Exam Flashcards
1
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What is a Product Owner (PO) anti-pattern in Iteration planning?
The PO asks the team for recommendations on Story slicing
The PO brings in changes to the planned Features based on stakeholder feedback from the System Demo
The PO changes priorities of the already refined intent
The PO introduces the business intent to the team for the first time
A
The PO introduces the business intent to the team for the first time
2
Q
What is a benefit of an Agile Release Train that has both cadence and synchronization?
Dependencies are identified across the Agile Release Train
The entire system is iterating
The Agile Release Train is able to control the injection on new work
Teams participate in the portfolio backlog refinement
A
The entire system is iterating
3
Q
When should centralized decision-making be used?
When making frequent decisions
When decisions are short-term in duration
When decisions need specific local context
When there are significant economies of scale
A
When there are significant economies of scale
4
Q
Which of the four SAFe Core Values is an enabler of trust?
Built-in Quality
Alignment
Program Execution
Transparency
A
Transparency
5
Q
What is the first source of guidance when creating an improvement roadmap?
Communities of Practice
Product Management
Lean Agile Center of Excellence
Agile Program Management Office
A
Communities of Practice
6
Q
If a team insists that big Stories cannot be split into smaller ones, how would the Scrum Master coach them to do otherwise?
Demonstrate Story-splitting techniques using a specific example
Suggest a story-splitting bootcamp in the next IP iteration
Emphasize the SAFe principles to highlight the importance of flow
Invite a development manager to emphasize the importance of splitting Stories
A
Demonstrate Story-splitting techniques using a specific example
7
Q
SAFe Scrum Masters need to have intentional focus on what? Backlog Prioritization Risks Dependencies Improvement Items
A
Improvement Items
8
Q
What is the purpose of the fishbone diagram?
To brainstorm solutions to problems
To identify potential root causes to problems
To identify improvement backlog items
To identify the biggest root cause
A
To identify potential root causes to problems
9
Q
A Feature should satisfy which two criteria? (Choose two.)
It is developed within a single Agile Team
It is prioritized using weighted shortest job first (WSJF)
It involves multiple Agile Release Trains
It is fully completed by a single Agile Release Train within one PI
It has one Capability as a parent
A
It is prioritized using weighted shortest job first (WSJF)
It is fully completed by a single Agile Release Train within one PI
10
Q
What is the purpose of the Large Solution Level in SAFe?
To coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains that develop the same Solution
To decouple release constraints between Agile Release Trains
To effectively operate in a highly regulated environment
To coordinate the work of multiple Agile Teams
A
To coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains that develop the same Solution
11
Q
Why is the program predictability measure the primary Metric used during the quantitative measurement part of the Inspect and Adapt event?
To match customer demand to the Agile Release Train’s velocity
To predict the scope of the remaining requirements in the Program Backlog
To forecast when remaining features could be delivered to customers
To measure the predictability of business value delivered in the PI timebox
A
To measure the predictability of business value delivered in the PI timebox
12
Q
What is one output from the problem-solving workshop?
An assessment report
Top improvement items for the next PI
ROAMed risks
All the potential Solutions the team could identify
A
Top improvement items for the next PI
13
Q
Which two timestamps are required at minimum to measure lead time by using a Team Kanban board? (Choose two.)
When the team demos to the Product Owner
When the Story is released to users and validated
When the Story is accepted by the Product Owner
When the Story is deployed
When the Agile Team pulls a Story onto the board
A
When the Story is released to users and validated
When the Agile Team pulls a Story onto the board
14
Q
How are the program risks, that have been identified during PI Planning, categorized?
Removed, Owned, Accepted, Managed
Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
Removed, Owned, Acknowledged, Mitigated
Resolved, Owned, Acknowledged, Managed
A
Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
15
Q
How is average lead time measured in a Kanban system?
Measure the lead time for at least three items and calculate the statistical mean of the items
Measure the vertical distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram
By taking the average velocity over the last three iterations
Measure the horizontal distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram
A
Measure the horizontal distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram
16
Q
During Iteration planning, the Product Owner (PO) introduces multiple new Stories to the team. After a lot of discussion, the team decides to insert spikes into the Iteration for research. Why is this situation an anti-pattern?
The team will engage the dependent teams to work on the Stories
The team is committing to Stories with many unknowns
The PO and the team arrived at the planning session without preparation
The PO and team created spikes
A
The team is committing to Stories with many unknowns
17
Q
The purpose of Continuous Integration is to deliver what?
Potentially deployable code
Specific customer functionality
Smaller batch sizes
New builds on the test environment
A
Potentially deployable code
18
Q
What is one way a Scrum Master can gain the confidence of a stakeholder?
Invite the stakeholder to the Iteration retrospective
Make the process visible
Establish a daily sync meeting with the stakeholder
Make sure the results of the retrospectives are made public
A
Make the process visible
19
Q
What is one outcome of an integration point?
It provides the opportunity to release code
It aligns with a phase-gate milestone
It extends the length of time of an Iteration
It provides an opportunity to pivot the course of action
A
It provides an opportunity to pivot the course of action
20
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If the distance between the arrival and departure curves on a team’s cumulative flow diagram is growing apart, what is likely happening?
