PSPO Exam Blanc #5 (with comments)

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using Scrum to deliver projects?
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Which of the following is a valid service from the Scrum Master to the Product Owner?
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Which of the following statements about the Scrum framework is TRUE?
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Which of the following statements best describes a Scrum Team?
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The Agile Manifesto states that we value individuals and interactions _____ processes and tools.
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What is the purpose of the Sprint Review?
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Which concept is the basis of the business justification aspect in Scrum?
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Every Sprint cycle begins with a _____________ meeting.
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How long can a Sprint be if a team takes four-hours in Sprint Planning?
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When does the Sprint end?
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What is management’s role in Scrum?
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What would likely happen if management only changed the organization’s current terminology to fit Scrum without the proper understanding and support of Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide?
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Flexibility in Scrum is NOT achieved through which of the following?
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Which statement best describes Scrum?
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True or False: In order to start the first Sprint, Scrum only requires a Product Owner with enough ideas, Developers to execute on those ideas, and a Scrum Master to guide the process.
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Scrum is based on which of the following?
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True or False: Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.
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Which of the following items should NOT be raised during a retrospective meeting?
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Which Scrum Value impacts trust?
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Doing your best and helping other Scrum Team members demonstrates which of the following?
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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?
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The three pillars of empirical process control consist of:
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If burn-down charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trendline projection through a release burn-down chart indicate?
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What is a good way for a Scrum Team to ensure that security concerns are addressed and transparent?
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True or False: Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.
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True or False: When technical debt occurs, the system will become more unstable as development progresses and code is added resulting in future work being slowed down.
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Who can change the Sprint Backlog in the middle of the Sprint?
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At the eighth Sprint Review, the stakeholders are upset that the product being built is not what they expected and will incur additional costs that was not planned for. What may have led to this?
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Select the correct Scrum Team members defined in Scrum.

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True or False: Scrum has a role called Project Manager.
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A Scrum Team has been working on the same product for 12 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?
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What would be the main benefits of self-managing?
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True or False: A Scrum Team must have a Product Owner and Scrum Master.
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In what ways does the Scrum Master keep the Developers working at their highest level of productivity?
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Which of the following statements are true about the Scrum Master role?
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Flexibility on Scrum projects is achieved through which of the following?
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A Scrum Team, with remote Developers, typically spends extra time before the Daily Scrum to setup the meeting rooms and conference calling equipment and tools in order to have their Daily Scrum. How should the Scrum Master handle this situation?
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Which statement is correct when the Developers are working in the middle of the Sprint?
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A Developer has notified the Scrum Master of a potential data security risk. What action should the Scrum Master take?
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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?
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Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned you as the Scrum Master. In what ways would help the team start?
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What guideline should the Scrum Master provide if the Product Owner asks how estimations should be made in Scrum?
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The Developers discover that they don’t have the tools and infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
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The Developers have 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?
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Which of the following events is conducted at the end of a Sprint to analyze process improvement opportunities for the future Sprints?
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What action can the Scrum Master take to ensure communication between the Developers and Product Owner is effective?
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How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than one Scrum Team is working on one product?
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What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?
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True or False: The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted.
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As a Scrum Master, you observe that the Product Owner is not effectively collaborating with the Developers. What actions would you take?
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True or False: A Scrum Master teaches those who are interested in the Developers’ progress that progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an Increment at the Sprint Review.
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What is sustainable pace?
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Which of the following statements best describes collaboration?
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What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take if the Product Owner is having difficulties managing the Product Backlog?
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What is a Product Owner responsibility that he/she might delegate?
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What action should a Scrum Master take if the Developers have decided that Retrospectives are no longer necessary?
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Which stakeholder is the most important for the Product Owner to satisfy?
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As a Scrum Master, what would you strive for if five new Scrum Teams were to work on one product?
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Customer satisfaction should be measured:
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Several Sprints into a project, a client is complaining to the Product Owner about the poor performance of the product. As a Scrum Master, how can you help the Product Owner?
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Why is it important that there is only one Product Owner per product?
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True or False: The Product Owner’s primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog.
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Which of these tools is mandatory for the Product Owner to use?
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Why does the agile manifesto de-emphasize extensive documentation early in the project?
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During Sprint Planning, the Developers were not able to confidently forecast a Sprint Backlog but the Scrum Team was able to create a Sprint Goal for upcoming Sprint. Which action would a Scrum Master support?
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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 activities would be most helpful?
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How should a Scrum Master divide a group of 100 Developers into multiple Scrum Teams?
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Which is the best description of a Product Owner?
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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?
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Who is responsible for ensuring the Product Backlog items are understood to the level needed.
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Which of the following actions are appropriate for a Scrum Master at the Daily Scrum?
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What activities would a Product Owner do during an active Sprint?
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Who on a Scrum Team would know the most about the progress toward a business objective or a release, and be able to explain clearly the alternatives?
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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?
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Which of the following are true about the Product Owner role?
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Who manages the progress of work during a Sprint?
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True or False: A PO (Product Owner) is essentially the same thing as a traditional PM (Project Manager).
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What should the Developers do if they are approached by someone outside the team and asked to add a very important item to a Sprint that is in progress?
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Which Scrum Team member is responsible for engaging with stakeholders?
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How much work must the Developers do to a Product Backlog item that had been selected for a Sprint?
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