1. What is the purpose of the Scrum Master?
To act as a leader for the team
To facilitate Scrum events and remove obstacles
To write user stories for the team
To manage the project timeline
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✅ Correct Answer: To facilitate Scrum events and remove obstacles
2. Who can modify the product backlog?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Development Team
Stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: Product Owner
3. Which of the following is NOT a Scrum event?
Sprint Planning
Sprint Review
Daily Standup
Task estimation
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✅ Correct Answer: Task estimation
4. How long is a typical Scrum sprint?
1 to 4 weeks
2 to 3 weeks
4 to 6 weeks
8 weeks
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✅ Correct Answer: 1 to 4 weeks
5. What is the role of the Scrum Master during a sprint retrospective?
To facilitate discussions and ensure continuous improvement
To give a report on team progress
To create the product backlog
To assign tasks to team members
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✅ Correct Answer: To facilitate discussions and ensure continuous improvement
6. What is the main responsibility of the Development Team in Scrum?
To deliver a potentially shippable product increment
To manage the product backlog
To facilitate Scrum events
To monitor team performance
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✅ Correct Answer: To deliver a potentially shippable product increment
7. Who is responsible for defining the sprint goal?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Development Team and Product Owner collaboratively
Stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: Development Team and Product Owner collaboratively
8. What should happen if a team member consistently underperforms?
The Scrum Master should remove them from the team
The team should discuss it and try to resolve the issue collectively
The Product Owner should assign fewer tasks to them
The manager should step in to manage the individual
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✅ Correct Answer: The team should discuss it and try to resolve the issue collectively
9. What does a Scrum Master do if external stakeholders disrupt the Development Team during a sprint?
Allow stakeholders to make changes if necessary
Shield the team from interruptions and remind stakeholders about Scrum practices
Pause the sprint to accommodate the changes
Ask the Product Owner to handle external requests
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✅ Correct Answer: Shield the team from interruptions and remind stakeholders about Scrum practices
10. What is the most important characteristic of a Scrum team?
Hierarchical structure
Cross-functionality and self-organization
Strict division of roles and responsibilities
Following a command-and-control approach
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✅ Correct Answer: Cross-functionality and self-organization
11. Which artifact provides transparency into the work planned for a sprint?
Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Burndown Chart
Increment
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✅ Correct Answer: Sprint Backlog
12. What should happen during the Daily Scrum?
Team members report to the Scrum Master
The team discusses progress and potential obstacles
The Product Owner assigns new tasks
The team reviews sprint planning documents
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✅ Correct Answer: The team discusses progress and potential obstacles
13. Which of the following is NOT a role in Scrum?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Project Manager
Development Team
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✅ Correct Answer: Project Manager
14. How does a Scrum Master serve the Development Team?
By assigning tasks to the team
By ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and removing impediments
By managing project deadlines
By making technical decisions for the team
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✅ Correct Answer: By ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and removing impediments
15. What is the purpose of a Sprint Retrospective?
To review progress with stakeholders
To inspect and improve team processes
To demonstrate completed work
To update the product backlog
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✅ Correct Answer: To inspect and improve team processes
16. Which of the following is NOT an official Scrum event?
Sprint Planning
Sprint Review
Daily Standup
Sprint Execution
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✅ Correct Answer: Sprint Execution
17. What happens if work is not completed in a sprint?
The work goes back to the product backlog for re-prioritization
The work is carried over to the next sprint automatically
The Scrum Master assigns it to a team member
The Product Owner must complete it
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✅ Correct Answer: The work goes back to the product backlog for re-prioritization
18. How does a Scrum Team determine the duration of a Sprint?
Based on team consensus and the nature of work
Determined by management
Always set to 2 weeks
Decided by the Scrum Master
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✅ Correct Answer: Based on team consensus and the nature of work
