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Question 1
- Steven is a Scrum Master employed by the engineering department. The Director of Engineering considers
  using Scrum for a new project but wonders about the value of having all of the Development Team members
  attend the Daily Scrum. He is concerned that the employees already attend a lot of mandatory company
  meetings.
  What are two outcomes of the Daily Scrum that Steven should explain on why the Daily Scrum is important?
  (Choose two.)
  
  A : During the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team will inform of problems that are hindering their progress, and for which they have no means to resolve. They will inform Steven as a Scrum Master, so he can remove the impediments and help the team be more productive.
  
  B : Through the short, daily alignment of the Daily Scrum the members of the Development Team grow and improve a shared understanding of the most important work to be undertaken in the next 24 hours to achieve the best possible progress toward the Sprint Goal. This daily opportunity to inspect and adapt will enable the Development Team to best tackle any unforeseen circumstances that might otherwise disrupt the team’s progress.
  
  C : The Development Team members will produce a daily status report indicating how much time was spent working on individual tasks since the last Daily Scrum. The reports will help in discussing how the Sprint went at the Sprint Review meeting. It will provide detailed insights into the accuracy of estimates versus actual time spent, which can be used to create better estimates at the next Sprint Planning.
  
  D : The Daily Scrum serves for the Development Team to report to Steven, as a Scrum Master, all updates on the assigned tasks in the Sprint Backlog. He can then use the team’s updates to plan their work for the next day, making sure that every team member is assigned the right tasks.
  
  E : During the Daily Scrum, the Development Team needs to update the Scrum board with their current status and progress, at a task level. This is crucial to ensure that the Directory of Engineering knows the team’s actual progress and control the work being done.
  
  Answer: A,B
Question 2
- Which of the following is true about the Product Owner role?
  A : Can be shared between multiple people on a Scrum Team, Is the same as a Project Manager. Is played by a committee or a team of people.
  
  B : Is one person. Can be influenced by a committee. Is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog.
  
  Answer: B
Question 3
- A Scrum Team selected a Product Backlog item during Sprint Planning. However, at the end of the Sprint the work does not meet the Definition of Done. What two things should happen with this incomplete Product Backlog item? (Choose two.)
  
  A : Review the item, add the done part of the estimate to the velocity and create a Story for the remaining work.
  
  B : The item is not included in the Increment for this Sprint.
  
  C : Only the stakeholders decide over acceptance of undone work and whether to release it.
  
  D : It is put on the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to decide what to do with it.
  
  Answer: B,D
Question 4
- What action can the Scrum Master take to ensure communication between the Development Team and Product Owner is effective?
  A : Ensure all communication goes through the Scrum Master first.
  
  B : Teach the Product Owner to talk in terms of technology and technical requirements.
  
  C : Observe the communications between them and facilitate discussions if needed or by request.
  
  D : Translate the technologies used by the Development Team in order for the Product Owner to make decisions.
  
  Answer: C
Question 5
- During a Product Backlog refinement meeting, the Product Owner introduces a business objective that will be
  worked on for the next several Sprints. The Product Owner envisions several key features necessary to be
  delivered in order to meet the business objective. As the features will be using sensitive user data it will be
  subjected to external security audits. These non-functional security requirements were not applicable to
  previous Increments.
  What are two good ways the Development Team can handle these high-security concerns? (Choose two.)
  
  A : They should be planned in parallel Sprints so not to disrupt the Development Team during feature development. After security concerns have been finalized, they will be applied to the work that is already completed before new feature development can continue.
  
  B : They should be handled in a parallel Sprint by a separate security team so that security can be resolved through application enhancements without impacting the functional development.
  
  C : A complete list of security-related Product Backlog items needs to be created before starting a new Sprint.
  
  D : During the Sprint Retrospective, the Development Team assesses how to add these expectations to their Definition of Done so every future Increment will meet these security requirements. If needed they can work with external specialists to better understand the requirements.
  
  E : They are added to the Product Backlog and addressed throughout the next Sprints, combined with creating the business functionality in those Sprints, no matter how small the business functionality.
  
  Answer: A,D

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