Advanced Scrum Master - Agile SAFe Version 4.6.0 - Practice Exam

Which of the below is NOT a characteristic of an effective Agile Team: a) Able to reliably deliver b) Collaborates to achieve Iteration goals and PI Objectives c) Sustains a predictable pace of development d) Its members never challenged each other's ideas - ANSWER D) AGILE TEAM MEMBERS ARE NOT AFRAID TO CHALLENGE EACH OTHER'S IDEAS FOR THE ULTIMATE WIN. Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 1-11 Agile Release Trains are organized around the ability to release value on demand through the ________________________________. - ANSWER Continuous Delivery Pipeline Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 1-19 Solution Trains deliver Business Solutions and Lean Systems by managing frequent integration, continuously addressing compliance concerns, coordinating multiple ARTs & suppliers and: a) Providing training for single ARTs b) Architecting for scale, modularity, releasability, and serviceability. c) Ensuring the Solutions stay within budgets d) Architecting for scale and immediate release on demand. - ANSWER b) Architecting for scale, modularity, releasability and serviceability. Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 1-19 ______________________ is made up of Strategy & Investment Funding, Lean Governance, and Agile Portfolio Operations. - ANSWER Lean Portfolio Management Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 1-20 TRUE OR FALSE: Taking an economic view does not always require knowing dollarized value but is rather a general thinking tool. - ANSWER TRUE Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 1-21 TRUE-FALSE Building Enterprise-Class Software and cyber-physical systems are one of the most complex challenges our industry faces today. - ANSWER TRUE Within the Agile community, a person who has a deep specialization in one domain, but rarely contributes outside of that domain is a/an: a) E shaped person b) T Shaped person c) I shaped person d) None of the above - ANSWER C - I shaped person Source: Agile Practice Guide, Agile Alliance PMI Global Standards; Page 42 TRUE OR FALSE When using Systems Thinking, you would agree that optimizing a component does not optimize the system. - ANSWER TRUE Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 2-9 What type of anti-pattern is below: "The Agile Team has more than one Product Owner." - ANSWER A Structural Anti-Pattern1 Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 3-4 Centralize decisions that are infrequent, long-lasting and ______________. a) generates revenues b) have insignificant economies of scale c) insignificant d) have significant economies of scale - ANSWER d) have significant economies of scale. Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 2-49 TRUE OR FALSE An honest effort at careful problem definition will avoid the "ready, fire, aim" approach that is so common in problem-solving. - ANSWER TRUE Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 7-12 Kanban is a _____________ system that visualizes work flow and uses WIP limits at different work flow steps to facilitate the flow. a) integrated b) private c) pull d) push - ANSWER C- PULL Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 5-4 The average time a backlog item spends in the system after it's been pulled from the backlog and before it is accepted defines: a) throughput b) average WIP in the system c) average cycle time d) backlog WIP - ANSWER C - Average cycle time Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 5-16 The PI Predictability Measure shows whether achievements fall into an acceptable _________________________________. 1) testing plan 2) process control band