PSM II Practice Questions
Prepare for PSM II with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $250 USD
- Level
- Advanced
- Valid for
- Lifetime - no renewal required
Domains covered on the exam 5
- Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework25%
- Developing People and Teams25%
- Managing Products with Agility15%
- Developing and Delivering Products Professionally15%
- Evolving the Agile Organization20%
- 1
What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self- organize? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: A, C
A, C -- Explanation:
Time-boxing promotes regularity and focus for self-organized teams. Having shippable Increments allows teams to collaboratively make decisions on what needs to be done next.A, C -- Explanation:
Time-boxing promotes regularity and focus for self-organized teams. Having shippable Increments allows teams to collaboratively make decisions on what needs to be done next. - 2
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.)
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Correct answer: A, D
A, D -- Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren’t.
The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.A, D -- Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. Scrum Masters do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules, and values.The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master helps the Scrum Team understand which of their interactions are helpful and which aren’t.
The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. - 3
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.)
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Correct answer: A, B, C
A, B, C -- Explanation:
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done.A, B, C -- Explanation:
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done.A, B, C -- Explanation:
At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be ‘Done’, which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s Definition of Done. - 4
Which three statements best describe the purpose of having a Definition of Done? (Choose three.)
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Correct answer: B, C, E
B, C, E -- Explanation:
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. This Definition of Done provides the team guidance on what it takes to make the increment shippable.B, C, E -- Explanation:
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. This Definition of Done provides the team guidance on what it takes to make the increment shippable.B, C, E -- Explanation:
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as ‘Done’, everyone must understand what ‘Done’ means. Scrum Team members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. This Definition of Done provides the team guidance on what it takes to make the increment shippable. - 5
Case Study:
A rapidly growing e-commerce company, 'ShopFast', has five Scrum Teams developing a single, complex product. The teams were formed six months ago and have varying levels of maturity. Recently, management has expressed concern over the 'unpredictable' nature of releases and the frequency of integration issues discovered late in the development cycle. They have proposed creating a dedicated 'Integration and Release Team' to handle all deployments and final testing, effectively creating a new gate before production.
The current situation is as follows:
- Teams have different Sprint lengths (two use 2-week Sprints, three use 3-week Sprints).
- Each team has its own Definition of Done, with varying quality standards.
- There is one Product Owner and one Product Backlog, but coordination between teams during Sprint Planning is minimal.
- Integration of all Increments happens once a month, just before the planned release, and is a painful, multi-day process.
As the Scrum Master coaching these teams and advising management, which of the following represents the most effective strategy to address the core issues and counter the proposal for a separate integration team?
flowchart TD subgraph Current Process TeamA[Team A] --> IncA{Increment A} TeamB[Team B] --> IncB{Increment B} TeamC[Team C] --> IncC{Increment C} TeamD[Team D] --> IncD{Increment D} TeamE[Team E] --> IncE{Increment E} end IncA & IncB & IncC & IncD & IncE --> MI[Monthly Integration] MI --> PainfulTesting[Painful Testing] PainfulTesting --> Release[Release]Show answer details
Correct answer: C
This strategy addresses the root cause of the problem: a lack of integration and shared quality standards. Creating a separate integration team would add another silo and delay feedback, contradicting Scrum's principles. The Scrum Master's role is to help the teams become more effective. By focusing on a shared, stringent Definition of Done and facilitating the necessary cross-team collaboration, the teams can take collective ownership of producing an integrated Increment every Sprint. This makes releases less risky and more predictable, directly addressing management's concerns in a way that increases agility rather than reducing it.
- 6
A Scrum Master is not only a servant-leader to the Scrum Team and organization, it’s also considered a management position.
Which three activities describe what a Scrum Master manages as reflected by the Scrum Guide? (Choose three.)
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Correct answer: B, D, F
B, D, F -- Explanation:
The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team’s process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement.B, D, F -- Explanation:
The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team’s process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement.B, D, F -- Explanation:
The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team’s process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement. - 7
An organization has just hired you as a new Scrum Master to help them transition their teams from their current traditional process to Scrum. The teams are currently structured to specialize in a single function. This is also known as component teams where a team would only address a single layer (i.e. design, frontend, backend, database, testing, etc.). You’ve introduced the concept of cross-functional teams where all the skills needed to produce business functionality, from end to end, are inside of a single team.
What should you keep in mind when transitioning from siloed teams to cross-functional teams? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: B, D
B, D -- Explanation:
Forming a team takes time, and members often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages. When you understand it, you can help your new team become effective more quickly.B, D -- Explanation:
Forming a team takes time, and members often go through recognizable stages as they change from being a collection of strangers to a united group with common goals. Bruce Tuckman’s Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model describes these stages. When you understand it, you can help your new team become effective more quickly. - 8
Because the Development Team is the ones doing the work, they are best suited to inspect and adapt the progress toward the Sprint Goal. At minimum, this is done every 24 hours through the Daily Scrum. It is the Scrum Master’s responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order for them to optimize the benefits of each event. Because the Daily Scrum is owned by the Development Team, it is up to them on how they should run it but the Scrum Master can provide guidance to ensure it adheres to the Scrum guidelines.
What is the most effective way to recover?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation:
Scrum is founded on empirical process control and asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk. At the end of every Sprint, an increment of ‘done’ work must be available in order to inspect and adapt accordingly. - 9
Paul, a Product Owner of one of the Scrum Teams, has been attending the Daily Scrum. During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team members have been reporting their daily work to Paul so that he is aware of their Sprint progress and what each member is working on.
What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation:
Because the Development Team is the ones doing the work, they are best suited to inspect and adapt the progress toward the Sprint Goal. At minimum, this is done every 24 hours through the Daily Scrum. It is the Scrum Master’s responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order for them to optimize the benefits of each event. Because the Daily Scrum is owned by the Development Team, it is up to them on how they should run it but the Scrum Master can provide guidance to ensure it adheres to the Scrum guidelines. - 10
Steven, the Scrum Master, is approached by one of the Development Team members saying that they are not completing regression tests for all of the work they are performing to the level defined in the Definition of Done. They have discussed this with the Product Owner and decided to remove regression testing from the Definition of Done.
Which two actions are the most appropriate for Steven to take? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: C, D
C, D -- Explanation:
As a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework.C, D -- Explanation:
As a servant/leader, the Scrum Master facilitates conversations through open ended questions in order to help the team members make the best possible decisions according to what is known at the time. He/she does not approve or reject team decisions but ensures the team stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework.
