What should a Product Owner do when two valuable Product Backlog items depend on the same limited
specialist?
A.
Consider value, urgency, dependency risk, and options for reducing the specialist constraint
B.
Place both items in the same Sprint regardless of capacity
C.
Allow the specialist to privately decide the product priority
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
A specialist constraint affects sequencing, risk, and the Scrum Team’s ability to deliver. The Product
Owner should consider the relative value and urgency of the items while collaborating with Developers to
explore ways to reduce dependency, such as knowledge sharing, pairing, automation, simplification, or a
different solution. Placing both items in a Sprint without regard to capacity creates an unreliable plan and
can undermine the Sprint Goal. The specialist may provide important technical information but should
not privately determine product priority. Removing both items would ignore their value rather than
address the constraint. Effective ordering combines product economics with realistic delivery knowledge
and organizational improvemen
Question #2 (Topic: demo questions)
Five Scrum Teams are working on the same commercial product. Each team currently has a separate
Product Backlog. What change best supports Scrum?
A.
Keep separate backlogs but give them identical priorities
B.
Create a separate Product Goal for every technical component
C.
Allow each Scrum Master to approve backlog changes
D.
Use one Product Goal, one Product Backlog, and one accountable Product Owner
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
When multiple Scrum Teams work on the same product, they should share the same Product Goal,
Product Backlog, and Product Owner. This creates transparency around the product’s direction and
ensures that work is ordered based on overall product value rather than local team optimization.
Separate backlogs commonly lead to duplicated work, conflicting priorities, hidden dependencies, and
component-focused delivery. Supporting Product Owners or area specialists may assist with discovery,
refinement, and stakeholder communication, but the Product Owner accountability remains with one
person. Scrum Masters support effectiveness and Scrum adoption; they do not approve Product Backlog
changes. The teams should also comply with the same Definition of Done so that their combined work
creates one integrated, usable Increment.
Question #3 (Topic: demo questions)
A mature product has stable revenue but a growing number of dissatisfied customers and slow release
cycles. What should the Product Owner do first?
A.
Inspect current customer value and the organization’s ability to innovate, then identify the most
important constraints and opportunities
B.
B.
Add more features to the roadmap without investigation
C.
Freeze the Product Backlog because revenue is stable
D.
Replace the entire Scrum Team immediately
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Stable revenue can conceal declining customer value or increasing product fragility. The Product Owner
should investigate satisfaction, retention, support demand, competitive position, technical debt, release
frequency, quality, and obstacles to innovation. This creates a balanced view of present performance
and future sustainability. Adding features without diagnosis may increase complexity and worsen release
delays. Freezing the Product Backlog ignores changing conditions and customer concerns. Replacing
the team without understanding systemic constraints is unlikely to solve the underlying problem. The
Product Owner should collaborate with Developers, the Scrum Master, stakeholders, and customers to
identify evidence-based improvements and establish an appropriate Product Goal that addresses the
most consequential opportunity or risk.
Question #4 (Topic: demo questions)
What is the most effective way for a Product Owner to respond when experiment results contradict a
strongly held product assumption?
A.
Ignore the results because the original strategy was approved
B.
Repeat the experiment until it produces the desired result
C.
Blame the customer segment selected for the test
D.
Examine the experiment’s validity and update the product decision when the evidence is credible
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Empirical product management requires willingness to change decisions when credible evidence
contradicts assumptions. The Product Owner should first inspect whether the experiment used an
appropriate customer segment, reliable measures, adequate sample, realistic context, and unbiased
interpretation. If the evidence is sound, the assumption, Product Backlog, roadmap, or strategy should
be adapted. Repeating an experiment only to seek a preferred result introduces confirmation bias.
Ignoring evidence because a strategy was previously approved undermines learning and can lead to
continued waste. Unexpected results should be treated as valuable information. They may justify a pivot,
further investigation, abandonment of an idea, or a different solution to the customer problem.