Practice Free PSPO-II Exam Online Questions
Question #11
Conduct an experiment could help the Product Owner to : (select ALL that apply)
- A . Make precise decision on investment
- B . Understand if a product’s product/market fit and business viability
- C . Have full certainty as to a product’s potential success.
- D . Reduce waste
Correct Answer: A,B,D
A,B,D
Explanation:
Reduce waste: You test the market before spending money and effort to invest in it. If the result does not go well, stop your investment = reduce waste.
Complexity is the domain with the unknown-unknowns, which calls for a probe-sense-respond approach. It’s always better to be patient, search for trends, and allow a solution to emerge instead of attempting to manipulate the situation or insisting on a course of action.
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A,B,D
Explanation:
Reduce waste: You test the market before spending money and effort to invest in it. If the result does not go well, stop your investment = reduce waste.
Complexity is the domain with the unknown-unknowns, which calls for a probe-sense-respond approach. It’s always better to be patient, search for trends, and allow a solution to emerge instead of attempting to manipulate the situation or insisting on a course of action.
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As Product Owners, in order to maximize the value of your product, you need to decrease your amount of investment by making smaller bets/experiments to take advantage of quick feedback loops. You also need to make better investment decisions by constantly testing your experiments. A quick feedback loop helps Product Owners validate their ideas/investments.
When we talk about the Product Owner is making a precise investment decision, we are talking about the Product Owner is making an investment on a specific experiment, which should be as small as possible.
Question #12
True or False? A product with High Current Value and low Unrealized Value. Some say you should maintain the product, but gradually reduce the investment then start seeking another opportunity for future growth.
- A . False
- B . True
Correct Answer: B
B
Explanation:
Whatever information the remember 1 formula to solve the High Current Value, Low Unrealized Value:
Maintain, Reduce, Retreat (seek for other opportunities).
B
Explanation:
Whatever information the remember 1 formula to solve the High Current Value, Low Unrealized Value:
Maintain, Reduce, Retreat (seek for other opportunities).
Question #13
What are the accountabilities of a Tester on a Scrum Team? (choose the best two answers)
- A . Checking the work of the Developers.
- B . Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for the quality of the product.
- C . Creating code coverage reports for the test manager.
- D . There is no specific tester role
- E . Finding bugs to assure quality
Correct Answer: B,D
B,D
Explanation:
In Scrum, there are three specific roles only. Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Developers. A tester will have the title of Developers member.
Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for the quality of the product.
B,D
Explanation:
In Scrum, there are three specific roles only. Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Developers. A tester will have the title of Developers member.
Everyone on the Scrum Team is accountable for the quality of the product.
Question #14
You have been a Product Owner at a new company for a few weeks. It has become clear to you that many people, both inside and outside the Scrum Team, expect close involvement in the decisions that you, as a Product Owner, are accountable for. As a result, you find that it takes too long to make decisions.
Which of the following are reasonable options you could take? (choose the best three answers)
- A . Start making all the decisions you are accountable for without consulting the others who have expressed interest.
- B . Create and share a delegation board that display your decision-making areas and work with your Scrum Team to clarify decision making accountability and responsibility.
- C . Work with your Scrum Master to better understand what next steps you can take to move the company’s understanding of product ownership up in the maturity curve towards Entrepreneur.
- D . Demonstrate, with the help of data, how long it is taking you to make decisions and the impact that the long decision-making cycle has on delivering value to the customers.
- E . Allow other members of the Scrum Team to continues as the decision makers, but keep a list of decisions that do not deliver their intended value.
Correct Answer: C,D,E
C,D,E
Explanation:
A) Create and share a delegation board that displays your decision-making areas and work with your Scrum Team to clarify decision making accountability and responsibility.
(Incorrect)
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product.
The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable. The Product Owner never can delegates his accountability
B) Allow other members of the Scrum Team to continues as the decision makers, but keep a list of decisions that do not deliver their intended value. (Correct)
The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable. The Product Owner never can delegates his accountability
If the Product Owner allows other members of the Scrum Team to continues as the decision makers, it means he is delegating the responsibility of these decisions, but he remains accountable. The Product Owner can decide what things should delegate or not. That is the reason this answer is correct.
C) Demonstrate, with the help of data, how long it is taking you to make decisions and the impact that the long decision-making cycle has on delivering value to the customers. (Correct)
The Scrum Master will support the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Organization to apply Scrum and optimize Scrum value to ensure the trust between teams; transparency is always kept so that the Scrum Team can have self-organizing to make the right decisions, what to do and when is the best time.
