The Replace Guide To PSM-II Answers

NEW QUESTION 1
What is the recommended size for a Development Team (within the Scrum Team)?

• A. 3 to 9
• B. Minimal 5
• C. 7 plus or minus 2
• D. 9

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 2
The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 3
Scrum has a role called “Project Manager.”

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: B

Explanation:
The Scrum Framework only recognizes three roles although others may be needed to help the team build the most valuable product possible.

NEW QUESTION 4
Currently, your engineering department is organized in siloed teams that specialize by function (for example, design, front-end, back-end, database, and testing).
What would you consider when moving away from component teams towards feature teams?

• A. You cannot begin Scrum without have feature team
• B. It is easier to measure and compare performancebetween feature team
• C. Feature teams should have an equal number of team members.
• D. Members within feature teams require compatible personalitie
• E. Feature teams should have a mix of junior and senior member
• F. Tasks are completed more quickly than component teams.
• G. Moving from component teams to feature teams could reduce, productivity in the initial stage
• H. Feature teams have less communication complexit
• I. Getting the support from the business side makes the transition easier.

Answer: C

Explanation:
The initial phase of forming a new team could cause short-term disruption as they need time to discover how to best work together. Because all the skills and competencies are inside the team the communication overhead is reduced. Having an environment that supports the Scrum values reduces complexity.

NEW QUESTION 5
Which role would know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain clearly the alternatives?

• A. The Product Owner
• B. The Release Manager
• C. The Development Team
• D. The Scrum Master

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 6
A Development Team, that has remote team members, typically spends time before the Daily Scrum to setup the meeting rooms and conference calling equipment and tools in order to have their Daily Scrum.
How should the Scrum Master handle this situation?

• A. Allow the Development Team to self-manage and decide for itself what to do.
• B. Setup the meeting and tell the Development Team that is how it will be done.
• C. Ask the Development Team members to alternate who is responsible for meeting setup.
• D. Inform management and ask them to solve it.

Answer: A

Explanation:
As a self-organized team, they will decide for themselves how to best manage communication between team members. The Scrum Master will only take action if requested OR if he/she observes that there is a potential problem.

NEW QUESTION 7
Who determines how to do the work during the Sprint?

• A. The Scrum Master.
• B. The Technical Architects.
• C. The Development Team.
• D. The Team Leads.
• E. The engineering director.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 8
Which statement is FALSE in regards to the Sprint Goal?

• A. It is only a forecast and changes during the Sprint as more is learned.
• B. If it doesn’t seem achievable, the Development Team has the courage to tell the Product Owner.
• C. The Product Owner respects the Development Team’s opinion on whether they can achieve it.
• D. It helps increase focus.
• E. The Scrum Team discusses openly about alternative ways to reach it.
• F. The Development Team commits to it.

Answer: A

Explanation:
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

NEW QUESTION 9
Over the course of several Sprints, the relationship between the Product Owner and the Development team has suffered. The Development Team is upset with the Product Owner for the constantly changing the upcoming items for the product. The Product Owner is upset with the Development Team for changing the work that needs to be done during the Sprint.
What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do?

• A. During the Sprint Retrospective, ask the Product Owner and the Development Team to address the issues.Have the Team discuss why the changes occur and what impact they have on the value of the product.
• B. The Scrum Master’s responsibility is to ensure the Development Team has a stable velocit
• C. Any changes that negatively impact the team’s velocity will be rejected by the Scrum Master.
• D. Take the time between Sprints to organize a team building session to rebuild the relationship.
• E. Explain to the Development Team that the Product Owner is accountable for flow of value and needs to be followed in order to maximize the value delivered.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Conflicts are a natural occurrence and the Scrum Master coaches the Development Team on the value of resolving conflicts. Leaving conflicts unresolved can impact the Scrum values of openness and respect diminishing trust. Lower trust levels will impact the Scrum Team’s effectiveness and can cause impediments in the future. It is the responsibility of the Scrum Master to remove impediments that hinder the team through conflict resolution and facilitation.

NEW QUESTION 10
Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)

• A. Sprint Goals are defined when the completed work is reviewed at the end of a Sprint.
• B. Sprint Goals give the Development Teams flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint.
• C. 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.
• D. Sprint Goals can change as new insights emerge during the Sprint.

Answer: BC

Explanation:
The number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team. Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The Sprint Goal gives the Development Team some flexibility regarding the functionality implemented within the Sprint. The selected Product Backlog items deliver one coherent function, which can be the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal can be any other coherence that causes the Development Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives.

