layers.
- B. Each Developer works only on one technical layer of the system (e.g., GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces).
Question 55 of 80

55. Question
55. Only the Product Owner can make the decision to cancel a Sprint
- A. True
- B. False
Question 56 of 80

56. Question
56. When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their Increments be integrated every Sprint?
- A. Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.
- B. Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done.
- C. No, each Scrum Team stands alone.
- D. No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.
Question 57 of 80

57. Question
57. When do Developers members take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item? (Choose the best answer.)
- A. At the Sprint planning meeting.
- B. During the Daily Scrum.
- C. Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are “owned” by the entire Scrum Team.
- D. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work.
Question 58 of 80

58. Question
58. What is the key concern when multiple developers are working from the same Product Backlog?
- A. Minimizing dependencies between teams.
- B. Clear definition of requirements.
- C. Meeting original scope projections.
- D. Making sure there’s enough work for everyone on every team.
Question 59 of 80

59. Question
59. Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 60 of 80

60. Question
60. The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done Increment of product.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 61 of 80

61. Question
61. The Product Owner must release each Increment to production.
- A. When it makes sense.
- B. To make sure the Development Team is done every Sprint.
- C. Whenever the product is free of defects.
- D. Without exception.
Question 62 of 80

62. Question
62. Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning?
- A. What to do and who will do it
- B. How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve
- C. Why is the Sprint Valuable? What can be done and how will it be done
- D. What went wrong in the last Sprint, and how to do it differently this Sprint?
Question 63 of 80

63. Question
63. Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Developers ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the other teams. What should the Scrum Master do?
- A. Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint
- B. Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment
- C. Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge them into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint
- D. Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned
Question 64 of 80

64. Question
64. A properly functioning Scrum Team will have at least one Release Sprint and may well have several
- A. True
- B. False
Question 65 of 80

65. Question
65. Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
- A. The Project Manager.
- B. The Developers
- C. The Scrum Team
- D. The Product Owner
Question 66 of 80

66. Question
66. Which two things should the Developers do during the first Sprint? (Choose two)
- A. Make up a plan for the rest of the project
- B. Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints
- C. Develop at least one piece of functionality
- D. Create an increment of potentially releasable software
Question 67 of 80

67. Question
67. Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build software incrementally.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 68 of 80

68. Question
68. What are the ways Scrum promotes self-organization? (Choose two)
- A. By not allowing documentation.
- B. By the Developers deciding what work to do in a Sprint.
- C. By preventing stakeholders from entering the development room.
- D. By removing titles for Developers.
Question 69 of 80

69. Question
69. As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Developers see that the workload is greater than they can handle. What are two valid actions? (Choose two)
- A. Recruit additional Developers before the work can begin
- B. The Developers ensure that the Product Owner is aware, start the Sprint, and monitor progress
- C. Cancel the Sprint
- D. Remove or change selected Product Backlog items
- E. The Developers work overtime during this sprint.
Question 70 of 80

70. Question
70. How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog?
- A. The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls Product Backlog items first.
- B. The Developers pull in work in agreement with the Product Owner.
- C. The Product Owner should provide each team with its own Product Backlog.
- D. Each Scrum Team takes an equal number of items.
Question 71 of 80

71. Question
71. Which statement best describes Scrum?
- A. A defined and predictive process that conforms to the principles of Scientific Management.
- B. A complete methodology that defines how to develop software
- C. A cookbook that defines best practices for software development.
- D. A framework within which complex products in complex environments are developed
Question 72 of 80

72. Question
72. Which of these may Developers deliver at the end of a Sprint?
- A. Failing unit tests, to identify acceptance tests for the next Sprint
- B. An increment of software with minor known bugs in it
- C. An increment of working software that is “done.”
- D. A single document, if that is what the Scrum Master asked for
Question 73 of 80

73. Question
73. Developers select a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent to get the selected items “Done” by the end of the Sprint. Which three phrases best describe the purpose of a definition of “Done”? (Choose three.)
- A. It creates transparency over the work inspected at the Sprint Review.
- B. It tracks the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item.
- C. It guides the developers in creating a forecast during the Sprint Planning.
- D. It defines what it takes for an Increment to be ready for release.
- E. It controls whether the developers have performed their tasks.
- F. It provides a template for elements that need to be included in the technical documentation.
Question 74 of 80

74. Question
74. Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency. (Choose two)
- A. When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment
- B. It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a sprint.
- C. As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways
- D. It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a developer is not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt
Question 75 of 80

75. Question
75. Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Developers communicate effectively with the Product Owner?
- A. Monitor communications between them and facilitate direct collaboration.
- B. Teach the Development Team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives.
- C. Teach the Product Owner about the technologies employed during the Sprints.
- D. Act as a go-between for them.
Question 76 of 80

76. Question
76. What topics are covered in Sprint Retrospective? (Choose the best)
- A. Who is participating in the event?
- B. What changes can be made to the Product Backlog as per the stakeholders’ involvement
- C. How does the market impact the Product Backlog
- D. Why is the Sprint important, what can be done, and how to do it
- E. Ways to increase quality and effectiveness with regard to individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and their Definition of Done
Question 77 of 80

77. Question
77. Who participates in the Sprint Review? (Choose the best)
- A. Scrum Master and Developers
- B. Product Owner and Stakeholders
- C. Scrum Team and Stakeholders
- D. Developers and Stakeholders
- E. Developers and Product Owner
- F. Scrum team and CEO
Question 78 of 80

78. Question
78. Daily Scrum is only for: (Choose one)
- A. Scrum Master and Developers
- B. Scrum Team
- C. Scrum Team and stakeholders
- D. None of the above
Question 79 of 80

79. Question
79. What would you consider as a Scrum Master when starting a new Scrum Team? (Choose two)
- A. Teach the team to create a Definition of Done to establish quality
- B. Ensure that the team members have high Emotional IQ
- C. Ensure that each team member has all skills like coding, testing, ui and others
- D. Enable the Product Owner to set the context through vision, strategy, and goals of the product
Question 80 of 80

80. Question
80. A cross-functional team is the team that works on a specific component of the product. (Choose one)
- A. True
- B. False

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