How might a Scrum Master deal with conflict within the team? (2 Correct Answers)

Encourage listening and building the relationship, Encourage team members to see each other as human beings

What is the PI Predictability Measure used for?

To measure when achievements have reached level of predictability

DevOps bridges the gap between… (2 Correct Answers)

New Features and Stable Solutions, Development and Operations

What is true about teams? (2 Correct Answers)

When a team makes a commitment, they'll figure out how to meet it, Teams are more productive than the same # of individuals

What is an anti-pattern you might see at Inspect & Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)

No actionable improvement Features are created, Improvement items don't make it into the Program Backlog

As a SAFe Scrum Master, what action might you take as a Team's Servant Leader?

Ask powerful questions to challenge the team's perspectives

You Have Reached the End of Ch.3

Yay!, Woo Hoo!, On to Chapter 4!, Can we do it again?!

During PIP, how can the Scrum Master protect their team's commitment? (2 Correct Answers)

Discourage them from planning work in the IP Iteration, Coach them to have Uncommitted Objectives

What could change during the Management Review & Problem Solving? (2 Correct Answers)

Inputs to the planning process, Scope for the PI

When can User Stories be created for a Feature?

After PI Planning, During PI Planning, Before PI Planning

What would be an anti-pattern during Iteration Planning?

Product Owner pressures team to take work beyond capacity

What are the 3 C's of writing good Stories?

Card, Conversation, Confirmation

What is an activity that a Scrum Master would have as part of an ART? (2 Correct Answers)

Participate in Scrum of Scrums, Facilitate team's planning at PI Planning

What would be an anti-pattern when creating User Stories? (2 Correct Answers)

The Prod Mgr and Prod Owner write all of the Stories, Dev Lead works with Prod Owner to write Stories

According to the Agile Manifesto, which of the following is an anti-pattern in Agile?

Team delivers some piece of value at the end of every sprint, Product Owner does not routinely attend any team meetings

What might happen if a team skips the IP Iteration?

There is little innovation due to the tyranny of the urgent

What tool might be used to focus conversation during Daily Stand-up? (2 Correct Answers)

Team Kanban Board, Burn-up or Burn-down chart

What is an anti-pattern you may see in a Scrum of Scrums?

Scrum Masters are only there long enough to report their status

What is something a Scrum Master can do to have successful ceremonies? (2 Correct Answers)

Maintain timeboxes, Establish default decisions where possible to avoid delay

What is an anti-pattern that might occur with the IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers)

PI Planning occurs during IP Iteration, Team plans work for Objectives during the IP Iteration

What is something a Scrum master would do?

Remove Impediments to the team's progress

What is an anti-pattern tha could occur with Backlog Refinement?

Meeting is held infrequently when backlog is getting small

As a Scrum Master, you should encourage developers to commit their code ...

In vertical slices for fast feedback

You Have Reached the End of Ch.5 and the SAFe Scrum Master Course!

Let's get out of here!, Yay!, Can we do it again?!, Woo Hoo!

How can you encourage your team to exhibit Transparency during the Confidence Vote?

