ASM - Agile Scrum Master (EXIN) 100 Practice questions
and answers plus the explanation new 2023
A product manager wants to start a new product-related project. She wonders whether
Agile methods would add value to this. You can say that the project would be suitable
for Agile methods if
Agile methods are most suitable when the requirements are likely to change frequently
during the project duration.
A team could not agree whether the stories in a sprint were complete or not. When can
the team decide that the stories are completed successfully?
Each scrum team should have a documented and agreed-upon definition of done. Basis
this, the team should determine completeness of the stories and sprints.
A scrum master is new to the role. Which of the following is aligned with this role?
Scrum masters should help teams when product owners act too pushy and demanding.
Which of the following extreme programming techniques helps the most in knowledge
sharing across the team?
Pair programming involves two people working on the same task. This helps knowledge
sharing across the team.
A project involves a lot of uncertainty. How should this be handled in timeboxed projects
where there is a firm commitment on deadlines?
Features buffer means that low-priority features can be removed from scope if the team
runs out of time.
Use of information radiators is important for Agile projects. Which of the following
is NOT a characteristic of a good information radiator?
Information radiators should not be fixed. They should focus on a specific problem and
be refreshed with new set of targets.
Jeff wanted the team to start using a new tool to improve the quality of their deliverables
by automating some key processes. Where should Jeff bring this up for discussion?
Sprint retrospective is an opportunity to discuss process improvement opportunities
within the team.
An Agile team received a number of suggestions on how to increase the value
proposition of a product at a trade conference. How should these suggestions be
reflected in the product backlog?
Sprint retrospective is an opportunity to discuss process improvement opportunities
within the team.
The product backlog for a particular product contains too many stories. A product owner
came across a product idea that is valuable but may not be worked on immediately.
What should be done about this?
The product owner may often add stories at the epic level for requirements that will be
worked on in the future.
In a burndown bar chart, the bottom of the bar in a particular sprint move downwards by
50 points. What does this indicate?
The bottom of the bar moving downwards indicates that scope of the project was
increased.
, A scrum master is new to an organization. She is unable to help the teams with a lot of
the blocking issues. This means team members don't always get the help that they
need. What should be done about this?
The scrum master's primary responsibility is to help the team overcome obstacles.
Scrum masters can be coached about how to grow into the role, but if they are unable
to do so, they need to be replaced.
A product owner wanted to know not just the overall project status but also epic- and
story-level status. Which information radiator will help the product owner get this
information?
A parking lot chart reflects the status per epic and user story.
The team completed 5 stories in a sprint of sizes 5, 2, 13, 8, and 1. Simultaneously they
worked on stories worth 30 points which they partly completed but could not complete
per the definition of done. What is the velocity of the team?
Velocity considers the stories that are completed per the definition of done. Therefore,
the velocity is the sum of the completed stories, which is 29 points.
A team decided to try pair programming as a practice. One of the advantages of pair
programming is that:
Pair programming should lead to better quality due to online review. It may or may not
lead to other benefits.
A team's workload expanded, so they moved from one scrum team to over three scrum
teams. The product owner is stressed because of the workload from all three teams.
What is the best way forward?
Typically one PO should support one team. More than that is likely to lead to more
stress for the PO.
An organization decided to use scrum. They knew that their existing system was
broken, and they had heard good things about scrum from other organizations. Few
months later, they got disillusioned with scrum and decided to abandon the experiment.
Each team came up with a different way of defining scrum roles and duties. None of the
teams had a full time scrum master or product owner. There was confusion and chaos.
What could have been done to make the transition successful?
Per the ADAPT framework, the organization does not seem to have spent time and
energy in coaching the teams on scrum due to which they struggled.
An Agile coach wants the organization transitioning to scrum to invest heavily in
technical practices. Which of the following is a potential challenge in introducing
technical practices early in an Agile transition?
The team which already has a lot on its plate may push back or resist the adoption of
these practices. But this challenge needs to be overcome, as technical practices give a
very high RoI.
An organization wonders if Agile would be a good fit for the work it does. Which of the
following characteristics of the work will make it most suitable for use of Agile methods?
The important advantage of Agile methods is that it helps you adapt to changes quickly,
therefore the most suitable conditions for Agile is if the work is dynamic and
changeable.
