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1. What is another name for technical or functional Exploration Enables

spikes needed to uncover knowledge or reduce risk
in the next PI

2. Which leadership style helps create a safe environ- Leader as the devel-
ment for learning, growth, and mutual influenc oper of people

3. Scrum is built on transparency, inspection, and Adaption

what els

4. During which event are the Team PI Objectives PI Planning

agreed upon

5. Which role serves as the Servant Leader for the Release Train Engi-
Agile Release Train neer

6. Which statement is true about Lean Portfolio Man- LPM empowers

agement (LPM) and budgeting stakeholders to
adapt the cur-
rent backlog and
roadmap context

7. Who is responsible for managing the Portfolio Kan- Lean Portfolio Man-
ban agement

8. Optimizing flow means identifying and reducing Delays

what?

9. Which statement is true about Program events? Team events run in-
side the Program
events, and the Pro-
gram events create
a closed loop sys-
tem

10. How can trust be gained between the business and Deliver predictabili-
development ty

11. At the beginning of

day two
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When are planning adjustments communicated
back to the Agile Release Train after the manage-
ment review

12. Why do Business Owners assign business value to To provide the

Teams' PI Objectives teams with guid-
ance of value to the
business

13. What is this statement defining: "A series of activi- The SAFe
ties that have proven to be effective in successfully Implementation
implementing SAFe"? Roadmap

14. What is an example of cross-functional Iterations? Iteration 1: Define,

Build, Test; Define,
Build, Test

15. What are two ways to describe a cross-functional They are optimized
Agile team? (Choose two.) for communication
and delivery of val-
ue
They can define,
build, and test a fea-
ture or component

16. What are two items that appear on the program Features
board? (Choose two.) Significant depen-
dencies

17. Which two areas are part of the Scaled Agile Frame- Built-in Quality
work Core Values? (Choose two.) Alignment

18. What is the primary focus of Lean Portfolio Manage- Align Lean-Agile
ment? development with
business strategy

19. Which statement is true about stretch Team PI Ob- They are part of the
jectives? load but are not part
of the commitment

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20. What is an example of applying cadence and syn- Conducting a PI
chronization in SAFe? Planning Meeting

21. Which statement is a value from the Agile Mani- Working software
festo? over comprehen-
sive documentation

22. Why is it important to decouple deployment from To enable deploying

release? upon demand

23. What are the top two reasons for adopting Agile in Enable changing
an organization? (Choose two.) priorities
Accelerate product
delivery

24. When would Large Solution SAFe be needed? When there are
more than two Agile
Teams

25. If small batches go through the system faster with Severe project slip-
lower variability, then which statement is true about page is the most
batch size? likely result of large
batches

26. If a program repeatedly shows separate feature Continuous Integra-

branches rather than a true System Demo, which tion
practice should be reviewed to address the issue?

27. Which statement is true about Solution Context It defines the en-
when defining large solutions? vironment in which
the Solution oper-
ates

28. According to the Harvard Business Review article Provide challenging

titled, "The New New Product Development Game", requirements and a
what does it mean to create built-in instability? high degree of free-
dom to meet the re-
quirements

29.
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The analyzing step of the Portfolio Kanban system It will be moved to
has a new Epic with a completed Lean business the Portfolio Back-
case. What best describes the next step for the log if it receives a
Epic? "Go" decision from
Lean Portfolio Man-
agement

30. Which statement is a principle from the Agile Mani- Working software is
festo? the primary mea-
sure of progress

31. At the end of PI Planning after dependencies are Fist of Five

resolved and risks are addressed, a confidence vote
is taken. What is the default method used to vote?

32. What is the roof of the SAFe House of Lean? Value

33. What is a benefit of enhancing enterprise agility? It allows for a faster

response to chang-
ing market opportu-
nities

34. Weighted Shortest Job First gives preference to Shorter duration

jobs with which two characteristics? (Choose two.) Higher Cost of De-
lay

35. What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline en- Continuous learn-
able? ing cycles

36. Which three types of decisions should remain cen- Long lasting deci-
tralized even in a decentralized decision-making en- sions
vironment? (Choose three.) Infrequent deci-
sions
Decisions with sig-
nificant economies
of scale

37. Which SAFe Principle includes providing autonomy Unlock the intrinsic
with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints? motivation of knowl-
edge workers
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38. SAFe's first Lean-Agile Principle includes "Deliver Deliver value incre-
early and often" and what else? mentally

39. What is one key purpose of DevOps? DevOps joins devel-

opment and opera-
tions to enable con-
tinuous delivery

40. A team has just adopted the SAFe Implementation Identify Value
Roadmap and is in the process of training exec- Streams and Agile
utives, managers, and leaders. What is their next Release Trains
step?

