CSM-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which of the following is a role in the Scrum framework?

A. Database Admin

B. Development Team

C. QA Tester

D. Senior Developer

You are the new Scrum Master at a company currently doing RUP in three month iterations. Your current task in switching from RUP to Scrum is to define how long the Sprint cycle should be. In what units of time should you define the sprint cycle?

A. A fixed amount of months

B. A fixed amount of weeks, excluding holidays

C. A fixed amount of days

D. A fixed amount of hours

Under what circumstances should the Product Backlog be reprioritized?

A. The Scrum Master should reprioritize the Product Backlog only at the end of a new Sprint

B. The Scrum Master should reprioritize the Product Backlog only at the beginning of a new Sprint

C. The Team should reprioritize the Product Backlog only at the end of a new Sprint.

D. The Product Owner should reprioritize the Product Backlog whenever new information is learned

What is the primary objective of the daily scrum?

A. To share with the team what each member has completed in the Sprint, what each member will work on next, and to report progress roadblocks

B. To give a status report to the Product Owner on what each member has completed in the Sprint, what each member will work on next, and to report progress roadblocks.

C. To discuss work details with the team since every team member must attend the meeting

D. To give a status report to the Scrum Master on what each member has completed in the Sprint, what each member will work on next, and to report progress roadblocks.

The Product Backlog is maintained by:

A. The Scrum Master

B. The Development Team

C. The Product Owner

D. The Product Owner and Scrum Master

The correct sequence of events in using Scrum framework is as follows:

A. Sprint Planning, Sprint, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum, and Sprint Review

B. Sprint Planning, Sprint, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective

C. Sprint Planning, Sprint, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum, and Sprint Review

D. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective

What happens when the Sprint is cancelled?

A. The Scrum Team disbands immediately

B. The complete Sprint Backlog is put back to the Product Backlog

C. The completed Sprint Backlog items are evaluated for a release and incomplete items are ignored.

D. The completed Sprint Backlog items are evaluated for a release and incomplete items are put back to the Product Backlog

More than one Scrum Team is working on a single project or release. How should the Product Backlog be arranged?

A. A separate Product Backlog is constructed for each Scrum Team. All of the increments are integrated at the end in an integration Sprint

B. All Scrum Teams work from a common Product Backlog and integrate their work every sprint

C. Only one Scrum Team should work on Scrum project

D. Scrum Teams should have their separate Product Backlogs

Development Team members volunteer to own a Sprint Backlog item:

A. During the Daily Scrum

B. Whenever a team member can accommodate more work

C. Never. All Sprint Backlog Items are "owned" by the entire Development Team, even though each one may be done by an individual team member

D. At the Sprint planning meeting

How many principles form the foundation of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development?

A. 10

B. 9

C. 12

D. 15

It's come to your attention that some team members feel that Carlos is a negative influence on the team. You can certainly understand why -- he believes that everything is doomed. What should you do?

A. Remove Carlos from the team.

B. Use Carlos as an asset, particularly during risk identification

C. Ignore him and hope it goes away

D. Escalate the issue with the higher authorities

A __________ chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time.

A. burn down

B. flow

C. pie

D. gantt

Which two of the following are Artifacts in Scrum? (Choose two.)

A. Product backlog

B. Story board

C. Sprint backlog

D. Shippable Product Functionality

Who is responsible for prioritizing the stories that will be included in the iteration?

A. Scrum Master

B. Developer

C. Product Owner

D. Team

Which of the following are scrum challenges to a team, organizations or an individual? (Choose three.)

A. It requires Courage and Commitment

B. Hard to practice

C. Sociability

D. Interchangeability