You are a Product Owner. The Developers are close to the end of a Sprint and asks you for 3 extra days to complete their work. They feel that if they do not get the extra time they might look bad in front of stakeholders, who are already skeptical of using an agile approach. What should you do?
(choose the best answer)
A. Ask the Developers to commit to what was agreed and find a solution for the problem.
B. Ask the Developers to work longer hours to meet their goal.
C. Cut back on testing, or leave some items incomplete, so long as the Developers can “substantially meet” their goal.
D. Agree to extend the Sprint but ask the team to be more realistic when they plan Sprints in the future.
E. Do not extend the Sprint and stick to the original time-box. Work with the stakeholders to explain why transparency and openness are important.

What measure does NOT provide relevant or useful information about a team’s ability to deliver value to the user/customer in the future?
(choose the best answer)
A. User/customer satisfaction trends.
B. Story points delivered trends.
C. Consistent achievement of Sprint Goals.
D. Technical debt trends.

Which of the following stances would make an agile initiative easier to approach?
(choose the best answer)
A. “Stakeholders are the best judges of value delivered.”
B. “Unexpected things will happen. If we learn from them, it is acceptable.”
C. “I dislike surprises; they are a sign someone has not done their homework.”
D. “Managing to the plan is the mark of a great project manager.”
E. “Successful projects finish on-time, on-budget, and delivered the agreed-upon features.”
F. “Projects fail because people lack initiative and do not take ownership.”
G. “Most projects fail because they did not focus enough on planning.”
H. “We value predictability above everything.”

You want to improve your product’s time to market. Which of the following practices might help you achieve this goal?
(choose the best answer)
A. Reduce the number of features in each release.
B. Commit team members to only one team.
C. Adopt continuous integration practices.
D. Co-locate team members.
E. All of the above.

You are a manager responsible for a product being developed by a Scrum Team. A sales representative wants a particular feature in the product because she believes that it will help close a deal. The Product Owner understands the need but believes that there are more valuable things on the Product Backlog that will lead to more long-term business. The sales representative appeals to you to intervene. How do you respond?
(choose the best answer)
A. Ask the Product Owner to implement the feature anyway because it will close a deal.
B. Lobby the Developers who you think may support your position, in the hope of gaining more support for the idea.
C. Lobby other stakeholders to express support for adding the feature, to put more pressure on the Product Owner.
D. Support the Product Owner’s decision to focus on broader market needs in the long run, even though it may mean loss of short-term business.

Which of the following is NOT true of cross-functional teams?
(choose the best answer)
A. Cross-functional teams encourage team members to step outside their comfort zone to get things done.
B. Cross-functional teams help team members develop deep technical specializations.
C. The team spends less time waiting on people outside the team to get things done.
D. Team members have a greater opportunity to deliver product Increment that delivers value to the users.
E. Team members have more opportunities to grow their skills by learning from others.