Which of the following actions is appropriate for a Scrum Master at the Daily Scrum?

Question

Options

• AMaking sure each member has an opportunity to answer all three questions.
• BLeading the Daily Scrum.
• CTeaching the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum time-boxed to 15 minutes or less.
• DUpdating the Scrum board.
• EAll of the above.

• B
  4% (2)
• C
  89% (47)
• D
  6% (3)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option C is correct because the Scrum Master's role at the Daily Scrum is to facilitate and coach, not to run the meeting - and a key coaching responsibility is helping the Development Team internalize time-boxing as a discipline they own themselves.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - The three-question format is a common pattern, but it's not mandated by Scrum; the Development Team decides how to structure their Daily Scrum, so enforcing questions isn't the SM's job.
• B - The Development Team leads the Daily Scrum; the Scrum Master ensures it happens and protects the time-box, but does not facilitate it as a leader.
• D - Updating the Scrum board is the Development Team's responsibility, not the Scrum Master's.
• E - Falls with the distractors above.

Memory tip: Think of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader coach at the Daily Scrum - present to protect the process (time-box, no outsiders derailing it) and to teach self-management, but never to own the meeting. If an answer puts the SM in charge of content or task work, it's wrong.

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