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A comprehensive set of practice exam questions covering key concepts and principles of the scaled agile framework (safe) versions 6.0 and 5.1. It focuses on agile principles, practices, and methodologies, including continuous delivery, devops, lean portfolio management, and team collaboration. The questions are designed to test understanding of safe's core components and their application in real-world scenarios.
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What are two ways to describe a cross-functional Agile Team? A. They can define, build, & test an increment of value. B. They are optimized for communication & delivery of value. C. They are made up of members, each of whom can define, develop, test, & deploy the system. D. They deliver value every six weeks. E. They release customer products to production continuously.
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable? A. Continuous refactoring B. Delivery of large batches C. Ongoing learning D. Increased technical debt - Ans>>> C. Ongoing Learning What is one component of a Guardrail in Lean Portfolio Management? A. Participatory budgeting forums that lead to Value Stream budget changes B. Determining if business needs meet the Portfolio Threshold C. Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping D. Allocation of centralized vs decentralized decisions in the Enterprise - Ans>>> C. Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping Which pillar in the House of Lean focuses on the Customer being the consumer of the work?
A. Value B. Innovation C. Respect for People & Culture D. Flow - Ans>>> C. Respect for People & Culture What is one key purpose of DevOps? A. DevOps focuses on a set of practices applied to large systems B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery C. DevOps enables continuous release by building a scalable Continuous Delivery Pipeline D. DevOps focuses on automating the delivery pipeline to reduce transaction cost - Ans>>> B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery What is one example of differentiating business objectives? A. Enterprise Goals B. Portfolio Vision
C. Strategic Themes D. Solution Intent - Ans>>> C. Strategic Themes Which of the following methods for gathering customer feedback relies on building analytic systems to deliver information about how customers are using the Solution? A. Continuous Exploration B. Telemetry C. Continuous Integration D. Refactoring - Ans>>> B. Telemetry Which of the following team-level events does SAFe recommend running on a cadence during the PI for SAFe Scrum Teams? A. Portfolio Review B. Portfolio Demo C. Iteration Review D. Iteration Demo - Ans>>> C. Iteration Review
What is the product vision? A. A method for aligning to the product direction B. The user stories required to meet customer needs C. A set of prioritized Features D. An explanation of the architectural runway needed to deliver products to the customer - Ans>>> A. A method for aligning to the product direction Which basic Agile quality practice reduces bottlenecks & ensures consistency? A. Definition of Done B. Peer-review and pairing C. Collective ownership and standards D. Establish flow - Ans>>> C. Collective ownership and standards What is one result from Iteration Planning for SAFe Scrum Teams? A. Iteration sequencing
B. Iteration Demo C. Iteration estimate D. Iteration goals - Ans>>> D. Iteration goals A feature should be sized to fit into what duration? A. One month B. One year C. One PI D. One Iteration - Ans>>> C. One PI Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution? A. Team & Technical Agility B. Organizational Agility C. Agile Product Delivery D. Lean Portfolio Management - Ans>>> D. Lean Portfolio Management
Which of the following statements describes the balance between emergent design & intentional architecture when building in quality? A. It is required for implementation speed & maturity B. It is required for speed of development and maintainability C. It is required for speed of value delivery and Solution Intent D. It is required for backlog speed and designed refinement - Ans>>> B. It is required for speed of development and maintainability Which of the following continuous delivery pipeline aspects focuses on enabling the organization to deliver value aligned with business needs? A. Continuous Deployment B. Continuous Integration C. Continuous Exploration D. Release on Demand - Ans>>> C. Continuous Exploration Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?
A. To empower teams to make decisions around work B. To determine what the teams should work on first C. To override the decisions made in WSJS prioritization D. To ensure the teams do not work on architectural Enablers - Ans>>> A. To empower teams to make decisions around work Which of the following statements describes the balanced Agile testing pyramid? A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests B. Many solution tests run by internal team members & fewer run by external testers C. Many solution tests run by external testers and fewer run by internal team members D. Many large, manual tests of the end-to-end solution and fewer small, automated tests - Ans>>> A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests During which PI planning activity are Stories written and sequenced?
