scrum smc practice test

Suppose you are a Scrum Master on a project to design a metro rail system for a city. It has been brought to your attention
that the Product Owner wants to change the Acceptance Criteria for one of the User Stories committed to for the current
Sprint because the customer has changed a critical business requirement. Which one of the following statements presents
the best solution for such a situation?

• A. You should direct the Scrum team to stop working on the current Sprint Backlog, and to start working on the latest business requirements.
• B. The Product Owner should add this requirement to the overall Prioritized Product Backlog, and the team would work on it in a future Sprint.
• C. You should tell the Product Owner to inform the stakeholders that this business requirement cannot be worked on as the Scrum Team has no bandwidth in the current Sprint.
• D. The Product Owner should cancel the current Sprint, and should start planning a new Sprint for the team to be able to develop the deliverable as per the latest business requirement.

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

• A. Daily Standup Meeting
• B. Sprint Planning Meeting
• C. Financial Planning Meeting
• D. Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meeting

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

• 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.

Change must be integrated properly in the Prioritized Product Backlog. In this regard, which of the following statements is
true?

• A. Industry and project types are not determinants of change requirements.
• B. Change management is executed in the ongoing processes of prioritizing and adding user stories to the Prioritized Product Backlog.
• C. The type of change is independent of stability or the dynamic nature of a project.
• D. Once changes have been accounted for in the Prioritized Product Backlog, the team need not be concerned about the time and resources available to accomplish the tasks during Sprint.

As a Scrum Master, you have to coordinate with the Product Owner to ensure that an appropriate Length of Sprint is
determined keeping in mind the changes expected. Which of the following statements is true in this regard?

• A. It is advisable to consider the Release Dates for the overall product or service to determine the Length of Sprint.
• B. The impact and frequency of expected changes do not have any impact on the decision related to the Length of Sprint.
• C. If the project is stable, with only minor changes expected, the Length of Sprint should be relatively shorter, 1 to 3 weeks.
• D. To get maximum benefits from a Scrum project, it is always recommended to keep the Sprint Time-boxed to 6 weeks.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of a Retrospect Sprint Meeting?

• A. Identify process improvements
• B. Identify best practices
• C. Identify new product features
• D. Identify process problems and bottlenecks

You are a Scrum Master on a project creating an optical fiber cable network across the country. The project has reached the
Create User Stories process. Which of the following is NOT an input to this process?

• A. The Prioritized Product Backlog.
• B. Identified Risks.
• C. Personas.
• D. Done Criteria.

During a Scrum of Scrums Meeting certain questions are answered. Which of the following are the questions answered?
A) What has my team been working on since the last meeting?
B) What will my team do until the next meeting?
C) What were other teams counting on our team to finish that remains undone?
D) What is our team planning on doing that might affect other teams?

• A. C and D.
• B. A and В
• C. А, B, and D.
• D. All of the above.

Which of the following are important selection criteria while choosing a Scrum Master?

• A. Leadership style, problem-solving, availability, commitment
• B. Stress management, people management, communication, loyalty
• C. Responsiveness, problem-solving, facilitator, negotiation
• D. Intuitiveness, people management, reliability, facilitator

Impediments are a part of any project. Which of the following is NOT true about impediments in Scrum?

• A. They reduce the productivity of a Scrum team.
• B. Impediments can be both internal and external.
• C. Impediments should be documented only by the team members in the Impediment Log.
• D. Impediments faced are brought up by the Scrum Team during the Daily Standup Meeting.