You must map each scenario to the correct accountability and choose the action that preserves self-management and empiricism. The single most important thing: Developers own the Sprint Backlog, the Product Owner owns the Product Backlog, and the Scrum Master coaches rather than directs.
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Domain overview
This domain covers the three Scrum accountabilities—Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers—and how they interact in events and artifacts. Questions present realistic scenarios from Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, and Retrospective, asking you to choose the action that preserves self-management, empiricism, and the Scrum Master's servant-leadership stance.
Exam objectives
Identifying the Product Owner as accountable for Product Backlog ordering and stakeholder communication.
Recognizing Developers self-manage the Sprint Backlog and decide how to turn selected items into value.
Applying the Scrum Master's accountabilities: coaching, removing impediments, and teaching Scrum.
Choosing responses that uphold empiricism and avoid command-and-control or scope creep.
Treating the Scrum Master as a project manager who assigns tasks or approves scope changes.
Letting a stakeholder bypass the Product Owner and inject mid-Sprint work directly to Developers.
Assuming the Product Owner can unilaterally change the Sprint Backlog after Sprint Planning.
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A Development Team member consistently interrupts fellow developers during Daily Scrums and pushes technical architectural changes without team consensus. What is the most appropriate Scrum Master response?
2Who holds the final authority for determining the order of items within the Product Backlog in a Scrum environment?
3A Product Owner is unavailable for three consecutive Sprints due to a medical emergency. Who is responsible for managing the Product Backlog during this absence?
4Which TWO of the following describe a responsibility of the Scrum Master regarding the Developers?
5Refer to the exhibit. As a Scrum Master, what is your primary concern regarding the Scrum Team's effectiveness?
6Who is accountable for creating the Sprint Backlog?
7A Developer frequently misses the Daily Scrum to work on 'urgent' tasks assigned by a functional manager outside the Scrum Team. As the Scrum Master, what is your best course of action?
8Which of the following best describes the Product Owner's accountability for the Product Backlog?
9In the Scrum framework, how should a team handle a conflict between two Developers regarding a technical approach?
10Which TWO of the following are true about the Scrum Master's role?
11A Scrum Team has members in three different time zones. The Product Owner is in a time zone that makes synchronous collaboration during the Daily Scrum impossible. What is the most Scrum-appropriate solution?
12A senior stakeholder frequently approaches Developers during the Sprint to request 'minor' changes. What should the Developers do?
13Refer to the exhibit. What does this reveal about the team's structure and role expectations?
14Which of the following is true about the Scrum Master's role during the Sprint Retrospective?
15Which TWO are responsibilities of the Developers during the Sprint?
16If a Scrum Team finds that their Definition of Done is no longer sufficient to ensure quality, who is responsible for updating it?
17During Sprint Planning, the Product Owner demands that the Development Team commit to a specific set of items to meet a quarterly company milestone. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?
18During a Sprint, a stakeholder approaches a Developer and asks them to add a small but urgent feature to the current Sprint Backlog. What is the most appropriate action for the Developer?
19Which TWO of the following are considered accountabilities of the Developers in a Scrum Team?
20Who is responsible for ensuring the Scrum Team adheres to the Scrum framework as defined in the Scrum Guide?
21A Scrum Team has two Product Owners to handle the complex, multi-departmental product. What is the most common issue this creates regarding Scrum accountability?
22Which THREE of the following are responsibilities that fall under the Scrum Master's accountability toward the Scrum Team?
23In the context of the Scrum Team, what is the best definition of 'self-managing'?
24A new Developer joins the team and asks the Scrum Master to explain who is responsible for the final decisions on the product's release date. What should the Scrum Master say?
25During the Sprint Retrospective, the team identifies that the Product Owner is consistently adding items to the Sprint Backlog mid-sprint. What is the correct way to address this?
26Which TWO of the following statements accurately describe the accountabilities of the Scrum Master regarding the Product Owner?
27A team has a Product Owner who is constantly absent and rarely provides feedback. What is the Scrum Master's best approach?
