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PSM-II Professional Scrum Master II Questions and Answers

Questions 4

Eight months ago your company started developing a new product consisting ot several major components. You are the Scrum Master on the team building the "core" component of the product; your component also integrates all the other components.

The Scrum Teams work in monthly Sprints, and the team has forecast that it will deliver the integrated product in three Sprints. Recently the team's progress slowed because of changes to the other components that they integrate. The program manager is extremely upset when they find out that the team will need two more Sprints. The project managers of the other components confirm their adherence to the original forecast.

As a Scrum Master, what could you do to help the Product Owner?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

You calculate how many additional developers it would take to increase velocity to make the original date. You inform the program manager of the additional budget for these developers. This would then allow meeting the original forecast

B.

You remove all items from the Product Backlog tor which development is forecast to be beyond the expected date.

C.

You suggest working with the program manager and the project managers of the

other components on the ordering and the value of your open Product Backlog items to redefine the possible delivery date.

D.

You lengthen your Sprints to accommodate the delays.

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Questions 5

Which statement about the Sprint Goal is incorrect?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

The Scrum Team commits to it.

B.

The Product Owner respects the opinions of the Developers about whether they can achieve the Sprint Goal.

C.

It helps increase focus.

D.

The Scrum Team discusses openly about alternative ways to reach it.

E.

It is only a forecast and may change within the Sprint as more is learned.

F.

If it does not seem achievable, the Developers have the courage to tell the Product Owner.

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Questions 6

Your Scrum Team has been working together for over a dozen Sprints. The Scrum Team consists of 10 members. Each Sprint takes four weeks. As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Developers are hardly collaborating; during the Sprint, members are primarily working on their own items. You also notice that the items on the Sprint Backlog are mostly unrelated. You suspect that the lack of a Sprint Goal might be the cause.

Although you have encouraged the use of a Sprint Goal, both the Product Owner and the Developers have concluded that they are unable to create Sprint Goals based on the wide variety of items on their Product Backlog.

What might explain why this Scrum Team is struggling to craft a Sprint Goal?

(choose all that apply)

Options:

A.

Scrum might not be the best framework for the work done by this team.

B.

The Sprints are too long.

C.

The Product Owner does not have the mandate to make decisions about items on the Product Backlog nor their ordering.

D.

The Product Owner is not communicating the Product Goal that they want to achieve in upcoming Sprints.

E.

The Scrum Team is too big.

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Questions 7

In the Sprint Retrospective, there is discussion that the quality of the Increment is not sufficient tor going to production In response, a Scrum Team member points out the high velocity reached by the team. What are the two best actions tor the Scrum Master to take?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Agree and praise the Developers for their nard work, so they are motivated to do even more in the next Sprint

B.

Facilitate a discussion on now to improve the quality to a level sufficient tor production, even it the measured velocity will drop in the next Sprint

C.

Acknowledge the nard work, but remind the Developers that they need to

improve to do even more in the next Sprint.

D.

Stress the value of working product over measured velocity.

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Questions 8

Scrum Master is a management position because the Scrum Master is accountable for the following three management activities:

(choose the best three answers)

Options:

A.

Reporting on the performance of a team.

B.

Managing the Scrum process.

C.

Managing the project plan and the project deliverables.

D.

The way Scrum is understood and enacted within the organization.

E.

Removing organizational impediments that limit the team's progress and

productivity.

F.

Managing the capacity and utilization of the Developers.

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Questions 9

What are two signs that a Scrum Team is self-managing?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Management understands the team's daily tasks at all times.

B.

The Developers always know the status of the assigned work needed to deliver

the tasks committed in the Sprint Plan.

C.

The Scrum Team can resolve conflicts and continue working.

D.

Creativity flourishes and new possibilities are explored.

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Questions 10

One Scrum Team is developing a product. They track how much software they produce as velocity. Their current velocity is 18 units of done work. A second team will be added to work on the same product. What is the most likely impact on the velocity of the original team?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Their velocity is likely to increase and be higher than 18.

B.

Their velocity is likely to decrease and be lower than 18.

C.

Their velocity is likely to be not affected and stay at 18.

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Questions 11

A Scrum Team selected a Product Backlog item during Sprint Planning. However, at the end of the Sprint the work does not meet the Definition of Done. What two things should happen with this incomplete Product Backlog item?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Review the item, add the done part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work.

B.

The item is not included in the Increment for this Sprint.

C.

Only the stakeholders decide over acceptance of undone work and whether to

release it.

