Practice Exam 03 Flashcards
Scrum Masters help remove impediments, foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, and what else?
Relentlessly improve
Estimate stories
Form and re-form teams
Continuously deliver
Relentlessly improve
What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team’s backlog they can commit to delivering during an upcoming Iteration?
Solution Planning
Solution Demo
Iteration Planning
Backlog Refinement
Iteration Planning
Why do teams have an Iteration Retrospective?
To iterate on stories
To identify acceptance criteria
To adjust and identify ways to improve
To evaluate metrics
To adjust and identify ways to improve
What is the recommended frequency range for PI Planning in SAFe?
Every 6 to 8 weeks
Every 12 to 16 weeks
Every 4 to 6 weeks
Every 8 to 12 weeks
Every 12 to 16 weeks
Which demo is performed in the IP Iteration?
The demo from the team’s final Iterations
The PI System Demo
The Integrated Demo from the Agile Release Train’s final Iteration
The demo from all the Agile Release Trains’ Iterations
The Integrated Demo from the Agile Release Train’s final Iteration
The program board highlights feature delivery dates, milestones, and what else for Agile Release Train teams?
Dependencies
Timeboxes
Requirements
Objectives
Dependencies
Who commits to the plan at the end of Iteration Planning?
The Solution Owner
The Team
The Product Owner
The Scrum Master
The Team
The business must depend on the team for what in order for the business to do any meaningful planning?
Team capabilities
Commitment to the plan
A cross-functional skill set
Measurements
Commitment to the plan
During PI Planning, who owns the planning of stories into Iterations?
System Architect
Scrum Master
Product Management
Agile Teams
Agile Teams
Each PI Planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI Planning with a Retrospective will help to do what?
Continuously improve
Lengthen the Architectural Runway
Fine tune the Economic Framework
Meet compliance more rapidly
Continuously improve
Which type of enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?
Enabler Features
Enabler Capabilities
Enabler Portfolio Epics
Enabler Stories
Enabler Portfolio Epics?
Scrum Masters are effective by using Scrum methods, supporting SAFe principles and practices, and what else?
Delivering through Agile practices
Writing stories and enablers
Managing Architectural Runway
Serving as a customer proxy
Delivering through Agile practices
What is an anti-pattern for the IP Iteration? (Choose two.)
To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects
To ensure all stories and teams’ PI plans are completed prior to the IP Iteration
To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
To minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays
To allow for sufficient capacity in the program roadmap
To ensure all stories and teams’ PI plans are completed prior to the IP Iteration
To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning ??
Features lend themselves to the Lean UX process model. They include a description, a benefit hypothesis, and what else?
Content readiness
Scope and context
Acceptance criteria
IP outcomes
Acceptance criteria
What is the main reason why some teams never reach stage 4 (Performing) in the stages of high performing teams?
Because leadership is spontaneous
Because no one guides them
Because there is too much conflict
Because the team is not structured correctly
Because leadership is spontaneous ??
There are two primary aspects of a Lean-Agile mindset – Lean Thinking and what else?
Lean Systems
Embracing Agility
Systems Engineering
Feature Enablement
Embracing Agility
Which statement is true about Scrum?
It is a software technical practice
It is based on empirical process control theory
It is an ideal method for static design requirements
It is a Lean System Engineering technique
It is a Lean System Engineering technique??
What is the purpose of the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle?
To provide a regular, predictable development cadence to produce an increment of value
To give the Agile Release Train team members a process tool to keep the train on the tracks
To create a continuous flow of work to support the delivery pipeline
To allow the team to perform some final backlog refinement for upcoming Iteration Planning
To provide a regular, predictable development cadence to produce an increment of value
The skills of a good SAFe Scrum Master include which three attributes?
Self-organize, self-manage, self-direct
Represent, direct, govern
Share, pair, communicate
Communicate, coordinate, cooperate
Communicate, coordinate, cooperate??
An effective SAFe Scrum Master is a team-based servant leader who helps the team do what?
Understand and operate within Lean Budgets
Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration Retrospectives
Develop better and more specialized skill sets
Manage the team’s own backlog
Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration Retrospectives