NEW QUESTION 11
The Development Team should have all the skills and competencies needed to:

• A. Turn the Product Backlog items it selects into a potentially releasable product increment of functionality.
• B. Do all of the development work in order to handoff to the testers in the subsequent Sprint.
• C. Complete the project within the estimate as committed to the Product Owner.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 12
When multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, also known as scaled Scrum, they must still work in conformance of the Scrum guide.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

Explanation:
Scrum is a framework with built in flexibility to support multiple Scrum Teams working on a single product.

NEW QUESTION 13
Which two scenarios would best represent a self-organizing Development Team? (Choose two.)

• A. The Development Team members are strictly focused on the work within their functional role and always handing off the work to other roles in a timely matter.
• B. Management works with the Scrum Master to optimize the Development Team’s progress during the Sprint.
• C. Development Team members collaboratively select and re-plan their work throughout the Sprint.
• D. The Development Team invites external people to the Sprint Planning to help them create a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog.
• E. The Development Team creates its own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.

Answer: CE

Explanation:
A self-organized team is a team that is able to self-manage and decide how best to accomplish their work.

NEW QUESTION 14
Steven, a Scrum Master, is approached by the Development Team members complaining that one of the senior engineers is using too much time during the Daily Scrums to share technical solutions.
Which are the best two actions for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

• A. Coach the Development Team to help them find a way to solve the problem, and for them to take ownership of the solution.
• B. Contact the team member’s direct manager and to resolve this problem.
• C. Suggest that the team members timebox the amount of time each person can speak at the Daily Scrum to a maximum of two minutes.
• D. Suggest using a token to limit who is allowed to speak during the Daily Scrum.
• E. Speak with the person privately and coach him on the purpose of the Daily Scrum.

Answer: AE

Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including: Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality; Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
It is the Scrum Master’s responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order to help them maximize the benefits of each event in accordance to the Scrum values and theory.

NEW QUESTION 15
The Product Owner’s primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

Explanation:
The Product Owner is also known as the value maximizer. He is responsible for maximizing the value of the work that the Development Team does. This is done through the ordering of the Product Backlog.

NEW QUESTION 16
Which two behaviors would reflect Servant Leadership in a Scrum Master? (Choose two.)

• A. Facilitating Scrum Events as requested or needed.
• B. Coaching the Development Team, the Product Owner and the organization on how to work empirically.
• C. Staying away from internal Development Team interactions, maximizing their autonomy and freedom.
• D. Resolving every impediment for the Development Team.

Answer: AB

Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for serving the team by facilitating and removing impediments to ensure there are minimal roadblocks in the way of the team. The Scrum Master also coaches the Scrum Team and organization to ensure the benefits of Scrum is realized.
“Removing every impediment for the Development Team” may seem like the right thing to do but by doing it this way, the Dev Team’s ability to self-organize would be limited. There are some impediments that will depend solely on the Scrum Master and there will be some that require collaboration with the Dev Team. The former might be working with the finance department to renew services that the team is using. The latter might be lack of skills to make a particular item done. The Scrum Master can coach the team on finding different solutions to resolve the issue.
“Removing impediments” is good. “Removing every impediment for the Development Team” is not so good and sometimes not even possible.

NEW QUESTION 17
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.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: B

Explanation:
Product Backlog items should be clear enough and have enough information for the Product Owner and Development to understand the work that needs to be done and to create a forecast of Product Backlog items to implement the Sprint Goal. Nothing stops the flow of Sprints, for example, we do not delay the Sprint because the items are not ready. In such cases, the “unready” items would be selected for the Sprint anyway and refined during the Sprint.
In the case that the Product Backlog items are not clear enough, the Development Team forecasts the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan. Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint. At the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team can discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.

NEW QUESTION 18
What should a Development Team do with non-functional requirements?

• A. Ensure they are addressed in every Increment.
• B. Assign them to the technical leads on the team.
• C. They will be addressed in the Integration Sprints.
• D. Add them to a separate non-functional requirements list.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Non-functional requirements should be worked on alongside functional development.

NEW QUESTION 19
Which approach would you recommend to ensure that the Product Backlog items discussed at Sprint Planning are well understood, actionable, and easier to forecast?

• A. Having a separate group of business analysts and functional testers analyzing high-ordered Product Backlog items before Sprint Planning.
• B. Having the Product Owner work with stakeholders between the end of the last Sprint and before beginning the next to prepare the Product Backlog items so not to interrupt the Development Team.
• C. Having the business analysts in the Development Team create the upcoming Product Backlog items during a Sprint and adding them to the next Sprint’s forecast.
• D. Having the Development Team use some time during each Sprint to help the Product Owner analyze, estimate, and design items at the top of the Product Backlog that is projected to be worked on in the upcoming Sprint.

Answer: D

Explanation:
Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. Refinement usually consumes no more than 10% of the capacity of the Development Team. However, Product Backlog items can be updated at any time by the Product Owner or at the Product Owner’s discretion.

NEW QUESTION 20
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