EMT Practice Test

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Question1: True or False: Scrum Events, Scrum Team Accountabilities, and Scrum Artifacts are changed when using Scrum with Kanban. For example, the Scrum Team might choose to omit the Sprint Retrospective when using Kanban with Scrum.

Question2: Is the Scrum Master role needed for Scrum Teams using Kanban? (choose the best answer)

Question3: What can a specific work item's Cycle Time metric be used for? (choose the best three answers)

Question4: According to Little's Law, which of the following statements is true if a team reduces its Work in Progress (WIP) limit? (choose the best two answers)

Question5: Which of the following is the core Kanban mechanism to expose process problems and to stimulate collaborative improvement efforts?

Question6: Workflow can be thought of as the Scrum Team's policy for which of the following? (choose the best answer)

Question7: How does Kanban support empiricism? (choose the best two answers)

Question8: If new urgent work emerges during the Sprint, who must change the Work in Progress (WIP) Limits in the team's definition of "Workflow"? (choose the best answer)

Question9: The Scrum Team's Definition of Workflow includes descriptions of each state of a work item can be. True or False: The various states of a work item described in the Definition of Workflow can only encompass flow inside of the Sprint. ie limited to the state of each column on the Developers' Kanban board.

Question10: In what ways does Kanban enhance the Scrum Team's ability to deliver value? (choose the best two answers)

Question11: Only a Product Owner and Developers are the needed when applying Kanban in Scrum.

Question12: True or False: Kanban can be used to help improve the flow of the Sprint. It can also be used to help improve the flow of work in/out of the Sprint. Regardless, the Kanban Definition of Workflow is owned by the Developers.

Question13: The goal of the WIP Limit is to:

Question14: True or False: Reduced productivity is the result of optimizing WIP limits.

Question15: A team is using Kanban to improve the Sprint flow by visualizing and managing flow in the Sprint Backlog.
Which of the following would be most helpful to visualize?

Question16: A Cycle Time Scatterplot can help you visualize: (choose the best answer)

Question17: What would be the most opportune time for a Scrum Team to make policy changes to their Work in Progress (WIP) Limits? (choose the best answer)

Question18: True or False: Releases are limited to the end of the Sprint cycle when Scrum Teams use Kanban.

Question19: A Scrum Team, that is new to Kanban, asks for your advise on how to start with increasing predictability.
What would be the most appropriate response? (choose the best answer)

Question20: True or False: The primary purpose of measuring Work Item Age is to identify bottlenecks in the workflow that will need to be addressed.

Question21: True or False: The Sprint Retrospective is the only time in which the Work in Progress (WIP) Limit can change.

Question22: Which one of the following concepts does the Just-In-Time (JIT) method advocate? (choose the best answer)

Question23: True or False: Cycle Time is a direct leading indicator for the length of the Scrum Team's feedback loop for a Product Backlog item.

Question24: True or False: The way the Developers approach the Sprint Goal at the Daily Scrum changes if they are using Kanban. Choose only ONE best answer.

Question25: Who is best to decide if a Scrum Team should apply a Kanban strategy in their Scrum framework? (choose the best answer)

Question26: The team needs to work on a high priority urgent unplanned item, but they are at their WIP limit.
True or False: They should change the WIP limit at their Daily Scrum to enable them to pull in that item.

Question27: Which is the most appropriate metric to look at if you want to determine when an item that that has NOT started might be finished?

Question28: True or False: Kanban in a Scrum context does not require any additional events to those outlined in the Scrum Guide.

Question29: What can happen if the Scrum Team's Work In Progress (WIP) Limit is not honored? (choose the best answer)

Question30: Which of the following best describes Kanban? (choose the best answer)

Question31: True or False: The WIP Limit can only be changed during the Sprint Retrospective.

Question32: True or False: Product Backlog refinement can be included in the team's Workflow description.

Question33: Which of the following will help a Scrum Team achieve flow optimization? (choose the best 4 answers)

Question34: Which of the following will a Scrum Team most likely use as an input to Sprint Planning? (choose the best answer)

Question35: True or False: Cycle Time is a lagging indicator.

Question36: True or False: Overall efficiency will automatically increase when you reduce batch size.

Question37: True or False: In Kanban, it is better to focus limits on the amount of value-generating work items than the number of tasks.

Question38: True or False: Scrum events can be further enhanced by applying flow-based practices.

Question39: Which of the following is the best use of a Work Item Age chart? (Choose the best answer)