Agile SAFe 6.0 QUES &ANSW 2024
What are two ways to describe a cross-functional Agile Team?
A. They can define, build, & test an increment of value.
B. They are optimized for communication & delivery of value.
C. They are made up of members, each of whom can define, develop, test, & deploy the
system.
D. They deliver value every six weeks.
E. They release customer products to production continuously. -ANSW A. They can
define, build, & test an increment of value.
B. They are optimized for communication & delivery of value.
How can trust be gained between the business and development?
A. Automate the delivery pipeline
B. Deliver predictability
C. Release new value to production every day
D. Maintain Iterations as a safe zone -ANSW B. Deliver predictability
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?
A. Continuous refactoring
B. Delivery of large batches
C. Ongoing learning
D. Increased technical debt -ANSW C. Ongoing Learning
What is one component of a Guardrail in Lean Portfolio Management?
A. Participatory budgeting forums that lead to Value Stream budget changes
B. Determining if business needs meet the Portfolio Threshold
C. Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping
D. Allocation of centralized vs decentralized decisions in the Enterprise -ANSW C.
Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping
Which pillar in the House of Lean focuses on the Customer being the consumer of the
work?
A. Value
B. Innovation
C. Respect for People & Culture
D. Flow -ANSW C. Respect for People & Culture
What is one key purpose of DevOps?
,A. DevOps focuses on a set of practices applied to large systems
B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery
C. DevOps enables continuous release by building a scalable Continuous Delivery
Pipeline
D. DevOps focuses on automating the delivery pipeline to reduce transaction cost -
ANSW B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery
What is one example of differentiating business objectives?
A. Enterprise Goals
B. Portfolio Vision
C. Strategic Themes
D. Solution Intent -ANSW C. Strategic Themes
Which of the following methods for gathering customer feedback relies on building
analytic systems to deliver information about how customers are using the Solution?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Telemetry
C. Continuous Integration
D. Refactoring -ANSW B. Telemetry
Which of the following team-level events does SAFe recommend running on a cadence
during the PI for SAFe Scrum Teams?
A. Portfolio Review
B. Portfolio Demo
C. Iteration Review
D. Iteration Demo -ANSW C. Iteration Review
What is the product vision?
A. A method for aligning to the product direction
B. The user stories required to meet customer needs
C. A set of prioritized Features
D. An explanation of the architectural runway needed to deliver products to the
customer -ANSW A. A method for aligning to the product direction
Which basic Agile quality practice reduces bottlenecks & ensures consistency?
A. Definition of Done
B. Peer-review and pairing
C. Collective ownership and standards
D. Establish flow -ANSW C. Collective ownership and standards
,What is one result from Iteration Planning for SAFe Scrum Teams?
A. Iteration sequencing
B. Iteration Demo
C. Iteration estimate
D. Iteration goals -ANSW D. Iteration goals
A feature should be sized to fit into what duration?
A. One month
B. One year
C. One PI
D. One Iteration -ANSW C. One PI
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and
execution?
A. Team & Technical Agility
B. Organizational Agility
C. Agile Product Delivery
D. Lean Portfolio Management -ANSW D. Lean Portfolio Management
Which of the following statements describes the balance between emergent design &
intentional architecture when building in quality?
A. It is required for implementation speed & maturity
B. It is required for speed of development and maintainability
C. It is required for speed of value delivery and Solution Intent
D. It is required for backlog speed and designed refinement -ANSW B. It is required for
speed of development and maintainability
Which of the following continuous delivery pipeline aspects focuses on enabling the
organization to deliver value aligned with business needs?
A. Continuous Deployment
B. Continuous Integration
C. Continuous Exploration
D. Release on Demand -ANSW C. Continuous Exploration
Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?
A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
B. To determine what the teams should work on first
C. To override the decisions made in WSJS prioritization
D. To ensure the teams do not work on architectural Enablers -ANSW A. To empower
teams to make decisions around work
, Which of the following statements describes the balanced Agile testing pyramid?
A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests
B. Many solution tests run by internal team members & fewer run by external testers
C. Many solution tests run by external testers and fewer run by internal team members
D. Many large, manual tests of the end-to-end solution and fewer small, automated
tests -ANSW A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests
During which PI planning activity are Stories written and sequenced?
A. The team breakout session
B. The draft plan review
C. The management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The business context presentation -ANSW A. The team breakout session
Deploy, verify, monitor, & respond are all activities of what?
A. Continuous Integration
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Deployment
D. Release on Demand -ANSW C. Continuous Deployment
What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
A. To work on solutions for backlog items
B. To identify where there is too much work in the system
C. To forecast where work is estimated for the upcoming PIs
D. To measure the team's progress -ANSW D. To measure the team's progress
Which of the stakeholders primarily develops the definition of done for the team
increment?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Business Owners
C. Agile Teams
D. Solution Architect -ANSW C. Agile Teams
Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline focuses on getting to
production early for verification?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Continuous Integration
C. Release on Demand
D. Continuous Deployment -ANSW D. Continuous Deployment
What are two ways to describe a cross-functional Agile Team?
