PSM I sample questions

Question 1

The purpose of a Sprint is to produce a done Increment of product.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 2

Who creates the definition of "Done"?

Accepted Answer

The development organization (or Development Team if none is available from the development organization).

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The Scrum Master as he/she is responsible for the Development Team’s productivity.

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The Scrum Team, in a collaborative effort where the result is the common denominator of all members’ definition.

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The Product Owner as he/she is responsible for the product’s success.

Question 3

Five new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how to coordinate their work with the order teams. What should the Scrum Master do?

Accepted Answer

Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

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Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.

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Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment.

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Visit the five teams each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned.

Question 4

Which two things should the Development Team do during the first Sprint? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Develop at least one piece of functionality.

Accepted Answer

Create an increment of potentially releasable software.

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Make up a plan for the rest of the project.

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Analyze, describe, and document the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

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Analyze, design, and describe the complete architecture and infrastructure.

Question 5

A financial services company is developing a new regulatory compliance platform using three Scrum Teams. These teams pull work from a single Product Backlog. After several Sprints, the teams report significant last-minute integration failures. Features delivered by the 'UI Team' often conflict with or break functionality from the 'API Team'. The Product Owner is overwhelmed trying to sequence Product Backlog items to manage dependencies.

The current workflow is visualized as follows:

graph TD subgraph Sprint TeamA[UI Team works on PBI 1] TeamB[API Team works on PBI 2] TeamC[DB Team works on PBI 3] end ProductBacklog[Single Product Backlog] --> PBI1[PBI 1 (UI)] ProductBacklog --> PBI2[PBI 2 (API)] ProductBacklog --> PBI3[PBI 3 (Database)] PBI1 --> TeamA PBI2 --> TeamB PBI3 --> TeamC TeamA --> Integration[End-of-Sprint Integration] TeamB --> Integration TeamC --> Integration Integration -- Fails --> SprintReview{Sprint Review}

The Scrum Master identifies that the teams are structured as component teams. What is the most effective long-term solution the Scrum Master should advocate for to resolve these issues?

Accepted Answer

Facilitate a series of workshops with the teams and organizational leadership to guide them in self-reorganizing into cross-functional feature teams.

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Implement a 'hardening' Sprint after every two regular Sprints to focus solely on integration and fixing defects.

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Designate one team as the dedicated 'integration team' responsible for merging and testing the work from the component teams.

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Coach the Product Owner to become an expert at dependency management and to sequence the Product Backlog items perfectly to avoid integration conflicts.

Question 6

When many Scrum Teams are working on the same product, should all of their Increments be integrated every Sprint?

Accepted Answer

Yes, otherwise the Product Owners (and stakeholders) may not be able to accurately inspect what is done.

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Yes, but only for Scrum Teams whose work has dependencies.

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No, each Scrum Team stands alone.

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No, that is far too hard and must be done in a hardening Sprint.

Question 7

When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?

Accepted Answer

It can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.

Answer

When functional expectations are not well understood.

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When the Product Owner is absent too often.

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When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.

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When a technical dependency cannot be resolved.

Question 8

Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?

Accepted Answer

The Sprint Goal

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The Sprint Backlog.

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The release plan.

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Sprint Review minutes.

Question 9

How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?

Accepted Answer

Ensure every Increment meets them.

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Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team’s responsibility.

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Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.

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Assign them to the lead developers on the team.

Question 10

When is a Sprint over?

Accepted Answer

When the time-box expires.

Answer

When the Product Owner says it is done.

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When all Product Backlog items meet their definition of “Done".

Answer

When all the tasks are completed.

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