PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II

Question 1

An organization wants to apply Scrum to build a new product and has hired Steven to be the Scrum Master of three new teams that will build the first release. The organization is new to Scrum and asks Steven for advice on how to start. Which two things should Steven first advise? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Having one Product Owner to be accountable for maximizing the flow of value throughout the development process and provide transparency on the overall progress.

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Each Scrum Team has its own Product Backlog with items only their team will be working on.

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Three Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team.

Question 2

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.)

Accepted Answer

Removing organizational impediments that limits the team's progress and productivity.

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Reporting on the performance of the Sprint.

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Managing the capacity and utilization of each Development Team member.

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Managing the Product Backlog items and work in the Sprint Backlog.

Question 3

Select two ways in which Scrum uses time-boxing to promote self-organization? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Time-boxes helps everybody concentrate on the same problem at the same time.

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Time-boxes ensures that the Development Team commits to completing the items in the Sprint Backlog by the end of the Sprint.

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Time-boxes can help teams plan how many additional Sprints is needed for User Acceptance testing.

Question 4

During the Sprint Retrospective, the team is discussing the quality issues that prevented the team from delivering a releasable Increment at the end of the Sprint.The Development Team does, however, mention that they were able to achieve a high velocity.What are the best two responses for Steven, their Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Facilitate a discussion on how to improve the quality to a level high enough for the Increment to be releasable, even if the measured velocity drops in the next Sprint.

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Agree and acknowledge the Development Team's hard work, so they will be motivated to do even more in the next Sprint.

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Acknowledge the hard work but remind the Development Team that they need to improve in order to do even more in the next Sprint.

Question 5

Steven is a Scrum Master of a Development Team that has members working in different cities and time zones. Organizing the Scrum events is time consuming and requires a lot of effort to set up and run. The Development Team proposes to only hold the Daily Scrum on Mondays.Which two responses would be most appropriate from Steven? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Help the Development Team understand that lowering the frequency of communication will only increase the feeling of disconnect between the team members.

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Ensure that there is an overall consensus by having the Development Team members vote.

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Acknowledge and support their decision.

Question 6

An organization has just hired you as a new Scrum Master to help them transition their teams from their current traditional process to Scrum. The teams are currently structured to specialize in a single function. This is also known as component teams where a team would only address a single layer (i.e. design, frontend, backend, database, testing, etc.). You've introduced the concept of cross-functional teams where all the skills needed to produce business functionality, from end to end, are inside of a single team.What should you keep in mind when transitioning from siloed teams to cross-functional teams? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

People from the different layers and components will need time to become accustomed to working and delivering unified functionality together as one Scrum Team thus productivity may suffer.

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It is easier to compare the performance between cross-functional teams in order to identify to which teams to assign tasks and which teams need additional coaching.

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Without feature teams, you cannot do Scrum. Postpone Scrum adoption until the teams are reorganized in feature teams.

Question 7

What would be the best two ways to identify that a Development Team is self-organizing? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The Development Team is able to resolve internal conflicts between members in order to continue working.

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Management is able to know which members are working on which items.

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The Development Team members are cross-functional and knows what it needs to do to deliver the all tasks committed to the Sprint Planning.

Question 8

A new Product Owner has joined an existing Scrum Team that has been working together for eight Sprints. The Development Team has grown to have a good understanding of the functionality and business for the product they have been building. The Product Owner, being new to the company, is unsure about his responsibilities.As a Scrum Master explain what two acceptable ways of helping the Product Owner would be. (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

You advise the Product Owner to rely on the Development Team and the stakeholders to formulate the Product Backlog, as they are the ones most knowledgeable. By asking questions and working with them the Product Owner will quickly be up to speed.

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You inform the Product Owner that, in today's highly competitive markets, it is important that the Development Team is updated on changing business priorities on a daily basis. The Daily Scrum allows the Development Team to adapt to the changes in scope without delay.

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You tell the Product Owner to make sure that there are no ambiguities or possible misunderstandings in the items on the Product Backlog when they are handed over to the Development Team. This is best done by capturing the functional requirements during an analysis phase, resulting in documents that are considered as the working product of such analysis Sprints.

PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II

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Professional Scrum Master II

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PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II Practice Exam (Part 1)

PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II Practice Exam (Part 2)

PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II Practice Exam (Part 3)

PSM II – Professional Scrum Master II Practice Exam (Part 4)

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