Agile Project Management Scrum Events and Artifacts 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the maximum time-box for a Sprint Retrospective in a one-month Sprint?
- Three hours (Correct answer)
- Four hours
- Two hours
- Eight hours
Correct answer: Three hours
The Sprint Retrospective is time-boxed to a maximum of three hours for a one-month Sprint.
Question 2: Who is responsible for ordering the items in the Product Backlog?
- The Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master
- The Developers
- The stakeholders
Correct answer: The Product Owner
The Product Owner is solely accountable for ordering Product Backlog items to best achieve goals.
Question 3: During the Daily Scrum, who is required to attend and participate?
- The Developers (Correct answer)
- Only the Scrum Master
- All stakeholders
- Only the Product Owner
Correct answer: The Developers
The Daily Scrum is an event for the Developers to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal.
Question 4: What artifact commitment is associated with the Increment?
- The Definition of Done (Correct answer)
- The Sprint Goal
- The Product Goal
- The Sprint Backlog
Correct answer: The Definition of Done
The Definition of Done is the commitment that ensures an Increment is usable.
Question 5: If the team has no useful Definition of Done, what must they do?
- Define one as a minimum, conforming to organization standards (Correct answer)
- Skip the Increment entirely
- Ask the Product Owner to write each user story's criteria
- Release without quality checks
Correct answer: Define one as a minimum, conforming to organization standards
When organizational standards exist the team must follow them as a minimum; otherwise they create their own.
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of the Sprint Review?
- Inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog (Correct answer)
- Plan the work for the next Sprint
- Discuss team process improvements
- Assign individual tasks to Developers
Correct answer: Inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog
The Sprint Review inspects the outcome of the Sprint and determines future adaptations.
Question 7: How often can the Product Backlog be refined?
- At any time as an ongoing activity (Correct answer)
- Only during Sprint Planning
- Only once per Sprint
- Only at the Sprint Review
Correct answer: At any time as an ongoing activity
Product Backlog refinement is an ongoing activity, not a formal Scrum event.
Agile Project Management Scrum Events and Artifacts 2
What is the maximum time-box for a Sprint Retrospective in a one-month Sprint?