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ASM EXIN Agile Scrum Master Questions and Answers

Questions 4

What is the main reason to limit Scrum Teams to 9 team members?

Options:

A.

Feeding more than 9 team members pizza is unpractical.

B.

Smaller teams are generally more productive.

C.

There is a maximum of 9 functions in development.

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Questions 5

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?

Options:

A.

The Development Team will need the skills and know-how to deliver a Done Increment

B.

The Development Team will need a Sprint Goal for the entire Scrum project

C.

The Development Team will need a clear understanding of each task in the backlog

D.

The Development Team will need a clear vision of all requirements in the Product Backlog

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Questions 6

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?

Options:

A.

Items that should be in the next Sprint's Backlog.

B.

What's not working well with a team member.

C.

What's working well in the project.

D.

Why the user stories weren't completed as planned.

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Questions 7

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.

Options:

A.

I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d

B.

I-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d

C.

I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a

D.

I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a

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Questions 8

Impediments are a part of any project. Which of the following is NOT true about impediments in Scrum?

Options:

A.

They reduce the productivity of a Scrum team.

B.

Impediments can be both internal and external.

C.

Impediments should be documented only by the team members in the Impediment Log.

D.

Impediments faced are brought up by the Scrum Team during the Daily Standup Meeting.

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Questions 9

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:

Options:

A.

Risk Mitigation.

B.

Risk Prioritization.

C.

Risk Avoidance.

D.

Risk Assessment.

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Questions 10

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.

Options:

A.

A

B.

A and В

C.

В and С

D.

A and D

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Questions 11

A Scrum team is using a bum-down chart to track their progress. During the sprint, the graph looks like this.

What is certain about this sprint?

Options:

A.

The Developers are doing less than they anticipated

B.

The Developers are on track to finish the sprint goal

C.

The Developers have pulled too many items into the sprint

D.

The Developers have run into a roadblock and are stuck

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Questions 12

Which of the following statements on Risk Management in a Scrum project is INCORRECT?

Options:

A.

The iterative nature of Scrum with its rapid turnaround time and feedback cycles allows for early detection

of failures.

B.

Risks can be managed only at the project level, even if they are related to or originate in portfolios or

programs.

C.

Risk Burndown Charts aye an important tool for communicating information related to risks to the

Stakeholders.

D.

Risk is largely minimized in Scrum due to the flexibility in adding or modifying requirements at any time in

the project lifecycle.

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Questions 13

As a Scrum Master, it is important that you assess skill gaps and training requirements for the team members,

and map the skills, capabilities, and interest level of team members in using those skills and capabilities on a

project. Which one of the following tools can help you do this?

Options:

A.

Skills Requirement Matrix.

B.

Organizational Deployment Method.

C.

Daily Standup.

D.

Organizational Resource Matrix.

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Questions 14

Which of the following is true about a Prioritized Product Backlog?

Options:

A.

A Prioritized Product Backlog should not have the most valuable User Story on top, because it could be

risky.

B.

Greater value items, although potentially riskier, are given higher priority in a Prioritized Product Backlog.

C.

Uncertainty should be ruled out of the Risk-adjusted Prioritized Product Backlog.

D.

For a Sprint to succeed, User Stories picked for a Sprint should be interlinked with those selected for

subsequent Sprints.

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Questions 15

A team is faced with interruptions to their sprints by unplanned work. The team decides that the best course of action is to channel the unplanned work and make sure there is room for unplanned work in the next sprint.

Who is accountable for making sure this happens?

Options:

A.

The Developers

B.

The Product Owner

C.

The project manager

D.

The Scrum Master

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Questions 16

Voltex is a traditional electrical hardware distributor that has been using a command-and-control way of managing As a result, the level of trust between employees and managers is low Senior management wants to become more Agile to survive in their competitive market.

The Voltex electrical team is new to Scrum and adopting Agile is a significant cultural change Therefore management has asked Jennifer, an experienced Scrum Master to lead the new team

The Developers and the Product Owner struggle to follow the advice given during their Scrum training. They wish to adapt the Scrum practices to fit with their previous work and do not understand the changes. For example the Product Owner and Developers question why the Developers should choose what to work on instead of the managers assigning tasks.

