These are three sample questions from Bryq’s Agile Methodologies assessment, a knowledge test for hiring Scrum Masters, product owners, Agile project managers, and team members. The full assessment covers three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced, from Scrum roles to Agile metrics and scaling frameworks. Each question has four options and one correct answer.
Beginner
Question
Which of the following best describes the role of the Product Owner in a Scrum team?
Select your answer
Prioritising the product backlog and ensuring the team is working on the most valuable items.
Writing and reviewing code to ensure it meets technical quality standards.
Managing team performance and reporting progress to senior stakeholders.
Facilitating daily stand-ups and removing blockers that prevent the team from progressing.
WHY IS THIS THE CORECT ANSWER
The Product Owner is accountable for maximising the value the team delivers, mainly by ordering and managing the product backlog. Facilitation and removing blockers belong to the Scrum Master.
Intermediate
Question
A Scrum team consistently completes less work than planned each sprint, and the shortfall varies significantly from sprint to sprint. Which metric would best help the team understand and address this instability?
Select your answer
Sprint velocity trends combined with cycle time variability, to identify what is causing inconsistent throughput.
The number of user stories added to the backlog during each sprint.
Sprint burndown charts, to track remaining work day by day.
Lead time: to measure how long items take from request to delivery.
WHY IS THIS THE CORECT ANSWER
Velocity trends show how much the team’s output fluctuates. Cycle time variability shows which items take unpredictably long, and together they point to the cause of inconsistent delivery.
Advanced
Question
A large organisation is running multiple Agile teams working on the same product but experiencing frequent misalignment on priorities and dependencies. Which scaling approach is most appropriate?
Select your answer
Implement a framework such as SAFe with Agile Release Trains to synchronise teams around a shared vision and cadence.
Allow each team to maintain its own backlog and roadmap to reduce the need for cross-team coordination.
Merge the teams into one larger unit to eliminate inter-team dependency management.
Increase the frequency of individual team retrospectives to surface alignment issues earlier.
