EMT Practice Test

1. Question Content...

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Question1: True or False: To get started in terms of what to build, Scrum requires no more than a Product Owner with enough ideas for a first Sprint, Developers to implement those ideas, and a Scrum Master to help guide the process.

Question2: Which of these may a Scrum Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question3: All Scrum artifacts must be transparent to ensure sufficient accuracy of inspection. Which two measures ensure that the Product Backlog is transparent?
(choose the best two answers)

Question4: True or False: All planned work for the Product done by the Scrum Team must originate from the Product Backlog.

Question5: A Scrum Master is working with a Scrum Team that has Developers in different physical locations. The Developers meet in a variety of meeting rooms and have much to do logistically (for example: reserve meeting rooms and set up conference calls) before the Daily Scrum.
What action should the Scrum Master take?
(choose the best answer)

Question6: Who creates the Definition of Done?
(choose the best answer)

Question7: Which outcome is expected as a Scrum Team matures?
(choose the best answer)

Question8: When might a Sprint be cancelled?
(choose the best answer)

Question9: The Scrum Master observes the Product Owner struggling with ordering the Product Backlog.
What is an appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
(choose the best answer)

Question10: Which of the following are criteria to order Product Backlog items?
(choose all that apply)

Question11: What three things might a Scrum Product Owner focus on to ensure the product delivers value?
(choose the best three answers)

Question12: When does the second Sprint start?
(choose the best answer)

Question13: What is the timebox for the Sprint Review?
(choose the best answer)

Question14: When is a Product Backlog item considered complete?
(choose the best answer)

Question15: The "cone of uncertainty" can be used to do what?
(choose the best answer)

Question16: Scrum is based on empiricism. All of its artifacts must be transparent to ensure sufficient accuracy of inspection. How can the Scrum Team maintain the Product Backlog to maximize its transparency?
(choose the best answer)

Question17: Your management has asked you to take the lead in the development of a new product. Six teams new to Scrum will build this product.
You have gathered a number of requirements and ideas into an early form of a Product Backlog. How would you minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams?
(choose the best answer)

Question18: Which statement best describes the Sprint Backlog as the output of the Sprint Planning?
(choose the best answer)

Question19: True or False: Dependencies could influence how the Product Owner orders Product Backlog items.

Question20: Which metrics will help a Product Owner determine if a product is delivering value?
(choose the best two answers)

Question21: A Scrum Team has been working on a product for 9 Sprints. A new Product Owner who is new to Scrum joins the team and understands she is accountable for the Product Backlog. However, she is unsure about the purpose of the Product Backlog. She has read that the Product Backlog should be a list of all user features for the product. She goes to the Scrum Master asking where to put the other types of requirements that are going to be taken into account. Are all of the following types of requirements acceptable on a Product Backlog?
* Stability requirements
* Performance requirements
* Product Functionality
* Documentation
* Fixes
(choose the best answer)

Question22: Which of the following are criteria to order Product Backlog items?
(choose the best three answers)

Question23: When should a Sprint Goal be created?
(choose the best answer)

Question24: Who is accountable for managing the progress of work during a Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question25: True or False: An Increment must be released to customers or users at the end of each Sprint.

Question26: Which of the following are true about the Product Owner?
(choose the best two answers)

Question27: Who starts the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)

Question28: True or False: During the Sprint Review the stakeholder's role is to reorder the Product Backlog.

Question29: Which of the following practices might help the Product Owner minimize waste in developing and sustaining the Product Backlog?
(choose the best two answers)

Question30: Which of the following are appropriate topics for discussion during a Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best two answers)

Question31: What does it mean to say that an event has a timebox?
(choose the best answer)

Question32: Which approach is best for Scrum Teams in order to produce valuable Increments?
(choose the best answer)

Question33: A new Developer is having continuing conflicts with existing members of the Scrum Team, which is impacting the delivery of the Increment. If necessary, who is responsible for removing the Developer from the Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)

Question34: The Developers find out during the Sprint that they are not likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?
(choose the best answer)

Question35: What is the timebox for the Sprint Planning event?
(choose the best answer)

Question36: What typically happens if the Product Backlog is not sufficiently clear at Sprint Planning?
(choose the best answer)

Question37: For the purpose of transparency, when does Scrum say a valuable and useful Increment must be available?
(choose the best answer)

Question38: As the Developers start work during the Sprint, they realize they have selected too much work to finish in the Sprint. What should they do?
(choose the best answer)

Question39: Which best describes the Product Backlog?
(choose the best answer)

Question40: True or False: The value delivered by a product can only be determined by revenue.

Question41: Which two ways of creating Scrum Teams are consistent with Scrum's values?
(choose the best two answers)

Question42: During a Sprint, when is new work or further decomposition of work added to the Sprint Backlog?
(choose the best answer)

Question43: Who is accountable for creating a valuable and usable Increment each Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question44: The IT manager asks a Scrum Team for a status report describing the progress throughout the Sprint. The Scrum Team asks the Scrum Master for advice. The Scrum Master should:
(choose the best answer)

Question45: When multiple Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their Increments be integrated every Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question46: How is management that is external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)

Question47: A Product Backlog is:
(choose the best three answers)

Question48: True or False: Product Owners must specify complete acceptance criteria for a Product Backlog item before the Developers can select the item in Sprint Planning.

Question49: In the middle of the Sprint, the customer decides that there are two new features she wants.
The Product Owner could:
(choose the best two answers)

Question50: A Scrum Team is a cohesive unit of professionals that consists of which of the following?
(choose the best three answers)

Question51: What enhances the transparency of an Increment?
(choose the best answer)

Question52: An organization has decided to adopt Scrum, but management wants to change the terminology to fit with terminology already used. What will likely happen if this is done?
(choose the best answer)

Question53: Which two things should the Scrum Team do during the first Sprint?
(choose the best two answers)

Question54: Who owns the Sprint Backlog?
(choose the best answer)

Question55: True or False: The Product Owner must write all of the Product Backlog items (e.g., user stories, requirements, etc.) on the Product Backlog before handing them over to the Scrum Team.

Question56: Which two things are appropriate for a Scrum Master to do, if the Scrum Team does not have the tools and environment to completely finish each selected Product Backlog item?
(choose the best two answers)

Question57: True or False: A Product Owner is essentially the same thing as a traditional Project Manager.

Question58: Several Sprints into a project, the Product Owner tells the Scrum Master that a key stakeholder just started using the product. The stakeholder is unhappy with the quality of the product. What are two good options for the Scrum Master?
(choose the best two answers)

Question59: When does a Sprint conclude?
(choose the best answer)

Question60: When is the Sprint Backlog created?
(choose the best answer)

Question61: True or False: Product Owners must create clear and unambiguous acceptance criteria for each Product Backlog item before it may be selected in Sprint Planning.

Question62: You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for in this scenario.
(choose the best two answers)

Question63: Which of the following are true about the length of the Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question64: When must the Product Owner participate in the Daily Scrum?
(choose the best answer)

Question65: What activities would a Product Owner typically undertake in the period between the end of the current Sprint and the start of the next Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question66: What are three advantages of a Product Owner sharing a clearly defined Product Goal with the Scrum Team?
(choose the best three answers)

Question67: True or False: The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a valuable, useful Increment.

Question68: True or False: The Scrum Team is accountable for creating a valuable increment every Sprint.

Question69: Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint?
(choose the best answer)