Leading SAFe 5.1 - Practice Test – Q&A 100% correct answers Note: These questions are from the practice test. They rotate some questions; these are 45 questions that can appear on the practice test. Question 1 / 45 Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level during Program Increment (PI) Planning? Agile Team Scrum Masters Release Train Engineer Product Owner Correct answer: Product Owner Question 2 / 45 Which two statements are true about uncommitted objectives? (Choose two.) Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability The work to deliver the uncommitted objectives is not planned into the iterations during PI Planning Uncommitted objectives do not get assigned a planned business value score Uncommitted objectives are extra things the team can do in case they have time Correct answer: Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability Question 3 / 45 What is the basic building block when organizing around value? Individuals Agile Teams Agile Release Trains Hierarchies Correct answer: Agile Teams Question 4 / 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 Correct answer: DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations Question 5 / 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? Flow Respect for people and culture Relentless improvement Innovation Correct answer: Innovation Question 6 / 45 What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives? Assigning business values to uncommitted objectives Business Owners assigning the business value Business Owners assign high values to important Enabler work All PI Objectives are given a value of 10 Correct answer: All PI Objectives are given a value of 10 Question 7 / 45 Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters 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 Correct answer: Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities Question 8 / 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 DevOps and Release on Demand Lean Portfolio Management Correct answer: Lean Portfolio Management Question 9 / 45 What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to these individuals Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system Correct answer: Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system Question 10 / 45 What can be used to script the change to SAFe? The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter The Program Kanban The Implementation Roadmap The portfolio canvas Correct answer: The Implementation Roadmap Question 11 / 45 What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? Flow Value Leadership Relentless improvement Correct answer: Leadership Question 12 / 45 What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? Prioritized backlog System Demo Inspect and Adapt Iteration Review Correct answer: System Demo Question 13 / 45 What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? SAFe Principles SAFe Core Values SAFe Implementation Roadmap SAFe House of Lean Correct answer: SAFe Implementation Roadmap Question 14 / 45 What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? Continuous Cadence Continuous Planning Continuous Exploration Continuous Improvement Correct answer: Continuous Exploration Question 15 / 45 What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? 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 Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate Launch trains, coach Agile Release Train execution, train executives and managers Correct answer: Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate Question 16 / 45 What is Business Agility? The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions. Applying Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation, and evolution of the world's largest and most sophisticated systems. A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users. 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. Correct answer: The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions. Question 17 / 45 What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? Iteration Retrospective Solution Demo Scrum of scrums Iteration Review Correct answer: Scrum of scrums Question 18 / 45 How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility? By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth By achieving economies of scale By creating stability and hierarchy By building up large departments and matrixed organizations to support rapid growth Correct answer: By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth Question 19 / 45 Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are two of those ways? (Choose two.) Reliability Desirability Sustainability Scalability Marketability Correct answer: Desirability Sustainability Question 20 / 45 What is a minimum viable product? A minimal product that can be built to achieve market dominance A prototype that can be used to explore user needs A minimal Story a team can deliver in an Iteration A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis Correct answer: A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis Question 21 / 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 Test first Continuous Integration Scrum of scrums Correct answer: Continuous Integration Question 22 / 45 Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? Quality is not part of the SAFe Core Values 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 Correct answer: You cannot scale crappy code Question 23 / 45 What is part of the role of Product Management? To facilitate backlog refinement sessions To prioritize the Program Backlog To assign business value to Features To prioritize Enablers Correct answer: To prioritize the Program Backlog Question 24 / 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? Adjust business priorities Change a team's plan Create new User Stories Adjust the length of the PI Correct answer: Adjust business priorities Question 25 / 45 What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? Removing accountability from leaders Creating better visualization Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time Correct answer: Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time Question 26 / 45 Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over? Value Streams Team Backlog Portfolio Backlog Portfolio Vision Correct answer: Team Backlog Question 27 / 45 How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? In the Program Kanban In the Portfolio Kanban In the Portfolio Backlog In the Program Backlog Correct answer: In the Portfolio Kanban Question 28 / 45 What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? Teams decide their own Iteration length Teams allow batch sizes across multiple intervals Teams meet twice every Program Increment (PI) to plan and schedule capacity Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration Correct answer: Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration Question 29 / 45 The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? Solution teams Management teams Cross-functional teams Phased-review-process teams Correct answer: Cross-functional teams Question 30 / 45 Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? Limit work in process Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles Respect for people and culture Respond to change Correct answer: Respond to change Question 31 / 45 When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used? To take into account sunk costs To recover money already spent To limit work in process (WIP) through the system To identify different parameters of the economic framework Correct answer: To identify different parameters of the economic framework Question 32 / 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 keep timebox goals To ensure large queues are not being built Correct answer: To ensure large queues are not being built Question 33 / 45 What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions? It reduces political tensions It moves the decision to where the information is It is not how value flows It creates Agile business teams Correct answer: It is not how value flows Question 34 / 45 Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? 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 They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy Correct answer: They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy Question 35 / 45 What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management? Consolidate gains and produce more wins Sustain and improve Generate short-term wins Anchor new approaches in the culture Correct answer: Anchor new approaches in the culture Question 36 / 45 Which statement is a principle of the Agile Manifesto? Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths Respect for people and culture Measure everything Simplicity “the art of maximizing the amount of work not done“ is essential Correct answer: Simplicity “the art of maximizing the amount of work not done“ is essential Question 37 / 45 What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.) Manage queue lengths Visualize and limit work in process (WIP) Increase capacity Address the systemic problems Frequent context switching Reduce the batch sizes of work Correct answer: Manage queue lengths Visualize and limit work in process (WIP) Reduce the batch sizes of work Question 38 / 45 Which two quality practices apply to Agile teams? (Choose two.) Using nonfunctional requirements Decentralized decision-making Providing architectural runway Establishing flow Peer review and pairing Correct answer: Establishing flow Peer review and pairing Question 39 / 45 What is one Guardrail on Lean Budget spend? Continuous Business Owner engagement Spending caps for each Agile Release Train Learning Milestones as objective measurements Participatory budgeting Correct answer: Continuous Business Owner engagement Question 40 / 45 What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? To lower work in process (WIP) limits To centralize decision-making To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow Correct answer: To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints Question 41 / 45 What is found on a program board? Features User Stories Epics Tasks Correct answer: Features Question 42 / 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 Features they put on the program board A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives A team commits to all the Stories they put on their PI plan Correct answer: A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives Question 43 / 45 What is the impact of Customer Centricity? To understand the Customer's needs To interpret market rhythms To design custom-built Customer Solutions To build small, partial systems just in time Correct answer: To understand the Customer's needs Question 44 / 45 Which is an aspect of systems thinking? The length of the queue impacts the wait time Mastery drives intrinsic motivation Optimizing a component does not optimize the system Cadence makes routine everything that can be routine Correct answer: Optimizing a component does not optimize the system Question 45 / 45 What is used to capture the current state of the Portfolio and a primer to the future state? Portfolio Vision Portfolio Kanban Portfolio Canvas Portfolio Backlog Correct answer: Portfolio Canvas
