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Question: 1
The IP iteration can contain user value stories

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 2
DevOps is a set of tools that enable communication, automation and integration among Development and Operations
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 3
Which of the following have their own Definition of Done in SAFe?

A. Release
B. Team Increment
C. Epic
D. System Increment
Answer: A,B,D
Question: 4
Who is responsible for delivering solution value?

A. This is collective responsibility of the teams of the ART
B. The System Team
C. The System Architect
D. The RTE
Answer: A
Question: 5
What type of leader is the RTE?

A. Transformational
B. Strategic
C. Command and control
D. Servant
Answer: D
Question: 6
During iteration execution there is a smaller PDCA cycle. Which meeting represents this?
A. Daily Standup
B. System Demo
C. Iteration Retrospective
D. Iteration Review
Answer: A
Question: 7
Which of the following are parts of the Inspect & Adapt event?
A. Quantitative Measurement
B. Problem-solving workshop
C. PI System Demo
D. Confidence Voting
Answer: A,B,C
Question: 8
When does management review and problem soliving meeting take place in PI Planning?
A. At the beginning of Day 1
B. At the beginning of Day 2
C. At the end of Day 1
D. At the end of Day 2
Answer: C
Question: 9
What are the consequences of not having IP iteration?

A. Lack of delivery capacity buffer which impacts predictability
B. Technical debt increase
C. Lack of innovation
D. People burn out
Answer: A,B,C,D
Question: 10
WIP limits are initially a hypothesis. They will evolve over time as the teams learn
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 11
How many teams typically form an ART?
A. 15-20
B. 3 to 5
C. 5 to 12
D. 25-35
Answer: C
Question: 12
Who facilitates the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI Planning?
A. System Architect
B. RTE
C. Chief Product Owne
D. Business Owner
Answer: B
Question: 13
What is the output of the problem-solving workshop of the Inspect & Adapt event?
A. Detailed report of the PI
B. Actionable items for improvements
C. New program artifacts
D. PI metrics sheet
Answer: B
Question: 14
Which is the key problem from the 5 team dysfunctions which leads to the other 4?
A. Lack of Commitment
B. Inattention to Results
C. Fear of Conflict
D. Absence of Trust
Answer: D
Question: 15
Who does the team demo to on the Team demo?

A. System Architect
B. Enterprise Architect
C. Product Owner
D. Business Owners
Answer: C
Question: 16
The Program Kanban board has implicit policies of how work is managed in each state
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 17
Which of the following areas is the main concern of the RTE role?
A. Program Execution
B. Technology
C. Content Management
D. Human Resource
Answer: A
Question: 18
Due to uncommitted objectives, it is possible for a team to achieve more than 100% on their PI Team Performance Report
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: B
Question: 19
Which program level event is used to discuss problems or opportunities with feature development and to assess any
scope adjustments?
A. Scrum of Scrums
B. PO Sync
C. System Demo
D. ART Sync
Answer: B
Question: 20
At which Tuckman stage the ART is established as a community?

A. Norming
B. Performing
C. Forming
D. Storming
Answer: A
Question: 21
Each team's planned vs. actual business value is rolled up to the program predictability measure during the Inspect &
Adapt event
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 22
Which artifact shows the progress being made toward the Program Increment timebox?
A. PI burndown chart
B. WIP Limits
C. Cumulative Flow Diagram
D. Lead time diagram
Answer: A
Question: 23
Program risks are outside of the team's control

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 24
PI Objectives are following which format?

A. STAR
B. WSJF
C. SMART
D. ROAM
Answer: C
Question: 25
Which artifact shows the sequence of inter-team dependencies for delivering the features?
A. SoS radiator
B. Release Burndown Chart
C. Team Kanban Board
D. Program Board
Answer: D
Question: 26
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on creating alignment on what needs to be built?
A. Continuous Integration
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Deployment
D. Release On Demand
Answer: B
Question: 27
Which of the following is benefit from having Iteration Goals?

A. Alignment to the Program Increment Objectives
B. Providing context for understanding and addressing cross-team dependencies
C. Alignment of team members and the Product Owner to the mission
D. All of the above
Answer: D
Question: 28
Which meeting aligns all team members to the common goals of the team as defined by the Team PI Objectives?
A. Iteration Review
B. Iteration Retrospective
C. Inspect & Adapt
D. Iteration Planning
Answer: D
Question: 29
What is the main concern of having too much preparation for PI Planning?
A. This will reduce exploration and affect interaction and emergent design
B. The PI Planning event will be too short to fill the typical timebox
C. People will get bored during PI Planning
D. The PI Planning event will become redundant
Answer: A
Question: 30
Which of the following is not responsibility of the RTE?

A. Managing and optimizing the flow of value through the ART
B. Removing impediments for the ART
C. Fostering collaboration between the ART teams
D. Removing team level impediments
Answer: D
Question: 31
Which ART event drives relentless improvement?

A. The ART Inspect and Adapt
B. IP Iteration
C. PI System Demo
D. PI Planning
Answer: A
Question: 32
PI Objectives need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and ?

A. Time-bound
B. Totally clear
C. Testable
D. Task-oriented
Answer: A
Question: 33
How is the Program Backlog prioritized?
A. Business features take preference
B. An economic balance of business features and enablers is sought
C. Enablers take preference
D. Long term architectural concerns take the highest priority
Answer: B
Question: 34
Which of the following is not one of the SAFe Lean-Agile principles?

A. Apply design thinking
B. Decentralize decision making
C. Take an economic view
D. Organize around value
Answer: A
Question: 35
It is recommended to use the same layout and colours for planning boards in order to create shared understanding and
transparency.
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: B
Question: 36
The teams in the ART are synchronized on a common cadence called

A. Program Increment (PI)
B. Iteration
C. Product Increment (PI)
D. Portfolio Increment (PI)
Answer: A
Question: 37
Which of the following is anti-patterns for the IP iteration?

A. Working on infrastructure improvements during the IP iteration
B. holding hackathons during the IP iteration
C. working on innovation spikes during the IP iteration
D. planning work for the IP iteration during PI Planning
Answer: D
Question: 38
Which of the below is not part of the 8 behaviors of servant leaders?

A. Persuades using authority
B. Listens an d supports teams in problem identification and decision-making
C. Creates an environment of mutual influence
D. Understands and empathizes with others
Answer: A
Question: 39
What is the PDCA cycle?

A. Plan, Do, Check, Accept
B. Prepare, Do, Check, Adjust
C. Prepare, Do, Check, Accept
D. Plan, Do, Check, Adjust
Answer: D
Question: 40
Which of the following is not one of the four stages which are characteristic for team development?
A. Integrating
B. Storming
C. Forming
D. Performing
Answer: A
Question: 41
Who attends the Scrum of Scrums?

A. RTE
B. Product Owners
C. Scrum Master representatives from each team
D. System Architect
Answer: A,C
Question: 42
As the ART matures, teams typically migrate from __________ teams to ___________ teams
A. component, feature
B. cross-functional, self-organizing
C. smaller, bigger
D. feature, component
Answer: A
Question: 43
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the Business Owner?

A. Communicating business objectives
B. Agreeing business objectives with key stakeholders on the train
C. Assigning business value to PI objectives
D. Creating the Vision and the Roadmap for the ART
Answer: D
Question: 44
Distributed PI Planning meetings require significantly less preparation and facilitation

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 45
According to systems thinking, optimizing a component always leads to optimizing the system
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 46
What happens if during PI Planning the confidence vote of a team or overall is low?
A. Mark the risk as Accepted, using ROAM
B. Do another confidence voting
C. Rework the plan
D. Cancel the PI
Answer: C
Question: 47
Which of following are key program level events?

A. PO Sync
B. ART Sync
C. Scrum of Scrums
D. Business Owners Sync
Answer: A,B,C
Question: 48
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with capabilities completed by all trains meet acceptance criteria?
A. Portfolio Increment DoD
B. Team Increment DoD
C. Solution Increment DoD
D. System Increment DoD
Answer: C
Question: 49
Who accepts the final plan at the end of PI Planning?

A. senior management
B. RTE
C. product management
D. Business Owners
Answer: D
Question: 50
How long is typically the PI Planning event?

A. 1 week
B. 4 hours
C. 1 day
D. 2 days
Answer: D
Question: 51
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline is part of which of the seven core competencies for business agility?
A. Enterprise Solution Delivery
B. Organizational Agility
C. Team and Technical Agility
D. Agile Product Delivery
Answer: D
Question: 52
Program PI Objectives are the synthesis of each team's PI Objectives.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 53
Which artifact shows a series of areas representing the amount of work in the different Kanban states?
A. Cumulative Flow Diagram
B. Lead time diagram
C. WIP Limits
D. PI burndown chart
Answer: A
Question: 54
The ___________ of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline is an Enabler that helps the RTE identify and remove bottlenecks
A. Fishbone analysis
B. value stream mapping
C. process mapping
D. Pareto Analysis
Answer: B
Question: 55
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
A. Large batches
B. Automation
C. Measurement
D. Culture
Answer: A
Question: 56
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the RTE?

A. Understanding the customer needs
B. Facilitating PI Planning
C. Tracking and removing impediments for the ART
D. Managing the flow of value through the ART
Answer: A
Question: 57
How do Business Owners assign value to PI Objectives?

A. On a scale from 1 to 10
B. Using the Fibonacci sequence
C. In T shirt size
D. In monetary terms
Answer: A
Question: 58
Which of the following roles are involved into the preparation of the Program Backlog for PI Planning?
A. RTE
C. Product management
D. Epic Owners
Answer: A,C
Question: 59
Which of the following is not a role at the ART level?

A. RTE
B. System team
C. Epic Owners
D. Product management
Answer: C
Question: 60
Which team event expresses the “Check” step of the PDCA cycle?
A. Team Demo
C. Daily Standup
D. Iteration Planning
Answer: A
Question: 61
Coaching the members of the ART to embrace learning and relentless improvement is a key task for the RTE.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 62
Implementing Conway's law to design systems which mirror the communication structure is a good practice when
organizing the ART
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: B
Question: 63
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event the teams on the train work together to systematically address the larger
impediments that are limiting program velocity by using root cause analysis?
A. Confidence Voting
C. Problem-solving workshop
D. PI System Demo
Answer: C
Question: 64
When is the IP iteration?

A. The last iteration in the PI
B. Every second iteration is IP iteration
C. The first iteration in the PI
D. Annually
Answer: A
Question: 65
Which of the following is not an RTE tool used in preparation for PI Planning?
A. ART events calendar
B. Roadmap
C. Facilities checklist
D. PI Planning meeting template
Answer: B
Question: 66
What is the timebox for daily standup meeting?
A. 45 mins
B. 30 mins
C. 15 mins
D. 1 hour
Answer: C
Question: 67
How many people are typically into an ART?

A. 50 to 125+
B. 10 to 25
C. 30 to 40
D. 250 to 300
Answer: A
Question: 68
Where are the actions which are outcome of the problem-solving workshop during Inspect & Adapt stored?
A. in the risk sheet
B. in the team backlog
C. in the program backlog
D. in a database
Answer: C
Question: 69
The RTE presents the planning adjustments which are output of the management review and problem solving meeting to
the teams at the beginning of Day 2 of PI Planning
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: B
Question: 70
Which of the following is not responsibility of the System Team?

A. Supports and performs solution performance testing
B. Supports and performs end to end integration of the solution
C. Creates and maintains infrastructure
D. Prioritizes and manages the Enablers in the Program Backlog
Answer: D
Question: 71
What is shown on the horizontal axis of the Pl burn-down chart?

A. Team names
B. Iterations
C. Story Points
D. Kanban states
Answer: B
Question: 72
Which of the following are true for the System demo?

