SSM Certification 2 Exam Questions
With Answers Graded A+
The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is the Sprint Backlog ✔✔True
Which output from Sprint Planning provided the Development Team with a target and
overarching direction for the Sprint? ✔✔The Sprint Goal
Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer
1 of 2: The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.
Answer 2 of 2: The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to
their timebox.
What is the time-box for the Sprint Review? ✔✔4 hours for a monthly Sprint
Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature? ✔✔They will improve their definition of
"Done" to include more stringent criteria.
Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team
communicates effectively with the Product Owner? ✔✔Teach the Development Team to talk in
terms of business needs and objectives.
Which three questions are answered by all Development Team Members at the Daily Scrum?
Choose 3 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 3: What work am I going to do today to help the team
achieve its goal?
Answer 2 of 3: What impediments are in my way or in the way of the team?
Answer 3 of 3: What work did I do yesterday to help the team achieve its goal?
Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum's values? Choose 2
answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into
Development Teams.
Answer 2 of 2: Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing.
The Product Owner determine how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects
for a Sprint? ✔✔False
,The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the
frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days? Choose 3 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 3:
Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.
Answer 2 of 3: Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.
Answer 3 of 3: The Sprint plan becomes inaccurate.
Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review? ✔✔Sprint results
How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum? ✔✔The
Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum.
The Development Team informs the Scrum Master that the IT manager has asked for a status
report during the Sprint. The Scrum Master will: ✔✔Talk to the IT manager and explain that
progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the Sprint Review.
As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Development Team sees that the workload is
greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions? Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2:
Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.
Answer 1 of 2: Recruit additional Development Team members before the work can begin.
Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning? ✔✔What can be done and
how to do it.
Does Scrum have a role called "Project Manager"? ✔✔No
Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint? ✔✔An increment of
working software that is "done".
What are two ways that architecture and infrastructure are handled in Scrum? Choose 2 answers
✔✔Answer 1 of 2: They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while
always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small.
Answer 2 of 2: They are implemented along with functional development of the product.
If two Scrum Teams are added to a project that previously had only one Scrum Team, what will
be the immediate impact on the first Scrum Team's productivity? ✔✔Productivity will stay the
same.
As a Scrum Master, how would you divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development
Teams? ✔✔Tell the group about the product, the product vision, and rules of the Scrum
framework. They then form into teams.
A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent
to get the selected items done by the end of the Sprint. Select two statements that explain what
done means. Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: No work left from the definition of "Done".
Answer 2 of 2: All work to create software usable by end users.
, The timebox for a Daily Scrum is? ✔✔15 minutes
Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint? ✔✔The Development Team
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the
definition of "Done"? ✔✔All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes
their combined work potentially releasable.
As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work
to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? ✔✔As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the
Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint? ✔✔It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel
Sprints.
When a Development Team determines that is has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to
be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected? ✔✔The Product Owner and
the Development Team
Every Development Team should have: ✔✔The competencies and skills needed to deliver a
Done Increment in a Sprint.
Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same Sprint start date.
✔✔True
You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be
the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two
conditions you should strive for in this scenario. Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: There
should be only one Product Owner.
Answer 2 of 2: The product has one Product Backlog.
The Product Owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to
satisfy the stakeholders. ✔✔False
Which best describes the Product Backlog? ✔✔It is allowed to grow and change as more is
learned about the product and its customers.
What three factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length? Choose 3 answers
✔✔Answer 1 of 3: The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.
Answer 2 of 3: The ability to go to market with a product release
Answer 3 of 3: The frequency that team composition can be changed
With Answers Graded A+
The Sprint Goal is a result of Sprint Planning, as is the Sprint Backlog ✔✔True
Which output from Sprint Planning provided the Development Team with a target and
overarching direction for the Sprint? ✔✔The Sprint Goal
Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master role? Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer
1 of 2: The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.
Answer 2 of 2: The Scrum Master teaches the Development Team to keep the Scrum meetings to
their timebox.
What is the time-box for the Sprint Review? ✔✔4 hours for a monthly Sprint
Which outcome is expected as Scrum Teams mature? ✔✔They will improve their definition of
"Done" to include more stringent criteria.
Which technique is the best way the Scrum Master can ensure that the Development Team
communicates effectively with the Product Owner? ✔✔Teach the Development Team to talk in
terms of business needs and objectives.