41. Strategic Themes are different business objectives Portfolio Level

which help guide Solutions. Where are Strategic
Themes found in the SAFe Big Picture?

42. What is one pillar of the SAFe House of Lean? Flow

43. When should new approaches be anchored in an Culture change

organization's culture? comes last as a
results of changing
work habits

44. What is an attribute of an application built with De- It ensures continu-

vOps in mind? ous integration with
manual deployment

45. What is one guardrail on Lean budget spend? Capacity allocation

Investments by the
horizon
Significant initia-
tives

46. Who is responsible for managing the Portfolio Kan- Lean Portfolio Man-
ban? agement

47. Infrequent deci-

sions, Decisions
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Which two types of decisions should remain cen- with significant
tralized even in a decentralized decision-making en- economies of scale
vironment? (Choose two.)

48. Optimizing flow means identifying what? Delays

49. What is an attribute of an application built with De- It overlays mea-

vOps in mind? surements with
events (deploy-
ments, releases)

50. Why do Business Owners assign business value to To provide the

Teams' PI Objectives? teams with guid-
ance of value to the
business

51. Why is it important to decouple deployment from To enable releasing

release? upon demand

52. What is one guardrail on Lean budget spend? Capacity allocation

53. What are stretch objectives? Objectives that are

planned in the ca-
pacity but not com-
mitted

54. When are planning adjustments communicated At the beginning of

back to the Agile Release Train after the manage- day two
ment review?

55. What is the meaning of shift left? Using test-first

methods

56. During which event are the Team PI Objectives PI Planning

agreed upon?

57. What are the top two reasons for adopting Agile in Enable changing
an organization? (Choose two.) priorities, Acceler-
ate product delivery

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58. What is the best measure of progress for complex System Demo
system development?

59. Who facilitates Solution Train Events? Solution Train Engi-

neer

60. What are two ways to describe a cross-functional They are optimized
Agile team? (Choose two.) for communication
and delivery of val-
ue

They can define,

build, and test a fea-
ture or component

61. What are two items that appear on the program Significant depen-
board? (Choose two.) dencies
Features

62. How can trust be gained between the business and Deliver predictabili-
development? ty

63. During the final plan review, Program risks are ad- Owned, Mitigated,
dressed using ROAM. What do the letters in ROAM Resolved, Accepted
represent?

64. What is part of the role of the Scrum Master? To coach the Agile
Team

65. Which of the core competencies of the Lean enter- Lean Portfolio Man-
prise helps align strategy and execution? agement

66. Which statement is true about Lean Portfolio Man- LPM empowers
agement (LPM) and budgeting? stakeholders to
adapt the cur-
rent backlog and
roadmap context

67. What is the difference between a PI Roadmap and a A PI Roadmap is for

Solution Roadmap? nearer term plan-
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ning and Solution
Roadmap is for
longer term plan-
ning

68. Weighted Shortest Job First gives preference to Shorter duration,

jobs with which two characteristics? (Choose two.) Higher Cost of De-
lay

69. Which role serves as the Servant Leader for the Release Train Engi-
Agile Release Train? neer

70. What is SAFe's release strategy? Release on demand

71. In the Program Kanban some steps have To ensure large

Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary? queues are not be-
ing built

72. What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change Anchor new ap-
management? proaches in the cul-
ture

73. What is part of the role of Product Management? To prioritize the Pro-
gram Backlog

74. Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic They are business

Themes? objectives that con-
nect the SAFe Port-
folio to the Enter-
prise business strat-
egy

75. How are stories estimated in SAFe? Story points

76. Applying systems thinking means identifying the The enterprise

systems and the process which includes the solu- building the system
tion itself and what else?