Discuss how confident they feel before the vote

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1
How might a Scrum Master deal with conflict within the team? (2 Correct Answers)
Encourage listening and building the relationship
Shut down all conversation that is leading to conflict
Encourage team members to see each other as human beings
Rotate team members that have conflict to other teams
2
What is the PI Predictability Measure used for?
To drive the teams to grow their velocity
To replan the Roadmap when necessary
To set new goals for the teams
To measure when achievements have reached level of predictability
3
DevOps bridges the gap between… (2 Correct Answers)
New Features and Stable Solutions
Untested Features and Unstable Solutions
Rapid changes and an inmutable architecture
Development and Operations
4
What is true about teams? (2 Correct Answers)
Teams work best when they're at 100% utilization
When a team makes a commitment, they'll figure out how to meet it
Teams are more productive than the same # of individuals
Teams must be given very detailed requirements to meet timelines
5
What is an anti-pattern you might see at Inspect & Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)
Scrum Masters help RTE gather data for Quantitative Analysis
No actionable improvement Features are created
Scrum Masters help facilitate team preparation for System Demo
Improvement items don't make it into the Program Backlog
6
As a SAFe Scrum Master, what action might you take as a Team's Servant Leader?
Keep the team on track for the dates committed at PI Planning at any cost
Encourage the team to use their IP Sprint for finishing tests
Show little understanding or empathy because PI Plans are non-negotiable
Ask powerful questions to challenge the team's perspectives
7
What part of the Day 1 activities at PIP would a SM be most active?
Team Breakouts
Management Review & Problem Solving
Product Vision
Business Context
8
During Breakout #2, who assigns Business Value to Objectives?
RTE
Business Owner
Product Manager
Product Owner
9
True or False: When totaling Actual Value, Uncommitted objectives are INCLUDED.
true
false
10
You Have Reached the End of Ch.3
Yay!
Woo Hoo!
On to Chapter 4!
Can we do it again?!
11
During PIP, how can the Scrum Master protect their team's commitment? (2 Correct Answers)
Raise their capacity if they seem confident they can do more
Discourage them from planning work in the IP Iteration
Use your SME knowledge to help them point stories
Coach them to have Uncommitted Objectives
12
Uncommitted Objectives are...
Not Planned, but Committed
Planned, but not Committed
Not Planned and Not Committed
Planned and Committed
13
Which Team Ceremony practices demonstraing progress through showing working software?
Daily Stand-Up
Iteration Planning
Iteration Retrospective
Iteration Review
14
A Product Manager should ensure each Feature has Acceptance Criteria and...
Detailed User Stories and Tasks
Benefit Hypothesis
Committed Delivery Dates
Funding
15
Which of the following is an Agile Development Practice? (2 Correct Answers)
Big Up-front Designs and Estimates
Phase Gate Milestones
Timeboxing
Retrospectives
16
What could change during the Management Review & Problem Solving? (2 Correct Answers)
Inputs to the planning process
Team PI Objectives
Team Capacity
Scope for the PI
17
When can User Stories be created for a Feature?
After PI Planning
During PI Planning
Never - User Stories would be micro-managing the team
Before PI Planning
18
What would be an anti-pattern during Iteration Planning?
Backlog is prioritized prior to the planning
Product Owner pressures team to take work beyond capacity
User story estimates already exist or are established
Stoires have acceptance criteria defined
19
What are the 3 C's of writing good Stories?
Card, Conversation, Confirmation
Culmination, Commitment, Completion
Communication, Confirmation, Commitment
Causation, Cessation, Completion
20
True or False: Capacity is a team's Velocity with adjustments for real availability.
false
true
21
True or False: Estimating in Story Points considers multiple factors beyond just size
true
false
22
What format can help prepare for Test-Driven-Development?
Pass...Fail...
As a...I want...So that...
Given...When...Then
Benefit Hypothesis + Acceptance Criteria
23
What is an activity that a Scrum Master would have as part of an ART? (2 Correct Answers)
Author Features
Commit to objectives and timelines on behalf of the team
Participate in Scrum of Scrums
Facilitate team's planning at PI Planning
24
As a Scrum Master, what should you do if the Lead Dev is dominating the Pointing conversation?
This is OK if they are a SME
Encourage others to speak up
Call for a vote to move the team on
Insert your own alternative opinion
25
In PIP, who should facilitate dependency resolution between teams?
Release Train Engineer
System Architect
Product Owner
Scrum Masters
26
What would be an anti-pattern when creating User Stories? (2 Correct Answers)
The Prod Mgr and Prod Owner write all of the Stories
Whole Dev team participates in writing Stories
Dev Lead works with Prod Owner to write Stories
The Dev Team writes the "how" for Stories
27
Which Team Ceremony practices the principle of Relentless Improvement?
Iteration Review
Iteration Retrospective
Iteration Planning
Daily Stand-Up
28
According to the Agile Manifesto, which of the following is an anti-pattern in Agile?
Team delivers some piece of value at the end of every sprint
Change Control Board is not in place
Product Owner does not routinely attend any team meetings
Stories are developed and tested within the same sprint
29
True or False: A Feature can span multiple Program Increments BUT ONLY 1 ART
true
false
30
