Certified SAFe 5 RTE (December 2022)
➖Flow
➖
Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly? - ANS-
➖
Innovation
✔️
Respect for People and Culture
Transparency
➖
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release
➖
Train? - ANS- As a content authority for work
✔️
As decision-makers
➖
As developers of people
As problem solvers
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value? - ANS- ➖Lean
➖
Portfolio Management
✔️
Enterprise Solution Delivery
➖
Agile Product Delivery
Business Agility
➖
Which SAFe core competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers? -
➖
ANS- Business Agility
✔️
Measure and Grow
➖
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
➖
Which of the core competencies of business agility includes aligning strategy with execution? -
➖
ANS- Lean-Agile Leadership
➖
Agile Product Delivery
✔️
Organizational Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
➖
Which SAFe core competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile? -
➖
ANS- Continuous Learning Culture
➖
Organizational Agility
✔️
Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
➖
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that
➖
demotivate employees? - ANS- Business Owners
➖
Product Management
✔️
Portfolio Managers
Lean-Agile Leaders
,What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer? - ANS- ✔️Manage and optimize
➖
the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
➖
Support the Product Owner
➖
Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
Eliminate impediments
➖
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.) - ANS- To make decisions on resource issues for critical
➖
bottlenecks
✔️
To direct the management of the communities of practice
➖
To facilitate the System Demo
✔️
To formulate and direct decisions on risks
To escalate and track impediments
➖
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.) -
➖
ANS- Manage dependencies for teams
✔️
Provide answers about Features
✔️
Encourage teams to self-organize
➖
Coach leaders to increase alignment
Drive teams to specific outcomes
➖Interactions
➖
In system thinking, value of a system passes through its what? - ANS-
✔️
Interdependencies
➖
Interconnections
Integrations
How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation? - ANS- ✔️Give tough
➖
feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
➖
Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
➖
Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
Practice healthy conflict resolutions between teams and team members
➖
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar? -
➖
ANS- To create a BVIR of the important teams ART milestones
➖
To know the cycle time between important team and train events
✔️
To ensure the key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
➖
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do? - ANS- Analyze value streams and
✔️
transform them using lean-agile principles
➖
Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
➖
Promote a better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
Use process mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks.
, ➖
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.) -
➖
ANS- Product owners
✔️
Scrum masters
➖
Product Management
✔️
Release Management
System Architects/Engineers
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
✔️
planning meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted
➖
shortest job first calculation? - ANS- Job size based on relative estimation
➖
The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
➖
Feature size expressed in story points
The actual business value of each feature
✔️
Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
✔️
two.) - ANS- Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
➖
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
➖
Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
➖
Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
➖
What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment (PI)
➖ ➖
Planning meeting? - ANS- Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize with
➖
the teams the Features for the upcoming PI
✔️
Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program
Backlog
➖
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during the
current Program Increment (PI)? - ANS- Teams can establish face-to-face communication
✔️
across all team members and stakeholders
Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
➖
knowledge building
Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agreements during PI
➖
Planning
Teams can review the Features and Enablers at the start of PI Planning, so they have an
understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
✔️
What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment
➖
(PI) Planning event? - ANS- Overprepare for PI Planning
➖
Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
Include inexperienced team members
➖Flow
➖
Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly? - ANS-
➖
Innovation
✔️
Respect for People and Culture
Transparency
➖
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release
➖
Train? - ANS- As a content authority for work
✔️
As decision-makers
➖
As developers of people
As problem solvers
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value? - ANS- ➖Lean
➖
Portfolio Management
✔️
Enterprise Solution Delivery
➖
Agile Product Delivery
Business Agility
➖
Which SAFe core competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers? -
➖
ANS- Business Agility
✔️
Measure and Grow
➖
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
➖
Which of the core competencies of business agility includes aligning strategy with execution? -
➖
ANS- Lean-Agile Leadership
➖
Agile Product Delivery
✔️
Organizational Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
➖
Which SAFe core competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile? -
➖
ANS- Continuous Learning Culture
➖
Organizational Agility
✔️
Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
➖
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that
➖
demotivate employees? - ANS- Business Owners
➖
Product Management
✔️
Portfolio Managers
Lean-Agile Leaders
,What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer? - ANS- ✔️Manage and optimize
➖
the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
➖
Support the Product Owner
➖
Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
Eliminate impediments
➖
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.) - ANS- To make decisions on resource issues for critical
➖
bottlenecks
✔️
To direct the management of the communities of practice
➖
To facilitate the System Demo
✔️
To formulate and direct decisions on risks
To escalate and track impediments
➖
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.) -
➖
ANS- Manage dependencies for teams
✔️
Provide answers about Features
✔️
Encourage teams to self-organize
➖
Coach leaders to increase alignment
Drive teams to specific outcomes
➖Interactions
➖
In system thinking, value of a system passes through its what? - ANS-
✔️
Interdependencies
➖
Interconnections
Integrations
How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation? - ANS- ✔️Give tough
➖
feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
➖
Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
➖
Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
Practice healthy conflict resolutions between teams and team members
➖
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar? -
➖
ANS- To create a BVIR of the important teams ART milestones
➖
To know the cycle time between important team and train events
✔️
To ensure the key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
➖
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do? - ANS- Analyze value streams and
✔️
transform them using lean-agile principles
➖
Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
➖
Promote a better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
Use process mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks.
, ➖
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.) -
➖
ANS- Product owners
✔️
Scrum masters
➖
Product Management
✔️
Release Management
System Architects/Engineers
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
✔️
planning meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted
➖
shortest job first calculation? - ANS- Job size based on relative estimation
➖
The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
➖
Feature size expressed in story points
The actual business value of each feature
✔️
Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
✔️
two.) - ANS- Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
➖
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
➖
Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
➖
Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
➖
What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment (PI)
➖ ➖
Planning meeting? - ANS- Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize with
➖
the teams the Features for the upcoming PI
✔️
Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program
Backlog
➖
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during the
current Program Increment (PI)? - ANS- Teams can establish face-to-face communication
✔️
across all team members and stakeholders
Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
➖
knowledge building
Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agreements during PI
➖
Planning
Teams can review the Features and Enablers at the start of PI Planning, so they have an
understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
✔️
What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment
➖
(PI) Planning event? - ANS- Overprepare for PI Planning
➖
Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
Include inexperienced team members
