PSM-II by Scrum Actual Free Exam Q&As

Question 1

Which role is responsible for engaging with stakeholders?

A. The Development Team B. The Product Owner C. The project manager D. The team lead E. The business analyst

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question 2

At the fifth Sprint Retrospective, the Product Owner mentions that he is surprised about the amount of technical debt that has built up in the system and that the product is not able to support an adequate number of users. Peter, the Product Owner, is upset that the product will need several more Sprints to address the scalability issues in order to meet his expectations.
What factors may have led to this?

A. The Development Team has not been paying enough attention to technical quality. B. The Scrum Master has not ensured that the Scrum Team is transparent. C. All of the above. D. None of the above. E. The Scrum Team has not used the past Sprint Retrospectives effectively to inspect and adapt. F. The Development Team and the Product Owner are not having conversations around technical debt.

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Question 3

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.

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Question 4

A Scrum Team is struggling over the fact that not all Developers work full time and that other Developers regularly work from home. To solve the difficulties in aligning daily, at the Sprint Retrospective two Developers suggest having the Daily Scrum every three days, when everyone is in the office. What would be three key concerns if the frequency of the Daily Scrum were to be lowered? (Choose the best three answers)

A. Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are reduced. Re-aligning is bound to become even more difficult. B. Less progress information will be shared, causing the plan for the Sprint to become inaccurate and transparency over progress toward the Sprint Goal is reduced. C. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the Gantt chart properly, there by obscuring the Scrum Master's tracking of Sprint progress. D. The Product Owner cannot accurately report progress about the state of the forecasted work to the stakeholders. E. Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly which might impact productivity and progress.

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Correct Answer: A,B,E Vote an answer

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Question 5

A cross-functional Development Team is defined as:

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

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Question 6

As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Product Owner is not collaborating with the Development Team effectively.
What action would you take?

A. Nominate a proxy Product Owner. B. Coach the Product Owner. C. Act as the go-between. D. Send the Product Owner to training.

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Question 7

A Development Team member has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data security risk.
What action should the Scrum Master take?

A. Add a Product Backlog item to address the security issue. B. Ask the Development Team member to share the issue with the team as soon as possible. C. Wait until the Sprint Retrospective to add security to the definition of "Done". D. Notify the test team.

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Question 8

Paul is a Product Owner for multiple products. Each product is allocated a dedicated Scrum Team and a set budget. Based on the average velocity of a previous product release, Paul had estimated a new product to take 9 Sprints to complete. The average velocity of the previous product release was 50 completed units of work per Sprint. Over the first 3 Sprints, the Development Team reported an average velocity of 40 completed units per Sprint, while not fully completing the required integration tests. The Development Team estimates that integration testing would require additional effort to make the increments shippable. The Development Team is unsure if the required velocity is achievable.
What is the most effective way to recover?

A. In the next Sprints, the Development Team strives to make the selected work as close to `done' as possible and at the minimum 90% completed. Any undone work is divided into new Product Backlog Items that will be deferred to the last Sprint in order to maintain stable velocity. B. The Scrum Master sets the open work aside to be performed in one or more release Sprints.They remind Paul to find funding for enough Release Sprints in which this remaining work can be done. Up to one release Sprint per three development Sprints may be required. It is Paul's role to inform users and stakeholders of the impact on the release date. C. The Development Team informs Paul that the progress he has perceived to date is not correct.
The Increment is not releasable. They give Paul their estimate of the effort it would take to get the previous work `done', and suggest doing that work first before proceeding with new features. The team also re- estimates the effort to make the remaining Product Backlog items `done', including all integration effort.
In the end, it is Paul's call to continue the project or to cancel. D. The Scrum Master will manage the Sprint Backlog and assign work to the Development Team members to ensure maximum utilization of each member. He/she will keep track of unused resources so that it does not impact the budget. Unused budget can be allocated for additional Sprints if needed.

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Question 9

During the Sprint Review, one of the stakeholders announces that due to recent market changes, there is risk that funding might be reduced for the project. This triggers tensions to rise and arguments to break out between members.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two actions to take? (Choose two.)

A. Encourage the stakeholders and Product Owner to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint. B. Inform everyone that the team needs to stay busy until the information is formally announced. C. Defend the original budget and request the stakeholders to adhere to the original agreed funding for the product. D. Be objective and request for a short break for people to calm down. E. Avoid getting involved as it is the Product Owner's responsibility to manage stakeholder expectations.

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Question 10

A few members of the Scrum Team discuss work that is not being done. Some say it is part of the Definition of Done, others say it is not. After an hour of angry discussion, someone starts making personal insults and anger levels rise. What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
(Choose the best answer)

A. End the discussion. Make the call whether the work is or is not part of the Definition of Done.
Identify who is involved in the conflict and decide on their further presence on the Scrum Team. B. Take the people involved aside. Ask them to resolve the situation outside of the Scrum Team, if required through their managers. The goal is to maintain stability in the team. C. Defuse the conflict. Take the Definition of Done and tell the other members of the Scrum Team how to interpret it, so they can autonomously decide whether the debated work is or is not part of it D. Conduct a session to help the Scrum Team resolve the conflict and create a uniform Definition of Done. Remind the other members of the Scrum Team that conflicting ideas are natural, but making it personal does not help.

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Question 11

What is the primary concern when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog with the goal of creating a valuable and useful integrated Increment by the end of their Sprint?
(Choose the best answer)

A. Clearly defining all requirements three Sprints ahead. B. Making sure there is enough work for everyone on every team. C. Minimizing dependencies between Scrum Teams. D. Maximizing velocity.

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Question 12

Which statement is correct about the length of the Sprints?

A. All Sprints must be one month or less and it is optimal to have a consistent Sprint length. B. The Sprint Length is defined by the Scrum Master. C. The Sprint length is calculated by aggregating the time required to design, code and test. D. The Sprint length is dependent on the development effort forecasted (amount of items selected) during Sprint Planning.

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Question 13

An organization is using Scrum to build five new products.
What would be the best two options for the number of Product Owners the organization should have? (Choose two.)

A. There is one Product Owner for each product (so five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate, share and align work within their individual Product Backlog. B. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. In order to scale his/her role, he/she can delegate some of the individual Product Owner responsibilities to others within each product but would still remain accountable for the value of the work produced. C. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. This person is not allowed to delegate any of the Product Owner responsibilities as he/she is accountable for the success of each product. D. Enough Product Owners to delegate as much work needed to maximize utilization of all Development Team members.

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