Lead time is increasing
WIP is decreasing
Unplanned work is pushed into the backlog
The backlog is being reprioritized
A
Lead time is increasing
21
Q
What are two benefits of applying cadence?
To facilitate better planning and allow for more cross-team collaboration
To cause multiple perspectives to be understood, resolved, and integrated
To pull the different assets of a system together and determine Solution viability
To transform unpredictable events into predictable events
To align the planning efforts of multiple Agile Release Trains
A
To facilitate better planning and allow for more cross-team collaboration
To transform unpredictable events into predictable events
22
Q
Which statement is true about refactoring code?
It is the result of combining legacy systems with new code
It should be planned for in the architectural runway
It is a natural part of software development
It is the result of poor development quality
A
It is a natural part of software development
23
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What goes into the Portfolio Backlog?
Capabilities
Program Enablers
Strategic Themes
Epics
A
Epics
24
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Lee is a developer on the team. At every daily stand-up Lee reports, “Yesterday, I worked on indexing. Today, I will work on indexing. I have no impediments”. What approach should the Scrum Master suggest to Lee to improve the team’s visibility into his work?
Focus on the progress of the Iteration goals
Have Lee work on different Stories
Assign another team member to assist Lee
Have him break his Stories into tasks for more clarity
A
Focus on the progress of the Iteration goals
25
A team consistently receives defect reports from production even though each Story is thoroughly tested. What is the first step to solve this problem?
Instantiate a strict definition of done
Invest in better Story and unit-test automation
Ensure that development and testing environments are equivalent to production
Create a story dependency with the systems team to collaborate on deployment
Invest in better Story and unit-test automation
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What is one problem with phase-gate Milestones?
They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time
They require the Product Owner to act as gatekeeper or guardian of the process
They force design decisions too late in the process
They account for variability inherent in the process
They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time
27
What is one way a Scrum Master leads the team's efforts for relentless improvement?
By building a high-performing team
By helping teams become better problem solvers
By focusing on technical discipline
By scheduling team meetings
By helping teams become better problem solvers
28
The work within one state of a team's Kanban board is being completed at varying times, sometimes running faster and sometimes slower than the next state. What could resolve this issue?
Create a buffer state between the two states to regulate the situation
Redesign the board to ensure a smooth flow of work
Have the Scrum Master change the WIP limit of the faster state
Match skill sets to the WIP states in order to smooth out flow
Create a buffer state between the two states to regulate the situation
29
How is team performance calculated in SAFe?
The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI
Team member utilization as a percentage of total capacity
The ratio of Story points completed to Story points planned in the PI
The ratio of tasks planned to tasks completed
The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI
30
A team integrates and tests the Stories on the last day of the Iteration. This has become a pattern for the last three Iterations. Why is this considered an anti-pattern?
Because the team demonstrates the full Stories to the Product Owner during the Iteration review
Because it is difficult to manage dependencies with other teams
Because the team consistently meets their commitments, and the Product Owner accepts the Stories
Because the team is waterfalling the Iteration
Because the team is waterfalling the Iteration
31
What is the output of an Inspect and Adapt event?
A set of improvement items for the upcoming PI Planning event
A set of aggregated SMART PI Objectives for the Solution
A refined understanding of the problem statement
An in depth Ishikawa diagram
A set of improvement items for the upcoming PI Planning event
32
A Scrum Master is frustrated that her team finds no value during Iteration retrospectives, and the team has asked that she cancel all future ones. Which two specific anti-patterns are most likely present within the team’s retrospectives? (Choose two.)
The team does not feel valued by the Enterprise
The team often over-commits during the Iterations and does not have available time to retrospect
The team does not identify and commit to improvement items for how they do their work
The team identifies improvements but is not allowed to address them
The team does not inspect the Program Increment and revise the product backlog
The team does not identify and commit to improvement items for how they do their work
The team identifies improvements but is not allowed to address them
33
When developing a team's skill set, what skill set does an E-shaped person have?
Experience across several areas and can execute using a combination of skills
Strong domain expertise matched with general integration skills
Expertise in optimizing system flow and general deployment experience
A generalist across many skills and expertise in few
Experience across several areas and can execute using a combination of skills
34
How can a Scrum Master help the team remain focused on achieving their Iteration goals?
By supporting the rules of the team process
By leading a team's efforts in relentless improvements
By exhibiting Lean-Agile Leadership
By eliminating impediments
By eliminating impediments
35
What are two actions the Scrum Master can take to help the team achieve the SAFe Core Value of transparency? (Choose two.)
Be aligned with Product Management when reviewing the Team's Backlog
Coach the team on how to make reliable commitments every Iteration with visible goals
Ensure the team's velocity and WIP are a true representation of what is actually happening within the team
Hold team members accountable to complete their tasks by monitoring task progress deviation
Ensure Agile event timeboxes are followed
Coach the team on how to make reliable commitments every Iteration with visible goals
Ensure the team's velocity and WIP are a true representation of what is actually happening within the team
36
Systems builders and Customers have a high level of responsibility and should take great care to ensure that any investment in new Solutions will deliver what benefit?
