Professional Scrum Master Scrum Events and Activities 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Scrum event creates transparency by allowing the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvement?
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Retrospective (Correct answer)
- Daily Scrum
Correct answer: Sprint Retrospective
The Sprint Retrospective is explicitly designed for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and plan improvements for the next Sprint.
Question 2: A newly formed Scrum Team asks how to run their first Sprint Planning. What is the correct first step?
- Establish team norms and ground rules
- Select items from the Product Backlog that align with the Sprint Goal (Correct answer)
- Estimate all Product Backlog Items in story points
- Identify all risks in the project
Correct answer: Select items from the Product Backlog that align with the Sprint Goal
Sprint Planning begins with the Scrum Team collaboratively determining a Sprint Goal and selecting Product Backlog Items that contribute to it.
Question 3: The Product Owner does not attend the Sprint Review. What is the impact?
- The Sprint Review can still proceed without the Product Owner (Correct answer)
- The Sprint Review must be rescheduled
- The Scrum Master takes over the Product Owner role for the event
- The Development Team presents directly to stakeholders without backlog context
Correct answer: The Sprint Review can still proceed without the Product Owner
While the Product Owner's absence is undesirable, the Sprint Review can proceed; however, key decisions about the Product Backlog may be deferred.
Question 4: What is the relationship between the Sprint Goal and the Sprint Backlog Items?
- Sprint Backlog Items define the Sprint Goal
- The Sprint Goal is derived from all Sprint Backlog Items combined
- Sprint Backlog Items are selected to achieve the Sprint Goal (Correct answer)
- They are independent and unrelated
Correct answer: Sprint Backlog Items are selected to achieve the Sprint Goal
Sprint Backlog Items are chosen because they contribute to achieving the Sprint Goal established during Sprint Planning.
Question 5: Which of the following is NOT a Scrum event?
- Sprint Planning
- Backlog Refinement (Correct answer)
- Sprint Review
- Daily Scrum
Correct answer: Backlog Refinement
Backlog Refinement is an ongoing activity, not a formal Scrum event; the five official Scrum events are the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
Question 6: During Sprint Planning, the Development Team is unsure how to complete a complex item. What should they do?
- Remove the item from the Sprint Backlog
- Select the item and plan only as much as they can to start (Correct answer)
- Ask the Scrum Master to break down the item for them
- Escalate the item to stakeholders before the Sprint starts
Correct answer: Select the item and plan only as much as they can to start
Developers can select items they are not fully certain about and plan just enough detail to get started, refining further during the Sprint.
Question 7: How should the Scrum Master handle a situation where stakeholders try to assign tasks directly to developers during the Sprint?
- Allow it if the tasks are small
- Educate stakeholders on directing requests through the Product Owner (Correct answer)
- Redirect developers to comply with stakeholder requests
- Cancel the Sprint due to interference
Correct answer: Educate stakeholders on directing requests through the Product Owner
The Scrum Master protects the Development Team from external interference and educates stakeholders to route requests through the Product Owner.
Professional Scrum Master Scrum Events and Activities 5
Which Scrum event creates transparency by allowing the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvement?