How long at a maximum is Iteration Planning?
- A . 2 hours
- B . 6 hours
- C . 1 day
- D . 4 hours
Exploration Enabler stories
- A . Build the Architectural Runway, which enables smoother and faster development
- B . Facilitate specific activities such as verification and validation, documentation, signoffs, regulatory submissions, and approvals
- C . Build understanding of what is needed by the Customer to understand prospective Solutions and evaluate alternatives
- D . Build development and testing frameworks that enable a faster and more efficient development process
It is recommended to select no more than 2 improvement items as outcome of the Iteration retrospective
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
Which of the following artifacts can be used to gain understanding of the lead time?
- A . burnup chart
- B . pareto chart
- C . fishbone diagram
- D . cumulative flow diagram
Program Agility is one of the Core Competencies of Business Agility.
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
Pl System Demo is often led by
- A . Product Management
- B . All of the above
- C . POs
- D . System Team
Which of the below are Core Competencies for Business Agility?
- A . Team and Technical Agility
- B . Lean-Agile Leadership
- C . Organizational Agility
- D . Continuous Learning Culture
Which of the following are used to track status?
- A . burnup chart
- B . pareto chart
- C . fishbone diagram
- D . cumulative flow diagram
To grow a self-organizing team, leaders must provide
- A . hierarchy
- B . rule book
- C . trust
- D . autonomy
The whole team needs to be involved in co-creation of the Definition of Done.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
B
1 1. Who manages the Program backlog in SAFe?
By organizing the second operating system around_________ instead of ________, SAFe offers a way for enterprises to focus on customers, products, innovation, and growth
- A . departments, value streams
- B . products, features
- C . features,components
- D . value streams, departments
The Test Pyramid advocates a balanced portfolio of tests with many small, low-level, manual tests and fewer large, automated tests .
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
SAFe advocates to develop on demand and release on cadence.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
Velocity is
- A . measurement for economic benefit
- B . business value delivered (monetary)
- C . average hours of work done by the team
- D . the rate (in story points) at which the team delivers
What is the typical cadence for PI Planning?
- A . 6 to 8 weeks
- B . 2-4 weeks
- C . 8-12 weeks
- D . 3 to 5 weeks
By their very nature, value streams are short-lived and generally dependent on each other
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
How long is the Iteration Review?
- A . 6 hours
- B . 1 day
- C . 1 to 2 hours
- D . 4 hours
Who establishes the sequence of backlog items based on program priorities, events, and dependencies with other teams?
- A . Business Owner
- B . Scrum Master
- C . Product Owner
- D . RTE
Who acts as the Customer for Developer requests?
- A . Scrum Master
- B . Product Owner
- C . Business Owner
- D . Epic Owner
B
2 1. How many members does SAFe recommend to be in one Agile team?
How many are the Scrum events?
- A . three
- B . depends on the length of the iteration
- C . four
- D . seven
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline is the ability to make value available to customers all at once, or in a staggered fashion based market and business needs?
- A . Release On Demand
- B . Continuous Exploration
- C . Continuous Integration
- D . Continuous Deployment
Which of the following is the recommended approach to create T-shaped skills on the ART?
- A . rotating team members between different teams
- B . Cross-training
- C . Pair-programming
- D . All of the above
Scrum and Kanban cannot be used together C either of the two needs to be chosen to be implemented.
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
Which the simplest SAFe configuration?
- A . Program
- B . Large Solution
- C . Portfolio
- D . Essential
How many pillars does the House of Lean have?
- A . five
- B . four
- C . seven
- D . three
How many are the Agile Manifesto values?
- A . four
- B . seven
- C . five
- D . twelve
What does the R in the SMART model for PI Objectives stand for?
- A . Reliable
- B . Rare
- C . Relatable
- D . Realistic
Which 2 of the below are true for NFRs (non-functional requirements)?
- A . They are split into Features and acceptance criteria is established
- B . They are part of an Epic Hypothesis Statement
- C . They stay in the Portfolio Backlog until implementation capacity is available
- D . They are associated with backlogs at all four levels of SAFe
- E . They provide visibility to large business initiatives
B, D
3 1. What does INVEST stand for in the context of good user stories?
Which of the below are dimensions of the Team and Technical Agility competency?