A. The team breakout session B. The draft plan review C. The management Review and Problem-Solving workshop D. The business context presentation - Ans>>> A. The team breakout session Deploy, verify, monitor, & respond are all activities of what? A. Continuous Integration B. Continuous Exploration C. Continuous Deployment D. Release on Demand - Ans>>> C. Continuous Deployment What is the purpose of the Iteration review? A. To work on solutions for backlog items B. To identify where there is too much work in the system C. To forecast where work is estimated for the upcoming PIs D. To measure the team's progress - Ans>>> D. To measure the team's progress
Which of the stakeholders primarily develops the definition of done for the team increment? A. Release Train Engineer B. Business Owners C. Agile Teams D. Solution Architect - Ans>>> C. Agile Teams Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline focuses on getting to production early for verification? A. Continuous Exploration B. Continuous Integration C. Release on Demand D. Continuous Deployment - Ans>>> D. Continuous Deployment Why is it important to decouple deployment from release? A. To allow early access to specific groups of customers B. To make deploying of assets a business decision
C. To remove the need to respond quickly to production issues D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet business needs - Ans>>> D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet business needs How does SAFe recommend using a second operating system to deliver value? A. Decide whether to apply a hierarchical or Value Stream organizational model across the Enterprise B. Reorganize the hierarchies around the flow of value C. Build a small entrepreneurial network focused on the Customer in place of existing hierarchies D. Organize development around the flow of value while maintaining the hierarchies - Ans>>> D. Organize development around the flow of value while maintaining the hierarchies When should new approaches be anchored in an organization's culture? A. Culture should not be changed because SAFe respects the current culture.
B. Culture change comes right after a sense of urgency is created in the organization. C. Culture change comes last as a result of changing work habits. D. Culture change needs to happen before the SAFe implementation can begin. - Ans>>> C. Culture change comes last as a result of changing work habits. Which of the following Story components captures details on testing for completion? A. Release plan B. User voice C. Story map D. Acceptance criteria - Ans>>> D. Acceptance criteria Which of the following types of work is found within the Agile Team Backlog? A. Epics B. Capabilities C. User Stories
D. Features - Ans>>> C. User Stories What is one quality practice for software development? A. Rapid prototyping B. Refactoring C. Continuous exploration D. Modeling and simulation - Ans>>> B. Refactoring Which of the following statements is true about Roadmaps? A. Communicate intent B. Are commitment C. Are only adjusted at PI boundaries D. Provide a single planning horizon - Ans>>> A. Communicate intent What best describes the process of the confidence vote? A. Business Owners vote
B. The teams and the ARTs vote C. The managers vote D. Each person votes - Ans>>> B. The teams and the ARTs vote What is one way to understand WIP in a system? A. Pair to complete the work faster B. Make current work visible C. Split stories D. Size stories smaller - Ans>>> B. Make current work visible What is one way to reduce queue length? A. Leave capacity for newly emerging priorities B. Resize the work C. Lengthen iteration timeboxes D. Commit to deliver value by a specific date - Ans>>> A. Leave capacity for newly emerging priorities Which of the following events does SAFe recommend running regularly throughout the PI?
A. Design Sync B. ART Sync C. Business Owner Sync D. Product Sync - Ans>>> B. ART Sync The analyzing step of the Portfolio Kanban system has a new Epic with a completed Lean business case. What best describes the next step for the Epic? A. It will be implemented once the Epic Owner approves the Lean business case. B. It will be moved to the ready state in the Portfolio Kanban if it receives a 'go' decision from Lean Portfolio Management. C. It will remain in the analyzing step until one or more Agile Release Trains have the capacity to implement it. D. It will be implemented if it has the highest weighted shortest job first (WSJF) ranking - Ans>>> B. It will be moved to the ready state in the Portfolio Kanban if it receives a 'go' decision from Lean Portfolio Management.
