A Review Of Downloadable PSM-II Practice

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

• A. The Scrum Team with the highest capacity will pull items from the Product Backlog first.
• B. Each Scrum Team must have an equal amount of User Stories per Sprint.
• C. The Product Owner separates the Product Backlog items for each team.
• D. The Development Teams pull in work from a shared Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner and the other teams.

Answer: D

Explanation:
During Sprint Planning the number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team regardless of the number of Development Teams working from the same Product Backlog. Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.

NEW QUESTION 2
Every Development Team should have the competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

Explanation:
Development Teams are self-organized and cross-functional.

NEW QUESTION 3
A time-box is:

• A. An event that starts at a specific time.
• B. An event with a minimum set time.
• C. An event that cannot take more than a maximum amount of time.
• D. An event that must happen by a specific time.

Answer: C

Explanation:
All events are time-boxed events, such that every event has a maximum duration. Once a Sprint begins, its duration is fixed and cannot be shortened or lengthened. The remaining events may end whenever the purpose of the event is achieved, ensuring an appropriate amount of time is spent without allowing waste in the process.

NEW QUESTION 4
What would be good ways of creating Development Teams that would support the Scrum values?

• A. Project Managers will allocate individuals to specific teams.
• B. Bring all the developers or existing teams together and let them propose how to organize into the new structure and self-organize into Development Teams.
• C. The operations manager determines the new team structures and assignments.
• D. Direct managers personally re-assign current reports to new teams.

Answer: B

Explanation:
The ones that will be doing the work are the best ones to decide on what Development Team structures work best.

NEW QUESTION 5
What activities would a Product Owner do during an active Sprint?

• A. Engage with the stakeholders and answer QUESTION NO:s from the Development Team.
• B. Prioritize the Sprint Backlog.
• C. Participate at the Daily Scrum.
• D. Update the burndown chart.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 6
Kevin is a senior developer that has recently joined an existing Scrum Team. The existing team members are unable to get along with Kevin and conclude that he is not a culture fit.
If necessary, who is responsible for removing the new team member, and why?

• A. The Scrum Master because he/she is responsible for removing Impediments.
• B. The Development Team is responsible because it is an internal team issue, and may request help from the Scrum Master.
• C. The HR department, as they are responsible for the hiring process.
• D. The Product Owner because he/she is responsible for managing the team.

Answer: B

Explanation:
The ones closest to the problem are the best ones to understand and solve the problems. The Scrum Master can remove members (if empowered). The QUESTION NO: is focused on the ownership of the root problem. The Development Team is responsible for addressing internal conflicts and may request help from the Scrum Master if needed. Because this is a localized issue, they are the ones that must initiate the actions for the results they desire.

NEW QUESTION 7
The Scrum Master is no longer needed when teams become self-organized.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 8
What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum?

• A. Estimates must be made in Story Points.
• B. Estimates must be in relative units.
• C. The Development Team is responsible for estimates.
• D. Estimates are made by the Product Owner.
• E. Estimates must follow the Fibonacci Sequence.

Answer: C

Explanation:
The people who will perform the work make the final estimates.

NEW QUESTION 9
When does a new Sprint begin?

• A. Immediately after the next Sprint Planning.
• B. Immediately after the end of the previous Sprint.
• C. It depends on the Product Owner.
• D. Every Monday.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 10
Which stakeholder is the most important for the Product Owner to satisfy?

• A. The company founder
• B. The board of directors
• C. The Head of Product
• D. The Product’s users

Answer: D

Explanation:
The highest priority is to satisfy the end users.

NEW QUESTION 11
What is management’s role in Scrum?

• A. To provide the necessary environment and support needed as defined by the Scrum Guide by providing insights and resources that help the Scrum Teams continue moving forward.
• B. Identifying and removing people that are performing poorly.
• C. Monitoring skill levels of the Development Team.
• D. Monitoring the Development Team’s velocity.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Getting the support from the business side helps facilitate the changes that fosters empiricism, self- organization, bottom-up intelligence, and intelligent release of software.