28Refer to the exhibit. According to the Scrum Guide, which answer is correct?
29What is the primary role of the Scrum Master during the Sprint Planning event?
30Which THREE of the following are considered hallmarks of a 'self-managing' Scrum Team?
31If a Scrum Team finds that their Scrum Master is absent, can they still hold their Scrum events?
32During a Sprint, a stakeholder approaches a developer directly and asks for a small urgent modification to a user story currently in progress. What is the most appropriate action for the developer to take?
33During a Sprint Planning event, the Developers realize they cannot deliver all selected Product Backlog items within the timebox due to a complex technical dependency. What is the most appropriate action for the Developers to take according to Scrum?
34A Scrum Team is preparing for its first Sprint. The Product Owner insists on attending every Daily Scrum to ensure the Developers stay aligned with business priorities. The Scrum Master wants to clarify the accountabilities defined in the Scrum Guide. Which TWO statements correctly describe the Scrum Master's accountability in this situation? (Choose two.)
35A newly formed Scrum Team is clarifying who does what. The Developers ask who is accountable for creating a clear, ordered Product Backlog that maximizes the value the product delivers. Which accountability fits best?
36Midway through a Sprint, a Developer identifies that a technical approach will not meet the Sprint Goal and proposes a different design. The Product Owner is concerned about scope but trusts the team. According to Scrum, how should this situation be handled?
37A Scrum Team is struggling to deliver a potentially releasable Increment each Sprint because the Developers keep discovering integration issues late. The Scrum Master wants to help the team improve. According to Scrum, what is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
38A Scrum Team is struggling with a persistent lack of clarity about the scope of the Sprint. During the Sprint, Developers keep discovering work that was not discussed in Sprint Planning. Which accountability best addresses this by ensuring a clear Sprint Goal and a shared understanding of the work?
39A Scrum Master notices that the Developers have stopped attending the Daily Scrum because they feel it is just a status meeting for the manager. What should the Scrum Master do to help the team get value from the event?
40A Scrum Team is midway through a Sprint when a Developer realizes that a new library would significantly simplify a feature. The library is not mentioned in the Sprint Backlog. What should the Developer do?
41A Scrum Team is preparing for its first Sprint. The organization asks who is accountable for establishing the Scrum Team's Definition of Done if the organization has no existing standard. Who should create it?
42A Scrum Master notices that the Developers and the Product Owner have conflicting views on the priority of technical debt versus new features. The Developers want to allocate 30% of each Sprint to refactoring, but the Product Owner insists on delivering only customer-facing features. The Scrum Master wants to help resolve this conflict. What is the most appropriate action?
43During a Sprint, the Scrum Master notices that the Developers keep waiting for the Product Owner to assign tasks and resolve every technical disagreement. Which action best reflects the Scrum Master's accountability?
44A Scrum Team has grown to nine Developers, and the Scrum Master observes that the team is spending too much time coordinating and too little time delivering value. What should the Scrum Master do first?
45A Scrum Team is reviewing the accountabilities that belong to the Scrum Master. Which TWO of the following are Scrum Master accountabilities? (Choose two.)
46During a Sprint Review, a key stakeholder expresses dissatisfaction with the Increment's functionality and demands that the Developers immediately start working on a new feature that was not in the Sprint Backlog. The Product Owner is present. How should the Scrum Master respond?
47An organization wants to adopt Scrum and asks who is responsible for helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work. Who serves this need?
48A Product Owner is planning to attend a Sprint Retrospective to explain why the Sprint Goal was not met and to assign action items to the Developers. How should the Scrum Master respond?
49A Scrum Master joins a team where the Product Owner is also the line manager of several Developers. The Developers frequently wait for the Product Owner's approval before making technical decisions during the Sprint. What should the Scrum Master do first to address this?
You must map each scenario to the correct accountability and choose the action that preserves self-management and empiricism. The single most important thing: Developers own the Sprint Backlog, the Product Owner owns the Product Backlog, and the Scrum Master coaches rather than directs.
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