Frequent Demos at the Team, Program, and Solution Level provide...

Early Validation of a Working System/Solution

What is the end goal of DevOps?

To deliver value faster and more reliably

What roles would likely be in the Strategy &Investment Funding of LPM? (2 Correct Choices)

Enterprise Executives, Business Owners

Which of these statement supports the Core Value of Built-In Quality?

You can't scale crappy code (or hardware, or anything else)

Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct)

Problem-Solving Workshop, Quantitative Measurement

What is one of the Core Competencies in SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)

Lean Portfolio Management, Team and Technical Agility

What do smaller batch sizes yield? (2 Correct Answers)

Low Variation, Higher Utilization

What is an anti-pattern of PI Planning?

Only Team Leads Attend In-Person

The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs...

As the last iteration of each PI

What is one benefit of SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)

Higher Employee Engagement, Faster Time-to-Market

What is one input to PI Planning?

Prioritized Features (usually Top 10)

Why should Story Point Estimating be a whole-team exercise?

To create shared commitment and understanding

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1
What does the "A" in ROAM stand for?
Adjudicated
Allowed
Abdicated
Accepted
2
A Feature must fit inside one ____ (timebox)
Program Increment
Iteration
Year
Quarter
3
Frequent Demos at the Team, Program, and Solution Level provide...
No Value
Early Validation of a Working System/Solution
Great Marketing Videos
Risk Reduction
4
True or False: PI Objectives are business summaries of what a team intends to deliver.
false
true
5
What is the end goal of DevOps?
To create a solution that never fail
To release multiple times per day
To create a better corporate culture
To deliver value faster and more reliably
6
Multiple… Improve economic results
Design Sets
SCRUM Masters
Columns of Uncertainty
Project Plans
7
What roles would likely be in the Strategy &Investment Funding of LPM? (2 Correct Choices)
Enterprise Executives
Product Owners
Release Train Engineers
Business Owners
8
What is one configuration of SAFe?
Program Level
Enterprise Level
Large Solution
Project Level
9
What does a little’s law address
Wait Times
Time to market
Batch Sizes
Processing Time
10
Product Owners have Content Authority at what level?
Epic
Capability
Feature
User Story
11
True or False: Teams on the ART can set their own iteration cadence.
false
true
12
(True or False) Knowledge workers have more domain knowledge than their Managers
false
true
13
Product Managers have Content Authority at what level?
User Story
Capability
Epic
Feature
14
What Team Role is responsible for working out interdependencies with other Teams?
Development Team
Release Train Engineer
SCRUM Master
Product Owner
15
Which of the following is a Modified Fibonacci Sequence used for sizing in SAFe?
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40
1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
16
Which of these statement supports the Core Value of Built-In Quality?
All End-to-End testing is done in the IP Iteration
You can't scale crappy code (or hardware, or anything else)
Teams must commit to all Features in PI Planning
Quality Checks are done at the end of each iteration
17
What is the most important factor in prioritizing Features?
Cost of Delay
Cost of Implementation
Executive's Priorities
ROI
18
Which role in Lean Portfolio Management maintains the portfolio vision and funds Value Streams?
Agile Portfolio Operations
Strategy & Investment Funding
Lean Governance
19
What does the "L" stand for in the CALMR approach to DevOps?
Leadership
Lead Time
Leading Indicators
Lean Flow
20
True or False: A PI Roadmap is Committed 3 PIs out
false
true
21
What powers the Solution Train?
Portfolios
Cross-Functional Agile Teams
Agile Release Trains
Value Streams
22
Who assigns Business Value to PI Objectives?
Product Owner
Product Manager
Team - Self Assessed
Business Owner
23
What is one responsibility of a Scrum Master?
Facilitate the Daily Standup
Develop Code
Write User Stories
Provide Status Updates
24
Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct)
Go/No-Go decision
Problem-Solving Workshop
Closing out the project
Quantitative Measurement
25
Who votes when estimating story points?
Developers and Testers
Only Development Leads
Product Owners
Scrum Masters
26
Agile Release Trains are composed of ___
Separate development and test resources
Cross-Functional Agile Teams
Only technical resources
Application Teams
27
PI Objectives are committed to ____
During PI Planning
After PI Planning
Before PI Planning
28
What is a motivator for knowledge workers
Money
Power
Mastery
Vacation Time
