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Block 2: Instructions
Block 3: Questions
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Which tool can the Release Train Engineer use to visualize the
ow of value?
Velocity trend charts
Kanban systems
Weighted shorted job rst
Team burn-down charts
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Which two practices are most important for the Agile Release
Train to best support Release on Demand? (Choose two.)
Decouple deployment from release
Continuous Integration
Change board community of practice
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Aligning around organizational value streams
Centralized risk management
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Which SAFe tool might the RTE use to identify areas for an ART
to improve how its Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP)
functions?
Facilitate a CDP sync every iteration
Architectural runway program backlog enablers
Conduct empathy interviews with system
architects/engineers
Agile Product Delivery core competency assessment
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What is the only true objective measure of an Agile Release
Train?
Scrum of scrums
Cumulative ow diagram
Team status report
System Demo
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What promotes alignment between the business owners and
product management?
Quanti cation of transaction and holding costs
Prioritized Program Backlog
Applying cadence and synchronization
Epics supported by Lean Business Cases
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What is an anti-pattern for a Release Train Engineer facilitating
a scrum of scrums meeting?
Review individual team performance
Address the most important questions for Program
Increment (PI) execution
Facilitate the meeting using a focused and visible agenda
and timebox
Run the meeting in front of the program board
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Which statement describes the three elements that the
Innovation and Planning Iteration provides?
Iteration Planning, User Story re nement and estimating
Innovation, planning, and an estimating guard band
Releasing, Continuous Integration, and planning
Estimating techniques, training, and innovation
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During which part of an Inspect and Adapt event would
di erences between planned business value and actual
business value be presented?
PI system demo
Quantitative and qualitative measurement
Problem-solving workshop
Retrospective
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The team's draft plan review consists of which three items at
the end of the rst day of the Program Increment (PI) Planning
event? (Choose three.)
Re ned team backlogs
Draft PI Objectives
Iteration Goals
Risks and impediments
Capacity and load estimates
Program delivery schedule
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While facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness
activities, the Release Train Engineer (RTE) notices a Feature
that is risky to the teams because the technology is new. Which
of the following could reduce the risk?
Ensure engineering managers are directing the
development process
Make sure all the technical speci cations are written
before PI execution
Ask for a presentation of a detailed design before the PI
Planning meeting
Coach the teams to create exploration Enablers
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Teams are reporting a high level of success through their
individual quantitative measurements, but the system results
say otherwise. What should the Release Train Engineer do to
help the teams deliver more value?
Work with the team that is struggling the most to discover
patterns that can be applied to the other teams
Diagnose the di erences between the measurements and
the results and suggest improvement items to each team
Coach the Scrum Masters on good retrospective
techniques and ensure teams are de ning and taking a
systems view approach to improvements
Share the quantitative measurement results with Product
Management and leadership and ask for their input
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Which SAFe Principle is being applied when a Release Train
Engineer treats Suppliers as partners?
Decentralize decision-making
Apply systems thinking
Assume variability; preserve options
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
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What are two purposes of a community of practice? (Choose
two.)
To re ne de nitions of done
To approve standards
To align tasks across teams
To share knowledge and skills
To network
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What are two ways to ensure facility readiness when preparing
for the Program Increment (PI) Planning event? (Choose two.)
Print program boards
Print PI Objectives
Engage audio-visual technical support
Share business value documents
Secure communication channels for remote participants
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What are two ways program risks can be categorized? (Choose
two.)
Explained
Owned
Resolved
Deferred
Identi ed
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Program Increment (PI) Objectives should be written in the
SMART format. What does the "R" in SMART stand for?
Rational
Reachable
Realistic
Required
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How can a Release Train Engineer support decentralized
decision making?
Change the cadence of PO Syncs to allow for more
frequent decision making
Ask Scrum Masters to share decisions made at the Scrum
of Scrums
Create engaging ART sync meetings that include time for
decision making
Empower knowledge workers to manage their
dependencies with other teams
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A Release Train Engineer should build a relationship with which
SAFe role in order to e ectively assign business value to a
team Program Increment (PI) Objective?
