Scrum Master Practice Test

Answer choices

1. A. Into discussion of future adaptations and potential Product Backlog changes, as configured.
2. B. Nowhere, because Sprint Reviews are not allowed to influence future work, as the organization’s selected response.
3. C. To an immediate cancellation of Scrum events, for the required operational result and control objective.
4. D. To giving the Scrum Master final product-priority authority, for this decision.

Wrong-answer review

• B. Nowhere, because Sprint Reviews are not allowed to influence future work, as the organization’s selected response.: Sprint Reviews are explicitly intended to influence future product work when evidence warrants it.
• C. To an immediate cancellation of Scrum events, for the required operational result and control objective.: Changed market information does not require canceling Scrum events.
• D. To giving the Scrum Master final product-priority authority, for this decision.: The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum; product priority remains a Product Owner accountability.

Answer choices

1. A. Only the Developers and the Scrum Master, for the stated sprint requirement.
2. B. The Developers, the Product Owner, and the functional manager, under the proposed approach.
3. C. Only the Product Owner and the Scrum Master, within the defined security and accountability boundaries.
4. D. The Developers and the Product Owner, for the affected environment.

Answer choices

1. A. Approve every technical design, as the proposed design for the complete governed operational workflow.
2. B. Establish Scrum and help people understand its theory and practice, within the scrum master accountability context.
3. C. Own product return on investment, for the stated implementation and support requirements.
4. D. Schedule calendar invites only, as the proposed scrum master accountability approach.

Answer choices

1. A. Using Kanban is strictly forbidden in Scrum because Kanban does not have Sprints, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for the required operational result and control objective.
2. B. Kanban completely replaces Scrum, and teams must choose one or the other but never combine them, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
3. C. The Scrum Master is the only role allowed to use a Kanban board, while Developers must use spreadsheets, within the documented scope, ownership, and validation boundaries.
4. D. Kanban can be used within Scrum by the Developers to improve the flow of work, visual transparency, and process optimization, without changing any core Scrum rules, for the required business outcome.

Answer choices

1. A. The Scrum Master ensures that the events take place, are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox, within organization-wide risk-and-accountability boundaries.
2. B. The Scrum Master controls every agenda, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
3. C. The Scrum Master helps only when Developers ask, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
4. D. The Scrum Master avoids every event, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for this decision.

Answer choices

1. A. The Sprint Backlog must remain frozen in exact detail after planning ends, within this design.
2. B. Only the Scrum Master may edit the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint, for review.
3. C. The Sprint Backlog is an emergent plan by and for the Developers, for the stated implementation and support requirements.
4. D. The Sprint Backlog exists only for stakeholder reporting, for the required operational result and control objective.

Answer choices

1. A. A strict rule that backend developers must cross-train for at least 10 hours per week, under end-to-end security-and-governance requirements.
2. B. The Scrum Team's shared accountability for delivering a valuable, usable Increment and the Scrum Value of Respect
3. C. Reassigning the backend Developers to a separate backend-only Scrum Team, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
4. D. Asking the Product Owner to write separate backend and frontend Sprint Goals, under the stated technical, operational, and governance constraints.

Answer choices

1. A. To provide a status report to the Product Owner and Scrum Master, for the specified implementation requirement.
2. B. To resolve technical design details and write code, as the recommended implementation across the complete governed service lifecycle.
3. C. To inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary, for consideration.
4. D. To assign tasks to individual developers for the next twenty-four hours, within this context.

Answer choices

1. A. Permanent sub-teams are required when a product has more than one technology stack, as the selected response to the described condition.
2. B. There are no sub-teams in the Scrum Team, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements.
3. C. The Scrum Master should own one sub-team and the Product Owner the other, as presented.
4. D. Sub-teams are optional only when stakeholders request them, within the documented scope, ownership, and validation boundaries.

Answer choices

1. A. A Product Backlog item is future product work; a Sprint Backlog item is selected work plus the Developers' Sprint plan, under this approach.
2. B. Product Backlog items are code, and Sprint Backlog items are plain English, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, for review.
3. C. Product Backlog items are controlled by the Scrum Master, and Sprint Backlog items are controlled by the Product Owner, for evaluation.
4. D. The two item types have the same scope, owner, and lifespan, for the described technical objective and its associated operational control requirements, as described.