EX0-008 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A team is estimating story points. They estimate that the story falls between a large (13) and a medium (5) and they assign a story point of 8.

What is this technique called?

A. Affinity estimation

B. Fibonacci estimation

C. Triangulation

Which Scrum ritual is meant to look back and improve upon the finished Sprint?

A. Daily Scrum.

B. Sprint Retrospective.

C. Sprint Review.

Who should update the work estimates during the Sprint?

A. Only the team members

B. The Project Manager

C. The Product Owner

Which means of communication is the most preferable to clarify the interpretation of a requirement?

A. E-mail

B. Face-to-face

C. Instant messaging

D. Telephone

Agile planning happens at multiple levels including a daily plan, an sprint plan and a strategic plan. What term best describes the multi-level planning?

A. Planning Onion

B. Planning Poker

C. Sprint Planning

The Product Owner is going on a three-week vacation. The team should be closing the current Sprint and starting a new Sprint at the end of the first week of the Product Owner's vacation.

What is the best way to continue the Scrum rituals in this situation?

A. Each Scrum team should ideally have two Product Owners to provide cover.

B. The Product Owner should be requested to delay his vacation by a week.

C. The Scrum Master should take over and cover for the Product Owner.

What is a characteristic of a well-designed Agile work space?

A. It has a silent zone to facilitate concentration.

B. There is enough space for information radiators.

C. Work stations are personalized for team members.

Who knows most about the progress towards a business objective or a release?

A. The Product Owner

B. The Scrum Master C. The team

A 200 member project team is working on a large and complex system with multiple sub- systems. They would like to start using the Agile Scrum methodology.

As a Scrum Master, what would your best advice be?

A. Scrum is not suited for such a large project. The team should clearly use the Waterfall method or the Crystal Clear method.

B. Ask all potential members of the project team to have a meeting first and decide if they agree to use Scrum.

C. Agree a logical sub-division of the system so that smaller Scrum teams can work on sub- systems and can add tangible value.

A team decided to install a large traffic light in the team hall to indicate whether the latest build was healthy (green), failing a few tests (orange) or failing high priority tests (red).

What term can be used to describe the traffic light?

A. Information radiator

B. Osmotic communication

C. Triangulation

From which sport is the term "Scrum" and much of the terminology derived?

A. Kick boxing

B. Polo

C. Rugby

D. Soccer

Who is the owner of a Sprint Backlog Item during the Sprint Planning meeting?

A. The entire team owns all Sprint Backlog Items.

B. The Product Owner owns all Sprint Backlog Items.

C. The team member working on the item owns that item.

Who is responsible for implementing the actions agreed upon by the team during a Retrospective?

A. The Product Owner

B. The Scrum Master

C. The team

A team is trying to convince a customer about the value of adopting Scrum. The customer likes some of the features of the methodology like the bi-weekly demonstration, but the customer remains largely unconvinced of the value of Scrum and refuses to change the way of working,

What should the team do?

A. Let the Scrum Master 'translate' to Waterfall practices.

B. Use Scrum and convince the customer during the process.

C. Do not follow Scrum until the customer is convinced of the value.

The team determines that it has over-committed itself for a Sprint. Who should be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work?

A. The team, the Scrum Master and the Product Owner. The Stakeholders should be consulted.

B. The team and the Scrum Master. The Product Owner should be consulted.

C. The team only. The Product Owner should be consulted.