What should the Scrum Master do?

Options:

A.

Ask for Scrum training for the team members and suggest that the Product Owner just divides all the tasks

B.

Explain how self-management brings commitment and how this benefits the team members and the flow

C.

ignore the team's objections and just rigidly implement the Scrum practices and artifacts to let the team adjust

D.

Let the Scrum team adapt the Scrum practices to their own needs, because that is what being Agile means

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Questions 17

A Scrum team has agreed on the following definition of potentially shippable

Potential By shippable increments must have been tested and must meet the conditions of satisfaction provided by the Product Owner Why Is it important to include 'tested' in the definition of what is potentially shippable?

Options:

A.

Because each potentially shippable increment that has passed these tests will be released to users

B.

Because increments are not done without testing to make sure the product will work as expected

C.

Because testing shows how well the separate developed increments are integrated with each other

D.

Because testing will prove that the increments are part of a cohesive whole and the sprint goal set

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Questions 18

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:

Options:

A.

Flexibility: Business-environment-related risk

B.

Regular feedback: Expectations-related risk

C.

Team ownership: Estimation related risk

D.

Transparency: Investment risk

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Questions 19

A User Story is considered complete only when the which of the following is/are satisfied?

A) Acceptance Criteria

B) Done criteria

C) Demo to the product owner

D) Non-functional criteria

Options:

A.

A and В

B.

A, В and C

C.

C and A

D.

D and A

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Questions 20

A Scrum team is in a sprint retrospective at the end of a sprint. The Scrum Master facilitates this meeting and has made a simple board with headings of Keep Start and Stop Team members can post their thoughts for removing impediments.

Most ideas can be grouped together and involve the team's own process. There are some more general suggestions to lift impediments which do not fit into the general groupings. These ideas have to do with the organization's enterprise architecture and data compliance policy

What should the Scrum Master do with these ideas?

Options:

A.

Add them to the organizations continuous improvement backlog

B.

Ask the team members themselves what they want to do with them

C.

Decide to add them to the team's continuous improvement backlog

D.

Ignore them because they are not relevant to this sprint or the next

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Questions 21

You are a project manager for a midsize software company, which still uses the Waterfall model. Your

customer wants a new software project.

When should you consider the use of Agile?

Options:

A.

The product definition is stable and will not change.

B.

The scope lacks specificity and is unlikely to remain stable.

C.

The user technology to be developed is understood.

D.

There are almost no ambiguous requirements.

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Questions 22

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 QUESTION NO: answered by the Scrum

Team during the Daily Standups?

Options:

A.

What will I work on today?

B.

What did I complete yesterday?

C.

Am I facing any impediments or obstacles?

D.

How will I solve the impediments that I am facing?

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Questions 23

Andy, a Scrum Master, is helping his team draft a Sprint Backlog. In which of the following phases would this

Scrum process be in?

Options:

A.

Initiate

B.

Plan and Estimate

C.

Implement

D.

Review and Retrospect

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Questions 24

A representative of the customer has asked the Development Team to add a very important item to an ongoing Sprint. What should they do?

Options:

A.

Refer the representative to the Scrum Master to discuss it

B.

Accept it only if they are willing to ask for it formally

C.

Refer the representative to the Product Owner to discuss it

D.

Refuse it, because they are in the middle of the Sprint

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Questions 25

Estimating in ideal days is different from estimating in story points

What is the difference?

Options:

A.

Estimation using ideal days assumes no interruptions during a task Estimation using story points takes interruptions into account

B.

Estimation using ideal days can be done quickly using sticky notes Estimation using story points must be done with poker cards

C.

Estimation using ideal days has real time as an indication of size Estimation using story points has a relative measure of size

D.

Estimation using ideal days is usually done using T-shirt sizes Estimation using story points can be done using number of hours

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Questions 26

A company is already using Scrum very successfully within the development department. While highly effective Scrum Teams deliver new software increments quickly, these increments are not being delivered fast enough to customers. Releases happen once every 3 months and it takes too much effort to make sure that the releases go smoothly.

