The Scrum Master Role Flashcards

A Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness. This means they:

Answer: Help the team improve practices within the Scrum framework

The Scrum Master is accountable for the team's effectiveness by enabling it to improve within Scrum.

During the Sprint Review, who does the Scrum Master ensure understands its purpose?

Answer: All attendees, including stakeholders, understand and run it well

The Scrum Master ensures all participants understand the purpose of Scrum events, including the Sprint Review.

A team asks the Scrum Master to be their full-time note-taker and scheduler. This is a sign the Scrum Master should:

Answer: Coach the team toward self-management of these logistics

Doing clerical work full-time is an anti-pattern; the Scrum Master coaches the team to self-organize logistics.

Which is the best example of the Scrum Master removing an impediment?

Answer: Arranging access to a tool the team has been waiting weeks for

Securing a long-awaited resource is a clear example of removing an impediment that blocks progress.

A Scrum Master should foster an environment where the Developers feel safe to:

Answer: Raise problems and admit mistakes openly

Psychological safety enables transparency, learning, and continuous improvement.

If the Product Owner and Developers disagree on what 'done' means, the Scrum Master should:

Answer: Facilitate alignment on a shared Definition of Done

A shared Definition of Done creates transparency, and the Scrum Master facilitates the team's alignment on it.

Which long-term outcome shows a Scrum Master is succeeding?

Answer: The team increasingly self-manages and continuously improves

A maturing, self-managing team that continuously improves is the hallmark of effective Scrum Mastery.