A team felt during the retrospectives that they are not creating enough technical
documentation which is hurting them. What should the scrum master do?
and answers plus the explanation new 2023
A product manager wants to start a new product-related project. She wonders whether
Agile methods would add value to this. You can say that the project would be suitable
for Agile methods if
Agile methods are most suitable when the requirements are likely to change frequently
during the project duration.
A team could not agree whether the stories in a sprint were complete or not. When can
the team decide that the stories are completed successfully?
Each scrum team should have a documented and agreed-upon definition of done. Basis
this, the team should determine completeness of the stories and sprints.
A scrum master is new to the role. Which of the following is aligned with this role?
Scrum masters should help teams when product owners act too pushy and demanding.
Which of the following extreme programming techniques helps the most in knowledge
sharing across the team?
Pair programming involves two people working on the same task. This helps knowledge
sharing across the team.
A project involves a lot of uncertainty. How should this be handled in timeboxed projects
where there is a firm commitment on deadlines?
Features buffer means that low-priority features can be removed from scope if the team
runs out of time.
Use of information radiators is important for Agile projects. Which of the following
is NOT a characteristic of a good information radiator?
Information radiators should not be fixed. They should focus on a specific problem and
be refreshed with new set of targets.
Jeff wanted the team to start using a new tool to improve the quality of their deliverables
by automating some key processes. Where should Jeff bring this up for discussion?
Sprint retrospective is an opportunity to discuss process improvement opportunities
within the team.
An Agile team received a number of suggestions on how to increase the value
proposition of a product at a trade conference. How should these suggestions be
reflected in the product backlog?
Sprint retrospective is an opportunity to discuss process improvement opportunities
within the team.
The product backlog for a particular product contains too many stories. A product owner
came across a product idea that is valuable but may not be worked on immediately.
What should be done about this?
The product owner may often add stories at the epic level for requirements that will be
worked on in the future.
In a burndown bar chart, the bottom of the bar in a particular sprint move downwards by
50 points. What does this indicate?
The bottom of the bar moving downwards indicates that scope of the project was
increased.
, A scrum master is new to an organization. She is unable to help the teams with a lot of
the blocking issues. This means team members don't always get the help that they
need. What should be done about this?
The scrum master's primary responsibility is to help the team overcome obstacles.
Scrum masters can be coached about how to grow into the role, but if they are unable
to do so, they need to be replaced.
A product owner wanted to know not just the overall project status but also epic- and
story-level status. Which information radiator will help the product owner get this
information?
A parking lot chart reflects the status per epic and user story.
The team completed 5 stories in a sprint of sizes 5, 2, 13, 8, and 1. Simultaneously they
worked on stories worth 30 points which they partly completed but could not complete
per the definition of done. What is the velocity of the team?
Velocity considers the stories that are completed per the definition of done. Therefore,
the velocity is the sum of the completed stories, which is 29 points.
A team decided to try pair programming as a practice. One of the advantages of pair
programming is that:
Pair programming should lead to better quality due to online review. It may or may not
lead to other benefits.
A team's workload expanded, so they moved from one scrum team to over three scrum
teams. The product owner is stressed because of the workload from all three teams.
What is the best way forward?
Typically one PO should support one team. More than that is likely to lead to more
stress for the PO.
An organization decided to use scrum. They knew that their existing system was
broken, and they had heard good things about scrum from other organizations. Few
months later, they got disillusioned with scrum and decided to abandon the experiment.
Each team came up with a different way of defining scrum roles and duties. None of the
teams had a full time scrum master or product owner. There was confusion and chaos.
What could have been done to make the transition successful?
Per the ADAPT framework, the organization does not seem to have spent time and
energy in coaching the teams on scrum due to which they struggled.
An Agile coach wants the organization transitioning to scrum to invest heavily in
technical practices. Which of the following is a potential challenge in introducing
technical practices early in an Agile transition?
The team which already has a lot on its plate may push back or resist the adoption of
these practices. But this challenge needs to be overcome, as technical practices give a
very high RoI.
An organization wonders if Agile would be a good fit for the work it does. Which of the
following characteristics of the work will make it most suitable for use of Agile methods?
The important advantage of Agile methods is that it helps you adapt to changes quickly,
therefore the most suitable conditions for Agile is if the work is dynamic and
changeable.
A team felt during the retrospectives that they are not creating enough technical
documentation which is hurting them. What should the scrum master do?