What might happen if a team skips the IP Iteration?
There is little innovation due to the tyranny of the urgent
Quality is raised through defect fixes
People feel more productive
Teams get more work done
31
In an Agile Team, who commits to Team PI Objectives and Iteration Plans?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Dev Team
32
What tool might be used to focus conversation during Daily Stand-up? (2 Correct Answers)
Program Board
Team Kanban Board
Project Delivery Plan
Burn-up or Burn-down chart
33
True or False: A team must commit to each User Story shown in their Final Plan Review
false
true
34
What is an anti-pattern you may see in a Scrum of Scrums?
Scrum Masters are collaborating together on issues
Scrum Masters are only there long enough to report their status
They occur around twice per week
They are time-boxed
35
How often should an Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration Occur?
Once per Program Increment
Once a year
At the discretion of the Scrum Master
At the discretion of the team
36
What is something a Scrum Master can do to have successful ceremonies? (2 Correct Answers)
Do a root-cause analysis when team doesn't meet their commitment
Maintain timeboxes
Encourage team members to disengage as soon as they give their status
Establish default decisions where possible to avoid delay
37
True or False: The Business Owner should NOT attend the Draft Plan Review
true
false
38
What is an anti-pattern that might occur with the IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers)
Team participates in hackathons and professional development
PI Planning occurs during IP Iteration
All defects are pushed to the IP Iteration
Team plans work for Objectives during the IP Iteration
39
Which of the following is a Team Event?
Iteration Review
Inspect & Adapt
Release
PI Planning
40
Why might a team never make it to the "Performing" stage of the Tuckman Model?
There is no one guiding them
The Lead Dev retires
The team is given new Features that require new skills
The Project gets terminated early
41
What would be a normal size for an Agile Dev team?
1
10
7
15
42
What is something a Scrum master would do?
Prioritize the team backlog
Write and Run tests
Write and Size User Stories
Remove Impediments to the team's progress
43
What acronym is used for addressing Risks?
ELMO
ROAM
WSJF
INVEST
44
True or False: The Scrum Master must be the iterface for collaboration between teams on the ART.
true
false
45
What is an anti-pattern tha could occur with Backlog Refinement?
SME's attend when needed
All team members participate
Maintain about 2 iterations of Ready to Start Stories
Meeting is held infrequently when backlog is getting small
46
What would be a normal number of people for an ART?
155
30
200
70
47
As a Scrum Master, you should encourage developers to commit their code ...
Once the entire Story is complete
In vertical slices for fast feedback
Once per Iteration
Twice per Week
48
You Have Reached the End of Ch.5 and the SAFe Scrum Master Course!
Let's get out of here!
Yay!
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
49
How can you encourage your team to exhibit Transparency during the Confidence Vote?
Ensure they all vote the same
Vote for them to take the heat
Discuss how confident they feel before the vote
Ask the Business Owner to step out of the room
50
True or False: An 8-point Story will take exactly 8 business days to finish
true
false
51
Which of the following is part of the Inspect & Adapt event?
Team Breakouts
Scrum of Scrums (SOS)
ROAM'ing the risks
Problem-Solving Workshop
52
Which of the following is a Scrum Ceremony?
System Demo
Iteration Review
Status Call
Kanban Review
53
Which of the following may be a reason for an Enabler Story? (2 Correct Answers)
Testing
Improving Infrastructure
Spikes (discovery, research)
New User Functionality
54
What are the first 2 stages of the Tuckman Model of high-performing teams?
Tipping Point, Create Change Agents
Create a Sense of Urgency, Establish Vision
Forming, Storming
Storming, Norming
55
What action could a Scrum Master take to resolve conflicts? (2 Correct Answers)
Dig deeper to understand underlying assumptions
Involve conflicting persons's managers in the resolution immediately
Prevent coflicting persons from interacting - be their buffer
Identify commong goals and needs
56
A Feature can be broken down into... (2 Correct Answers)
Enabler User Stories
Requirements
Work-Flow Steps
Business User Stories
57
What acronym helps you remember good Story criteria?
INVEST
WSJF
ROAM
ELMO
58
What does the "R" in CALMR approach to DevOps stand for?
Retrospective
Recovery
Release on Demand
Reputation
59
What is an anti-pattern that could occur during an Iteration Retrospective? (2 Correct Answers)
Take program concerns to the RTE
Ensure every team member participates
Only talk about improvements and not what to continue
Spend a lot of time on problems outside the team's control
60
A key aspect of a Servant Leader is that...
Use authority rather than persuasion
Are able to keep the team working an an indefinitely increasing pace
Encourage and support personal development
They can make commitments for their team
61
What Activity does the RTE use to guide the Scrum Masters during Team Breakouts?
Scrum of Scrums (SOS)
Confidence Vote
Risk ROAM
RTE practices non-interference
62
What is the Program Ceremony is the heartbeat of SAFe?
Iteration Planning
System Demo
PI Planning
Inspect & Adapt
63
In Waterfall, delivery of value occurs ...
At the end of each phase
On a regular cadence
At the end of all phases
Incrementally
64
Why should all team member participate in Story Pointing? (2 Correct Answers)
All team members should not participate
Builds understanding and accuracy through many perspectives
