PSM 1 EXAM SCRIPT FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY RESOURCE
●● True or False: The Product Owner makes sure the team selects
enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to satisfy the stakeholders
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
●● The length of a Sprint should be:
A. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product
Owner
B. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with
other business events
C. No more than one calendar month
D. All of these answers are correct
Answer: A
●● What is the best build structure for Development Teams in order to
produce integrated Increments?
,A. Each Development Team works only on one technical layer of the
system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces)
B. Each Development Team develops full functionality from beginning
to end throughout all technical layers
Answer: A
●● When a Development Team determines that it will not be able to
finish the complete forecast, who has to be present when reviewing and
adjusting the Sprint work selected?
A. The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team
B. The Product Owner and the Development Team
C. The Development Team
D. The Product Owner and all stakeholders
Answer: A
●● Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussions
during a Sprint Retrospective? (choose the two best answers)
A. How the team collaborates
B. Document acceptance criteria for items in the next Sprint
C. The order of items in the Product Backlog
,D. Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint
Answer: A
●● Which three of the following are time-boxed events in Scrum?
A. Daily Scrum
B. Sprint 0
C. Release Testing
D. Sprint Planning
E. Sprint Retrospective
F. Sprint Testing
G. Release Retrospective
Answer: A
●● 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 the two best answers)
A. There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a chief Product
Owner
B. Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog
C. There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team
, D. The product has one Product Backlog
E. There should be only one Product Owner
Answer: A
●● For which is the Scrum Master responsible?
A. The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself
B. The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly
C. Keeping track of resource allocation
D. Managing the performance of the Scrum Team
Answer: A
●● A Sprint Retrospective should be held:
A. At the end of each Sprint
B. At the beginning of each Sprint
C. At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release
D. Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one
Answer: A
●● If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend
line through a release burndown chart indicate?
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY RESOURCE
●● True or False: The Product Owner makes sure the team selects
enough from the Product Backlog for a Sprint to satisfy the stakeholders
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
●● The length of a Sprint should be:
A. Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product
Owner
B. Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with
other business events
C. No more than one calendar month
D. All of these answers are correct
Answer: A
●● What is the best build structure for Development Teams in order to
produce integrated Increments?
,A. Each Development Team works only on one technical layer of the
system (e.g. GUI, database, middle tier, interfaces)
B. Each Development Team develops full functionality from beginning
to end throughout all technical layers
Answer: A
●● When a Development Team determines that it will not be able to
finish the complete forecast, who has to be present when reviewing and
adjusting the Sprint work selected?
A. The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team
B. The Product Owner and the Development Team
C. The Development Team
D. The Product Owner and all stakeholders
Answer: A
●● Which two of the following are appropriate topics for discussions
during a Sprint Retrospective? (choose the two best answers)
A. How the team collaborates
B. Document acceptance criteria for items in the next Sprint
C. The order of items in the Product Backlog
,D. Identifying high priority process improvements for the next Sprint
Answer: A
●● Which three of the following are time-boxed events in Scrum?
A. Daily Scrum
B. Sprint 0
C. Release Testing
D. Sprint Planning
E. Sprint Retrospective
F. Sprint Testing
G. Release Retrospective
Answer: A
●● 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 the two best answers)
A. There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a chief Product
Owner
B. Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog
C. There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team
, D. The product has one Product Backlog
E. There should be only one Product Owner
Answer: A
●● For which is the Scrum Master responsible?
A. The meetings and the objectives that a Scrum Team sets for itself
B. The Scrum framework being adopted and used properly
C. Keeping track of resource allocation
D. Managing the performance of the Scrum Team
Answer: A
●● A Sprint Retrospective should be held:
A. At the end of each Sprint
B. At the beginning of each Sprint
C. At the end of the last Sprint in a project or a release
D. Only when the Scrum Team determines it needs one
Answer: A
●● If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what does a trend
line through a release burndown chart indicate?
