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When is a pre-PI Planning event needed?
When the teams need more than 2 days
When PI Planning is conducted virtually
To coordinate multiple ARTs on the same Solution Train
When only SMs & POs can attend PI Planning
2
SAFe delivers (select all that apply)
Happier and motivated employees
Increase in productivity
50% defect reduction
50% faster time to market
3
Features have a benefit hypothesis and ____
Specifications
Acceptance Criteria
A Roadmap
User Stories
4
What does the "L" stand for in the CALMR approach to DevOps?
Lead Time
Lean Flow
Leadership
Leading Indicators
5
What is the basic building block when organizing around value?
Individuals
Value Streams
Hierarchies
Agile Teams
6
What is part of the role of Product Management?
To write User Stories
To prioritize the Program Backlog
To facilitate Program Events
To provide cross-team technical guidance
7
What must leaders do in a SAFe environment?
Give better orders
Know what they must do to support the transformation
Lead better
Manage the change
8
What role provides architectural guidance for an ART?
Product Manager
System Architect
Business Owner
RTE
9
What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?
Optimizes functional skills
It is not how value flows
Communication is too easy
Decisions are made quickly
10
When addressing Program Risks what does the "A" in ROAMed stand for?
Adjudicated
Accepted
Allowed
Abdicated
11
What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Release on Schedule
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Exploration
Repect for People & Culture
12
Business Agility requires business level commitment and
Organisation Change
Governance and Controls
Technical Agility
Enterprise Stability
13
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
14
Who votes when estimating story points?
Only Development Leads
Development Team
Scrum Masters
Product Owners
15
What is found on a program board? (2 Correct Answers)
Features
Stories
Risks
Milestones/Events
16
Reducing ___ Is the fastest way to reduce time to market
Delays
Risk
Resource Utilization
Lead Time
17
How do you unlock intrinsic motivation of Knowledge Workers? (3 Correct Answers)
Purpose
Autonomy
Mastery
Money
18
What can be used to map the current state of a portfolio?
Portfolio Kanban
Portfolio Canvas
Portfolio Roadmap
SAFe Implementation Roadmap
19
True or False: Each team on the ART can set their own Iteration Cadence
true
false
20
Which pillar of the House of Lean utilizes Gemba Walks?
Flow
Relentless Improvement
Respect for People & Culture
Innovation
21
What part of the CDP encourages System Demos from an integrated environment?
Release On Demand
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Integration
Continuous Exploration
22
What is one possible type of adjustment Management could bring into Day 2 of PI Planning?
Business priorities
Changes to Team Objectives
Changes to User Stories
Tell a team to increase their capacity/velocity
23
What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management?
Accelerate
Performing
Learn
Anchor new approaches in the culture
24
Customer Centricity mindset includes (pick 3)
To know customer lifetime value
Think like the customer
Build whole product and solutions
Building better features
25
Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)
Quantitative Measurement
Go/No-Go decision
Closing out the project
Problem-Solving Workshop
26
What is a minimum viable product?
A product that has met all phase gate milestones
A fully scoped product
A minimal product that can validate a hypothesis
A set of 10 Features
27
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives?
Business Owner talking to the team about their objectives
All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
Assigning a range of numbers to the objectives
Objectives reflect alignment to the mission for the PI
28
What is the event that starts the SAFe Transformation?
The Tipping Point
The Leading SAFe Course
Set up the Agile Center of Excellence
The Management Directive
29
A full System Demo occurs ___
Once Per Program Increment
When Features Complete
After Every Iteration
After End-to-End Testing
30
What is a benefit of continuously deploying using a DevOps model?
Releases are prone to human error
Leading Indicators are established early
It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures
Compliance is built in incrementally
31
Which is an aspect of systems thinking?
You cannot scale crappy code
Optimizing a component at the expense of the system
Continuous Exploration
Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
32
What is a way that Design Thinking can measure success. (2 Correct Answers)
Velocity
Sustainability
Phase Gate Milestones
Desirability
33
What is an anti-pattern of PI Planning?
