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1
Which of the following is not a principle of the Agile Manifesto
Constant attention to technical excellence
Highest Priority is to Satisfy the Customer
Business People and Developers work together daily
Planning is wasteful
2
What is one step in resolving conflict?
Letting people know they could be fired.
Ostracizing the conflicted individuals.
Ignoring it and hoping it gets better.
Identify why each party needs what they want.
3
Which is NOT a part of the Daily Standup?
Coordinate team activities
Share information about progress
Raise blocking issues
Status for management
4
Which is an appropriate question for the Daily Standup?
What did I do yesterday to advance the iteration goals?
Will you work on this other assignment as well as committed?
Why are you so slow?
What's for lunch?
5
The Team Demo <blank>
provides the true progress by showing working software
is a whole company event
Is usually a Power Point presentation
is a highly rehearsed presentation
6
How many values are there in the agile manifesto?
4
3
9
12
7
SWOT stands for <blank>
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Tasks
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Stories, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Treats
8
SAFe Features have <blank>.
A Detailed Definition of Functionality
Precise Estimates
No Value
Benefits and Acceptance Criteria
9
We coach through <blank> listening and <blank> questions
distracted, hard
reflective, powerful
not, not asking
impatient, intelligent
10
Don't bring a problem to a meeting without <blank>.
having a pre-meeting to discuss it.
a clear understanding of who's fault it is.
doughnuts.
at least one possible solution.
11
Feature Acceptance is typically defined during...
Iteration Planning
Program Backlog Refinement
Retrospective
PI Planning Event
12
What is refactoring?
Changing the structure of the code while preserving behavior
Gold Plating
Porting the code to an alternative language
Undoing changes by a bad programmer
13
Module 4: How long should Iteration Planning (for a 2-week iteration) Take?
About a day
About 4 hours
About 15 minutes
About an hour
14
What stage of high-performing teams is learning who is on the team?
Storming
Forming
Performing
Norming
15
White Elephant Sizing is used to <blank>
Estimate a lot of stories fast
Define a Minimum Viable Product
Is more precise than other approaches
validate the Product Owner's estimates
16
Which of the following is NOT a role of the Scrum Master in PI Planning
Manage the program board
Ensures the team builds a plan they can commit to
Defining what should be built
Maintain the time-box
17
An effective Scrum Master will
eliminate the engineers not pulling their weight
control the team through fear
provide a detailed project plan to management every day
Use persuasion rather than authority
18
During PI Planning who defines and delivers user stories and works out dependencies.
Release Train Engineer
Agile Team
Product Owner
Scrum Masters
19
One way to facilitate conflict management is to
Fire one person to get the team's attention.
do nothing
get HR involved as soon as there is any tension.
create working agreements and make them visible
20
Input to PI Planning includes <blank>
Top (n) Capabilities
Top (n) Epics
Top (n) Features
Top (n) Stories
21
Acceptance criteria are created by <blank>
The team and the Product Owner
The quality department
The Product Owner
The team
22
If a team needs to deliver 3 features which approach will deliver value sooner?
Serial Delivery, feature by feature
Developing the wrong feature
Big Upfront Design of all 3 features, then implementation
Parallel Delivery, task switching all features in progress
23
Some teams never reach "performing" due to <blank>
not trying hard enough.
one bad apple.
No-one guides them
the wrong team members.
24
Which is not a part of "done"?
Work accepted by Product Owner
Working System
Technical Debt increase
Standards Followed
25
When you have inter-team dependencies you can <blank> to continuously integrate assets.
Raise an impediment
Ignore them
Comment them out
Define interfaces & integrate first, add functions later
26
A good meeting should have
as many people as the room will hold.
a clear purpose.
an ambiguous outcome.
people dialed in from remote locations.
27
Which is a Scrum Master role in the Inspect and Adapt?
Demo the System
Facilitate the I&A
Provide data for the qualitative measurements
Assign business-value achieved
28
SAFe advocates <blank> and <blank>
Burn-Ups and CFDs
Burn-Ups and Project Plans
Burn-Downs and Project Plans
Burn-Downs and CFDs
29
A SAFe Scrum Master has this role, in addition to the Normal Scrum roles.
Removing Impediments
Coordination with the other Scrum Teams (Scrum of Scrums)
Facilitates the Daily Standup
Coordination with the RTE
30
At the confidence vote a team throws a 5. This means.