A. Architectural Runway work in process is scaffolded and toggled
B. It happens once per PI, at the end of the PI
C. It is not mandatory to have all the functionalities tested before the demo
D. Features are functionally complete or "toggled" so as not to disrupt demonstrable functionality
Answer: A,D
Question: 73
Which artifact aligns expectations among key ART roles, teams, and stakeholders regarding what 'done' actually means?
A. Acceptance Criteria
B. Functional Specification
C. Definition of Done
D. Definition of Ready
Answer: C
Question: 74
Team risks are presented during Day 1 of PI Planning

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: B
Question: 75
The RTE collects and aggregates the agreed-upon ART Metrics once per PI, at the end of the PI
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 76
What happens if the teams need to rework their plans due to low confidence level after confidence vote?
A. This is one occasion when the timebox is less important than achieving alignment and the teams should take the
required time they need to rework the plan
B. The low confidence is marked as risk using ROAM and the PI starts as planned
C. The PI starts as expected as timebox is important to be fulfilled
D. The PI is cancelled
Answer: A
Question: 77
Which of the following is recommended for the IP iteration?

A. Leaving testing or bug fixing to the IP Iteration
B. Leaving integration of the whole system to the IP Iteration
C. Working on innovation spikes, hackathons, and infrastructure improvements
D. Planning work for the IP Iteration in Pl Planning
Answer: C
Question: 78
A. Measurement
B. Continuous Improvement
C. Automation
D. Lean Flow
Answer: B
Question: 79
What is the correct sequence of the 4 stages of team development?

A. Storming,Norming, Forming, Performing
B. Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
C. Forming, Norming,Storming, Performing
D. Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing
Answer: B
Question: 80
What is meant by Realistic in the SMART model used for PI Objectives?

A. factors are out of control
B. none of the above
C. all factors are under full control
D. factors that cannot be controlled are recognized
Answer: D
Question: 81
How does the PI Planning first day begin?

A. With explanation of the business context
B. With Q & A session
C. With System Demo
D. With team breakouts
Answer: A
Question: 82
Which of the following are responsibility of the RTE?

A. Prioritizing the Program backlog
B. Removing team level impediments
C. Facilitating PI Planning
D. Tracking ART metrics
Answer: C,D
Question: 83
The product increment that the team demos to the Product Owner on the team demo does not necessarily need to have
been tested by the team.
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 84
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with stories completed by all teams in the ART are integrated?
B. System Increment DoD
C. Solution Increment DoD
D. Team Increment DoD
Answer: B
Question: 85
A servant leader is opened and appreciates openness in others

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: B
Question: 86
Which of the following events are facilitated by the RTE?

A. Scrum of Scrums
B. Inspect & Adapt
C. ART Sync
D. PI Planning
Answer: A,B,C,D
Question: 87
Which of the following is not true for the RTE role?

A. influences without authority
B. uses empathy
C. coaches the teams
D. directs and manages the teams
Answer: D
Question: 88
In SAFe the smallest cadence at which the team delivers potentially shippable work product is called
A. Program Increment
B. Iteration
C. Product Increment
D. Portfolio Increment
Answer: B
Question: 89
The most important thing to visualize on the Program Board is when features are expected to be delivered.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 90
In SAFe releases happen once per PI, at the end of the PI.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: B
Question: 91
Which of the following areas is the main concern of the System Architect/Engineer?
A. Technology
B. Content Management
C. Human Resource
D. Program Execution
Answer: A
Question: 92
Who has the primary responsibility to assign business value to PI objectives?

A. RTE
B. Product management
C. Business Owners
D. Epic Owners
Answer: C
Question: 93
Which of the following are true for the Program Kanban Board?
A. Visualizes the individual teams progress at user story level of detail
B. It helps visualize PI Planning readiness and PI execution progress
C. RTE and stakeholders have easy access to Program flow measurements
D. It is a useful tool for the SoS, PO sync , and ART sync meetings and problem solving
Answer: B,C,D
Question: 94
Which from the below are typical program measures of a cumulative flow diagram?
A. WIP limits
B. Throughput
C. Business value
D. Lead time
Answer: A,B,D
Question: 95
What is the primary concern when prioritizing the Program Backlog?

A. Building the easiest solution
B. Developing team members T-shaped skills
C. Maximizing the customer value
D. Utilizing every skill set of the team
Answer: C
Question: 96
DevOps is part of which Business Agility core competency?

A. Lean-Agile Leadership
B. Agile Product Delivery
C. Enterprise Solution Delivery
D. Continuous Learning
Answer: B
Question: 97
Which of the following are inputs to the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI
Planning?
A. PI Objectives
B. PI Risks
C. ART
D. PI Problems
Answer: B,C,D
Question: 98
According to systems thinking, a system can evolve faster than its slowest integration point
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 99
Which Program Level event is used to create visibility into how well the ART is progressing toward meeting the program
Pl Objectives?
A. System Demo
B. PO Sync
C. ART Sync
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: B
Question: 100
In SAFe, to organize the teams around value, the teams are organized around
A. technical competencies
B. features
C. components
D. customers
Answer: B,C
Question: 101
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the System Architect?

A. Fostering built-in quality
B. Fostering collaboration
C. Defining subsystems and interfaces
D. Supporting the implementation of Enablers
Answer: B
Question: 102
Which of the following is input for Iteration Planning?

A. Program Backlog
B. PI Objectives
C. Team backlog
D. Program risks
Answer: C
Question: 103
What is the risk framework recommended to be used for Program Risks?

A. STAR
B. SMART
C. ROAM
D. WSJF
Answer: C
Question: 104
Which of the following is an indicator of whether achievements fall into an acceptable process control Band?
A. Process Map
B. PI burn down chart
C. Program predictability measure
D. Cumulative Flow Diagram
Answer: C
Question: 105
Which of the following are roles at the ART level?

A. System Team
B. Business Owners
C. System Architect
D. Product Owner
Answer: A,B,C
Question: 106
Which of the following are good practices for distributed PI Planning?

A. Have a common understanding of how plans will be shared (video, wiki , email,etc)
B. Test audio , video, and presentation-sharing connectivity before the meeting
C. Establish team-based audio/video communication for breakout sessions
D. Have a dedicated RTE-proxy person in each location .
Answer: A,B,C,D
Question: 107
Which is step from the PDCA cycle is expressed by the Iteration Retrospective?
A. Check
B. Adjust
C. Accommodate
D. Adapt
Answer: B
Question: 108
Which of the following are true for teams?

A. Teams are far more productive than the same number of individuals
B. Peer pressure is a weak motivator
C. Teams work best when not interrupted
D. Changes in team composition don't impact productivity
Answer: A,C
Question: 109
PI Objectives are created top down, e.g team objectives are created from the PI objectives
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 110
The RTE should move from facilitating team problem-solving towards fixing problems rather than helping others fix them
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 111
How many are the SAFe Lean Agile principles?

A. ten
B. twelve
C. eight
D. five
Answer: A
Question: 112
Which level of requirements are stored in the Program Backlog?

A. Enablers
B. User stories
C. Tasks
D. features
Answer: A,D
Question: 113
What is displayed above each Kanban column of the Program Kanban and is used to improve flow?
A. WIP limits
B. Number of blocked issues
C. Aggregated business value of the items in this column
D. WSJF Score
Answer: A
Question: 114
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline is the ability to make value available to customers all at once, or in
a staggered fashion based market and business needs?
A. Continuous Deployment
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Release On Demand
D. Continuous Integration
Answer: C
Question: 115
What is the primary goal of assigning business value to PI Objectives?

A. none of the above
B. to have Business Owner buy-in
C. to show economic impact to the customer
D. to help the teams on the train prioritize work
Answer: D
Question: 116
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on taking features from the Program backlog and
implementing them?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Release On Demand
D. Continuous Integration
Answer: D
Question: 117
Which event helps the teams keep on track and facilitate early identification of risks?
A. Inspect and Adapt
B. IP iteration
C. Daily Scrum
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: D
Question: 118
Who validates the program risks are outside of team control?

A. Business Owner
B. RTE
C. System Architect
D. ScrumMasters
Answer: B
Question: 119
What does the S in the SMART model for PI Objectives stand for?
A. Special
B. Solid
C. Specific
D. Secondary
Answer: C
Question: 120
What is the timebox for the Inspect & Adapt event?

A. 1 day per PI
B. 1-2 hours per PI
C. 3-4 hours per PI
D. 4-6 hours per PI
Answer: C
Question: 121
In which stage of team development the team resolves initial conflicts and difficulties in establishing a shared
understanding?
A. Storming
B. Performing
C. Forming
D. Norming
Answer: A
Question: 122
Which tool is used for root cause analysis?

A. WSJF Score
B. Pareto chart
C. Fishbone
D. Process Map
Answer: C
Question: 123
Results are empirically reviewed at every System Demo and Pl Planning event and this helps to overcome which team
dysfunction?
A. Absence of Trust
B. Fear of Conflict
C. Inattention to results
D. Lack of Commitment
Answer: C
Question: 124
As a servant leader, the RTE decides on the team commitments
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: B
Question: 125
The RTE is responsible to create a set of Integrated Program Pl Objectives at the end of PI Planning
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 126
Who has the primary responsibility to agree the business objectives with the key stakeholders on the ART?
A. Product management
B. Epic Owners
C. RTE
D. Business Owners
Answer: D
Question: 127
Which of the following roles is not necessarily a servant leader?

A. Scrum Master
B. Line Manager
C. Release Train Engineer
D. Solution Train Engineer
Answer: B
Question: 128
DevOps enables which ones of the below?

A. Automation
B. Marketing
C. Backlog Prioritization
D. Integration
Answer: A,D
Question: 129
Which artifact aligns the teams in the ART around a common mission?
A. Team Backlog
B. Portfolio
C. Program Backlog
D. Solution Backlog
Answer: C
Question: 130
What is the primary purpose of the daily standup meeting?

A. To provide a status report
B. All of the above
C. To update management
D. To evaluate progress towards the Iteration Goal
Answer: D
Question: 131
What does the R in the SMART model for PI Objectives stand for?
A. Rare
B. Reliable
C. Realistic
D. Relatable
Answer: C
Question: 132
When are he boundaries within which teams are planning the PI established?
A. At the end of day 1 of PI Planning
B. At the beginning of day 1 of PI Planning
C. During PI Planning preparation
D. At the beginning of day 2 of PI Planning
Answer: B
Question: 133
Which of the following maximizes the value delivered by the ART?

A. The System team takes preference over the Agile Teams on the ART
B. There needs to be a balance between the System Team and the Agile Teams on the Train
C. The System Team is a bottleneck for the ART
D. The Agile Teams on the ART take preference over the System Team
Answer: B
Question: 134
It is acceptable to increase PI Planning to 2.5 or 3 days in the case of different time zones to have enough time
overlapping periods
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 135
What does the business value assigned to PI objective communicate?

A. the cost of achieving the objective
B. the customer satisfaction of achieving the objective
C. the potential business impact of achieving the objective
D. the monetary gain of achieving the objective
Answer: C
Question: 136
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with user stories satisfying the acceptance criteria?
A. System Increment DoD
B. Solution Increment DoD
C. Team Increment DoD
D. Portfolio Increment DoD
Answer: C
Question: 137
Which part of the Inspect & Adapt event provides a formal approach to demonstrating accumulated value?
A. Problem-solving workshop
B. Quantitative Measurement
C. Confidence Voting
D. PI System Demo
Answer: D
Question: 138
Which of the following are SAFe Lean-Agile principles?

A. Visualize and limit WIP,increase batch sizes, and manage queue lengths
B. Assume variability; persevere options
C. Unlock the extrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
D. Apply systems thinking
Answer: B,D
Question: 139
What is shown on the vertical axis of the Pl burn-down chart?

