Hiro Takashimya

In the Daily Scrum, the Product Owner applauds every Developer who moves a Sprint Backlog item to completion. The Product Owner wants to encourage the Developers to make progress visible on the burn-down chart. Select the two best options for the Scrum Master to take.
(choose the best two answers)
A. Tell the Product Owner your concerns about how his behavior may impact the Developers, and ask him to stop attending the Daily Scrum for some time.
B. Take the opportunity to create more energy and team spirit and encourage
everyone to participate in the applause.
C. Nothing. The Scrum Master does not attend the Daily Scrum.
D. Coach the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum.

What conditions are most likely occurring if you feel you need a “Quality Assurance and Release Readiness Sprint”?
(choose the best three answers)
A. The Definition of Done is not being met every Sprint.
B. The Definition of Done is weak or incomplete, allowing technical debt to accumulate.
C. The Developers find it nearly impossible to create a valuable, useful product Increment in a Sprint.
D. You are following Scrum and the concept of a Hardening Sprint.
E. Scrum has been modified in an acceptable manner to introduce “Quality Assurance and Release Readiness Sprints”.

Scrum requires a Definition of Done. Which phrases describe the purpose of the Definition of Done?
(choose the best three answers)
A. It is a checklist to inspect whether the Developers have performed their tasks by the end of a Sprint.
B. It guides the Developers in creating a forecast at the Sprint Planning.
C. During the Sprint it helps the Developers identify the work remaining for an Increment to be ready for release by the end of a Sprint.
D. It serves to track the percent completeness of a Product Backlog item during the Sprint.
E. It creates transparency over the state of the Increment when it is inspected at the Sprint Review.
F. It provides a template for the documentation of the product Increment.

What can the Scrum Value of openness easily impact?
(choose the best answer)
A. Collaboration.
B. Product quality.
C. Employee satisfaction.
D. Time to market.
E. Stakeholder trust.
F. All of the above.

A Scrum Master colleague of yours wants some guidance on what to do in the following situation. During the Daily Scrum, one Scrum Team member, who is a key central figure in the organization, drags on and on about things which actually are interesting but not relevant for the Daily Scrum, day after day. What are two suggestions you offer the Scrum Master?
(choose the best two answers)
A. You suggest coaching the Developers to help them find a way to solve the problem, and own the solution.
B. You contact the team member’s Line Manager and raise this as an impediment to the Manager, and ask that they resolve this matter.
C. You suggest using a timer, to limit the time each person can speak at the Daily Scrum.
D. You suggest passing a token around. The person holding the token has the floor to speak for an allotted amount of time.
E. You suggest taking the person aside and asking them what they believe the key outcomes are for the Daily Scrum. Effectively coaching them to help create focus during the Daily Scrum.

In Sprint Planning, the Developers work with the Product Owner to create a forecast for the Sprint. A forecast is a selection of Product Backlog items that the Developers deem feasible to get done by the end of the Sprint. Select two things that explain what “Done” means.
(choose the best two answers)
A. All work to create an Increment of software that is ready for acceptance testing by the Product Owner.
B. All work to create an Increment of software that is ready for integration testing.
C. Having an Increment of software that could be released to end users.
D. All work performed as listed in the Definition of Done.
E. All work for which enough expertise and skills are actually present in the Scrum Team.