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These 10 free CSPO questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Scrum Product Owner blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Scrum Foundations: Empiricism and Lean Thinking

Question 1

Midway through a Sprint, a major market change makes the Sprint Goal pointless. Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?

  1. The Scrum Master, as the protector of the Scrum framework
  2. The Developers, once they agree the goal can no longer be met
  3. The stakeholders who requested and funded the work
  4. The Product Owner
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Correct answer: D - The Product Owner

Question 2

At the end of the Sprint, a Product Backlog item the Developers selected is only partly finished. According to Scrum, what should happen to it?

  1. It is automatically pulled into the next Sprint and worked on first
  2. The Sprint is extended by a day or two so the item can be completed
  3. It returns to the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to reconsider its order
  4. It is logged as partially done and counts proportionally toward the Sprint's results
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Correct answer: C - It returns to the Product Backlog for the Product Owner to reconsider its order

Question 3

The 2020 Scrum Guide gives each artifact a 'commitment' to sharpen focus and transparency. Which artifact-and-commitment pairing is correct?

  1. Product Backlog - Product Goal
  2. Sprint Backlog - Definition of Done
  3. Increment - Sprint Goal
  4. Product Backlog - Definition of Done
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Correct answer: A - Product Backlog - Product Goal

Domain 2: Product Owner Core Competencies

Question 4

A Product Owner has a business analyst write and refine most of the Product Backlog items. Who is accountable for the Product Backlog?

  1. The business analyst, since they perform the work now
  2. The Scrum Master, who owns process compliance
  3. The whole Scrum Team, since Scrum is collaborative
  4. The Product Owner
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Correct answer: D - The Product Owner

Question 5

An executive suggests replacing the single Product Owner with a 'product committee' that votes on the order of the Product Backlog. Which response best reflects Scrum?

  1. A committee works well, as long as every member attends each Sprint Review and votes
  2. Scrum permits a committee, provided the Scrum Master casts the deciding vote whenever members disagree
  3. One Product Owner keeps accountability and backlog ordering clear and decisive; others influence it by convincing that person
  4. If no single owner is named, the Developers should decide the order of the Product Backlog
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Correct answer: C - One Product Owner keeps accountability and backlog ordering clear and decisive; others influence it by convincing that person

Domain 3: Goal Setting and Planning

Question 6

A senior stakeholder demands a firm, guaranteed delivery date for every remaining Product Backlog item. What is the most appropriate Product Owner response?

  1. Commit to the requested date to preserve the stakeholder's trust
  2. Offer a forecast from the team's historical delivery data, while being transparent that it is a probability and not a guarantee
  3. Decline to give any date, since Scrum forecasts are not dependable
  4. Direct the Developers to formally commit to delivering the entire remaining scope by the requested date
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Correct answer: B - Offer a forecast from the team's historical delivery data, while being transparent that it is a probability and not a guarantee

Domain 4: Understanding Customers and Users

Question 7

A school district buys a learning app for its students to use in class. In product terms, how should the Product Owner classify each party?

  1. The students are the users; the district is the customer
  2. The students are the customer; the district is the user
  3. Both the students and the district are the customers
  4. Both the students and the district are the users
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Correct answer: A - The students are the users; the district is the customer

Domain 5: Validating Product Assumptions

Question 8

Before committing several Sprints to building a new feature, a Product Owner wants evidence that customers genuinely want it, at the lowest possible cost. Which approach offers the most learning for the least investment?

  1. Build a minimal version of the feature and release it to every user
  2. Run a simple landing-page 'fake-door' test to gauge real interest first
  3. Add the feature to the Product Backlog and have the Developers size it
  4. Run a full A/B test comparing the finished feature against the current product
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Correct answer: B - Run a simple landing-page 'fake-door' test to gauge real interest first

Domain 6: Working with the Product Backlog: Outcomes vs Outputs

Question 9

A Product Owner needs to convince leadership that last quarter's work was a success. Which measure best demonstrates a focus on outcomes rather than outputs?

  1. The number of new features the team shipped during the quarter
  2. The team's average velocity across the quarter's Sprints
  3. The rise in customers completing the checkout flow
  4. The total count of Product Backlog items marked as Done
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Correct answer: C - The rise in customers completing the checkout flow

Question 10

A new Product Owner is told, 'In Scrum, every Product Backlog item must be written as a user story.' Is that accurate?

  1. Yes - Scrum defines the user story as the mandatory format for all backlog items
  2. Yes - user stories are required for items in the Product Backlog, though not for those in the Sprint Backlog
  3. No - Scrum actually requires use cases rather than user stories
  4. No - user stories are a popular technique, but Scrum prescribes no required format for backlog items
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Correct answer: D - No - user stories are a popular technique, but Scrum prescribes no required format for backlog items

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