Here is the organized compilation of questions and their respective answers.
| Question | Answer 1 | Answer 2 | Answer 3 | Answer 4 | Correct Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who communicates the Vision during PI Planning? | System Architect | Product Owner | Business Owner | Product Management | 4 |
| How do Agile Teams carry out Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities during the PI? | They explore, integrate, and deploy during each Iteration, but release at the end of the PI | They explore Features in one PI, then given to the teams in later PIs for integrating and deploying, and then released in a future PI | They explore, integrate, deploy, and release new value during each Iteration | They explore during the early Iterations and integrate, deploy, and release during the later Iterations | 3 |
| When are adjustments made to the initial sequencing of Stories? | During the PO Sync | At the mid point of the PI | During the Team Sync | At Iteration boundaries | 4 |
| Which statement is true about Weighted Shortest Job First? | The item with the highest cost of delay is prioritized last | It identifies specific economic outcomes | It considers the cost of delay and the job size | It is equal to the cost of delay | 3 |
| During which event does the team preview and elaborate on upcoming Stories? | PI Planning | Iteration Planning | Backlog Refinement | Team Sync | 3 |
| Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model? | Capabilities are in the ART Backlog | Stories are in the Solution Train Backlog | Epics are in the Solution Train Backlog | Features are in the ART Backlog | 3 |
| What is one responsibility of Product Management? | Establishing an architectural Vision for the ART | Prioritizing the Portfolio Backlog | Managing the ART Backlog | Developing Story acceptance criteria | 2 |
| What does SAFe Team Kanban promote? | Leadership | Separation of duties | Collaboration | Compliance | 3 |
| Who often participates as the ART’s Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives? | Product Owners | Product Management | System Architects | Scrum Masters/Team Coaches | 2 |
| Which tool shows dependencies during PI Planning? | Management Review and Problem-Solving session | ART PI Risks Board | PI Objectives | ART Planning Board | 4 |
| Which increment is reviewed at the System Demo? | Full system increment | Value stream increment | Portfolio increment | Team increment | 1 |
| When is a Story considered complete? | It satisfies the Definition of Done | The scope has been negotiated | The team is done working on it | It is accepted by the Customer | 1 |
| What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream? | Delivering end-user value | Improving business operations | Lowering operational costs | Orchestrating supply chain networks | 1 |
| Which role provides processes and tools to integrate and evaluate work products early and often? | Business Owner | System Architect | System Team | Release Train Engineer | 3 |
| What work-item can be split from Epics? | Features | Spikes | Stories | Tasks | 1 |
| What is one responsibility area of a Product Owner? | Getting and applying feedback | Getting Solutions built | Getting strategy and Vision into roadmaps | Getting value to and from the Customer | 4 |
| Who should attend the PO Sync? | The Coach Sync participants and the Product Owners | Everyone on the train | The teams and the RTE | The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed | 4 |
| What information do Product Owners communicate to their teams after PO Sync? | Adjustments | Impediments | Risks | Improvement items | 1 |
| Which of the following questions does a Vision answer? | What Solutions are competitors offering? | What problem(s) will the Solution solve? | What Stories are needed to support the Solution? | When will the Solution be delivered? | 2 |
| What is one purpose of Iteration Goals? | To identify nonfunctional requirements | To align team members to a common purpose | To set preliminary PI Objectives | To define “the what, the how, and the how much” | 2 |
| What enables flow through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? | Capacity allocation | Cost of delay | The ART Kanban | The Solution Vision | 3 |
| What is one benefit of using PI Objectives? | To obtain immediate feedback from Business Owners | To promote centralized decisions | To achieve commitment from management | To commit to specific Features | 1 |
| What is one influence on the Vision? | Strategic Themes | Lean Budget Guardrails | Portfolio Backlog items | Value Stream budgets | 1 |
