Advanced Scrum Master - Agile SAFe Version 4.6.0 - Practice Exam

Advanced Scrum Master - Agile SAFe Version 4.6.0 - Practice Exam Which of the below is NOT a characteristics 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 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 ________________________________. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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." 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 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. 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 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 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 3) control document 4) None of the above 2 - process control band. Source: Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 4-66 Cumulative Flow shows: a) Opportunities to improve b) Rate of acceptance c) Average cycle times d) All of the above d) All of the above Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 5-14 The goal of DevOps is to improve collaboration across the value stream by developing and automating a ____________________________________. a) Implementation Roadmap b) Development routine c) Delivery on Demand structure d) Continuous Delivery Pipeline d) Continuous Delivery Pipeline SAFe's CALMR approach to DevOps does NOT include the following: a) Culture of shared responsibility b) Measurement of everything c) Recovery causes high-risk releases d) Lean flow accelerates delivery c) Recovery enables low risk releases Adv. Scrum Master B&W - Slide 4-76 Reducing transaction costs reduces total costs and shifts: a) transaction costs lower b) optimum batch size lower c) items per batch lower d) transactions costs higher