SCRUM The Five Scrum Values 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which set correctly lists all five Scrum values?
- Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage (Correct answer)
- Trust, Honesty, Speed, Quality, Teamwork
- Commitment, Velocity, Openness, Respect, Discipline
- Focus, Accountability, Transparency, Respect, Courage
Correct answer: Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage
The Scrum Guide defines the five values as Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage.
Question 2: A developer admits in the Daily Scrum that a task is harder than expected and asks for help. Which value is most evident?
- Courage (Correct answer)
- Focus
- Commitment
- Respect
Correct answer: Courage
Courage is the value that lets team members speak up about hard problems and admit they need help.
Question 3: Why does the Scrum Team agree to limit Work in Progress and concentrate on Sprint Goal items?
- To embody Focus (Correct answer)
- To increase velocity metrics
- To satisfy the Scrum Master
- To reduce the number of meetings
Correct answer: To embody Focus
Focus means everyone concentrates on the work of the Sprint and the goals of the team.
Question 4: When team members share progress and impediments honestly in their events, which value is demonstrated?
- Openness (Correct answer)
- Commitment
- Courage
- Focus
Correct answer: Openness
Openness means being transparent about the work and the challenges faced.
Question 5: A team member trusts that colleagues are capable, independent professionals. Which value does this reflect?
- Respect (Correct answer)
- Commitment
- Focus
- Openness
Correct answer: Respect
Respect means team members value each other as capable, independent people.
Question 6: The Scrum values primarily exist to support which of the following?
- The successful use of Scrum and building trust (Correct answer)
- Faster individual coding speed
- Replacing the need for a Scrum Master
- Eliminating all documentation
Correct answer: The successful use of Scrum and building trust
Living the Scrum values builds trust and makes empiricism and self-management come to life.
Question 7: Living the Scrum values reinforces which of Scrum's three pillars of empiricism?
- Transparency, inspection, and adaptation (Correct answer)
- Planning, executing, and reviewing
- Estimation, velocity, and burndown
- Roles, events, and artifacts
Correct answer: Transparency, inspection, and adaptation
The values bring the empirical pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation to life.
SCRUM The Five Scrum Values 2
Which set correctly lists all five Scrum values?