Scrum PSM II Professional Scrum Master™ II Online Training
Scrum PSM II Online Training
The questions for PSM II were last updated at Apr 21,2025.
- Exam Code: PSM II
- Exam Name: Professional Scrum Master™ II
- Certification Provider: Scrum
- Latest update: Apr 21,2025
According to the values of Scrum, which is the best way to create Development Teams?
- A . The Product Owner will create a skills matrix according to what is needed for the project and work with the technical leads to allocate resources to the team.
- B . Work with the leadership team to allocate members according to skills, seniority and experience to ensure that all Development Teams are balanced fairly.
- C . Provide boundaries to the developers and allow them to self-organize into Development Teams.
When multiple Scrum Teams are working from the same Product Backlog, also known as scaled Scrum, they must still work in conformance of the Scrum guide.
- A . True
- B . False
In Scrum, how would budgeting and financial forecasting be performed? (Choose two.)
- A . Frequently inspect the outcomes of the delivered Sprint Increments to understand how much value is being produced per investment spent.
- B . A single release may be funded with several Sprints where every Sprint is producing shippable increments.
- C . Budgeting is not necessary as the only funding necessary is the operational costs of the Scrum Teams.
- D . Fixed budgets are not allowed in Scrum.
Steven is a Scrum Master that was hired to help an organization, that is new to Scrum, understands and enacts Scrum effectively.
Which three activities would be acceptable? (Choose three.)
- A . Require all teams in the organization to start using Scrum as soon as possible.
- B . Arrange 1:1 coaching sessions to discuss any identified concerns Steven may have.
- C . Schedule formal trainings.
- D . Penalize any Scrum Team members who are not staying within the Scrum Framework.
- E . Educate stakeholders and clients about Scrum.
- F . Extend Retrospectives to include formal training.
A Scrum Team has been working on a product for several iterations and has an average velocity of 55 units of ‘done’ work per Sprint. A second team will be added to work on the same product.
What might be the impact on the original team?
- A . Their velocity is likely not affected and will remain at 55.
- B . Their velocity is likely to drop and be less than 55.
- C . Their velocity is likely to rise and be more than 55.
What would be two boundaries, defined in Scrum, that give guidance for teams to effectively self-organize? (Choose two.)
- A . Timeboxing the events in Scrum to allow for regular inspection and adaptation creating opportunities to adjust course in any given path.
- B . Clearly defined functional teams within the Development Team to define handoff phases during development.
- C . Creating an integrated and potentially shippable Increment by the end of each Sprint.
- D . Having a mixture of different levels of skills and experience to promote domain knowledge sharing.
Peter, the Product Owner, has been giving positive recognition to individual Development Team members who have moved their work to ‘done’ during the Daily Scrum. Peter wants to ensure the team is adhering to the ideal guideline on the burndown chart.
What would be two valid actions for Steven, the Scrum Master, to take? (Choose two.)
- A . Steven talks with Peter about concerns of how his behavior might impact the team members and request that he stop attending for now.
- B . Steven coaches Peter on best practices for updating the burndown chart as it provides accurate information on how well the team is performing.
- C . Nothing. Steven is optional at the Daily Scrum and it is the responsibility of the team to decide how to best run it.
- D . Steven coaches the Scrum Team about the purpose of the Daily Scrum.
A Scrum Team has requested a hardening Sprint to integrate the work produced in previous Sprints and test before releasing.
What three scenarios has likely occurred? (Choose three.)
- A . The team’s Definition of Done is not being adhered to during every Sprint.
- B . The team’s Definition of Done is weak or incomplete causing a build up of technical debt.
- C . The Development Team is having difficulties with the ability to regularly release during a Sprint.
- D . Hardening Sprints are supported by the Scrum framework so this is acceptable.
- E . Scrum has been customized in a suitable manner to make the previous work releasable.
Which three statements best describe the purpose of having a Definition of Done? (Choose three.)
- A . It is a checklist to monitor the Development Team member’s progress on a task.
- B . It provides guidance to the Development Team when they are forecasting their Sprint Backlog during the Sprint Planning.
- C . As the Development Team is doing the work, it provides guidance on the remaining work needed to create the potentially shippable Increment by the end of the Sprint.
- D . It helps the Development Team defer any pending work to subsequent Sprints.
- E . It creates transparency and provides a common understanding of the ‘done’ state of the Increment at the Sprint Review.
- F . It helps the Scrum Team decide how much time is needed before the Sprint can end.
Successful use of Scrum depends on how well people behave and act in ways that reflect the Scrum values.
What can the value of openness affect?
- A . Collaboration efforts.
- B . Level of product quality.
- C . Team member happiness.
- D . Time to market.
- E . Trust from stakeholders.
- F . All of the above.