PSPO I: Product Backlog Management practice questions
105 questions on Product Backlog Management, one of the 7 areas assessed in Professional Scrum Product Owner I. Untimed, with an explanation after every answer.
This topic covers the Product Owner’s accountability for the Product Backlog: developing and communicating the Product Goal, creating and ordering items, and keeping the backlog transparent. Refinement is an ongoing activity that adds detail, order and size to items, and one product has one Product Backlog and one Product Owner, however many teams work on it.
Ordering is not priority alone: value, risk, dependencies and learning all shape it. Anyone can propose items, but the Product Owner decides the order and can delegate the work, never the accountability. Developers size items; the Product Owner cannot override their estimates. Definition of Ready is not part of Scrum, and only Developers change the Sprint Backlog mid-Sprint.
What does Product Backlog refinement primarily involve?
Ready for exam conditions? 80 questions, 60 minutes, 85% to pass.
Mock examA worked example
A question from the bank with its answer and the reasoning behind it. Every practice question comes with an explanation like this one.
What is the Definition of Ready (DoR)?
- AA commitment for completed work
- BA shared understanding of what makes a Product Backlog item ready for Sprint selection(correct answer)
- CA contract with stakeholders
- DA technical specification document
Why
Definition of Ready is a shared understanding some teams use to decide when a Product Backlog item is ready for selection in a Sprint. It is a complementary practice, not part of the Scrum Guide 2020 and not a Scrum commitment; the Guide says only that items which can be Done within one Sprint are deemed ready for selection, usually after refinement.