D.

It is put on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

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Questions 12

What are two ways in which technical debt relates to velocity?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Adding technical debt items to the Product Backlog to get estimated and added

to your velocity forecasts can guarantee predictability.

B.

Developers can artificially increase velocity by incurring technical debt.

C.

They are not related, technical debt should be resolved by the support or

operations department, not by the Developers.

D.

Velocity may unexpectedly drop when the Developers run into technical debt

while attempting to complete new Product Backlog items.

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Questions 13

What can the Scrum Value of openness easily impact?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

Collaboration.

B.

Product quality.

C.

Employee satisfaction.

D.

Time to market.

E.

Stakeholder trust.

F.

All of the above.

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Questions 14

What conditions are most likely occurring if you feel you need a "Quality Assurance and Release Readiness Sprint"?

(choose the best three answers)

Options:

A.

You are following Scrum and the concept of a Hardening Sprint.

B.

Scrum has been modified in an acceptable manner to introduce "Quality

Assurance and Release Readiness Sprints".

C.

The Definition of Done is weak or incomplete, allowing technical debt to

accumulate.

D.

The Developers find it nearly impossible to create a valuable, useful product

Increment in a Sprint.

E.

The Definition of Done is not being met every Sprint.

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Questions 15

Scrum requires a Definition of Done. Which phrases describe the purpose of the Definition of Done?

(choose the best three answers)

Options:

A.

It serves to track the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item during the Sprint.

B.

During the Sprint it helps the Developers identify the work remaining for an

Increment to be ready for release by the end of a Sprint.

C.

It creates transparency into the state of the Increment when it is inspected at the Sprint Review.

D.

It guides the Developers when creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning.

E.

It provides a template for the documentation of the product Increment.

F.

It is a checklist to inspect whether the Developers have performed their tasks by the end of a Sprint.

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Questions 16

How should requirements be distributed when multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product?

(choose the best answer)

Options:

A.

They must be selected from one Product Backlog in such a way that each Scrum

Team has an equal volume of requirements per Sprint.

B.

The Scrum Teams pull in work from a shared Product Backlog in agreement with the Product Owner and the other teams.

C.

The Scrum Team with the highest velocity pulls items from an overall Product

Backlog first

D.

The Product Owner decides by providing each team with its own Product Backlog.

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Questions 17

You have just been hired as a Scrum Master by a company new to Scrum. The company wants to use Scrum to build a new product that was conceived by the product management department. You will be the Scrum Master of two new teams that will build a first version of the product. The product management department assigns two new Product Owners, but wants more advice about the required participation with the new Scrum Teams. Which two suggestions would you offer?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Having one Product Owner will improve the clarity of accountability to the teams and to the product management department.

B.

Two Product Owners are necessary, one for each Scrum Team. They report to an overarching chief Product Owner.

C.

Each Scrum Team has a separate Product Backlog, holding each team's assigned requirements.

D.

A single Product Backlog should be maintained holding all requirements for the new product.

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Questions 18

During Sprint Planning, Developers work with the Product Owner to create a forecast for the Sprint. A forecast is a selection of Product Backlog items that the Developers believe are possible to get done by the end of the Sprint. Select two things that explain what done means.

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Having an Increment that could be released to end users.

B.

All work for which enough expertise and skills are present in the Scrum Team.

C.

All work performed meets the Definition of Done.

D.

All work to create an Increment that is ready for testing.

E.

All work to create an Increment that is ready for acceptance testing by the

Product Owner.

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Questions 19

How does the Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

The Scrum Master coaches the Scrum Team and the organization how to work empirically.

B.

The Scrum Master resolves every impediment that the Developers run into

C.

The Scrum Master never intervenes in matters of the Scrum Team, but allows

them to maximize their autonomy and freedom.

D.

The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum events as requested or needed

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Questions 20

Which two options describe how project budgeting and financial forecasting work in Scrum?

(choose the best two answers)

Options:

A.

Scrum does not align with traditional accounting practices. The financial

department needs to be given a fixed cost per Sprint per team.

B.

Several Sprints may be funded as a single release, with the result of each Sprint being releasable product

C.

The only funding is for the run cost (time and materials) of the Scrum Teams, so no budgeting process is needed_

D.

It is ideally revisited as frequently as each Sprint to ensure value is being

delivered for the investment spent.

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Exam Code: PSM-II
Exam Name: Professional Scrum Master II
Last Update: Nov 30, 2024
Questions: 74

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