The best opportunity for team utilization
The best ecological benefit for society
The necessary financial benefit
The necessary economic benefit
The best ecological benefit for society
37
Which two events provide opportunities for the team to collaborate? (Choose two.)
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Backlog refinement
Pre-PI Planning
Portfolio Sync
Iteration Planning
Solution Demo
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Backlog refinement
| Iteration Planning
38
What should be the first step a team should take to feed potential problems into the Problem Solving workshop?
Review feedback from the System Demo
Conduct a short team retrospective
Analyze quantitative & qualitative metrics
Identify enablers needed to build out the Architectural Runway
Review feedback from the System Demo
39
What is one requirement for achieving Continuous Deployment?
Decouple deployment from release
Create all Features using behavior-driven development
Automate all unit-tests
Couple development cadence and deployment cadence
Decouple deployment from release
40
Inspect and Adapt events occur at which two SAFe levels? (Choose two.)
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Essential Level
Team Level
Large Solution Level
Portfolio Level
Value Stream Level
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Essential Level
| Team Level
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An Agile Team decides they want to use pair programming in future Iterations. Where should this be captured?
In the team retrospective notes
In the Inspect and Adapt meeting notes
In the Program Backlog
In the team's improvement backlog
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In the team's improvement backlog
42
Which statement is true about work in process (WIP)?
WIP is directly related to utilization
More WIP decreases variability
More WIP leads to slower throughput
WIP visibility increases cross-training opportunities
More WIP leads to slower throughput
43
What is the purpose of the scrum of scrums meeting during PI Planning?
To track planning progress across the ART
To discuss scope changes
To create the program board
To control WIP
To track planning progress across the ART
44
What is the primary goal of decentralized decision-making?
To resolve dependencies
To reduce delay
To empower knowledge workers
To minimize WIP
To reduce delay
45
What is the purpose of the retrospective held during an Inspect and Adapt event?
To identify the issues to address during the problem-solving workshop
To identify improvement Story candidates
To review how value flows through the Agile Release Train
To learn from PI Planning outcomes
To identify the issues to address during the problem-solving workshop
46
A Scrum Master is invited to help an Agile Release Train that has struggled through multiple PIs. They just finished the second Iteration in the current PI and have nothing to show at the System Demo. The ART stakeholders are really concerned.
What should be done?
Stop working on any new functionality and fully integrate and test the system; adjust scope based on what is learned
Have every team demonstrate their team increment to the stakeholders separately in the team branch
Re-architect the system so that there are no dependencies between the teams; integration is not required at this time
Find a vendor that specializes in integrating system increments from multiple teams
Stop working on any new functionality and fully integrate and test the system; adjust scope based on what is learned
47
What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team?
To reliably deliver value by deploying features
To invest in having specialized skill sets
To pivot towards other work as requested
A strong focus on increasing team velocity
To reliably deliver value by deploying features
48
Why are big Stories considered an anti-pattern?
They do not support Pair Work
They make it difficult to apply iterative development
They make it difficult to estimate compliance efforts
They make it difficult to estimate testing efforts
They make it difficult to apply iterative development
49
Three teams in the Agile Release Train are working on the same Feature. Team A is a component team, and Teams B and C are feature teams.
During PI Planning, Teams B and C committed to delivering their part of the Feature by the end of Iteration five and plan to integrate with each other along with Team A’s piece in the first week of the IP Iteration. Why is this an anti-pattern?
Because Product Management accepted each team’s final plan at the end of PI Planning Day 2
Because work should not be planned for the IP Iteration
Because each feature team needs to integrate with the component team
Because the teams managed their dependencies and planned their integration timing during PI Planning
Because work should not be planned for the IP Iteration
50
What does a Scrum Master support in order to help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions?
Invest in architectural runway
A team's efforts in relentless improvement
Increasing Quality practices
Building a high-performing team
A team's efforts in relentless improvement
51
What are three opportunities for creating collaboration on a team? (Choose three.)
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Hackathons
Inspect and Adapt
Backlog refinement
Communities of Practice
Pair work
Iteration planning
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Hackathons
Inspect and Adapt
Pair work
52
What are two purposes of the scrum of scrums meeting? (Choose two.)
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Collaborate release details with Systems Team
Review Solution Architecture
Discuss Program Backlog priority changes
Facilitate cross-team collaboration
Identify impediments
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Facilitate cross-team collaboration
| Identify impediments
53
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What is the primary measurement during Inspect and Adapt?
Team NPS score
Program predictability measure
Number of automated tests
Number of Features delivered
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Program predictability measure
54
When is collaboration with System Architects and the Systems Team likely to have the greatest impact on Solution development?
At the System Demo
During PI Planning
During the daily stand-up
At the Inspect and Adapt event
During PI Planning
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What are relationships within a highly collaborative team based on?
Alignment
Trust
Collaboration
Communication
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Trust
56
Which statement is true about batch size, lead time, and utilization?
As batch size increases, lead time decreases
There is no direct relationship between lead time and utilization
Batch size is influenced by the Product Owner; utilization is influenced by the whole team
Higher team member utilization leads to longer lead times
Higher team member utilization leads to longer lead times
57
What are two characteristics of teams that fear conflict? (Choose two.)
