[Feb 02, 2023] Get New PSM-II Certification Practice Test Questions Exam Dumps [Q107-Q132]

[Feb 02, 2023] Get New PSM-II Certification Practice Test Questions Exam Dumps

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Topics of Scrum PSM II: Professional Scrum Master II Exam

The following topics are part of the PSM II exam dumps and PSM II practice exams that a candidate must have a firm grip on, to pass the exam:

1. Agile Overview

Developing self-organizing and cross-functional teams to discover requirements and develop solutions. Valuing individuals and interaction, customer collaboration, accomodating changes over time, and focus on working software rather than comprehensive documentation. Using agile methods like Scrum and Kanban to manage focus on workflow. Differentiating between Agile and traditional waterfall methodology.

This section constitutes of the following subtopics:

Agile Manifesto Principles
The Importance and boost of Agile
The Manifesto of the Agile

2. Scrum Overview

Developing an agile framework to break the task into timeboxed iterations (sprints). Encourage teams to learn through interactions, to coordinate themselves when working on an issue, and to focus on wins and losses to constantly improve. Overview of a series of discussions, methods, and roles that work together to help teams coordinate and handle their work.

This section constitutes of the following subtopics:

Principles of Scrum
Advantages of Scrum
Processes of Scrum
Characteristics of Scrum

3. Scrum Roles

Learning clearly defined roles of individuals in Scrum to improve efficiency. Scrum roles define the main responsibilities for those on the team. Roles in Scrum aren't jobbed titles. Empiricism, self-organization, and constant development are the core of Scrum. The Scrum roles, therefore, include a minimum description of responsibilities and accountability to encourage teams to conduct work effectively. Scrum Roles can be divided into two main categories; Core and Non-core. The core roles are further divided and described below:

Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

4. Phases of Scrum Project

Learning the main processes and phases involved in Scrum. These phases can be divided into 3 main groups namely pregame, game and postgame. The phases are listed below:

Estimation and Planning
Implementation
Review
Retrospect

5. Scaling Scrum

Scaling is becoming more effective as you grow. This refers to connecting several teams to deliver complex solutions that need proper coordinated working. The larger the size of a team, the greater the contact lines between team members, making it more difficult to establish trust and a shared goal. Scaling scrum will, therefore, help to establish personal relationships and maintain desired results. Scaling scrum comprises of the following contents:

Transition to Scrum
Significance of Executive Support
Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement
Scrum Scalability

6. Mock Product Development

Develop mock product using the skills learned to practice agile development

7. Case Studies

Using simulated case studies to gain experience in carrying out a Scrum project

NEW QUESTION 107
How should a Scrum Master coordinate the work when more than one Scrum Team is working on one product?

A. Identify and manage the dependencies between Scrum Teams.
B. Merge the teams and work from a single Sprint Backlog.
C. Teach them that it's their responsibility to coordinate with the other teams to integrate and create a shippable product Increment at the end of every Sprint.
D. Have the Product Owner work with the tech leads of each team to parse the Product Backlog and minimize overlap in User Stories.

Answer: C

Explanation:
One of the benefits of self-organized teams is the ability to decide how best to work together to produce a shippable Increment.

NEW QUESTION 108
Steven is a Scrum Master for three different teams building a single product from the same Product Backlog.
Development Team members from each team have approached Steven complaining that their teams need Nicole, an external specialist, to commit full time for their next Sprint.
Which three acceptable solutions would Steven consider? (Choose three.)

A. For Sprints that require Nicole's expertise for more than one team, combine the teams into one and separate when they no longer need to share her services.
B. Investigate whether applying additional techniques or frameworks for scaling Scrum would be appropriate for this product team in the future, since you have multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, with dependencies between the teams.
C. Create a team with Nicole and people from the teams to temporarily work in Nicole's domain to serve the existing teams.
D. People from the Development Teams with an interest in Nicole's domain could volunteer to take on this work in their respective teams.
E. Ask Nicole for a plan to hire and train additional people in her domain, and in the meantime work with the Product Owner and Development Teams to re-prioritize the work so that tasks not depending on Nicole can be done first.
F. Have the Development Team re-order the Product Backlog so Nicole can serve one team full-time in a Sprint.

Answer: B,D,F

Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for removing impediments within the current context of the situation AND boundaries defined by the Scrum framework.

NEW QUESTION 109
Who manages the progress of work during a Sprint?

A. The Development Team
B. The Product Owner
C. The Team Lead
D. The Scrum Master

Answer: A

Explanation:
Explanation
Explanation:
The Development Team is self-organized, thus manages and decides how to manage their own progress.

NEW QUESTION 110
Technical Debt can lead to false assumptions about the current state of the system and the Increment reviewed at the end of the Sprint.