Objective Owners
Business Owners
Lean-Agile Leaders
Solution Managers
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What action should be taken by the Agile Release Train (ART)
when the Release Train Engineer (RTE) cannot facilitate the
Program Increment (PI) Planning session due to unexpected
circumstances?
Postpone PI Planning to the next Iteration
Run the PI Planning session without a facilitator and rely
on every person and role to perform his/her
responsibilities
Leverage the person who worked closest with the RTE
during the preparation sessions as a replacement
facilitator
Conduct the PI Planning session using the ART portfolio
manager as the facilitator
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A Release Train Engineer primarily establishes a relationship
with which two roles? (Choose two.)
Product Management
Internal stakeholders
Agile Team
Release management
System Architect/Engineer
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Business Owners are frequently unhappy with Solutions
presented in the System Demos. What action can a Release
Train Engineer take to help resolve this issue?
Include the Business Owners in the Product Owner sync
meeting
Reduce the number of Enabler Stories in the teams'
Iteration Backlogs
Create a user experience team
Develop a more detailed product Roadmap
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What are three ways to foster accountability on an Agile
Release Train (ART)? (Choose three.)
Two people occupying a single role for several key roles on
the ART
Peer pressure
Stakeholders' presence in the System Demo
Continuous re nement of the program backlog
Use KPIs to measure team performance
Report fact-based Metrics
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After an Agile Release Train's rst Program Increment (PI)
Planning event, what action can the Release Train Engineer
take to help optimize the Program Backlog readiness for the
next PI?
Coach Product Management and the System Architect to
include Program Backlog re nement into their cadencebased approach
Compile all the teams' objectives from PI Planning and
send out a summary report
Ask Product Management and the System Architect what
the new Program Backlog looks like just before the next
Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, so socialization can
begin
Ask the Lean Portfolio Management function to hold
regular Epic review meetings so new Epics will ow to the
Agile Release Train
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Which tool or activity helps the Agile Release Train evaluate the
current health of Customer Centricity and Design Thinking?
Agile Release Train performance Metrics
Program Increment (PI) Planning engagement Inventory
Agile Product Delivery self-assessment
Team performance self-assessment
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Which three topics are covered on the rst day of the Program
Increment (PI) Planning event? (Choose three.)
Product/Solution Vision
Business context
Cumulative ow diagrams
Architecture Vision and development practices
Ishikawa diagrams
Team velocity Metrics
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When organizing an Agile Release Train to optimize the ow of
work and increase the delivery of value, which three DevOps
practices are encouraged? (Choose three.)
Identify bottlenecks in the ow of value
Streamline development environments
Reduce work batch sizes
Manage and reduce queue lengths
Perform System Demos
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Execute release packaging activities
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Which tool is useful in facilitating scrum of scrums meetings?
Agile lifecycle management software
Microsoft project schedule
Program board
Team velocity comparison report
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A Release Train Engineer (RTE) would like to try a new
retrospective technique at the next Inspect and Adapt event.
However, the RTE is unsure how to prepare for it and thinks
there may be some pitfalls. How could an RTE get help?
Ask leaders to review the new technique and determine if it
is right for the Agile Release Train
Post it in an internal communications forum and inspire
others to try this technique as well
Share and receive feedback from other RTEs in a
community of practice
The Inspect & Adapt (I&A) should always use the shbone
diagram
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Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility
emphasizes a customer-centric approach to de ning, building,
and releasing a continuous ow of valuable products and
services?
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
Agile Product Delivery
Team and Technical Agility
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Which event facilitated by the Release Train Engineer is
designed to keep the Agile Release Train on the tracks?
Iteration review
Daily stand-up
Solution Demo
Scrum of scrums
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What is the best way for the Release Train Engineer to show
progress of work in the current Program Increment (PI) to
management?