A. Story Points
B. Iterations
C. Kanban states
D. Team names
Answer: A
Question: 140
In SAFe, what provides for cadence-based planning and is an estimating guard band for cadence-based delivery?
A. IP Iteration
B. Inspect & Adapt
C. Iteration
D. Iteration Review
Answer: A
Question: 141
Which of the following areas is the main concern of Product Management?

A. Program Execution
B. Content Management
C. Technology
D. Human Resource
Answer: B
Question: 142
Relentless Improvement is at the base of the House of Lean

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 143
Who is responsible to follow up on the action items of the problem-solving workshop of the Inspect & Adapt event?
A. System Architect
B. Scrum Masters
C. RTE
D. Product Owners
Answer: C
Question: 144
Which of the following is not part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?

B. Continuous Testing
D. Continuous Exploration
Answer: B
Question: 145
What is used to make process policies and decisions visible to the entire ART?
A. Program Kanban Board
B. Team Kanban Board
C. Solution Kanban Board
D. SoS Information Radiator
Answer: A
Question: 146
The ART building the system is a system, too

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: B
Question: 147
Which of the following is the recommended approach to create T-shaped skills on the ART?
A. Cross-training
B. Pair-programming
C. All of the above
D. rotating team members between different teams
Answer: C
Question: 148
The number of items that can be finished per unit of time is called
A. lead time
B. velocity
C. cycle time
D. throughput
Answer: D
Question: 149
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline takes the changes from the staging environment and deploys them
to production?
B. Continuous Deployment
C. Release On Demand
D. Continuous Exploration
Answer: B
Question: 150
The iteration in SAFe is typically how long?

A. one week
B. four weeks
C. three weeks
D. two weeks
Answer: D
Question: 151
The planned total in the PI Team Performance Report does not include uncommitted objectives. They are included in the
actual total.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 152
Which of the following is added to the Program Board during PI Planning?

A. Features
B. All of the above
C. Dependencies
D. Milestones
Answer: B
Question: 153
Which of the following is output of iteration planning?

A. Team PI Objectives
B. PI Objectives
C. Iteration Goal
D. Team Backlog
Answer: C
Question: 154
Which of the following are recommended approaches used to maximize velocity?

A. maximizing hand-offs
B. minimizing dependencies
C. compromising quality
D. minimizing hand-offs
Answer: B,D
Question: 155
Which program level event is focused on overall program execution and impediment escalation?
A. ART Sync
B. Scrum of Scrums
C. System Demo
D. PO Sync
Answer: B
Question: 156
A. Measurement
B. Authentication
C. Culture
D. Lean Flow
Answer: B
Question: 157
Which team event ensures that relentless improvement - one of the pillars of SAFe's Lean-Agile Mindset - is happening at
the Team Level?
A. Iteration Retrospective
B. Iteration Review
C. System Demo
D. Inspect & Adapt
Answer: A
Question: 158
The actions that are planned to resolve inter-team dependencies are marked visually with different colour on the
program board, e.g red
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 159
Who has design authority and prioritizes the architectural work at an ART level?
A. System Team
C. RTE
D. System Architect
Answer: D
Question: 160
When is the first formal integration point among teams on the Agile Release Train (ART)?
A. I&A event
B. Integrated system demo
C. During the IP Iteration
D. Team demo
Answer: B
Question: 161
Relevant stakeholders present the planning adjustments which are output of the management review and problem
solving meeting to the teams at the end of Day 2 of PI Planning
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 162
What is the output of the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI Planning?
A. PI Objectives
B. Refined and prioritized Program Backlog
C. Planning Adjustment to be communicated to the teams
D. Iteration Goal
Answer: C
Question: 163
What should the RTE do if impediments cannot be solved with the ART?
A. Nothing – the RTE is responsible only for the ART level
B. Hold a Scrum of Scrums event
C. Facilitate the escalation of impediments further beyond the ART
D. Add the impediments to the risk sheet and ROAM them
Answer: C
Question: 164
What is ART sync event at program level?

A. Sync of all people on the ART
B. There is no such event in SAFe
C. Sync between the ScrumMasters and the Business Owners
D. Combined PO Sync and Scrum of Scrums
Answer: D
Question: 165
PI objectives do not need to be written down and verbal expression is enough

A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 166
Uncommitted objectives are in the team plan and capacity

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Answer: A
Question: 167
Which role is a servant leader for the ART?

A. Release Train Engineer
B. Scrum Master
C. Solution Train Engineer
D. Business Owner
Answer: A
Question: 168
What is the ROAM risk framework?
A. Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
B. Risk, Opportunity, Alternative, Must
C. Realistic, Obsolete, Advanced, Moderate
D. Recent, Objective, Alarming, Medium
Answer: A
Question: 169
Whose primary responsibility is to finalize the Program Backlog for PI Planning?

A. Business Owners
B. RTE
C. System Architect
D. Product management
Answer: D
Question: 170
Who manages the Program backlog in SAFe?

A. Business Owners
B. RTE
C. Product Owner
D. Product Management
Answer: D
Question: 171
What does Accepted mean in the context of the ROAM risk framework?
A. nothing else can be done and the risk may interfere with the release
B. there is a plan to mitigate the risk
C. the risk has been addressed and is no longer a concern
D. someone has taken responsibility
Answer: A
Question: 172
The ART vision and events are established during which of the Tuckman stages?
A. Performing
B. Norming
C. Storming
D. Forming
Answer: D
Question: 173
PI Planning Retrospective is a long and elaborate event to ensure that all possible improvement actions are captured
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Answer: A
Question: 174
What is the primary goal of PI Planning preparation?

A. To have every detailed planned in advance to save time during PI Planning event
B. To maximize the value of the interactions during the PI Planning event
C. To eliminate the need for exploration
D. To establish designs and solutions in advance
Answer: B
Question: 175
Which of the following is not one of the 5 dysfunctions of a team?

A. Fear of Conflict
B. Lack of Empathy
C. Absence of Trust
D. Lack of Commitment
Answer: B
Question: 176
Which of the following Kanban states are to the left of the Backlog column on the Program Kanban?
A. Funnel
B. Analyzing
C. Releasing
D. In Review
Answer: A,B
Question: 177
How many aspects / components form the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
A. seven
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer: C
Question: 178
Which of the following are acceptable measures expressed by the M in the SMART model for PI Objectives?
A. quantitative measures
B. a range
C. descriptive measures
D. All of the above
Answer: D
Question: 179
Which of the below are consequences if there is no Definition of Done?

A. Lack of Consistency
B. Faster implementation
C. More difficult integration and lower maintainability
D. Unfinished work which leads to technical debt
Answer: A,C,D
Question: 180
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of Product Management?

A. Facilitating PI Planning
B. Understanding the customer needs
C. Owning and managing the Program Backlog
D. Developing the Vision and Roadmap for the ART
Answer: A
Question: 181
How many people are typically into an ART?

A. 10 to 25
B. 250 to 300
C. 50 to 125+
D. 30 to 40
Answer: C
Question: 182
What happens if the teams need to rework their plans due to low confidence level after confidence vote?
A. This is one occasion when the timebox is less important than achieving alignment and the teams should take the
required time they need to rework the plan
B. The low confidence is marked as risk using ROAM and the PI starts as planned
C. The PI starts as expected as timebox is important to be fulfilled
D. The PI is cancelled
Answer: A
Question: 183
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with capabilities completed by all trains meet acceptance criteria?
A. Team Increment DoD
C. System Increment DoD
D. Portfolio Increment DoD
Answer: B
Question: 184
A. Measurement
B. Continuous Improvement
C. Automation
D. Lean Flow
Answer: B
Question: 185
The ___________ of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline is an Enabler that helps the RTE identify and remove bottlenecks
A. Pareto Analysis
B. Fishbone analysis
C. Value stream mapping
D. Process mapping
Answer: C
Question: 186
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on creating alignment on what needs to be built?
C. Continuous Exploration
Answer: C
Question: 187
Who validates the program risks are outside of team control?

A. Business Owner
B. System Architect
C. Scrum Masters
D. RTE
Answer: D
Question: 188
How many are the SAFe Lean Agile principles?

A. twelve
B. ten
C. five
D. eight
Answer: B
Question: 189
How many teams typically form an ART?

A. 25-35
B. 3 to 5
C. 15-20
D. 5 to 12
Answer: D
Question: 190
Which of the following is input for Iteration Planning?

A. Program Backlog
B. Team backlog
C. Program risks
D. PI Objectives
Answer: B
Question: 191
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the RTE?

A. Tracking and removing impediments for the ART
B. Managing the flow of value through the ART
C. Facilitating PI Planning
D. Understanding the customer needs
Answer: D
Question: 192
PI Objectives are following which format?

A. SMART
B. ROAM
C. STAR
D. WSJF
Answer: A
Question: 193
What are the consequences of not having IP iteration? (select 3 answers)

A. People burn out
B. Lack of innovation
C. Lack of delivery capacity buffer which impacts predictability
D. Technical debt increase
Answer: A,B,C
Question: 194
Which of the following is not an RTE tool used in preparation for PI Planning?
A. Facilities checklist
B. ART events calendar
C. Roadmap
D. PI Planning meeting template
Answer: C
Question: 195
How does the PI Planning first day begin?

A. With explanation of the business context
B. With Q & A session
C. With System Demo
D. With team breakouts
Answer: A
Question: 196
Which of the following is not responsibility of the System Team?

A. Supports and performs solution performance testing
B. Supports and performs end to end integration of the solution
C. Creates and maintains infrastructure
D. Prioritizes and manages the Enablers in the Program Backlog
Answer: D
Question: 197
The teams in the ART are synchronized on a common cadence called

A. Product Increment (PI)
B. Program Increment (PI)
C. Iteration
D. Portfolio Increment (PI)
Answer: B
Question: 198
Which of the following have their own Definition of Done in SAFe? (Choose three)
A. Epic
B. Team Increment
C. System Increment
D. Release
Answer: B,C,D
Question: 199
What is the correct sequence of the 4 stages of team development?

A. Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing
B. Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
C. Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing
D. Storming, Norming, Forming, Performing
Answer: B
Question: 200
Which artifact aligns expectations among key ART roles, teams, and stakeholders regarding what 'done' actually means?
A. Definition of Ready
B. Acceptance Criteria
C. Functional Specification
D. Definition of Done
Answer: D
Question: 201
Who does the team demo to on the Team demo?

A. Business Owners
B. System Architect
C. Product Owner
D. Enterprise Architect
Answer: C
Question: 202
Which of the following events are facilitated by the RTE? (Choose three)
A. PI Planning
B. Scrum of Scrums
D. PO Sync
E. ART Sync
Answer: A,B,E
Question: 203
Which artifact shows the sequence of inter-team dependencies for delivering the features?
A. SoS radiator
B. Program Board
C. Team Kanban Board
D. Release Burndown Chart
Answer: B
Question: 204
Which of the below is not part of the 8 behaviors of servant leaders?

A. Creates an environment of mutual influence
B. Understands and empathizes with others
C. Persuades using authority
D. Listens and supports teams in problem identification and decision-making
Answer: C
Question: 205
Which of the following areas is the main concern of the RTE role?
A. Technology
B. Human Resource
C. Program Execution
D. Content Management
Answer: C
Question: 206
What is the main concern of having too much preparation for PI Planning?
A. The PI Planning event will become redundant
B. The PI Planning event will be too short to fill the typical timebox
C. People will get bored during PI Planning
D. This will reduce exploration and affect interaction and emergent design
Answer: D
Question: 207
Which of the following are inputs to the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI
Planning? (Choose three)
A. PI Risks
B. PI Objectives
C. ART
D. PI Problems
Answer: A,B,D
Question: 208
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline is part of which of the seven core competencies for business agility?
A. Team and Technical Agility
B. Organizational Agility
C. Enterprise Solution Delivery
Answer: D
Question: 209
Which of the following is anti-patterns for the IP iteration?