What type of framework should this company try to establish?

Options:

A.

DevOps

B.

DSDM

C.

Lean

D.

Waterfall

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Questions 27

A head office of a chain of department stores has commissioned updates to a software package to improve stock management tor its warehouse and customer services.

The Scrum team is implementing notifications on the time of day an out-of-stock item arrives at a nominated store. The team does not have access to the inventory data which is managed by the information management team. This forms a major roadblock Since this feature has high external value it is important that the roadblock is removed.

What is the best way for the Scrum Master to help the team in this situation?

Options:

A.

Ask the Product Owner to move the backlog item to the product backlog

B.

Coach the information management team to speak with the team members

C.

Let the team solve this problem because they are all trained professionals

D.

Negotiate with the information management team for access to the data

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Questions 28

Suppose you are a Scrum Master on a project to design a metro rail system for a city. It has been brought to

your attention that the Product Owner wants to change the Acceptance Criteria for one of the User Stories

committed to for the current Sprint because the customer has changed a critical business requirement. Which

one of the following statements presents the best solution for such a situation?

Options:

A.

You should direct the Scrum team to stop working on the current Sprint Backlog, and to start working on

the latest business requirements.

B.

The Product Owner should add this requirement to the overall Prioritized Product Backlog, and the team

would work on it in a future Sprint.

C.

You should tell the Product Owner to inform the stakeholders that this business requirement cannot be

worked on as the Scrum Team has no bandwidth in the current Sprint.

D.

The Product Owner should cancel the current Sprint, and should start planning a new Sprint for the team to

be able to develop the deliverable as per the latest business requirement.

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Questions 29

A Scrum Team suggests to have a project with 3 Sprints of 2 weeks, while the customer suggests 1 Sprint of 6 weeks.

What is the greatest advantage of having 3 Sprints of 2 weeks?

Options:

A.

The customer has to invest fewer time.

B.

The team can inspect and adapt 2 times.

C.

The team delivers more Story Points.

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Questions 30

A company changes to Scrum. This gets some people out of their comfort zone and creates resistance. One way of finding out how to deal with this resistance is looking at the individuals resisting. Suppose that you categorize all individuals into Conservers, Pragmatists and Originators.

What are the best activities to help Pragmatists transition to Scrum?

Options:

A.

No special activities are necessary, because these people will embrace the change.

B.

Provide more prestige or power for the people that resist in order to get them to comply.

C.

Provide predictability of the transition process and keep certain best practices.

D.

Provide training and run a pilot project that includes these people on the team.

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Questions 31

Listed below are some responsibilities of a Scrum Master. Identify the one that is NOT correct.

Options:

A.

Coordinates with Product Owner in creation of the Prioritized Product Backlog.

B.

Facilitates Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meetings.

C.

Resolves the issues affecting the Scrum Team.

D.

Identifies risks and implements risk mitigation actions.

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Questions 32

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?

Options:

A.

The item is done when the item has no work remaining to be released.

B.

The item is done when the product customer accepts the item.

C.

The item is done when the Product Owner agrees that the item can be released.

D.

The item is done when the Scrum Master agrees it is complete.

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Questions 33

A Scrum Team is estimating the prioritized User Stories. Each team member has been assigned a deck of

numbered cards, in which each card is numbered in a sequence. The team members use these cards to

assess a particular User Story by picking and showing a card from the deck that represents their estimate for

the User Story. Which estimation tool is the Scrum Team using?

Options:

A.

Fist of Five.

B.

Wideband Delphi.

C.

Affinity Estimation.

D.

Planning Poker.

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Questions 34

Which of the following activities is NOT a part of the implementation phase in Scrum?

Options:

A.

Daily Standup Meeting.

B.

Updating the Product Backlog.

C.

Release Planning Meeting.

D.

Creating deliverables.

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Exam Code: ASM
Exam Name: EXIN Agile Scrum Master
Last Update: Dec 22, 2024
Questions: 227