EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Who is accountable for a releasable integrated Product being delivered at least once at the end of every Sprint?

Question2: How should Product Backlog items be chosen when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog?
(choose the best answer)

Question3: The purpose of a Nexus Sprint Retrospective is to:
(choose the best two answers)

Question4: The Scrum teams in Nexus are struggling to create a DONE increment every Sprint. The scope is being adjusted often due to newly discovered dependencies and complications.
What could they do to increase the probability of producing an integrated increment for the next Sprint? Select two best answers

Question5: As part of the Nexus Sprint Retrospective, the team should address if there is technical debt in the product. True or False?

Question6: Who has to attend the Nexus Sprint Retrospective?

Question7: During the first Nexus Daily Scrum, members realize they need to build a common tool to enable continuous integration.
Which should be the next steps?

Question8: Scenario B: Six Team Nexus with complex dependencies
A six team Nexus is developing a complex product, with different parts of the product that only certain Scrum Teams can work on. In fact, there are some highly specialized individuals outside the Nexus that are required for some of the work. In past Sprints the Nexus encountered challenges dealing with the many dependencies between Scrum Teams.
Which of the following practices could this Nexus try in order to conduct Nexus Sprint Planning more effectively?
(choose the best two answers)

Question9: Which two statements best describe Nexus Sprint Goal?

Question10: Who is responsible for clearing the technical debt?

Question11: What is Nexus?

Question12: What is the purpose of Nexus Integration Team?

Question13: Nexus Integration team has defined a Definition of Done with 5 point criteria. One of the Sprint Team, want to use only 3 of them for their team's Definition of Done. Is this allowed?

Question14: During which situations, the stakeholders might get concerned about the progress? (Choose all that apply)

Question15: The Nexus Team has failed to meet the Nexus Sprint Goal for two sprints in a row.
What are the possible reasons for this? (Select two best answers)

Question16: Scenario A: Nexus Sprint Review with Five Scrum Teams
There are five Scrum Teams working on a product. During the Nexus Sprint Review, the teams present the results of the Sprint. After introductions, each team takes time to present their work for inspection by individually showing the new features they have built. They are not using a shared environment. The stakeholders do not provide much feedback. The event ends and people filter out of the room.
Since teams are not using a shared environment, what is likely?
(choose the best two answers)

Question17: What is the purpose of the Nexus Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best answer)

Question18: One of the key stakeholders would like to know which product backlog items are being selected by all the teams in the ongoing Sprint.
Which artifact would contain this information?

Question19: Product Owner is responsible for Definition of Done in Nexus. True or False?

Question20: Nexus Team has identified 3 improvement ideas. One of them is to put a graph in the team area to display the number of code conflicts during integration. The objective is to minimize the number of conflicts per day and let the team members see the progress.
Which is the Nexus event during which this approach was most likely discussed?

Question21: Teams want to integrate the code only before the Nexus Sprint Review.
What can be the result of this? Select all that apply.

Question22: Who should step in to resolve integration issues?

Question23: Who do the developers report the Daily Scrum status to?

Question24: Select the valid activities performed by the Nexus Integration Team

Question25: Nexus requires the overall architecture to be designed and finalized before the Sprints can begin. True or False?

Question26: 3 Teams are working in a Nexus. Team A has a lot of expertise on a new technology and they have been working on it since Sprint 1. Skills of teams B and C in that technology are considered average. At the end of Sprint 4, NIT Scrum Master recommends the introduction of pair-programming for the upcoming Sprint so that the remaining two teams get a hands-on experience on the new technology. But the Product Owner refuses to agree because he believes the team's output will reduce drastically. Select all relevant options.

Question27: All the development team members need not attend Nexus Daily Scrum. True or False?

Question28: What are three benefits of self-managing Scrum Teams?
(choose the best three answers)

Question29: Definition of Done is always same for Nexus and all individual Scrum Teams. True or False?

Question30: What is the purpose of Nexus Sprint Planning? Select two best answers

Question31: Which event follows after Nexus Daily Scrum?

Question32: Scrum Master who is part of Nexus Integration Team can be a Scrum Master for any of the individual teams. True or False?

Question33: Which is NOT the purpose of Nexus Integration Team? (Select two best answers)

Question34: How does Technical Debt impact the product?

Question35: The Scrum Teams in a Nexus find they have simply too much work each Sprint to do to deliver a valuable and useful Increment. What could they try to improve their ability to produce an Increment for the next Sprint?
(choose the best answer)

Question36: What is true about Nexus Sprint Goal? Select all that apply.

Question37: During the Nexus Sprint Retrospective, it was discovered that a team has not been conducting their individual Daily Scrum's over the past few weeks. Who is accountable for ensuring the Nexus framework is understood and enacted?

Question38: During Cross-Team Refinement, the ordered Product Backlog (1 through 9) is mapped out so the Nexus can visualize dependencies. For example, PBI 5 for Team Orange is dependent on Team Red completing PBI 1.

All else being equal, which PBI is most concerning?
(choose the best answer)

Question39: What is the recommended number of teams per Nexus?

Question40: What is demonstrated during the Sprint Review in Nexus? Choose the BEST answer.

Question41: You are working in a Nexus with 3 teams. During the Nexus Sprint Planning, teams ran out of refined product backlog items. The items selected so far can only consume half of the Sprint.
What should the Nexus team do?

Question42: Which event precedes Individual teams' Daily Scrum?

Question43: 5 Scrum teams with 8 members each are working in a Nexus. They are struggling to create a DONE increment every Sprint. The scope is being adjusted often due to newly discovered dependencies and complications.
Which techniques can be use to manage dependencies effectively? Select two best answers

Question44: A new Project Manager accountability has been added to Nexus. True or False?