They avoid pair work
They have longer meetings
They do not focus on results
They ignore controversial topics that are critical to team success
They fail to tap into all the opinions and perspectives of team members
They ignore controversial topics that are critical to team success
They fail to tap into all the opinions and perspectives of team members
58
Why are phase-gate Milestones problematic?
They use documentation and signoffs as a proxy for Solution progress
They are a construct of the well established way of working
They stop Solutions from failing early
They prohibit decision-making at the large-solution level
They stop Solutions from failing early
59
What are the benefits of organizing teams around Features?
Teams can avoid decomposing Features into Stories
It enables specialized skill sets to be used
There are fewer dependencies between teams
It eliminates the need for a dependency board
There are fewer dependencies between teams
60
Which two statements describe the design of the Team Kanban board? (Choose two.)
It has a WIP limit for every stage that is adjusted by what is happening
It is primarily a task board used to visualize the Iteration Backlog and related tasks
It has the same design across all Agile Teams to ensure consistent execution
It is designed by the Scrum Master so that team members follow her suggestions on how the work needs to be done
It is designed by the team with coaching from the Scrum Master, and it is based on the team's workflow
It has a WIP limit for every stage that is adjusted by what is happening
It is designed by the team with coaching from the Scrum Master, and it is based on the team's workflow
61
What benefit does cadence development provide?
Limits variability
Limits WIP
Causes multiple events to occur at the same time
Synchronization
Limits variability
62
What are two actions a team can take to improve economic outcomes? (Choose two.)
Late integration
Delay performance testing
Create a Research Enabler
Automated testing
Increase velocity
Create a Research Enabler
Automated testing
63
What is a typical measurement in Kanban?
Code quality
Velocity
Queue length
Average WIP
Average WIP
64
What are two reasons the 5 Whys technique is effective? (Choose two.)
It reveals the nature of the problem through repeating "why" five times
It allows problems of a similar nature to be combined into groups
It explores the cause and effect relationship underlying a particular problem
It is an effective way for the team to collaborate
It allows for assumptions and logic traps
It reveals the nature of the problem through repeating "why" five times
It explores the cause and effect relationship underlying a particular problem
65
What are two examples of an organizational structure anti-pattern? (Choose two.)
There is one Scrum Master supporting the team
The Scrum Master runs backlog refinement
There are two Product Owners for the team
Team members rotate the role of the Scrum Master
The team’s manager is also the Product Owner
There are two Product Owners for the team
The team’s manager is also the Product Owner
66
What are the SAFe 7 core competencies?
Lean-Agile Leadership
Team and Technical Agility
Agile Product Delivery
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management:
Organizational Agility
Continuous Learning Culture
67
What are the SAFE core values?
Alignment
Built-in Quality
Transparency
Program Execution
68
What is the House of Lean?
Roof:
Value
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Pillars:
Respect for people and culture
Flow
Innovation
Relentless improvement
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Foundation:
Leadership
69
What is Lean?
Lean is a set of principles and practices for efficient manufacturing and operations that grew out of the Toyota Production System developed in post-WWII Japan. It focuses on problem-solving and continuous improvement to increase quality and eliminate waste.
70
What are the types of teams in an ART?
Stream-aligned
Complicated subsystem
Enabling
Platform
71
What are the 4 activities of Release on Demand?
Release
Stabilize and operate
Measure
Learn
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What are the 4 aspects of Continuous Delivery Pipeline ?
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Continuous Exploration (CE)
Continuous Integration (CI)
Continuous Deployment (CD)
Release on Demand
```
73
In Risk Management, what does ROAM stand for?
Resolved
Owned
Accepted
Mitigated
74
In DevOps, what does CALMR stand for?
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Culture
Automation
Lean Flow
Measurement
Recovery
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75
What are some kanban classes of service?
Standard
Fixed date
Expedite
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What is Blue/Green deployment?
Blue/green deployment provides two environments, one live and one idle. To deploy, a switch is flipped, or a load balancer is updated, and the idle environment becomes the staging environment, while the other becomes the new idle environment. This enables quick transition and recovery where necessary.
77
Reducing transaction costs reduces total cost and lowers batch size
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
Transaction cost reduction reduces total cost and also lowers the batch size, ex: automation and infra improvements reduce testing and deployment cost for small batch
78
Definition of Communities of Practice is based on the a group of people who share passion for common _______ and ________ (choose 2)
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Business unit
Domain
Technical skill
Team
Practice
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Domain and Practice are common interests that people are passionate about in a CoP
79
To build an optimal solution, you need ____ and _______ (choose 2)
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Flexible Design sets
Flexible specifications
Architecture
Interconnections
Components
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Flexible Design sets
Flexible specifications
Flexible specifications and design sets are the two dimensions that converge on an optimal solution
80
Core competencies that are oriented towards execution are (choose 3)
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Continuous Learning Culture
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Organizational Agility
Team and Technical Agility
Agile Product Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
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Enterprise Solution Delivery, Team and Technical Agility, and Agile Product Delivery are more execution oriented in nature
81
Which type of anti-patterns is listed here: Stories that are not ready are picked up for development in iteration
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Planning
Demos
PO and Backlog
Execution
Retrospectives
Commitment
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PO and Backlog.
| Definition of Ready is not clearly laid out for the team.