A. Holding hackathons during the IP iteration
B. Working on infrastructure improvements during the IP iteration
C. Planning work for the IP iteration during PI Planning
D. Working on innovation spikes during the IP iteration
Answer: C
Question: 210
What is the risk framework recommended to be used for Program Risks?

A. STAR
B. SMART
C. ROAM
D. WSJF
Answer: C
Question: 211
Which of the following is recommended for the IP iteration?

A. Leaving integration of the whole system to the IP Iteration
B. Leaving testing or bug fixing to the IP Iteration
C. Working on innovation spikes, hackathons, and infrastructure improvements
D. Planning work for the IP Iteration in Pl Planning
Answer: C
Question: 212
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on taking features from the Program backlog and
implementing them?
A. Release On Demand
B. Continuous Integration
C. Continuous Exploration
D. Continuous Deployment
Answer: B
Question: 213
When is the IP iteration?

A. The first iteration in the PI
B. Annually
C. Every second iteration is IP iteration
D. The last iteration in the PI
Answer: D
Question: 214
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the Business Owner?

A. Creating the Vision and the Roadmap for the ART
B. Assigning business value to PI objectives
C. Communicating business objectives
D. Agreeing business objectives with key stakeholders on the train
Answer: A
Question: 215
Which is the key problem from the 5 team dysfunctions which leads to the other 4?
B. Fear of Conflict
C. Inattention to Results
D. Absence of Trust
Answer: D
Question: 216
What is the timebox for daily standup meeting?

A. 1 hour
B. 30 mins
C. 15 mins
D. 45 mins
Answer: C
Question: 217
In SAFe, to organize the teams around value, the teams are organized around.... (Choose two)
A. technical competencies
B. features
C. customers
D. components
Answer: B,D
Question: 218
DevOps is part of which Business Agility core competency?

A. Continuous Learning
B. Enterprise Solution Delivery
C. Lean-Agile Leadership
Answer: D
Question: 219
Who has the primary responsibility to assign business value to PI objectives?

A. Epic Owners
C. Business Owners
D. RTE
Answer: C
Question: 220
What is the output of the problem-solving workshop of the Inspect & Adapt event?
A. Actionable items for improvements
B. PI metrics sheet
C. Detailed report of the PI
D. New program artifacts
Answer: A
Question: 221
Which of the following is not responsibility of the RTE?

A. Fostering collaboration between the ART teams
B. Removing impediments for the ART
C. Removing team level impediments
D. Managing and optimizing the flow of value through the ART
Answer: C
Question: 222
Which artifact shows a series of areas representing the amount of work in the different Kanban states?
A. Lead time diagram
B. PI burndown chart
C. Cumulative Flow Diagram
D. WIP Limits
Answer: C
Question: 223
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the System Architect?

A. Fostering collaboration
B. Defining subsystems and interfaces
C. Fostering built-in quality
D. Supporting the implementation of Enablers
Answer: A
Question: 224
Which of the following are parts of the Inspect & Adapt event? (select 3 answers)
A. Problem-solving workshop
B. Confidence Voting
C. Quantitative Measurement
D. PI System Demo
Answer: A,C,D
Question: 225
Which of the following is benefit from having Iteration Goals?

A. Alignment of team members and the Product Owner to the mission
B. Providing context for understanding and addressing cross-team dependencies
C. Alignment to the Program Increment Objectives
D. All of the above (all the other 3)
Answer: D
Question: 226
Which of the following are true for teams? (Choose two)

A. Teams work best when not interrupted
B. Teams are far more productive than the same number of individuals
C. Changes in team composition don't impact productivity
D. Peer pressure is a weak motivator
Answer: A,B
Question: 227
Which of the following is an indicator of whether achievements fall into an acceptable process control Band?
A. Program predictability measure
B. Cumulative Flow Diagram
C. PI burn down chart
D. Process Map
Answer: A
Question: 228
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event the teams on the train work together to systematically address the larger
impediments that are limiting program velocity by using root cause analysis?
A. Confidence Voting
B. PI System Demo
D. Problem-solving workshop
Answer: D
Question: 229
Who is responsible for delivering solution value?

A. The System Architect
B. The RTE
C. This is collective responsibility of the teams of the ART
D. The System Team
Answer: C
Question: 230
What is the primary concern when prioritizing the Program Backlog?

A. Maximizing the customer value
B. Building the easiest solution
C. Developing team members T-shaped skills
D. Utilizing every skill set of the team
Answer: A
Question: 231
What is the timebox for the Inspect & Adapt event?

A. 1-2 hours per PI
B. 3-4 hours per PI
C. 1 day per PI
D. 4-6 hours per PI
Answer: B
Question: 232
Who accepts the final plan at the end of PI Planning?

B. Senior management
C. RTE
D. Business Owners
Answer: D
Question: 233
Which program level event is used to discuss problems or opportunities with feature development and to assess any
scope adjustments?
A. System Demo
B. ART Sync
C. PO Sync
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: C
Question: 234
A. Large batches
B. Measurement
C. Culture
D. Automation
Answer: A
Question: 235
What is displayed above each Kanban column of the Program Kanban and is used to improve flow?
A. Aggregated business value of the items in this column
B. Number of blocked issues
C. WIP limits
D. WSJF Score
Answer: C
Question: 236
During iteration execution there is a smaller PDCA cycle. Which meeting represents this?
A. Daily Standup
B. Iteration Review
D. System Demo
Answer: A
Question: 237
Which of the following are responsibility of the RTE? (Choose two)

A. Facilitating PI Planning
B. Tracking ART metrics
C. Removing team level impediments
D. Prioritizing the Program backlog
Answer: A,B
Question: 238
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with stories completed by all teams in the ART are integrated?
B. System Increment DoD
D. Solution Increment DoD
Answer: B
Question: 239
PI Objectives need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and?

A. Totally clear
B. Time-bound
C. Testable
D. Task-oriented
Answer: B
Question: 240
How is the Program Backlog prioritized?

A. An economic balance of business features and enablers is sought
B. Enablers take preference
C. Long term architectural concerns take the highest priority
D. Business features take preference
Answer: A
Question: 241
What does the S in the SMART model for PI Objectives stand for?
A. Secondary
B. Solid
C. Special
D. Specific
Answer: D
Question: 242
Which of the following are SAFe Lean-Agile principles? (Choose two)

A. Unlock the extrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
B. Apply systems thinking
C. Visualize and limit WIP,increase batch sizes, and manage queue lengths
D. Assume variability; persevere options
Answer: B,D
Question: 243
Which of the following is not one of the SAFe Lean-Agile principles?

A. Organize around value
B. Apply design thinking
C. Take an economic view
D. Decentralize decision making
Answer: B
Question: 244
How long is typically the PI Planning event?

A. 1 day
B. 1 week
C. 2 days
D. 4 hours
Answer: C
Question: 245
Which event helps the teams keep on track and facilitate early identification of risks?
A. Daily Scrum
B. Inspect and Adapt
C. IP iteration
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: D
Question: 246
Which ART event drives relentless improvement?

A. IP Iteration
B. PI Planning
C. PI System Demo
D. The ART Inspect and Adapt
Answer: D
Question: 247
Which team event expresses the “Check” step of the PDCA cycle?
A. Daily Standup
B. Iteration Planning
D. Team Demo
Answer: D
Question: 248
What is the primary goal of assigning business value to PI Objectives?

A. to help the teams on the train prioritize work
B. to have Business Owner buy-in
C. none of the above
D. to show economic impact to the customer
Answer: A
Question: 249
Who facilitates the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI Planning?
A. Business Owner
B. RTE
C. System Architect
D. Chief Product Owner
Answer: B
Question: 250
As the ART matures, teams typically migrate from __________ teams to ___________ teams
A. smaller, bigger
B. cross-functional, self-organizing
C. feature, component
D. component, feature
Answer: D
Question: 251
Which of the following is added to the Program Board during PI Planning?

A. All of the above
B. Features
C. Dependencies
D. Milestones
Answer: A
Question: 252
Which of the following are recommended approaches used to maximize velocity? (Choose two)
A. minimizing dependencies
B. compromising quality
C. maximizing hand-offs
D. minimizing hand-offs
Answer: A,D
Question: 253
In SAFe, what provides for cadence-based planning and is an estimating guard band for cadence-based delivery?
A. Inspect & Adapt
B. Iteration
C. IP Iteration
D. Iteration Review
Answer: C
Question: 254
Whose primary responsibility is to finalize the Program Backlog for PI Planning?

B. System Architect
C. Business Owners
D. RTE
Answer: A
Question: 255
Who has design authority and prioritizes the architectural work at an ART level?
A. RTE
C. System Architect
D. System Team
Answer: C
Question: 256
Which of the following roles is not necessarily a servant leader?

A. Solution Train Engineer
B. Scrum Master
C. Line Manager
D. Release Train Engineer
Answer: C
Question: 257
What type of leader is the RTE?

A. Command and control
B. Servant
C. Strategic
D. Transformational
Answer: B
Question: 258
Which of the following areas is the main concern of Product Management?

A. Content Management
B. Human Resource
C. Program Execution
D. Technology
Answer: A
Question: 259
The number of items that can be finished per unit of time is called
A. throughput
B. cycle time
C. velocity
D. lead time
Answer: A
Question: 260
Which level of requirements are stored in the Program Backlog? (Choose two)
A. Enablers
B. Tasks
C. User stories
D. Features
Answer: A,D
Question: 261
Which of the following are key program level events? (Choose three)
A. Business Owners Sync
B. ART Sync
C. PO Sync
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: B,C,D
Question: 262
How do Business Owners assign value to PI Objectives?

A. Using the Fibonacci sequence
B. In T shirt size
C. In monetary terms
D. On a scale from 1 to 10
Answer: D
Question: 263
Which of the below are consequences if there is no Definition of Done?

A. Lack of Consistency
B. Faster implementation
C. Unfinished work which leads to technical debt
D. More difficult integration and lower maintainability
Answer: A,C,D
Question: 264
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline takes the changes from the staging environment and deploys them
to production?
A. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Integration
Answer: B
Question: 265
Which from the below are typical program measures of a cumulative flow diagram? (Choose three)
A. Business value
B. Lead time
C. WIP limits
D. Throughput
Answer: B,C,D
Question: 266
What is used to make process policies and decisions visible to the entire ART?
A. Program Kanban Board
B. Team Kanban Board
C. Solution Kanban Board
D. SoS Information Radiator
Answer: A
Question: 267
Which of the following is output of iteration planning?

A. Team PI Objectives
B. Iteration Goal
C. PI Objectives
D. Team Backlog
Answer: B
Question: 268
Which of the following is not one of the four stages which are characteristic for team development?
A. Performing
B. Forming
C. Storming
D. Integrating
Answer: D
Question: 269
When does management review and problem solving meeting take place in PI Planning?
A. At the beginning of Day 1
B. At the beginning of Day 2
C. At the end of Day 1
D. At the end of Day 2
Answer: C
Question: 270
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with user stories satisfying the acceptance criteria?
D. System Increment DoD
Answer: C
Question: 271
What does the business value assigned to PI objective communicate?

