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Total questions: 88
Worksheet time: 3hrs 56mins
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Date
1.
A SAFe Scrum Master demonstrates which servant leadership behavior
a)
Determines what the team needs to improve or change
b)
Provides recommendations and makes decisions for the team
c)
Refrains from celebrating success or feeling bad about iteration failures
d)
Encourages everyone to express their ponts or view
e)
NA
2.
A team regularly achieves 150% of its planned business value. How might the team adapt for the next PI?
a)
Plan 20% more story points in the next PI to match capacity to demand
b)
Adjust story sizing to reduce velocity
c)
Collaborate with other teams to teach them how to achieve high business value
d)
Determine ways to increase the ratio of committed PI Objectives to uncommitted objectives
e)
NA
3.
What is one anti-pattern that can occur during the IP Iteration?
a)
The teams build our their development capabilities
b)
The teams prepare for the I&A event
c)
The teams integrate the whole system for the first time
d)
The teams learn a new programming language
e)
NA
4.
How can a Scrum Master address a fear of conflict within a team?
a)
Create a safe environment that encourages the discussion of disagreements
b)
Tell the team to make a shared commitment to each other
c)
Include stakeholders in the review of results in order to achieve accountability
d)
Help the team review results using empirical data at the end to each iteration
e)
NA
5.
According to Tuckeman´s stages of team dynamics, an Agile Team that "respect each other´s opinions and values their differences" is in which team development stage?
a)
Forming
b)
Performing
c)
Storming
d)
Norming
e)
NA
6.
What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?
a)
To foster normalized estimating within the team
b)
To facilitate PI Planning
c)
To maintain the Team Backlog
d)
To participate in PO Sync meeting
e)
NA
7.
What could the Scrum Master do if the team is consistently going over the timebox during team events?
a)
Maintain communication outside the team events
b)
Schedule longer events
c)
Bring the issue to the Release Train Engineer during the Scrum of Scrums event
d)
Increase the frequency of events
e)
NA
8.
The Scrum Master notices the Agile Team does not have cross-functional skills. What could the Scrum Master do to improve this situation?
a)
Create development plans for each of the team members
b)
Mandate pair programming across the team
c)
Bring the issue to the team ans ask for their suggestions
d)
Facilitate a personal development discussion with the team´s manager
e)
NA
9.
What is an example of a powerful question that a Scrum Master might ask while coaching an Agile Team?
a)
Why aren`t you doing what i`m telling you to do ?
b)
What is it we`re not seeing?
c)
Who has the best information?
d)
Do you agree?
e)
NA
10.
What is the Scrum Master´s role in the I&A?
a)
To demonstrate improvement items during the PI System Demo
b)
To facilitate one of the teams in the problem solving workshop
c)
To ensure all team members are in attendance
d)
To add actionable items to the Program Backlog
e)
NA
11.
What is a characteristic of a SAFe Agile Team?
a)
Agile Teams deliver value at the end of each PI
b)
Scrum Masters write and accept stories
c)
The scrum master and Product Owner are part of the Agile Team
d)
Agile Teams have between three and nine people
e)
NA
12.
What is an estimating guard - band for cadence - based delivery?
a)
PI Objectives
b)
IP Iteration
c)
Iteration goals
d)
PI Planning
e)
NA
13.
Which pillar of Scrum is also one of the SAFe Core Values?
a)
Adaptation
b)
Alignment
c)
Transparency
d)
Inspection
e)
NA
14.
An Agile team that routinely excludes the Product Owner from Iteration Retrospective is ignoring which Scrum value?
a)
Openness
b)
Commitment
c)
Focus
d)
Courage
e)
NA
15.
What is one characteristic of an Agile team´s Iteration?
a)
Are typically 8-12 weeks long
b)
The Scrum Master is responsible for approving the during
c)
The during can be extended to complete unfinished testing
d)
Scope changes should be minimized once it starts
e)
NA
16.
Which event ensures the Agile Release Train (ART) reviews the current state of the solution and provides an opportunity to identify improvement for the next PI?
a)
Iteration Review
b)
ART Sync
c)
I&A
d)
System Demo
e)
NA
17.
During Iteration Planning, what must be established before reviewing the Team Backlog and stories?
a)
Size estimates
b)
Iteration goals
c)
Team capacity
d)
Story assignments
e)
NA
18.
