Simulations Test #1 Exin ASM | 40 Questions with 100% Correct Answers & Explanations

A week into a 3-week Sprint, a team discovered that they were unlikely to complete the Sprint deliverables. Some of the team members felt they could catch up with the work during the last 2 weeks if they got lucky with some of the dependencies. The Scrum Master is required to log a weekly Sprint status with the stakeholders. What is the most appropriate status for the Scrum Master to represent? A. Delayed B. On Time C. At risk D. In progress - Correct Option: C EXPLANATION Transparency is one of the pillars of Scrum teams. The team is currently reporting a delay and this must be conveyed to the stakeholders so that they can be prepared for the eventuality and make adjustments if necessary Early into the planning of a release, a team felt they could not demonstrate any working system in the first three Sprints because the user interface would not be built until the fourth Sprint. What should the Scrum coach of the team recommend? A. The team should advance the User interface work to the first Sprint to enable early demos B. Do not set up demos until Sprint 4 and mark the first 3 Sprints as Iteration Zero C. Ask the team to present a design document or similar artifact during the demo for the first 3 Sprints D. Ask the team to figure out a way to provide a demo; even if it is a bare bones UI or simply the API or schema - Correct Option: D EXPLANATION Working software is the primary measure of progress as per the Agile principles, therefore the team must find a way to show a working system. Further, the coach should avoid dictating to the team how they should schedule their work, but gently suggest to them that they need to find a way to showcase their work. During a Scrum retrospective, a team identified a bunch of improvement actions, but said they could not work on any of those because the next few Sprints were going to be very busy. How should the Scrum Master respond?