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ASM Practice Exam Questions with Answers EXIN Agile Scrum Master Certification

Question # 6

A Scrum Team suggests to have a project with 3 Sprints of 2 weeks, while the customer suggests 1 Sprint of 6 weeks.

What is the greatest advantage of having 3 Sprints of 2 weeks?

A.

The customer has to invest fewer time.

B.

The team can inspect and adapt 2 times.

C.

The team delivers more Story Points.

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Question # 7

A large company of more than 400 people changes from the Waterfall to the Agile framework. The company uses the approach of applying Scrum to all projects in the organization using an all-in scenario. The leaders are reluctant to fully commit to Scrum and there are no experienced Scrum Masters available within the organization yet. Six months later, Scrum has failed in the company. Many different applications of Scrum have been tried with varying degrees of success. The company gives up and returns to the Waterfall approach.

What is the most likely reason that the transition did not work?

A.

Scrum was not properly promoted as a best practice and the best way to solve the problems of the

organization which created a big risk.

B.

The change to Agile was not disruptive enough to provoke a real change and there was not enough

commitment to keeping the new process.

C.

The company was too large to transition easily. A successful pilot project should have been done first, to be able to copy from.

D.

There was no public display of Agility and, therefore, customers kept asking for Waterfall projects. The

company gave up too early.

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Question # 8

You are the Scrum Master for a new project. This project will have 80 developers contributing to the product. As a Scrum Master, how would you divide a group of 80 people into multiple Development Teams?

A.

Create ten teams of eight people per team.

B.

Create eight teams of 10 people per team.

C.

Coach the Development Team about being self-organizing, but also coach the team to form based on relationships from past projects.

D.

Tell the 80 developers about the product, the product vision, and rules of the Scrum framework, then allow the 80 developers to self-organize into separate teams.

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Question # 9

A Scrum team has agreed on the following definition of potentially shippable

Potential By shippable increments must have been tested and must meet the conditions of satisfaction provided by the Product Owner Why Is it important to include 'tested' in the definition of what is potentially shippable?

A.

Because each potentially shippable increment that has passed these tests will be released to users

B.

Because increments are not done without testing to make sure the product will work as expected

C.

Because testing shows how well the separate developed increments are integrated with each other

D.

Because testing will prove that the increments are part of a cohesive whole and the sprint goal set

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Question # 10

A company that builds propellers for ships has incurred heavy losses while implementing the product at the end of the project. This is because a large number of customer requirements which changed during the project were not incorporated into the deliverables. The company could have avoided this situation if it had applied the Scrum Methodology, as it would have ensured that any change requested by the customer was included as part of the project, and that the team produced deliverables that were better suited to the final business environment. Which Scrum aspect is being emphasized here?

A.

Value-based prioritization

B.

Appropriation

C.

Iterative development

D.

Transparency

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Question # 11

A town has begun a project that involves keeping track of the buses traveling on the roads of the town. Which

of the following is NOT a characteristic of this project if it is managed according to Scrum Framework?

A.

Detailed upfront planning will be done to ensure that risks are identified early on.

B.

The team working on this project will meet every day for 15 minutes to list impediments to completing their

tasks.

C.

The Product Owner will prioritize the tasks that deliver maximum business value.

D.

The customer does not have to be able to define very concrete requirements early on.

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Question # 12

“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

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Question # 13

While performing a cost-benefit analysis, the Product Owner of a project determined that the project has 45% probability of incurring a loss of $800,000 due to the latest Land Reform Bill. Which of the following techniques is being used by the Product Owner to perform cost-benefit analysis?

A.

Expected Monetary Value.

B.

Probability Impact Grid.

C.

Pareto Analysis.

D.

Risk Breakdown Structure.

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Question # 14

A company develops a new children's education suite. The product contains four applications:

- an application for learning how to read

- an application for learning to count

- an application to tram basic addition and subtraction

- an application for parents or teachers to accompany the children's applications

All the product's applications are interdependent and must integrate with one another The company will be using a Nexus to scale the project

What is the best way to scale the product backlog?