19. Who owns the Definition of Done?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Development Team
Stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: Development Team
20. When can a Development Team change the Sprint Backlog?
Only before the sprint starts
During the sprint, as more is learned
Never, it must be fixed at Sprint Planning
Only if approved by management
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✅ Correct Answer: During the sprint, as more is learned
21. What is the recommended approach when multiple teams work on the same product?
Use one Product Backlog for the product
Each team maintains its own Product Backlog
Combine all work into one Sprint
Appoint a lead Product Owner
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✅ Correct Answer: Use one Product Backlog for the product
22. What is the purpose of timeboxing in Scrum?
To create regularity and limit risk
To ensure all work is completed
To measure team productivity
To satisfy stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: To create regularity and limit risk
23. Who is responsible for tracking Sprint progress?
The entire Scrum Team
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The Development Team Lead
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✅ Correct Answer: The entire Scrum Team
24. What should the Development Team do if it realizes it won't complete all Sprint Backlog items?
Collaborate with the Product Owner to adjust scope
Work overtime to complete everything
Extend the Sprint duration
Move unfinished items to the next Sprint
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✅ Correct Answer: Collaborate with the Product Owner to adjust scope
25. Which of these is NOT a Scrum Event?
Backlog Refinement
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Retrospective
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✅ Correct Answer: Backlog Refinement
26. What is the Scrum Master's role in Sprint Planning?
Facilitating the meeting
Deciding what work gets done
Estimating tasks
Writing user stories
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✅ Correct Answer: Facilitating the meeting
27. How should a Scrum Team handle technical debt?
Include it in the Definition of Done
Address it in a separate Sprint
Ignore it to maintain velocity
Assign it to specialists
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✅ Correct Answer: Include it in the Definition of Done
28. What is the primary purpose of the Sprint Burndown Chart?
To track progress toward completing Sprint work
To measure team productivity
To report to management
To estimate future Sprints
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✅ Correct Answer: To track progress toward completing Sprint work
29. Who decides how to turn Product Backlog items into Increments?
The Development Team
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: The Development Team
30. What is the Scrum Master's responsibility regarding Scrum?
Ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted
Managing the Development Team's work
Setting the Sprint Goal
Prioritizing the Product Backlog
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✅ Correct Answer: Ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted
31. When should the Product Backlog be prioritized?
Continuously as needed
Only during Sprint Planning
At the start of each release
During the Sprint Review
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✅ Correct Answer: Continuously as needed
32. What is the main benefit of short Sprints?
More frequent feedback and adaptation
Less planning overhead
Higher velocity
More work completed
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✅ Correct Answer: More frequent feedback and adaptation
33. Who should participate in Product Backlog refinement?
The Scrum Team and stakeholders
Only the Product Owner
Only the Development Team
Only the Scrum Master and Product Owner
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✅ Correct Answer: The Scrum Team and stakeholders
34. What is the Scrum Master's role in the Daily Scrum?
To ensure the meeting happens and stays within timebox
To lead the discussion
To take notes
To assign tasks
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✅ Correct Answer: To ensure the meeting happens and stays within timebox
35. How often should the Definition of Done be updated?
As the team's capabilities improve
Never - it should remain constant
At the start of each project
Only when major problems occur
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✅ Correct Answer: As the team's capabilities improve
36. What is the primary purpose of the Sprint Planning meeting?
To define what can be delivered and how
To assign all tasks to team members
To review stakeholder requirements
To estimate the entire Product Backlog
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✅ Correct Answer: To define what can be delivered and how
37. Who creates the Sprint Backlog?
The Development Team
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The entire Scrum Team
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✅ Correct Answer: The Development Team
38. What is the Scrum Master's responsibility regarding impediments?
To help remove impediments that are beyond the team's control
To solve all technical problems
To document all issues
To assign someone to fix every problem
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✅ Correct Answer: To help remove impediments that are beyond the team's control
