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Exin ASM EXIN Agile Scrum Master Exam Practice Test

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EXIN Agile Scrum Master Questions and Answers

Question 1

The Product Owner informs the team that the release will be date-driven.

What kind of buffer for uncertainty is most important to use in this type of release?

Options:

A.

Budget buffer

B.

Feature buffer

C.

Padding buffer

D.

Schedule buffer

Question 2

Which one of the following INCORRECTLY matches a type of Scrum Team and a corresponding

communication facilitator?

Options:

A.

Colocated Team : War Rooms

B.

Colocated Team: Wall displays

C.

Distributed Team: Video Conferencing

D.

Distributed Team : Manual Scrumboard

Question 3

Between traditional Project Management and Scrum, differences exist in how quality is achieved and/or

implemented. In this respect, which of the following is NOT true?

Options:

A.

In traditional project management, once the user clarifies their quality expectations, it is the Project

Manager who defines those user expectations in measurable terms.

B.

In traditional project management, changes can be made only through a formal change management

system.

C.

In Scrum, the Scrum Master and the Scrum Team collaborate and decide on the Acceptance Criteria for

the User Stories.

D.

In Scrum, the development of the product is carried out by the Scrum Team in short iterations called

Sprints.

Question 4

A team’s physical environment can have a big influence on how Agile a team can become. An important

benefit of an open space workplace is the ease with which the layout of the area can be changed.

Why does this comply with the Agile principles?

Options:

A.

It follows the inspect and adapt cycle, as the people on the team are learning how to work best with one another during the process.

B.

Pair programming is only possible in an open environment.

C.

Self-organization is only possible in an open space environment.

D.

With people involved, there will always be people issues. Open work spaces allow the Scrum Master to

detect people issues and resolve them.

Question 5

To enable the Product Owner to successfully deploy the product release as a part of the Ship Deliverables

process, the Scrum Master should ensure that:

Options:

A.

The Scrum Team creates Deliverables as agreed upon

B.

The Release Plan and Prioritized Product Backlog are updated

C.

The Scrum Team creates the Release Planning Schedule

D.

The Scrum team Accepts/Rejects the deliverables during Demonstrate and Validate Sprint process

Question 6

The separate roles in Scrum are accountable and responsible tor different things. One of the roles is accountable for promoting quality by adhering to a definition of done (DoD)

Which role is accountable?

Options:

A.

The Developers

B.

The Product Owner

C.

The Scrum Master

Question 7

You are coaching stakeholders about Scrum and there is some confusion about the characteristics of a Sprint. All the following are true statements about a Sprint's duration, except for which one?

Options:

A.

Sprints with long durations can affect how quickly the makeup of the Development Team can feasibly change.

B.

Springs with long durations will require more Development Team members to complete the work.

C.

Sprints with long durations can affect when a product is ready to be released.

D.

Sprints with long durations may cause stakeholders to become disengaged from the project.

Question 8

Collaboration is one of the Scrum principles. Which of the following are the three dimensions of this principle?

Options:

A.

Awareness, articulation, and appropriation

B.

Transparency, precision, and coordination

C.

Perfection, cooperation, and comprehension

D.

Honesty, responsiveness, and adaptability

Question 9

You are the Scrum Master for a team that is working on a project for a chemical engineering company. During

one of the Sprints, the Product Owner suggests changes to the Acceptance Criteria on the basis of new

requirements by the stakeholders. Which of the following best describes the steps that should be taken next in

this situation?

Options:

A.

You will direct the Scrum team to re-work the User Story in the same Sprint.

B.

The Scrum Team will not re-work an already developed deliverable; however, the Product Owner will reject

the deliverable in Demonstrate and Validate Sprint.

C.

The deliverable is rejected on the basis of the changed requirements, and added to the Prioritized Product

Backlog with the new Acceptance Criteria to be worked on in a subsequent Sprint.

D.

You should inform the Product Owner that the Scrum Team does not have the bandwidth to re-work the

already created deliverable.

Question 10

Program Stakeholders, the Program Product Owner, Program Scrum Master, and Chief Product Owner have

gathered together to create the Project Vision. They are trying to determine and document the difference

between current business capabilities and the final desired set of capabilities. Which one of the following

should they use to arrive at a conclusive decision?

Options:

A.

Trial Project.

B.

JAD Session.

C.

Gap Analysis.

D.

SWOT Analysis.

Question 11

Which of the following items is not time-boxed?

Options:

A.

Sprint Review

B.

Sprint

C.

Sprint Planning

D.

Backlog Maintenance

E.

Sprint Retrospective

F.

Daily Scrum

Question 12

What is the recommended size of a Development Team?

Options:

A.

5 to 12

B.

5 to 9

C.

3 to 9

D.

3 to 15

E.

3 to 6

F.

3 to 12

Question 13

During a Sprint Planning, a team has picked three User Stories:

Story 1 – 5 Story Points

Story 2 – 8 Story Points

Story 3 – 3 Story Points

At the end of the Sprint, the team has completed Story 1 and Story 3 and the Product Owner accepts these.

