EMT Practice Test

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Question1: The Product Owner on a project, on which you are the Scrum Master, has identified disaster situations, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, as potential risks to the underwater transnational communication sea link. The Stakeholders have suggested that steps to safeguard the foundations of the ocean infrastructure be taken at the earliest, and also have recommended that a contingency reserve be created, which could be used in case of disaster situations. This is an example of:

Question2: Lynn is the Scrum Master for her organization and she's working with seven Development Teams on a single Scrum project. What statement best describes the starting date for these seven Development Teams?

Question3: You are the Scrum Master of a project to construct an IT Tech Park. This project requires adhering to stringent quality standards at every stage of development. A Scrum Core Team is formed for this project in which the Scrum Master is supposed to facilitate a "team first" mentality when it comes to quality. You must ensure all of the following to maintain quality in Scrum, EXCEPT:

Question4: All of the following events and activities are examples of adaptation, EXCEPT:

Question5: Kelly is the Scrum Master for her organization and she's meeting with her manager to discuss the skillsets required for the Development Team. Kelly tells her manager what fact about what the Development Team needs in every Scrum project?

Question6: Emily has taken on the role of Scrum Master on a new project. Training the team is one of her major responsibilities. As Scrum Master, which aspects will Emily need to address in this respect?
A) Gaps in technical knowledge in any of the team members.
B) Shortcomings in the Scrum Team's understanding of business value of features.
C) Increasing the team's capability to articulate their challenges to find solutions.
D) Lack of understanding of the Scrum processes and principles.

Question7: Which one of the following is NOT a type of identified dependencies in a Scrum project?

Question8: Which of the following comparisons is true about Scrum and Traditional Project Management?

Question9: Scrum can easily be scaled for effective use in large projects with multiple small teams working on the project.
Which of the following facilitates coordination among scrum teams?

Question10: Listed below are some risks and issues that might be encountered during the course of a project. Identify which of the following are risks (not issues).
A) After extensive training, marketing representatives might still not be ready to take orders after the project is launched.
B) The painting crew might be delayed due to heavy rain, which could negatively impact the project schedule.
C) Funding was not approved.
D) Requirements, as currently defined, are unclear.

Question11: Which of the following events does NOT help the Scrum Team in identifying or resolving risks?

Question12: You are the Scrum Master for your organization and you're training the Product Owner and the Development Team on the rules of Scrum. After a few Sprints in the project, the Development Team is getting used to processes and flow of the work. With their confidence, the Development Team has decided that a Sprint Retrospective is no longer needed in the project. What should you do regarding the team's desire to no longer have a Sprint Retrospective?

Question13: A project on developing quality testing equipment for an agro-based industry will start with the Create Deliverables process. Which of the following are NOT inputs to the current process?
A) Scrum Core Team
B) Acceptance Criteria
C) Impediment log
D) Length of Sprint

Question14: Gary, a Development Team member, wants to know how long a Daily Scrum is. What's the timebox for a Daily Scrum?

Question15: The Chief Scrum Master is a part of the Scrum Core Team that assembles to retrospect the project and to identify, document, and internalize the lessons learned. There are various tools to Retrospect Project during the Retrospect Project Meeting. Which of the following tools can be used in this process?

Question16: While assisting the Product Owner in developing a Prioritized Product Backlog, the Scrum Master must consider the primary factors on which the Prioritized Product Backlog is based-on. Which of the following are those primary factors?
A) Value
B) Dependencies
C) Risk
D) Deliverables

Question17: You are hosting a Sprint Retrospective for the Scrum Team and you want to set some ground rules for the meeting. All of following are appropriate topics for the Sprint Retrospective meeting except for which one?

Question18: Between traditional Project Management and Scrum, differences exist in how quality is achieved and/or implemented. In this respect, which of the following is NOT true?

Question19: Scrum Masters have to solve both internal and external impediments for the Scrum team during the Create Deliverables process. To do so, they record the impediments in the Impediment Log during
_________________________.
A) Daily Standup Meetings.
B) Sprint Review Meetings.
C) Release Planning Meetings.
D) Sprint Planning Meetings.

Question20: While performing a cost-benefit analysis, the Product Owner of a project determined that the project has 45% probability of incurring a loss of $800,000 due to the latest Land Reform Bill. Which of the following techniques is being used by the Product Owner to perform cost-benefit analysis?

Question21: You are the Scrum Master on a project that is reconstructing the drinking water and sewage system of the city of Bogot A.
Which of the following characteristics do you NOT need to be?
A) Persuasive
B) Discerning
C) Intuitive
D) Visionary

Question22: The Scrum Master is attending a meeting in which the Scrum Team is estimating the effort required to develop the functionality described in each User Story. The team wants to adopt an estimation technique through which they will be able to quickly estimate a large number of User Stories. Which of the following techniques do you think they should adopt?