77. The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to Cross-functional
get work done? teams
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78. Which statement is true about the Innovation and Without the IP It-
Planning (IP) Iteration? eration, there is a
risk that the tyran-
ny of the urgent out-
weighs all innova-
tion activities

79. What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic moti- To provide auton-
vation of knowledge workers? omy with purpose,
mission, and mini-
mum constraints

80. What is a Minimal Viable Product? A minimal product

that can validate a
hypothesis

81. Who has content authority to make decisions at Product Owner

the User Story level during Program Increment (PI)
Planning?

82. When basing decisions on economics, how are lead To identify dif-
time, product cost, value, and development expense ferent parameters
used? of the economic
framework

83. Which statement is a value from the Agile Mani- Customer collabo-
festo? ration over contract
negotiation

84. What is found on a program board? Features

85. What is the recommended frequency for updating On demand

Lean budget distribution?

86. What is one guardrail on Lean budget spend? Continuous Busi-

ness Owner en-
gagement

87. What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implemen- Launch more Agile
tation Roadmap? Release Trains and
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Value Streams, ex-
tend to the portfolio,
accelerate

88. What is the biggest benefit of decentralized deci- Delivering value in

sion-making? the shortest sus-
tainable lead time

89. Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise Team and Technical
helps drive built-in quality practices? Agility

90. What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Continuous Explo-

Pipeline? ration

91. The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing Innovation

the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one
of the four pillars advocates a "Get out of the office"
mindset?

92. What is the recommended way to express a Fea- Phrase, benefit hy-
ture? pothesis, and ac-
ceptance criteria

93. What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? Leadership

94. On day two of PI Planning, management presents Business priorities

adjustments based on the previous day's manage-
ment review and problem solving meeting. What is
one possible type of adjustment they could make?

95. What is a valid reason for moving a PI objective to The team does not
stretch? have the knowledge
or skills to deliver
the objective

96. When does a Roadmap become a queue? When it is longer

than one Program
Increment

97.
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What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning All PI Objectives are
business values to Team PI Objectives? given a value of 10

98. What is an example of applying cadence-based syn- Teams align their it-
chronization in SAFe? erations to the same
schedule to support
communication, co-
ordination, and sys-
tem integration

99. Product Management has content authority over the Team Backlog
Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have
content authority over?

100. What can be used to map the current state of a WRONG:::: Portfo-
portfolio? lio Kanban

101. Which practice helps with a test-first mentality? BDD

102. Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of You cannot scale
Built-in Quality? crappy code

103. What must management do for a successful Agile Commit to quality

transformation? and be the change
agent in the system

104. Which statement is true about DevOps? DevOps is an ap-

proach to bridge the
gap between devel-
opment and opera-
tions

105. Who is responsible for the Solution Backlog? Solution Manage-

ment

106. What are the three primary keys to implementing Visualize and limit
flow? WIP
Manage queue
lengths

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Reduce the batch
sizes of work

107. Which statement is true when continuously deploy- It lessens the sever-
ing using a DevOps model? ity and frequency of
release failures

108. What can be used as a template for putting SAFe SAFe Implementa-
into practice within an organization? tion Roadmap

109. Which statement describes aspects of the team's A team does not
commitment during PI Planning? commit to uncom-
mitted objectives

110. What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meet- Scrum of Scrums
ings?

111. Which statement is a principle of the Agile mani- Simplicity--the art

festo? of maximizing the
amount of work not
done--is essential

112. When is a Pre-PI Planning event needed? When multiple Ag-

ile Release Trains
working on the
same Solution need
to align and coordi-
nate

113. How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? In the Portfolio Kan-
ban

114. What is one issue when organizing around hierar- WRONG::: It moves
chical functions? the decision to
where the informa-
tion is

115. Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways Sustainability

to measure success. What are two of those ways? Desirability
(Choose two.)
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116. Which statement is a value from the Agile Mani- Respond to change
festo?

117. What can be used to script the change to SAFe? The Implementation
Roadmap

118. What is the impact of Customer Centricity? To understand the

Customer's needs

119. What is the basic building block when organizing Agile Teams
around value?

120. Which is an aspect of systems thinking? Optimizing a com-

ponent does not op-
timize the system

121. What is Business Agility? The ability to com-

pete and thrive in
the digital age by
quickly responding
to market changes
and emerging op-
portunities with in-
novative business
Solutions

122. The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing Innovation

the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one
of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset?

123. How does SAFe provide a second operating system By focusing on

that enables Business Agility? customers, prod-
ucts, innovation,
and growth

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