Free PSPBM practice test

7 questions in the style of the real PSPBM exam. No sign-up: answer them all, check your score against the 85% pass mark, and see the correct answers.

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1During a Sprint Review with other attendees, a stakeholder is disgruntled about the Product Backlog. The person is questioning why it is not ordered by priority. As a Product Owner, what is the best response? (choose the best answer)

Inform them that as the Product Owner, they must respect your decisions.Clarify the Product Goal and its value to them. Explain that the Product Backlog is ordered to maximize the flow of value and achieve the Product Goal.In the Sprint Review, have the stakeholders re-order the Product Backlog items that they think reflects their needs best.Invite them to the next Sprint Planning event so they can see how your Product Backlog is ordered in this way.

2You are the Product Owner on the Scrum Team. The Developers have mentioned that the Product Backlog is not adequately transparent. Which of the following would NOT improve Product Backlog transparency? (choose the best answer)

Hold more frequent Product Backlog refinement sessions.Decrease the Sprint length.Include them in creating new Product Backlog items.Have them engage with stakeholders so that they can get a better understanding of their needs.

3You are a Product Owner that takes over a Product Backlog that has over 1000 items on it. How do you proceed? (choose the best answer)

Focus on value and reduce the size of the Product Backlog to increase transparency.There is no concern with a Product Backlog that big, it should represent all items ever requested.Consult with the Scrum Team on estimating when everything will be done.Re-order the Product Backlog to create transparency.

4As the Product Owner, you have identified an opportunity for a new product. What is a valuable initial step for developing the Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

You don't need anything, just begin the first Sprint.Define the Product Backlog items during Sprint 0.Define a minimum of one-hundred items during project planning.Define a Product Goal.

5What are the required levels of decomposition for a fully transparent Product Backlog? (choose the best answer)

Epic, Feature.Feature, User Story.There are no required levels.Epic, Feature, User Story.

6A Product Owner is using different levels of decomposition within the Product Backlog. Some items have been labelled as an Epic. What is an Epic in terms of Product Backlog items? (choose the best answer)

Small items that can be completed within a Sprint.A set of completed features.Very large items that need to be refined and broken down further.A sequence of sprints.

7The Sprint Backlog exists to reflect the plan for how the Developers will create a useable increment. What is the purpose of the Product Backlog? (choose the best two answers)

To reflect the Product Owner's decision making.To supplement the tracking of the budget spend.To demonstrate to the stakeholders all of the work that has been done.To assess progress towards the Sprint Goal.To represent a single source of work the Scrum Team knows it needs to do in order to deliver the product.To justify any requests for increasing the budget for product development.

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How this test compares with the real PSPBM exam

	This free test	Real PSPBM exam	Full Exam Prep ($29)
Questions	7	20	140+
Time limit	None	30 minutes	Mock Exam Mode: 30 minutes
Pass mark	85% shown as a guide	85%	Scored against 85%
Explanations	Correct answers only	None	For every question

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