SAFE 5 ADVANCED SCRUM CORE EXAMS SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔During Iteration Review, the team decides to carry forward three Stories to the next
Iteration. This is the second time during this PI that some of the team's Stories are
carried over. What are two actions the Scrum Master should take? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Discuss the issue at the Iteration Retrospective;Perform the 5 Whys to find the root
cause of the delays;
✔✔What are three Iteration Retrospective anti-patterns? (Choose three.) - ✔✔When the
team's people manager comes in to observe;When only some of the team
attends;When the Scrum Master decides what the retrospective topic(s) will be and
directs the team on specific improvement items to work on;
✔✔What anti-pattern can emerge during the scrum of scrums? - ✔✔Scrum Masters
report on the teams' task status each day
✔✔What is the SAFe recommended duration of a PI? - ✔✔8 - 12 weeks
✔✔What are two key areas a team should be organized around? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Enablers;Features;
✔✔What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities? (Choose two.) - ✔✔Drive
relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt;Facilitate PI Planning readiness and
the event itself;
✔✔What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on an ART that go beyond
basic team facilitation? (Choose three.) - ✔✔Facilitate preparation for the System
Demo;Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning;Participate in the scrum of scrums;
✔✔When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - ✔✔At the end of each PI
, ✔✔Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to
decouple what? - ✔✔The release from deployment
✔✔Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI? - ✔✔Solution Management
✔✔Which statement describes how Kanban teams handle capacity during PI Planning?
- ✔✔They use throughput as an indication of their capacity
✔✔How does work flow from one state to the next in a team Kanban board? - ✔✔Team
members pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their
current state WIP constraint
✔✔How do Kanban teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile Mindset of relentless
improvement? - ✔✔By using cumulative flow diagrams to objectively measure
bottlenecks and variation which could be due to systemic factors
✔✔One state on the team Kanban board has people waiting while the previous stage is
overloaded. What should the Scrum Master consider doing? - ✔✔Encourage and coach
the people in the under-utilized stage to help with the work of the overloaded stage
✔✔What is the most effective way to establish Built-in Quality? - ✔✔Perform as many
types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible
✔✔What is one way to improve the skills of a team member? - ✔✔Pair-work with other
team members
✔✔What is one Extreme Programming (XP) rule adopted in SAFe? - ✔✔Pair
programming
✔✔What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects,
System Teams, and Operations? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔Which two actions enhance an Agile Release Train's performance? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Collaboration;Team alignment;
✔✔What are three distinct traits a group must have to be considered a Community of
Practice? (Choose three.) - ✔✔Practice;Community;Domain;
✔✔Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what? -
✔✔Experience, expertise, exploration, and execution
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔During Iteration Review, the team decides to carry forward three Stories to the next
Iteration. This is the second time during this PI that some of the team's Stories are
carried over. What are two actions the Scrum Master should take? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Discuss the issue at the Iteration Retrospective;Perform the 5 Whys to find the root
cause of the delays;
✔✔What are three Iteration Retrospective anti-patterns? (Choose three.) - ✔✔When the
team's people manager comes in to observe;When only some of the team
attends;When the Scrum Master decides what the retrospective topic(s) will be and
directs the team on specific improvement items to work on;
✔✔What anti-pattern can emerge during the scrum of scrums? - ✔✔Scrum Masters
report on the teams' task status each day
✔✔What is the SAFe recommended duration of a PI? - ✔✔8 - 12 weeks
✔✔What are two key areas a team should be organized around? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Enablers;Features;
✔✔What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities? (Choose two.) - ✔✔Drive
relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt;Facilitate PI Planning readiness and
the event itself;
✔✔What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on an ART that go beyond
basic team facilitation? (Choose three.) - ✔✔Facilitate preparation for the System
Demo;Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning;Participate in the scrum of scrums;
✔✔When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - ✔✔At the end of each PI
, ✔✔Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to
decouple what? - ✔✔The release from deployment
✔✔Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI? - ✔✔Solution Management
✔✔Which statement describes how Kanban teams handle capacity during PI Planning?
- ✔✔They use throughput as an indication of their capacity
✔✔How does work flow from one state to the next in a team Kanban board? - ✔✔Team
members pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their
current state WIP constraint
✔✔How do Kanban teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile Mindset of relentless
improvement? - ✔✔By using cumulative flow diagrams to objectively measure
bottlenecks and variation which could be due to systemic factors
✔✔One state on the team Kanban board has people waiting while the previous stage is
overloaded. What should the Scrum Master consider doing? - ✔✔Encourage and coach
the people in the under-utilized stage to help with the work of the overloaded stage
✔✔What is the most effective way to establish Built-in Quality? - ✔✔Perform as many
types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible
✔✔What is one way to improve the skills of a team member? - ✔✔Pair-work with other
team members
✔✔What is one Extreme Programming (XP) rule adopted in SAFe? - ✔✔Pair
programming
✔✔What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects,
System Teams, and Operations? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔Which two actions enhance an Agile Release Train's performance? (Choose two.) -
✔✔Collaboration;Team alignment;
✔✔What are three distinct traits a group must have to be considered a Community of
Practice? (Choose three.) - ✔✔Practice;Community;Domain;
✔✔Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what? -
✔✔Experience, expertise, exploration, and execution
