Scrum PSPO-I Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 02,2025- Exam Code: PSPO-I
- Exam Name: Professional Scrum Product Owner I
- Certification Provider: Scrum
- Latest update: Apr 02,2025
True or False: A Product Owner should measure product value by the increase in the team’s velocity.
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
How much of the Sprint Backlog must be defined during the Sprint Planning event? (Choose the best answer)
- A . Enough so the Developers can create their forecast of what work they can do.
- B . Just enough tasks for the Scrum Master to be confident in the Developers’ understanding of the Sprint.
- C . The entire Sprint Backlog must be identified and estimated by the end of Sprint Planning.
- D . Just enough to understand design and architectural implications.
If Product Backlog refinement is needed, when is the ideal time for refinement to take place and who should participate? (choose the best two answers)
- A . The Product Owner must do this as essential work in Sprint O.
- B . The Scrum Team on an ongoing basis, defining Product Backlog items into smaller more precise items that are ready for selection.
- C . The Product Owner takes the time between the end of one Sprint and the start of the next Sprint to complete refinement.
- D . Business analysts in the organization should do this work for the Scrum Team 1-2 Sprints ahead of the development Sprints.
- E . The Scrum Team during the current Sprint, if they have been unable during preceding Sprints to define Product Backlog items with enough precision to begin work.
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? (Choose the best answer)
- A . Change the Sprint Goal
- B . Skip Product Backlog refinement activíties.
- C . Re-work the selected Product Backlog items with the Developers to meet the Sprint Goal.
- D . Cancel the Sprint.
- E . Inform management that more Developers are needed.
True or False: During the Sprint Review the stakeholder’s role is to reorder the Product Backlog.
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
What three things might a Scrum Product Owner focus on to ensure the product delivers value? (Choose the best three answers)
- A . Velocity is increasing over time.
- B . Minimizing changes to project scope.
- C . How quickly or easily the product can be absorbed and used by its customers.
- D . How much of the functionality of the product is being used.
- E . Direct customer feedback.
When can a Development Team cancel a Sprint?
- A . When a technical dependency cannot be resolved.
- B . When the selected Product Backlog items for the Sprint become unachievable.
- C . When the Product Owner is absent too often.
- D . It cannot. Only Product Owners can cancel Sprints.
- E . When functional expectations are not well understood.
When should the Product Owner update the project plan? (Choose the best answer)
- A . The Product Backlog is the plan in Scrum. It is updated as new information and insights emerge.
- B . The project plan must be updated prior to the Sprint Retrospective.
- C . Before the Sprint Planning to know how much work will have to be done in the Sprint.
- D . After the Daily Scrum to ensure an accurate daily overview of project progress.
The "cone of uncertainty" can be used to do what? (Choose the best answer)
- A . Determine whether to cut quality, similar to the "Iron Triangle" of project management.
- B . Illustrate that as a project forecast lengthens, it is increasingly less certain.
- C . Determine the cost of a project before it begins.
- D . Determine the length of the next Sprint.
Which of the following are the Developers accountable for? (Choose the best two answers)
- A . Selecting the Product Owner.
- B . Organizing the work required to meet the Sprint Goal.
- C . Creating a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog,
- D . Reporting productivity.