What is one benefit of program increment (PI) objectives?
a)
They create a near - term focus and vision
b)
They describe a process for defining team goals
c)
They form a guiding coalition
d)
They ensure accurate status reporting
e)
NA
19.
Which Iteration event provides the team with the primary opportunity for improving outcomes?
a)
Refinement
b)
Planning
c)
Retrospective
d)
DSU
e)
NA
20.
While assigning business value, the Business Owners gives a value of two to a team PI Objectives that they see as more technical in nature. This concerns the team due to the critical nature of the work. What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
a)
Escalate to the Release Train Engineer and Product Manager
b)
Tell the team that Business Owners can provide any business value that they think is right
c)
Challenge the Business Owner and ensure that a more higher business value is assigned to the objective
d)
Facilitate an opportunity for a team to explain their perspective or the business value delivered by the objective
e)
NA
21.
During backlog refinement, the Product Owner present each story and then confirms and/or clarifies what?
a)
Story test pass/fail behavior
b)
Business value
c)
Acceptance criteria
d)
Details of the story test strategy
e)
NA
22.
DevOps is part of which SAFe core competency?
a)
Organizational Agility
b)
Team and Technical Agility
c)
Agile Product Delivery
d)
Enterprise Solution Delivery
e)
NA
23.
What is the primary goal of DevOps in SAFe?
a)
Improve collaborations across the value stream
b)
Create a system team on the Agile Release Train
c)
Increase the speed of the development teams
d)
Maximize stability of the solution in production
e)
N A
24.
A Scrum Master notices the team is often unable to support maintenance that arise on an ad hoc basis, even though it was agreed that the team would provide this support. What could the Scrum Master do?
a)
Trust the team will move past the storming team formation stage and become better ad hoc support
b)
Focus the team on production issues even if that means delaying the completion of their other commitments
c)
Suggest the team leave some capacity some capacity available when planning the iteration
d)
Encourage the team to defer the ad hoc issues to the iteration
e)
NA
25.
A team is running out of time to draft their PI Objectives for the draft plan review because they are creating very detailed plans. What the best action for the Scrum Master to take?
a)
Support the team and ask the Business Owners to wait for the team's PI Objectives
b)
Escalate to the Release Train Engineer
c)
While the team is preparing plans, encourage the Product Owner to write the objectives
d)
Coach the team to focus on the agenda and time boxes and not detailed iteration planning
e)
NA
26.
When a Scrum Master ask questions that encourage the team to look at decisions from a new perspective, which servant leader trait is being demostrated?
a)
Managers cadence and synchronization
b)
Drives the personal development of each individual
c)
Supports decentralized decision making
d)
Persuades rather than uses authority
e)
NA
27.
A Scrum Master raises a cross-team issue at the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) and there is not enough time to talk through it in detail. What action should the Scrum Master Take?
a)
Wait for the next SoS event and re-raise the issue
b)
Ask their Product Manager to discuss it at the PO sync
c)
Continue the discussion as soon as possible after the SoS is over
d)
Raise the issue with the Solution Train Engineer
e)
NA
28.
What is a characteristic of an effective Scrum master?
a)
Gives open, honest opinions
b)
Removes all conflict
c)
Is a technical expert
d)
Understands customer needs
e)
NA
29.
Which event is a Scrum Master responsible for facilitating?
a)
Scrum of scrums
b)
PI Planning
c)
Iteration Planning
d)
System Demo
e)
NA
30.
The team has struggled in this iteration to meet their goals, so they want to cancel the iteration review. Which risk is introduced by cancelling the Iteration Review?
a)
The team is unable to incomplete feedback during the next Iteration Planning
b)
The team cannot accept work as complete
c)
The team does not know when the prior iteration ends and the next iteration begins
d)
The team cannot improve their internal processes
e)
NA
31.
How can Scrum Masters prepare for an Iteration Retrospective?
a)
Collect updated iteration metrics
b)
Define improvement stories for the team
c)
Determine which subject matter expert to invite
d)
Identify the list of problems to address
e)
NA
32.
Lean Flow, as defined as part of the SAFe CALMR approach, is supported by which SAFe Principle?
a)
Apply system thinking
b)
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
c)
Organize around value
d)
Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue length
e)
NA
33.
