What is the 2nd step of the Problem-Solving Workshop?

Apply Root Cause Analysis (Fishbone diagram)

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

To create shared commitment and understanding

What role may be part of the Agile Portfolio Operations part of LPM? (2 Correct Answers)

RTE and SM CoP, (Lean) Agile Center of Excellence

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

Higher Utilization, Low Variation

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

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

What is one challenge with Silos? (2 Correct Answers)

Value delivery is inhibited by hand-offs and delays, Political Boundaries can prevent cooperation

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

Team and Technical Agility, Lean Portfolio Management

What are the last 2 steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?

Extend to the Portfolio, Sustain and Improve

The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs...

As the last iteration of each PI

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

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