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According to the Scrum Guide, what is the maximum length of a Sprint?
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Q1. According to the Scrum Guide, what is the maximum length of a Sprint?
Correct answer: A. One calendar month or less
Sprints are timeboxed to one month or less to create consistency and limit risk. A new Sprint starts immediately after the previous one ends.
Q2. The Daily Scrum is timeboxed to how many minutes, and who is it primarily for?
Correct answer: B. 15 minutes, for the Developers to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal
The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary. It is not a status report to management.
Q3. Only one role has the authority to cancel a Sprint before its timebox ends. Which role is it?
Correct answer: C. The Product Owner
The Scrum Guide states that only the Product Owner has the authority to cancel a Sprint, typically when the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete.
Q4. Which pairing correctly matches a Scrum artifact with the commitment that provides it transparency?
Correct answer: D. Product Backlog - Product Goal
Each artifact has a commitment: the Product Backlog's commitment is the Product Goal, the Sprint Backlog's commitment is the Sprint Goal, and the Increment's commitment is the Definition of Done.
Q5. How many accountabilities exist within a single Scrum Team, per the current Scrum Guide?
Correct answer: A. Three: Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developers
A single Scrum Team has three accountabilities: Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developers. There is no Team Lead or Project Manager role defined in Scrum.
Q6. If an organization has an existing standard for done work, how must the Scrum Team treat it?
Correct answer: B. The Scrum Team must use it as a minimum and may add stricter criteria, but not weaken it
When an organization-wide Definition of Done exists, all Scrum Teams must follow it at minimum; a team can adopt stricter criteria but cannot weaken the standard.
Q7. Sprint Planning addresses three topics. Which set correctly reflects them?
Correct answer: C. Why is this Sprint valuable, what can be Done this Sprint, and how will the chosen work get done
Sprint Planning covers why the Sprint is valuable, what can be Done during the Sprint, and how the chosen work will get done, resulting in the Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog.
Q8. What is the primary purpose of the Sprint Review?
Correct answer: D. To inspect the outcome of the Sprint and adapt the Product Backlog if needed
The Sprint Review is held to inspect the outcome of the Sprint with stakeholders and determine future adaptations, often updating the Product Backlog.
Q9. The Sprint Retrospective is held primarily to...
Correct answer: A. Inspect how the last Sprint went regarding individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and Definition of Done, and plan improvements
The Sprint Retrospective is the Scrum Team's opportunity to inspect how the Sprint went in terms of people, relationships, process, and tools, and to plan improvements for the next Sprint.
Q10. Empirical process control, the foundation of Scrum, rests on which three pillars?
Correct answer: B. Transparency, inspection, and adaptation
Scrum is founded on empiricism, which relies on transparency, inspection, and adaptation to support the creation of value in complex environments.
Exam facts and objectives sourced from the official Scrum.org certification page. Last reviewed June 2026.
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