Professional Scrum Master Scrum Team Accountabilities 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Scrum Guide says the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in which of the following ways?
- Writing user stories and acceptance criteria for backlog items
- Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management (Correct answer)
- Prioritizing the Product Backlog on behalf of the Product Owner
- Approving the Sprint Goal before each Sprint begins
Correct answer: Helping find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management
The Scrum Master helps the Product Owner with techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management.
Question 2: A stakeholder insists on attending the Daily Scrum to monitor team progress. What is the correct response?
- Allow the stakeholder to attend since transparency is a core Scrum value
- Let the Scrum Master decide whether to admit the stakeholder
- The Daily Scrum is for Developers; others may not participate unless invited by Developers (Correct answer)
- The Product Owner must be present whenever stakeholders attend
Correct answer: The Daily Scrum is for Developers; others may not participate unless invited by Developers
The Daily Scrum is an event for Developers only; if others attend, they must not disrupt it and can only participate if invited by the Developers.
Question 3: When a Scrum Team is working on a product with multiple components, how should accountabilities be distributed?
- Each Developer owns a separate component area permanently
- The Scrum Team collectively owns all components needed to deliver the Increment (Correct answer)
- The Scrum Master assigns components based on expertise
- The Product Owner designates component owners in the Product Backlog
Correct answer: The Scrum Team collectively owns all components needed to deliver the Increment
The entire Scrum Team is collectively accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment each Sprint regardless of component boundaries.
Question 4: What is the Scrum Master's role during the Sprint Retrospective?
- Facilitating the event and ensuring all improvements are added to the Product Backlog
- Participating as a team member and ensuring the event is productive and positive (Correct answer)
- Documenting all action items and reporting them to management
- Evaluating Developer performance and providing feedback
Correct answer: Participating as a team member and ensuring the event is productive and positive
The Scrum Master participates as a fellow team member and is accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness, including making the Retrospective productive.
Question 5: A Product Owner is frequently unavailable during the Sprint, causing Developers to make assumptions. What is the BEST course of action?
- The Scrum Master should make product decisions on behalf of the Product Owner
- Developers should document assumptions and continue without input
- The Scrum Master coaches the Product Owner on the importance of availability and collaboration (Correct answer)
- Management should assign a proxy Product Owner for each Sprint
Correct answer: The Scrum Master coaches the Product Owner on the importance of availability and collaboration
The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner by helping them understand the need for clear and frequent collaboration with Developers.
Question 6: Which statement BEST describes who is accountable for the quality of the Increment?
- The Scrum Master, as quality is an impediment if lacking
- The Product Owner, who defines the acceptance criteria
- The entire Scrum Team, as they share accountability for the Increment (Correct answer)
- The QA Developer assigned to quality tasks
Correct answer: The entire Scrum Team, as they share accountability for the Increment
The entire Scrum Team is accountable for creating a high-quality Increment that meets the Definition of Done.
Question 7: The Product Owner wants to cancel the current Sprint. Under what condition is this allowed?
- Only if more than half the Sprint has elapsed
- Only if the Scrum Master and Developers agree to the cancellation
- If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete (Correct answer)
- Only if stakeholders request it formally
Correct answer: If the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete
The Product Owner can cancel a Sprint only if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete, which is a rare occurrence.
Professional Scrum Master Scrum Team Accountabilities 3
The Scrum Guide says the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner in which of the following ways?