CSPO Certified Scrum Product Owner®(CSPO) Managing the Product Backlog Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of Product Backlog refinement?

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To add detail, estimates, and order to Product Backlog items

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To assign tasks to individual developers

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To remove all low-priority items from the backlog

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To create the Sprint Backlog

Question 2

Who is responsible for ordering the Product Backlog?

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The Product Owner

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The Scrum Master

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The Development Team

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The stakeholders

Question 3

A stakeholder requests a feature that conflicts with the current product strategy. What should the Product Owner do?

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Evaluate the request against the Product Goal and discuss trade-offs with the stakeholder

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Immediately add it to the top of the backlog

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Reject the request without discussion

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Ask the Scrum Master to handle the conversation

Question 4

Which technique helps a Product Owner split large Product Backlog items into smaller ones?

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INVEST criteria

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Gantt charting

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Critical path analysis

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Resource leveling

Question 5

What happens to Product Backlog items that are not selected during Sprint Planning?

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They remain in the Product Backlog for future consideration and re-ordering

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They are removed from the Product Backlog

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They are automatically moved to the next Sprint

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They must be re-submitted by stakeholders

Question 6

How should a Product Owner handle dependencies between Product Backlog items?

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Order dependent items to minimize risk and coordinate with affected teams

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Ignore dependencies since Scrum Teams are self-managing

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Assign all dependent items to the same Sprint regardless of capacity

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Delegate dependency management entirely to the Scrum Master