A. the customer satisfaction of achieving the objective
B. the monetary gain of achieving the objective
C. the potential business impact of achieving the objective
D. the cost of achieving the objective
Answer: C
Question: 272
Which artifact shows the progress being made toward the Program Increment timebox?
A. Cumulative Flow Diagram
B. PI burndown chart
C. Lead time diagram
D. WIP Limits
Answer: B
Question: 273
Which Program Level event is used to create visibility into how well the ART is progressing toward meeting the program
Pl Objectives?
A. ART Sync
B. System Demo
C. PO Sync
D. Scrum of Scrums
Answer: C
Question: 274
Which of the following areas is the main concern of the System Architect/Engineer?
A. Content Management
B. Human Resource
C. Technology
D. Program Execution
Answer: C
Question: 275
Where are the actions which are outcome of the problem-solving workshop during Inspect & Adapt stored?
A. in the risk sheet
B. in a database
C. in the program backlog
D. in the team backlog
Answer: C
Question: 276
Which of the following is not one of the 5 dysfunctions of a team?

B. Lack of Empathy
C. Fear of Conflict
D. Absence of Trust
Answer: C
Question: 277
Which of the following maximizes the value delivered by the ART?

A. The System Team is a bottleneck for the ART
B. The Agile Teams on the ART take preference over the System Team
C. There needs to be a balance between the System Team and the Agile Teams on the Train
D. The System team takes preference over the Agile Teams on the ART
Answer: C
Question: 278
In SAFe the smallest cadence at which the team delivers potentially shippable work product is called ___
A. Program Increment
B. Portfolio Increment
C. Product Increment
D. Iteration
Answer: D
Question: 279
What is the output of the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI Planning?
A. Iteration Goal
B. Refined and prioritized Program Backlog
C. Planning Adjustment to be communicated to the teams
D. PI Objectives
Answer: C
Question: 280
Which program level event is focused on overall program execution and impediment escalation?
A. ART Sync
B. Scrum of Scrums
C. System Demo
D. PO Sync
Answer: B
Question: 281
Which meeting aligns all team members to the common goals of the team as defined by the Team PI Objectives?
A. Iteration Review
B. Iteration Planning
D. Inspect & Adapt
Answer: B
Question: 282
The ART vision and events are established during which of the Tuckman stages?
A. Performing
B. Storming
C. Norming
D. Forming
Answer: D
Question: 283
What happens if during PI Planning the confidence vote of a team or overall is low?
A. Rework the plan
B. Mark the risk as Accepted, using ROAM
C. Do another confidence voting
D. Cancel the PI
Answer: A
Question: 284
How many aspects / components form the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?

A. three
B. four
C. five
D. seven
Answer: B
Question: 285
Which role is a servant leader for the ART?

B. Scrum Master
C. Solution Train Engineer
D. Business Owner
Answer: A
Question: 286
Which of the following is not a role at the ART level?

B. Epic Owners
C. System team
D. RTE
Answer: B
Question: 287
Results are empirically reviewed at every System Demo and Pl Planning event and this helps to overcome which team
dysfunction?
A. Fear of Conflict
B. Lack of Commitment
C. Inattention to results
D. Absence of Trust
Answer: C
Question: 288
Which of the following is the recommended approach to create T-shaped skills on the ART?
A. Cross-training
B. Pair-programming
C. All of the above
D. Rotating team members between different teams
Answer: C
Question: 289
In which stage of team development the team resolves initial conflicts and difficulties in establishing a shared
understanding?
A. Forming
B. Storming
C. Performing
D. Norming
Answer: B
Question: 290
A. Lean Flow
B. Measurement
C. Culture
D. Authentication
Answer: D
Question: 291
What should the RTE do if impediments cannot be solved with the ART?
A. Hold a Scrum of Scrums event
B. Add the impediments to the risk sheet and ROAM them
C. Nothing – the RTE is responsible only for the ART level
D. Facilitate the escalation of impediments further beyond the ART
Answer: D
Question: 292
What is ART sync event at program level?

A. Combined PO Sync and Scrum of Scrums
B. Sync between the ScrumMasters and the Business Owners
C. Sync of all people on the ART
D. There is no such event in SAFe
Answer: A
Question: 293
Which team event ensures that relentless improvement - one of the pillars of SAFe's Lean-Agile Mindset - is happening at
the Team Level?
A. Iteration Review
C. Inspect & Adapt
D. System Demo
Answer: B
Question: 294
At which Tuckman stage the ART is established as a community?

A. Performing
B. Norming
C. Storming
D. Forming
Answer: B
Question: 295
What is the PDCA cycle?

A. Prepare, Do, Check, Adjust
B. Plan, Do, Check, Adjust
C. Prepare, Do, Check, Accept
D. Plan, Do, Check, Accept
Answer: B
Question: 296
When is the first formal integration point among teams on the Agile Release Train (ART)?
A. During the IP Iteration
B. Team demo
C. Integrated system demo
D. I&A event
Answer: C
Question: 297
Which of the following roles are involved into the preparation of the Program Backlog for PI Planning? (Choose two)
A. RTE
C. Enterprise Architect
D. Epic Owners
Answer: A,B
Question: 298
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?

A. Organizational Agility
B. Lean Portfolio Management
C. Business Agility
Answer: D
Question: 299
Why do teams have an Iteration retrospective?

A. To identify acceptance criteria
B. To adjust and identify ways to improve
C. To evaluate Metrics
D. To iterate on Stories
Answer: B
Question: 300
What can a Release Train Engineer use to support relentless improvement for the Pro-gram Increment?
A. Inspect and Adapt event
B. Iteration retrospective
C. Product Owner sync
D. Release management meeting
Answer: A
Question: 301
Teams are reporting a high level of success through their individual quantitative meas-urements, but the system results
say otherwise. What should the Release Train Engineer do to help the teams deliver more value?
A. Coach the Scrum Masters on good retrospective techniques and ensure teams are defining and taking a systems view
approach to improvements
B. Share the quantitative measurement results with Product Management and lead-ership and ask for their input
C. Diagnose the differences between the measurements and the results and suggest improvement items to each team
D. Work with the team that is struggling the most to discover patterns that can be ap-plied to the other teams
Answer: A
Question: 302
An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the developed Solution and the
Enterprise information architecture. What can the Release Train Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
A. Develop more detailed Feature definitions
B. Add data Architects onto the ART
C. Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
D. Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
Answer: C
Question: 303
What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Incre-ment (PI) Planning meeting?
A. Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
B. Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to social-ize with the teams the Features for
the upcoming PI
C. Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Pro-gram Backlog
D. Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
Answer: C
Question: 304
progress. What are two ways the RTE can provide a better under-standing of what the teams have created? (Choose
two.)
A. Educate teams that business value provides the Enterprise with a Metric of how fast the team executed work during
the PI
B. Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific details negotiated with the
team during PI Planning
C. Illustrate the linkage between business values and the market communica-tions/release objectives tied to the three to
six month Enterprise strategy
D. Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Own-ers score the businessvalue
achievedPublish the team business values and coach teams that these values are for track-ing each Agile
ReleaseTrain deliverable
Answer: B,D
Question: 305
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two)
A. Release Management
B. System Architects/Engineers
C. Product Owners
D. Scrum Masters
E. Product Management
Answer: B,E
Question: 306
Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth? (Choose two.)
A. Provide a team vision
B. Encourage continuous learning
C. Encourage skill specialization
D. Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
E. Facilitate conflict
Answer: B,D
Question: 307
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer as chief Scrum Master for the Agile Release Train (ART)?
(Choose two.)
A. Break down Features into Stories
B. Escalate ART impediments
C. Provide the go/no-go decision for large initiatives
D. Analyze Epics in the Portfolio Kanban
E. Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning
Answer: B,E
Question: 308
What is the best way to foster flow of value, innovation, and apply Lean budgeting in the Enterprise?
A. Determine Epic job size using the Lean business case
B. Launch Agile Release Trains
C. Implement the Lean Portfolio Management core competency
D. Coordinate all Agile Release Trains to provide feedback for cost of delay factors
Answer: C
Question: 309
Enabler Epics are used to advance what in order to support upcoming Business Epics?
A. Value Stream(s)
B. The Continuous Delivery Pipeline
C. The Architectural Runway
Answer: C
Question: 310
What are two anti-patterns for the IP Iteration? (Choose two.)

A. To minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays
B. To plan work for the IP lteration during P Planning
C. To allow for sufficient capacity in the Program Roadmap
D. To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects
E. To ensure all Stories and teams' Pl plans are completed prior to the IP Iteration
Answer: B,D
Question: 311
In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Epics are decomposed into what?
A. Features
B. Stories
C. Capabilities
Answer: A
Question: 312
At which Tuckman stage would an ART be if it is improving engineering practices and fostering more effective
communication?
A. Storming
B. Performing
C. Forming
D. Norming
Answer: D
Question: 313
The team's draft plan review consists of which three items at the end of the first day of the Program Increment (PI)
Planning event? (Choose three.)
A. Capacity and load estimates
B. Program delivery schedule
C. Draft PI Objectives
D. Risks and impediments
E. Iteration Goals
F. Refined team backlogs
Answer: A,C,D
Question: 314
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 ac-tion could the RTE take to manage expectations?
A. Determine the RTE's capacity for attending meetings and do not exceed it
B. Make status available at the end of every other Iteration rather than every Itera-tion
C. Delegate some program reporting and meeting attendance to Scrum Masters on the train
D. Encourage interested parties to attend the System Demo
Answer: D
Question: 315
Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements?

A. They stay in the Portfolio Backlog until implementation capacity is available
B. They are split into Features and acceptance criteria is established
C. They operate as constraints on the design of the system
Answer: C
Question: 316
At which two stages will the Agile Release Train (ART) act as a one-team culture? (Choose two.)
A. Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
B. Norming - Teams begin to form communities
C. Storming - Fostering continuous improvement
D. Collaborating - Pairing and sharing across the ART
E. Forming - The leaders will start to emerge
Answer: A,B
Question: 317
During which part of an Inspect and Adapt event would differences between planned business value and actual business
value be presented?
A. Retrospective
B. Problem-solving workshop
C. Quantitative and qualitative measurement
D. PI system demo
Answer: C
Question: 318
When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (Pl) planning, what does it mean when a feature is
placed in a team's swim lane with no strings?
A. That the feature can be completed by that team independently
B. That the team has not broken the feature into stories yet and has not identified dependencies
C. That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile release trains (ARTs) or Solution Trains
D. That the team has been assigned, but the feature’ uépendencies have not been identified yet
Answer: A
Question: 319
What does assigning business value to a team's Pl Objectives influence?

A. How the Kanban work in process limits are set
B. How to achieve objectives
C. How teams plan the implementation
Answer: C
Question: 320
The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Prod-uct Owner was previously a
related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?
A. Instruct the Scrum Master to resize the Story
B. Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
C. Suggest the team stop the sizing of the User Story and add it to the next lteration as-is
Answer: B
Question: 321
Which statement is true about estimating and forecasting the Portfolio Backlog?
A. Feature estimates are rolled up into Epic estimates
B. Refinement is necessary when estimating the effort needed to implement an Epic
C. WSJF is used to assign Epics to Value Streams
Answer: A
Question: 322
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.)
A. Drive teams to specific outcomes
B. Provide answers about Features
C. Coach leaders to increase alignment
D. Encourage teams to self-organize
E. Manage dependencies for teams
Answer: C,D
Question: 323
Why is the innovation pillar of the House of Lean important to SAFe?

A. It avoids the start-stop-start of project delays
B. It is the foundation of the House of Lean
C. It provides the shortest sustainable lead time
D. It ensures delivery of valuable products
Answer: D
Question: 324
At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team's final plan review covers
what information?
A. Team Features, Stories, and team-level enablers
B. Changes to capacity and load, final PI objectives, program risks and impediments
C. Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies
D. Planned Features, uncommitted objectives, and ROAMed risks
Answer: B
Question: 325
How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?

A. Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
B. Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
C. Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
D. Practice healthy conflict resolution between teams and team members
Answer: A
Question: 326
Which two roles should facilitate an ART sync? (Choose two.)

