01. Why is PI Planning essential to an Agile Release Train?
a) It produces a task-level schedule the teams follow for the whole Planning Interval (PI)
b) It removes the need for the teams to hold Iteration Planning
c) It facilitates alignment and a shared vision across teams for the upcoming Planning Interval (PI)
d) It gives Product Management the authority to assign Stories to individual team members
02. When identifying value streams, what should an organization do?
a) Start from the existing organizational and functional reporting silos
b) Consider the end-to-end flow of value from concept to delivery
c) Identify the Development Value Streams first and derive the Operational Value Streams from them
d) Prioritize value streams with the least complexity
03. Effective organization of Agile Release Trains (ARTs) requires which two things?
(Choose two.)
a) Teams to be structured around technologies
b) Teams to be aligned with business objectives and customer value
c) Clear definition of the development value streams the ART will serve
d) Work to be batched in large increments
04. SAFe describes the Agile Team as cross-functional.
What does that mean for how the team delivers value?
a) It has the skills to define, build, test and deliver an increment of value without depending on another team
b) Each member specializes in one function, and the Scrum Master/Team Coach sequences the hand-offs between them
c) Its members can be moved to a different Agile Release Train each Planning Interval, because their skills are interchangeable
d) It relies on the System Team to integrate and test the increments it produces
05. How does “Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand” support Agile Product Delivery?
a) Tying every release to the Planning Interval boundary so the train releases once per interval
b) Providing a predictable development rhythm while allowing flexibility in release timing
c) Letting each Agile Team choose its own iteration length to suit the work it has
d) Moving the release decision to a centralized change approval board
06. Which of the following are essential activities in preparing for and launching an Agile Release Train (ART)?
(Choose three.)
a) Waiting until all team members are fully proficient in Agile practices before launching
b) Building the ART Backlog of detailed Stories
c) Training all team members in SAFe® principles
d) Defining the ART's scope and vision
e) Establishing Agile teams and assigning Scrum Masters and Product Owners
07. Organizing Agile Release Trains (ARTs) around the flow of value ensures:
a) That every team on the ART reports to the same functional manager
b) That dependencies between teams no longer have to be planned
c) A focus on delivering customer value through effective ART Execution
d) That each Agile Team on the ART can choose its own iteration length
08. A portfolio has replaced project-based funding with Lean Budgets.
What do Lean Budget Guardrails contribute to that model?
a) They set a fixed budget for each Epic before it enters the Portfolio Kanban, so the portfolio knows the full cost of the work it is approving in advance
b) They are the spending policies, covering investment horizons, capacity allocation and continuous Business Owner engagement, that keep value stream spend inside the portfolio's strategy
c) They transfer approval of every Feature to the Lean Portfolio Management function
d) They replace the Portfolio Vision as the statement of where the portfolio intends to invest over its planning horizon
09. What does building a powerful guiding coalition for a SAFe® transformation require?
(Choose two.)
a) Engaging leaders, influencers, and change agents across the organization
b) Including members with the authority to remove organizational impediments
c) Involving only top-level executives
d) Limiting the coalition to members with previous SAFe® experience
10. Which of the following are core competencies of Business Agility?
(Choose three.)
a) Team and Technical Agility
b) Market Predictability
c) Continuous Delivery Pipeline
d) Enterprise Solution Delivery
e) Lean Portfolio Management