| Which event involves teams working on new ideas often added to the ART Kanban? | PI Planning | Coach Sync | Supplier showcase | Hackathon | 4 |
| What is one activity an Agile Team performs during Iteration Review? | Identify opportunities for improvement | Gather Feature requirements from stakeholders | Modify Iteration Goals | Demonstrate a working, tested team increment | 4 |
| Where can Product Management find information about when a specific Epic will be completed? | The System Architecture Designs | The ART Backlog | The Development Manager | The Solution Roadmap | 4 |
| Which SAFe Core Value is demonstrated when explaining why the top 10 Features were chosen for PI Planning? | Respect for People | Relentless Improvement | Innovation | Transparency | 4 |
| Which of the following is an Agile Manifesto principle? | Base Milestones on objective evaluation of working systems | Apply cadence and synchronize with cross-domain planning | Let the Customer pull value from the producer | Working software is the primary measure of progress | 4 |
| What is one outcome of the Iteration Retrospective? | Identification of dependencies with other teams | Agreement on Stories for the next Iteration | Improvement items in the Team Backlog | A plan for upcoming milestones | 3 |
| What is one anti-pattern related to System Demos? | People from outside the Agile Release Train attend the System Demo | System demo takes more than 15 minutes | Team demos are accepted in place of a System Demo to avoid redundancy | Different team members conduct the demo each Iteration | 3 |
| What is one tool that identifies specific practices for potential improvement? | Key performance indicators | Competency assessments | Flow metrics | Objectives and key results | 2 |
| Which concept provides a set of tools that supports the creation of Features? | Agile Quality | Design Thinking | Flow Acceleration | Customer Centricity | 2 |
| What is commonly used to explore new ideas or determine the feasibility of Epics? | Hackathons | Spikes | Design thinking | Supplier showcases | 2 |
| How can Product Management leverage market rhythms? | Adjust the delivery of Features to meet market needs | Improve Features prioritization | Adjust the timing of marketing campaigns | Improve PI Planning scheduling | 1 |
| What can assist in facilitating Team Flow? | Test cases | ART Planning Board | Solution Roadmap | WIP limits | 4 |
| What is the recommended structure for writing User Stories? | As a…, I want…, So that… | Given…, When…., Then… | As a…, When…, Then… | I want…, When…, So that… | 1 |
| Where are systems, people who do the work, and the flow of information and materials represented? | Within a Continuous Delivery Pipeline | Within a Solution Train | Within an Architectural Runway | Within a Value Stream | 4 |
| What element improves when Features and Stories are related to personas? | Compliance | Collaboration | Architecture | Design (Design thinking) | 4 |
| What can be revealed during PI Planning? | Opportunity to change Solution Vision | Opportunity to release value sooner | Opportunity to modify investment strategy | Opportunity to update the development value stream | 2 |
| What does Continuous Exploration help Product Management understand? | Solution performance | Supplier proposals | Release strategy | Customer needs | 4 |
| What is one responsibility of the Product Owner? | Estimating Stories | Assigning PI Objectives | Prioritizing the Team Backlog | Testing Features | 3 |
| Where are workflows, activities, and required automation represented? | In the Lean Startup Cycle | In the Team Kanban | In the Continuous Delivery Pipeline | In the Architectural Runway | 3 |
| A team needs help to agree on Story estimation. The Product Owner is an expert in the work the team is estimating. How should the Product Owner proceed with estimating? | Explain their expertise and estimate the Story | Continue to support the team’s discussion on estimation | Suggest the team stop the estimating and add it to the next Iteration | Instruct the Scrum Master/Team Coach to estimate the Story | 2 |
| During PI Planning, which activity happens after dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed? | Confidence vote | Team breakouts | Management Review and Problem-Solving session | Retrospective | 1 |
| What is one benefit of PI Planning? | It ensures teams do not have dependencies | It aligns ART demand to capacity | It allows leaders to get their objectives planned | It ensures teams can work on anything they want | 2 |
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