Arrange for a separate meeting with Business Owners
Generate a velocity trend report
Conduct a retrospective
Conduct a System Demo
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During the Storming stage of Agile Release Train development
and evolution, in which area should a Release Train Engineer
mentor Scrum Masters?
Creating e ective ow of knowledge across teams on the
train
Con ict resolution techniques
Engineering practice improvements
Establishing program events
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What steps can a Release Train Engineer (RTE) take to promote
facilitation support for a distributed Program Increment (PI)
Planning event?
Align and arrange a local RTE-proxy and technical support
person at each location to join for all pre-event preparation
sessions and the PI Planning event itself
During the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, ask a
Scrum Master at the other location to facilitate the PI
Planning event locally
Split up the PI Planning event by location and have a local
RTE focus on the local PI Objectives
Arrange and test audio and video connectivity multiple
times so participants can always hear and see the RTE
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What is the function of capacity allocation in SAFe?
To be able to plan for unintended capacity dependencies
between teams and ARTs
To ensure that capacity is fully utilized across the ART
towards the aims of stakeholders
To facilitate working agreements on the capacity to apply
between di erent types of work
To ensure that WIP limits are not exceeded by the capacity
of the teams or the ART
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What is one way to develop su cient Architectural Runway for
the Agile Release Train?
Ask the Business Owner which Enablers have high
business value
Work with Product Management and System Architects to
identify future Features and determine the Enablers to
achieve them
Create alignment with the System Architect and Product
Management that the rst Program Increment (PI) is all
about Enablers in order to plan for creating business value
in the second PI
Ask the teams to commit only to Enablers as their Program
Increment (PI) Objectives during the PI Planning event and
address Features as uncommitted objectives for the rst PI
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Why should an RTE ensure that the SAFe principles are applied
appropriately?
To maintain a central control of key decision-making
To build an understanding of why the lean-agile practices
work
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To ensure that the SAFe House of Lean is re ected in
standard operating procedure
To make sure that no modi cations are made by the
adopters of SAFe
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Which core competency best describes the critical skills of
Scrum, Kanban, and the Built-in Quality practices that are
needed to manage the ow of value?
Lean Portfolio Management
Agile Product Delivery
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Team and Technical Agility
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When is the Inspect and Adapt event held?
After the System Demo
At the end of the Program Increment (PI)
At the end of every Iteration
During the Program Increment (PI)
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Why is the innovation pillar of the House of Lean important to
SAFe?
It avoids the start-stop-start of project delays
It ensures delivery of valuable products
It provides the shortest sustainable lead time
It is the foundation of the House of Lean
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What can a Release Train Engineer use to support relentless
improvement for the Program Increment?
Iteration retrospective
Inspect and Adapt event
Product Owner sync
Release management meeting
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When is the best time to conduct the pre- Program Increment
(PI) Planning event during the Innovation and Planning (IP)
Iteration?
After the Inspect and Adapt event
On the morning of the rst day of PI Planning
As early as possible
When planning for a major release
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At which Tuckman stage would an ART be if it is improving
engineering practices and fostering more e ective
communication?
Forming
Performing
Norming
Storming
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Which core competency helps foster faster lead time, faster
recovery, fewer defects, and more frequent deployments?
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Team and Technical Agility
Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
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The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is to attend multiple reviews
and status meetings to discuss the Agile Release Train's (ART)
progress at the end of each Iteration. What action could the
RTE take to manage expectations?
Delegate some program reporting and meeting
attendance to Scrum Masters on the train
Determine the RTE's capacity for attending meetings and
do not exceed it
Make status available at the end of every other Iteration
rather than every Iteration
Encourage interested parties to attend the System Demo
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What is the best way to foster ow of value, innovation, and
apply Lean budgeting in the Enterprise?
