SPC EXAM FINAL - QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise addresses the integration across Agile Release
Trains (ARTs)? - ✔✔Enterprise Solution Delivery
What is a key business benefit of SAFe? - ✔✔To adapt quickly to changing technologies and
economic conditions.
Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise focuses on building quality in? - ✔✔Team
and Technical Agility
What is Business Agility? - ✔✔The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly
responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions
A leader that admits his own mistakes exhibits which SAFe Core Value? - ✔✔Transparency
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking.
Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? - ✔✔Innovation
Flow is one of the four pillars of the SAFe House of Lean. What are the three other pillars? -
✔✔Innovation; Relentless Improvement; Respect for People and Culture
When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development
expense used? - ✔✔To identify different parameters of the economic framework.
Which is an aspect of systems thinking? - ✔✔Optimizing a component is not optimizing the
system
,If small batches go through the system faster with lower variability, then which statement is
true about batch size? - ✔✔Large batches can cause projects to miss targets.
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - ✔✔Teams align
their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system
integration
According to SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #10, what should the Enterprise do when markets and
Customers demand change? - ✔✔Reorganize the network around the new value flow
Who facilitates team-level events? - ✔✔Scrum Master
Who is the content authority for an Agile Release Train? - ✔✔Product Management
Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are they? -
✔✔Sustainability; Desirability; Viable and Feasible
The benefit hypothesis justifies the Feature Implementation Cost, and what else? - ✔✔It
provides business perspective when making scope decisions
During Program Increment (PI) Planning, what is the primary objective of the draft plan review?
- ✔✔To highlight challenges that management must address in the management review and
problem solving meeting
What is the final activity on day one of Program Increment (PI) Planning? - ✔✔Management
review and problem-solving
In Program Increment (PI) Planning, the final plan review is done by who? - ✔✔The teams
and the business owners.
, During Program Increment (PI) Planning, which statement is true about the activities of team
breakouts? - ✔✔At team breakout #2, teams work to create their final plans
What are three essential program events that keep the Agile Release Train (ART) on the
tracks?(Choose three.) - ✔✔System Demo; Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event; Program
Increment (PI) Planning;
An Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration allows time for which two activities? - ✔✔For
continuing education; For innovation;
What are two benefits of funding Value Streams rather than projects? (Choose two.) - ✔✔To
eliminate the delays involved in forming project teams;To eliminate the delays of project
approvals and funding;
Which two SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) resources are intended to aid in arriving at the SAFe
tipping point? (Choose two.) - ✔✔he SAFe Executive Workshop Toolkit;The Introducing SAFe
workshop;
According to John Kotter, what is the first step to successful change. Also review 8 steps -
✔✔Creating a sense of urgency
A compelling Vision for change achieves which two objectives? (Choose two.) - ✔✔It clarifies
the purpose and direction of the change;It motivates people to make the change;
What is one key reason an organization starts a SAFe transformation? - ✔✔Burning Platform;
there is an obvious need to change the product and service.
sufficiently powerful guiding coalition consists of which three elements? (Choose three.) -
✔✔Executives with high credibility;Change agents trained as SAFe Program Consultants
(SPCs);Trained Lean-Agile leaders;
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise addresses the integration across Agile Release
Trains (ARTs)? - ✔✔Enterprise Solution Delivery
What is a key business benefit of SAFe? - ✔✔To adapt quickly to changing technologies and
economic conditions.
Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise focuses on building quality in? - ✔✔Team
and Technical Agility
What is Business Agility? - ✔✔The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly
responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions
A leader that admits his own mistakes exhibits which SAFe Core Value? - ✔✔Transparency
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking.
Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? - ✔✔Innovation
Flow is one of the four pillars of the SAFe House of Lean. What are the three other pillars? -
✔✔Innovation; Relentless Improvement; Respect for People and Culture
When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development
expense used? - ✔✔To identify different parameters of the economic framework.
Which is an aspect of systems thinking? - ✔✔Optimizing a component is not optimizing the
system
,If small batches go through the system faster with lower variability, then which statement is
true about batch size? - ✔✔Large batches can cause projects to miss targets.
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - ✔✔Teams align
their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system
integration
According to SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #10, what should the Enterprise do when markets and
Customers demand change? - ✔✔Reorganize the network around the new value flow
Who facilitates team-level events? - ✔✔Scrum Master
Who is the content authority for an Agile Release Train? - ✔✔Product Management
Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are they? -
✔✔Sustainability; Desirability; Viable and Feasible
The benefit hypothesis justifies the Feature Implementation Cost, and what else? - ✔✔It
provides business perspective when making scope decisions
During Program Increment (PI) Planning, what is the primary objective of the draft plan review?
- ✔✔To highlight challenges that management must address in the management review and
problem solving meeting
What is the final activity on day one of Program Increment (PI) Planning? - ✔✔Management
review and problem-solving
In Program Increment (PI) Planning, the final plan review is done by who? - ✔✔The teams
and the business owners.
, During Program Increment (PI) Planning, which statement is true about the activities of team
breakouts? - ✔✔At team breakout #2, teams work to create their final plans
What are three essential program events that keep the Agile Release Train (ART) on the
tracks?(Choose three.) - ✔✔System Demo; Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event; Program
Increment (PI) Planning;
An Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration allows time for which two activities? - ✔✔For
continuing education; For innovation;
What are two benefits of funding Value Streams rather than projects? (Choose two.) - ✔✔To
eliminate the delays involved in forming project teams;To eliminate the delays of project
approvals and funding;
Which two SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) resources are intended to aid in arriving at the SAFe
tipping point? (Choose two.) - ✔✔he SAFe Executive Workshop Toolkit;The Introducing SAFe
workshop;
According to John Kotter, what is the first step to successful change. Also review 8 steps -
✔✔Creating a sense of urgency
A compelling Vision for change achieves which two objectives? (Choose two.) - ✔✔It clarifies
the purpose and direction of the change;It motivates people to make the change;
What is one key reason an organization starts a SAFe transformation? - ✔✔Burning Platform;
there is an obvious need to change the product and service.
sufficiently powerful guiding coalition consists of which three elements? (Choose three.) -
✔✔Executives with high credibility;Change agents trained as SAFe Program Consultants
(SPCs);Trained Lean-Agile leaders;
