The Developers are waiting for an external supplier to deliver a specific product component that they need to integrate and use. Without that component there will not be enough work in the next Sprint to occupy the full team. They ask their Product Owner to re-order the Product Backlog. The Product Owner asks the Scrum Master for help. What would be good advice for the Product Owner?
(choose the best answer)
A. Tell the Product Owner to remove all work involving the external component from the Product Backlog and create a new backlog for it. The work can then be planned in one or more separate Sprints as soon as the component is available.
B. Tell the Product Owner that his primary concern is the flow of value reflected in the ordering of the Product Backlog. Timeline of the flow might be influenced by such dependencies and require some level of Product Backlog re-ordering.
C. Tell the Product Owner that the Product Backlog needs to be re-ordered to maximize utilization of the Developers. It is important to keep productivity high through proper use of the capacity available.

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.

Which two of these situations best demonstrate that the Developers are self-managing?
(choose the best two answers)
A. The Developers are strictly working within the boundaries of their function description, and are handing off work in a timely fashion to the other roles within the team.
B. Management is invited to the Daily Scrum for a progress update and subsequently works with the Scrum Master to optimize the plan for the next day.
C. The Developers collaboratively select and re-plan their work during the Sprint.
D. The Developers invite the right external people to the Sprint Planning to help them create a complete and detailed Sprint Backlog before the meeting time-box expires.
E. The Developers create their own Sprint Backlog, reflecting all work that is part of the Definition of Done.

In the Sprint Retrospective, there is discussion that the quality of the Increment is not sufficient for going to production. In response, a Scrum Team member points out the high velocity reached by the team. What are the two best actions for the Scrum Master to take?
(choose the best two answers)
A. Stress the value of working product over measured velocity.
B. Agree and praise the Developers for their hard work, so they are motivated to do even more in the next Sprint.
C. Acknowledge the hard work but remind the Developers that they need to improve in order to do even more in the next Sprint.
D. Facilitate a discussion on how to improve the quality to a level sufficient for production, even if the measured velocity will drop in the next Sprint.

In an environment where user acceptance testing is required before the Increment can be put into production, a development manager proposes to have user acceptance testing done every third Sprint because the feedback from the user acceptance tests is disrupting work in Sprints. Is this a good idea?
(choose the best answer)
A. No, the Increment will not be transparent and the feedback loops is too long.
B. It depends on what is stated in their Definition of Done.
C. Yes, the Scrum Team is a self-managing team.
D. Yes, the Scrum Team needs stability in the Sprint.

User documentation is part of the Definition of Done. However, there are not enough technical writers to go around. Your Scrum Team does not have a Technical Writer. What needs to be done?
(choose the best answer)
A. You Scrum Team is still accountable for creating user documentation. In this case, the Developers will write it.
B. Let the user documentation remain undone and accumulate until after the last development Sprint. It will be then done by any available technical writers.
C. Form a separate team of technical writers that will work on an on-demand basis for the various Product Owners. Work order will be first in, first out.