Exam 1

Question 1

Which two activities could a scrum master and team focus on for the first team breakout session of PI planning?

Answer 1

• Manage the timebox
• Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies

Question 2

What is one benefit of program increment objective?

Answer 2

They create a near-term focus and vision

Question 3

While assigning business value, the business owner gives a value of two
to a team PI objectives that they see as more technical in nature. This concerns the team due to the critical nature of the work. What is the best action for the Scrum master to take?

Answer 3

Facilitate an opportunity for a team to explain their perspective of the business value delivered by the objective.

Question 4

What are inputs of PI planning?

Answer 4

1) Business context
2) Roadmap and vision
3) highest priorities features of ART backlog

Question 5

What are outputs of PI planning?

Answer 5

1) committed PI obj
2) ART planning board

Question 6

Cadence and synchronisation help reduce uncertainty and manage what?

Answer 6

The variability in solution development

Question 7

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

Answer 7

That the feature can be completed by that team independently

Question 8

What is one characteristic of an Agile team’s Iteration?

Answer 8

Scope changes should be minimized once it starts

Question 9

A scrum master notices that the team members are not open to
showcasing their work. Which core value would the scrum master
encourage the team to adopt?

Answer 9

Transparency

Question 10

Which statement is true about the team backlog?

Answer 10

The Product owner is responsible for it.

Question 11

What is one primary responsibility of a product owner?

Answer 11

To act as the customer for developer questions

Question 12

What is a characteristic of a SAFe Agile team?

Answer 12

The scrum master and product owner are part of the agile team

Question 13

Which Agile development concepts leads to faster delivery of business
value?

Answer 13

Continuous improvement

Question 14

During a retrospective, the team decides to delegate the responsibility of
team to team communication to the scrum master. What are 2 significant
risk this can introduce?

Answer 14

• The scrum master becomes a bottleneck and slows down the flow of
  information.
• Team loses the opportunity to build relationship with the other team

Question 15

According to Tuckman’s stages of team dynamics, an agile team that
“respects each other’s opinions and values their differences” is in which
team development stage?

Answer 15

Performing

Question 16

What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?

Answer 16

To enable the team to improve processes

Question 17

Scrum Master help remove impediments, foster an environment for high-
performing team dynamics and what else?

Answer 17

Lead team efforts in relentless 不断地improvement

Question 18

The scrum master is what above all else?

SM最重要的是什么呢

Answer 18

A servant leader

Question 19

Why does a scrum Master use the powerful questioning technique ?

Answer 19

To guide people to a solution

Question 20

What is one characteristic of a powerful question?

Answer 20

It prompts reflective thinking

Question 21

What is an example of Scrum Master servant leader behaviour?

Answer 21

Uses persuasion instead of authority

Question 22

What is the purpose of the Scrum of Scrums?

Answer 22

Provides visibility into dependencies and program impediments

Question 23

What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?

Answer 23

Absence of trust

Question 24

Which action demonstrates a Scrum Master’s servant leadership?

Answer 24

Supporting healthy conflict during team meetings

Question 25

Which two agile team events are designed to build and foster high-
performing teams?

Answer 25

Retrospective
Iteration review

Question 26

What does an effective scrum master help the team with?

Answer 26

Relentless improvement

Question 27

The scrum master notices the Agile team does not have cross-functional
skills. What could the scrum master do to improve this situation?

Answer 27

Bring the issue to the team and ask for their suggestions

Question 28

The team has struggled in this iteration to meet their goals, so they want
to cancel the iteration review. Which risk is introduced by cancelling the
iteration review?

Answer 28

The team is unable to incorporate feedback during the next iteration
planning.

Question 29

How can Scrum master prepare for an Iteration Retrospective?

Answer 29

Collect updated Iteration metrics

Question 30

Lean flow, as defined as part of the SAFe CALMR approach, is supported
by which SAFe principle?

Answer 30

Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes and mange queue length

Question 31

What is the primary goal of DevOps in SAFe?

Answer 31

Improve collaboration across the value stream

Question 32

What is the role of the scrum master in the team backlog refinement
process?

Answer 32

To ensure the team holds the event regularly

Question 33

A scrum master notices the team is often unable to support maintenance
that arise on an ad hoc basis, even though it was agreed that team would
provide this support. What could the scrum master do?

Answer 33

Suggest the team leave some capacity available when planning the
iteration

Question 34

What is the goal of the scrum of scrum event?

Answer 34

To review the ART’s progress towards its PI objectives

Question 35

At the end of the first Iteration, the team finishes User Stories A, B, and
50% of C. The Story sizes are set at these points:Story A = 8 pointsStory
B = 1 pointStory C = 5 pointsStory D = 3 pointsWhat is the team’s
velocity?

Answer 35

9

Question 36

What is considered an anti-pattern for the Iteration retrospective?

Answer 36

Choosing an action item for a another team

Question 37

During Iteration planning, who defines the acceptance criteria for each
story?

Answer 37

PO

Question 38

What is the primary purpose of the IP iteration?

Answer 38

Provide opportunity to identify more effective ways of working

Question 39

During the problem solving workshop, which step comes after identifying
the biggest root-cause using Pareto analysis?

Answer 39

Restate the new problem

Question 40

What is one anti-pattern that can occur during the IP iteration?

Answer 40

The teams integrate the whole system for the first time

Question 41

A team regularly achieves 150% of its planned business value. How might
the team adapt for the next PI?

Answer 41

Determine ways to increase the ratio of committed PI Objectives to
uncommitted objectives