01Who is responsible for sizing Product Backlog items?
- A. The Product Owner, who estimates on behalf of the Developers
- B. The Developers who will be doing the work
- C. The Scrum Master, who facilitates estimation sessions
- D. The organisation, through a central planning office
Answer: B. Sizing belongs to the Developers who will do the work; the Product Owner may only influence it by helping them weigh trade-offs.
Take the exam — free 02Who creates the Sprint Goal, and by when must it be finalised?
- A. The Product Owner drafts it before Sprint Planning begins
- B. The Scrum Master, within the first Daily Scrum of the Sprint
- C. The whole Scrum Team collaborates on it during Sprint Planning, and it must be finalised before that event ends
- D. The Developers, once the first items are pulled into the Sprint
Answer: C. Sprint Planning topic one ends with the whole team agreeing a Sprint Goal, finalised prior to the end of Sprint Planning.
Take the exam — free 03How many Increments may be created within a single Sprint?
- A. Exactly one, released at the Sprint Review
- B. Multiple Increments may be created within a Sprint
- C. One per Developer per week
- D. None until the Definition of Done is rewritten
Answer: B. The Guide allows multiple Increments within a Sprint — their sum is presented at the Sprint Review, and any one may be delivered earlier.
Take the exam — free 04An organisation has no Definition of Done of its own. What must the Scrum Team do?
- A. Create a Definition of Done appropriate for the product
- B. Use the Definition of Done of the largest Scrum Team
- C. Skip it until the first production incident
- D. Let each Developer define their own standard
Answer: A. If the organisation has no standard, the Scrum Team must create one appropriate for the product — the Developers are required to conform to it.
Take the exam — free 05How does someone get a change into the Product Backlog?
- A. By raising it at the Sprint Retrospective for the team to vote on
- B. By asking the Scrum Master to reorder the backlog directly
- C. By trying to convince the Product Owner, who orders the backlog
- D. By editing the backlog themselves, then informing the team
Answer: C. The Product Owner orders the work; the Guide says those wanting to change the Product Backlog do so by trying to convince the Product Owner.
Take the exam — free 06A Developer wants to re-plan the rest of the day's work after the Daily Scrum. Is this allowed?
- A. No — the Daily Scrum plan is locked until the next day
- B. Yes — the Daily Scrum is not the only time Developers may adjust their plan
- C. Only if the Scrum Master approves the change
- D. Only if the Sprint Goal is formally amended
Answer: B. The Guide states the Daily Scrum is not the only time Developers are allowed to adjust their plan; they often meet again during the day.
Take the exam — free 07Where should the Scrum events optimally be held?
- A. In separate tools so each event has its own record
- B. Wherever the most senior stakeholder is available
- C. At the same time and place, to reduce complexity
- D. Remotely, so attendance is never missed
Answer: C. The Guide recommends that, optimally, all events are held at the same time and place to reduce complexity.
Take the exam — free 08Under what condition are Product Backlog items deemed ready for selection in Sprint Planning?
- A. When they can be Done by the Scrum Team within one Sprint
- B. When they carry a signed-off estimate from management
- C. When they have been refined three times
- D. When the Product Owner marks them as mandatory
Answer: A. Items that can be Done by the Scrum Team within one Sprint are deemed ready for selection.
Take the exam — free 09What does lean thinking contribute to Scrum?
- A. It mandates six Sigma variance limits on the Increment
- B. It reduces waste and focuses on the essentials
- C. It replaces empiricism when the data is incomplete
- D. It requires a separate lean event in each Sprint
Answer: B. Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking; lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.
Take the exam — free 10How does the Guide describe the Product Goal?
- A. A long-term objective that serves as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against
- B. The ordered list of everything needed to improve the product
- C. The single objective for the Sprint, created in Sprint Planning
- D. A forecast of delivery dates published to stakeholders
Answer: A. The Product Goal describes a future state of the product and is the long-term objective the team plans against; it lives in the Product Backlog.
Take the exam — free 11What is Product Backlog refinement, according to the Guide?
- A. A formal re-estimation of every item at the start of each Sprint
- B. A meeting owned by the Scrum Master and timeboxed to one hour
- C. The ongoing act of breaking down and further defining items into smaller, more precise items
- D. The process of moving done items into the archive
Answer: C. Refinement is an ongoing activity that adds details such as description, order and size — not a fixed Scrum event.
Take the exam — free 12What happens if a Scrum Team fails to operate the Scrum events as prescribed?
- A. The Sprint is automatically cancelled
- B. The team loses opportunities to inspect and adapt
- C. The framework reverts to the previous Sprint configuration
- D. Nothing — the events are optional in complex environments
Answer: B. The Sprint is the container for all other events, designed to enable transparency; failing to run them as prescribed costs inspect-and-adapt opportunities.
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