2025 LEADING SAFE CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
Plan & Commit has 4 steps? - --answer-1. Purpose (Define & commit what will be built in the iteration
2. Process (Product Owner defines What; Team defines how & how much)
3. Result (Iteration goals & backlog of the Team's commitment)
4. Reciprocal Commitment (team commits to delivering specific priorities; Business commits to leaving
priorities unchanged during the Iteration)
MBSE - --answer-Model Based Systems Engineering
(Test) Emergent Design - --answer-Teams grow the system design as user stories require.
(Test) Intentional Architecture does what? - --answer-Fosters team alignment and defines Architectural
runway
Architectural Runway means? - --answer-Existing code, hardware components, etc. that technically
enable near-term business features.
1. Enablers build up the runaway
2. Features consume it
3. Must be continuously maintained
4. Use capacity (Kanban) allocation for Enablers that extend the runway.
TDD stands for? - --answer-Test Driven Development
,(Test) Use Kanban to improve flow by? - --answer-1. Visualize Workflow (ready states help show
bottlenecks)
2. Establish WIP Limits
3. Use Buffers to control Variability
4. Apply classes of service to improve responsiveness
5. Measure flow with Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
6. Continuously improve based on empirical flow data
Flow:
- Team Backlog
- Analyze
- Subject Matter Expert
- Build
- Integrate & Test
- Accepted
(Test) ART Sync includes what 2 parts? Who owns each Sync meeting and what are the outcomes? - --
answer-Scrum of Scrums & PO Sync
- Scrum of Scrums: Visibility into progress & impediments; Facilitated by RTE; Participants are Scrum
masters, other select team members, SMEs in needed; Weekly or more frequently (30-60 min); Time
boxed followed by meet after.
- PO Sync: Visibility into progress, scop, and priority adjustments; Facilitated by RTE or Product Mgr;
Participants are PMs, POs, other Stakeholders, & SMEs as needed; Weekly or more frquently; Time
Boxed & followed by meet after.
(Test) Strategic Themes do what? Know the 3 items and more detail. - --answer-Connect each SAFe
portfolio to the enterprise business strategy.
Influence:
1. ART Funding
2. Portfolio Backlog
3. Program Vision & Roadmap
- Assist with Epic evaluation & decision making
,An Epic is not? - --answer-Time Boxed
(Test) A Capability is? Know more about Capabilities. - --answer-1. Describe Solution behaviors
2. Maintained in the Value Stream backlog & are prioritized using WSJF
3. Must be structured to fit into 1 PI
- PI Time Boxed
4. Capabilities are split into Features for implementation
(Test) PPM (Program Portfolio Management) 3 responsibilities? Who attends and purpose? - --answer-
1. Strategy & Investment Funding
2. Program Management
3. Governance
I&A Workshop at the Value Stream Level has 3 parts? - --answer-1. Solution Demo
2. Retrospective
3. Problem Solving Workshop
Attendees: RTEs, Value Stream Engineers, System/Solution Architects, Product & Solution Mgt,
Customers, Portfolio stakeholders may attend.
(Test) Kanban Value Stream: Epics go through 3 steps? - --answer-1. Funnel
2. Review
3. Analysis
- Capabilities of Kanban is managed by Solution Mgt
- Analysis refines business benefit, acceptance criteria, gross estimate, WSJF.
- Prioritize Capabilities can go through implementing & completion.
SAFe set of connected Kanban Systems? - --answer-1. Portfolio Kanban
2. Value Stream Kanban
, 3. Program Kanban
4. Team Kanban
INVEST stands for? - --answer-Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small,
Testable
What are SMART goals? - --answer-Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time Bound
When would you use Kanban & Scrum together? - --answer-1. Scrum is the best choice for new features
2. Kanban for small changes and defect resolution
3. Produces a sense of continuous product "flow" with frequent delivery.
- Visualize & Limit WIP; Reduce Batch Size; Manage Queue Lengths.
(Test) Choose all that apply: Which of the following is true about spikes? - --answer-a. They are useful
b. We should reserve time for them during PSI Planning
c. They fill out architectural features
d. The are created in technical stories and refactors.
