PSM-II Online Practice Questions and Answers

In Scrum, how would budgeting and financial forecasting be performed? (Choose two.)

A. Frequently inspect the outcomes of the delivered Sprint Increments to understand how much value is being produced per investment spent.

B. A single release may be funded with several Sprints where every Sprint is producing shippable increments.

C. Budgeting is not necessary as the only funding necessary is the operational costs of the Scrum Teams.

D. Fixed budgets are not allowed in Scrum.

What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)

A. Timeboxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.

B. Clearly defined functional teams within the Development Team to define handoff phases during development.

C. Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.

D. Having a mixture of different levels of skills and experience to promote domain knowledge sharing.

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?

A. Share the Product Backlog, the projections towards the release dates and ensure that Peter has access.

B. Show the Profit and Loss (PandL) report.

C. Share the current impediments.

D. Share the last stakeholder status report prepared by the Scrum Master.

Over the course of several Sprints, the relationship between the Product Owner and the Development team has suffered. The Development Team is upset with the Product Owner for the constantly changing the upcoming items for the product. The Product Owner is upset with the Development Team for changing the work that needs to be done during the Sprint.

What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do?

A. During the Sprint Retrospective, ask the Product Owner and the Development Team to address the issues. Have the Team discuss why the changes occur and what impact they have on the value of the product.

B. The Scrum Master's responsibility is to ensure the Development Team has a stable velocity. Any changes that negatively impact the team's velocity will be rejected by the Scrum Master.

C. Take the time between Sprints to organize a team building session to rebuild the relationship.

D. Explain to the Development Team that the Product Owner is accountable for flow of value and needs to be followed in order to maximize the value delivered.

Steven is a Scrum Master of a Scrum Team that is new to Scrum. At the halfway point of the Sprint, the Product Owner comes to Steven telling him that he is concerned the Development Team will not be able to complete the entire Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.

What should Steven do in this situation?

A. Motivate the Development Team to meet their commitment to the Product Owner.

B. Coach the Product Owner that with complex software development, you cannot promise the entire scope that was forecast during Sprint Planning. As more is learned during the Sprint, work may emerge that affects the Sprint Backlog.

C. Advise the Product Owner that the Development Team owns the Sprint Backlog and it is up to them to meet their commitments. No one tells the Development Team how to turn Product Backlog into Increments of potentially releasable functionality.

D. Add more people to the Development Team to meet the Product Owner's expectations.

Scrum addresses which of the following four risks in software development? (Choose four.)

A. The complexity and unpredictability of the requirements.

B. The stability and complexity of the technology.

C. The skills and working relationships of the people on the teams.

D. The timescale of the planned work.

E. The clear definitions of stages and gateways in the overall governance model.

F. The definition of incentive and bonus strategies by HR for all team members.

The Development Team discovers that it doesn'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?

A. Stop the Sprint and have the Development team work on the infrastructure before continuing.

B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the work in the Hardening Sprint.

C. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances.

Every Development Team should have the competencies and skills needed to deliver a Done Increment in a Sprint.

A. True

B. False

You are the Scrum Master for a Scrum Team whose Daily Scrum is scheduled to start at 10:00 each day. Developers routinely turn up late, and once everyone has assembled, the Daily Scrum starts. By then it is typically 4 to 5 minutes later than scheduled. Other meetings in the organization typically allow 4 to 5 minutes for people to transport within the building.

Some Developers complain that it is now hard to achieve the purpose of the Daily Scrum within the timebox, since there is only 10 or 11 minutes left after waiting for people to show up. The Developers ask for your advice.

A. To incentivize showing up on time, you tell the Developers that when people come late to the Daily Scrum, they will pay a small fee.

B. You turn the question back to the Developers and ask what they think should be done to ensure their Daily Scrum is effective and meets its purpose.

C. You suggest that when someone shows up late they cannot join that day's Daily Scrum.

D. You suggest an experiment: moving the event to a time that better suits the team.

E. You escalate this issue to management since you are responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted.

You are a Scrum Master helping to establish five Scrum Teams that will be building a product. You discuss with them the high level of integration that the product Increment will require by the end of their first Sprint. It is a highly anticipated product, both by consumers and by the organization. Of the options raised by the future Scrum Team members, which option do you encourage?

A. Each Scrum Team provides a separate Increment with the functionality added by the individual team. The Sprint Review is used to identify the work needed to integrate with the other Scrum Teams. This work is then added to the Product Backlog.

B. Each Scrum Team delivers done Increments in its own area of responsibility. Upon functional acceptance at the Sprint Review, the code is isolated for future stabilization. The release date is adjusted according to the expected work and time of such integration phase.

C. In the first Sprint, integration is less important. The goal is to deliver business value. Functionality that is not integrated with the work of other Scrum Teams by the end of a Sprint is still reviewed to assess its potential business value. It can still be released at the Product Owner's discretion, and silent consent of the stakeholders.

D. All Scrum Teams agree on a shared Definition of Done that describes all work needed to deliver an Increment that is the integrated sum of the work from all Scrum Teams.