Professional Scrum Master I
(PSM1) Exam Latest Guide.
,Exam A
QUESTION 1
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
A. It can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.
B. When functional expectations are not well understood.
C. When the Product Owner is absent too often.
D. When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.
E. When a technical dependency cannot be resolved.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
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QUESTION 2
How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?
A. Ensure every Increment meets them.
B. Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team’s responsibility.
C. Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.
D. Assign them to the lead developers on the team.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
,QUESTION 3
Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer:
B Section: (none)
Explanation
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QUESTION 4
In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product Owner and the Development Team were unable to reach a clear understanding about the highest
order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Development Team couldn’t figure out how many Product Backlog items it could forecast
for the upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a Sprint Goal, however.
Which of the following two actions should the Scrum Master support? (Choose two.)
A. Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new Sprint.
B. Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan.
Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional
functionality during the Sprint.
C. Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough
understood for the Development Team to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.
D. Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.
E. Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.
Correct Answer:
BD Section: (none)
Explanation
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QUESTION 5
Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning?
A. What to do and who will do it.
, B. How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.
C. What can be done and how to do it.
D. What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.
E. Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Sprint Retrospective.
B. Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.
C. Sprint Burndown Chart.
D. Release planning.
E. All of the above.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 7
Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
A. The Project Manager.
B. The Development Team.
C. The Scrum Team.
D. The Product Owner.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)
(PSM1) Exam Latest Guide.
,Exam A
QUESTION 1
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
A. It can’t. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.
B. When functional expectations are not well understood.
C. When the Product Owner is absent too often.
D. When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.
E. When a technical dependency cannot be resolved.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 2
How should a Development Team deal with non-functional requirements?
A. Ensure every Increment meets them.
B. Make sure the release department understands these requirements, but it is not the Development Team’s responsibility.
C. Handle them during the Integration Sprint preceding the Release Sprint.
D. Assign them to the lead developers on the team.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
,QUESTION 3
Scrum has a role called “Project Manager”.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer:
B Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 4
In the Sprint Planning meeting, the Product Owner and the Development Team were unable to reach a clear understanding about the highest
order Product Backlog items. Because of this, the Development Team couldn’t figure out how many Product Backlog items it could forecast
for the upcoming Sprint. They were able to agree on a Sprint Goal, however.
Which of the following two actions should the Scrum Master support? (Choose two.)
A. Cancel the Sprint. Send the entire team to an advanced Scrum training and then start a new Sprint.
B. Forecast the most likely Product Backlog items to meet the goal and create a Sprint Backlog based on a likely initial design and plan.
Once the time-box for the Sprint Planning meeting is over, start the Sprint and continue to analyze, decompose, and create additional
functionality during the Sprint.
C. Continue the Sprint Planning meeting past its time-box until an adequate number of Product Backlog items are well enough
understood for the Development Team to make a complete forecast. Then start the Sprint.
D. Discuss in the upcoming Sprint Retrospective why this happened and what changes will make it less likely to recur.
E. Ask everyone to take as much time as needed to analyze the Product Backlog first, and then reconvene another Sprint Planning meeting.
Correct Answer:
BD Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 5
Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning?
A. What to do and who will do it.
, B. How conditions have changed and how the Product Backlog should evolve.
C. What can be done and how to do it.
D. What went wrong in the last Sprint and what to do differently this Sprint.
E. Who is on the team and what team member roles will be.
Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 6
Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Sprint Retrospective.
B. Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.
C. Sprint Burndown Chart.
D. Release planning.
E. All of the above.
Correct Answer:
A Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
QUESTION 7
Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
A. The Project Manager.
B. The Development Team.
C. The Scrum Team.
D. The Product Owner.
Correct Answer: B
Section: (none)