A.

Create a product backlog and set of product backlog items for each application

B.

Create a product backlog for each technological layer that handles integration

C.

Create a single product backlog and appoint a Product Owner for each application

D.

Create a single product backlog and appoint a single Product Owner for the product

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Question # 15

A new Sprint has just started in your project. Some of the Development Team members need help determining when team members will actually take ownership of a Sprint Backlog item. What should you tell the Development Team?

A.

Sprint Backlog items are owned by the entire Development Team, not individuals.

B.

Ownership happens once the Scrum Master assigns a task to a Development Team member.

C.

The team should slice the Sprint Backlog into assignments as soon as the Sprint begins.

D.

The Development Team should elect a team leader that will assign tasks to the other Development Team members.

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Question # 16

Which of the following is a tool that can be used for communicating information related to risks?

A.

Risk Burnup chart.

B.

Risk Burndown chart.

C.

Risk Progress chart.

D.

Risk Tracking chart.

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Question # 17

A Scrum team is halfway through a sprint when an important customer requests a new feature So far the customer is really happy with the work of the team. The customer would really like the team lo include the feature in this sprint

What should the Scrum Master do?

A.

Ask the Product Owner to put the feature on the product backlog with an appropriate priority to protect the team from interruptions of the sprint

B.

Discuss the product goal with the customer and assure them the team will meet the product goals to keep the customer engaged and happy

C.

Ensure the customer understands the value of the current work ask them to reorder the features, and notify them of the new timeline

D.

Reorganize the team's current work and inform the Product Owner of an extension of the sprint to include the new feature in the current sprint

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Question # 18

You are the Scrum Master for the ID7 Project for your organization. Martha is serving as the Product Owner for this project. Martha meets with you and asks for your advice on how she should go about estimating the work in the Product Backlog. What should you tell Martha?

A.

The Development Team will work with Martha to estimate the items in the Product Backlog with story points.

B.

The Development Team will work with you, the Scrum Master, to create time and cost estimates for all the Product Backlog items.

C.

Martha can estimate the items in the Product Backlog, but you, the Scrum Master, must be approve the estimates prior to each Sprint Planning meeting.

D.

Martha can estimate the items in the Product Backlog, but the Development Team must approve the estimates prior to the Sprint beginning.

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Question # 19

Select all that apply. Before starting the first Sprint, what needs to be in place?

A.

Just enough Product Backlog Items with business ideas for the first Sprint

B.

Completed System architecture

C.

Availability of the Project Manager

D.

A complete Product Backlog capturing detailed product needs

E.

Staffed Scrum Team

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Question # 20

You are a Scrum Master for your organization. Which one of the following best describes your role?

A.

The Scrum Master helps people outside the team communicate and work with the Scrum Team.

B.

The Scrum Master is the time keeper for all Scrum meetings.

C.

The Scrum Master prioritizes the Product Backlog.

D.

The Scrum Master is the project manager of the Scrum Project.

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Question # 21

A Scrum Team is estimating the prioritized User Stories. Each team member has been assigned a deck of

numbered cards, in which each card is numbered in a sequence. The team members use these cards to

assess a particular User Story by picking and showing a card from the deck that represents their estimate for

the User Story. Which estimation tool is the Scrum Team using?

A.

Fist of Five.

B.

Wideband Delphi.

C.

Affinity Estimation.

D.

Planning Poker.

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Question # 22

What is one of the risks if the Scrum Master is also a programmer on the team?

A.

The Scrum Master does not have the required people skills.

B.

The Scrum Master cannot stay away from critical path activities.

C.

The Scrum Master tries to push through changes to the process.

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Question # 23

Which of the following is NOT a core dimension of collaborative work?

A.

Team members working together so that everyone is aware of each other's work.

B.

Adapting technology to suit team's needs.

C.

Compartmentalizing work into units, distributing the units among team members, and reintegrating it.