D) Work with your Scrum Master to better understand what next steps you can take to move the company’s understanding of product ownership up in the maturity curve towards Entrepreneur.(Correct) The Scrum Master is responsible for the process success―for helping the product owner and the team use the right process to create a successful product, and for facilitating organisational change and establishing an agile way of working. Consequently, the Scrum Master collaborates with the product owner and the Developers as well as senior management, human resources (HR), and the business groups affected by Scrum.
E) Start making all the decisions you are accountable for without consulting the others who have expressed interest.
(Incorrect)
Although the Product Owner can have the final say on decisions, it is important that they take all parties into consideration.
C,D,E
Explanation:
A) Create and share a delegation board that displays your decision-making areas and work with your Scrum Team to clarify decision making accountability and responsibility.
(Incorrect)
The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product.
The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable. The Product Owner never can delegates his accountability
B) Allow other members of the Scrum Team to continues as the decision makers, but keep a list of decisions that do not deliver their intended value. (Correct)
The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains accountable. The Product Owner never can delegates his accountability
If the Product Owner allows other members of the Scrum Team to continues as the decision makers, it means he is delegating the responsibility of these decisions, but he remains accountable. The Product Owner can decide what things should delegate or not. That is the reason this answer is correct.
C) Demonstrate, with the help of data, how long it is taking you to make decisions and the impact that the long decision-making cycle has on delivering value to the customers. (Correct)
The Scrum Master will support the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Organization to apply Scrum and optimize Scrum value to ensure the trust between teams; transparency is always kept so that the Scrum Team can have self-organizing to make the right decisions, what to do and when is the best time.
D) Work with your Scrum Master to better understand what next steps you can take to move the company’s understanding of product ownership up in the maturity curve towards Entrepreneur.(Correct) The Scrum Master is responsible for the process success―for helping the product owner and the team use the right process to create a successful product, and for facilitating organisational change and establishing an agile way of working. Consequently, the Scrum Master collaborates with the product owner and the Developers as well as senior management, human resources (HR), and the business groups affected by Scrum.
E) Start making all the decisions you are accountable for without consulting the others who have expressed interest.
(Incorrect)
Although the Product Owner can have the final say on decisions, it is important that they take all parties into consideration.
Question #15
As a Product Owner, understanding the Developers’s velocity will help you measure time to market and innovation rate.
How does technical debt relate to velocity? (choose the best two answers)
- A . As the Developers are working on new Product Backlog items, they can run into technical debt resulting in an unexpected slow down in velocity
- B . They are not related because technical debt is non-functional and velocity is calculated based on end user functionality.
- C . The Developers can artificially inflate velocity by allowing technical debt to be incurred
- D . Adding estimates to technical debt will allow the Developers to maintain constant velocity therefore ensuring predictability
Correct Answer: A,C
A,C
Explanation:
Technical debt is a natural occurrence when developing complex products. It is a concept in software development that reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer. And how it is managed will depend on the team AND context of the situation.
A,C
Explanation:
Technical debt is a natural occurrence when developing complex products. It is a concept in software development that reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer. And how it is managed will depend on the team AND context of the situation.
Question #16
Unrealized Value is measured by a gap between ____________ and ____________ (choose the best
two answers).
- A . The current experience
- B . The desired or actual experience
- C . The total size of the market
- D . The market share
Correct Answer: A,B
A,B
Explanation:
When customers, users, or clients experience a gap between their current experience and the experience that they would like to have, the difference between the two represents an opportunity; this opportunity is measured by Unrealized Value. Looking at Unrealized Value helps an organization to maximize the value that it realizes from a product or service over time.
A,B
Explanation:
When customers, users, or clients experience a gap between their current experience and the experience that they would like to have, the difference between the two represents an opportunity; this opportunity is measured by Unrealized Value. Looking at Unrealized Value helps an organization to maximize the value that it realizes from a product or service over time.
Question #17
A Product Owner is needed for every: (choose the best answer)
- A . Product.
- B . Portfolio.
- C . Program.
- D . All of the above.
Correct Answer: A
A
Explanation:
The Product Owner is the sole person accountable for managing the Product Backlog and ensuring the value of the work the Scrum Team performs. The Product Owner is one person, not a committee. The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item’s priority must address the Product Owner 1. The Product Owner is responsible for the product and its outcome2.
A product is a vehicle to deliver value. It has a clear boundary, known stakeholders, well-defined users or customers. A product could be a physical product, a software product, a service, a project, or something else3. A product has a product vision, which is the overarching goal of the product, the reason for creating it, and the impact it should have on its customers and users4.
