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Test Your PSPO Knowledge

Are you ready to test your understanding of the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) principles? This quiz is designed to help you evaluate your knowledge and deepen your understanding of the Scrum framework.

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Which of the following are needed in order to allow Sprint Planning to begin? (best 2)

A clear cadence of when the Daily Scrum will take place.

A Product Goal communicated by the Product Owner.

Formal budget approval to conduct another Sprint.

A clear and non-negotiable Sprint Goal.

A Product Backlog with the most important items ready for discussion.

A fully refined Product Backlog.

How does an organization know that a product built using Scrum is successful?

By measuring that velocity has increased since the last release.

By the Product Owner and stakeholders accepting the Increment at the Sprint Review.

By releasing frequently, and measuring the value customers/users experience.

By measuring the actual time spent on development versus the time estimated for development.

When can the Product Backlog be updated?

Only during Product Backlog refinement sessions if the Product Owner is present.

At any time when done by the Product Owner or a delegate.

Never, unless agreed to by the change request.

Only after a Sprint Review if agreed to by the stakeholders.

The Developers find out during the Sprint that they are not likely to build everything they forecast. What would you expect a Product Owner to do?

Cancel the Sprint.

Skip Product Backlog refinement activities.

Change the Sprint Goal.

Inform management that more resources are needed.

Re-negotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Developers.

What best describes the relationship of the Product Owner and the stakeholders?

The Product Owner provides the stakeholders with acceptance forms at the Sprint Review to record their formal agreement over the delivered software.

The Product Owner writes the User Stories as provided by the stakeholders.

The Product Owner actively asks for stakeholder input and expectations to incorporate into the Product Backlog.

The Product Owner has the final call over the requirements and should involve the stakeholders as little as possible.

What should Developers do if the Product Owner is unavailable?

Ask the Product Owner’s manager to decide in the Product Owner’s absence.

Within the Sprint, the Developers make the best decisions possible to assure progress toward the Sprint Goal, re-aligning with the Product Owner once they are available again.

Wait until the Product Owner is available again.

Management should assign a substitute Product Owner to fill in when the Product Owner cannot be there.

It is mandatory for the Product Owner to monitor and share progress of the Product Backlog by using which method?

A Product or Release burn-down chart.

A Value burn-up chart.

A Gantt chart.

Any practice based on trends of work completed and upcoming work.

A Sprint Review acceptance report.

The Product Owner's authority to change and update the Product Backlog is unlimited, except for:

Decisions by the chief program manager.

Technical and architectural work that needs to be done first, as indicated by the chief enterprise architect.

Decisions by the CFO, the CEO or the board of directors.

There are no exceptions; the entire organization must respect a Product Owner's decisions.

High impact changes that have not been approved by the change request board.

Items the Scrum Master has identified as impediments.

What variables should a Product Owner consider when ordering the Product Backlog?

Lowest development cost in order to maximize Return on Investment (ROI).

Effort first, then value.

Development cohesion as indicated by the Developers.

Anything that informs them to achieve the product's goals and to optimize the value delivered.

The availability of resources and skills for implementation.

To what extent does technical debt limit the value a Product Owner can get from a product? (best 2)

Technical debt is not a Product Owner concern, technical debt is only an issue for the Developers.

Technical debt causes a greater percentage of the product's budget to be spent on maintenance of the product.

Technical debt does not influence the delivery of value.

The velocity at which new functionality can be created is reduced when you have technical debt.

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