Simulations Test #1 Exin ASM
A week into a 3-week Sprint, a team discovered that they were unlikely to complete the Sprint
deliverables. Some of the team members felt they could catch up with the work during the last 2
...
Simulations Test #1 Exin ASM
A week into a 3-week Sprint, a team discovered that they were unlikely to complete the Sprint
deliverables. Some of the team members felt they could catch up with the work during the last 2
weeks if they got lucky with some of the dependencies. The Scrum Master is required to log a
weekly Sprint status with the stakeholders. What is the most appropriate status for the Scrum
Master to represent?
A. Delayed
B. On Time
C. At risk
D. In progress - ✔✔Correct Option: C
EXPLANATION
Transparency is one of the pillars of Scrum teams. The team is currently reporting a delay and
this must be conveyed to the stakeholders so that they can be prepared for the eventuality and
make adjustments if necessary
Early into the planning of a release, a team felt they could not demonstrate any working system
in the first three Sprints because the user interface would not be built until the fourth Sprint.
What should the Scrum coach of the team recommend?
A. The team should advance the User interface work to the first Sprint to enable early demos
B. Do not set up demos until Sprint 4 and mark the first 3 Sprints as Iteration Zero
C. Ask the team to present a design document or similar artifact during the demo for the first 3
Sprints
D. Ask the team to figure out a way to provide a demo; even if it is a bare bones UI or simply the
API or schema - ✔✔Correct Option: D
EXPLANATION
Working software is the primary measure of progress as per the Agile principles, therefore the
team must find a way to show a working system. Further, the coach should avoid dictating to the
team how they should schedule their work, but gently suggest to them that they need to find a
way to showcase their work.
During a Scrum retrospective, a team identified a bunch of improvement actions, but said they
could not work on any of those because the next few Sprints were going to be very busy. How
should the Scrum Master respond?
A. Make it mandatory for the team to pick up improvements but leave it to the team members to
figure out who exactly does it
B. Ask the team to prioritize the actions and pick the top two or three, offering to negotiate the
Sprint backlog during the next
C. Sprint planning meetings
Remind the team that the next Sprint is not planned yet, so they cannot use that as an excuse for
not taking up the actions
D. Reserve capacity for one of the team members to work exclusively on improvement actions -
✔✔Correct Option: B
EXPLANATION
Continuous improvement is a key tenet of the Agile way of thinking and it cannot be put on a
pause mode. It is OK not to try too many changes at a time, but the changes can be prioritized
and (in the spirit of sustainable pace) the sprint backlog can be tuned to accommodate the time
needed to bring in the improvements.
What does osmotic communication, one of the core properties of projects in the Crystal
methodology, mean?
A. Communication by overhearing and currents, beyond the parties who are actually conversing
B. Communication at a whiteboard with the ability to doodle and draw
C. Communication between remote team
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