Very low confidence
No confidence
Very high confidence
Medium confidence
31
While task breakdowns are not recommended in SAFe it is <blank>
valuable work as every hour is accounted for
sometimes useful for beginning teams
comfortable like a good project plan
one way to manage resources
32
The SAFe ScrumMaster coaches the
Cross-functional Agile Team
Business Leaders
Company
Architects
33
What is the main reason for Program Increment (PI) Planning?
To get to know people on the train.
Create a complete and accurate plan.
To give the execs a chance to talk to the development teams.
Alignment to a common mission.
34
Module 1: Which of these is not considered to be an agile development practice?
Scrum
Kanban
Waterfall
Iterative and Incremental Development (IID)
35
Which of the following is not an NFR?
Security
Capacity
Performance
Functional behavior
36
Stories are sized to fit in <blank>
The Innovation and Planning Iteration
A Program Increment
One Iteration for one team
One week
37
Which activity is NOT part of the Inspect and Adapt?
Roadmap Correction
Quantitative Measurement
Problem Solving Workshop
PI System Demo
38
The program planning calendar is often set <blank> in advance
1 year
3 years
5 years
2 years
39
Which is NOT one of the five dysfunctions of a team?
Being Accountable
Inattention to Results
Lack of Commitment
Absence of Trust
40
Module 2: SAFe Scrum Master Roles Include
Facilitating team and program events
Prioritizing the backlog
Content authority for the backlog
Controlling the team
41
A team meets its commitments by doing what they said they would do or <blank>
Raising the red flag if they can not.
Working the weekend.
Do something else.
Reducing quality on the work remaining.
42
An iteration retrospective should include <blank>
User Story Refinement
a review of improvement items targeted from previous retro.
A review of the individual performance of team members.
At least a dozen things to try differently.
43
Enablers build up the runway, <blank>
Features consume it,
But are otherwise a waste of time.
And can be sold as is.
Even if the team doesn't need them.
44
The iteration retrospective <blank>
is not referred to by any agile principle.
is different than "Plan, Do, Check, Adjust".
is part of relentless improvement.
can be considered optional in agile.
45
Agile is <blank> Driven
Speed
Plan
Quality
Value and Quality
46
Which is not a role of the Scrum Master facilitating estimations?
Identifying subject matter experts (SMEs) to attend
Focusing energy on the contested items
Ensuring everyone participates
Determining the "real" estimate
47
<blank> are business summaries of what each team intends to deliver in the PI
PI Iterations
PI Features
PI Objectives
PI Plan
48
A story point is a singular number that represents <blank>
Volume, Complexity, Task Hours, Uncertainty
ideal days to deliver
Lines of Code, Complexity, Knowledge, Uncertainty
Volume, Complexity, Knowledge, Uncertainty
49
Which is NOT a Scrum Master role in iteration planning?
Direct the team towards a technical solution
Maintain the time-box
Ensure improvement items from retrospective are implemented
Ensures the PO doesn't force the team to overcommit
50
The following is not a value of the agile manifesto.
Individuals and Interaction
Going Faster
Responding to Change
Working Software
51
What is a "WIP Limit"?
Work In Planning
Work in Pending
Work in Peril
Work In Process
52
Features are decomposed in to stories by <blank>
The Teams on the Train
The system architect
The Product Owner
The PPM
53
The backlog refinement event <blank>
Is optional
Creates detailed specifications
Is done by the Product Owner alone
Ensures a ready backlog for Iteration planning
54
Which is NOT a goal of the IP Iteration?
Opportunity for hackathons and infrastructure improvements
Estimating Guard Band
When all testing happens
Supports cadence-based planning
55
When estimating stories we use a modified fibonacci sequence to <blank>
Avoid inference of precision
Get us in the mood for spaghetti
Slow down the estimation process
Make us sound smart
56
Module 6: What are the stages of high-performing teams?
Forming, Blaming, Norming, Performing
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Forming, Storming, Norming, Delaying
Forming, Storming, Swarming, Performing
57
The system demo happens <blank> the team demo.
at the same time as
after
alternating with
before
58
Which of the following is NOT a Scrum Masters role in tracking iteration progress?
