PSM-II Free Practice Test

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.

Steven, who is a Scrum Master, on one of the Scrum Teams has approached you asking for advice. Their Daily Scrum requires more than 15 minutes and the team has suggested dividing themselves into two separate teams in order to stay within the time box.
As another Scrum Master, what would be the best response?

1. A. Agree – this is an appropriate solution to the problem.
2. B. Disagree – as the root cause may not be that the team is too big.
3. C. Unsure – dividing a team into two cannot be decided based on this informatio
4. D. You offer to observe.
5. E. Agree – You agree that dividing the team into two is a good strategy to allow the teams to learn how to run Daily Scrums quickly and effectivel
6. F. Once they’ve learned to limit the Daily Scrum to 15 minutes, you can merge the teams again.

Correct Answer: C
The relationship between cause and effect can become more clear when more information emerges.

Multiple Scrum Teams working from the same Product Backlog must have the same Sprint start dates.

1. A. True
2. B. False

Correct Answer: B
Multiple Scrum Teams could have the same Sprint start dates but it is not mandatory as the importance is on being able to integrate their shippable Increments at the end of their Sprints.

Your organization has formed a new Scrum Team and has assigned you as the Scrum Master. In what ways would you help the team start?

1. A. Ensure the Scrum Team members have compatible personalities, have the tech leads clarify the expectations and responsibilities of each role, and propose a performance rewards system.
2. B. Have the Scrum Team members introduce their background experience with each other, ask the Product Owner to discuss the product and answer QUESTION NO:s, and ensure the team understands the need for a Definition of “Done.”

Correct Answer: B
Scrum Teams should have all of the competencies and skills to do the work in the Product Backlog which includes understanding the goals and history of the product and ensuring that they all know what “done” means.

What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?

1. A. Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.
2. B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.
3. C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.

Correct Answer: B