The team has almost completed Story 2 but there are a few bugs identified in acceptance tests.

What is the Velocity of this team?

Options:

A.

8 points

B.

16 points

C.

12 points

D.

Insufficient information given – it depends on % completion of Story 2

Question 14

You are the Scrum Master for your organization and you're coaching the Development Team on the work they'll need to do in the Sprint. What does a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?

Options:

A.

The Development Team identification all the of prioritized items from the Product Backlog for the next u Sprint.

B.

The Development Team will offer releasable code.

C.

The Development Team will offer detailed plan for the Product Backlog.

D.

The Development Team will offer an increment of working software that meets the definition of w done.

Question 15

Maria is one of the Scrum Master for a rail-road reservation system program. She facilitates the Daily Standup

Meetings to enable the Scrum Team to discuss issues faced by individual members, and seek solutions to

motivate the team. Which of the following represents the mandatory outputs of Conduct Daily Standup

process?

Options:

A.

Updated Sprint Burndown chart and Impediment log.

B.

Updated Scrumboard and Unapproved Change Requests.

C.

Updated Sprint Burndown chart and Motivated Scrum Team.

D.

Updated Scrumboard and Dependencies.

Question 16

During the Form Scrum Team process, the Scrum Master must collaborate with the Product Owner to enable

him or her to select the team members. Which of following sets of Traits is desirable of a Scrum Team

member?

Options:

A.

Scrum Expert, Business Domain knowledge, Highly motivated.

B.

Collaborative, Self-organizing, Negotiation skills.

C.

Business Domain knowledge, Collaborative, Cross-functional outlook.

D.

Collaborative, Highly motivated, Independent.

Question 17

Scrum effectively limits the risk of unknowingly doing something wrong by

Options:

A.

Having multiple checkpoints and a thorough review by senior management at those checkpoints

B.

Using short iterations called Sprints

C.

Having a detailed and extensive risk management plan

Question 18

Select all that apply. Before starting the first Sprint, what needs to be in place?

Options:

A.

Just enough Product Backlog Items with business ideas for the first Sprint

B.

Completed System architecture

C.

Availability of the Project Manager

D.

A complete Product Backlog capturing detailed product needs

E.

Staffed Scrum Team

Question 19

Which of the following events does NOT help the Scrum Team in identifying or resolving risks?

Options:

A.

Daily Standup Meeting

B.

Sprint Planning Meeting

C.

Financial Planning Meeting

D.

Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meeting

Question 20

A team has a velocity of 16 story points per sprint. They have pulled the following user stones into the sprint backlog:

1) "As a coach I can save personal data of new swimmers" - 4 story points - done

2) "As a swimmer I can change my personal data" - 4 story points - halfway done

3) "As an administrator I can get an overview of ail swimmers" - 6 story points – done

How should a Scrum team work with these customers?

Options:

A.

Ask the customers to attend all demonstrations every two weeks if they are serious about being more involved to help them see the value of that

B.

Collocate the Developers that work on specific projects with the customers to ensure they gain information through osmotic communication

C.

Let the Scrum Master act as a second voice of the customer (VoC) to generate better feedback and give a limited number of demonstrations

D.

Make sure the Product Owner understands the customers very well and schedule a number of demonstrations that works for each customer

Question 21

Collaboration within a team is an important principle of Scrum. All of the following activities constitute

collaboration EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The Scrum Team decides which User Stories are important and assigns which Sprint they should be

worked on.

B.

The Scrum Team discusses the best approach to creating deliverables during a Sprint.

C.

A Scrum Team member is facing difficulties in one of his tasks and another team member pitches in to

help him.

D.

The Scrum Team interacts with the Product Owner to obtain clarification on User Stories.

Question 22

A Scrum team is dividing their work Azis is the Product Owner and has refined the product backlog He wants to assign the tasks to the Developers The Developers want to choose their own tasks The Scrum Master agrees with the Product Owner

Is it a good idea it the Product Owner divides the tasks'?

Options:

A.

Yes, because the Product Owner both understands the ordering and knows the Developers skills

B.

Yes, because the Scrum Master and the Product Owner agree on who assigns work to the Developers

C.

No, because the Scrum Master is accountable tor dividing product backlog items over the Developers

D.

No, because this conflicts with the principle of self-management and the Developers do not agree

Question 23

Jeff is a new Product Owner for his organization and he's asked you, the Scrum Master, for some help to better understand his role and responsibility in Scrum. How would you coach Jeff on his responsibility in the project?

Options:

A.

The Product Owner helps the Development Team by optimizing the value of the work.

B.

The Product Owner works alongside the Development Team to ensure the work is done properly.

C.

The Product Owner will plan and determine when a project release will happen.

D.

The Product Owner coaches the Development Team on their assignments as needed.

Question 24

A team struggles to keep the sprint planning meeting within the timebox. They spend a lot of time on planning the work to finish their sprint within the expected timeframe

Who should ensure the meeting stays within the timebox?

