ASF Online Practice Questions and Answers

Near the end of a Sprint, the team realizes that they will not be able to complete the stories they had committed to.

What is the best course of action for the team?

A. Add resources and team members to meet the goals of the current Sprint.

B. Ask the Product Owner to decide which stories can be delayed until the next Sprint.

C. Decide on a new definition of 'done' for the Sprint Backlog Items.

What is an information radiator?

A. A physical display for the team that gives information about the current status.

B. A tool that automatically sends relevant information to the Product Owner.

C. A status report or dashboard that is maintained by the Scrum Master.

A 200 member project team is working on a large and complex system with multiple sub-systems. They would like to start using the Agile Scrum methodology.

As a Scrum Master, what would your best advice be?

A. Scrum is not suited for such a large project. The team should clearly use the Waterfall method or the Crystal Clear method.

B. Ask all potential members of the project team to have a meeting first and decide if they agree to use Scrum.

C. Agree a logical sub-division of the system so that smaller Scrum teams can work on sub-systems and can add tangible value.

A team estimates a Story using the Planning Poker technique. The team decides to allocate five Story points to the Story, because the Developers estimated two points and the Testers estimated three points.

Which statement is true regarding this scenario?

A. Points are assigned by the Scrum Master, not by the team.

B. Points are assigned for the overall Story, not for parts of the Story.

C. Points are never estimated, but always determined beforehand.

D. The team forgets to ask the Product Owner about the estimate.

A team decided to install a large traffic light in the team hall to indicate whether the latest build was healthy

(green), failing a few tests (orange) or failing high priority tests (red).

What term can be used to describe the traffic light?

A. Information radiator

B. Osmotic communication

C. Triangulation

Who is responsible for implementing the actions agreed upon by the team during a Retrospective?

A. The Product Owner

B. The Scrum Master

C. The team

One of the Scrum Team members has the job to make sure that the customer gets the most value from the project.

How do we call this role?

A. The Product Owner

B. The Scrum Master

C. The Development Team

Product Backlog Items must be non-technical and independent. Why should the Product Backlog Items be independent?

A. Because it must be possible to organize the items according to value.

B. Because there are themes that create a capability in the solution.

C. Because not more than 10% of the time is spent grooming the items.

When does Product Backlog refinement or grooming take place?

A. at the start of a Sprint

B. during the Sprint Review

C. during the Sprint Retrospective

D. throughout the Sprint

A Scrum Team works on a project in 2-week Sprints. During the Sprint Planning meeting of the third Sprint,

the Product Owner says:

"I will be going on holiday in 2 weeks. Let's change the duration of this Sprint to 4 weeks, so that I will be

back when it ends."

Should the duration of the sprint be increased?

A. Yes, because the Product Owner must be available at the end of a Sprint.

B. Yes, because Sprint duration can be anything between 2 and 4 weeks.

C. No, because the Sprint duration is not based on single events.

D. No, because only Development Team members may change Sprint duration.