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives? A. Business values are assigned to uncommitted objectives. B. High business value is assigned to important Enabler work. C. Business Owners assign the business value for all teams on the ART. D. All PI Objectives are given a business value of 10. - Ans>>> D. All PI Objectives are given a business value of 10. According to SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #10, what should the Enterprise do when markets and customers demand change? A. Apply development cadence & synchronization to operate effectively & manage uncertainty B. Create a new Portfolio to manage the change C. Create a reliable decision-making framework to empower employees D. Reorganize the network to address emerging opportunities - Ans>>> D. Reorganize the network to address emerging opportunities
Which of the following design-thinking techniques helps break down Features while considering the end-to-end user flow? A. Story Mapping B. Personas C. Gemba walks D. Market research - Ans>>> A. Story Mapping What is one benefit of organizing around value, & reorganizing when required? A. Understanding the Portfolio Backlog B. Building the Continuous Delivery Pipeline C. Enabling a DevOps mindset D. Minimizing handoffs and dependencies - Ans>>> D. Minimizing handoffs and dependencies Which of the following types of information is shown in a cumulative flow diagram? A. Costs of producing artifacts
B. Work that is in progress across the whole team C. Team velocity D. Time to complete a Feature by the rollup of Stories - Ans>>> B. Work that is in progress across the whole team What is one way to address substantial rework? A. Gather all requirements prior to starting the work B. Shift reviews right C. Reprioritize the work D. Regularly engage with the Customer and Business Owner - Ans>>> D. Regularly engage with the Customer and Business Owner Which SAFe Lean-Agile Principle Includes the critical part of "delaying decisions to the last responsible moment?" A. Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems B. Make value flow without interruptions C. Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
D. Assume variability; preserve options - Ans>>> D. Assume variability; preserve options What is the purpose of the Team Sync? A. To identify ART PI risks B. To coordinate daily work C. To identify Iteration goals D. To make announcements to the entire ART - Ans>>> B. To coordinate daily work What is the typical timebox in which to complete a User Story? A. One iteration B. One month C. One year D. One PI - Ans>>> A. One iteration Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline focuses on getting fast feedback on small changes?
A. Release on Demand B. Continuous Integration C. Continuous Exploration D. Continuous Deployment - Ans>>> B. Continuous Integration Which of the following types of Enabler Stories is used for building and evaluating prospective Solutions alternatives? A. Exploration B. Infrastructure C. Architecture D. Compliance - Ans>>> A. Exploration Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? A. Customer collaboration over ongoing internal conversation B. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation C. Customer collaboration over a constant indefinite pace D. Customer collaboration over Feature negotiation - Ans>>> B. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
What represents the workflow, activities, and automation needed to deliver new functionality more frequently? A. Portfolio Kanban B. The Lean budget Guardrails C. The Continuous Delivery Pipeline D. The PI Planning process - Ans>>> C. The Continuous Delivery Pipeline During the Innovation and Planning Iteration, an organization invites every team member to work on any project they chose. Which of the following SAFe Core Values is the organization demonstrating? A. Siloed thinking B. Relentless improvement C. Make value flow without interruptions D. Visualizing work - Ans>>> B. Relentless improvement What is one issue when organizing around functional silos?
A. They do not provide development opportunities for employees B. Corporate responsibilities are not a focus C. They impede how value flows D. Operational activities are not included - Ans>>> C. They impede how value flows What are the three parts of Inspect and Adapt? A. The PI System Demo, confidence vote, and ROAMing risks B. Backlog refinement, qualitative and quantitative measurement, and ROAMing risks C. Backlog refinement, confidence vote, and Problem-Solving workshop D. The PI System Demo, qualitative and quantitative measurement, and Problem-solving workshop - Ans>>> D. The PI System Demo, qualitative and quantitative measurement, and Problem-solving workshop Which of the following SAFe Core Competencies of Business Agility includes the built-in quality dimension?
A. Agile Product Delivery B. Team and Technical Agility C. Organizational Agility D. Enterprise Solution Delivery - Ans>>> B. Team and Technical Agility What is used to describe functional and non-functional requirements? A. Milestones B. Architectural Runway C. Features D. Enablers - Ans>>> C. Features What is a minimum viable product? (MVP) A. A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis B. A prototype that can be used to explore user needs C. A Feature that can be delivered in an Iteration
D. A minimal product that can be built to achieve market dominance - Ans>>> A. A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis What is the purpose of an empathy map? A. To help develop a deeper understanding of the customer B. To facilitate collaboration with other team members C. To gain a deeper insight to the members of an Agile Team D. To identify the customer - Ans>>> A. To help develop a deeper understanding of the customer? What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? A. Teams decide their own Iteration length B. Teams can only release new software on the same day C. Teams meet twice every PI to plan and schedule capacity D. Teams align the start and end dates of their Iterations - Ans>>> D. Teams align the start and end dates of their Iterations
Which of the following work types is defined as "a short description of a small piece of desired functionality written in the user's language"? A. User Feature B. User Story C. User Requirement D. User Criteria - Ans>>> B. User Story What is one of the five basic Agile quality practices applicable to all Agile Teams? A. Using non-functional requirements B. Creating the Architectural Runway C. Decentralized decision-making D. Shift learning left - Ans>>> D. Shift learning left Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline focuses on understanding customer needs? A. Continuous Exploration