Practice test 1

Communities of Practice best solve which problem in a Lean-Agile Enterprise?

Portfolio Level centralization

Delivering on cadence

Optimizing by cross-functional teams

Intra-team communication

Which statement correctly describes one aspect of the team’s commitment at the end of PI Planning?

A team commits to all the Features they put on the program board

A team commits only to the PI Objectives with the highest business value

A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives

A team commits to all the Stories they put on their PI plan

In SAFe®, which two items belong in the Team Backlog? (Choose two.)

Enabler Features

User Stories

Tasks

Spikes

Epics

What are two goals of the Feature section of the Program Kanban? (Choose two.)

Visualize the state of each feature

Facilitate Feature readiness

Create a Feature light-weight business case

Manage the flow of program epics

Make funding decisions

Which two areas do Capabilities live in the SAFe Requirements Model? (Choose two.)

Under Epics

Parallel to Features

Above Features

Below Features

Above Epics

What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?

It creates Agile business teams

It reduces political tensions

It moves the decision to where the information is

It is not how value flows

What is a SAFe-recommended approach to implement a crosscutting Epic that spans multiple PIs?

Trains will demonstrate their work on that Epic when it is finished

The work will be demonstrated by the LPM in the portfolio demo

All Agile Release Trains and Solution Trains demonstrate their work with respect to the Epic at every PI boundary

Trains will demonstrate their work only if they have managed to integrate and test it—if not, they can demo in the next PI

The Scrum Master facilitates which three events in SAFe? (Choose three.)

System Demo

Iteration Planning

Retrospective

Daily stand-up

Portfolio Sync

Scrum of Scrums

Which three roles are most responsible for ensuring successful execution at the Large Solution Level? (Choose three.)

Solution Architect/Engineer

Solution Train Engineer

Release Management

Customer

Product Owner

Solution Management

What is one new SAFe 5.0 tool used to express Strategic Themes?

Key performance indicators

Portfolio canvas

TOWS matrix

Objectives and key results

Which Continuous Delivery Pipeline event(s) should happen every Iteration?

Continuous Exploration, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Release on Demand

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

Continuous Exploration, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment

Continuous Integration

What type of objectives are used to identify work that can be variable within the scope of a PI?

SMART

Stretch

Planned

Uncommitted

When should Continuous Exploration activities take place?

During the IP Iteration in preparation for PI Planning

In the first PI Iteration to prepare for work in Iteration 2 and deployment in Iteration 3

Every Iteration

On demand, based on market rhythms and events

What is a result of shorter queue lengths?

Less variability

Increased risk

Longer cycle times

Lower quality

Which statement is true about Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in SAFe?

MBSE cannot conduct cost effective experiments without changing the product

MBSE is a technique for defining Acceptance Criteria for Enablers

MBSE is used to create a comprehensive design view of the solution

MBSE allows a team to explore solution options earlier

What are two inputs to PI Planning? (Choose two.)

Solution Roadmap

Product/Solution Vision

Top-10 Features

A set of PI Objectives

Ready user stories

An Epic spanning two PIs was approved for implementation. What is the optimum implementation path from a Lean-Agile perspective?

Implement the Epic across the same number of PIs as it took to develop

Demonstrate the progress to key stakeholders after first PI and make a decision how to proceed with the Epic in the second PI

Demonstrate the progress to the key stakeholders after two PIs and have them accept the epic

Report percentage completed to the key stakeholders at every PI boundary

Which statement is a principle of the Agile Manifesto?

Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential

Measure everything

Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths

Respect for people and culture

What is the connection between feedback and optimum batch size?

Feedback and batch size are generally not connected

Large batches reduce transaction cost and provide a higher return on investment

Lack of feedback contributes to higher holding cost

Small batch sizes enable faster feedback with lower transaction costs

Which role accepts Capabilities as done?

Solution Architect

Solution Management

Solution Train Engineer

Product Management

Which backlog contains user stories a team may be working on?

The Product Backlog

The Team Backlog

The Program Backlog

The System Backlog

What is the goal of Lean?

Respect for people and culture

Relentless improvement

Sustainable shortest lead time, best quality, and value

Lean-Agile leadership

What is used to describe large Solution behaviors?

Features

Capabilities

User Stories

Benefits

Which two options are considered Agile practices? (Choose two.)

Timeboxing

Building GANTT charts

Making sure requirements are complete prior to development

Batching work for testing efficiency

Test-Driven Development

What are two reasons organizational leaders should “take a systems view”? (Choose two.)

To maximize resource utilization

Because some systemic changes that could dramatically improve teams’ environments can only be made by the leaders

To optimize the system as a whole

To optimize the team’s work environments

Because all decisions in a Lean-Agile Enterprise are made by teams

Built-in Quality is a dimension of Team and Technical Agility and what else?

An Agile Manifesto Value

A SAFe Principle

A SAFe Core Value

A dimension of Agile Product Delivery

The three pillars of Scrum are transparency, inspection, and what else?

Self-organization

Adaptation

Collaboration

Respect

When is the System Demo conducted during Program Execution?

Just after the backlog is refined

When Stories are completed

At the end of every Iteration

Upon request from stakeholders

Why is it important for the Scrum Master to help the team focus on daily and Iteration goals?

To eliminate impediments

To facilitate the team's progress towards the current PI Objectives

To help the team maintain their velocity

To keep the Team Backlog to a manageable size

What is the main reason for the System Demo?

To fulfill PI Planning requirements

To provide an optional quality check

To enable faster feedback by integrating across teams

To give Product Owners the opportunity to provide feedback on the team increment

Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?

