CSM Scrum Values and Self-Organization 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What are the five core Scrum values?
- Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation, Courage, Focus
- Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect (Correct answer)
- Collaboration, Accountability, Communication, Trust, Integrity
- Vision, Delivery, Quality, Teamwork, Learning
Correct answer: Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, Respect
The five Scrum values are Commitment, Courage, Focus, Openness, and Respect, which guide team behavior.
Question 2: Which Scrum value encourages team members to do the right thing and work on tough problems even when it is difficult?
- Commitment
- Focus
- Courage (Correct answer)
- Respect
Correct answer: Courage
Courage is the value that encourages Scrum Team members to tackle difficult challenges and speak truth openly.
Question 3: What does 'self-organizing' mean for a Scrum Development Team?
- Team members choose their own hours and work independently without coordination
- The team decides internally how best to accomplish their Sprint Goal (Correct answer)
- Each team member manages their own backlog items and priorities
- The team elects a leader each Sprint to make all technical decisions
Correct answer: The team decides internally how best to accomplish their Sprint Goal
A self-organizing team decides internally how best to accomplish their work without being directed by those outside the team.
Question 4: Which Scrum value is best demonstrated when the Development Team dedicates itself to achieving the Sprint Goal and supporting each other?
- Openness
- Respect
- Focus
- Commitment (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Commitment
Commitment means the Scrum Team dedicates itself to its goals and supports one another to achieve them.
Question 5: The Scrum value of Openness is best described as:
- Team members openly sharing all personal information with the group
- Being transparent about work, progress, and challenges faced (Correct answer)
- Having an open workspace that allows free access to all Scrum ceremonies
- Allowing external stakeholders to join any Scrum event they choose
Correct answer: Being transparent about work, progress, and challenges faced
Openness means being honest and transparent about work, impediments, and challenges within the Scrum process.
Question 6: When a team member honors the Product Owner's authority over backlog prioritization even when they personally disagree, they are demonstrating which Scrum value?
- Courage
- Focus
- Respect (Correct answer)
- Openness
Correct answer: Respect
Respect means trusting and valuing each Scrum Team member's role and authority, including the Product Owner's right to prioritize.
Question 7: A cross-functional Scrum Team should have:
- All the skills needed to deliver a potentially shippable Increment each Sprint (Correct answer)
- Specialists who focus exclusively on their narrow area of expertise
- At least one representative from each department in the organization
- Members who each own one architectural layer of the application
Correct answer: All the skills needed to deliver a potentially shippable Increment each Sprint
A cross-functional team possesses all skills necessary to create a Done Increment each Sprint without depending on people outside the team.
CSM Scrum Values and Self-Organization 1
What are the five core Scrum values?