Support Release Activities
Changing Iteration goals
Ensures defects aren't pushed to the IP Iteration
Communicate to/from Scrum of Scrums
59
During Iteration Planning the Product Owner Defines <blank> is to be built in the iteration.
The sequence of items
How to test what
How much
What
60
Module 3: In SAFe "PI" means
Plan Interval
Periodic Interrogation
Parasitic Infestation
Program Increment
61
Who often leads the PI System Demo?
The System Team
Scrum Masters
Business Owners
Quality Department
62
Which dysfunction of a team describes a "hero" mentality?
Absence of Trust
Fear of Conflict
Avoidance of accountability
Inattention to results
63
Velocity is used to <blank>
Establish the upper bounds of development efficacy
Help plan
Compare teams
Develop faster
64
Which attribute is NOT an attribute of a servant leader?
Provides micro-level detail on how work is to be performed.
Listens and support team members.
Persuades rather than using authority.
Understands and empathizes with others
65
Value is delivered at the program level in SAFe via
Tasks
Capabilities
User Stories
Features
66
Which of the following is not a program level event?
Inspect and Adapt
Team Demo
PI Planning
System Demo
67
An effective Scrum Master is a servant leader who does not <blank> to the team.
Support
Give encouragement
Listen
Assign tasks
68
ROAM means <blank>
Risk, Owned, Managed, Allowed
Resolved, Owned, Mitigated, Accepted
Reworked, Opinion, Architecture, Management
Requirements, Objectives, Allowances, Metrics
69
<blank> confirms the user story correctness.
Acceptance Criteria
Detailed Requirements Specification
Automated Testing
Manual Testing
70
During I&A the "Pareto analysis" <blank>
Is used to assess who is responsible for problems.
Is used to identify the biggest root cause
Determines the problem to solve.
Looks like the bones of a fish.
71
Module 5: The IP Iteration is the <blank> iteration.
Hardening
Innovation and Provision
Innovation and Planning
Inspect and Perfect
72
Automated tests should be <blank>
implemented in the same iteration as the functionality.
carried over to a new iteration
done by a dedicated automation team.
through the User Interface ONLY
73
Enabler Stories don't usually represent <blank>.
Exploration
User Functionality
Architecture
Infrastructure
74
The <blank> shows Feature Delivery, Dependencies and Milestones
Team Backlog
PI Objectives
Program Board
Program Backlog
75
Which of these is not an Agile Framework?
Scrum
Kanban
SAFe
Daily Standups
76
Which is not an advantage to delivering value sooner?
Team gets Fast Feedback on product
Variability decreases
Technical debt is eliminated
Customer derives value sooner
77
Story Points are <blank>
Used in Cumulative Flow Diagrams
Equal to 1 day
The same as task estimates
Not connected to any specific unit of measure
78
Which is not part of a User Story Template?
<assigned to>
<business value>
<activity>
<user role>
79
Becoming a coach requires a shift towards <blank>.
Letting the team find their own way
acting as a subject matter expert.
Directing
Fixing problems
80
The difference between a manager and a servant leader is that a servant leader <blanks>
uses the work to grow the people.
uses the people to do the work.
causes team to work harder by fear and intimidation.
does all the work.
81
We use Normalized Estimation <blank>.
To satisfy difficult managers
To create precision
Before historical data exists
After historical data exists
82
"5 Whys" is <blank>.
a Problem solving tool
used to figure out who is responsible for a failure.
an alternative to Scrum
used to punish the team for mistakes.
83
How many principles are there in the Agile Manifesto?
6
12
4
9
84
SMART is an acronym meaning <blank>
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Testable
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Tasked
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relative, Time-bound
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound
85
SAFe Feature "Benefits"
Contain detailed design information
Do not impact economic prioritization
Do not reflect nonfunctional requirements
Justify its implementation cost
86
A Cumulative Flow Chart Shows <blank>
Complexity
Value Delivered
Lead time and Cycle Time
WIP and Cycle Time
87
What is the best "individual" motivator?
Peer pressure
A big threat
A big paycheck
A big bonus
88
Which is not one of the "Three C's" of user story?
Confirmation
Card
Contrivance
Conversation
89
Stretch Objectives provide a <blank>
outlet for the PO to get more commitment
way to get the team to work harder
way to achieve tacit control of the team
reliability guard band
