1.

What kind of software development projects can be executed by Scrum Project Management
Framework?
A) Complete software packages
B) Customer projects
C) Sub-systems, components or parts of bigger systems
D) All kinds of software development projects
E) None of the given answers

2. What does NOT belong to cornerstones of the agile manifesto?

A) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
B) Working software over comprehensive documentation
C) Processes over people
D) Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
E) Responding to change over following a plan

3. What is defined by the Scrum Framework?

A) Rules & Roles

B) Document guidelines
C) Artifacts and events
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A, B, C
5. A, C

4. Where are the customer requirements stored?

A) In the Product Backlog
B) In the Sprint Backlog
C) In a database
D) In a Scrum Product Requirement Specification
E) Nowhere. The Scrum Product Owner knows them

5. Which ones of the following main roles are defined by Scrum Framework?
A) Scrum Tester
B) The Scrum Team
C) Scrum Manager
D) Scrum Master
E) Scrum Product Owner
1. A, B, C, D, E
2. B, C, D, E
3. B, D, E
 4. A, B, D, E
5. A, B, C, D

6. Which ones of the following main events are defined by Scrum Framework?
A) Sprint Planning Meeting
B) Sprint Retrospective Meeting
C) Sprint Review Meeting
D) Mid-Sprint Status Review Meeting
E) Daily Scrum Meeting
1. A, B, C, D, E
2. A, B, C, D
3. A, C, D, E
4. A, B, C, E
5. A, C, E

7. Which concept is NOT defined in the Scrum Framework?

A) Scrum Master
B) Project Manager
C) Scrum Product Owner
D) Daily Scrum
E) Scrum Product Burndown

8. What is important in all Scrum projects?

A) Self-organization
B) Clear hierarchies in the company
C) Communication
D) Continuous improvement
1. A, B, C, D
2. A, C, D
3. A, D
4. A
5. A, B

9. In software engineering what are the disadvantages of the classical waterfall model?
A) End-Product has to be fully anticipated beforehand.
 B) Some requirements are implemented as defined in the beginning of the project, and yet they
are not really needed by the customer.
C) Each phase is strictly separated.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A, B
5. A, B, C

10. What are the advantages of the Scrum Framework?

A) Fine-grained requirements are only defined when they are really needed.
B) All activities to design, build and test certain functionality are kept together in one phase.
C) Changes are expected and welcomed by Scrum team.
D) All of the given answers
E) None of the given answers

11. Who is responsible for maximizing the return on investment (ROI)?

A) Scrum Master
B) Scrum Product Owner
C) The Scrum Team
D) Project Manager
E) Tester

12. How many people should be in a Scrum Team?

A) 7+/-2
B) 5+/-2
C) 4+/-5
D) Less than 10
E) More than 9

13. Which one of the following meetings are parts of a Sprint Planning Meeting?
A) WHAT-Meeting
B) HOW-Meeting
C) HOW MUCH-Meeting
D) WHAT-Meeting and HOW-Meeting
E) WHAT-Meeting and HOW MUCH-Meeting

14. What is not true for the entries in the Scrum Backlog?
A) All Product backlog entries add value to the product and customer
B) Level of detail is high for all Product backlog entries
 C) In general, Product backlog entries are prioritized and ordered
D) In general there are high level estimates for Product backlog entries
E) Product backlog entries are not action items

15. Which of the following is a user story?

A) As an authenticated user ,I want to see all my action items
B) Login must be possible
C) List of action items for login User Operation
D) Login
E) What happens if I login?

16. What are properties of the Scrum Product Backlog?

A) Entries always add value for the customer
B) Entries are prioritized and ordered accordingly
C) The level of detail depends on the position of the entry
D) Entries are estimated
E) It is a living document
F) No action-items and no low-level tasks are yet defined

1. A, B, C, D, E, F
2. A, C, D, E, F
3. B, C, D, E, F
4. A, B, C, D, E
5. A, B, C

17. How much time should the Scrum Team allocate to maintain the Scrum Product Backlog
(discussions, estimations etc.)?
A) Nothing, The Scrum Product Owner is responsible for this.
B) Less than 2 % of overall project
C) About 10% of overall project
D) About 20% of overall project
E) More than 20% of overall project

18. What is the correct order of steps during planning poker

A) Each member of the Scrum Team privately chooses the card representing the estimation
B) The Scrum Product Owner presents the story
C) The Scrum Team asks questions
D) People with high and low estimates are allowed to explain their estimate
E) All selections are revealed
F) Repeat until a consensus is fond among all team members
1. A, B, C, D, E, F
2. B, C, A, E, D, F
 3. F, D, B, E, C, A
4. D, C, E, F, B, A
5. E, A, B, D, F, C

19. What metric is used to estimate with Planning Poker?

A) Numeric sizing (1 through 10)
B) T-shirt sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL)
C) The Fibonaci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc)
D) Person Hours
E) Person Months

20. Why can Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.) be used to estimate the backlog items?
A) It looks cool
B) To make the estimation results transparent to the management
C) It fairly reflects the correlation between increasing complexity and increasing estimates
D) To compare estimations of other teams.
E) None of the given answers

21. What is a release Plan?

A) A very high-level plan for multiple Sprints
B) A guideline that reflects expectations about which features will be implemented and when they
are shipped to customer
C) The list of milestones defined by management
1. A, B, C
2. A, C
3. B, C
4. A, B
5. C

22. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9 am. The
team gets together in front of the sprint Board but one team member is always late or does not
even appear. What should Frank do?
A) Escalate this in the line management of the team member.
B) Talk to team member to find a solution.
C) Ignore it.
 1. All of the above
2. None of the above
3. A
4. B
5. C

23. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9am.During
the meeting two of the team members argue about a possible solution for one of the tasks that
have not yet started. What cold Frank do?
A) Wait until the discussion is over
B) Interrupt the discussion as the tasks have not started yet.
C) Create a new task to resolve the issue before the original task start.
1. All of the above
2. None of the above
3. A
4. B
5. C

24. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9am.During
the meeting the team members update the remaining efforts for their activities. What does Frank
need to do?
A) He has to sum up the vales and update the Sprint Burndown diagram.
B) Nothing
C) Create a detailed report about the performance of the team members
1. All of the above
2. None of the above
3. A
4. B
5. C

25. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9am.One of
the team members reports that he needs support for the testing of one of his tasks. Without this
requested support the task will not be finished until end of the sprint.
A second member – the one with the broadest testing knowhow – is currently busy with other high
priority activities .What could Frank do?
A) Ignore the request
B) B) Tell the second team member to stop his own activities and immediately give the requested
support.
C) Check if some other team member can give this testing support.
 D) Discuss the priorities with the Scrum Product Owner to deliverer maximum customer vale by the
end of the Sprint, as this situation might have an impact on the selection of the ultimate Sprint
deliverables
1. All of the above
2. None of the above
3. B, C, D
4. B
5. C, D

26. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9am. During
the meeting two of the team members blame each for some reason. What should Frank do?
A) Stop the discussion and try to clarify the situation afterwards.
B) Nothing – wait until discussion is over
C) Report to line management.
1. All of the above
2. None of the above
3. A
4. B
5. C

27. Frank – as the Scrum Master of a Scrum Team – is invited for a Daily Scrum meeting at 9am. The
meeting always exceeds the 15 minutes time limit as everyone talks at the same time .What should
Frank do?
A) Nothing
B) Extend the time limit to 30 minutes.
C) Make sure that the team knows the rules of the Daily Scrum meeting
D) Interrupt unproductive discussions immediately
E) Introduce a baton (e.g. a small ball). Only the member holding the baton is allowed to speak
1. A
2. B
3. C, E
4. D
5. C, D, E

28. Frank – the Scrum Master of team – wants to send an invitation for the Scrum Retrospective
Meeting. How should he proceed?
A) The team tends to complain and discuss very much. He should invite for a 4 hours session.
B) He should invite for a 2 hours session and moderate the session
 C) He should invite for a session in front of the Sprint Board .This way the team cold directly talk
about the tasks and results of the Sprint.
D) He should reserve a separate room. This will create an environment that will allow open
discussion
E) Beside the Scrum Team, the Scrum Product Owner should also be invited so that he could better
understand how the team works and what can be done to augment productivity
F) The Scrum Product Owner shall not be invited as the team will not speak honestly about their
problems if he is present
1. A, F
2. B, D, E
3. A, C, F
4. A, D, F
5. B, D, F

29. Frank – the Scrum Master – organizes Sprit Retrospective Meeting. Frank, the Scrum Team and the
Scrum Product Owner get together in a separate room. The team is quite new. How should Frank
start?
A) Start right on the topic and ask what went wrong during the Sprint.
B) Start the session by reminding everyone on the goals and the rules of the meeting
C) Take a marker, go to the whiteboard and asks what went wrong during the Sprint.
D) Ask everyone in the room for a short sentence on how they feel about the last sprint
E) Let the Product Owner start the session

30. What is the goal of the Sprint Retrospective Meeting?

A) Reflect on negative issues during the last Sprint
B) Define actionable suggestion to improve performance
C) Reflect on positive issues during the last Sprint.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A, B, C
5. A, B

31. What is the goal of the Sprint review Meeting?

A) Present and demonstrate the completed Sprint Backlog items.
B) Reflect on positive and negative issues during the last sprint
C) Review of customer requirements
D) Review of development documentation
E) Report status to management
32. What is the goal of the Daily Sprint Meeting?
A) Report status to management
B) Each member of the team gives a short info about what he did yesterday, what he plans to do
next and if there are any impediments
C) Discuss the requirements with the team
D) The Scrum Product Owner informs the team what they have to do next.
E) Compile a detailed report why committed backlog items are not complete yet and define a plan
when they are going to be finished

33. What is not part of the Scrum Product Backlog?

A) Detailed tasks
B) Recurring meetings like Daily Scrum
C) User stories
D) Tasks for exploration of features
E) Administrative tasks
1. None of these should be in the Product Backlog
2. A, B, E
3. C
4. B, C, D
5. A, B, D, E

34. Who is responsible for maintaining the Scrum Product Backlog?

A) The Scrum Team
B) Upper Management
C) Customer
D) Scrum Product Owner
E) Scrum Master

35. What is the Scrum Backlog?

A) List of things which the Scrum Team might do in the future
B) List of items that are behind schedule
C) A list of high level requirements and user stories that need to be done within the project
D) List of project milestones.
E) Action items to be sorted out in a given sprint