Sprint planning should result in a commitment on what will be delivered at the end of the Sprint. Who makes this commitment?
A. The Product Owner
B. The Scrum Master
C. The team
What is the primary responsibility of a Scrum Master in order to keep a Scrum team working at its peak level of productivity?
A. Keeping high priority features at the top of the Product Backlog.
B. Not allowing changes to the Product Backlog once the Sprint begins.
C. Supporting the team's decisions and resolving the team's issues.
During a Sprint, the team completes four stories with story points 3, 5, 8 and 2 respectively. They further complete half a story with a story point of 13.
What is the velocity of the team?
A. 18
B. 24.5
C. 31
Which statement describes Release Planning?
A. After looking at all the stories in the backlog, the team estimates their effort in detail.
B. The team meets with the customer to negotiate the scope, cost and time of the release.
C. The team and the Product Owner agree on an initial plan for the delivery of features.
During the release planning meeting, it is difficult to agree on priorities.
Sales want to implement some new features to catch up with the competitors.
Marketing want to work on a mobile interface that can prove to be a competitive differentiator. Customer
support want better logging and auditing capabilities to improve maintainability. What should be done to set the priorities?
A. Approach Senior Management and ask for priorities.
B. Survey the existing customers and prioritize according to their views.
C. The Product Owner will set the priorities.
How should 'done' be defined when multiple teams are working on a single product?
A. All teams must have the same definition of 'done'.
B. Each team must define and use their own definition of 'done'.
C. The Scrum Master defines when the item is 'done'.
The Product Owner is going on a three-week vacation. The team should be closing the current Sprint and starting a new Sprint at the end of the first week of the Product Owner's vacation.
What is the best way to continue the Scrum rituals in this situation?
A. Each Scrum team should ideally have two Product Owners to provide cover.
B. The Product Owner should be requested to delay his vacation by a week.
C. The Scrum Master should take over and cover for the Product Owner.
A story was estimated at eight ideal hours. A working day is eight hours. Developers can get about six hours of work done on a daily basis.
What is the elapsed time required to complete the story?
A. 1.25 days
B. 1.33 days
C. 2 days
D. This cannot be determined without knowing the velocity.
For a Sprint, progress is monitored in a burn-up chart with bars. What makes the bar become longer?
A. The progression of time.
B. Work is added to the Sprint Backlog.
C. Work is deleted from the Sprint Backlog.
Why is planning poker an effective estimation technique?
A. It generates a lot of useful discussion and gets team buy-in.
B. It results in lower estimates as team members will estimate individually.
C. It triggers a more detailed and task oriented break-up of the story.