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PO Sync is an Iteration level event
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
| PO Sync happens between Product Management and Product Owners for all Agile teams, so it is a Program Event
83
Who is responsible for developing and communicating Vision and Roadmap for the product
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Scrum Master
RTE
System Team
Business Owner
Product Management
Product Owner
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Product Management is responsible for developing the vision and roadmap for the product
84
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A Web developer who also has knowledge of backend coding, and database stored procedures is an example of _______ shaped individual
E
T
Comb shaped
I
O
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T
E>Comb shaped>T>I
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If we have to split stories for the following functionalities, which Story splitting approach will be used: A user buying an item from retail site using credit card and partially paying using loyalty points
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By choice of tools used for implementation
As suggested by Product Owner
By Business rule variations
By underlying technology
By use case
By simplicity or complexity
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While pay-by-credit card could be the happy path, paying partially by loyalty points could become an alternate flow. So story splitting by use-cases will be used here
86
In the PI Planning process, which of these are considered as inputs? (select 2)
Vision
Top 10 Features
PI Objectives
Mission
Vision
Top 10 Features
Product Management owns the product vision and the prioritization of features for the upcoming PI
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What are the 6 stages in the Problem Solving workshop?
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Agree on the Problem(s) to Solve
Perform Root Cause Analysis
Identify the Biggest Root Cause (Pareto Analysis)
Restate the New Problem
Brainstorm Solutions
Create Improvement Backlog Items
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Competencies in Large Solution SAFe Configuration are (choose 4)
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Lean-Agile Leadership
Agile Product Delivery
Organizational Agility
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Continuous Learning Culture
Team and Technical Agility
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Large Solution configuration has following competencies: Agile Product Delivery, Team and Technical Agility, Enterprise Solution Delivery and Lean-Agile Leadership
89
Intentional design defines the Architecture Runway
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
| Intentional design is driven more centrally as part of Arch runway
90
Which dimension deals with the challenge of managing large scale solution and coordinating across extended teams
Team of Agile Teams
Continually Evolve Live Systems
DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Coordinating Trains and Suppliers
Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
Coordinating Trains and Suppliers
Enterprise Solution Delivery deals with Coordinating Trains and Suppliers competency where large solutions are developed across extended teams
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What are the core competencies related to SAFe Essential?
Essential:
- Lean-Agile Leadership
- Team and Technical Agility
- Agile Product Delivery
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What are the core competencies related to SAFe Large Solution?
Large Solution
- Essential + Enterprise Solution Delivery
- Multiple ARTs + suppliers
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What are the core competencies related to SAFe Portfolio?
Portfolio:
- Organizational Agility
- Lean Portfolio Management
- (+ Continuous Learning Culture)
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Which dimension focuses on training everyone involved in solution delivery to be trained in Lean and Agile methods
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Enterprise Solution Delivery
Strategy Agility
Lean-thinking People and Agile Teams
Lean Business Operations
Agile Product Delivery
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Lean-thinking People and Agile Teams competency talks about everyone getting trained and living the values, principles for the same
95
High technical debt is an example of weak collaboration between developers and ________
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Developers
Infrastructure
Testers
Product owner
Scrum Master
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Developers
Developers need to collaborate with other developers to avoid high technical deb
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In economic trade-off framework, choosing a higher Value might demand an increased ________ and a reduced _______
Risk, Product Cost
Lead Time, Development expense
Development Expense, Lead time
Product Cost, Risk
Development Expense, Lead time
Increased development expense as we need to deliver faster which will need more team and reduced lead time as we release sooner
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Five key roles on an Agile Release Train (ART) are RTE, Product Manager, System Arch, ________ and ________ (select 2)
System Team
Product Owner
Epic Owner
Scrum Master
Business Owner
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System Team
| Business Owner
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Enablers build the architecture runway and features consume it
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
Tech enablers build the architecture runway and its consumed by the features
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Who is responsible for assisting with economic decision making through feature estimation?