D.

Team members working in sub groups so that a competitive environment is maintained among the groups.

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Question # 24

Which of the following activities is NOT a part of the implementation phase in Scrum?

A.

Daily Standup Meeting.

B.

Updating the Product Backlog.

C.

Release Planning Meeting.

D.

Creating deliverables.

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Question # 25

The Scrum Master coordinates with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to ensure benefits from the

project are realized. Which of the following is true about Benefits Realization?

A.

Benefits from Scrum projects are realized during Demonstrate and Validate Sprint, Conduct Release

Planning, Create Deliverables and Retrospect Sprint processes.

B.

Benefits from Scrum projects are realized during Demonstrate and Validate Sprint, Retrospect Sprint, Ship

Deliverables and Retrospect Project processes.

C.

Benefits from Scrum projects are realized during Demonstrate and Validate Project, Retrospect Sprint,

Grooming Product Backlog and Retrospect Project processes.

D.

Benefits from Scrum projects are realized during Demonstrate and Validate Project, Conduct Release

Planning, Verify Deliverables and Retrospect Sprint processes.

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Question # 26

You are the Scrum Master for your organization and you're coaching the Development Team on the work they'll need to do in the Sprint. What does a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint?

A.

The Development Team identification all the of prioritized items from the Product Backlog for the next u Sprint.

B.

The Development Team will offer releasable code.

C.

The Development Team will offer detailed plan for the Product Backlog.

D.

The Development Team will offer an increment of working software that meets the definition of w done.

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Question # 27

The Chief Scrum Master facilitates the Scrum of Scrums Meeting. Which of the following statements about a

Scrum of Scrums Meeting is true?

A.

This meeting can be conducted at any time without any pre-determined intervals.

B.

This meeting can be scaled up.

C.

This meeting is always time-boxed.

D.

This meeting is relevant only for high-investment projects.

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Question # 28

Which of the following best describes why Epics are decomposed into smaller User Stories during a Sprint?

A.

Tasks are easier to complete.

B.

Scrum Teams are smaller in size.

C.

Too large to be completed in a Sprint.

D.

Take considerably longer time to review.

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Question # 29

A Scrum team has work-in-progress limits (WiP-limits) on their Kanban board. They also use blocker tickets to indicate a task that cannot move forward. Once the team has solved the blocker ticket they save it for later use. How can blocker tickets best be used after they are solved?

A.

Create affinity diagrams that show improvement themes and initiatives that the team should invest in

B.

Discuss the blocker buckets during a sprint review meeting to find the root cause and the solution

C.

Keep track of the number of blocker tickets to see if the team can get the number down over time

D.

Record the blocker tickets in a continuous improvement backlog or the product backlog for later review

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Question # 30

Your company wants to be highly responsive to bug reports or feature requests from your customers. For your customers it is more important to have confidence in the date by which you promise to have a fix than an occasional quick fix.

What part of Scrum allows you to have this predictability?

A.

Agile planning

B.

The Velocity of the Team

C.

Working in strict timeboxes

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Question # 31

On a hydroelectric power project, damage to life and property due to floods and landslides has been identified

as a potential risk. Which of the following Risk Assessment Techniques can be used by the Scrum Team to

assess the potential risk, and its impact on project objectives?

A.

Probability Impact Grid.

B.

Probability Trees.

C.

Pareto Analysis.

D.

Expected Monetary Value.

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Question # 32

Between traditional Project Management and Scrum, differences exist in how quality is achieved and/or

implemented. In this respect, which of the following is NOT true?

A.

In traditional project management, once the user clarifies their quality expectations, it is the Project

Manager who defines those user expectations in measurable terms.

B.

In traditional project management, changes can be made only through a formal change management

system.

C.

In Scrum, the Scrum Master and the Scrum Team collaborate and decide on the Acceptance Criteria for

the User Stories.

D.

In Scrum, the development of the product is carried out by the Scrum Team in short iterations called

Sprints.

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