CEN 4010 Midterm Review Questions and Correct
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How do you manage work in Scrum? Ans: With the Product backlog and
Sprint backlog
What does the Product Owner do during the Sprint Planning meeting?
Ans: Identifies stories in priority order that they would like the Team to
accomplish in the Sprint
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Scrum is best applied to which type of work? Ans: Complex
What is the purpose of the Product Backlog? Ans: For the Product Owner
to collect stories for the product that may be done in later Sprints
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Who guides the Team during a Sprint? Ans: The Team is self-organized
and product-focused
Which role is responsible for the business value of the product delivered?
Ans: The Product Owner
Which role is most likely to bring up impediments during the Daily
Standup? Ans: The Team
What is the main purpose of the Sprint Backlog? Ans: For the Team to
manage the work in the current Sprint
Which role creates releasable functionality from the items in the Product
Backlog? Ans: The Team
What does the Agile Manifesto say about customer collaboration Ans:
The Team should solicit feedback from customers often
In a 4-week Sprint, how long should the Spring Review meeting be? Ans:
4 Hours
What is Velocity? Ans: Add up story points after a sprint is completed
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What does Sprint Velocity measure? Ans: Measures output (size) of the
sprint, not necessarily the value.
Velocity does not have to provide worthwhile value to the customer.
Should a team be rewarded based on Velocity? Ans: No. Velocity does
not measure value to the customer. The team can game the system (Story
values will be inflated), if reward is provided.
Who grooms the product backlog? Ans: Product Owner
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The product own own's the ______ which is a list of potential value yet to
be implemented in the product. Ans: Product Backlog
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With a User Story title, we typically want to describe the user role, the
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goal, and the ______? Ans: Benefit
When working with the items in the product backlog, What is the largest
item that can span multiple sprints and needs to be further refined?
Ans: Epic
In Scrum, who provides the estimates to the user stories? Ans: The
Team
Using the team's velocity as a way to measure progress is... Ans: Never a
constructive way to measure the value being delivered.
Technical debt should NOT be repaid for a product that... Ans: Is
nearing end of life
A scrum team should contain resources who have T-Shaped skills,
meaning... Ans: They should have a broad ability to work everywhere
but should have deep knowledge in their specialty.
Which one of these would a Scrum Master NOT be responsible for? Ans:
Managing the team