NEW QUESTION 12
Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed
at the end of the Sprint.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer: A

Explanation:
Technical debt is any shortcomings in the code. It is a natural by-product of software development (unavoidable) and can at best be managed. If neglected, it will compound and have a negative effect on the team’s ability to the deliver value. A team can have an artificially high velocity by taking shortcuts or introducing technical, debt into the system. This can give a false assumption about the current state of the product. It can look good on the surface but underneath can be a mess.

NEW QUESTION 13
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?

• A. 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.
• B. Support the Product Owner’s decision as he/she is accountable for maximizing the value of the work that the Development Team does.
• C. Explain that one Sprint may be too short to finish the architecture and he should pre-allocate subsequent Sprints just in case.
• D. Add at least one technical architect to the Development Team to ensure the architecture can be completed in the first Sprint.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Getting feedback from the Users and Stakeholders is a crucial activity in Scrum. It reduces waste from building items that add no value. Saying that, the best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self- organizing teams.

NEW QUESTION 14
What would be the best two ways to identify that a Development Team is self-organizing? (Choose two.)

• A. Management is able to know which members are working on which items.
• B. Creativity thrives and new possibilities are explored.
• C. The Development Team members are cross-functional and knows what it needs to do to deliver the all tasks committed to the Sprint Planning.
• D. The Development Team is able to resolve internal conflicts between members in order to continue working.

Answer: BD

Explanation:
In self-organized teams creativity thrives, conflicts can be resolved, and new possibilities are explored.

NEW QUESTION 15
Three Development Teams are currently building a single product and pulling work from the same Product Backlog. All three teams have identified that they will need Dan, a database specialist, to work full time in their team for the next several Sprints.
What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do to solve this potential problem?

• A. Manage the items in the Sprint Backlogs so that Dan can be utilized evenly for each team.
• B. Assign Dan to the team with the most urgent tasks first and then move him to the next team and so on until the required support is completed.
• C. Facilitate a discussion with all Development Teams on how they want to deal with this issue, and help them implement their preferred solution.
• D. Ask Dan to work with the HR department to recruit and hire additional database specialist
• E. In the meantime, have the Product Owner move items that do not depend on Dan to the top of the Product Backlog.

Answer: C

Explanation:
As a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended QUESTION NO:s in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework.

NEW QUESTION 16
Which of the following are feedback loops in Scrum?

• A. Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• B. Daily Standup, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• C. Release Planning, Daily Scrum, and Sprint Review
• D. Grooming, Daily Status, and Sprint Review

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 17
A cross-functional Development Team is defined as:

• A. Cross-skilled individuals who are able to do all the work necessary to deliver a shippable Increment at the end of the Sprint.
• B. A team of engineers, testers, business analysts, technical architects and functional managers.
• C. A group of full-stack developers shared across multiple teams.
• D. A team of skilled developers that can effectively multi-task on multiple Product Backlog items at the same time.

Answer: A

Explanation:
The objective of the Sprint is to produce a shippable Increment at the end of each Sprint so that the team can effectively inspect and adapt accordingly.

NEW QUESTION 18
Who should be present to review and adjust the selected Sprint work if the Development Team determines that it will not be able to finish the complete forecast?

• A. The stakeholders and Scrum Master.
• B. The Product Owner and the Development Team.
• C. The Development Team and Project Manager.
• D. The Scrum Master, the Business Analyst and the Development Team.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 19
Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to ‘done’ during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.
What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)

• A. Steven talks with Peter about concerns of how his behavior might impact the team members and request that he stop attending for now.
• B. Steven coaches Peter on best practices for updating the burndown chart as it provides accurate information on how well the team is performing.
• C. Nothin
• D. Steven is optional at the Daily Scrum and it is the responsibility of the team to decide how tobest run it.
• E. Steven coaches the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum.

Answer: AD

Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.
The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren’t.
The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.

NEW QUESTION 20
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