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Scrum Master
RTE
Product Owner
Product Management
System Team
Business Owner
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RTE is responsible for driving this activity
100
SAFe has four configurations, which are
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Essential
Full
Agile Product Delivery
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Portfolio
Large Solution
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SAFe has 4 out of box configurations: Essential, Portfolio, Large Solution and Full
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Continuous Learning Culture Competency has the following dimensions (choose 3)
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Lean -thinking People and Agile Teams
Relentless Improvement
Lean-Agile Leadership
Innovation Culture
Learning Organization
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Relentless Improvement
Innovation Culture
Learning Organization
102
Team Kanban facilitates flow by Visualizing workflow, Limiting WIP, ________ and __________ (choose 2)
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Making policies explicit
Estimating using story points
Building a Kanban board
Clarifying work assignments
Managing flow
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Making policies explicit
Managing flow
Kanban facilitates managing flow and making the policies explicit to all stakeholders
103
Which type of anti-patterns is listed here: Team has implemented stories for performance improvement but they do not demonstrate that to PO
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Execution
Retrospectives
Planning
Commitment
PO and Backlog
Demos
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Implemented and reported stories should be included in iteration review demos
104
SAFe Economic Framework contains four primary elements: Operating within Lean Budgets and Guardrails, Leveraging Suppliers, ________ and _____________ (choose 2)
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Understanding solution economic trade-offs
Sequencing jobs for maximum benefit
Strategy Agility
Applying Lean Governance
Lean Business Operations
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Understanding solution economic trade-offs
Sequencing jobs for maximum benefit
SAFe Economic framework focuses comprehensively on Sequencing Jobs for max benefit using WSJF,and Understanding solution economic trade-offs by applying the Economic framework using different trade-off parameters
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Key measures that are used from Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) are (choose 3)
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Story points
Lead time
WIP in system
Cycle time
Throughput
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Lead time, WIP, Throughput are key measures that are used from CFD
106
Benefit of Community of Practice (CoP) for Community members in long term is an increased confidence
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
Increased confidence is more of a short term benefit
107
Enterprise Solution Delivery Competency has the following dimensions (choose 3)
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Continually Evolve Live Systems
Lean System and Solution Engineering
Lean Governance
DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Coordinating Trains and Suppliers
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Enterprise Solution Delivery has 3 competencies:
- Lean System and Solution Engineering
- Coordinating Trains and Suppliers
- Continually Evolve Live Systems
108
PI System Demo showcases all the Features that the ART has developed over the course of the PI
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
This is more elaborate demonstration of features built at ART level in that PI
109
Lean Portfolio Management Competency has the following dimensions (choose 3)
```
Strategy Agility
Lean Governance
Agile Portfolio Operations
Lean Business Operations
Strategy & Investment Funding
```
Lean Portfolio Management competency has following 3 dimensions:
- Strategy & Investment Funding
- Lean Governance
- Agile Portfolio Operations
110
Team and Technical Agility Competency has the following dimensions (choose 3)
DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Agile Teams
Team of Agile Teams
Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
Built-in Quality
Team and Technical Agility has three dimensions:
- Agile Teams
- Team of Agile Teams
- Built-in Quality
111
If stories are not being accepted at end of iteration and partial stories are carried over from one iteration to the next then who is primarily responsible for fixing this
```
RTE
Product Management
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Team members
```
Product Owner.
Product Owner needs to accept stories by end of iteration and need to help the team in deciding on the partial work by functionally slicing the stories in a manner that completed work is meaningful. PO also needs to make sure that the root cause of frequent spill over is addressed which could be lack of clarity in stories, their slicing, pending queries etc
112
To avoid surprises with cross team dependencies, a team can take following actions ____ (choose 3)
Escalate to RTE
Attend Daily stand up meeting of other team
Leverage Scrum of Scrum meeting
Escalate to Product Management
Work with other team closely through the iteration
Attend Daily stand up meeting of other team
Leverage Scrum of Scrum meeting
Work with other team closely through the iteration
Teams can collaborate through the iteration in a number of ways to avoid missing out on dependencies
113
In SAFe Framework, what does LACE stands for?
LACE - Lean Agile Centre of Excellence is a team of people who are dedicated to implementing the SAFe framework across the organization as a guiding coalition
114
For the Problem Solving workshop, a well defined problem has key elements of: What, When, Where, ______ and _______ (choose 2)
```
Gaps
How
Frequency
Count
Who
```
Gaps
Frequency
Frequency and Gaps are the other key elements
115
If we have to split stories for the following functionalities, which Story splitting approach will be used: A retail sites provides for buy-now, as well as, a bidding process where lowest bidder gets to buy the item
```
By Business rule variations
By use case
As suggested by Product Owner
By simplicity or complexity
By choice of tools used for implementation
By underlying technology
```
By simplicity or complexity.
Story splitting by complexity level will be used. While buy-now could be a simpler case, compared to the bidding process
116
In SAFe CALMR Approach for DevOps, when someone is talking about Feature toggles or fix-forward, they are referring to
Lean Flow
Automation
Recovery
Measurement
All these are approaches of Recovery without impacting the existing functionalities
117
______ shaped professional has combination of skills including exploration and execution
```
O
I
T
E
Comb shaped
```
E
118
When are the management review decisions communicated to the teams?
Day 1 End
At the confidence voting
Day 2 Start
As the teams present draft team plans
Day 2 Start
Management review of the risks and impediments occur on day 1 end and the decisions are communicated back to the team on Day 2 start
119
Continuous Integration involves integrating the code across all agile teams from commit to deploying on staging environment
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
120
Lean Agile Leadership Competency has the following dimensions (choose 3)
```
Agile Teams
Leading by Example
Mindset and Principles
Lean -thinking People and Agile Teams
Leading Change
```
Lean Agile Leadership Competency has the following 3 dimensions:
- Leading Change
- Leading by Example
- Mindset and Principles
121
PO has a key responsibility of participating in an Iteration Retrospective
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
PO should be participating in Iteration Retrospective
122
On a Kanban board, classes of service help teams differentiate backlog items based on their __________
Type of work
Cost of Delay
Sequence of execution
Priorities
Cost of Delay is used to differentiate backlog items
123
Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event has 3 parts, they are: (choose 3)
```
System Demo
Quantitative and Qualitative measurement
PI System Demo
Program Backlog refinement
Problem solving workshop
```
Three parts of I&A event are:
- PI System Demo
- Quantitative and Qualitative measurement
- Problem solving workshop
124
The program board includes the following, other than the team names and iterations
Features, Stories, Dependencies
Milestones, Features , Dependencies
Deliverables, Features, Dependencies
Milestones, Epics, Effort Needed to complete
Milestones, Features , Dependencies.
