EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Select the correct Scrum Team roles defined in Scrum.

Question2: A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of 'done' work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.
What might be the impact on the original team?

Question3: Multiple Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog must have the same Sprint start dates.

Question4: A Scrum Team has been working on the same product for twelve Sprints. What would likely be the immediate impact on the original Scrum Team if two new Scrum Teams are to be added the same product?

Question5: A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of
'done' work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.
What might be the impact on the original team?

Question6: Who can prematurely cancel a Sprint?

Question7: Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following?

Question8: According to the Scrum Guide, where should the Daily Scrum be held?

Question9: On a project where multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, how should the work be distributed between teams?

Question10: What would be the main benefits of self-organization?

Question11: After several Sprints, a key stakeholder starts using the product. The stakeholder is surprised by the slow performance and complains to the Product Owner. The Product Owner comes to the Scrum Master asking for advice.
What is the best action for a Scrum Master to take?

Question12: Which statement is correct about the length of the Sprints?

Question13: Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned you as the Scrum Master.
In what ways would you help the team start?

Question14: You have a Scrum Team that has been working together for over a year. The Development Team consists of eleven members who rarely collaborate and work within their functional boundaries. There are no Sprint Goals and most of the items in the Sprint Backlog are unrelated. The Scrum Team has concluded that it is not possible to create Sprint Goals based on the items in the Product Backlog.
What might explain why the Scrum Team is finding it difficult to craft Sprint Goals? (Choose all that apply.)

Question15: Who must ensure that the work done for a Product Backlog item conforms to the Definition of "Done?"

Question16: The director of engineering in your organization always stresses the importance of meeting deadlines in order for the engineering department to be seen as a reliable source for the product management department. The director has calculated that the team's velocity needs to increase an additional 15% to meet the commitment he made to management for the release date of the product.
He asks Steven, the team's Scrum Master, to increase his team's velocity. Which would be the best two responses for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

Question17: Steven, who is a Scrum Master, on one of the Scrum Teams has approached you asking for advice. Their Daily Scrum requires more than 15 minutes and the team has suggested dividing themselves into two separate teams in order to stay within the time box.
As another Scrum Master, what would be the best response?

Question18: An organization wants to apply Scrum to build a new product and has hired Steven to be the Scrum Master of three new teams that will build the first release. The organization is new to Scrum and asks Steven for advice on how to start.
Which two things should Steven first advise? (Choose two.)

Question19: Which is the best description of a Product Owner?

Question20: How should multiple Scrum Teams, working from the same Product Backlog, select the Product Backlog items their teams plan to work on?

Question21: The Development Team can cancel the Sprint:

Question22: You are the Scrum Master for four Scrum Teams working on one product. Several of the developers notify you that their teams will need full-time help of an external technical specialist in the upcoming two Sprints.
What key concerns should the Scrum Master take into account?

Question23: By the end of the Sprint, a Product Backlog item in the Sprint Backlog does not meet the team's Definition of Done.
What two things should happen with the item? (Choose two.)

Question24: Steven is a Scrum Master asked to assist in creating five new Scrum Teams that will be working to build a highly anticipated product. He talks with them about the importance of being able to integrate their Increments by the end of their Sprints. This includes the first Sprints. The product is very important to both the end users and the organization.
Of the choices raised by future team members, what would Steven encourage?

Question25: Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to 'done' during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.
What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)

Question26: A Scrum Master is keeping a list of open impediments, but it is growing and he/she has been able to resolve only a small portion of the impediments.
Which would be the LEAST helpful technique in this situation?

Question27: If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define a Definition of Ready (DoR). The DoR is a checklist that the Product Owner must fulfill before a Product Backlog item can be presented at the Sprint Planning. This protects the Development Team from interruptions and disruptions during the Sprint.

Question28: Who determines how to do the work during the Sprint?

Question29: Who manages the progress of work during a Sprint?

Question30: Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.

Question31: The Development Team has suggested to move the Daily Scrum to every other day instead of every day.
What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Question32: How often should Development Team membership change?

Question33: Adding more resources in Scrum will proportionally increase the value delivered.

Question34: Which stakeholder is the most important for the Product Owner to satisfy?

Question35: During the Sprint Retrospective, the team is discussing the quality issues that prevented the team from delivering a releasable Increment at the end of the Sprint. The Development Team does, however, mention that they were able to achieve a high velocity.
What are the best two responses for Steven, their Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)

Question36: Peter, a Project Manager, has raised concerns about your Scrum Team's productivity and progress towards the objectives.
Which is the best way to respond to Peter's concerns?