What is considered an anti-pattern for the Iteration Retrospective?
a)
Adding improvenment items to the Team Backlog
b)
Choosing an action item for a another team
c)
Focusing on what to preserve as well as what to improve
d)
Discussign iteration metrics during the retrospective
e)
NA
34.
What is an anti-pattern of the DSU?
a)
Scheduling meet - afters
b)
Stopping the meeting due to conflict
c)
Excluding the Product Owner
d)
Focusing on Iteration goals
e)
NA
35.
What can a Scrum Master do to foster relentless improvement?
a)
Focus on process adjustments
b)
Introduce the team to problem - solving techniques
c)
Invite people outside the team to the iteration retrospective
d)
Suggest improvent items for the team
e)
NA
36.
What is an advantage of using an Agile approach?
a)
Testing is deferred until the end of the development process
b)
All key requirements are known at the start
c)
Value is delivered early and continuously
d)
Phase gates help validate agreement on key deliverables
e)
NA
37.
When the Scrum Master recommends the team have coding and testing elements in the same story, which SAFe Core Value are they demonstrating?
a)
Built - in Quality
b)
Program execution
c)
Alignment
d)
Transparency
e)
NA
38.
What is one of the Scrum Master's responsibilities during the innovation and planning (IP) iteration?
a)
Create the program predictability measure
b)
Remove scope that exceeds capacity
c)
Facilitate the team preparation for the program increment (PI) system demo
d)
Update the program increment (PI) roadmap
e)
NA
39.
How can a Scrum Master support a problem-solving workshop?
a)
By acting as a process coach to the teams and providing the right answers
b)
By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on specific problems
c)
By coaching the Release Train Engineer on managing the event
d)
By estimating the work effort required to implement recommended improvements
e)
NA
40.
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
a)
Absence of trust
b)
Avoidance of accountability
c)
Lack of commitment
d)
Weak Lean-Agile Leadership
e)
NA
41.
What is a characteristic of an effective Scrum Master?
a)
Provides status
b)
Supports the autonomy of the team
c)
Is a technical expert
d)
Understands Customer needs
e)
NA
42.
SAFe is based on several bodies of knowledge that include Agile development, systems thinking, and what type of product development?
a)
Adaptive product development
b)
DevOps product development
c)
Incremental product development
d)
Lean product development
e)
NA
43.
Which Agile Manifesto principle describes the importance of PI Planning in SAFe?
a)
Simplicity, the art of maximizing the amount of work not done, is essential
b)
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams
c)
Working software is the primary measure of progress
d)
The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within an Agile Team is face-to-face conversation
e)
NA
44.
What is the purpose of Iterations and Program Increments?
a)
To demonstrate the increment to stakeholders
b)
To provide an architectural basis for future development
c)
To provide fast feedback learning cycles and frequent integration
d)
To provide fixed dates for delivery
e)
NA
45.
How often should a System Demo occur?
a)
Every week
b)
Every PI
c)
After every Iteration
d)
After every release
e)
NA
46.
How does the Scrum Master provide the most value to the team?
a)
By facilitating discussions between the Product Owner and the team
b)
By scheduling scrum-supported events to ensure team alignment
c)
By ensuring timeboxes are kept during team meetings and working sessions
d)
By ensuring impediments are removed for the team
e)
NA
47.
What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?
a)
Prioritizing the work of the Systems Team
b)
Coordinating with the Solution Architect and Solution Management
c)
Facilitating an effective team breakout session during PI Planning
d)
Maintaining the depth of the Architectural Runway
e)
NA
48.
The goal of Lean is to deliver the maximum Customer value in the shortest sustainable lead time while providing what else?
a)
Improved capacity allocation
b)
The highest possible quality
c)
Significant team contributions
d)
A Continuous Delivery Pipeline
e)
NA
49.
When is Iteration Planning completed?
a)
When the Scrum Master commits
b)
When the team commits
c)
When the timebox is complete
d)
When the Product Owner commits
e)
NA
50.
What is one of the Scrum Master's responsibilities during the IP Iteration?
a)
Remove scope that exceeds capacity
b)
Facilitate the team preparation for the PI System Demo
c)
Create the program predictability measure
d)
Update the PI Roadmap
e)
NA
51.
PI Objectives summarize data into meaningful information that enhances alignment and provides what outcome?
a)
Visibility for all
b)
A guiding coalition
c)
Accurate status reporting
d)
A process for defining team goals
e)
NA
52.