Options:

A.

The Developers because the sprint planning meeting is a meeting where they should take lead

B.

The organization because they should facilitate ways to help the team stay within the timebox

C.

The Product Owner, because the Product Owner must prepare the team for the sprint planning

D.

The Scrum Master because the Scrum Master is accountable for ensuring an efficient meeting

Question 25

The Scrum Master must ensure that a sustainable pace is maintained throughout every Sprint. What does

sustainable pace mean in the context of Scrum?

Options:

A.

Effort spent in each Sprint increases gradually, as the team gains momentum to deliver.

B.

Effort spent in each Sprint decreases gradually, as the team becomes more familiar with the expected

deliverables.

C.

Effort expended in the present Sprint is similar to the effort spent on the previous Sprints, and is a

comfortable pace for the team.

D.

Effort spent in the Sprint is directly proportional to the cost incurred in the Sprint.

Question 26

A large company of more than 400 people changes from the Waterfall to the Agile framework. The company uses the approach of applying Scrum to all projects in the organization using an all-in scenario. The leaders are reluctant to fully commit to Scrum and there are no experienced Scrum Masters available within the organization yet. Six months later, Scrum has failed in the company. Many different applications of Scrum have been tried with varying degrees of success. The company gives up and returns to the Waterfall approach.

What is the most likely reason that the transition did not work?

Options:

A.

Scrum was not properly promoted as a best practice and the best way to solve the problems of the

organization which created a big risk.

B.

The change to Agile was not disruptive enough to provoke a real change and there was not enough

commitment to keeping the new process.

C.

The company was too large to transition easily. A successful pilot project should have been done first, to be able to copy from.

D.

There was no public display of Agility and, therefore, customers kept asking for Waterfall projects. The

company gave up too early.

Question 27

You are a Scrum Master for your organization. Which one of the following best describes your role?

Options:

A.

The Scrum Master helps people outside the team communicate and work with the Scrum Team.

B.

The Scrum Master is the time keeper for all Scrum meetings.

C.

The Scrum Master prioritizes the Product Backlog.

D.

The Scrum Master is the project manager of the Scrum Project.

Question 28

Your team uses Story Points to estimate User stories.

Halfway through a Sprint, you are not seeing the progress you expected. The Team feels some Stories are not estimated correctly, when compared to other Stories.

How should you address this?

Options:

A.

Complete incomplete Stories

B.

Increase or re-estimate Velocity

C.

Re-estimate all small Stories

D.

Switch to using Ideal days

Question 29

What is the main reason to limit Scrum Teams to 9 team members?

Options:

A.

Feeding more than 9 team members pizza is unpractical.

B.

Smaller teams are generally more productive.

C.

There is a maximum of 9 functions in development.

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a core dimension of collaborative work?

Options:

A.

Team members working together so that everyone is aware of each other's work.

B.

Adapting technology to suit team's needs.

C.

Compartmentalizing work into units, distributing the units among team members, and reintegrating it.

D.

Team members working in sub groups so that a competitive environment is maintained among the groups.

Question 31

A team has some trouble managing issues and bugs. They decide to track them using the team's Scrum board. They plan some time in every sprint to deal with important issues and bugs

What should the Scrum Master do with newly identified issues or bugs?

Options:

A.

Ask the Product Owner to move them to the product backlog and ignore them for now

B.

Assign them as tasks to the Developers as soon as the issues and bugs are identified

C.

Call a meeting for the Developers and have them discuss the correct priority and actions

D.

Have the Product Owner assess the priority and move them to the appropriate backlog

Question 32

You are a Scrum Master on a project that is preparing to begin its first Sprint. You explain to the Scrum team

the concept of Daily Standup Meetings. You include all of the following points in your introduction to the Daily

Standup Meeting, EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

The Daily Standup Meeting is a short daily meeting, time-boxed to 15 minutes.

B.

The meeting may be cancelled or delayed if one or more members are not able to attend.

C.

Team members assemble to report their progress in the Sprint and plan the day's activities.

D.

The information provided by the Team members is used to identify the impediments in the way of project

progress.

Question 33

A Scrum Team is supposed to deliver potentially snippable software at the end of each Sprint. During the last Sprint the Team did not deliver a potentially shippable increment.

The correct question to ask is: “What can we do to make sure we do better in the next Sprint?

Who is responsible for making sure this question asked?

Options:

A.

The Development Team

B.

The Product Owner

C.

The Project Manager

D.

The Scrum Master

Question 34

Your company has discovered that it takes more than high quality, low cost, and differentiation to excel. It also takes speed and flexibility. This calls for a different approach: you are aware that the current process is not delivering acceptable results.

What would be the next activity after becoming aware?

Options:

A.

Ability to succeed with Scrum

B.

Desire to adopt Scrum as a way to address current problems

C.

Promotion of Scrum through sharing experiences so that we remember and others can see our successes

D.

Transfer of the implications of using Scrum throughout the company

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