T/F: Design must be grown incrementally by the enterprise architect? - --answer-False
(Test) Where are Buffers build into SAFe? Know more about Buffers. - --answer-1. Stretch Goals
2. HIP Sprints
Which of the following are not a principle of agile architecture? - --answer-a. When in doubt, code or
model it out
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
Plan & Commit has 4 steps? - --answer-1. Purpose (Define & commit what will be built in the iteration
2. Process (Product Owner defines What; Team defines how & how much)
3. Result (Iteration goals & backlog of the Team's commitment)
4. Reciprocal Commitment (team commits to delivering specific priorities; Business commits to leaving
priorities unchanged during the Iteration)
MBSE - --answer-Model Based Systems Engineering
(Test) Emergent Design - --answer-Teams grow the system design as user stories require.
(Test) Intentional Architecture does what? - --answer-Fosters team alignment and defines Architectural
runway
Architectural Runway means? - --answer-Existing code, hardware components, etc. that technically
enable near-term business features.
1. Enablers build up the runaway
2. Features consume it
3. Must be continuously maintained
4. Use capacity (Kanban) allocation for Enablers that extend the runway.
TDD stands for? - --answer-Test Driven Development
,(Test) Use Kanban to improve flow by? - --answer-1. Visualize Workflow (ready states help show
bottlenecks)
2. Establish WIP Limits
3. Use Buffers to control Variability
4. Apply classes of service to improve responsiveness
5. Measure flow with Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
6. Continuously improve based on empirical flow data
Flow:
- Team Backlog
- Analyze
- Subject Matter Expert
- Build
- Integrate & Test
- Accepted
(Test) ART Sync includes what 2 parts? Who owns each Sync meeting and what are the outcomes? - --
answer-Scrum of Scrums & PO Sync
- Scrum of Scrums: Visibility into progress & impediments; Facilitated by RTE; Participants are Scrum
masters, other select team members, SMEs in needed; Weekly or more frequently (30-60 min); Time
boxed followed by meet after.
- PO Sync: Visibility into progress, scop, and priority adjustments; Facilitated by RTE or Product Mgr;
Participants are PMs, POs, other Stakeholders, & SMEs as needed; Weekly or more frquently; Time
Boxed & followed by meet after.
(Test) Strategic Themes do what? Know the 3 items and more detail. - --answer-Connect each SAFe
portfolio to the enterprise business strategy.
Influence:
1. ART Funding
2. Portfolio Backlog
3. Program Vision & Roadmap
- Assist with Epic evaluation & decision making
,An Epic is not? - --answer-Time Boxed
(Test) A Capability is? Know more about Capabilities. - --answer-1. Describe Solution behaviors
2. Maintained in the Value Stream backlog & are prioritized using WSJF
3. Must be structured to fit into 1 PI
- PI Time Boxed
4. Capabilities are split into Features for implementation
(Test) PPM (Program Portfolio Management) 3 responsibilities? Who attends and purpose? - --answer-
1. Strategy & Investment Funding
2. Program Management
3. Governance
I&A Workshop at the Value Stream Level has 3 parts? - --answer-1. Solution Demo
2. Retrospective
3. Problem Solving Workshop
Attendees: RTEs, Value Stream Engineers, System/Solution Architects, Product & Solution Mgt,
Customers, Portfolio stakeholders may attend.
(Test) Kanban Value Stream: Epics go through 3 steps? - --answer-1. Funnel
2. Review
3. Analysis
- Capabilities of Kanban is managed by Solution Mgt
- Analysis refines business benefit, acceptance criteria, gross estimate, WSJF.
- Prioritize Capabilities can go through implementing & completion.
SAFe set of connected Kanban Systems? - --answer-1. Portfolio Kanban
2. Value Stream Kanban
, 3. Program Kanban
4. Team Kanban
INVEST stands for? - --answer-Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small,
Testable
What are SMART goals? - --answer-Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time Bound
When would you use Kanban & Scrum together? - --answer-1. Scrum is the best choice for new features
2. Kanban for small changes and defect resolution
3. Produces a sense of continuous product "flow" with frequent delivery.
- Visualize & Limit WIP; Reduce Batch Size; Manage Queue Lengths.
(Test) Choose all that apply: Which of the following is true about spikes? - --answer-a. They are useful
b. We should reserve time for them during PSI Planning
c. They fill out architectural features
d. The are created in technical stories and refactors.
T/F: Design must be grown incrementally by the enterprise architect? - --answer-False
(Test) Where are Buffers build into SAFe? Know more about Buffers. - --answer-1. Stretch Goals
2. HIP Sprints
Which of the following are not a principle of agile architecture? - --answer-a. When in doubt, code or
model it out