When working with an Agile Team, what is expected from Product Management?
a)
To provide the Iteration Vision to the team
b)
To clarify the scope of Feature work
c)
To coach the team on Agile practices
d)
To define the technical software specifications
e)
NA
53.
The Scrum Master is what above all else?
a)
The Iteration owner
b)
A servant leader
c)
A team coach
d)
A SAFe Agilist
e)
NA
54.
At the end of the first Iteration, the team finishes User Stories A, B, and 50% of C. The Story sizes are set at these points: Story A = 8 points | Story B = 1 point | Story C = 5 points | Story D = 3 points What is the team's velocity?
a)
7.0
b)
11.5
c)
14.0
d)
9.0
e)
NA
55.
What is the key Scrum Master responsibility when estimating Stories?
a)
Limit discussion to minimize timeboxes
b)
Provide information about Customer needs
c)
Ensure the team gives estimates that do not increase the velocity
d)
Ensure everyone on the team participates
e)
NA
56.
What is the goal of the scrum of scrums event?
a)
To review each team's progress on its Stories
b)
To demo Features to Product Management
c)
To focus on Agile Release Train process improvement
d)
To review the Agile Release Train's progress toward its PI Objectives
e)
NA
57.
When looking at a program board, what does it mean when a Feature is placed in a team’s swim lane with no strings?
a)
The team has been assigned, but the Feature dependencies have not yet been identified
b)
That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile Release Trains or Solution Trains
c)
That the team has not broken the Feature into Stories yet and has not identified dependencies
d)
That the Feature can be completed independent from other teams
e)
NA
58.
During PI Planning, who owns Feature priorities?
a)
Business Owner
b)
Solution Architect/Engineer
c)
Product Management
d)
Release Train Engineer
e)
NA
59.
What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
a)
Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
b)
Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
c)
Identify infrastructure improvements
d)
Allow for cadence-based planning
e)
NA
60.
Why is it important for the Scrum Master to help the team focus on daily and Iteration goals?
a)
To facilitate the team's progress towards the current PI Objectives
b)
To help the team maintain their velocity
c)
To eliminate impediments
d)
To keep the Team Backlog to a manageable size
e)
NA
61.
What is a common reason why a team is unable to estimate a Story?
a)
The team has no experience in estimating
b)
The Story lacks acceptance criteria
c)
The Story does not include a role
d)
The team does not understand the tasks related to the Story
e)
NA
62.
What is an example of Scrum Master servant leader behavior?
a)
Focuses on the day-to-day team activities
b)
Strives to create a conflict-free environment
c)
Facilitates the major events and processes
d)
Uses persuasion instead of authority
e)
NA
63.
Which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?
a)
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
b)
Owning the daily stand-up
c)
Facilitating the scrum of scrums
d)
Coaching the Agile Team
e)
NA
64.
When is a Feature hypothesis fully evaluated?
a)
When the Customer uses the Feature in production
b)
When the Feature has been deployed to production
c)
When the Feature's return on investment has been realized
d)
When the Feature is accepted by Product Management
e)
NA
65.
An effective Scrum Master elevates people problems to the appropriate levels only after what has occurred?
a)
The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI Objectives
b)
Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the outcome
c)
They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action
d)
A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master
e)
NA
66.
The SAFe Scrum Master role includes traditional scrum team leadership and responsibilities to which other group?
a)
To the other Agile Teams on the ART
b)
To the Business Owners
c)
To the Solution Train Engineers
d)
To the teams that make up the Lean Portfolio
e)
NA
67.
An effective Scrum Master helps the team improve in areas including quality, predictability, flow, and where else?
a)
Relentless improvement
b)
Risk mitigation
c)
Continuous delivery
d)
Team Metrics
e)
NA
68.
What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
a)
DevOps
b)
Servant leadership
c)
Economic framework
d)
Continuous Deployment
e)
NA
69.
What does transparency mean in a scrum environment?
a)
The process is visible to all stakeholders
b)
Development and Operations teams work together
c)
The team is constantly improving its process
d)
Team members must immediately share any and all feedback with each other
e)
NA
70.
Which team dysfunction does SAFe help address with the help of Business Owners?
a)
Lack of visibility
b)
Avoidance of accountability
c)
Missed timeboxes
d)
Lack of transparency
e)
NA
71.