Program board is a visual representation of the features agreed on to be developed during the PI and their dependencies across teams. Upcoming milestones are also mentioned to have common alignment of what the team is working towards
125
Stories that are not ready but picked up for development is an example of weak collaboration between ________ and _________ (choose 2)
```
Developers
Testers
Product owner
Scrum Master
Team
```
Product owner
Team
Definition of Ready is not clearly laid out and followed for the team coupled with poor collaboration between PO and team
126
Which dimension deals with aligning the portfolio and funding Value Streams
```
Agile Product Delivery
Strategy & Investment Funding
Lean Governance
Agile Portfolio Operations
Enterprise Solution Delivery
```
Strategy & Investment Funding.
Strategy & Investment funding aligns the entire Portfolio to the Enterprise Strategy and deals with Value Stream funding
127
A story can be split by following three ways: ____ (choose 3)
```
By underlying technology
By use case
By simplicity or complexity
By Business rule variations
By choice of tools used for implementation
As suggested by Product Owner
```
By use case
By simplicity or complexity
By Business rule variations
Different ways to split a story - by its complexity level, by the use case it caters to or by the variations in business rules
128
Using Product/Solution Performance is an example of using _______
Set-based approach
Value-based approach
Objective milestones
Phase-gate milestones
Objective milestones
Objective milestones allow the evaluation to be done based on outcomes that can be measured like Product performance
129
In SAFe, what does APMO stand for?
Agile Program Management Office
130
What are the 3 domains of Agile Product Delivery?
Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand
DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
131
What are the 3 domains of Organizational Agility?
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Lean Business Operations
Strategy Agility
132
What are the 3 domains of Continuous Learning Culture?
Learning Organization
Innovation Culture
Relentless Improvement
133
A portfolio evaluates its progress on Business Agility through
```
Lean-Agile Leadership
Strategy & Investment Funding
Measure and Grow
Strategy Agility
Lean Business Operations
```
Measure and Grow
A portfolio evaluates its progress on Business Agility through Measure and Grow and carves out action plan for ongoing improvements
134
In SAFe Framework in the Spanning Palette, Shared Services has people with specialized skills like Regulatory and Compliance, Information Architecture
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
Shared Services teams has people with specialized skills to support teams in SAFe model. They could be experts in regulatory and compliance, end user training, infrastructure etc
135
Core competencies that are oriented towards strategy are (choose 3)
```
Organizational Agility
Team and Technical Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Continuous Learning Culture
```
Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility and Continuous Learning Culture are more strategic in nature
136
As a Scrum Master if you have to reskill people in your team who are I shaped technologist into T shaped, which techniques you will use _____ (choose 3)
```
Join Communities of Practice
Mob Programming
Facilitate meetings
Pairing
Shadow Scrum Master
```
Join Communities of Practice
Mob Programming
Pairing
Pairing, Mob Programming and joining CoP with people who are working on other tech skill will help upskill/cross skill people quickly
137
Who is responsible for driving relentless improvement via I&A events?
```
Business Owner
Product Owner
Product Management
System Team
Scrum Master
RTE
```
RTE is primarily responsible for Inspect & Adapt events and its outcomes
138
Which type of anti-patterns is listed here: On What can be done better next time question, the team brainstorms at end of every iteration but the improvement actions are never implemented
```
Planning
Commitment
Demos
Retrospectives
Execution
PO and Backlog
```
Retrospectives are not driven properly - possibly too much discussion without any follow-up and tangible actions
139
Who is responsible for working with System Architect to understand the value of enablers?
```
Product Owner
System Team
Product Management
Scrum Master
Business Owner
RTE
```
Product Management is responsible for validating the requirements and aligning key stakeholders on them
140
System Demo is a Program level event
TRUE
FALSE
System demo happens for all teams in a program with integrated code being showcased on an environment that resembles Production, so it is a Program Event
141
```
Too much WIP is an example of weak collaboration between developers and ________
Developers
Testers
Product owner
Infrastructure
Scrum Master
```
Developers
Developers need to collaborate with other developers to avoid high WIP
142
Product Managers are content authority over Program Backlog while Product Owners are content authority over Team Backlog
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
Both PM and PO combined steer the ART
143
Emergent design is impossible without _________
Continuous Development
Continuous refactoring
Enabler stories
DevOps
Continuous refactoring will enable teams to evolve the design in context of their stories
144
Which type of anti-patterns is listed here: Team commits to iteration goals and on day 1 of the iteration, they call out that they know the goals are unachievable
```
Commitment
Planning
Execution
Retrospectives
Demos
PO and Backlog
```
Commitment
Unclear goals, or superficial alignment and commitment to iteration goals represent poor commitment levels
145
Coordinating with other teams to resolve functional dependencies is a key responsibility of ____________
```
Product Management
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Team members
RTE
```
Product Owner
PO needs to coordinate with PO of other teams to resolve any cross team dependencies
146
The recommended performance range for PI Objective performance of a team is between
50-80
80-90
80-100
90-100
Recommended performance range is 80-100
147
What are the outcomes from the team breakouts?