A. True
B. False

Answer: A

Explanation:
Explanation
Explanation:
Technical debt is any shortcomings in the code. It is a natural by-product of software development (unavoidable) and can at best be managed. If neglected, it will compound and have a negative effect on the team's ability to the deliver value. A team can have an artificially high velocity by taking shortcuts or introducing technical, debt into the system. This can give a false assumption about the current state of the product. It can look good on the surface but underneath can be a mess.

NEW QUESTION 111
The Scrum Master is responsible for the process in which Scrum is adopted and enacted.

A. True
B. False

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 112
Scrum addresses which of the following four risks in software development? (Choose four.)

A. The skills and working relationships of the people on the teams.
B. The timescale of the planned work.
C. The complexity and unpredictability of the requirements.
D. The stability and complexity of the technology.
E. The definition of incentive and bonus strategies by HR for all team members.
F. The clear definitions of stages and gateways in the overall governance model.

Answer: A,B,C,D

Explanation:
Scrum is a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively developing, delivering, and sustaining complex products of the highest possible value. Scrum employs an iterative, incremental approach to optimize predictability and control risk.

NEW QUESTION 113
Several Sprints into a project, a client is complaining to the Product Owner about the poor performance of the product.
As a Scrum Master, how can you help the Product Owner?

A. Note the issue for the next Sprint Retrospective.
B. Notify the team responsible for system performance.
C. Tell the Product Owner performance is defined by the Development Team.
D. Coach the Product Owner on effective ways to communicate this concern to the Development Team and encourage the Product Owner to add the performance issue to the Product Backlog.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 114
Peter, a Project Manager, has raised concerns about your Scrum Team's productivity and progress towards the objectives.
Which is the best way to respond to Peter's concerns?

A. Show the Profit & Loss (P&L) report.
B. Share the Product Backlog, the projections towards the release dates and ensure that Peter has access.
C. Share the last stakeholder status report prepared by the Scrum Master.
D. Share the current impediments.

Answer: B

Explanation:
One of the key pillars that support the empirical process control is Transparency. Transparency will help manage stakeholder expectations and allow the teams to effectively adapt if and when needed.

NEW QUESTION 115
A Scrum Master is not only a servant-leader to the Scrum Team and organization, it's also considered a management position.
Which three activities describe what a Scrum Master manages as reflected by the Scrum Guide? (Choose three.)

A. Managing the Product Backlog items and work in the Sprint Backlog.
B. Managing the process in which Scrum is applied.
C. Reporting on the performance of the Sprint.
D. Removing organizational impediments that limits the team's progress and productivity.
E. The way Scrum is understood and enacted within the organization.
F. Managing the capacity and utilization of each Development Team member.

Answer: B,D,E

Explanation:
The Scrum Master must understand the principles and values behind agility as well as the Scrum theory. He/ she also must act in ways that reflects the values of Scrum and creates an environment for others to also embrace those values. He/she is responsible for ensuring the team's process stays within the boundaries of the Scrum framework as well as helping and supporting the team with continuous improvement.

NEW QUESTION 116
Adding more resources in Scrum will proportionally increase the value delivered.

A. True
B. False

Answer: B

Explanation:
When working on complex problems in complex environments, adding more resources (people, money, tools, etc.) cannot guarantee increased value or success.

NEW QUESTION 117
The director of engineering in your organization always stresses the importance of meeting deadlines in order for the engineering department to be seen as a reliable source for the product management department. The director has calculated that the team's velocity needs to increase an additional 15% to meet the commitment he made to management for the release date of the product.
He asks Steven, the team's Scrum Master, to increase his team's velocity. Which would be the best two responses for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

A. He helps the director understand that it typically takes a few Sprints for a team to gradually increase the velocity up to the level expected. Meanwhile he presents this to the team as a challenge and a company goal, leaving it however up to them to figure out exactly how to achieve this.
B. He informs the director of organizational impediments he is aware of that prevent the team from being more productive. He suggests collaborating with him on how to remove these impediments.
C. He educates his director how it is part of a team's self-organization to improve velocity. He invites the director to the next Sprint Retrospective to brainstorm on how they can improve.
D. He tells the director that this is not his responsibility in Scrum. He tells the director to work with the Product Owner to check whether the estimates on the Product Backlog are being respected during implementation.
E. He explains how a team uses the velocity of a Sprint primarily to forecast work for the next Sprint, not to perfectly predict future productivity. He refers the director to the Product Owner for all information concerning the progress of development.

Answer: B,E

Explanation:
Explanation
Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the organization by helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development and causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.

NEW QUESTION 118
Which is the best description of a Product Owner?

A. Value optimizer.
B. Requirements developer.
C. Go-between between development team and stakeholders.
D. Team leader.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 119
During the Sprint Review, one of the stakeholders announces that due to recent market changes, there is risk that funding might be reduced for the project. This triggers tensions to rise and arguments to break out between members.
As a Scrum Master, what would be the best two actions to take? (Choose two.)

