Introduction SAFe Agilist Practice Test (5.1) Assessment Feedback Congratulations! You have PASSED the SAFe Agilist Practice Test (5.1)! Sander Vlotman Sunday, 26 June, 2022 Your percent score is 89 Please note, once you close this window you will no longer have access to it. You will receive an email with a link to your topic-level score report. A passing score on the practice test does not guarantee a passing score on the exam. Scroll down to see the question-level feedback. Interpreting the feedback: The option marked is what you selected in the practice test. The information in the bar below each question indicates the score correct out of total possible points for the question. It will say "Question not answered" if you did not provide a response for the question during the practice test. Topic Score Experience PI Planning 67% Define a SAFe Portfolio 100% Apply Lean and Agile at Scale with the SAFe Principles 100% Explain the Seven Core Competencies for achieving Business Agility100% Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand 100% Embrace the Lean mindset 100% Building Solutions with Agile Product Delivery 100% Organize Agile Release Trains Around the Flow of Value 50% Describe SAFe as an operating system for Business Agility 100% Form Cross-Functional Agile teams 100% Build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps 75% Connect the Portfolio to Enterprise Strategy 100% Establish Portfolio Flow 100% Fund Value Streams 0% Lead by Example 100% Lead the Change 100% Recognize the Problem to be Solved 100% Assessment result 89% Question Feedback Block 1: Candidate Agreement Block 2: Instructions Block 3: Questions Question 1 / 45 Which two statements are true about uncommitted objectives? (Choose two.) Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability Uncommitted objectives do not get assigned a planned business value score Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment Uncommitted objectives are extra things the team can do in case they have time The work to deliver the uncommitted objectives is not planned into the iterations during PI Planning 0 out of 1 Question 2 / 45 What is used to capture the current state of the Portfolio and a primer to the future state? Portfolio Kanban Portfolio Canvas Portfolio Backlog Portfolio Vision 1 out of 1 Question 3 / 45 What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.) Manage queue lengths Reduce the batch sizes of work Frequent context switching Increase capacity Visualize and limit work in process (WIP) Address the systemic problems 1 out of 1 Question 4 / 45 Which statement correctly describes one aspect of the team's commitment at the end of PI Planning? A team commits only to the PI Objectives with the highest business value A team commits to all the Stories they put on their PI plan A team commits to all the Features they put on the program board A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives 1 out of 1 Question 5 / 45 What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? Launch trains, coach Agile Release Train execution, train executives and managers Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate Train Lean-Agile change agents, extend to the portfolio, accelerate Train Lean-Agile change agents, identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains, extend to the portfolio 1 out of 1 Question 6 / 45 What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? Iteration Retrospective Solution Demo Scrum of scrums Iteration Review 1 out of 1 Question 7 / 45 What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints To lower work in process (WIP) limits To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow To centralize decision-making 1 out of 1 Question 8 / 45 The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? Relentless improvement Respect for people and culture Flow Innovation 1 out of 1 Question 9 / 45 What is the impact of Customer Centricity? To build small, partial systems just in time To interpret market rhythms To design custom-built Customer Solutions To understand the Customer's needs 1 out of 1 Question 10 / 45 What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives? Assigning business values to uncommitted objectives Business Owners assign high values to important Enabler work All PI Objectives are given a value of 10 Business Owners assigning the business value 0 out of 1 Question 11 / 45 Which two quality practices apply to Agile teams? (Choose two.) Establishing flow Peer review and pairing Using nonfunctional requirements Decentralized decision-making Providing architectural runway 0 out of 1 Question 12 / 45 Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? Quality should only be worked on during the Innovation and Planning Iteration You cannot scale crappy code Quality depends on the scale of the project and should be implemented from the top down Quality is not part of the SAFe Core Values 1 out of 1 Question 13 / 45 What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions? It creates Agile business teams It is not how value flows It moves the decision to where the information is It reduces political tensions 1 out of 1 Question 14 / 45 Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution? Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering Team and Technical Agility Lean Portfolio Management DevOps and Release on Demand 1 out of 1 Question 15 / 45 What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time Creating better visualization Removing accountability from leaders 1 out of 1 Question 16 / 45 What is the basic building block when organizing around value? Agile Release Trains Agile Teams Individuals Hierarchies 1 out of 1 Question 17 / 45 Which statement is a principle of the Agile Manifesto? Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths Simplicity “the art of maximizing the amount of work not done“ is essential Respect for people and culture Measure everything 1 out of 1 Question 18 / 45 What is found on a program board? Epics Features User Stories Tasks 1 out of 1 Question 19 / 45 What is Business Agility? How Lean-thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their business processes, evolve strategy with clear and decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt the organization as needed to capitalize on new opportunities. A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users. Applying Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation, and evolution of the world's largest and most sophisticated systems. The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions. 1 out of 1 Question 20 / 45 The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? Management teams Phased-review-process teams Solution teams Cross-functional teams 1 out of 1 Question 21 / 45 Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are two of those ways? (Choose two.) Scalability Desirability Marketability Reliability Sustainability 1 out of 1 Question 22 / 45 What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? Continuous Exploration Continuous Improvement Continuous Planning Continuous Cadence 1 out of 1 Question 23 / 45 If a program repeatedly shows separate Feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which practice should be reviewed to address the issue? Roadmap creation Scrum of scrums Continuous Integration Test first 0 out of 1 Question 24 / 45 Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary 1 out of 1 Question 25 / 45 Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment They are large initiatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require weighted shortest job first prioritization and a lightweight business case They are a high-level summary of each program's Vision and are updated after every PI 1 out of 1 Question 26 / 45 How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? In the Portfolio Backlog In the Portfolio Kanban In the Program Kanban In the Program Backlog 1 out of 1 Question 27 / 45 Which is an aspect of systems thinking? The length of the queue impacts the wait time Cadence makes routine everything that can be routine Optimizing a component does not optimize the system Mastery drives intrinsic motivation 1 out of 1 Question 28 / 45 What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? SAFe Implementation Roadmap SAFe Core Values SAFe Principles SAFe House of Lean 1 out of 1 Question 29 / 45 Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over? Portfolio Vision Value Streams Portfolio Backlog Team Backlog 1 out of 1 Question 30 / 45 In the Program Kanban some steps have work in process (WIP) limits. Why is this necessary? To help Continuous Deployment To enable multitasking To ensure large queues are not being built To keep timebox goals 1 out of 1 Question 31 / 45 On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they could make? Create new User Stories Adjust the length of the PI Change a team's plan Adjust business priorities 1 out of 1 Question 32 / 45 Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? Limit work in process Respect for people and culture Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles Respond to change 1 out of 1 Question 33 / 45 What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? Teams meet twice every Program Increment (PI) to plan and schedule capacity Teams decide their own Iteration length Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration Teams allow batch sizes across multiple intervals 1 out of 1 Question 34 / 45 Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level during Program Increment (PI) Planning? Product Owner Scrum Masters Agile Team Release Train Engineer 1 out of 1 Question 35 / 45 When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used? To take into account sunk costs To limit work in process (WIP) through the system To identify different parameters of the economic framework To recover money already spent 1 out of 1 Question 36 / 45 What is one Guardrail on Lean Budget spend? Learning Milestones as objective measurements Spending caps for each Agile Release Train Continuous Business Owner engagement Participatory budgeting 0 out of 1 Question 37 / 45 Which statement is true about DevOps? Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding cost DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations Lean-Agile principles are not necessary for a successful DevOps implementation 1 out of 1 Question 38 / 45 How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility? By creating stability and hierarchy By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth By building up large departments and matrixed organizations to support rapid growth By achieving economies of scale 1 out of 1 Question 39 / 45 What is part of the role of Product Management? To prioritize Enablers To assign business value to Features To prioritize the Program Backlog To facilitate backlog refinement sessions 1 out of 1 Question 40 / 45 What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management? Generate short-term wins Consolidate gains and produce more wins Anchor new approaches in the culture Sustain and improve 1 out of 1 Question 41 / 45 What can be used to script the change to SAFe? The Implementation Roadmap The portfolio canvas The Program Kanban The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter 1 out of 1 Question 42 / 45 What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? Iteration Review System Demo Inspect and Adapt Prioritized backlog 1 out of 1 Question 43 / 45 What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to these individuals Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system 1 out of 1 Question 44 / 45 What is a minimum viable product? A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis A minimal Story a team can deliver in an Iteration A minimal product that can be built to achieve market dominance A prototype that can be used to explore user needs 1 out of 1 Question 45 / 45 What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? Leadership Relentless improvement Flow Value 1 out of 1
