TechGen, Inc.

Option B is incorrect because responsibility for communicating and clarifying prioritized User Stories fundamentally rests with the Product Owner, not with the Scrum Master. SCRUMstudy states that Acceptance Criteria are developed by the Product Owner according to the Product Owner's understanding of customer requirements, after which the Product Owner communicates the User Stories to Scrum Team members and seeks their agreement.

The Scrum Master facilitates the process and helps ensure effective collaboration, but does not replace the Product Owner as the Voice of the Customer or primary source of business-requirement clarification.

Option A is therefore correct: the Product Owner develops Acceptance Criteria using customer requirements. Option C is also correct because the Scrum Team's agreement is sought when User Stories are communicated and prepared for Sprint work.

Option D reflects the acceptance mechanism: at Sprint review/validation, the Product Owner verifies completed work against the agreed Acceptance Criteria. When the deliverable satisfies the relevant criteria and is accepted, the associated User Story is considered Done.

Study Guide reference: Plan and Estimate - > Create User Stories/Acceptance Criteria; Quality - > Acceptance and Done; Product Owner responsibilities.

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