A. Epic Owner
B. Product Management
C. Product Owner
D. Release Train Engineer
E. Scrum Master
Answer: B,D
Question: 327
When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large dif-ference in time zones, what are
two key preparation and facilitation focus areas for a Re-lease Train Engineer (RTE)? (Choose two.)
A. Share the outcomes of preparation meetings with local Scrum Masters so they can arrange local rooms
B. Have a single RTE and technical support person that acts as a central point of communication for all locations
C. Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 – 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
D. Split up the PI Planning event per time zone and then have the final plan review, confidence vote, and planning
retrospective as one centralized meeting
E. Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
Answer: C,E
Question: 328
What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)

A. Stories are created for the Iterations
B. The team decides which changes need to happen and when
C. Too much time is spent analyzing each Story
D. Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams
E. Too much time is spent prioritizing Features
Answer: C,D
Question: 329
Which two actions can be taken immediately during the management review and prob-lem-solving meeting? (Choose
two.)
A. Change the business priorities
B. Recognize the team with the highest velocity
C. Combine teams to increase velocity
D. Change the scope
E. Hire new people
Answer: A,D
Question: 330
Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three ex-amples of old behaviors? (Choose
three.)
A. Focusing on deadlines
B. Fixing problems for the team
C. Driving toward specific outcomes
D. Asking the team for the answers
E. Facilitating team problem solving
F. Focusing on business value delivery
Answer: A,B,C
Question: 331
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release Train?
A. As decision makers
B. As developers of people
C. As a content authority for work
D. As problem solvers
Answer: B
Question: 332
What are two ways to ensure facility readiness when preparing for the Program Incre-ment (PI) Planning event? (Choose
two.)
A. Secure communication channels for remote participants
B. Print program boards
C. Engage audio-visual technical support
D. Share business value documents
E. Print PI Objectives
Answer: A,C
Question: 333
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that demotivate employees?
A. Business Owners
B. Lean-Agile Leaders
C. Portfolio Managers
D. Product Management
Answer: B
Question: 334
Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process improve-ments. How might the RTE support
them?
A. Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings
B. Conduct a survey to identify the worst problems the team is having
C. Observe the team's ceremonies and share observations
D. Run longer I&A meetings to brainstorm improvement items
Answer: A
Question: 335
Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three ex-amples of new coaching behaviors?
(Choose three.)
A. Facilitate team problem-solving
B. Focus on business value delivery
C. Drive toward specific outcomes
D. Fix problems for the team
E. Ask the team for the answer
F. Focus on deadlines
Answer: A,B,E
Question: 336
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?
A. There is strong alignment between business and marketing
B. Planning decisions have been centralized
C. Prioritization by Product Management was performed autonomously not collaboratively
D. There is no social network that Solution development relies on
Answer: C
Question: 337
What does assigning business value to a team's Pl Objectives influence?

A. How teams plan the implementation
B. How the Kanban work in process limits are set
C. How to achieve objectives
Answer: A
Question: 338
What is a characteristic of an effective Scrum Master?

A. Gives open, honest opinions
B. Removes all conflict
C. As a technical expert
D. Understands customer needs
Answer: C
Question: 339
What are two outputs of Iteration Planning? (Choose two.)

A. PI Objectives
B. Iteration goals
C. Team Backlog
D. Iteration backlog
E. Program Backlog
Answer: B,D
Question: 340
How are the 5 Whys used?

A. To coach a team through powerful questions
B. To brainstorm ideas
C. To define acceptance criteria for a Story
D. To identify a root cause(s) of a problem
Answer: D
Question: 341
Which core competency best describes the critical skills of Scrum, Kanban, and the Built-in Quality practices that are
needed to manage the flow of value?
A. Lean Portfolio Management
C. Agile Product Delivery
D. Team and Technical Agility
Answer: D
Question: 342
Which two behaviors should a Scrum Master represent as a coach? (Choose two.)
A. Provide subject matter expertise
B. Lay out the team's plan for the iteration
C. Encourage the team to learn from their mistakes
D. Set long-term goals for the team
E. Focus on deadlines and technical options
Answer: C,D
Question: 343
What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to mini-mize dependencies?
A. Change the definition of done
B. Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
C. Reprioritize Epics
Answer: B
Question: 344
How often should a system demo occur?

A. After the end of each program increment (Pl)
B. After every other iteration
C. After every release
D. After every iteration
Answer: D
Question: 345
What is the Scrum Master's role in team breakout #1?

A. Create mitigation plans for each risk
B. Resolve dependencies with other teams
C. Raise team level risks
D. Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies
Answer: D
Question: 346
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?

A. Absence of trust
B. Weak Lean-Agile leadership
C. Fear of conflict
D. Lack of commitment
Answer: A
Question: 347
In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Features are decomposed into what?
A. Stories
B. Sub-Tasks
C. Tasks
D. Capabilities
Answer: A
Question: 348
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?
A. To know the cycle time between important team and train events
B. To ensure that key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
C. To create a BVIR of the important team and ART milestones
D. To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
Answer: D
Question: 349
What is included in the Inspect and Adapt agenda?

A. Program backlog refinement
B. System Demo
C. Quantitative and qualitative measurement
Answer: C
Question: 350
In order to evolve the role of a leader in SAFe, which practices can the Release Train En-gineer (RTE) recommend?
A. Provide the RTE with weekly status reports
B. Develop detailed project plans
C. Manage up and across the Enterprise
D. Encourage personal development
Answer: D
Question: 351
Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordina-tion, and communication. What are
two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to support a successful PI Planning event? (Choose two.)
A. Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
B. Architectural readiness - Defining the Architectural Runway
C. Operational readiness - Facilitating PI events such as scrum of scrums, Iteration Planning, and System emo
D. Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
E. Process readiness - The operational rhythm that enables SAFe governance
Answer: A,D
Question: 352
What are two ways program risks can be categorized? (Choose two.)
A. Identified
B. Explained
C. Deferred
D. Resolved
E. Owned
Answer: D,E
Question: 353
The goal of Lean is to deliver the maximum customer value in the shortest sustainable lead time while providing what
else?
A. The highest possible quality
B. A Continuous Delivery Pipeline
C. Significant team contributions
D. Improved capacity allocation
Answer: A
Question: 354
In what way is a value stream map different from a process flow?

A. A value stream map uncovers local problems in functional organizations
B. A value stream map measures the flow of value and identifies bottlenecks for improvement
C. A value stream map is used to define Solution Context
D. A value stream map can be operational or developmental; process flows are only operational
Answer: B
Question: 355
Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points?

A. More than one team may be involved in the estimation
B. T-shirt sizing is the best way to estimate features
C. Feature estimation is performed solely by Product Managers
Answer: A
Question: 356
Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model?

A. Capabilities are in the Program Backlog
B. Features are in the Program Backlog
C. Stories are in the Solution Backlog
Answer: C
Question: 357
Who provides Agile Release Train context and Vision during Pl Planning?
A. Product Owner
B. Product Management
C. Release Train Engineer
D. Business Owner
Answer: B
Question: 358
Why should an RTE ensure that the SAFe principles are applied appropriately?
A. To ensure that the SAFe House of Lean is reflected in standard operating proce-dure
B. To build an understanding of why the lean-agile practices work
C. To make sure that no modifications are made by the adopters of SAFe
D. To maintain a central control of key decision-making
Answer: B
Question: 359
What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset as an individual?
A. Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
B. Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
C. Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
D. Frequently execute the SAFe individual self-assessment
Answer: B
Question: 360
When estimating stories, what is the Scrum Master's key responsibility?

A. Ensure the team gives accurate estimates
B. Ensure everyone on the team participates
C. Provide information about customer needs
D. Limit discussion to manage timeboxes
Answer: B
Question: 361
What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important? (Choose two.)
A. It allows the business and other stakeholders to plan effectively
B. It identifies under-performing teams
C. It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
D. It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program Increment (PI)
E. It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
Answer: B,C
Question: 362
Which statement is true about scrum?

A. lt is an ideal method for static design requirements
B. lt is a team-based framework
C. lt is a Lean system engineering technique
D. lt is a set of technical software practices
Answer: B
Question: 363
What is the main reason why some teams never reach Stage 4 (Performing) in the stag-es of high performing teams?
A. Because leadership is spontaneous
B. Because the team is not structured correctly
C. Because there are conflicts
D. Because no one guides them
Answer: D
Question: 364
When does the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle occur in scrum?

A. As part of the lteration retrospective
B. In the daily stand-up
C. At the lteration review
D. A cross all scrum events
Answer: D
Question: 365
Which two items should be kept under version control? (Choose two.)
A. Test data
B. Scrum of scrum results
C. Weighted shortest job first outcomes
D. Archived User Stories
E. Configuration Items
Answer: A,E
Question: 366
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI) execution? (Choose two.)
A. To facilitate the System Demo
B. To escalate and track impediments
C. To formulate and direct decisions on risks
D. To make decisions on resource issues for critical bottlenecks
E. To direct the management of the communities of practice
Answer: A
Question: 367
What is one way to develop sufficient Architectural Runway for the Agile Release Train?
A. Ask the teams to commit only to Enablers as their Program Increment (PI) Objec-tives during the PI Planning event
and address Features as uncommitted objec-tives for the first PI
B. Create alignment with the System Architect and Product Management that the first Program Increment (PI) is all
about Enablers in order to plan for creating business value in the second PI
C. Ask the Business Owner which Enablers have high business value
D. Work with Product Management and System Architects to identify future Features and determine the Enablers to
achieve them
Answer: D
Question: 368
Release Train Engineers have the opportunity to regularly practice and improve which two skills? (Choose two.)
A. Servant leadership
B. Facilitation
C. Test-driven development
D. Return on investment projections
E. Continuous Integration
Answer: A,B
Question: 369
When is the Inspect and Adapt event held?

A. At the end of every Iteration
B. At the end of the Program Increment (PI)
C. After the System Demo
D. During the Program Increment (PI)
Answer: B
Question: 370
The Agile Release Train (ART) is near the end of the final Iteration of their first Program Increment. Integration into
staging is more challenging than estimated. They add a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration
and testing. Why is this a bad idea?
A. Overall train velocity goes up and the time-to-market goes down
B. It substantially decreases the predictability of the Solution Intent
C. It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchroniza-tion
D. It decreases job satisfaction by removing autonomy and purpose
Answer: C
Question: 371
What are two purposes of a community of practice? (Choose two.)

A. To approve standards
B. To align tasks across teams
C. To refine definitions of done
D. To share knowledge and skills
E. To network
Answer: D,E
Question: 372
Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system

A. All work is visualized, progress is continually tracked
B. WIP limits are used to provide any needed buffers
C. Work is pushed through the Kanban to ensure train capacity is utilized
D. The board tracks features, dependencies and milestones
Answer: C
Question: 373
What is a primary responsibility of Business Owners in Program Increment (Pl) Planning?

A. To establish the Pl budget
B. To set the business context
C. To ensure that team members plan all of their priorities
Answer: B
Question: 374
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams dur-ing the current Program
Increment (PI)?
A. Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product Man-agement/System Architect, and begin
looking at dependencies, impediments, and knowledge building
B. Teams can review the Features and Enablers so they have an understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
C. Teams can establish face-to-face communication across all team members and stakeholders
D. Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agree-merits during PI Planning
Answer: A
Question: 375
Which one SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
A. Transparency
B. Respect for People and Culture
C. Flow
D. Innovation
Answer: A
Question: 376
SAFe is based on four primary bodies of knowledge which include Agile development, systems thinking, DevOps, and
what type of product development?
A. Incremental product development
B. Adaptive product development
C. Lean product development
D. Iterative product development
Answer: C
Question: 377
What are two examples of team-level events? (Choose two.)

A. Backlog refinement
B. System Demo
C. Daily stand-up
D. Program Increment Planning
Answer: C
Question: 378
What is the recommended duration of an Iteration in SAFe?

