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Hiro Takashimya

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Hiro is one of ScrumPrep's key instructors, known for challenging practice questions, detailed explanations and personal support for learners preparing for certification exams from Scrum.org, SAFe, PMI and AWS.

Hiro's approach goes beyond finding the right answer. The goal is to understand the principles behind it, see how the concepts apply in real situations and build the confidence to handle unfamiliar questions. Learners have credited Hiro's clear explanations and quick, personal answers with helping them pass demanding certification exams, from first-time foundational certifications to advanced professional levels.

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Exam questions answered by Hiro

Each answer explains the reasoning behind the correct option, so you can apply it on the real exam.

Answering: “Which way of creating Scrum Teams is consistent with Scrum’s values?”

Which way of creating Scrum Teams is consistent with Scrum’s values?
(choose the best answer)
A. The Chief Product Owner determining the team structures and assigning who is needed in which team based on skills, seniority and the business area in which each team will be developing.
B. Managers collaborating across their respective areas of responsibility to assign individuals to specific teams.
C. Providing boundaries that help the members organize themselves into Scrum Teams.

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Answering: “Which two options describe how project budgeting and financial forecasting work in Scrum?”

Which two options describe how project budgeting and financial forecasting work in Scrum?
(choose the best two answers)
A. It’s ideally revisited as frequently as each Sprint to ensure value is being delivered for the investment spent.
B. Several Sprints may be funded as a single release, with the result of each Sprint being releasable software.
C. The only funding is for the run cost (time and materials) of the Scrum Teams, so no budgeting process is needed.
D. Scrum does not align with traditional accounting practices. The financial department needs to be given a fixed cost per Sprint per team.

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Answering: “What are acceptable ways a Scrum Master may work to ensure Scrum is understood and enacted?”

What are acceptable ways a Scrum Master may work to ensure Scrum is understood and enacted?
(choose the best three answers)
A. Require senior management to mandate that all teams in the organization must follow and enact Scrum.
B. Arrange one-to-one coaching sessions where concerns the Scrum Master has identified can be discussed.
C. Schedule group training about Scrum.
D. Hold longer, more in-depth retrospectives with formal learning as part of the retrospective.
E. Educate stakeholders and customers about Scrum.

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Answering: “One Scrum Team is developing a product. They track how much software they produce as velocity. Their current velocity is 18 units of done work. A second team will be added to work on the same product. What is the most likely impact on the velocity of the original team?”

One Scrum Team is developing a product. They track how much software they produce as velocity. Their current velocity is 18 units of done work. A second team will be added to work on the same product. What is the most likely impact on the velocity of the original team?
(choose the best answer)
A. Their velocity is likely to be not affected and stay at 18.
B. Their velocity is likely to decrease and be lower than 18.
C. Their velocity is likely to increase and be higher than 18.

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Answering: “Self-management is more effective when it happens within boundaries. Select two relevant boundaries provided by the Scrum framework that provide direction to self-management:”

Self-management is more effective when it happens within boundaries. Select two relevant boundaries provided by the Scrum framework that provide direction to self-management:
(choose the best two answers)
A. Time-boxing all effort to allow regularly checking the validity of any chosen path and thus limit risk of going off-track.
B. The clear definition of sub-responsibilities and hand-overs within the Scrum Team.
C. Creating an integrated, releasable Increment by the end of each Sprint.
D. Having an even number of Developers in a Scrum Team in order to be able to do pair programming and be more productive.

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