A. They can define, build, & test an increment of value.
B. They are optimized for communication & delivery of value.
C. They are made up of members, each of whom can define, develop, test, & deploy the
system.
D. They deliver value every six weeks.
E. They release customer products to production continuously. -ANSW A. They can
define, build, & test an increment of value.
B. They are optimized for communication & delivery of value.
How can trust be gained between the business and development?
A. Automate the delivery pipeline
B. Deliver predictability
C. Release new value to production every day
D. Maintain Iterations as a safe zone -ANSW B. Deliver predictability
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?
A. Continuous refactoring
B. Delivery of large batches
C. Ongoing learning
D. Increased technical debt -ANSW C. Ongoing Learning
What is one component of a Guardrail in Lean Portfolio Management?
A. Participatory budgeting forums that lead to Value Stream budget changes
B. Determining if business needs meet the Portfolio Threshold
C. Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping
D. Allocation of centralized vs decentralized decisions in the Enterprise -ANSW C.
Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping
Which pillar in the House of Lean focuses on the Customer being the consumer of the
work?
A. Value
B. Innovation
C. Respect for People & Culture
D. Flow -ANSW C. Respect for People & Culture
What is one key purpose of DevOps?
,A. DevOps focuses on a set of practices applied to large systems
B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery
C. DevOps enables continuous release by building a scalable Continuous Delivery
Pipeline
D. DevOps focuses on automating the delivery pipeline to reduce transaction cost -
ANSW B. DevOps joins development & operations to enable continuous delivery
What is one example of differentiating business objectives?
A. Enterprise Goals
B. Portfolio Vision
C. Strategic Themes
D. Solution Intent -ANSW C. Strategic Themes
Which of the following methods for gathering customer feedback relies on building
analytic systems to deliver information about how customers are using the Solution?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Telemetry
C. Continuous Integration
D. Refactoring -ANSW B. Telemetry
Which of the following team-level events does SAFe recommend running on a cadence
during the PI for SAFe Scrum Teams?
A. Portfolio Review
B. Portfolio Demo
C. Iteration Review
D. Iteration Demo -ANSW C. Iteration Review
What is the product vision?
A. A method for aligning to the product direction
B. The user stories required to meet customer needs
C. A set of prioritized Features
D. An explanation of the architectural runway needed to deliver products to the
customer -ANSW A. A method for aligning to the product direction
Which basic Agile quality practice reduces bottlenecks & ensures consistency?
A. Definition of Done
B. Peer-review and pairing
C. Collective ownership and standards
D. Establish flow -ANSW C. Collective ownership and standards
,What is one result from Iteration Planning for SAFe Scrum Teams?
A. Iteration sequencing
B. Iteration Demo
C. Iteration estimate
D. Iteration goals -ANSW D. Iteration goals
A feature should be sized to fit into what duration?
A. One month
B. One year
C. One PI
D. One Iteration -ANSW C. One PI
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and
execution?
A. Team & Technical Agility
B. Organizational Agility
C. Agile Product Delivery
D. Lean Portfolio Management -ANSW D. Lean Portfolio Management
Which of the following statements describes the balance between emergent design &
intentional architecture when building in quality?
A. It is required for implementation speed & maturity
B. It is required for speed of development and maintainability
C. It is required for speed of value delivery and Solution Intent
D. It is required for backlog speed and designed refinement -ANSW B. It is required for
speed of development and maintainability
Which of the following continuous delivery pipeline aspects focuses on enabling the
organization to deliver value aligned with business needs?
A. Continuous Deployment
B. Continuous Integration
C. Continuous Exploration
D. Release on Demand -ANSW C. Continuous Exploration
Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?
A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
B. To determine what the teams should work on first
C. To override the decisions made in WSJS prioritization
D. To ensure the teams do not work on architectural Enablers -ANSW A. To empower
teams to make decisions around work
, Which of the following statements describes the balanced Agile testing pyramid?
A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests
B. Many solution tests run by internal team members & fewer run by external testers
C. Many solution tests run by external testers and fewer run by internal team members
D. Many large, manual tests of the end-to-end solution and fewer small, automated
tests -ANSW A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual tests
During which PI planning activity are Stories written and sequenced?
A. The team breakout session
B. The draft plan review
C. The management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The business context presentation -ANSW A. The team breakout session
Deploy, verify, monitor, & respond are all activities of what?
A. Continuous Integration
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Deployment
D. Release on Demand -ANSW C. Continuous Deployment
What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
A. To work on solutions for backlog items
B. To identify where there is too much work in the system
C. To forecast where work is estimated for the upcoming PIs
D. To measure the team's progress -ANSW D. To measure the team's progress
Which of the stakeholders primarily develops the definition of done for the team
increment?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Business Owners
C. Agile Teams
D. Solution Architect -ANSW C. Agile Teams
Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline focuses on getting to
production early for verification?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Continuous Integration
C. Release on Demand
D. Continuous Deployment -ANSW D. Continuous Deployment
