pg. 1
SCRUM PSM LATEST UPDATE ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+
What are three benefits of self-organization? (choose the best three answers)
a) Increased creativity.
b) Increased rule compliance.
c) Increased accuracy of estimates.
d) Increased self-accountability
e) Increased commitment. - Correct Answer - a,d,e
What are the two primary ways a Scrum Master keeps a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity? (choose the best two answers)
a) By ensuring the meetings start and end at the proper time.
b) By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team.
c) By facilitating Development Team decisions.
d) By keeping high value features high in the Product Backlog. - Correct Answer - b,c
What is the recommended size for a Development Team? (choose the best answer)
- 7 plus or minus 3.
b) At least 7.
- 9.
- 3 to 9. - Correct Answer - d
You are the Scrum Master of a new, to be developed product. Development is going to require 45 people. What is a good first question-for you to suggest the group thinks about when forming into teams? (choose the best answer) 1 / 4
pg. 2
a) How will we make sure all teams have the right amount or expertise?
b) What is the right mixture of senior and junior people on each team?
c) Who are going to be the team leads?
d) Who are the subject matter experts on each team? - Correct Answer - a
Which three of the following are feedback loops in Scrum? (choose the best three answers)
a) Sprint Review.
b) Release Planning.
c) Sprint Retrospective.
d) Refinement Meeting.
e) Daily Scrum. - Correct Answer - a,c,e
When a Development Team is having trouble delivering a working Increment because they don't understand a functional requirement, what should they do? (choose the best answer)
a) Add a specialist to the Development Team.
b) Partially complete the functionality, and discuss the remaining work at the Sprint
Review.
c) Collaborate with the Product Owner to determine what is possible and acceptable.
d) Defer the work to a more appropriate Sprint. - Correct Answer - c
When is the Sprint Backlog created? (choose the best answer)
a) At the beginning of the project.
b) During the Sprint Planning meeting.
c) Prior to the Sprint Planning meeting.
d) During the Sprint. - Correct Answer - b
Which of the following services are appropriate for a Scrum Master in regard to the Daily Scrum? (choose the best answer) 2 / 4
pg. 3
a) Lead the discussions of the Development Team.
b) Make sure that all 3 questions have been answered by each member of the team.
c) Keep track of whether each team member has a chance to speak.
d) Teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15 minute time-
box.
e) All of the above. - Correct Answer - d
Which of the following best describes an increment of working software? (choose the best answer)
a) A decomposition of all Product Backlog items into tasks for future Sprint Backlog
lists.
b) Additional features in a usable state that complement those delivered in previous
iterations.
c) A new user interface design for functionality delivered in previous iterations.
d) An automated test suite to verify functionality delivered in previous iterations.
e) UML diagrams that describe how to deli - Correct Answer - b
In order to achieve the benefits of Scrum, it is important to enact the value of commitment. What two actions demonstrate the commitment of Scrum Team members?(choose the best two answers)
a) Always deliver the items in the Sprint forecast.
b) Help the other Scrum Team members.
c) Do your best
d) Send out a daily status report.
e) Work late. - Correct Answer - b,c
The Product Owner determines how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects for a Sprint. (choose the best answer)
a) False.
b) True, accordingly to what was committed to the stakeholders. 3 / 4
pg. 4
c) True, but only after confirmation by the resource manager that the Team has enough
capacity.
d) True.
e) False, the Scrum Master does that.
f) False, capacity and commitment are the Project manager's responsibility. - Correct
Answer - a
The Sprint Review is mainly an inspect and adapt opportunity for which group?
a) The Development Team and stakeholders.
b) The Product Owner and Development Team.
c) The Scrum Team and stakeholders.
d) The Product Owner and management.
e) The Development Team and management.
f) The Product Owner and stakeholders. - Correct Answer - c
To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, a Development Team to implement those ideas and a Scrum Master to help guide the process.
a) True.
b) False. - Correct Answer - a
What is the time-box for the Sprint Review?
a) As long as needed.
- 2 hours for a monthly Sprint.
- 4 hours for a monthly Sprint.
- 4 hours and longer as needed.
- 1 day - Correct Answer - c
Who is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint?
a) The Development Team.
- / 4