Question37: If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trendline through a release burndown chart indicate?

Question38: Peter is a new Product Owner on a newly formed Scrum Team. Peter has projected a product completion date based on an estimated velocity of 21 completed points per Sprint. After the first 3 Sprints, the team has determined that their maximum velocity is 15 points and they are unable to create shippable increments at the end of each Sprint.
What is the best way to proceed?

Question39: According to Scrum theory, how should a group of fifty people be divided into multiple Development Teams?

Question40: In Scrum, how would budgeting and financial forecasting be performed? (Choose two.)

Question41: A new Product Owner is hired to work on an existing product that has ongoing for five Sprints. He/she is unsure about all of the responsibilities of a Product Owner.
Which of these Product Owner's activities are defined in Scrum?

Question42: Which approach would you recommend to ensure that the Product Backlog items discussed at Sprint Planning are well understood, actionable, and easier to forecast?

Question43: Who should manage the tasks of Development Team during the Sprint?

Question44: Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)

Question45: How much time is allowed between the conclusion of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?

Question46: What is management's role in Scrum?

Question47: When does a new Sprint begin?

Question48: What is the Development Team responsible for?

Question49: What might be a valid reason for abnormally cancelling a Sprint?

Question50: A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing.
What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)

Question51: The director of engineering in your organization always stresses the importance of meeting deadlines in order for the engineering department to be seen as a reliable source for the product management department. The director has calculated that the team's velocity needs to increase an additional 15% to meet the commitment he made to management for the release date of the product.
He asks Steven, the team's Scrum Master, to increase his team's velocity. Which would be the best two responses for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

Question52: What would be good ways of creating Development Teams that would support the Scrum values?

Question53: Your company has notified the stakeholders that they will be delivering the first release of a new product within ten Sprints. On the seventh Sprint, the Scrum Team discovers that they will not be able to include all of the expected features within the first release. The Product Owner believes if they remove some items from the Definition of Done they will be able to accelerate the development process. The Development Team objects to this idea as it will lead to technical debt.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two ways to explain to the Product Owner the impact of technical debt? (Choose two.)

Question54: During the implementation of an item in the Sprint Backlog, a conflict arises between team members about what work is needed to make the item 'done'. Some say it is a part of the Definition of Done and others say it isn't. Steven, the Scrum Master, observes a debate forming and members beginning to take sides.
What is the best action for Steven to take?

Question55: Steven is a Scrum Master on a new Scrum Team.
What would be the best way for him to determine if the Product Owner is interacting enough with the Development Team during a Sprint?

Question56: Over the course of several Sprints, the relationship between the Product Owner and the Development team has suffered. The Development Team is upset with the Product Owner for the constantly changing the upcoming items for the product. The Product Owner is upset with the Development Team for changing the work that needs to be done during the Sprint.
What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do?

Question57: At the Sprint Planning, the Development Team is not able to forecast the number of Product Backlog items it can do in the upcoming Sprint due to unclear requirements. The Product Owner, however, was able to clearly define the business objective he hopes to achieve in the Sprint.
Which of the following two actions would you support? (Choose two.)

Question58: A key measure of success for the Product Owner is velocity.

Question59: Which of the following is required in Scrum?

Question60: A Development Team member has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data security risk.
What action should the Scrum Master take?

Question61: Part of the team's Definition of "Done" requires creating or updating technical documentation in order to maintain the product and/or features in the future. The team's technical writer will be on vacation during the Sprint.
What should you do?

Question62: What is a Product Owner responsibility that he/she might delegate?

Question63: Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.

Question64: A new Product Owner has joined an existing Scrum Team that has been working together for eight Sprints.
The Development Team has grown to have a good understanding of the functionality and business for the product they have been building. The Product Owner, being new to the company, is unsure about his responsibilities.
As a Scrum Master explain what two acceptable ways of helping the Product Owner would be. (Choose two.)

Question65: The outcome of a Sprint can be impacted by which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

Question66: What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)

Question67: Which of the following are feedback loops in Scrum?

Question68: What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum?

Question69: How much work must a Development Team do to a Product Backlog item it selects for a Sprint?

Question70: Who manages the progress of work during a Sprint?

Question71: What should a Development Team do if they don't understand a functional requirement?