Question45: Nexus Daily Scrum is same as Scrum of Scrums. True or False?

Question46: What is true about Product Owner's accountability in Nexus? Select all that apply.

Question47: Select all the true statements about Nexus.

Question48: True or False: Many Scrum Teams working on the same product create coordination challenges that can be fully addressed by creating a communication plan.

Question49: Increment can be released mid-Sprint if necessary. True or False?

Question50: 5 Teams are working in a Nexus. Andy from Team C informed his teammates that other teams have raised a concern with the coding standards delivered in the previous two sprints.
Which is the Nexus event during which this approach was most likely discussed?

Question51: Which event concludes the Sprint?

Question52: What is the purpose of Nexus Sprint Retrospective?
(choose the best answer)

Question53: In a Nexus, it is agreed that the representatives from each team will participate in the Nexus Sprint Planning to select the Product backlog items for the sprint. They were struggling to find the items with fewer dependencies. There are especially three teams that have a lot of dependent work.
What should the Nexus do to avoid this problem going forward?

Question54: A five team Nexus is developing a purchase order application. There are several dependencies and Nexus faced a lot of challenges in managing them.
How should they conduct their Nexus Sprint Planning to minimize such difficulties due to the dependencies?

Question55: A Nexus with five Scrum Teams has been created to build one product. Who has to coordinate the work with other teams in the Nexus?

Question56: Why would a Nexus choose to have different Sprint length for the teams in a Sprint?

Question57: 5 teams are working in a Nexus. Team C realized that they have selected too much work during the Planning and would like to return some of the product backlog items.
Which artifacts should be adjusted due to this change? Select TWO best answers.

Question58: What does Nexus Sprint Backlog contain?

Question59: Who coaches the individual Scrum Teams on the necessary skills required to produce DONE integrated increment?

Question60: Scaled Scrum is still Scrum. True or False?

Question61: During Nexus Daily Scrum, a new issue has surfaced which can be resolved without outside help. Who should resolve the issue?

Question62: A Nexus has 5 teams. Kevin and Oscar are the Scrum Masters of Team A and B respectively. They had technical experience in their previous jobs. While forming the NIT, Product Owner felt that it would be ideal to have both of them.
Is it allowed to have 2 individual teams' Scrum Masters in NIT?

Question63: Trunk-based branching strategy and common build and test instances will help the teams discover issues early. True or False?

Question64: During Sprint Planning, it is identified that the team is required to build a small component using new technology. None of the Nexus members are experts in it, although couple of members have basic knowledge in this new technology.
What should be done to address this issue?

Question65: When does the Nexus Sprint Planning end?

Question66: Scenario A: Nexus Sprint Review with Five Scrum Teams
There are five Scrum Teams working on a product. During the Nexus Sprint Review, the teams present the results of the Sprint. After introductions, each team takes time to present their work for inspection by individually showing the new features they have built. They are not using a shared environment. The stakeholders do not provide much feedback. The event ends and people filter out of the room.
If this pattern of Nexus Sprint Reviews continues for multiple Sprints, what may be the effects?
(choose the best two answers)

Question67: How many additional events does Nexus have compared to Scrum?

Question68: Which are the three valid questions that can be discussed during Nexus Daily Scrum?

Question69: Who is a mandatory member of Nexus Integration Team?

Question70: Development Teams may have different length of Sprints as long as the Sprint boundaries align. True or False?

Question71: In Nexus, an increment is considered DONE only when it is integrated, usable and potentially releasable. True or False?

Question72: Nexus with 3 teams have selected 4 PBIs for the upcoming Sprint. Team A will work on Item 1, Team B will work on Item 2 & 3, Team C will work on Item 4. Item 3 has a dependence on Item 2.
Which PBI is the most concerning?

Question73: Developers may also serve on the Nexus Integration Team. True or False?

Question74: How many parts are in Nexus Sprint Retrospective?

Question75: What is the time box for Nexus Sprint Planning?

Question76: Which are the valid artifacts in Nexus? Select all that apply.

Question77: Who coaches and guides the Scrum Team in the application of Nexus?

Question78: If two Scrum Teams are added to a product that previously had only one Scrum Team, what will be the immediate impact on the productivity of the original Scrum Team?
(choose the best answer)

Question79: Nexus Sprint Goal replaces the Individual Teams' Sprint Goal. True or False?

Question80: During the Nexus Sprint Review of Sprint 2, some users have complained that the system is performing too slow.
What can the Nexus team do to manage user expectations? Select all that apply.

Question81: True or False: When multiple Scrum Teams are working together on the same product, each team should maintain a separate Product Backlog.

Question82: All developers must attend the Nexus Daily Scrum. True or False?

Question83: When is an increment DONE in Nexus?

Question84: Currently, your Scrum Teams are organized to address a single functional (component) area of the product. What should be considered when deciding to move away from such component teams toward feature teams?
(choose the best three answers)

Question85: During the Nexus Sprint Retrospective, couple of team members are suggesting to branch the code repository so that the code merge can be handled just before the Sprint Review instead of every day.
What would be the result if they implement this suggestion?

Question86: Which statements are true regarding using Scrum for large-scale product delivery?
(choose the best two answers)

Question87: What does not happen during the Nexus Sprint Retrospective?

Question88: During Sprint Planning, it is identified that Team C will not have enough work due to the dependencies from Team A and Team B.
What should the Nexus team do with Team C?

Question89: What are the possible side effects of teams not integrating their work often? Select two best answers

Question90: True or False: Using Scrum ensures that adding more resources to a product delivery effort proportionally increases the value delivered.