A portfolio is a collection of products or projects that are aligned with a strategic goal or an organizational unit5. A program is a group of related projects or products that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. A portfolio or a program may have a portfolio or program manager, who is responsible for overseeing the alignment, prioritization, and governance of the portfolio or program . However, these roles are not equivalent to the Product Owner role, as they do not have the same accountabilities and authorities as the Product Owner.
Therefore, the correct answer is that a Product Owner is needed for every product, not for every portfolio or program.
Reference: 1: Scrum Guide 2: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework 3: Managing Products with Agility 4: [Product Vision] 5: [Portfolio] : [Program] : [Portfolio Management] : [Program Management]
A
Explanation:
The Product Owner is the sole person accountable for managing the Product Backlog and ensuring the value of the work the Scrum Team performs. The Product Owner is one person, not a committee. The Product Owner may represent the desires of a committee in the Product Backlog, but those wanting to change a Product Backlog item’s priority must address the Product Owner 1. The Product Owner is responsible for the product and its outcome2.
A product is a vehicle to deliver value. It has a clear boundary, known stakeholders, well-defined users or customers. A product could be a physical product, a software product, a service, a project, or something else3. A product has a product vision, which is the overarching goal of the product, the reason for creating it, and the impact it should have on its customers and users4.
A portfolio is a collection of products or projects that are aligned with a strategic goal or an organizational unit5. A program is a group of related projects or products that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. A portfolio or a program may have a portfolio or program manager, who is responsible for overseeing the alignment, prioritization, and governance of the portfolio or program . However, these roles are not equivalent to the Product Owner role, as they do not have the same accountabilities and authorities as the Product Owner.
Therefore, the correct answer is that a Product Owner is needed for every product, not for every portfolio or program.
Reference: 1: Scrum Guide 2: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework 3: Managing Products with Agility 4: [Product Vision] 5: [Portfolio] : [Program] : [Portfolio Management] : [Program Management]
Question #18
What can an organization benefit from the short iterations? (choose the best answer).
- A . None of the above.
- B . Validate the hypotheses faster.
- C . Minimize and control risk better.
- D . Understand the customer’s needs better.
- E . Get feedback from stakeholders faster.
- F . All of the above.
Correct Answer: F
F
Explanation:
Let’s take a two-week Sprint as an example.
Validate the hypothesizes faster: it means you release your product in a short duration, the feedback loop from customers is more active.
Get feedback from stakeholders faster: The interval of the Sprint Review is shorter.
Minimize and control risk better: If the work outcome is wasteful, the cost spent is limited to the weeks incurred in the Sprint. This feedback is a control gateway and can be used to plan better for the next Sprint. In other words, the risk of pursuing the wrong direction is limited to the cost of one Sprint.
F
Explanation:
Let’s take a two-week Sprint as an example.
Validate the hypothesizes faster: it means you release your product in a short duration, the feedback loop from customers is more active.
Get feedback from stakeholders faster: The interval of the Sprint Review is shorter.
Minimize and control risk better: If the work outcome is wasteful, the cost spent is limited to the weeks incurred in the Sprint. This feedback is a control gateway and can be used to plan better for the next Sprint. In other words, the risk of pursuing the wrong direction is limited to the cost of one Sprint.
Question #19
When determining the ordering of an item on the Product Backlog, what are some things a Product Owner should consider? (choose all that apply)
- A . Alignment with business strategy and goals
- B . Importance to customers
- C . The complexity of developing the Product Backlog Item
- D . Risk
- E . Alignment and dependencies with existing Product Backlog items
Correct Answer: A,B,C,D,E
A,B,C,D,E
Explanation:
All of them are correct.
WHY ORDERING YOUR BACKLOG IS IMPORTANT
There are many reasons why having a healthy, ordered product backlog is important to teams.
A,B,C,D,E
Explanation:
All of them are correct.
WHY ORDERING YOUR BACKLOG IS IMPORTANT
There are many reasons why having a healthy, ordered product backlog is important to teams.
Question #20
Which of the following are true when it comes to scaling the Product Owner accountability?
- A . Select all that apply
- B . A large Product should have a Chief Product Owner
- C . The Product Owner can be assisted by the Developers
- D . Each Product has a Product Owner
- E . There is only 1 Product Backlog per Product
- F . Each Product has one Product Owner
Correct Answer: C,D,E,F
C,D,E,F
Explanation:
Scrum does not include a Chief Product Owner. All the other options are valid.
C,D,E,F
Explanation:
Scrum does not include a Chief Product Owner. All the other options are valid.