The Scrum Master can determine who should work the story
Creates shared commitment
65
If the Agile Team is newly formed, the role of Scrum Master is most likely...
Part-time
Full-Time
66
Which of these is a Program Event?
Retrospective
Iteration Planning
Iteration Demo
System Demo
67
Which of the following is a Core Value of SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)
Flow
Lean-Agile Leadership
Alignment
Transparency
68
Calculate the Velocity for a team of 1 SM, 1 PO, 4 Dev/Test & PO has 2 days off (2-week Sprint)
48
60
32
46
69
What is an anti-pattern you may see in a Daily Stand Up?
Status is provided on individual tasks
Impediments are brought up and appropriate action is taken
Only last 15 minutes on average
Team members are engaged
70
Which of these are outputs from PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Project Plan
Program Board
Vision
PI Objectives
71
You Have Reached the End of Ch.4
Woo Hoo!
Yay!
Can we do it again?!
On to Chapter 5!
72
What is one anti-pattern that could occur in PI Planning?
RTE Facilitates the creation of the Program Board
Product Management re-prioritizes Features based on team's feedback
Business Owner is present during the Draft Plan Review
Only the PO and SM are present for each team
73
What should a Scrum Master do to support Iteration Reviews? (2 Correct Answers)
PO is seeing things for the first time at demo
Begin considering what will be presented at System Demo
Too much time is spent preparing for the demo
Encourage rotation of demo responsibilities
74
True or False: A User Story should be completed by a single team in a single sprint
false
true
75
True or False: It is advisable to continue changing scope after Iteration Planning.
true
false
76
In Agile, value deliver occurs ... (2 Correct Answers)
Incrementally
After all phases are complete
At the end of each phase
Early and continuously
77
As a Scrum Master, what might you do to increase your team's Flow? (2 Correct Answers)
Re-prioritize stories to work the smallest stories first
Hire more testers
Reduce the batch size for your team
Set a WIP limit where you see a bottleneck
78
What is one anti-pattern that could occur during Story Pointing?
Whole team votes together
Scrum Master facilitates the process
Product Owner clarifies the intent of the Story
Lead Dev always votes first
79
What is the purpose of a Daily Stand-up? (2 Correct Answers)
Provide Status on Tasks
Update timelines for delivery
Show progress to Iteration Goals and address impediments
Increase team collaboration
80
What does the "A" in ROAM stand for?
Accepted
Accountable
Actionable
Anticipated
81
What is true of the Team Backlog? (2 Correct Answers)
It contains both User Stories and Enabler Stories
Once a story has been estimated it has an implied commitment
It is prioritized by the Product Owner
It represents committed scope for the team
82
During Day 2, what is the last activity before the PIP Retro?
PI Confidence Vote
ROAM Risks
Planning Adjustments
Final Plan Review
83
An Agile Release Train is powered by ...
A Feature Backlog
Agile Teams
Iterations
Application Teams
84
You Have Reached the End of Ch.1
Can we do it again?!
Yay!
Woo Hoo!
On to Chapter 2!
85
In an Agile Team, who Coaches the team and facilitates team ceremonies?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Dev Team
86
What is a tool a team may use to understand the customer perspective?
Requirement Specifications
Tasks
Personas
Teams do not need to understand customer perspective
87
A team should integrate their work with other teams in the Program...
At least once per Iteration
Multiple times per Iteration
At least twice per PI
Never
88
True or False: Changes in team composition will not impact productivity.
false
true
89
As a Scrum Master, if your team is experiencing Lack of Commitment, what can you do?
Retro on what is going on and help team make realistic shared commitments
Direct the team to point all stories higher
Invite their manager(s) to all Planning and Review Meetings
Reduce the team's velocity by half
90
True or False: Absence of Trust is the key problem that leads to dysfunction in a team
false
true
91
You Have Reached the End of Ch.2
On to Chapter 3!
Can we do it again?!
Yay!
Woo Hoo!
92
What is one anti-pattern a SM may see during Team Breakout #1? (2 Correct Answers)
System Architect provides clarity when needed
RTE is monitoring the construction of the Program Board
No plan in last Sprint before IP
Shared PO is not available enough to the team
93
What is the last part of the Iteration Planning Flow?
Committing to Iteration Goals
Establish capacity
Reviewing the Backlog and Timelines
Committing to tasks
94
What tool might a team use to set expectations on conflict management?
RACI Chart
Kanban Board
Working Agreement
Retrospective
95
In an Agile Team, who owns and prioritizes the backlog?
Product Owner
Dev Team
Scrum Master
96
True or False: Documentation is NOT required in Agile.
true
false
97
What does a Feature on the Program Board with string mean?
The Feature needs to be split
It is an Enabler Feature
The Feature has NO dependencies
The Feature has dependencies
98
What is the ultimate goal of a PIP event?
A committed plan
A dependency map and traceability matrix
A Realistic Roadmap
Alignment
99
Beyond stories, what else may a team review during the Iteration Review?
Project Delivery Plan
Program Board
Team PI Objectives
Program Roadmap
100
What should a Scrum Master do to support Iteration Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Facilitate commitment and alignment to Iteration Goals
Dive deep into the technical aspect with the team
Maintain the timebox
Push commitments to previously-committed timelines

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