Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum Quiz Answers

Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum Week 01 Quiz Answers

Q1. Which answer is valued and emphasized in Agile?

Adaptive planning and early delivery
Adhering to the scope of work
Using the most up-to-date tools and processes
Comprehensive documentation

Q2. How is the waterfall method different from Agile?

Agile has architects, developers, and testers working in separate phases.
Agile emphasizes upfront gathering of requirements and documentation.
The waterfall method has phases so that when one ends, the next begins.
The waterfall method moves faster than Agile.

Q3. Which of these software development approaches comes from lean manufacturing and has to do with visualizing work?

Extreme Programming
Agile
Waterfall
Kanban

Q4. Which answer is consistent with working in small batches? (Assume that you have 50 boards to sand and paint.)

Sand and paint 10 boards. Check quality and deliver these. Then move to the next 10, and so on.
Sand and paint all the boards and check quality. Put them in bundles of 10 and deliver.
Sand the boards 10 at a time, then paint them 10 at a time. Check quality and deliver.
Sand all the boards and check quality. Paint all of them and deliver.

Q5. What is a minimum viable product (MVP)?

A focus on delivery and product completion
The cheapest and easiest thing you can build to test your value hypothesis
The result of each phase of a project
Determining up front what the customer wants

Q6. In Scrum, who determines priorities and how work is accomplished?

The scrum team negotiates commitments with the product manager and has authority on how to reach commitments.
The customer determines priorities and how the work is carried out.
The scrum master reprioritizes the backlog and directs the team.
The project owner directs how and when work will be done, and which team members will do it.

Q7. How is Scrum different from Kanban?

Scrum has roles, such as scrum master, while Kanban does not have existing roles.
Scrum key metrics are focused on cycle time, while Kanban emphasizes velocity.
Scrum has long sprints, while Kanban has short sprints.
Scrum is more flexible regarding change, while Kanban is more structured.

Q8. Choose the correct statement regarding organizing your teams.

Teams are tightly coupled and loosely aligned.
Each team’s mission should be aligned with their professional goals.
Teams have end-to-end responsibility for what they build.
The long-term mission is typically around several business domains.

Q9. Select the correct statement regarding team autonomy.

Decisions happen locally on the team level.
Teams get bogged down making decisions.
Bottlenecks are avoided by having upper level management make decisions.
Autonomy allows management to push teams harder.

Q10. Which of the following descriptions of Agile is correct?

It is a new version of waterfall with sprints.
It is responsive to changes and delivers value.
It is similar to waterfall, but with Scrum added.
It is a type of project management, led by a project manager.

Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum Week 02 Quiz Answers

Q1. Select the key problem with having a traditional product manager who becomes a product owner.

The product owner must stay focused on the stakeholders rather than the team.
The product owner must stay focused on the budget.
The product owner must be able to focus on vision over operations.
The product owner must be able to focus on business requirements over technical goals.

Q2. Select the correct statement regarding the scrum master.

The scrum master keeps the team marching to a fixed plan.
The scrum master is a coach rather than a task master.
The scrum master documents impediments as project risks.
The scrum master is a role based on the waterfall approach.

Q3. Select the correct statement regarding kanban pipelines.

The new issues pipeline is for storing items you will do in the next two weeks.
The first pipeline on a kanban board is product backlog.
The sprint backlog is followed by the icebox.
A kanban board is made of multiple pipelines.

Q4. What happens to sticky notes on a kanban board?

They are used as messages from one team member to another.
They are moved across the board to show progress.
They stay put until the story is finished.
They are removed as tasks are completed.

Q5. The parts of a user story are: As a _____, I need _____, so that _____.

user, assumption, goal
role, function, benefit
benefit, detail, outcome
direction, idea, outcome

Q6. INVEST says stories should be _____.

short
visionary
independent
dependent

Q7. Select the correct statement regarding product backlog.

Epic stories are automatically put first in the product backlog.
The stories at the bottom of the backlog are the most detailed.
The product backlog is ordered by which stories follow the template.
The product backlog is ordered by importance.

Q8. Select the correct statement regarding backlog refinement.

The product owner provides estimates and technical information.
The team sorts the product backlog in order of importance.
The goal is to put most of the stories in the icebox or reject them.
Large, vague items are split into smaller stories and clarified.

Q9. Who has the key role at the backlog refinement meeting?

The scrum master has the key role of technical assistance.
The product owner has the key role of refining the backlog.
The development team has the key role of refining the backlog.
The lead architect has the key role of technical assistance.

Q10. What is velocity in terms of sprint planning?

The speed at which every team should be able to work.
A measure of how quickly the team can plan a sprint.
Each team has a measure of how quickly they work, for comparison.
The number of story points a team can complete in a single sprint.

Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum Week 03 Quiz Answers

Q1. How does a developer choose stories from the sprint backlog?

You take one or two stories.
You take stories until you are blocked.
You take a story based on your preference.
You take the next highest priority story.

Q2. How does the daily stand-up serve the team?

The product owner can find out what team members are working on.
The team members can find out who is working on what.
The team members can find solutions to blocks.
The scrum master can find out the team’s plans for the week.

Q3. What does each team member discuss in the stand-up?

What did I work on yesterday, what am I working on today, and are there any blocks?
What is my plan to resolve my blocks and impediments?
What stories are still in my backlog and when can I start them?
What is our current status against our sprint goal?

Q4. You measure story points completed vs. story points remaining for a sprint using a _____ chart.

Workflow
Timeboxing
Burndown
Kanban

Q5. What is a sprint review?

A status meeting
A development team peer-to-peer meeting
A live demonstration meeting
A problem review meeting

Q6. Are customers invited to the sprint review?

Yes. The development team, product owner, scrum master, stakeholders, and customers are invited to participate.
No. Only the development team and the scrum master participate.
No. Only the development team, the scrum master, and the product owner participate.
Yes. The product owner and scrum master meet with the customer.

Q7. Select the correct statement regarding the sprint retrospective.

It is an opportunity for the product owner to give the team feedback.
It is an opportunity for team members to reflect on the sprint and speak freely about it.
It is an opportunity for the scrum master to evaluate the team.
It is an opportunity for the team to reflect on the scope of the project.

Q8. Which of the following is a key question to ask during the sprint retrospective?