Product Managers present refined, prioritized Features
It occurs every 8-12 weeks for 2 days
Only Team Leads Attend In-Person
Teams edit and/or create and plan Stories into iterations
34
The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs
As the last iteration of each PI
When the Scrum Master thinks it's necessary
Annually
When an Outage Occurs
35
Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality?
Quality is the responsibility of the System Team
You cannot scale crappy code
Quality can be tested into the system at the end
Quality should be saved for the IP iteration
36
What is one responsibility of a Scrum Master?
Write User Stories
Facilitate the Daily Standup
Provide Status Updates
Develop Code
37
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
Customer Collaboration
Lean Portfolio Management
Leadership
Repect for People & Culture
38
True or False: Strategic Themes connect a SAFe Portfolio to the Enterprise Strategy
false
true
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Who has content authority to make decisions at the Story level during PI Planning?
Product Owner
Product Manager
Business Owner
RTE
40
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
41
Which statement describes aspects uncommitted objectives? (2 Correct Answers)
Uncommitted Objectives DO NOT COUNT in a team's capacity
Uncommitted objectives COUNT in a team's capacity
The team DOES COMMIT to uncommitted objectives
The team DOES NOT commit to uncommitted objectives
42
Which one of these is a Scrum Ceremony?
Iteration Planning
Feature Refinement
Status Call
PI Planning
43
What is one type of Enabler Story? (2 Correct Answers)
Infrastructure
UI/UX Work
Exploration
Supplier Work
44
What is one output of PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
PI Objectives
Project Plan
Vision
Program Board
45
What is the most important factor in prioritizing Features?
Cost of Implementation
Executive's Priorities
Cost of Delay
ROI
46
DevOps bridges the gap between ___ Features and ___ Solutions
Unreliable & Reliable
New & Stable
Exciting & Antiquated
Old & Unstable
47
What are the parameters for economic decision making trade offs (Select two)
Executive Sponsor
Lead Time
Product Cost
Sunk Cost
48
True or False: Automation can reduce the Holding Cost
true
false
49
What are the last two steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
Tipping Point, Create Implementation Plan
Extend to the portfolio, accelerate
Tipping Point, Train Change Agents
Launch ART, PI Execution
50
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
Leading SAFe Certification
SAFe Principles
SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Agile Manifesto
51
What is one configuration of SAFe?
Program Level
Enterprise Level
Full
Project Level
52
What is a risk of not having an IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers
No Time to Plan
More work gets done
Tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities
Plans always complete on time
53
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution?
Lean Portfolio Management
Agile Product Delivery
Organizational Agility
Alignment
54
Which role in Lean Portfolio Management supports program execution?
Lean Governance
Agile Portfolio Operations
Strategy & Investment Funding
55
What is an example of an objective milestone in SAFe?
Requirements Completed
Daily Standup
System demo
Design Phase
56
What is an example of a Program ceremony/event? (2 Correct Answers)
Portfolio Sync
Inspect & Adapt Workshop
Iteration Planning
Scrum of scrums
57
What tool is used to visualize the flow of Portfolio Epics?
Team Backlog
Program Board
Solution Kanban
In the Portfolio Kanban
58
True or False: The Value Stream contains the workers, systems, and flow of information.
true
false
59
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done?
Application Teams
Separate Dev & Test Teams
Cross-functional teams
Specialty Teams
60
Why would you use WIP limits on a Kanban board? (2 Correct Answers)
To increase flow
To ensure large queues are not being built
To support prioritization of work
To decrease flow
61
WSJF on features is normally performed ___ PI Planning
During
Just before
As soon as they are created
After
62
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
Removing accountability from individuals
Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
Changing Org Structure to align to Value
Relieving pressure from management
63
What are Guardrails on Lean Budget spend?
Approve Epic initiatives
Continuous Business Owner engagement
Apply investment horizons
Utilize capacity allocation
64
Release validated solutions on ___________
Demand
Command
Cadence
PI
65
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility?
It provides a new set of technical tools
It adds new layers of management
It suggest major reorganizations of structures
By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
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WSJF favors features with a longer duration.
true
false
