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  1. What is the key difference between a 'group' and a 'team' in agile contexts?

    Answer: A team shares accountability for outcomes; a group has individual accountability only

    True teams share collective accountability for goals; in groups, individuals remain independently responsible for their own outputs.

  2. An agile team notices that velocity has been decreasing over the past three sprints. What is the BEST first step?

    Answer: Hold a retrospective to identify root causes of the velocity decline

    Retrospectives are the agile mechanism to inspect and adapt; understanding root causes should precede any intervention.

  3. Which behavior BEST reflects a Scrum Master acting as a servant-leader?

    Answer: Removing organizational impediments so the team can work without obstruction

    A servant-leader Scrum Master prioritizes the team's needs, removing obstacles rather than directing or controlling work.

  4. How should an agile team handle a situation where a team member's skills don't match the sprint's technical needs?

    Answer: Pair the team member with others for knowledge transfer and collective code ownership

    Pairing for knowledge transfer and collective ownership builds team-wide capability and avoids knowledge silos over time.

  5. What is the risk of a team that relies too heavily on a single 'hero' developer?

    Answer: The team becomes fragile with a single point of failure and knowledge silos

    Hero dependency creates a single point of failure: when the hero is unavailable, team capacity collapses and critical knowledge is inaccessible.

  6. A stakeholder asks to attend every Daily Scrum to monitor progress. What is the most appropriate response?

    Answer: Allow the stakeholder to observe silently but not participate, or find an alternative transparency mechanism

    Stakeholders may observe the Daily Scrum without participating; alternatively, sprint radiators and reviews can address their transparency needs.

  7. Which agile concept describes the practice of making work and workflow visible to the entire team and stakeholders?

    Answer: Transparency

    Transparency is one of Scrum's three pillars of empiricism, ensuring all aspects of the process are visible to those responsible for the outcome.