Coordinate all Agile Release Trains to provide feedback for
cost of delay factors
Determine Epic job size using the Lean business case
Launch Agile Release Trains
Implement the Lean Portfolio Management core
competency
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In what way is a value stream map di erent from a process
ow?
A value stream map measures the ow of value and
identi es bottlenecks for improvement
A value stream map can be operational or developmental;
process ows are only operational
A value stream map uncovers local problems in functional
organizations
A value stream map is used to de ne Solution Context
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Release Train Engineers have the opportunity to regularly
practice and improve which two skills? (Choose two.)
Built-in Quality
Release management
Facilitation
Continuous Integration
Servant leadership
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What is the best way for a Release Train Engineer to support
teams having challenges with problem identi cation and
decision making?
By providing solution ideas
By changing team composition
By listening to the team
By escalating to senior management
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Which two actions can be taken immediately during the
management review and problem-solving meeting? (Choose
two.)
Combine teams to increase velocity
Change the scope
Hire new people
Recognize the team with the highest velocity
Change the business priorities
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Which two actions must the Release Train Engineer (RTE) take
when facilitating the Program Increment (PI) Planning event?
(Choose two.)
Purchase sugary snacks
Prioritize the Features
Wear the RTE visor
Distribute the PI Planning agenda to the Agile Teams
Ensure the facilities are set up appropriately
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Which primary role should emphasize lifelong learning?
Product Management
Scrum Masters
Lean-Agile Leaders
Business Owners
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During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums
occurs just before the draft plan review. The Scrum Master
from one team raises an issue that one of the Product
Managers just showed up to the planning area with a priority
wish list of items. These items do not align with the Feature
prioritization. What is the most likely planning anti-pattern
causing this sudden impediment?
Planning decisions have been centralized
There is strong alignment between business and
marketing
Prioritization by Product Management was performed
autonomously not collaboratively
There is no social network that Solution development relies
on
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What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the
Agile Release Train?
Have them estimate User Stories for the teams
Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives after
each PI Planning event
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) Planning
event
Provide them a planning schedule outlining a ve-year
plan for development
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What are two highly e ective ways Business Owners and
stakeholders stay current on work that is occurring on the
Agile Release Trains? (Choose two.)
Consult metrics dashboards
Meet weekly with Product Owners (POs) for status reports
Meet weekly with the Release Train Engineer to get
updates
Connect at Gemba
Attend System Demos
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Which two items should be kept under version control?
(Choose two.)
Scrum of scrum results
Weighted shortest job rst outcomes
Test data
Con guration Items
Archived User Stories
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During Program Increment (PI) execution, the System Team is
unclear about how to test some of the larger Features. What
should a Release Train Engineer do?
Encourage the System Team and Product Management to
meet and collaborate on a solution
Direct Product Management to de ne the use cases for the
Features
Escalate the problem to senior management to get the
required action
Allow the problem to reach a critical point knowing that a
minor failure is a technique for learning
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What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer as
chief Scrum Master for the Agile Release Train (ART)? (Choose
two.)
Communicate the vision for SAFe adoption
Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning
Escalate ART impediments
Create a Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP)
Align the ART on outcomes
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What are two reasons why an environment of mutual in uence
is desirable? (Choose two.)
It encourages transparency
It centralizes decision making
It demonstrates respect for people
It provides guardrails for decision making
It helps fund Value Streams
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In order to evolve the role of a leader in SAFe, which practices
can the Release Train Engineer (RTE) recommend?
Provide the RTE with weekly status reports
Develop detailed project plans
Manage up and across the Enterprise
Encourage personal development
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During Program Increment (PI) Planning, the Release Train
Engineer sees the excitement of teams decline as Product
Management makes changes to priorities including to the top
ten Features in the Program Backlog. In addition, Product
Management is asking for new estimates, timelines, and scope
changes. What is most likely the reason for this behavior?
People are over-controlled and under-utilized
Cadence and synchronization are not in alignment
Management stakeholders are not involved in changing
the system
Lack of training and preparation for PI Planning
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