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1
Customer Centricity mindset includes (pick 3)
Build whole product and solutions
Building better features
To know customer lifetime value
Think like the customer
2
What are the parameters for economic decision making trade offs (Select two)
Lead Time
Sunk Cost
Executive Sponsor
Product Cost
3
Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)
Quantitative Measurement
Closing out the project
Problem-Solving Workshop
Go/No-Go decision
4
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
Agile Manifesto
SAFe Principles
Leading SAFe Certification
SAFe Implementation Roadmap
5
SAFe delivers (select all that apply)
50% faster time to market
50% defect reduction
Increase in productivity
Happier and motivated employees
6
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
Repect for People & Culture
Lean Portfolio Management
Customer Collaboration
Leadership
7
Which one of these is a Scrum Ceremony?
Iteration Planning
PI Planning
Feature Refinement
Status Call
8
What is a minimum viable product?
A minimal product that can validate a hypothesis
A fully scoped product
A set of 10 Features
A product that has met all phase gate milestones
9
True or False: Strategic Themes connect a SAFe Portfolio to the Enterprise Strategy
true
false
10
What tool is used to visualize the flow of Portfolio Epics?
Solution Kanban
Team Backlog
Program Board
In the Portfolio Kanban
11
Who votes when estimating story points?
Only Development Leads
Scrum Masters
Development Team
Product Owners
12
Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality?
Quality should be saved for the IP iteration
Quality can be tested into the system at the end
You cannot scale crappy code
Quality is the responsibility of the System Team
13
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility?
It adds new layers of management
It provides a new set of technical tools
By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
It suggest major reorganizations of structures
14
True or False: Each team on the ART can set their own Iteration Cadence
false
true
15
What is a risk of not having an IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers
Tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities
More work gets done
No Time to Plan
Plans always complete on time
16
Which is an aspect of systems thinking?
Optimizing a component at the expense of the system
You cannot scale crappy code
Continuous Exploration
Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
17
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (3 Correct Answers)
Increase number of testers
Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
Manage Queue Lengths
Reduce the batch sizes of work
18
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives?
All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
Objectives reflect alignment to the mission for the PI
Assigning a range of numbers to the objectives
Business Owner talking to the team about their objectives
19
The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs
Annually
When an Outage Occurs
As the last iteration of each PI
When the Scrum Master thinks it's necessary
20
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
Relieving pressure from management
Changing Org Structure to align to Value
Removing accountability from individuals
21
WSJF on features is normally performed ___ PI Planning
After
As soon as they are created
Just before
During
22
Features have a benefit hypothesis and ____
User Stories
A Roadmap
Specifications
Acceptance Criteria
23
What is the event that starts the SAFe Transformation?
The Management Directive
The Tipping Point
Set up the Agile Center of Excellence
The Leading SAFe Course
24
What is found on a program board? (2 Correct Answers)
Stories
Milestones/Events
Features
Risks
25
Release validated solutions on ___________
Cadence
Command
PI
Demand
26
Which role in Lean Portfolio Management supports program execution?
Agile Portfolio Operations
Strategy & Investment Funding
Lean Governance
27
What is one possible type of adjustment Management could bring into Day 2 of PI Planning?
Business priorities
Changes to User Stories
Tell a team to increase their capacity/velocity
Changes to Team Objectives
28
What is the most important factor in prioritizing Features?
Cost of Delay
ROI
Cost of Implementation
Executive's Priorities
29
When addressing Program Risks what does the "A" in ROAMed stand for?
Abdicated
Accepted
Adjudicated
Allowed
30
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done?
Separate Dev & Test Teams
Application Teams
Cross-functional teams
Specialty Teams
31
How do you unlock intrinsic motivation of Knowledge Workers? (3 Correct Answers)
Mastery
Money
Purpose
Autonomy
32
Who has content authority to make decisions at the Story level during PI Planning?
Product Owner
Business Owner
RTE
Product Manager
33
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution?
Organizational Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
Alignment
Agile Product Delivery
34
True or False: Automation can reduce the Holding Cost
false
true
35
What are Guardrails on Lean Budget spend?