29
Which Program Role facilitates the PI Planning event?
System Architect/Engineer
Release Train Engineer
Business Owner
Product Manager
30
The…… Team is instrumental when synchronizing teams
Project Team
Management Team
Development Team
System Team
31
Reducing… Is the fastest way to reduce time to market
Lead Time
Delays
Resource Utilization
Risk
32
What is one of the Core Competencies in SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)
Lean Portfolio Management
Team and Technical Agility
Relentless Improvement
Project Management
33
What variable reduce optimum batch size?
Batch Size
Transaction Cost
Holding Cost
Variability
34
What types of teams are used in SAFe?
Application Teams
Cross-Functional Teams
Waterfall Teams
Distributed Teams
35
Shifting testing left enables...
More Defects
Faster Feedback
Earlier Deployments
Pair Programming
36
what is a trade off Parameter that’s considered when making economic decisions
Resource Utilization
Lead Time
Total Cost
WSJF
37
In its most simple form, what is the Solution Intent.
A document
A document repository
38
What tool would you use to define the Portfolio in SAFe?
Portfolio Backlog
Strategic Themes
Portfolio Kanban
Portfolio Canvas
39
What do smaller batch sizes yield? (2 Correct Answers)
Low Variation
Higher Utilization
Lower Utilization
Higher Variation
40
Which of these is a Program Sync?
System Demo
Project Kickoff
Scrum of Scrums
Daily Stand-Up
41
True or False: A long-term Solution Roadmap creates a queue.
true
false
42
Why is limiting WIP important
It increases flow
It creates bottlenecks
It makes people work harder
It helps promote the concept of failing fast
43
What is an anti-pattern of PI Planning?
It occurs every 8-12 weeks for 2 days
Only Team Leads Attend In-Person
Product Managers present refined, prioritized Features
Teams edit and/or create and plan Stories into iterations
44
What is one output of PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Vision
Project Plan
PI Objectives
Program Board
45
Which of these is part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Continuous Ideation
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Quarterly Release Schedule
46
The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs...
When the Scrum Master thinks it's necessary
When an Outage Occurs
Annually
As the last iteration of each PI
47
Early delivery has…… Value
Lower
Higher
Unlimited
Limited
48
What is one benefit of SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)
Better Cost Control
Higher Employee Engagement
Faster Time-to-Market
More Lines of Code Produced in Less Time
49
What is one type of Enabler Story? (2 Correct Answers)
Supplier Work
UI/UX Work
Infrastructure
Exploration
50
What is one input to PI Planning?
Project Plan
Prioritized Features (usually Top 10)
Program Board
Vision
51
Why should Story Point Estimating be a whole-team exercise?
To measure the skill-level of each team member
To create shared commitment and understanding
To determine who should work on the story through bidding
To be able to provide a detailed, committed delivery plan
52
Which one of these practices would be part of the Continuous Exploration phase of the CDP?
Hypothesize
Monitor
Release
Stage
53
WSJF favors features with a lower Cost of Delay.
true
false
54
DevOps helps bridge the gap between ____ features and ____ solutions.
Exciting, Boring
New, Stable
Untested, Perfect
Old, Unstable
55
Feature Toggles Enable the separation of ___ and Release.
Deployment
Development
Integration
56
Calculate Iteration capacity for a 7 person Team with 3 Dev, 2 Testers, 1 PO and 1 SM.
56
48
40
24
57
True or False: DevOps is a Cultural Change
false
true
58
Which role in Lean Portfolio Management supports program execution?
Lean Governance
Agile Portfolio Operations
Strategy & Investment Funding
59
Which batch is most important
The highest cost batch
All Batches
Handoff Batch
First Batch
60
Which of these is a Team Ceremony
Project Status Call
Iteration Planning
Inspect & Adapt
PI Planning
61
When does a Feature leave the Continuous Exploration phase?
When it is released
After End-to-End Testing
At the PI Planning event
When a new Epic is created
62
In a set based approach what is an example of an integrated learning point
System Demo
Status Call
GoNoGo
Retrospective
63
Which role in Lean Portfolio Management coordinates continuous compliance?
Lean Governance
Strategy & Investment Funding
Agile Portfolio Operations
64
PI Planning occurs...
During the IP Iteration
Twice Annually
Once a Quarter
On an As-Needed Basis
65
WSJF favors features with a shorter duration.
false
true
66
What must leaders do in a SAFe environment?
Manage the change
Lead better
Know what they must do to support the transformation
Give better orders
67
During the PIP Event, what is the purpose of the SoS Sync?