A. Avoid getting involved as it is the Product Owner's responsibility to manage stakeholder expectations.
B. Be objective and request for a short break for people to calm down.
C. Encourage the stakeholders and Product Owner to focus on delivering the highest value items for the next Sprint.
D. Inform everyone that the team needs to stay busy until the information is formally announced.
E. Defend the original budget and request the stakeholders to adhere to the original agreed funding for the product.

Answer: B,C

Explanation:
The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum by helping everyone embody the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect.

NEW QUESTION 120
Which role is responsible for engaging with stakeholders?

A. The project manager
B. The team lead
C. The Development Team
D. The business analyst
E. The Product Owner

Answer: E

Explanation:
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NEW QUESTION 121
During Sprint Planning, the Definition of Done will help the Development Team forecast the amount of work, selected from the Product Backlog, deemed feasible to make 'done' by the end of the Sprint.
Which two items best describes what 'done' means? (Choose two.)

A. Having an Increment of working software that is potentially releasable to the end users.
B. All the work needed to prepare the Increment for Integration Testing.
C. All the work performed as defined in the Definition of Done.
D. All the work completed within the current skills and expertise in the Development Team.
E. All the work needed to prepare the Increment for User Acceptance Testing.

Answer: A,C

Explanation:
When a Product Backlog item or an Increment is described as 'Done', everyone must understand what 'Done' means. Although this may vary significantly per Scrum Team, members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete, to ensure transparency. This is the Definition of Done for the Scrum Team and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver Increments of potentially releasable functionality that adhere to the Scrum Team's current Definition of Done.

NEW QUESTION 122
Steven is a Scrum Master of a Scrum Team that is new to Scrum. At the halfway point of the Sprint, the Product Owner comes to Steven telling him that he is concerned the Development Team will not be able to complete the entire Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.
What should Steven do in this situation?

A. Add more people to the Development Team to meet the Product Owner's expectations.
B. Motivate the Development Team to meet their commitment to the Product Owner.
C. Advise the Product Owner that the Development Team owns the Sprint Backlog and it is up to them to meet their commitments. No one tells the Development Team how to turn Product Backlog into Increments of potentially releasable functionality.
D. Coach the Product Owner that with complex software development, you cannot promise the entire scope that was forecast during Sprint Planning. As more is learned during the Sprint, work may emerge that affects the Sprint Backlog.

Answer: D

Explanation:
Scrum is founded on empirical process control theory, or empiricism. Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on what is known. The Sprint Backlog is a forecast by the Development Team about what functionality will be in the next Increment and the work needed to deliver that functionality into a 'Done' Increment. The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. This emergence occurs as the Development Team works through the plan and learns more about the work needed to achieve the Sprint Goal.
Why C is incorrect:
a) The Dev Team does not commit to finishing all items in the Sprint Backlog. Committing to completing all items would be fixed scope and fixed time leaving no room to adapt. They commit to the Sprint Goal and doing the right thing.
b) It's also incorrect for the PO to focus on completing the entire Sprint Backlog. Finishing everything should not be his main focus. Having a shippable increment that meets the Sprint Goal is more important than trying to finish everything. The advice in option C is equivalent to "Don't worry, they'll get everything done." but because of the complex domain, you cannot guarantee everything will get done.

NEW QUESTION 123
Which role is responsible for determining when it is most appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog?

A. The Development Team
B. The Product Owner
C. The Scrum Team
D. The Scrum Master

Answer: A

Explanation:
The Development Team is responsible for tracking the remaining work of the Sprint.

NEW QUESTION 124
A Development Team has a total of six members, 4 members who work full time in the office and 2 members who work part time at home. The Development Team is complaining that it is too difficult to synchronize every day and has suggested having the Daily Scrum every other day instead.
What would be three key concerns if the Daily Scrum is held less frequently? (Choose three.)

A. Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are reduced.
B. Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.
C. The Product Owner cannot accurately inspect utilization of the individual team members.
D. Less information about the progress will be shared causing the Sprint plan to become inaccurate and reducing transparency over progress toward the Sprint Goal.
E. The Scrum Master loses the ability to update the burndown chart adequately.

Answer: A,B,D

Explanation:
The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog. The Daily Scrum optimizes the probability that the Development Team will meet the Sprint Goal. Every day, the Development Team should understand how it intends to work together as a self-organizing team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment by the end of the Sprint.
Reducing the frequency of the event will increase the length of the feedback loop and adds risk if the team deviates too far off course.

NEW QUESTION 125
Which of the following is true about the Product Owner role?

A. Is one person. Can be influenced by a committee. Is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.
B. Can be shared between multiple people on a Scrum Team, Is the same as a Project Manager. Is played by a committee or a team of people.

