SAFE-AGILIST Online Practice Questions and Answers

According to SAFe Principle #10, what should the Enterprise do when markets and customers demand change?

A. Create an Agile Release Train to focus on value

B. Reorganize the network around the new value flow

C. Apply development cadence and synchronization to operate effectively and manage uncertainty

D. Create a reliable decision-making framework to empower employees and ensure a fast flow of value

The primary need for SAFe is to scale the idea of what?

A. Organizational and Functional Alignment

B. Business Agility

C. Technical Solution Delivery

D. Lean Portfolio Management

What is an example of applying cadence and synchronization in SAFe?

A. Creating cross-functional teams

B. Using a Portfolio Kanban system

C. Allocating budgets to Agile Release Trains

D. Conducting a PI Planning meeting

Which statement is true about batch size?

A. When stories are broken into tasks it means there are small batch sizes

B. Large batch sizes ensure time for built-in quality

C. Large batch sizes limit the ability to preserve options

D. When there is flow it means there are small batch sizes

The analyzing step of the Portfolio Kanban system has a new Epic with a completed Lean business case. What best describes the next step for the Epic?

A. It will be implemented once the Lean business case is approved by the Epic Owner

B. It will be moved to the Portfolio Backlog if it receives a ‘go’ decision from Lean Portfolio Management

C. It will remain in the analyzing step until one or more Agile Release Trains have the capacity to implement it

D. It will be implemented if it has the highest weighted shortest job first (WSJF) ranking

Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?

A. Customer collaboration over feature negotiation

B. Customer collaboration over ongoing internal conversation

C. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

D. Customer collaboration over a constant indefinite pace

Who decides the Team PI Objective Business Value scoring after negotiation?

A. Business Owner

B. The Scrum Team

C. The Agile Team

D. Product Manager

Which statement is true when continuously deploying using a DevOps model?

A. It increases the transaction cost

B. It alleviates the reliance on the skill sets of Agile Teams

C. It makes it easier to release value to customers more often

D. It helps identify new customer needs

What is one way Lean-Agile leaders lead by example?

A. By prioritizing the backlog for the team

B. By modeling SAFe's Lean-Agile Mindset, values, principles, and practices

C. By coaching others on leading by example

D. By centralizing decision-making

What is one component of a Guardrail in Lean Portfolio Management?

A. Allocation of centralized vs decentralized decisions in the Enterprise

B. Guiding investments by horizon

C. Participatory budgeting forums that lead to Value Stream budget changes

D. No more than two teams per Scrum Master