PSM1 Certification Review Questions

1. You have just been hired by the company new to Scrum. Your management has assigned you to be the Scrum Master of six new Scrum Teams. These teams will build one product. Select two conditions you should strive for this scenario.

(choose the best two answers)

• A. Each Scrum Team should have a separate Product Backlog

• B. There should be only one Product Owner

• C. The product has one Product Backlog

• D. There should be six Product Owners, one for each Scrum Team

• E. There should be six Product Owners, reporting to a Chief Product Owner

2. A Developer takes the Scrum Master aside to express his concerns about data security issues. What should the Scrum Master do?

(choose the best answer)

• A. Tell the Product Owner to stop further development of features until the issues are fixed.

• B. Go check with testers

• C. Create a Product Backlog item for security

• D. Ask the developer to share the concern with the team as soon as possible

• E. Add security to the Definition of Done

3. Who is accountable for managing the progress of working during the Sprint?

(choose the best answer)

• A. The Developers

• B. The most senior member of the team

• C. The Scrum Master

• D. The Product Owner

4. The CEO asks the Developers to add a “very important” item to a Sprint that is in progress. What should the developers do?

(choose the best answer)

• A. Add the item to the next Sprint

• B. Inform the Product Owner so they can work with the CEO

• C. Add the item to the current Sprint without any adjustments

• D. Add the item to the current Sprint and drop an item to equal size

5. What is the Scrum Master responsible for during the Sprint Retrospective?

(choose the best answer)

• A. Summarizing and reporting the discussions to management

• B. Participating as a Scrum Team member and facilitating as requested or needed

• C. Prioritizing the resulting action items

• D. Acting as a scribe to capture the Scrum Team’s inputs

6. What is the key concern when multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog?

(choose the best answer)

• A. Minimizing dependencies between teams

• B. Meeting original scope projections

• C. Maximizing velocity

• D. Clear definition of requirements

• E. Making sure there is enough work for everyone on each team

7. Which of the following are true about Scrum?

(choose the best three answers)

• A. A Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products

• B. Scrum is a methodology where you can pick and choose which parts of Scrum you think will work for your environment

• C. Scrum implements self-management by replacing Project Managers with Scrum Masters

• D. Each component of Scrum serves a specific purpose and is essential to Scrum’s success and your usage of Scrum to develop complex products

• E. Scrum is based on empiricism and lean thinking

8. When might a sprint be cancelled?

(choose the best answer)

• A. When the developers determine the product plan is infeasible.

• B. When the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.

• C. When the sales department has an important new opportunity.

• D. When it becomes clear that not everything will be finished by the end of the Sprint.

• E. None of the above. A sprint cannot be cancelled.

9. A Product Owner wants advice from the Scrum Master about estimating work in Scrum. What guidance should a Scrum master give?

(choose the best answer)

• A. Estimates are made by the people doing the work.

• B. Product Backlog items must be estimated in story points.

• C. Estimates must be in relative units.

• D. Scrum forbids estimating.

• E. Estimates are made by the Product Owners but are best checked with the Developers.

10. Which two of the following are true about the Scrum Master?

(choose the best two answers)

• A. The Scrum Master helps those outside the team interact with the Scrum Team.

• B. At the Sprint Review, the Scrum Master identifies what work is done and not done.

• C. The Scrum Mater assigns tasks to Developers when they need work.

• D. The Scrum Master teaches the Scrum Team to use timeboxes.

• E. The Scrum Master is responsible for updating the Sprint Burndown.