CST Scrum Framework & Agile Principles 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Agile Manifesto value prioritizes delivering working software over documenting processes?
- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation (Correct answer)
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
Correct answer: Working software over comprehensive documentation
The Agile Manifesto explicitly values working software over comprehensive documentation as one of its four core value statements.
Question 2: During a Sprint, the Development Team realizes the Sprint Goal is no longer achievable due to new information. What should happen?
- The Product Owner unilaterally cancels the Sprint
- The Scrum Master cancels the Sprint on behalf of the team
- The Development Team continues and adjusts scope with the Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Development Team stops work and waits for the next Sprint Planning
Correct answer: The Development Team continues and adjusts scope with the Product Owner
When a Sprint Goal becomes unachievable, the team negotiates scope with the Product Owner while keeping the Sprint intact, since only the Product Owner can cancel a Sprint.
Question 3: What is the maximum length of a Sprint in Scrum?
- 2 weeks
- 4 weeks
- 6 weeks
- 1 month (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 1 month
The Scrum Guide specifies that Sprints are one month or less in duration, with one month being the absolute maximum.
Question 4: Which principle from the Agile Manifesto supports Scrum's use of short iterations?
- Business people and developers must work together daily
- Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months (Correct answer)
- The best architectures emerge from self-organizing teams
- Simplicity is essential
Correct answer: Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months
The Agile principle of frequent delivery of working software directly underpins Scrum's Sprint cadence of short, time-boxed iterations.
Question 5: In Scrum, who is responsible for ensuring that the Scrum Team understands the Sprint Goal?
- The Scrum Master
- The Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Development Team collectively
- The Agile Coach
Correct answer: The Product Owner
The Product Owner is accountable for crafting and communicating the Sprint Goal so that the entire Scrum Team understands it.
Question 6: Which artifact provides transparency into the work selected for a Sprint?
- Product Backlog
- Release Plan
- Sprint Backlog (Correct answer)
- Increment
Correct answer: Sprint Backlog
The Sprint Backlog contains the Sprint Goal, the selected Product Backlog items, and the plan for delivering the Increment during the Sprint.
Question 7: The Agile principle 'Welcome changing requirements, even late in development' is best supported in Scrum by which practice?
- Holding a retrospective after each Sprint
- Refining the Product Backlog continuously (Correct answer)
- Locking the Sprint Backlog at Sprint Planning
- Having fixed release dates
Correct answer: Refining the Product Backlog continuously
Continuous Product Backlog refinement allows new and changing requirements to be incorporated and reprioritized throughout the project lifecycle.
CST Scrum Framework & Agile Principles 2
Which Agile Manifesto value prioritizes delivering working software over documenting processes?