FREE CSM Scrum Methodology and Framework Questions and Answers

Question 1

The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute Event – what feature of the Daily Scrum is a way to reduce complexity?

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The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place every day

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The Scrum Master allocates each person present the same amount of time to speak

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Stakeholders can ask for a daily progress update

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Attending this one meeting means the Developers don't need to talk again that day

Question 2

What’s the single biggest factor in enabling a Scrum Team to adapt to change quickly?

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The ability of the Team to self-manage effectively

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A senior Stakeholder regularly attending the Daily Scrum

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The Product Owner being absent most of the time

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The Scrum Master deciding business value

Question 3

Scrum has 3 pillars, Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation. Which of the below statements is FALSE?

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Inspection means that we should frequently and diligently inspect work that should be done by the organization's Project Management Office (PMO).

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Transparency means we should make work visible to help enable decision-making

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Adaptation means that we should adjust what we are doing or how we do it based on our inspection

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Transparency enables inspection. Inspection enables Adaptation. The events and concept of self-organization enable all three.

Question 4

When we say that the Scrum team should be cross-functional what do we mean?

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Collectively, they have all the skills necessary to create value in each sprint

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Individually, each person has more than one core skill

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The team works across more than one functional area in the organization

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That the team will never have any external dependencies to worry about

Question 5

Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach. Why?

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To control risk and to optimize predictability

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To keep the Scrum Team working hard

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To complete the project quickly

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To fix the budget, the scope and the time to completion

Question 6

Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Empiricism asserts that :

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Knowledge comes from experience

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You must always know the work coming up 5 Sprints ahead

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Experience comes from knowledge

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Not everyone needs to attend all Scrum Events

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a purpose of the Daily Scrum

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To discuss the performance of a Team Member

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To inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal

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To adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary

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To adjust the upcoming planned work

Question 8

In a 4-week Sprint, what is the maximum timebox for the Sprint Review?

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Four hours

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There is no timebox for the Sprint Review

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Two hours

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Three hours

Question 9

Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. Which of the below statement is TRUE :

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Scrum can be used to help with any type of problem, but the most value will come with solving complex problems

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Scrum cannot be used in a non-complex environment

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Being lightweight, Scrum allows us to pick and choose which events, artifacts and roles we adopt

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Scrum gives a full method/process that provides a complete 'how-to' guide

Question 10

Which of the following is a key principle of Scrum methodology?

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Embracing change to deliver maximum value

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Detailed upfront planning

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Fixed scope, budget, and timeline

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Micro-management of team activities