A. Three weeks
B. Two weeks
C. Four weeks
D. Six weeks
Answer: B
Question: 379
When is one time a Scrum Master may be a participant rather than a facilitator?
A. If the entire team is present during the daily stand-up
B. During team breakout sessions at Pl Planning
C. When using ad hoc teams for Inspect and Adapt
D. When the Agile Release Train does not require any team coordination
Answer: C
Question: 380
Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?

A. It is run after PO-sync and Scrum of Scrum events
B. It is a combination of PO-sync and Scrum of Scrums events
C. It occurs during the Innovation and Planning iteration
D. Attendance by the entire ART is important
Answer: B
Question: 381
What is the primary purpose of PO sync?

A. To build objectives for the Program Increment
B. To assess progress of the Program Increment and adjust scope and priority as needed
C. To align with the scrum of scrums participants on the status of the Program Increment
Answer: B
Question: 382
In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP Iteration provide time for?
A. An estimating guard band
B. An opportunity to integrate and perform end-to-end testing
C. Building in quality and compliance
D. Additional planned work
Answer: A
Question: 383
What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a Vision?
A. Which themes are on the Roadmap
B. How many Features have already been released to the Customer
C. Which problem will the Solution solve
Answer: C
Question: 384
Which statement is true about teams?

A. Products are more robust when individuals on teams have specific skill sets
B. Agile Teams can manage daily interruptions
C. Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals
D. Changes in team composition do not impact productivity
Answer: C
Question: 385
When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?
A. After PI Planning
B. During PI Planning
C. Prior to iteration planning
D. During backlog refinement
Answer: C
Question: 386
What is one example of a servant leader behavior pattern?

A. Thinks about the day-to-day activities
B. Uses authority rather than persuasion when necessary
C. Understands and empathizes with others
D. Focuses on individual task Metrics
Answer: C
Question: 387
An effective Scrum Master is a team-based servant leader who helps the team do what?
A. Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration retrospectives
B. Understand and operate within Lean Budgets
C. Develop better and more specialized skill sets
D. Manage the team's own backlog
Answer: A
Question: 388
Which statement is true about the definition of done (DoD)?

A. The DoD is not used by the teams because it is used as a method to manage tech-nical debt across the ART
B. At the higher levels there is only one DoD for everything that passes through the Agile Release Train to a Solution
increment or a release
C. The teams share one common DoD
D. The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
Answer: D
Question: 389
What is one purpose of iterations?

A. To demonstrate the increment to stakeholders
B. To provide fast feedback learning cycles and frequent integration
C. To provide a regular cadence for producing increments of value
D. To provide an architectural basis for future development
Answer: C
Question: 390
What is one way Kanbans are used in SAFe?

A. To manage queue length
B. To manage runway cadence
C. To manage Program Increment (Pl) Objectives
Answer: A
Question: 391
A group of developers, Scrums Masters, and Product Owners are interested in sharing knowledge and learning more
about DevOps concepts. How can the Release Train Engi-neer help them collaborate to gain knowledge about DevOps?
A. Align them with the System Team
B. Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
C. Schedule a DevOps bi-weekly synchronization
D. Provide Devops training
Answer: B
Question: 392
Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming En-abler work by establishing what?
A. Completed Epic acceptance criteria
B. Capacity allocation
C. Team Backlog prioritization
Answer: B
Question: 393
What does transparency mean in a scrum environment?

A. Development and Operations teams work together
B. The process is visible to all stakeholders
C. The team is constantly improving its process
D. Team members must immediately share any and all feedback with each other
Answer: B
Question: 394
Which three attributes summarize DevOps? (Choose three.)

A. A culture
B. Strong organizational structure
C. A set of technical practices
D. A mindset
E. A high performing DevOps team
F. Combined deployment and release
Answer: A,C,D
Question: 395
Which core competency helps foster faster lead time, faster recovery, fewer defects, and more frequent deployments?
A. Lean-Agile Leadership
C. Team and Technical Agility
Answer: D
Question: 396
Which SAFe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppli-ers?
A. Enterprise Solution Delivery
B. Business Agility
C. Measure and Grow
D. Lean Portfolio Management
Answer: A
Question: 397
Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility emphasizes a customer-centric ap-proach to defining, building, and
releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services?
A. Team and Technical Agility
C. Lean Portfolio Management
Answer: D
Question: 398
Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
A. Ensure the teams have allocated story points in the Innovation and Planning Itera-tion during the Program Increment
to account for the effort
B. Get approval for work to be done in the hackathon
C. Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
D. Work with development leaders to make sure they give clear and detailed guid-ance to the developers on what is
expected
Answer: C
Question: 399
Which SAFe tool might the RTE use to identify areas for an ART to improve how its Con-tinuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP)
functions?
A. Agile Product Delivery core competency assessment
B. Facilitate a CDP sync every iteration
C. Conduct empathy interviews with system architects/engineers
D. Architectural runway program backlog enablers
Answer: A
Question: 400
What are two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? (Choose two.)
A. Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
B. Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
C. Higher flow of program-level business value
D. Improved dependency management between teams
E. Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
Answer: A,E
Question: 401
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?
A. Ensure engineering managers are directing the development process
B. Coach the teams to create exploration Enablers
C. Ask for a presentation of a detailed design before the PI Planning meeting
D. Make sure all the technical specifications are written before PI execution
Answer: B
Question: 402
Which SAFe Principle is being applied when a Release Train Engineer treats Suppliers as partners?
A. Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
B. Assume variability; preserve options
C. Decentralize decision-making
D. Apply systems thinking
Answer: D
Question: 403
What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?

A. Eliminate impediments
B. Support the Product Owner
C. Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
D. Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
Answer: D
Question: 404
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?

A. Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
B. Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
C. Measuring lead time for all work in progress
D. Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
Answer: D
Question: 405
Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?

A. They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
B. They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
C. They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
D. They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
Answer: B
Question: 406
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program In-crement (PI) Planning?
A. The RTE modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on the scope of high priority Features
B. Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can nor-malize business value across all
teams on the Agile Release Train
C. All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
D. The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
Answer: C
Question: 407
During Pl Planning, who owns the planning of Stories into Iterations?

A. Agile Teams
B. Scrum Master
C. Product Management
D. System Architect
Answer: A
Question: 408
What is an anti-pattern for a Release Train Engineer facilitating a scrum of scrums meet-ing?
A. Run the meeting in front of the program board
B. Facilitate the meeting using a focused and visible agenda and timebox
C. Address the most important questions for Program Increment (PI) execution
D. Review individual team performance
Answer: D
Question: 409
What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)
A. Purchase a CI tool
B. Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
C. Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
D. Integrate often
E. Follow up with CI ceremonies
F. Make integration results visible
Answer: B,D,F
Question: 410
What is a common reason why a team is unable to estimate a story?

A. The team does not understand the tasks related to the story
B. The story lacks acceptance criteria
C. The team has no experience in estimating
D. The story does not include a role
Answer: B
Question: 411
What are personas?

A. Descriptions of actual target customers or users
B. Key end-users the Product Owner leverages for managing the backlog
C. Fictional representations of target customers or users
Answer: C
Question: 412
What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?

A. A set of tools and processes that govern how code is deployed
B. A process that provides visibility to impediments between writing code and deliv-ering value
C. A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close coopera-tion to provide value to the
Customer
D. A method that ensures Operations works with Development every day to deliver value
Answer: C
Question: 413
What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program board?

A. Problem solving
B. Program predictability
C. Feature delivery
D. Dependency review
Answer: C
Question: 414
How does SAFe handle the 'fear of conflict' team dysfunction?

A. Reviews results at the end of every iteration
B. Avoids discussion of disagreements
C. Has teams engage in retrospectives
D. Uses scrum to create a safe environment for conflict
Answer: D
Question: 415
After an Agile Release Train's first Program Increment (PI) Planning event, what action can the Release Train Engineer
take to help optimize the Program Backlog readiness for the next PI?
A. Ask Product Management and the System Architect what the new Program Back-log looks like just before the next
Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, so social-ization can begin
B. Compile all the teams' objectives from PI Planning and send out a summary report
C. Coach Product Management and the System Architect to include Program Backlog refinement into their cadence-
based approach
D. Ask the Lean Portfolio Management function to hold regular Epic review meetings so new Epics will flow to the Agile
Release Train
Answer: C
Question: 416
Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
A. Modified Fibonacci
B. Fishbone diagram
C. Dot voting
D. Pareto analysis
Answer: B
Question: 417
What is the best way for the Release Train Engineer to show progress of work in the cur-rent Program Increment (PI) to
management?
A. Conduct a System Demo
B. Generate a velocity trend report
C. Conduct a retrospective
D. Arrange for a separate meeting with Business Owners
Answer: A
Question: 418
Scrum Masters are effective by using scrum methods, supporting SAFe principles and practices, and what else?
A. Managing architectural runway
B. Serving as a customer proxy
C. Writing stories and enablers
D. Supporting delivery using Agile practices
Answer: D
Question: 419
A Release Train Engineer should build a relationship with which SAFe role in order to ef-fectively assign business value to
a team Program Increment (PI) Objective?
A. Business Owners
B. Lean-Agile Leaders
C. Objective Owners
D. Solution Managers
Answer: A
Question: 420
Who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration planning?
A. The Solution Owner
B. The Scrum Master
C. The team
D. The Product Owner
Answer: C
Question: 421
The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what during Program Increment (PI)
Planning?
A. Program-level PI Objectives
B. Stories
C. Features
D. Team-level PI Objectives
Answer: D
Question: 422
What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
A. To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
B. To increase predictability
C. To collect team performance metrics
D. To improve quality
E. To gauge team predictability
Answer: D,E
Question: 423
What is the purpose of Iteration Goals?

A. To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission
B. To hold the team accountable to their Pl Objectives
C. To summarize the business outcomes an Agile Team intends to achieve during the Program Increment (PI)
Answer: A
Question: 424
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?

A. Analyze value streams and transform them using lean-agile principles
B. Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
C. Promote better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
D. Use process-mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks
Answer: B
Question: 425
Product Management has content authority for the Program Backlog including the Vision, the Roadmap, driving the Pl
Objectives, and what else?
A. Establishing Features and benefit hypotheses
B. Managing risk, helping to ensure value delivery, and driving continuous improvement
C. Working with business stakeholders and Solution and System Architects to implement holistic technology across
Value Streams
Answer: A
Question: 426
What is this statement describing? "Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstanc-es and enhance the methods of
value delivery."
A. Continuous Improvement
B. Continuous Delivery
C. Continuous Integration
D. Continuous Deployment
Answer: A
Question: 427
What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
A. Ensuring compliance with process standards
B. Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
C. Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
D. Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
Answer: B
Question: 428
In systems thinking, value of a system passes through its what?

A. Integrations
B. Interactions
C. Interdependencies
D. Interconnections
Answer: D
Question: 429
Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?
A. The Tuckman four stages should be reflected in the design of the Program Kan-ban
B. Tuckman helps to better understand Team and ART topologies
C. The Tuckman dynamic nature of the stages requires that we assume variability and preserve options
D. An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages
Answer: D
Question: 430
Product Management is responsible for which activity?

