Top 10 SAFe Agilist Certification Exam Practice Questions
1. What is the connection between feedback and optimum batch size?
A. Lack of feedback contributes to higher holding cost
B. Feedback and batch size are generally not connected
C. Small batch sizes enable faster feedback with lower transaction costs
D. Large batches reduce transaction costs and provide a higher return on investment
Answer: C
Description: The optimal batch size is the balance between transaction cost and
holding cost. Transaction cost is the cost of deploying the software into production
systems. Holding costs refer to the cost of delay to the business for not releasing a
feature earlier. Lack of feedback contributes to higher holding cost.
2. What is one key reason for keeping the test data for automated tests under
version control?
A. For reporting and auditing purposes
B. Version control is required for quality standards
C. All enterprise assets must be under version control
D. If test data gets out of sync, automated tests may not properly execute
Answer: D
Description: You are unable to supervise how to establish Version control and
collaborate with product teams to handle advisor team hiring, potential client
inquiries, and onboarding. You must have a Version Control Guide to handle Version
control and payroll, personnel data administration, customer care call center vendor
management, and so on. Your Version Control Toolkit will serve as your guide and
will provide you with a strategy. This will help keep test data synchronized.
3. What is the primary goal of decentralized decision-making?
A. Reduce Cost of Delay
B. Resolve dependencies
C. Enable faster flow of value
D. Increase alignment
Answer: C
Description: Achieving fast value delivery requires decentralized decision-making.
This reduces delays, improves product development flow, enables faster feedback,
and creates more innovative solutions designed by those closest to the local
knowledge.
4. What does SAFe® Principle #3, "Assume variability; preserve options," enable?
A. Better economic results
B. Specification traceability
C. Up front design of systems
D. Stronger Definition of Done
Answer: A
Description: Variability is neither beneficial nor harmful in and of itself. The
economics of the time and kind of variability, rather, define the value of the
outcomes. An emphasis on reducing variability too fast promotes a risk-aversion
culture in which individuals believe they can't make errors and learn what works and
what doesn't.
A superior technique, according to SAFe Principle #3, is Set-Based Design (SBD) or
Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (SBCE). Developers use this strategy to cast a
larger design net at first, evaluating numerous design options. Following that, they
continually analyze economic and technological trade-offs, as demonstrated by
objective facts supplied at integration learning points. Then, over time, they reject
the weaker possibilities and eventually arrive at a final design based on the
knowledge collected up to that point.
This technique leaves as many design possibilities open as feasible, corresponds
when necessary, and generates more optimum technical and economic solutions.
5. What is a result of shorter queue lengths?
A. Lower quality
B. Increased risk
C. Less variability
D. Longer cycle times
Answer: C
Description: Lowering queue length saves delays, waste, boosts flow, and improves
outcome predictability. This indicates that, regardless of how productive the team is,
the larger the queue of committed work awaiting execution by the team, the greater
the wait time.
6. Which statement is most accurate about the Program Vision?
A. It expresses the strategic intent of the Program
B. It drives the allocation of budget for the Agile Release Train
C. It summarizes the team PI Objectives for the current Program Increment
D. It provides an outline of the Features for the next three Program Increments
Answer: A
Description: Program Vision- When implementing Full SAFe or Large Solution SAFe,
each ART will most likely have its own vision that details the direction of the specific
capabilities or subsystems that it creates. This vision should be inextricably linked to
the solution vision that it supports.
7. What Definition of Done is required for the Iteration Review?
A. Release
B. Team Increment
C. System Increment
D. Solution Increment
Answer: B
Description: The iteration review allows the team's stakeholders to offer timely,
relevant input on a regular cadence. The iteration review is used to assess the team's
progress by presenting working stories to the Product Owner and other stakeholders
for input.
8. What is the primary purpose of Strategic Themes?
A. Determine the order in which Epics should be executed
B. Drive incremental implementation across the enterprise
C. Connect the portfolio to the enterprise business strategy
D. Define the sequence of steps used to deliver value to the customer
Answer: C
Description: Strategic themes are distinct business objectives that link a portfolio to
the Enterprise strategy. They have an impact on portfolio strategy and give corporate
perspective for portfolio decisions.
9. An Epic spanning two PIs was approved for implementation. What is the
optimum implementation path from a Lean-Agile perspective?
A. Implement the Epic across the same number of PIs as it took to develop
B. Report the percentage completed to the key stakeholders at every PI boundary
C. Demonstrate the progress to the key stakeholders after two PIs and have them
accept the epic
D. Demonstrate the progress to key stakeholders after the first PI and make a
decision on how to proceed with the Epic in the second PI
Answer: D
Description: Business epics are big efforts in SAFe that produce business value and
usually span organizational (release trains), time (PIs), or both barriers. It is a critical
agile enterprise skill to appropriately assess and sequence business epics for
implementation. While it is tempting to think of epics as large, binary, monolithic,
committed blobs of work, the fact is that they should be done progressively to reap
the benefits of agility. Furthermore, after the technology, advantages, and
economics are recognized, some will not merit full implementation because the
initial effort gives the majority of the prospective commercial value.
10. What backlog items are part of the Solution Backlog?
A. Benefits
B. Features
C. Capabilities
D. User Stories
Answer: C
Description: The Solution Backlog is a repository for future Capabilities and Enablers,
each of which can span numerous ARTs and is meant to progress the Solution and
create its architectural runway.