SAFe Practice Exam Flashcards
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe?
A.) Teams meet twice every Program Increment (PI) to plan and schedule capacity
B.) Teams decide their own Iteration length
C.) Teams allow batch sizes across multiple intervals
D.) Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration
D.) Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration
Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality?
A.) You cannot scale crappy code
B.) Quality depends on the scale of the project and should be implemented from top down
C.) Quality should only be worked on during the Innovation and Planning Iteration
D.) Quality is not part of the SAFe Core Values
A.) You cannot scale crappy code
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution?
A.) Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering
B.) Lean Portfolio Management
C.) Team and Technical Agility
D.) DevOps and Release on Demand
B.) Lean Portfolio Management
What is the impact of Customer Centricity?
A.) To build small, partial systems just in time
B.) To interpret market rhythms
C.) To design custom-built Customer Solutions
D.) To understand the Customer’s needs
D.) To understand the Customer’s needs
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives?
A.) Business Owners assigning the business value
B.) Business Owners assign high values to important Enabler work
C.) All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
D.) Assigning business values to uncommitted objectives
C.) All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
A.) Continuous Improvement
B.) Continuous Cadence
C.) Continuous Planning
D.) Continuous Exploration
D.) Continuous Exploration
Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?
A.) Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
B.) Respond to change
C.) Respect for people and culture
D.) Limit Work In Process (WIP)
B.) Respond to change
What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
A.) To lower Work in Process (WIP) limits
B.) To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
C.) To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow
D.) To centralize decision-making
B.) To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
What is part of the role of Product Management?
A.) To assign business value to Features
B.) To prioritize the Program Backlog
C.) To facilitate backlog refinement sessions
D.) To prioritize Enablers
B.) To prioritize the Program Backlog
The Agile Release Train (ART) uses which type of teams to get work done?
A.) Management Teams
B.) Solution Teams
C.) Phased-review-process Teams
D.) Cross-functional Teams
D.) Cross-functional Teams
In the Program Kanban some steps have work in process (WIP) limits. Why is this necessary?
A.) To ensure large queues are not being built
B.) To keep timebox goals
C.) To enable multitasking
D.) To help Continuous Deployment
A.) To ensure large queues are not being built
Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes?
A.) They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy
B.) They are large initiatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require weighted shortest job first prioritization and a lightweight business case
C.) They are a high level summary of each program’s Vision and are updated after every Program Increment (PI)
D.) They are requirements that span Agile Releast Trains (ARTs) but must fit within a single Program Increment (PI)
A.) They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility?
A.) By building up large departments and matrixed organizations to support rapid growth
B.) By creating stability and hierarchy
C.) By achieving economies of scale
D.) By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
D.) By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
If a program repeatedly shows separate Feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which practice should be reviewed to address the issue?
A.) Scrum of scrums
B.) Roadmap creation
C.) Continuous Integration
D.) Test first
C.) Continuous Integration
What is the basic building block when organizing around value?
A.) Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
B.) Individuals
C.) Agile Teams
D.) Hierarchies
C.) Agile Teams
Which statement is true about DevOps?
A.) Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps
B.) DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding cost
C.) DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations
D.) Lean-Agile principles are not necessary for a successful DevOps implementation
C.) DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations
What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
A.) The Program Kanban
B.) The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
C.) The portfolio canvas
D.) The Implementation Roadmap
D.) The Implementation Roadmap
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
A.) Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum
B.) Removing accountability from leaders
C.) Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
D.) Creating better visualization
C.) Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed?
A.) In the Program Kanban
B.) In the Portfolio Backlog
C.) In the Program Backlog
D.) In the Portfolio Kanban
D.) In the Portfolio Kanban
What is the Foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
A.) Flow
B.) Leadership
C.) Relentless Improvement
D.) Value
B.) Leadership
On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day’s management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they could make?
A.) Adjust the length of the PI
B.) Create new User Stories
C.) Adjust business priorities
D.) Change a team’s plan
C.) Adjust business priorities
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.)
A.) Manage queue lengths
B.) Increase capacity
C.) Reduce the batch sizes of work
D.) Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
E.) Frequent context switching
F.) Address the systemic problems
A.) Manage queue lengths
C.) Reduce the batch sizes of work
D.) Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
A.) SAFe House of Lean
B.) SAFe Principles
C.) SAFe Core Values
D.) SAFe Implementation Roadmap
D.) SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level during Program Increment (PI) Planning?
A.) Agile Team
B.) Scrum Masters
C.) Release Train Engineer (RTE)
D.) Product Owner
D.) Product Owner