Limit work in process

Respond to change

Respect for people and culture

Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles

Which two actions are part of the Scrum Master’s role in PI Planning? (Choose two.)

Manage the program board

Align the Agile Release Train to a common Vision

Ensure the team builds a plan they can commit to

Serve as the Customer proxy and work with Product Management

Prioritize Features to support the Program Vision

What do Burn-up charts show in the Iteration progress?

Estimated versus planned

Delayed versus deferred

Estimated versus technical debt

Planned versus actual

Which three statements are true about the role of Lean-Agile Leaders? (Choose three.)

They set the goals for the team

They accept Features

They lead by example

They exemplify the Lean-Agile mindset, values, and principles

They lead the change

They manage the most critical day-to-day activities of team members

Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?

The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary

It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters

Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities

It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes

In what situation would a team use uncommitted objectives?

The team has no more capacity but the Feature is mandatory to the upcoming customer delivery.

The team has high confidence in their ability to deliver the objective.

The team has a major dependency on another team that has no capacity for their portion of the objective.

The team has a dependency on an external contractor who has been unreliable in the past.

Which statement is most accurate about the Program Vision?

It summarizes the team PI Objectives for the current Program Increment

It provides an outline of the Features for the next three Program Increments

It drives the allocation of budget for the Agile Release Train

It expresses the strategic intent of the Program

What does SAFe Principle #3, “Assume variability; preserve options,” enable?

Up front design of systems

Better economic results

Specification traceability

Stronger Definition of Done

The Product Owner is involved in which activity?

Story estimation

Strategic theme definition

Scrum of Scrums

ART sync

What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?

Train Lean-Agile change agents, extend to the portfolio, accelerate

Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate

Launch trains, coach Agile Release Train execution, train executives and managers

Train Lean-Agile change agents, identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains, extend to the portfolio

Which of the seven core competencies addresses the other solutions that are necessary to deliver complete enterprise value?

Lean Portfolio Management

Incorrectly unselected Organizational Agility

Correctly unselected Agile Product Delivery

Incorrectly selected Enterprise Solution Delivery

Who participates in the backlog refinement event?

All the people on the train

All train stakeholders

The development team

The agile team

When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (PI) planning, what does it mean when a feature is placed in a team’s swim lane with no strings?

That the team has not broken the feature into stories yet and has not identified dependencies

That the feature can be completed by that team independently

That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile release trains (ARTs) or Solution Trains

That the team has been assigned, but the feature dependencies have not been identified yet

What is the primary purpose of Strategic Themes?

Determine the order in which Epics should be executed

Connect the portfolio to the enterprise business strategy

Drive incremental implementation across the enterprise

Define the sequence of steps used to deliver value to the customer

What is the purpose of the Iteration review?

To show the backlog items and work on possible Solutions for the backlog items

To identify where there is too much work in the system and where the teams are being overloaded

To measure the team’s progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and getting feedback from them

To serve as a forecasting meeting where the work is estimated for the Program Increments

Practice test 1

Communities of Practice best solve which problem in a Lean-Agile Enterprise?

Which statement correctly describes one aspect of the team’s commitment at the end of PI Planning?

In SAFe®, which two items belong in the Team Backlog? (Choose two.)

What are two goals of the Feature section of the Program Kanban? (Choose two.)

Which two areas do Capabilities live in the SAFe Requirements Model? (Choose two.)

What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?

What is a SAFe-recommended approach to implement a crosscutting Epic that spans multiple PIs?

The Scrum Master facilitates which three events in SAFe? (Choose three.)

Which three roles are most responsible for ensuring successful execution at the Large Solution Level? (Choose three.)

What is one new SAFe 5.0 tool used to express Strategic Themes?

Which Continuous Delivery Pipeline event(s) should happen every Iteration?

What type of objectives are used to identify work that can be variable within the scope of a PI?

When should Continuous Exploration activities take place?

What is a result of shorter queue lengths?

Which statement is true about Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in SAFe?

What are two inputs to PI Planning? (Choose two.)

An Epic spanning two PIs was approved for implementation. What is the optimum implementation path from a Lean-Agile perspective?

Which statement is a principle of the Agile Manifesto?

What is the connection between feedback and optimum batch size?

Which role accepts Capabilities as done?

Which backlog contains user stories a team may be working on?

What is the goal of Lean?

What is used to describe large Solution behaviors?

Which two options are considered Agile practices? (Choose two.)

What are two reasons organizational leaders should “take a systems view”? (Choose two.)

Built-in Quality is a dimension of Team and Technical Agility and what else?

The three pillars of Scrum are transparency, inspection, and what else?

When is the System Demo conducted during Program Execution?

Why is it important for the Scrum Master to help the team focus on daily and Iteration goals?

What is the main reason for the System Demo?

Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?

Which two actions are part of the Scrum Master’s role in PI Planning? (Choose two.)

What do Burn-up charts show in the Iteration progress?

Which three statements are true about the role of Lean-Agile Leaders? (Choose three.)

Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?

In what situation would a team use uncommitted objectives?

Which statement is most accurate about the Program Vision?

What does SAFe Principle #3, “Assume variability; preserve options,” enable?

The Product Owner is involved in which activity?

What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?

Which of the seven core competencies addresses the other solutions that are necessary to deliver complete enterprise value?

Who participates in the backlog refinement event?

When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (PI) planning, what does it mean when a feature is placed in a team’s swim lane with no strings?

What is the primary purpose of Strategic Themes?

What is the purpose of the Iteration review?

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