To discuss Program Risks
To allow the SMs to report status
To allow the RTE to give further instruction to the SMs
To resolve Cross-Team Dependencies
68
Job Size is a proxy for Duration EXCEPT...
When the Feature is too small
When Only the Architect sizes the work
When the Feature spans 2 or more Program Increments
When you must consider Lead Times
69
What is the 2nd step of the Problem-Solving Workshop?
Brainstorm Solutions
Run a full regression test on the system
Assign Blame
Apply Root Cause Analysis (Fishbone diagram)
70
What is one challenge with Silos? (2 Correct Answers)
Value Release can accelerate out of control
Political Boundaries can prevent cooperation
Value delivery is inhibited by hand-offs and delays
Too many people working on the solution
71
True or False: The Value Stream contains the workers, systems, and flow of information.
false
true
72
What is the last scheduled activity on Day 1 of the PI Planning Session?
ROAM Risks
Draft Plan Review
Management Review
Planning Adjustments
73
What role may be part of the Agile Portfolio Operations part of LPM? (2 Correct Answers)
Product Leadership
System Architects
RTE and SM CoP
(Lean) Agile Center of Excellence
74
What is the event that starts the SAFe Transformation?
The Leading SAFe Course
The Tipping Point
The Management Directive
Set up the Agile Center of Excellence
75
What is one issue with phase gate milestones
Lack of Detail
Uses a set based approach
Forces Decisions to be made too early
No Solid Plan
76
Which Program Role owns, maintains, and refines the Program Backlog of Features?
Release Train Engineer
Product Manager
System Architect/Engineer
Business Owner
77
WSJF Prioritization is completed during PI Planning
true
false
78
Which one of these is a Scrum Ceremony?
Feature Refinement
Iteration Planning
PI Planning
Status Call
79
(True or False) A team should be able to decide their own cadence
false
true
80
Which of these is a Program Ceremony?
Daily Standup
Iteration Retro
Inspect & Adapt
Go/No-Go Meeting
81
WSJF Estimation is done using ____
Domain Driven Estimates
Relative Estimation
Strategic Themes
Summing up User Story Points
82
Features have a benefit hypothesis and ____
A Roadmap
Specifications
Acceptance Criteria
User Stories
83
Which SAFe competency Provides Lean Governance across value streams?
Lean Portfolio Management
DevOps and Release on Demand
Team and Technical Agility
Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering
84
What tool facilitates the flow of Features through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
rogram Board
Program Kanban
Release Calendar
Portfolio Kanban
85
What is one practice you could use to Collaborate & Research during Continuous Exploration?
WSJF
Threat Modeling
Create Detailed AIS
Gemba Walks
86
Shorter cycles yield… Learning
Integrated
Slower
Accelerated
Deeper
87
Decisions that are infrequently made /long lasting /span across the enterprise should be.....
Decentralized
Centralized
88
How often should a developer integrate their code?
Continuously
Twice per Program Increment
Once per Iteration
Daily
89
What is an example of an objective mile stone
System demo
Daily Standup
Design Phase
Requirements Completed
90
True or False: The traditional V-Model of testing delays feedback.
true
false
91
Release validated solutions on ___________
Demand
PI
Cadence
Command
92
What concept transforms unpredictable events into predictable occurrences
Implementing WIP
Delivering on Cadence
Synchronize delivery
Full Stack Development
93
What is one of the 3 components of Cost of Delay? (3 choices)
Job Duration / Job Size
Time Criticality
Opportunity Enablement / Risk Reduction
Business Value
94
True or False: Stretch Objectives are counted in the Actual/Achieved Value.
true
false
95
What is identified as the single source of truth as to the intended & actual solution behavior?
Technical Specification
Solution Intent
Solution Specification
Technical Intent
96
What role is the Servant-Leader on a Solution Train?
Release Train Engineer
System Architect/Engineer
Product Manager
Business Owner
97
Without the IP Iteration.... (3 Correct)
Capacity is eroded
More features can be completed
There is little innovation
There is no dedicated time to plan together
98
Stretch Objectives are ____
Planned but not committed
Completed only if there is budget for overtime
Completed only if the team has time
Planned and committed
99
A full System Demo occurs...
Once Per Program Increment
After End-to-End Testing
Every 2 Weeks
When Features Complete
100
What are the last 2 steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
Coach ART Execution, Launch More ARTs and Value Streams
Create the Implementation Plan, Launch ART
Extend to the Portfolio, Sustain and Improve
Management Decision to go SAFe, Launch ART

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