39. What is the recommended approach for scaling Scrum?
Nexus
Combine multiple teams into one large team
Have one Product Owner manage all teams
Create a hierarchy of Scrum Masters
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✅ Correct Answer: Nexus
40. Who decides how to organize the Development Team's work?
The Development Team itself
The Scrum Master
The Product Owner
The most senior developer
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✅ Correct Answer: The Development Team itself
41. What is the Scrum Master's role in the Sprint Retrospective?
Facilitating the meeting and ensuring Scrum values are followed
Leading the discussion
Documenting action items
Reporting on team performance
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✅ Correct Answer: Facilitating the meeting and ensuring Scrum values are followed
42. What is the recommended approach for dealing with changing requirements?
Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
Freeze requirements after Sprint Planning
Only allow changes between Sprints
Create change control procedures
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✅ Correct Answer: Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
43. What is the primary focus of the Daily Scrum?
Planning work for the next 24 hours
Reporting status to management
Solving technical problems
Reviewing completed work
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✅ Correct Answer: Planning work for the next 24 hours
44. Who can cancel a Sprint?
Only the Product Owner
The Scrum Master or Product Owner
The Development Team
Any stakeholder
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✅ Correct Answer: Only the Product Owner
45. What is the recommended size for a Scrum Team?
3-9 people
5-11 people
7-12 people
As many as needed to complete the work
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✅ Correct Answer: 3-9 people
46. Which of these is NOT a Scrum Value?
Transparency
Courage
Efficiency
Commitment
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✅ Correct Answer: Efficiency
47. What is the main purpose of the Sprint Retrospective?
To plan improvements for the next Sprint
To demonstrate work to stakeholders
To review team member performance
To estimate backlog items
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✅ Correct Answer: To plan improvements for the next Sprint
48. Who creates the Definition of Done?
The entire Scrum Team
The Product Owner
The Development Team
The Scrum Master
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✅ Correct Answer: The entire Scrum Team
49. When should the Product Backlog be refined?
Continuously throughout the Sprint
Only during Sprint Planning
At the start of each release
During the Sprint Review
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✅ Correct Answer: Continuously throughout the Sprint
50. What is the Scrum Master's role in impediment removal?
To help the team remove impediments
To solve all technical problems
To document all issues
To assign someone to fix the problem
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✅ Correct Answer: To help the team remove impediments
51. Which statement best describes Scrum?
A framework for developing and sustaining complex products
A methodology with strict rules
A project management tool
A software development lifecycle
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✅ Correct Answer: A framework for developing and sustaining complex products
52. What is the ideal duration for a Daily Scrum?
15 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
As long as needed
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✅ Correct Answer: 15 minutes
53. Who is responsible for quality in Scrum?
The entire Scrum Team
The Development Team
The Product Owner
Quality Assurance specialists
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✅ Correct Answer: The entire Scrum Team
54. What happens to incomplete work at the end of a Sprint?
It's returned to the Product Backlog for re-prioritization
It's automatically moved to the next Sprint
The team must work overtime to complete it
It's discarded
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✅ Correct Answer: It's returned to the Product Backlog for re-prioritization
55. What is the purpose of the Sprint Goal?
To provide guidance and flexibility to the Development Team
To define all deliverables for the Sprint
To measure team velocity
To satisfy all stakeholder requests
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✅ Correct Answer: To provide guidance and flexibility to the Development Team
56. Who determines how much work can be done in a Sprint?
The Development Team
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: The Development Team
57. What is the Scrum Master's primary service to the Product Owner?
Helping find techniques for effective Product Backlog management
Writing user stories
Prioritizing the backlog
Communicating with stakeholders
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✅ Correct Answer: Helping find techniques for effective Product Backlog management
58. When is a Sprint over?
When the timebox expires
When all tasks are completed
When the Product Owner says so
When the team runs out of work
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✅ Correct Answer: When the timebox expires
59. What is the main output of the Sprint Review?
A revised Product Backlog
A detailed project report
A list of completed tasks
A plan for the next release
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✅ Correct Answer: A revised Product Backlog
60. Who attends the Sprint Retrospective?
The Scrum Team only
The Scrum Team and stakeholders
The Development Team only
The Product Owner and Scrum Master only
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✅ Correct Answer: The Scrum Team only