Agile & Hybrid Approaches

In Scrum, who is responsible for ordering the product backlog to maximize the value delivered by the team?

• A The Scrum Master
• B The development team
• C The Product Owner ✓
• D The project sponsor

Answer: The Product Owner owns the product backlog and orders it to maximize value, balancing stakeholder priorities. The Scrum Master facilitates the process but does not set priorities.

An agile team consistently completes 30 story points per iteration and has 150 points remaining in the backlog. Approximately how many iterations remain, and what metric is used?

• A About 10 iterations, based on throughput
• B About 5 iterations, based on velocity ✓
• C About 5 iterations, based on cycle time
• D About 3 iterations, based on lead time

Answer: Velocity is the average story points completed per iteration; 150 divided by 30 yields about 5 remaining iterations. Velocity is the standard agile measure for forecasting remaining work.

During a sprint, a stakeholder asks the team to add a new high-priority feature immediately. According to Scrum, what should the team do?

• A Add the feature to the current sprint without changing scope
• B Add the feature to the product backlog for the Product Owner to prioritize for a future sprint ✓
• C Reject the request because the backlog is frozen
• D Stop the sprint and start a new one with the feature

Answer: New requests go to the product backlog for the Product Owner to prioritize; the sprint backlog is protected from mid-sprint scope changes. This preserves the team's focus and sprint goal.

What is the PRIMARY purpose of a sprint retrospective?

• A To re-order the product backlog
• B To demonstrate the increment to stakeholders
• C To inspect how the last sprint went and identify improvements to the team's process ✓
• D To plan the work for the upcoming sprint

Answer: The retrospective is the team's opportunity to inspect its process and people and create a plan for improvement. The sprint review, by contrast, focuses on inspecting the product increment.

A project uses a predictive approach for hardware and an agile approach for software within the same effort. Which approach BEST describes this combination?

• A Pure agile
• B Hybrid ✓
• C Incremental waterfall
• D Pure predictive

Answer: A hybrid approach blends predictive and agile methods, applying each where it fits best within the same project. Tailoring the life cycle to the work is a core principle of modern delivery.

An agile team's daily stand-up has grown to 30 minutes of detailed problem-solving. What should the servant-leader coach the team to do?

• A Replace the stand-up with a written status report
• B Cancel the daily stand-up to save time
• C Keep stand-ups time-boxed and move detailed discussions to a follow-up among those involved ✓
• D Have the Scrum Master assign tasks during the stand-up

Answer: The daily stand-up should stay time-boxed and focused on coordination, with deep problem-solving taken offline afterward. This keeps the event efficient and respects the team's time.