PSM-II Online Practice Questions and Answers

Three Development Teams are currently building a single product and pulling work from the same Product Backlog. All three teams have identified that they will need Dan, a database specialist, to work full time in their team for the next several Sprints.

What should Steven, the Scrum Master, do to solve this potential problem?

A. Manage the items in the Sprint Backlogs so that Dan can be utilized evenly for each team.

B. Assign Dan to the team with the most urgent tasks first and then move him to the next team and so on until the required support is completed.

C. Facilitate a discussion with all Development Teams on how they want to deal with this issue, and help them implement their preferred solution.

D. Ask Dan to work with the HR department to recruit and hire additional database specialists. In the meantime, have the Product Owner move items that do not depend on Dan to the top of the Product Backlog.

According to the Scrum Guide, where should the Daily Scrum be held?

A. Wherever the Development Team decides is most suitable.

B. In a room where management can attend.

C. In the same location where the Development Team is seated.

D. In front of the Scrum board.

E. Wherever the Scrum Master decides is best.

An organization is using Scrum to build five new products.

What would be the best two options for the number of Product Owners the organization should have? (Choose two.)

A. There is one Product Owner for each product (so five in total). Each Product Owner may delegate, share and align work within their individual Product Backlog.

B. Enough Product Owners to delegate as much work needed to maximize utilization of all Development Team members.

C. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. This person is not allowed to delegate any of the Product Owner responsibilities as he/she is accountable for the success of each product.

D. There is one Product Owner responsible for all five products. In order to scale his/her role, he/she can delegate some of the individual Product Owner responsibilities to others within each product but would still remain accountable for the value of the work produced.

In what ways does the Scrum Master keep a Development Team working at its highest level of productivity?

A. By removing impediments that hinder the Development Team and facilitating Development Team decisions.

B. By helping the Development Team with user acceptance tests and tracking defects.

C. By ensuring each member takes turns speaking at the Daily Scrum and ending the event on time.

D. By keeping the Scrum board and burn-down chart updated daily.

The Development Team discovers that it doesn't have the tools and infrastructure to make each selected Product Backlog item done.

What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

A. Stop the Sprint and have the Development team work on the infrastructure before continuing.

B. Encourage the Product Owner to accept partially done Increments and complete the work in the Hardening Sprint.

C. Coach the Development Team to improve its skills, tools and infrastructure over time and establish a Definition of "Done" that is actually possible to achieve given the current circumstances.

If there are multiple Scrum Teams working on the same product, all of the Scrum Teams must mutually define a Definition of Ready (DoR). The DoR is a checklist that the Product Owner must fulfill before a Product Backlog item can be presented at the Sprint Planning. This protects the Development Team from interruptions and disruptions during the Sprint.

A. True

B. False

What would be typical Scrum Master activities during the Sprint?

A. Monitor the progress of the Development Team and assigning tasks.

B. Remove impediments and facilitating inspection and adaptation opportunities as requested or needed.

C. Avoiding conflicts and escalating to the line managers if conflicts occur.

What action should a Scrum Master take if the Development Team has decided that Retrospectives are no longer necessary?

A. Start facilitating more productive and useful Retrospectives.

B. Suggest reducing the frequency of the Retrospectives.

C. Extend the Sprint time-box in order to fit the Retrospectives.

D. Comply with the team's decision.

Which role is responsible for engaging with stakeholders?

A. The team lead

B. The business analyst

C. The project manager

D. The Development Team

E. The Product Owner

What must the Development Team do during the first Sprint?

A. Create a potentially shippable product Increment that includes at least one piece of functionality.

B. Analyze and estimate the requirements for the subsequent Sprints.

C. Create a project plan in order to map functional development to Sprint dates.

D. Only design and develop the architecture and infrastructure.