CST Scrum Guide & Empiricism 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Scrum pillar ensures that decisions are based on what is known, rather than what is hoped or assumed?
- Transparency (Correct answer)
- Inspection
- Adaptation
- Empiricism
Correct answer: Transparency
Transparency ensures that the process and work are visible so that decisions can be based on actual observed reality.
Question 2: The Sprint Goal is created during which Scrum event?
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Sprint Planning (Correct answer)
- Daily Scrum
Correct answer: Sprint Planning
The Sprint Goal is crafted during Sprint Planning and provides the single objective for the Sprint.
Question 3: According to the Scrum Guide, who is responsible for canceling a Sprint?
- The Scrum Master
- The Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Developers
- The Stakeholders
Correct answer: The Product Owner
Only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel a Sprint, typically when the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Question 4: In empirical process control, 'adaptation' refers to:
- Adjusting artifacts or processes when inspection reveals unacceptable deviations (Correct answer)
- Continuously adding new features to the product
- Changing the Sprint length based on team velocity
- Updating the Definition of Done after each Sprint
Correct answer: Adjusting artifacts or processes when inspection reveals unacceptable deviations
Adaptation means adjusting the process, material being processed, or the product as soon as possible to minimize further deviation.
Question 5: Which statement best describes the Product Backlog in the context of empiricism?
- It is a fixed contract agreed upon at project start
- It is an emergent, ordered list that evolves as more is learned (Correct answer)
- It is a sprint-by-sprint delivery schedule
- It is a static requirements document maintained by the Scrum Master
Correct answer: It is an emergent, ordered list that evolves as more is learned
The Product Backlog is never complete and evolves as the product, market, and understanding of the work changes.
Question 6: What does the Scrum Guide identify as the maximum time-box for a Sprint?
- Two weeks
- One month (Correct answer)
- Six weeks
- Four weeks
Correct answer: One month
The Scrum Guide states that Sprints are one month or less in duration, with one month being the maximum.
Question 7: A Scrum Team discovers mid-Sprint that the work needed will exceed Sprint capacity. According to empirical principles, what should they do?
- Extend the Sprint to accommodate all the work
- Negotiate the Sprint Backlog scope with the Product Owner (Correct answer)
- Ask the Scrum Master to add more Developers
- Skip the Daily Scrum to save time
Correct answer: Negotiate the Sprint Backlog scope with the Product Owner
The Developers can collaborate with the Product Owner to clarify and renegotiate the scope of the Sprint Backlog without changing the Sprint Goal.
CST Scrum Guide & Empiricism 2
Which Scrum pillar ensures that decisions are based on what is known, rather than what is hoped or assumed?