5.1 Practice test Questions and
Answers
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? - ANS-Commit to
quality and be the change agent in the system
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility? -
ANS-By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
What is Business Agility? - ANS-The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by
quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative
business Solutions.
What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? - ANS-Launch
more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? -
ANS-SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and
execution? - ANS-lean portfolio management
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? - ANS-Leadership
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean
thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? - ANS-Innovation
Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? - ANS-You cannot
scale crappy code
Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? - ANS-respond to change
When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and
development expense used? - ANS-To identify different parameters of the economic
framework
Which is an aspect of systems thinking? - ANS-Optimizing a component does not
, optimize the system
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.) - ANS-Reduce
the batch sizes of work;Visualize and limit work in process (WIP);Manage queue
lengths;
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - ANS-Teams
align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and
system integration
What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? -
ANS-To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? - ANS-delivering value in
shortest sustainable lead time
What is the basic building block when organizing around value? - ANS-Agile Teams
What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions? - ANS-It is not how
value flows
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? -
ANS-Cross-functional teams
Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do
Product Owners have content authority over? - ANS-Team Backlog
What is part of the role of Product Management? - ANS-To prioritize the Program
Backlog
Which two quality practices apply to Agile teams? (Choose two.) - ANS-???
Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are two of
those ways? (Choose two.) - ANS-Desirability;Sustainability Desirable - Do customers
and users want the solution? Feasible - Can we deliver the right solution through a
combination of build, buy, partner, or acquire endeavors/activities? Viable - Is the way
we build and offer the solution creating more value than cost? For example, in a
for-profit enterprise, are we profitable?
Sustainable - Are we proactively managing our solution to account for its expected
Answers
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? - ANS-Commit to
quality and be the change agent in the system
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility? -
ANS-By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
What is Business Agility? - ANS-The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by
quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative
business Solutions.
What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? - ANS-Launch
more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? -
ANS-SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and
execution? - ANS-lean portfolio management
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? - ANS-Leadership
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean
thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? - ANS-Innovation
Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? - ANS-You cannot
scale crappy code
Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? - ANS-respond to change
When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and
development expense used? - ANS-To identify different parameters of the economic
framework
Which is an aspect of systems thinking? - ANS-Optimizing a component does not
, optimize the system
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.) - ANS-Reduce
the batch sizes of work;Visualize and limit work in process (WIP);Manage queue
lengths;
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - ANS-Teams
align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and
system integration
What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? -
ANS-To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? - ANS-delivering value in
shortest sustainable lead time
What is the basic building block when organizing around value? - ANS-Agile Teams
What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions? - ANS-It is not how
value flows
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? -
ANS-Cross-functional teams
Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do
Product Owners have content authority over? - ANS-Team Backlog
What is part of the role of Product Management? - ANS-To prioritize the Program
Backlog
Which two quality practices apply to Agile teams? (Choose two.) - ANS-???
Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are two of
those ways? (Choose two.) - ANS-Desirability;Sustainability Desirable - Do customers
and users want the solution? Feasible - Can we deliver the right solution through a
combination of build, buy, partner, or acquire endeavors/activities? Viable - Is the way
we build and offer the solution creating more value than cost? For example, in a
for-profit enterprise, are we profitable?
Sustainable - Are we proactively managing our solution to account for its expected