How does SAFe handle the 'fear of conflict' team dysfunction?
a)
Review results to drive accountability
b)
Empirically review results at the end of every Iteration and after each release
c)
Use scrum to create a safe environment for conflict
d)
Have teams engage in retrospectives
e)
NA
72.
What is accomplished in the first part of the PI Planning meeting?
a)
The Scrum Master decides how much work can be accomplished
b)
The Product Owner defines the Iteration goal
c)
Items are selected from the Program Backlog
d)
All tasks are defined
e)
NA
73.
Why is a confidence vote held at the end of PI Planning?
a)
To hold the teams accountable if the Agile Release Train does not deliver on its commitment
b)
To remove the risks for the PI
c)
To build shared commitment to the plan
d)
To ensure the Business Owners accept the plan
e)
NA
74.
Why is it important for a Scrum Master to be a servant leader?
a)
To help the team become high-performing
b)
To provide team structure
c)
To drive the team to succeed
d)
To coach the team in effective engineering practices
e)
NA
75.
Cadence and synchronization help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
a)
Other commitments
b)
Product Management
c)
Capacity allocation
d)
The variability in Solution development
e)
NA
76.
When estimating stories, what is the Scrum Master's key responsibility?
a)
Provide information about customer needs
b)
Limit discussion to manage timeboxes
c)
Ensure everyone on the team participates
d)
Ensure the team gives accurate estimates
e)
NA
77.
What is an innovation and planning (IP) Iteration anti-pattern?
a)
Leave the IP iteration empty of work as an estimating guard band
b)
Use the IP iteration for infrastructure improvements
c)
Plan innovation spikes or hackathons to occur during the IP iteration
d)
Plan work for the IP iteration during program increment (PI) planning
e)
NA
78.
The SAFe Scrum Master role includes responsibilities to which other group?
a)
Solution Train Engineers
b)
Business owners
c)
The other Agile Teams on the Agile release train (ART)
d)
Solution Management
e)
NA
79.
What is one benefit of program increment (PI) objectives?
a)
They describe a process for defining team goals
b)
They create a near-term focus and vision
c)
They ensure accurate status reporting
d)
They form a guiding coalition
e)
NA
80.
When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (PI) 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 the team has been assigned, but the feature dependencies have not been identified yet
d)
That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile release trains (ARTs) or Solution Trains
e)
NA
81.
What does the letter C represent in SAFe's CALMR approach to DevOps?
a)
Continuous deployment
b)
Culture
c)
Continuous delivery
d)
Collaboration
e)
NA
82.
What is one purpose of iterations?
a)
To provide a regular cadence for producing increments of value
b)
To demonstrate the increment to stakeholders
c)
To provide fast feedback learning cycles and frequent integration
d)
To provide an architectural basis for future development
e)
NA
83.
What is one of the Scrum Master's responsibilities during the innovation and planning (IP) Iteration?
a)
Create the program predictability measure
b)
Remove scope that exceeds capacity
c)
Facilitate the team preparation for the program increment (PI) system demo
d)
Update the program increment (PI) roadmap
e)
NA
84.
SAFe is based on three primary bodies of knowledge which include Agile development, systems thinking, and what type of product development?
a)
Iterative product development
b)
Adaptive product development
c)
Lean product development
d)
Incremental product development
e)
NA
85.
Why is a confidence vote held at the end of program increment (PI) planning?
a)
To build shared commitment to the plan
b)
To ensure the business owners accept the plan
c)
To hold the teams accountable if the Agile release train does not deliver on its commitment
d)
To remove the risks for the PI
e)
NA
86.
What is the Scrum Master's role in team breakout #1?
a)
Resolve dependencies with other teams
b)
Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies
c)
Create mitigation plans for each risk
d)
Raise team level risks
e)
NA
87.
An effective Scrum Master helps the team with what?
a)
Relentless improvement
b)
Risk mitigation
c)
Deploying work
d)
Team metrics
e)
NA
88.
What are two common anti-patterns during program increment (PI) planning? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers
a)
Alignment becomes the goal rather than a detailed plan
b)
Pressure is put on teams to overcommit
c)
The innovation and planning (IP) iteration is left empty of planned work
d)
A detailed plan becomes the goal rather than alignment
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