PSM-II Free Practice Test

According to the values of Scrum, which is the best way to create Development Teams?

1. A. The Product Owner will create a skills matrix according to what is needed for the project and work with the technical leads to allocate resources to the team.
2. B. Work with the leadership team to allocate members according to skills, seniority and experience to ensure that all Development Teams are balanced fairly.
3. C. Provide boundaries to the developers and allow them to self-organize into Development Teams.

Correct Answer: C
When the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life and build trust for everyone and self- organizing teams will be enabled to choose how best to accomplish their work.

You have been hired as a Scrum Master for a company that has been doing business for over fifty years. In order to stay competitive, they have started an initiative to digitize their legacy systems. The company has several Scrum Teams working on different components that will be integrated to a single back office platform.
Your team is responsible for building the back office platform and integrating all other components. The Scrum Teams work in two week Sprints and are expected to deliver all functionality in six Sprints.
During development the requirement changes in the other components have been slowing down your team’s progress. Because of these changes, your team has estimated that they will not be able to deliver all expected work within the original timeframe. The Scrum Teams working on the other components confirm that they are still on track to meet the expected delivery date. The program manager in charge of the digitization initiative is upset and angry with your team.
As a Scrum Master, what could you do to help the Product Owner?

1. A. You suggest working with the program manager and the other teams on the ordering and the value of your team’s open Product Backlog items to redefine the possible delivery date.
2. B. You shorten your team’s Sprints to be ready sooner.
3. C. You remove all items from the Product Backlog for which development is forecasted to be beyond the expected dat
4. D. These are likely to be low value anyhow.
5. E. You suggest adding additional developers to the team in order to increase velocity and meet the original date.

Correct Answer: A
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in several ways, including: Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management;
Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items; Understanding product planning in an empirical environment;
Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value.

During the Sprint Review, one of the stakeholders announces that due to recent market changes, there is risk that funding might be reduced for the project. This triggers tensions to rise and arguments to break out between members.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two actions to take? (Choose two.)

1. A. Defend the original budget and request the stakeholders to adhere to the original agreed funding for the product.
2. B. Encourage the stakeholders and Product Owner to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.
3. C. Be objective and request for a short break for people to calm down.
4. D. Avoid getting involved as it is the Product Owner’s responsibility to manage stakeholder expectations.
5. E. Inform everyone that the team needs to stay busy until the information is formally announced.

Correct Answer: BC
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum by helping everyone embody the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect.

An organization is using Scrum to build five new products.
What would be the best two options for the number of Product Owners the organization should have? (Choose two.)

1. A. There is one Product Owner for each product (so five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate, share and align work within their individual Product Backlog.
2. B. Enough Product Owners to delegate as much work needed to maximize utilization of all Development Team members.
3. C. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five product
4. D. This person is not allowed to delegate any of the Product Owner responsibilities as he/she is accountable for the success of each product.
5. E. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five product
6. F. In order to scale his/her role, he/she can delegate some of the individual Product Owner responsibilities to others within each product but would still remain accountable for the value of the work produced.

Correct Answer: AD
The Product Owner is the sole person responsible for maximizing the value of the product through the ordering and management of the Product Backlog. This reduces complexity in communication and understanding who to go to when there are QUESTION NO:s about the product. The Product Owner may delegate his/her responsibilities but still remains accountable for the outcome of those responsibilities.

At the Sprint Planning, the Development Team is not able to forecast the number of Product Backlog items it can do in the upcoming Sprint due to unclear requirements. The Product Owner, however, was able to clearly define the business objective he hopes to achieve in the Sprint.
Which of the following two actions would you support? (Choose two.)

1. A. The Development Team forecasts the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the business objective and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and pla
2. B. Once the time- box for the SprintPlanning meeting is over, they start implementation and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional functionality during the Sprint.
3. C. If all agree they can extend the Sprint Planning until the Development Team can forecast enough Product Backlog items before starting the implementation.
4. D. Allow the Development Team members as much time as needed to review the Product Backlog items and reconvene with the Product Owner when they are confident enough to make a forecast for the Sprint.
5. E. They discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to occur again.

Correct Answer: AD
All events are time-boxed events, such that every event has a maximum duration. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. This emergence occurs as the Development Team works through the plan and learns more about the work needed to achieve the Sprint Goal.