Which three questions are answered by all Development Team Members at the Daily Scrum?
Choose 3 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 3: What work am I going to do today to help the team
achieve its goal?
Answer 2 of 3: What impediments are in my way or in the way of the team?
Answer 3 of 3: What work did I do yesterday to help the team achieve its goal?
Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum's values? Choose 2
answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into
Development Teams.
Answer 2 of 2: Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing.
The Product Owner determine how many Product Backlog items the Development Team selects
for a Sprint? ✔✔False
,The Daily Scrum is an event that happens every day. What would be three key concerns if the
frequency were to be lowered to every two or three days? Choose 3 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 3:
Impediments are raised and resolved more slowly.
Answer 2 of 3: Opportunities to inspect and adapt the Sprint Backlog are lost.
Answer 3 of 3: The Sprint plan becomes inaccurate.
Which topics should be discussed in the Sprint Review? ✔✔Sprint results
How is management external to the Scrum Team involved in the Daily Scrum? ✔✔The
Development Team self-manages and is the only management required at the Daily Scrum.
The Development Team informs the Scrum Master that the IT manager has asked for a status
report during the Sprint. The Scrum Master will: ✔✔Talk to the IT manager and explain that
progress in Scrum comes from inspecting an increment at the Sprint Review.
As the Sprint Planning meeting progresses, the Development Team sees that the workload is
greater than they can handle. Which two are valid actions? Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2:
Remove or change selected Product Backlog items.
Answer 1 of 2: Recruit additional Development Team members before the work can begin.
Which answer best describes the topics covered in Sprint Planning? ✔✔What can be done and
how to do it.
Does Scrum have a role called "Project Manager"? ✔✔No
Which of these may a Development Team deliver at the end of a Sprint? ✔✔An increment of
working software that is "done".
What are two ways that architecture and infrastructure are handled in Scrum? Choose 2 answers
✔✔Answer 1 of 2: They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed in early Sprints, while
always requiring at least some business functionality, no matter how small.
Answer 2 of 2: They are implemented along with functional development of the product.
If two Scrum Teams are added to a project that previously had only one Scrum Team, what will
be the immediate impact on the first Scrum Team's productivity? ✔✔Productivity will stay the
same.
As a Scrum Master, how would you divide a group of 100 people into multiple Development
Teams? ✔✔Tell the group about the product, the product vision, and rules of the Scrum
framework. They then form into teams.
A Development Team selects a set of Product Backlog items for a Sprint Backlog with the intent
to get the selected items done by the end of the Sprint. Select two statements that explain what
done means. Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: No work left from the definition of "Done".
Answer 2 of 2: All work to create software usable by end users.
, The timebox for a Daily Scrum is? ✔✔15 minutes
Who determines how work is performed during the Sprint? ✔✔The Development Team
When many Development Teams are working on a single product, what best describes the
definition of "Done"? ✔✔All Development Teams must have a definition of "Done" that makes
their combined work potentially releasable.
As the Development Team starts work during the Sprint, it realizes it has selected too much work
to finish in the Sprint. What should it do? ✔✔As soon as possible in the Sprint, work with the
Product Owner to remove some work or Product Backlog items.
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint? ✔✔It can't. Only Product Owners can cancel
Sprints.
When a Development Team determines that is has over-committed itself for a Sprint, who has to
be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected? ✔✔The Product Owner and
the Development Team
Every Development Team should have: ✔✔The competencies and skills needed to deliver a
Done Increment in a Sprint.
Multiple Scrum Teams working on the same project must have the same Sprint start date.
✔✔True
You have just been hired by a company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be
the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two
conditions you should strive for in this scenario. Choose 2 answers ✔✔Answer 1 of 2: There
should be only one Product Owner.
Answer 2 of 2: The product has one Product Backlog.
The Product Owner makes sure the team selects enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to
satisfy the stakeholders. ✔✔False
Which best describes the Product Backlog? ✔✔It is allowed to grow and change as more is
learned about the product and its customers.
What three factors are best considered when establishing the Sprint length? Choose 3 answers
✔✔Answer 1 of 3: The risk of being disconnected from the stakeholders.
Answer 2 of 3: The ability to go to market with a product release
Answer 3 of 3: The frequency that team composition can be changed