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 126
You have a Scrum Team that has been working together for over a year. The Development Team consists of eleven members who rarely collaborate and work within their functional boundaries. There are no Sprint Goals and most of the items in the Sprint Backlog are unrelated. The Scrum Team has concluded that it is not possible to create Sprint Goals based on the items in the Product Backlog.
What might explain why the Scrum Team is finding it difficult to craft Sprint Goals? (Choose all that apply.)

A. The Development Team is too big.
B. The Sprints are too long.
C. Scrum might not be the best framework for this team.
D. The Product Owner is not empowered to make decisions about items in the Product Backlog nor how they are ordered.
E. The Product Owner doesn't set objectives that he/she wants to achieve with upcoming Sprints.

Answer: C,D,E

Explanation:
Many people misinterpret the Scrum Guide as stating the Development Team size is limited to 3-9 members.
In reality, it only states that there is inherent risk attached to having less than 3 members and more than 9 members. As the number of members increases, the lines of communication also increase. This can be calculated using the Group intercommunication formula: n(n − 1) / 2 where n is the number of members.
Some teams are able to handle the risk and "synergize" whereas others might struggle. Saying that, the relationship between defining a Sprint Goal and Development Team size is unclear.
But the relationship between the ordering of the Product Backlog, the PO having clear objectives, and the Sprint Goal are direct. The Product Owner typically comes to the Sprint Planning with a business objective in mind and Product Backlog items related to the business objective. After deciding what can be done for the upcoming Sprint, the Scrum Team will craft a Sprint Goal that would be met through the implementation of the items. This is not dependent on the size of the team nor length of the Sprint.
Scrum is also a framework that's fit for purpose. Some projects/products are not fit for Scrum... or, better stated, Scrum is not suitable for all projects/products.

NEW QUESTION 127
Which Scrum Value is impacted by trust?

A. Courage
B. Focus
C. Openness
D. Respect
E. All of the above
F. Commitment

Answer: E

Explanation:
Without trust, team members will have difficulties acting and behaving in the ways that reflect the Scrum values and how effective they apply empiricism.

NEW QUESTION 128
Steven, a Scrum Master, is approached by the Development Team members complaining that one of the senior engineers is using too much time during the Daily Scrums to share technical solutions.
Which are the best two actions for Steven to take? (Choose two.)

A. Speak with the person privately and coach him on the purpose of the Daily Scrum.
B. Contact the team member's direct manager and to resolve this problem.
C. Suggest that the team members timebox the amount of time each person can speak at the Daily Scrum to a maximum of two minutes.
D. Suggest using a token to limit who is allowed to speak during the Daily Scrum.
E. Coach the Development Team to help them find a way to solve the problem, and for them to take ownership of the solution.

Answer: A,E

Explanation:
The Scrum Master serves the Development Team in several ways, including: Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality; Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
It is the Scrum Master's responsibility to teach the Scrum Team the value and objective of each Scrum event in order to help them maximize the benefits of each event in accordance to the Scrum values and theory.

NEW QUESTION 129
Which two statements best describe a Sprint Goal? (Choose two.)

A. During the Sprint Planning, the entire Scrum Team collaboratively crafts a Sprint Goal based on a business objective that the Product Owner would like to achieve that Sprint.
B. Sprint Goals are defined when the completed work is reviewed at the end of a Sprint.
C. Sprint Goals give the Development Teams flexibility and creativity on how to implement functionality during the Sprint.
D. Sprint Goals can change as new insights emerge during the Sprint.

Answer: A,C

Explanation:
The number of items selected from the Product Backlog for the Sprint is solely up to the Development Team. Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.
The Sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog. It provides guidance to the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. It is created during the Sprint Planning meeting. The Sprint Goal gives the Development Team some flexibility regarding the functionality implemented within the Sprint. The selected Product Backlog items deliver one coherent function, which can be the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal can be any other coherence that causes the Development Team to work together rather than on separate initiatives.

NEW QUESTION 130
How should multiple Scrum Teams, working from the same Product Backlog, select the Product Backlog items their teams plan to work on?

A. The Product Owner will present the work and the Development Teams will select the items they will work on.
B. The Product Owner creates separate Product Backlogs for each Development Team.
C. Each Scrum Team would select an equal number of items.
D. The Scrum Team with the highest productivity will select the items first.
E. The Product Owner assigns the work to each team.

Answer: A

Explanation:
The ones doing the work are the best ones to decide what they can do and how to do it.

NEW QUESTION 131
Stakeholders are only allowed to meet with the Scrum Team at Sprint Review.

A. True
B. False

Answer: B

Explanation:
Getting feedback from Stakeholders is a crucial activity in Scrum. Working with stakeholders frequently ensures the team to focus on the right things to build. Although it is required to have Stakeholders at Sprint Review, they can also engage with the Scrum Team during Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning or during the Sprint if the Scrum Team requires it.

NEW QUESTION 132
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