ASM Online Practice Questions and Answers

The ability for a Scrum Team to self-organize around the goals of a project is fundamental to all Agile methodologies.

Why is a Scrum Team a self-organized team?

A. Because it helps the Scrum Team to make their own decisions in the project

B. So that the Scrum Team commits to their work and feels responsible

C. To ensure that decisions are made by a collective instead of an individual

A team's physical environment can have a big influence on how Agile a team can become.

An important benefit of an open space workplace is the ease with which the layout of the area can be

changed.

Why does this comply with the Agile principles?

A. It follows the inspect and adapt cycle, as the people on the team are learning how to work best with one another during the process.

B. Pair programming is only possible in an open environment.

C. Self-organization is only possible in an open space environment.

D. With people involved, there will always be people issues. Open work spaces allow the Scrum Master to detect people issues and resolve them.

"As a coach, I can manage information about swimmers on my team."

What would be a good technique to split the above User Story into smaller stories?

A. Do not split. The User Story is small enough

B. Splitting the User Story into Epics

C. Splitting the User Story into separate CRUD operations

D. Splitting the User Story into tasks

What is one of the most difficult challenges you face when transitioning your software development team to Scrum?

A. Introducing certain technical practices

B. Team members may already have their hands full

C. Too rapid improvements are possible

A Scrum Master is teaching Agile estimation techniques using Story Points to a new team.

A more experienced member of the team argues that:

An estimate expressed in Story Points is useful for a shorter period of time than an estimate in Ideal Days.

Is this true and what is the reason?

A. No, because estimating with Story Points is usually faster than with Ideal Days.

B. No, because Story Points are more robust against changes in the work-environment.

C. Yes, because Ideal Days allow for a buffer and help to maintain the estimate.

D. Yes, because Story Points are only a relative measure and Ideal Days are not.

A Development Team consists of various different roles: analysts, programmers, UX experts, DBA and

systems architects. They are estimating Backlog Items in Ideal Days.

What is the best approach to provide estimates for the Backlog Items?

A. Each role should provide a separate estimate; the Scrum Master integrates them.

B. Ideal days' estimation is not feasible in this case; Story Points should be used.

C. The Development Team provides a single estimate for each Backlog Item.

D. The Product Owner will integrate the input on the estimates from each role.

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

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.

You realize that the most experienced member on your team, who is also the longest- tenured developer in the organization, is a skeptic and resisting the transition to Scrum in small, but important, ways.

What is a good way of overcoming the resistance presented by skeptics?

A. Change the composition of the team

B. Create dissatisfaction with the status quo

C. Provide training and information

D. Reiterate and reinforce the commitment

After the creation of the Release Plan, the Product Owner says:

Over the next four months with eights two-week Sprints we will complete exactly 240 Story Points of work.

The Scrum Master argues that the end date of the release can be positively or negatively impacted by

three factors. Completed work is the first factor.

What are the other two factors?

A. Changed requirements and estimation mode

B. Changed requirements and revised estimates

C. Fixed requirements and estimation mode

D. Fixed requirements and revised estimates

Inexperienced Agile teams tend to overestimate how much they will achieve in the first Sprint.

Which project management activity will be most important in this case?

A. Determine the Velocity of the Team and plan accordingly

B. Use Planning Poker to get a reliable estimate

C. Use Stakeholder Management to manage expectations