Scrum Online Quiz

1. Question 

Which is not an effective way to encourage collaboration between the scrum 

development team and product owner? 

Act as a go-between for them 

Teach the team to talk in terms of business needs and objectives 

Listen to their communications 

Teach the product owner about technologies the team uses 

2. Question 

Many people feel pair programming reduces errors and increases maintainability. What is 
pair programming? 

One person checks in code so another person can review it later 

Two people share one workstation, typically taking turns typing while the 
other pays attention and helps 

Code is written two lines at a time to reduce errors 

 
3. Question 

What is a Scrum Team expected to do during the first Sprint? 

Test the product 

Develop a detailed plan for the rest of the project 

Nail down the architecture 

Build a thin slice of potentially shippable functionality 

4. Question 

What should happen in the sprint review meeting? 

Feedback from stakeholders resulting in additional items added to the 

product backlog 

A powerpoint presentation about hypothetical things 

Live demonstration of a potentially shippable product increment 

A report about what happened during the Sprint 

Declration by the product owner which items are done and which ones are 
not done 
 

5. Question 

During sprint execution, when are new sprint tasks added? 

When the product owner identifies a new task 

When the scrummaster identifies a new taks 

Never. The sprint tasks are fixed and decided during sprint planning 

As soon as possible after they are identified, unless they reflect a scope 
change in the sprint goals 

When the scrummaster approves them 

6. Question 

How is Product Backlog Arranged? 

Items are randomly arranged 

Into categories, P1, P2, P3 etc 

Large items at the top, small items at the bottom 

 Most important items at the top, least important items at the bottom 

7. Question 

Test Driven Development (TDD) involves creating tests and code almost simultaneously, 
while constantly improving the design. 

Many Agile developers believe TDD helps ensure implementation while reducing the cost 
of change. Is TDD part of Scrum? 

Yes - Scrum is a complete methodology containing everything you need to 

succeed 

No - Scrum is only a feedback framework. It does not specify particular 

technical practices 

8. Question 

Which statement best describes Scrum? 

A complete methodology that defines how to develop software 

A cookbook that defines best practices for software development 

A defined and predictive process that fits in with traditional management 

approaches 
 A framework with built-in reality checks for complex work in uncertain 
domains 

9. Question 

What is a good size for a sprint task? 

One person per day or less, so other team members can easily detect when 
a task is stuck 

2-3 people 2-3 days, so that every product backlog item equals one sprint 
task 

10. Question 

When should a retrospective meeting be held? 

Only at the end of a release 

At the end of each sprint, before the sprint review meeting 

At the end of each sprint, after the sprint review meeting 

Every now and then, when the team wants to improve 

Only at the end of a project 

 

11. Question 

Who estimates the effort to complete a product backlog item? 

The scrum development team, after clarifying the requirement 

The ScrumMaster, with input from the scrum development team 

The most senior people in the organization, such as engineering managers 

and chief architect 

The product owner, with input from the scrum development team 

12. Question 

In a Scrum organization, which is a responsibility of management external to the Scrum 

team? 

Coordinate activities between Scrum teams 

Setup performance appraisals 

Help resolve team-reported impediments and improve the larger 

organization 
 Monitor the sprint burndown chart to ensure individuals are contributing 

Monitor the daily scrum meetings and reward team players 

13. Question 

Which of the following is the scrum team NOT responsible for? 

Planning how to meet a sprint goal 

Increasing productivity and learning 

Resolving internal conflicts 

Coordinating daily during the sprint to meet the sprint goal 

Selecting the product owner 

14. Question 

How often should backlog grooming occur? 

Once, at the beginning of the project 

Once, at the end of the project 

 Every Sprint 

Every release cycle 

15. Question 

During sprint execution, a Scrum team uses “information radiators” such as the task 
board or sometime a sprint burn-down chart. Who are these for? 

The team, so they can take responsibility for their own work habits 

Outside managers, so they can intervene as soon as they don't like how a 
Sprint is going 

16. Question 

Which is the time-box for daily Scrum meeting? 

5 minutes 

10 minutes 

15 minutes 

As long as necessary 

 
17. Question 

Does scrum have rules, or just guidelines? 

Scrum has a few simple rules 

Scrum has guidelines only, no rules at all. 

18. Question 

some Scrum teams fully embrace Agile technical practices. How often do these teams 
integrate their work and rerun regression tests? 

Continuously as things change; potentially many times per day 

Only at the end of each sprint 

Once pre day (or night) 

19. Question 

Should the product backlog contain tasks? 

No 

Yes 
 

20. Question 

Which of the following are explicitly defined questions in the daily Scrum meeting? 

What time is the next daily scrum meeting? 

What did I do yesterday (or since last scrum meeting) 

What are my actuals compared to my estimates 

What impedes me (blocks my progress) 

What will I do today (or before the next scrum meeting) 

21. Question 

When is the sprint backlog created? 

Whenever needed 

During the backlog refinement meeting 

During the sprint planning meeting 

At the beginning of the project 

 

22. Question 

What is the recommended size of a scrum team? 

It doesn't matter, as long as the team is cross functional 

9 plus or minus 3 

10 plus or minus 3, or more if the team is geographically dispersed 

7 plus or minus 2 

23. Question 

Does scrum have a role called “project manager”? 

No 

Yes 

24. Question 

which is the more important reason to demonstrate working products frequently? 

 To accelerate our understanding of the user's real need 

To get more features out 

25. Question 

The CEO asks a team member to do some work outside the goals of the current Sprint in 
progress. what should the team member do? 

Add it to the next Sprint 

Add it to the current Sprint while swapping out committed work of equal 
size 

Inform the Product Owner so he can work with the CEO 

Add it to the current Sprint 

26. Question 

What is code refactoring? 

Improving both internal structure and functional behavior 

Improving internal structure only, e.g. removing duplicate code 

 Improving functional behavior only, e.g. fixing bugs 

27. Question 

Who owns sprint commitments? 

Individuals, as assigned by ScrumMaster 

The team owns them collectively 

The ScrumMaster 

Individuals, as determined during the Sprint planning meeting 

28. Question 

In an organization that embraces Agile values, who would be responsible for tool 
selection and configuration? 

The teams, who would have to coordinate with each other 

The ScrumMasters, who would have to coordinate with each other 

29. Question 
When is Sprint execution completed? 

When all tasks are complete 

When all committed product backlog items meet their definition of done 

It depends 

When the time-box expires 

30. Question 

Which is not an effective way to encourage collaboration between the scrum team and 
external departments or other scrum teams? 

Remove impediments to team member travel 

Act as a go-between for them 

Listen to their communications 

Introduce them to each other 

Walk them over to their desks