Agile Safe 5.1 Test, Real Exam All Lessons Updated 2024
Graded A
1. If a program repeatedly shows separate Feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which
practice should be reviewed to address the issue?
Test first
*Continuous Integration
Roadmap creation
Scrum of scrums
2. What is Business Agility?
A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products
and services to customers and users.
Applying Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation,
and evolution of the world's largest and most sophisticated systems.
How Lean-thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their business processes, evolve strategy with clear
and decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt the organization as needed to capitalize on new
opportunities.
*The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and
emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions.
3. Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes?
They are a high-level summary of each program's Vision and are updated after every PI
*They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy
They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment
They are large initiatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require weighted shortest job first
prioritization and a lightweight business case
4. What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings?
Iteration Retrospective
*Scrum of scrums
Iteration Review
Solution Demo
5. Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters
The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary
It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes
,*Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation
activities
6. What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
The portfolio canvas
*The Implementation Roadmap
The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
The Program Kanban
7. What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
Relentless improvement
Flow
Value
*Leadership
8. What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
To centralize decision-making
*To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow
To lower work in process (WIP) limits
9. What is the best measure of progress for complex system development?
*System Demo
Iteration Review
Prioritized backlog
Inspect and Adapt
10. Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?
Limit work in process
Respect for people and culture
*Respond to change
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
11. Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners
have content authority over?
Value Streams
Portfolio Backlog
Portfolio Vision
*Team Backlog
12. Which two statements are true about uncommitted objectives? (Choose two.)
The work to deliver the uncommitted objectives is not planned into the iterations during PI Planning
Uncommitted objectives do not get assigned a planned business value score
*Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment
, Uncommitted objectives are extra things the team can do in case they have time
*Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability
13. On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's
management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they
could make?
*Adjust business priorities
Change a team's plan
Create new User Stories
Adjust the length of the PI
14. What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.)
Increase capacity
*Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
Frequent context switching
Address the systemic problems
*Reduce the batch sizes of work
*Manage queue lengths
15. How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed?
In the Program Kanban
In the Portfolio Backlog
*In the Portfolio Kanban
In the Program Backlog
16. Which statement is true about DevOps?
*DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations
Lean-Agile principles are not necessary for a successful DevOps implementation
DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding cost
Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps
17. The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done?
Management teams
Solution teams
Phased-review-process teams
*Cross-functional teams
18. In the Program Kanban some steps have work in process (WIP) limits. Why is this necessary?
To enable multitasking
*To ensure large queues are not being built
To help Continuous Deployment
To keep timebox goals
19. What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
Graded A
1. If a program repeatedly shows separate Feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which
practice should be reviewed to address the issue?
Test first
*Continuous Integration
Roadmap creation
Scrum of scrums
2. What is Business Agility?
A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products
and services to customers and users.
Applying Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation,
and evolution of the world's largest and most sophisticated systems.
How Lean-thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their business processes, evolve strategy with clear
and decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt the organization as needed to capitalize on new
opportunities.
*The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and
emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions.
3. Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes?
They are a high-level summary of each program's Vision and are updated after every PI
*They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy
They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment
They are large initiatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require weighted shortest job first
prioritization and a lightweight business case
4. What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings?
Iteration Retrospective
*Scrum of scrums
Iteration Review
Solution Demo
5. Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters
The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary
It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes
,*Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation
activities
6. What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
The portfolio canvas
*The Implementation Roadmap
The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
The Program Kanban
7. What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
Relentless improvement
Flow
Value
*Leadership
8. What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
To centralize decision-making
*To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow
To lower work in process (WIP) limits
9. What is the best measure of progress for complex system development?
*System Demo
Iteration Review
Prioritized backlog
Inspect and Adapt
10. Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?
Limit work in process
Respect for people and culture
*Respond to change
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
11. Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners
have content authority over?
Value Streams
Portfolio Backlog
Portfolio Vision
*Team Backlog
12. Which two statements are true about uncommitted objectives? (Choose two.)
The work to deliver the uncommitted objectives is not planned into the iterations during PI Planning
Uncommitted objectives do not get assigned a planned business value score
*Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment
, Uncommitted objectives are extra things the team can do in case they have time
*Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability
13. On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's
management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they
could make?
*Adjust business priorities
Change a team's plan
Create new User Stories
Adjust the length of the PI
14. What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.)
Increase capacity
*Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
Frequent context switching
Address the systemic problems
*Reduce the batch sizes of work
*Manage queue lengths
15. How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed?
In the Program Kanban
In the Portfolio Backlog
*In the Portfolio Kanban
In the Program Backlog
16. Which statement is true about DevOps?
*DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations
Lean-Agile principles are not necessary for a successful DevOps implementation
DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding cost
Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps
17. The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done?
Management teams
Solution teams
Phased-review-process teams
*Cross-functional teams
18. In the Program Kanban some steps have work in process (WIP) limits. Why is this necessary?
To enable multitasking
*To ensure large queues are not being built
To help Continuous Deployment
To keep timebox goals
19. What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