High Level Estimates & Program Objectives
High Level Stories & PI Objectives
Iteration Plans & Objectives
Risk Summary & Epics
Iteration Plans & Objectives
Team breakouts allow the teams to deep dive on the features they are picking from the program backlog. Defining and refining stories and discuss dependencies and impediments. Finally coming out with Iteration plans and Team Objectives
148
What does MBSE development stand for?
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) entails in the application of modeling to support system requirements, design, analysis, verification and validation activities beginning in the conceptual design phase and continuing throughout development and later life cycle phases.
149
A Scrum Master can facilitate adoption of technical practices by creating transparency around continuous system integration
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
Scrum Master can facilitate the adoption of tech practices by encouraging the teams in following CI practices
150
Which dimension covers the agility at enterprise level
```
Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Strategy Agility
Lean Business Operations
Agile Product Delivery
```
Strategy Agility
Organizational Agility Competency covers the dimension of Strategy Agility that talks about the organization's ability to probe-sense-respond to the changing market conditions quickly
151
Synchronization converts unpredictable events into predictable occurrences and lowers cost
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Cadence and not Synchronization converts unpredictable events into predictable ones
152
Which type of anti-patterns is listed here: PO is not sufficiently involved during iteration execution
```
Commitment
Demos
Planning
PO and Backlog
Execution
```
This anti-pattern is an example of PO and Backlog
153
While shifting left for fast feedback, Stories and Features can be tested using ______
Behaviour driven development
Unit test cases
Automation
Test driven development
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) can be used to test features, and stories
154
Holding cost can be lowered by increasing investment in infrastructure and automation
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Investment in infra and automation lowers the transaction cost and not holding cost
155
What is the difference between holding cost and transaction cost?
holding cost: the cost for delayed feedback, inventory decay, and delayed value delivery
transaction cost: the cost of preparing and implementing the batch
156
In an economic framework, what are the five trade off parameters?
```
Product Cost
Development Expense
Risk
Lead time
Value
```
157
Some of the commonly used standard Program performance metrics include: #NFR Tests under Quality
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
Standard program performance metrics that are commonly used include #NFR Tests
158
System Teams are normally setup to take up the responsibility of infrastructure, end-to-end testing of the system
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
System teams normally provision infrastructure and also execute any e2e test scenarios that cover the breadth of the system beyond individual agile teams
159
As part of Inspect & Adapt event, PI System demo is led by: (choose 2)
```
RTE
Business Owners
Product Owners
Scrum Master
Product Management
```
Product Owners
Product Management
PI System demo is lead by Product Management, POs
160
Access levels of report sections based on the user role in the hierarchy is an example of splitting a story by _____
```
By underlying technology
By use case
By Business rule variations
By choice of tools used for implementation
By simplicity or complexity
As suggested by Product Owner
```
Different business rules will apply on the different roles and the sections they can access in a report
161
Which SAFe organizational construct provides the practices to build large and complex systems with hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner?
Solution Train
162
Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe?
The System Team
163
What is a recommended Story-splitting technique for Agile Teams?
Implement the 'happy path' first and the rest of the scenarios afterwards
164
What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities?
Drive relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt;
| Facilitate PI Planning readiness and the event itself;
165
What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on an ART that go beyond basic team facilitation?
Facilitate preparation for the System Demo;
Participate in the scrum of scrums;
Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning;
166
Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI?
Solution Management
167
Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what?
Experience, expertise, exploration, and execution
168
The Agile Team may need to learn or acquire new skills. Where is this list of skills found?
In the improvement backlog
169
What is the output of the I&A event?
The result is a set of improvement backlog items that go into the Program Backlog for the next PI Planning event.
170
SAFe Scrum Masters interact with which level(s) of Framework?
All Levels
171
One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and outside stakeholders to help the team in what way?
Protect them from uncontrolled addition of work
172
What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects, System Teams, and Operations?
System Quality Measurements
173
During PI Planning, the Scrum of Scrums meetings helps accomplish which two actions? (Choose two.)
Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies
Comparing velocities across the teams
Looking for ways to increase team velocity
Rolling up the PI Business Value objectives
Keeping the planning milestones on track
Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies
| Keeping the planning milestones on track
174
What is the Operational value streams ?
Operational value streams (OVS) are the sequence of activities needed to deliver a product or service to a customer.
175
“No useful improvement was ever invented at a desk.” What best describes this sentence?
Gemba
176
Total number of teams and people in Essential SAFe are ...
5 to 12 Teams and 50 to 125 People
177
What is the allowed no. of people in an Agile Team in SAFe?
5 to 11
