EX0-008 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which statement describes Release Planning?

A. After looking at all the stories in the backlog, the team estimates their effort in detail.

B. The team meets with the customer to negotiate the scope, cost and time of the release.

C. The team and the Product Owner agree on an initial plan for the delivery of features.

During the release planning meeting, it is difficult to agree on priorities.

Sales want to implement some new features to catch up with the competitors.

Marketing want to work on a mobile interface that can prove to be a competitive differentiator. Customer

support want better logging and auditing capabilities to improve maintainability. What should be done to set the priorities?

A. Approach Senior Management and ask for priorities.

B. Survey the existing customers and prioritize according to their views.

C. The Product Owner will set the priorities.

A 200 member project team is working on a large and complex system with multiple sub- systems. They would like to start using the Agile Scrum methodology.

As a Scrum Master, what would your best advice be?

A. Scrum is not suited for such a large project. The team should clearly use the Waterfall method or the Crystal Clear method.

B. Ask all potential members of the project team to have a meeting first and decide if they agree to use Scrum.

C. Agree a logical sub-division of the system so that smaller Scrum teams can work on sub- systems and can add tangible value.

Which is a statement of value as described in the Agile manifesto?

A. We value customer collaboration over responding to changes.

B. We value project management over individuals and interactions.

C. We value processes and tools over comprehensive documentation.

D. We value responding to change to satisfy the customer.

What should the Scrum Master advise the team to give their main focus, while working in a global distributed team?

A. Favor conference calls and video chats in order to save on travel budget.

B. Place greater emphasis on team-building activities and cultural sensitivities.

C. Provide at least four hours of overlap time by changing working hours.

An engineering organization is transforming their project management method to use Agile Scrum. What is the best approach to the transformation?

A. Get a senior executive to champion the transformation.

B. Get the team managers to monitor their team's progress on a daily basis.

C. Make a swift transition and start using Scrum for all projects.

Which of the following statements best expresses the role that the daily stand-up meeting plays in the monitoring of a Scrum project?

A. The stand-up meeting helps the Scrum Master to update the burn-down chart.

B. The stand-up meeting gives the team insight into their progress and their issues.

C. The stand-up meeting lets the Product Owner review the progress of the team.

What is the relationship between the Product Backlog, the Release Backlog and the Sprint Backlog?

A. The Product Backlog is a subset of the Sprint Backlog, which is a subset of the Release Backlog.

B. The Release Backlog is a subset of the Product Backlog, which is a subset of the Sprint Backlog

C. The Sprint Backlog is a subset of the Product Backlog, which is a subset of the Release Backlog.

A team is trying to convince a customer about the value of adopting Scrum. The customer likes some of the features of the methodology like the bi-weekly demonstration, but the customer remains largely unconvinced of the value of Scrum and refuses to change the way of working,

What should the team do?

A. Let the Scrum Master 'translate' to Waterfall practices.

B. Use Scrum and convince the customer during the process.

C. Do not follow Scrum until the customer is convinced of the value.

Why are estimates expressed in terms of story points difficult to explain outside of the team?

A. It requires a comparison to a benchmark, which typically varies from team to team.

B. It requires a deeper understanding of the technical approach to implement each story.

C. It requires breaking the stories down into Sprint Backlog Items, which only the team can do.