Question23: Which of the following is a responsibility of the Scrum Master in the context of change in Scrum?

Question24: To enable collaboration, the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Scrum Team collaborate with each other and the stakeholders to create deliverables that provide the greatest possible value to the customer.
This ensures realization of all the following project benefits, EXCEPT:

Question25: A company that builds propellers for ships has incurred heavy losses while implementing the product at the end of the project. This is because a large number of customer requirements which changed during the project were not incorporated into the deliverables. The company could have avoided this situation if it had applied the Scrum Methodology, as it would have ensured that any change requested by the customer was included as part of the project, and that the team produced deliverables that were better suited to the final business environment. Which Scrum aspect is being emphasized here?

Question26: Which of the following is NOT an objective of a Retrospect Sprint Meeting?

Question27: Which one of the following INCORRECTLY matches a type of Scrum Team and a corresponding communication facilitator?

Question28: Which of the following best defines the team velocity metric used to measure team performance?

Question29: Which of the following statements about Release Planning Session is/are Correct?
A) Release Planning Sessions are conducted to develop a plan that defines when various sets of usable functionality or products will be delivered to the customer.
B) Release Planning Sessions enable the Scrum Team to have an overview of the releases and delivery schedule for the product they are developing.
C) Whether the releases will follow a phased deployment pattern or a continuous deployment pattern depends on the stakeholder requirements.
D) Release Planning Sessions should produce a detailed Release Plan for the entire project.

Question30: Feedback loops are opportunities to discuss project information among the Scrum team. All of the following are examples of a feedback loop except for which one?

Question31: The Scrum Master must ensure that a sustainable pace is maintained throughout every Sprint. What does sustainable pace mean in the context of Scrum?

Question32: The Scrum framework, being an Agile iterative process, inherently minimizes risk. Many Scrum practices facilitate effective management of risk. Choose the option that is NOT a correct pairing of a Scrum characteristic with its role in minimizing risk:

Question33: The Scrum Master can help the Product Owner update business justification in the Project Vision statement and ensure continuous value justification for projects by facilitating which of the following processes?
A) Conduct Daily Standup
B) Groom Prioritized Product Backlog
C) Retrospect Project
D) Sprint Deliverables

Question34: Marty is coaching the Development Team on being completely done with the user stories in a Sprint. What should Marty tell the Development Team regarding the completeness of a Product Backlog?

Question35: You are the Scrum Master on a project to develop machine parts for automobile manufacturing. The Product Owner on your project proposes to use Utility Function to find out the stakeholders' risk tolerance level. Which of the following is NOT a risk tolerance classification?

Question36: The table given below presents some Scrum roles that play an important part in business justification and their responsibilities. Choose the option that correctly matches each role in the left hand column to its action in the right hand column.

Question37: Is Scrum immutable

Question38: Beth is a Scrum Master over a newly formed team. What can Beth expect as the team matures in the project?

Question39: Which of the following is a process in the initiate phase of Scrum?

Question40: Each Scrum role has specific responsibilities in managing a Scrum project. Below, choose the role that is correctly matched to its responsibility.

Question41: Maria is one of the Scrum Master for a rail-road reservation system program. She facilitates the Daily Standup Meetings to enable the Scrum Team to discuss issues faced by individual members, and seek solutions to motivate the team. Which of the following represents the mandatory outputs of Conduct Daily Standup process?

Question42: Peter is a Scrum Master on a software development project for a premier chain of hospitals. It is his responsibility to conduct Daily Standups. Which of the following is not a Team during the Daily Standups?

Question43: You are the Scrum Master for your organization and Sally is the Product Owner. The Development Team approaches you with many questions regarding a user story. What should you do next in this scenario?

Question44: You are the Scrum Master for an organization which is new to Scrum practices. The Development Team is having trouble understanding the concept of a self-organizing Development Team. Which one of the following statements best describes the concept of a self-organizing team?

Question45: Select all that apply. Before starting the first Sprint, what needs to be in place?

Question46: One of the core principles of Scrum is Empirical Process Control. As a Scrum Master, which of the following statements would you recognize as the best description of the Empirical Process Control?

Question47: Which of the following best defines the team velocity metric used to measure team performance?

Question48: You are a Scrum Master for your organization. Which one of the following best describes your role?

Question49: The Scrum Team along with the Scrum Master adopted the Fist of Five technique to arrive at accurate estimations for the prioritized User Stories. The results of the vote of each team member are as follows: three members: 2 fingers; four members: 3 fingers; and two members: 5 fingers. Which of the following options is in plurality?

Question50: Which of the following should be cross-functional?

Question51: You are hosting a Sprint Retrospective for the Scrum Team and you want to set some ground rules for the meeting. All of following are appropriate topics for the Sprint Retrospective meeting except for which one?