Answering: “The Scrum Master is a Servant Leader. How does a Scrum Master demonstrate Servant Leadership?”

The Scrum Master is a Servant Leader. How does a Scrum Master demonstrate Servant Leadership?
(choose the best two answers)
A. The Scrum Master facilitates Scrum Events as requested or needed.
B. The Scrum Master coaches the Developers, the Product Owner and the organization how to work empirically.
C. The Scrum Master never intervenes in matters of the Developers, maximizing their autonomy and freedom.
D. The Scrum Master resolves every impediment that the Scrum Team runs into.

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Answering: “You are the Scrum Master for three Scrum Teams working on the same product. There is a single Product Backlog that all three Scrum Teams select from. Management is eager to improve the productivity of the teams and wants to standardize velocity across all three teams so that they can see how each team is delivering value. When responding to management, which two statements are appropriate?”

You are the Scrum Master for three Scrum Teams working on the same product. There is a single Product Backlog that all three Scrum Teams select from. Management is eager to improve the productivity of the teams and wants to standardize velocity across all three teams so that they can see how each team is delivering value. When responding to management, which two statements are appropriate?
(choose the best two answers)
A. Velocity has no direct relationship with value.
B. Standardizing velocity across teams can help with understanding which teams are creating more value.
C. Incentivizing teams based on velocity can boost the Scrum Team’s motivation to create more value.
D. Velocity is the amount of business functionality that a Scrum Team creates in a Sprint. It is unique to that team and used as an input to Sprint Planning.

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Answering: “What is the primary concern when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog with the goal of creating an integrated, releasable Increment by the end of their Sprint?”

What is the primary concern when multiple Scrum Teams work from the same Product Backlog with the goal of creating an integrated, releasable Increment by the end of their Sprint?
(choose the best answer)
A. Clearly defining all requirements three Sprints ahead.
B. Making sure there’s enough work for everyone on every team.
C. Maximizing velocity.
D. Minimizing dependencies between teams.

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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: “A Scrum Team selected a Product Backlog item during the Sprint Planning. However, at the end of the Sprint the work does not meet the Definition of Done. What two things should happen with this incomplete Product Backlog item?”

A Scrum Team selected a Product Backlog item during the Sprint Planning. However, at the end of the Sprint the work does not meet the Definition of Done. What two things should happen with this incomplete Product Backlog item?
(choose the best two answers)
A. Only the stakeholders decide over acceptance of undone work and whether to release it.
B. The item is not included in the Increment for this Sprint.
C. Review the item, add the done part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work.
D. It is put on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.

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Answering: “You are working with multiple Scrum Teams that are working in the same code base. They suffer from coordination problems and mutual dependencies.” (PSM II)

You are working with multiple Scrum Teams that are working in the same code base. They suffer from coordination problems and mutual dependencies.
True or False: This can be fully addressed with a comprehensive branching and merging model in the version control tool.
A. True
B. False

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