Apply investment horizons
Approve Epic initiatives
Utilize capacity allocation
Continuous Business Owner engagement
36
True or False: The Value Stream contains the workers, systems, and flow of information.
false
true
37
DevOps bridges the gap between ___ Features and ___ Solutions
Unreliable & Reliable
Old & Unstable
Exciting & Antiquated
New & Stable
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What is an anti-pattern of PI Planning?
Only Team Leads Attend In-Person
Teams edit and/or create and plan Stories into iterations
Product Managers present refined, prioritized Features
It occurs every 8-12 weeks for 2 days
39
Which statement describes aspects uncommitted objectives? (2 Correct Answers)
Uncommitted Objectives DO NOT COUNT in a team's capacity
The team DOES NOT commit to uncommitted objectives
The team DOES COMMIT to uncommitted objectives
Uncommitted objectives COUNT in a team's capacity
40
Reducing ___ Is the fastest way to reduce time to market
Delays
Risk
Resource Utilization
Lead Time
41
What is one responsibility of a Scrum Master?
Facilitate the Daily Standup
Develop Code
Provide Status Updates
Write User Stories
42
What role provides architectural guidance for an ART?
System Architect
RTE
Product Manager
Business Owner
43
What is one type of Enabler Story? (2 Correct Answers)
UI/UX Work
Supplier Work
Exploration
Infrastructure
44
What can be used to map the current state of a portfolio?
SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Portfolio Roadmap
Portfolio Kanban
Portfolio Canvas
45
What is one output of PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Program Board
Project Plan
PI Objectives
Vision
46
What is the basic building block when organizing around value?
Agile Teams
Value Streams
Hierarchies
Individuals
47
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation?
Issue a directive for the change
Fund the change
Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system
Decide on tooling to support the change
48
What must leaders do in a SAFe environment?
Lead better
Manage the change
Know what they must do to support the transformation
Give better orders
49
What are the last two steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
Tipping Point, Train Change Agents
Launch ART, PI Execution
Extend to the portfolio, accelerate
Tipping Point, Create Implementation Plan
50
What is a benefit of continuously deploying using a DevOps model?
Leading Indicators are established early
Compliance is built in incrementally
It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures
Releases are prone to human error
51
What does the "L" stand for in the CALMR approach to DevOps?
Lead Time
Lean Flow
Leadership
Leading Indicators
52
What is a way that Design Thinking can measure success. (2 Correct Answers)
Sustainability
Desirability
Velocity
Phase Gate Milestones
53
Why would you use WIP limits on a Kanban board? (2 Correct Answers)
To ensure large queues are not being built
To support prioritization of work
To increase flow
To decrease flow
54
When is a pre-PI Planning event needed?
To coordinate multiple ARTs on the same Solution Train
When PI Planning is conducted virtually
When the teams need more than 2 days
When only SMs & POs can attend PI Planning
55
What is an example of a Program ceremony/event? (2 Correct Answers)
Scrum of scrums
Portfolio Sync
Inspect & Adapt Workshop
Iteration Planning
56
A full System Demo occurs ___
Once Per Program Increment
When Features Complete
After Every Iteration
After End-to-End Testing
57
What part of the CDP encourages System Demos from an integrated environment?
Release On Demand
Continuous Integration
Continuous Exploration
Continuous Deployment
58
WSJF favors features with a longer duration.
true
false
59
What is an example of an objective milestone in SAFe?
System demo
Design Phase
Daily Standup
Requirements Completed
60
What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Repect for People & Culture
Release on Schedule
Continuous Exploration
Continuous Delivery
61
What is part of the role of Product Management?
To provide cross-team technical guidance
To write User Stories
To facilitate Program Events
To prioritize the Program Backlog
62
Which pillar of the House of Lean utilizes Gemba Walks?
Flow
Innovation
Relentless Improvement
Respect for People & Culture
63
What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management?
Performing
Accelerate
Learn
Anchor new approaches in the culture
64
What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?
Optimizes functional skills
It is not how value flows
Decisions are made quickly
Communication is too easy
65
What is one configuration of SAFe?
Full
Enterprise Level
Program Level
Project Level
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Business Agility requires business level commitment and
Enterprise Stability
Governance and Controls
Technical Agility
Organisation Change