A. Establishing an architectural vision for the Agile Release Release Train
B. Defining Program Backlog content
C. Prioritizing the Portfolio Backlog
Answer: B
Question: 431
During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not finishing a Feature before
the end of the Program Increment (PI). How can the man-agement team help ensure they complete the Feature within
the PI?
A. Use buffer resources as a guard band
B. Redefine the definition of done for Features
C. ROAM the risk appropriately
D. Negotiate a reduction in scope of the Feature
Answer: D
Question: 432
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the up-coming Program Increment (PI)
meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted shortest job first calculation?
A. The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
B. The actual business value of each Feature
C. Feature size expressed in story points
D. Job size based on relative estimation
Answer: D
Question: 433
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose three.)
A. Feature delivery dates
B. PI Objectives
C. Program risks
D. Milestones
E. Dependencies between teams
F. Team velocity
Answer: A,D,E
Question: 434
Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of Program In-crement (PI) Planning? (Choose
two.)
A. Risks on the teams' planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
B. Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are re-quired to have all backlog item types
on their planning boards
C. Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
D. All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
E. Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
Answer: C,D
Question: 435
What is a benefit of capacity allocation?

A. It enables more effective time tracking
B. It ensures all value streams in the portfolio are appropriately funded
C. It ensures different types of backlog items are not compared against one another
Answer: C
Question: 436
Which two practices are most important for the Agile Release Train to best support Re-lease on Demand? (Choose two.)
A. Aligning around organizational value streams
B. Centralized risk management
C. Decouple deployment from release
D. Change board community of practice
E. Continuous Integration
Answer: C,E
Question: 437
What does an effective Scrum Master help the team with?

A. Risk mitigation
B. Team metrics
C. Relentless improvement
D. Deploying work
Answer: C
Question: 438
Which SAFe Core Competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile?
A. Continuous Learning Culture
B. Agile Product Delivery
C. Organizational Agility
D. Lean-Agile Leadership
Answer: D
Question: 439
Iteration Goals serve what purpose?

A. To align team members to a common purpose
B. To define the what, the how, and the how much
C. To set preliminary PI Objectives
Answer: A
Question: 440
What are two purposes of the System Demo? (Choose two.)

A. To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
B. To exercise the performance of the staging area
C. To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
D. To demonstrate a team's build
E. To conduct the Inspect and Adapt workshop
Answer: A
Question: 441
Which primary role should emphasize lifelong learning?

A. Lean-Agile Leaders
B. Scrum Masters
D. Business Owners
Answer: A
Question: 442
Which type of Enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?
A. Enabler Epics
B. Enabler Features
C. Enabler Capabilities
D. Enabler Stories
Answer: A
Question: 443
Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect and Adapt workshop?
A. Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and management can participate along
with the teams
B. The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the fi-nal scrum of scrums of the Program
Increment (PI)
C. Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an ef-fective outcome
D. The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop should be items that only leadership
can address
Answer: A
Question: 444
How can a ReleaseTrain Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?

A. Gather employee Metrics immediately after the Agile Release Train launches
B. Address and resolve any problems areas
C. Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
D. Survey full-time employees
Answer: C
Question: 445
What falls outside the Scrum Master’s responsibility? (Choose two.)

A. Estimating Stories for the team
B. Assigning Stories to team members
C. Facilitating backlog refinement
D. Facilitating the team’s Innovation and Planning event
E. Coaching the team
Answer: A,B
Question: 446
What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the Agile Release Train?
A. Provide them a planning schedule outlining a five-year plan for development
B. Have them estimate User Stories for the teams
C. Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives after each PI Planning event
D. Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) Planning event
Answer: D
Question: 447
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?
A. Collaboration over documentation is a key recommendation of the Agile Manifes-to
B. Workshops are more engaging than document writing
C. It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next Program Increment
Answer: C
Question: 448
In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?

A. Coordinating with other teams
B. Owning the daily stand-up
C. Facilitating the Scrum of Scrums
D. Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Answer: A
Question: 449
Which tool can the Release Train Engineer use to visualize the flow of value?
A. Weighted shorted job first
B. Team burn-down charts
C. Velocity trend charts
D. Kanban systems
Answer: D
Question: 450
Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core
Value?
A. Transparency
B. Program Execution
C. Alignment
Answer: C
Question: 451
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?
A. Allow the problem to reach a critical point knowing that a minor failure is a tech-nique for learning
B. Encourage the System Team and Product Management to meet and collaborate on a solution
C. Escalate the problem to senior management to get the required action
D. Direct Product Management to define the use cases for the Features
Answer: B
Question: 452
What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment (PI) Planning event?
A. Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
B. Include inexperienced team members
C. Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
D. Overprepare for PI Planning
Answer: D
Question: 453
When should Agile Teams make time for innovation?

A. Continuously throughout the Program Increment
B. When there are Enabler Stories in the Backlog
C. At a consistent time each day during the Iteration
Answer: A
Question: 454
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?
A. Share and receive feedback from other RTEs in a community of practice
B. Post it in an internal communications forum and inspire others to try this technique as well
C. Ask leadership to decide whether or not this technique should be used with the Agile Release Train
D. Start a discussion with the Architects to see how they would re-design the retro-spectives
Answer: A
Question: 455
How can a Release Train Engineer support decentralized decision making?

A. Update team Program Increment (PI) Objectives when shipping a time critical re-lease
B. Empower knowledge workers to manage their dependencies with other teams
C. Evaluate the strategy for the Value Stream
D. Change the cadence of the Agile Release Train
Answer: B
Question: 456
The business must depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?
A. Team capabilities
B. Commitment to the plan
C. Measurements
D. A cross-functional skill set
Answer: B
Question: 457
What is the only true objective measure of an Agile Release Train?

A. System Demo
B. Scrum of scrums
C. Cumulative flow diagram
D. Team status report
Answer: A
Question: 458
What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team's backlog they can commit to
delivering during an upcoming Iteration?
A. Backlog refinement
B. Solution planning
C. lteration planning
D. Solution Demo
Answer: C
Question: 459
Why is a confidence vote held at the end of program increment (Pl) planning?
A. To build shared commitment to the plan
B. To remove the risks for the Pl
C. To ensure the business owners accept the plan
D. To hold the teams accountable if the Agile release train (ART) does not deliver on its commitment
Answer: A
Question: 460
Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose two.)
A. Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
B. Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
C. Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
D. Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
E. Understand and facilitate weighted shortest job first
Answer: C,E
Question: 461
What is the best way for a Release Train Engineer to support teams having challenges with problem identification and
decision making?
A. By providing solution ideas
B. By changing team composition
C. By listening to the team
D. By escalating to senior management
Answer: C
Question: 462
What is an example of Scrum Master servant leader behavior?

A. Keeps their opinions to themselves
B. Strives to create a conflict-free environment
C. Focuses on the day-to-day team activities
D. Uses persuasion instead of authority
Answer: D
Question: 463
Which behavior exemplifies servant leadership?

A. Creating an environment of mutual influence
B. Protecting the teams and train from negative reviews
C. Ensuring appropriate justice is served if things go wrong
D. Looking out for the interests of customers and stakeholders
Answer: A
Question: 464
During Pl Planning, who owns Feature priorities?

B. Solution Architect/Engineer
D. Business Owner
Answer: C
Question: 465
What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two of Program Increment (PI) Planning?
A. Encourage discussion of each team's product Vision as part of the final plan re-view
B. Verify that each team's uncommitted objectives have lower business value than the committed PI Objectives in order
to reflect proper prioritization
C. Facilitate the ROAMing of each team's risks
D. Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile Release Train
Answer: D
Question: 466
Which three topics are covered on the first day of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event? (Choose three.)
A. Ishikawa diagrams
B. Team velocity Metrics
C. Business context
D. Cumulative flow diagrams
E. Product/Solution Vision
F. Architecture Vision and development practices
Answer: C.E,F
Question: 467
Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility includes aligning strategy with exe-cution?
A. Organizational Agility
B. Lean Portfolio Management
C. Agile Product Delivery
D. Lean-Agile Leadership
Answer: B
Question: 468
Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner?

A. Testing Features
B. Assigning Pl Objectives
C. Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Answer: C
Question: 469
What promotes alignment between the business owners and product management?
A. Quantification of transaction and holding costs
B. Epics supported by Lean Business Cases
C. Prioritized Program Backlog
D. Applying cadence and synchronization
Answer: C
Question: 470
Program Increment (PI) Objectives should be written in the SMART format. What does the "R" in SMART stand for?
A. Realistic
B. Required
C. Random
D. Rationalized
Answer: A
Question: 471
Several Scrum Masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do about a shared issue. What is an
appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
A. Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
B. Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities
C. Being the final "decision making authority" once all views have been heard
D. Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture
Answer: B
Question: 472
What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
A. Delivery can be stifled incrementally
B. Bottlenecks can be hard to identify and resolve
C. Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
D. Teams can have no time for fixing bugs
Answer: C
Question: 473
Which two actions must the Release Train Engineer (RTE) take when facilitating the Pro-gram Increment (PI) Planning
event? (Choose two.)
A. Prioritize the Features
B. Distribute the PI Planning agenda to the Agile Teams
C. Purchase sugary snacks
D. Ensure the facilities are set up appropriately
E. Wear the RTE visor
Answer: B,D
Question: 474
Which statement describes the three elements that the Innovation and Planning Iteration provides?
A. Releasing, Continuous Integration, and planning
B. Innovation, planning, and an estimating guard band
C. Iteration Planning, User Story refinement and estimating
D. Estimating techniques, training, and innovation
Answer: B
Question: 475
Which tool is useful in facilitating scrum of scrums meetings?

A. Microsoft project schedule
B. Agile lifecycle management software
C. Program board
D. Team velocity comparison report
Answer: C
Question: 476
What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to
accomplish the Vision?
A. Top ten Features
B. Top 20 Features
C. Business context
D. Program board
Answer: A
Question: 477
Which event facilitated by the Release Train Engineer is designed to keep the Agile Re-lease Train on the tracks?
A. Daily stand-up
B. Iteration review
C. Solution Demo
D. Scrum of scrums
Answer: D

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QUESTION & ANSWERS

The IP iteration can contain user value stories

Which of the following have their own Definition of Done in SAFe?

Who is responsible for delivering solution value?

B. The System Team

C. The System Architect

What type of leader is the RTE?

C. Command and control

B. At the beginning of Day 2

C. At the end of Day 1

D. At the end of Day 2

What are the consequences of not having IP iteration?

B. Technical debt increase

D. People burn out

How many teams typically form an ART?

C. Chief Product Owne

B. Actionable items for improvements

C. New program artifacts

Who does the team demo to on the Team demo?

At which Tuckman stage the ART is established as a community?

C. Cumulative Flow Diagram

D. Lead time diagram

Program risks are outside of the team's control

PI Objectives are following which format?

B. Release Burndown Chart

C. Team Kanban Board

Which of the following is benefit from having Iteration Goals?

B. Providing context for understanding and addressing cross-team dependencies

C. Alignment of team members and the Product Owner to the mission

D. All of the above

C. Inspect & Adapt

C. People will get bored during PI Planning

D. The PI Planning event will become redundant

Which of the following is not responsibility of the RTE?

B. Removing impediments for the ART

C. Fostering collaboration between the ART teams

D. Removing team level impediments

Which ART event drives relentless improvement?

PI Objectives need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and ?

How is the Program Backlog prioritized?

A. Business features take preference

B. An economic balance of business features and enablers is sought

C. Enablers take preference

D. Long term architectural concerns take the highest priority

Which of the following is not one of the SAFe Lean-Agile principles?

B. Decentralize decision making​

C. Take an economic view

D. Organize around value

The teams in the ART are synchronized on a common cadence called

C. Product Increment (PI)

D. Portfolio Increment (PI)

Which of the following is anti-patterns for the IP iteration?

B. holding hackathons during the IP iteration

C. working on innovation spikes during the IP iteration

D. planning work for the IP iteration during PI Planning

Which of the below is not part of the 8 behaviors of servant leaders?

B. Listens an d supports teams in problem identification and decision-making

C. Creates an environment of mutual influence

D. Understands and empathizes with others

What is the PDCA cycle?

B. Prepare, Do, Check, Adjust

B. Decentralize decision making

C. Forming, Norming,Storming, Performing