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Question 1: An agile team is working with the scrummaster in order to find ways to maximize their performance. More specifically, they are looking what went well and what went bad in the last sprint. They are most probably involved in a:

Daily scrum
Backlog Planning
Retrospective
Iteration planning

Question 2: The agile manifesto values working software over:

Comprehensive documentation
Tools & techniques
Acceptance testing
Customer collaboration

Question 3: What are the three pillars of the scrum methodology?

Visibility, Inspection, Testing
Inspection, Adaptation, Visibility
Team, Visibility, Iteration
Testing, Adaptation, Iteration

Question 4: The role of the ScrumMaster includes all of the following except:

Provides guidance and direction to new team members
Empowers the team members to take more active role in facilitating the daily stand-up meetings
Helps connect scrum with the organization
Validates the product acceptance criteria

Question 5: Which one of the following questions is not discussed during the daily scrum?

What work have you done since the last meeting?
What are you planning to do today?
What problems are you encountering in order to do your work?
What are your work priorities?

Question 6: A key target of an XP Coach is to ensure that the XP team members do not feel burnout due to extensive workload. This is known as:

Sustainable pace
Team velocity
Product backlog
Sprint backlog

Question 7: In the Value Stream Mapping technique, what is the meaning of the term "process cycle efficiency"?

Value Add Time + Non-Value Add Time
Total Value Add Time / Non-Value Add Time
Total Value Add Time / Total Cycle Time
Non-Value Add Time / Total Value Add Time

Question 8: In the agile mindset, all of the following are needed for team empowerment except?

Authority to organizing the team
Authority to prioritize the product backlog
Authority to define time frames
Authority to set work priorities

Question 9: An end-user representative insists on participating in a daily stand-up meeting in order to transfer to the team the user feedback. What should the scrum master do?

Cancel the daily stand-up meeting of that day and have an end-user meeting instead.
Inform her of the rules of the daily stand-up.
Welcome her warmly since user feedback is always welcome.
Educate her in the agile methodology and invite her in another meeting.

Question 10: According to the INVEST acronym, which of the following are characteristics of a good user story?

Negotiable, variable, tested
Independent, negotiable, valuable
Independent, visible, testable
Negotiable, selected, variable