- A . Built-in Quality
- B . Team of Agile Teams
- C . Agile Teams
- D . Technical Excellence
If there is no historical data of team velocity, how many story points are allocated for every full-time developer and tester on the team?
- A . 5
- B . 13
- C . 8
- D . 23
Which of the following are Scrum events?
- A . Iteration Inspection
- B . Iteration Review
- C . Iteration Planning
- D . Iteration Status Session
The continuous delivery pipeline is part of which business agility competency?
- A . Continuous Integration
- B . Agile Product Delivery
- C . Continuous Learning Culture
- D . Lean Portfolio Management
The Agile Manifesto consists of 4 values and how many principles?
- A . seven
- B . twelve
- C . five
- D . ten
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of Product Management?
- A . Developing the Vision and Roadmap for the ART
- B . Facilitating PI Planning
- C . Owning and managing the Program Backlog
- D . Understanding the customer needs
SAFe Lean-Agile principles support centralised decision-making.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
What is ART sync event at program level?
- A . There is no such event in SAFe
- B . Sync of all people on the ART
- C . Combined PO Sync and Scrum of Scrums
- D . Sync between the ScrumMasters and the Business Owners
Which of the following are acceptable measures expressed by the M in the SMART model for PI Objectives?
- A . a range
- B . quantitative measures
- C . descriptive measures
- D . All of the above
D
4 1. Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
When is the Acceptance Criteria for Features typically defined?
- A . during Program Backlog refinement
- B . during Iteration Planning
- C . during PI Planning
- D . during Inspect & Adapt
Code review or Pair Programming is a practice recommended in?
- A . Kanban
- B . Scrum
- C . Waterfall
- D . XP
Which of the following is true for the Backlog Refinement Session?
- A . Most of the focus is on the next Iteration, but it allows time to discuss future Iterations and even Features for the next Pl
- B . Provides enough time to identify and resolve dependencies and issues that could impact the next Iteration
- C . Helps the team think about new Stories prior to Iteration Planning
- D . All of the above
Kanban teams establish and publish Iteration goals, which consist of the known parts of their work
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
What does the I in the INVEST mnemonic for good user stories stand for?
- A . Independent
- B . Implementable
- C . Interesting
- D . Immutable
Which team level event follows the 12th principle of the Agile Manifesto?
- A . Iteration Review
- B . Daily Standup
- C . Iteration Retrospective
- D . Iteration Planning
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?
- A . Release on Demand
- B . Quarterly Release
- C . Annual Release
- D . Scheduled Releases
Who fosters team adoption of Agile technical practices?
- A . ystem Architect
- B . Lead developer
- C . Scrum Master
- D . Technical Lead
A self-organizing team does not interact with the organization.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
A
5 1. Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
During Iteration Planning, the Scrum Master presents the stories in order of priority and answers clarifying questions
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
Who accepts the User Stories?
- A . Agile Team
- B . Product Owner
- C . Senior Management
- D . Scrum Master
Uncommitted objectives don’t count in velocity/capacity.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
Which of the following is not a type of Enabler story?
- A . Infrastructure
- B . Testing
- C . Compliance
- D . Exploration
Architectural Runway must be continuously maintained
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
What is the primary goal of assigning business value to PI Objectives?
- A . to help the teams on the train prioritize work
- B . to show economic impact to the customer
- C . none of the above
- D . to have Business Owner buy-in
Business Agility is the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally-enabled business solutions
- A . TRUE
- B . FALSE
A research story, considered an exploration style Enabler is called
- A . spike
- B . slice
- C . smell
- D . stretch task
Agile Product Delivery is one of the Core Competencies of Business Agility.
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
B
6 1. Which one of the below is not one of the Core Competencies for Business Agility?
The team has to find a balance between commitment and adaptability. Too little commitment can lead to what negative consequences?
- A . lower cost
- B . better quality
- C . unpredictability
- D . lack of focus on results
Features are split into User Stories and Enabler Stories which are then implemented during the iterations of the PI
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
PI objectives do not need to be written down and verbal expression is enough
- A . FALSE
- B . TRUE
Which of the following is not a Scrum event?
- A . Iteration Review
- B . Iteration Planning
- C . Iteration Retrospective
- D . Weekly Report Out