SAFE AGILE ADVANCED SCRUM MASTER EXAM 2023 LATEST VERSION

SAFE AGILE ADVANCED SCRUM MASTER EXAM 2023 LATEST VERSION What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? - answerTo provide steady, high quality, incremental value How does a Scrum Master lead a team's efforts in relentless improvement? - answerBy facilitating the Iteration Retrospective How does the Scrum Master help teams address the challenges of modern Enterprises? - answerBy actively addressing impediments Why are SAFe Scrum Masters challenged differently in an Enterprise? - answerThe team is affected by teams and stakeholders beyond their control Which SAFe configuration requires having a Vision? - answerAll SAFe configurations Which SAFe organizational construct allows businesses to build large and complex systems which require hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner? - answerSolution Train Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe? - answerThe System Team SAFe Scrum Masters interact with which level(s) of Framework? - answerAll Levels One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and outside stakeholders to help the team in what way? - answerProtect them from uncontrolled addition of work What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? - answerSystem Demo In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure? - answerThat each Capability of the system is meeting its responsibilities in contributing to the overall Solution Intent Which statement is true about the phase-gate Milestone model? - answerIt does not mitigate risk as intended How can learning Milestones be used? - answerTo test the concept of a new Feature or Capability What are two reasons why too much work in process (WIP) is a problem? (Choose two.) - answerIt hides bottlenecks in the workflow;It shows that the overall system is inefficient; What is the connection between feedback and optimum batch size? - answerLack of feedback contributes to higher holding cost What is the value of periodic resynchronization? - answerIt limits variance to a single time interval How should decentralized decision-making be used with respect to system design? - answerWhen Agile Teams are empowered, self-organized, and the design is allowed to emerge During Iteration planning, the Product Owner (PO) introduces a new Story to the team. They cannot come to a consensus on the size of the new Story and ask the PO for more details. - answerNo; the team left the Story in the Team Backlog for further refinement with the PO A team's Product Owner (PO) takes an unexpected leave of absence for the last week of the Iteration. Three of the team's Stories have been completed and are waiting to be accepted. - answerWork with the Release Train Engineer to find a solution What is a recommended Story-splitting technique for Agile Teams? - answerImplement the 'happy path' first and the rest of the scenarios afterwards During Iteration Review, the team decides to carry forward three Stories to the next Iteration. This is the second time during this PI that some of the team's Stories are carried over. What are two actions the Scrum Master should take? (Choose two.) - answerDiscuss the issue at the Iteration Retrospective;Perform the 5 Whys to find the root cause of the delays; What are three Iteration Retrospective anti-patterns? (Choose three.) - answerWhen the team's people manager comes in to observe;When only some of the team attends;When the Scrum Master decides what the retrospective topic(s) will be and directs the team on specific improvement items to work on; What anti-pattern can emerge during the scrum of scrums? - answerScrum Masters report on the teams' task status each day What is the SAFe recommended duration of a PI? - answer8 - 12 weeks What are two key areas a team should be organized around? (Choose two.) - answerEnablers;Features; What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities? (Choose two.) - answerDrive relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt;Facilitate PI Planning readiness and the event itself; What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on an ART that go beyond basic team facilitation? (Choose three.) - answerFacilitate preparation for the System Demo;Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning;Participate in the scrum of scrums; When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - answerAt the end of each PI Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to decouple what? - answerThe release from deployment Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI? - answerSolution Management Which statement describes how Kanban teams handle capacity during PI Planning? - answerThey use throughput as an indication of their capacity How does work flow from one state to the next in a team Kanban board? - answerTeam members pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their current state WIP constraint How do Kanban teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile Mindset of relentless improvement? - answerBy using cumulative flow diagrams to objectively measure bottlenecks and variation which could be due to systemic factors One state on the team Kanban board has people waiting while the previous stage is overloaded. What should the Scrum Master consider doing? - answerEncourage and coach the people in the under-utilized stage to help with the work of the overloaded stage What is the most effective way to establish Built-in Quality? - answerPerform as many types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible What is one way to improve the skills of a team member? - answerPair-work with other team members What is one Extreme Programming (XP) rule adopted in SAFe? - answerPair programming What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects, System Teams, and Operations? - answerProgram Kanban Which two actions enhance an Agile Release Train's performance? (Choose two.) - answerCollaboration;Team alignment; What are three distinct traits a group must have to be considered a Community of Practice? (Choose three.) - answerPractice;Community;Domain; Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what? - answerExperience, expertise, exploration, and execution Which pillar of the SAFe House of Lean supports not imposing wishful thinking? - answerRespect for People and Culture What is the skill type Scrum Masters try to get the Agile Team to achieve? - answerT-shaped Which two events explicitly implement the Lean-Agile Mindset of relentless improvement? (Choose two.) - answerInspect and Adapt;Iteration Retrospective; Which technique is used to identify root causes during the problem-solving workshop? - answer5 Whys What action should be taken on relentless improvement backlog items from the problem-solving workshop? - answerUse the items as direct input into the PI Planning event that follows How do Agile Teams ensure their own retrospective improvement actions are implemented? - answerAdd improvement Stories to the team backlog to implement in the next Iteration Who should vote on root causes? - answerThe team members working on that problem What is the first step in the problem-solving workshop? - answerAgree on the problem to solve Why should team members continuously and actively engage with other teams during PI Planning? - answerTo manage dependencies and resolve impediments What are three benefits a community of practice offers? (Choose three.) - answerTo drive craftsmanship;To facilitate the adoption of new methods and techniques;To provide a place to acquire knowledge; During PI Planning, the scrum of scrums meetings help accomplish which two actions? (Choose two.) - answerKeeping the planning Milestones on track;Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies;