SAFE 5.1 PO/PM Practice Test
Features are sized or split to fit what duration?
A Program Increment
How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?
Adjust the delivery of Features to better meet market needs
Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?
Alignment
The recommended structure for writing User Stories is?
As a..., I want..., So that...
Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what?
Capacity allocation
The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Product Owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?
Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept?
Culture
What is an input to the Vision?
Customer feedback
Product Management is responsible for which activity?
Defining Program Backlog content
What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream?
Delivering end-user value
How do SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities map to the teams' work each Iteration within the Program Increment (PI)?
Each Iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model?
Features are in the Program Backlog
What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner?
Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers
SAFe recommends separating deployment from release. What can help with this practice?
Hide all new functionality under Feature toggles
What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence?
How teams plan the implementation
What are three elements of INVEST? (Choose three.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers
Independent, Testable, Valuable
Which statement is true about WSJF?
It includes cost of delay and the unit of size
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?
It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next Program Increment
The first three elements of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline work together to support delivery of small batches of new functionality which are released in accordance with what?
Market Needs
Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points?
More than one team may be involved in the estimation
What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies?
Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?
Prior to iteration planning
Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner?
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
During Program Increment Planning, the Product Owner coordinates primarily with their Agile Team, other Product Owners, and who else?
Product Management
Who provides Agile Release Train context and Vision during PI Planning?
Product Management
Who typically participates as the ART's Business Owners to approve the team's PI Objectives?
Product Management
A Product Owner is noticing that overall quality is starting to degrade. What might they do to address the problem?
Reinforce the definition of done
The Customer is asking for a forecast for when a specific Feature will be available. Where could Product Management find this information?
Solution Roadmap
What is a common anti-pattern related to System Demos?
Team demos are accepted in place of a System Demo to avoid redundancy
Who should attend the PO Sync?
The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
Which of the following should always attend an Agile Team's Iteration Review?
The team's Product Owner
What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective?
They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements?
They operate as constraints on the design of the system
Iteration Goals serve what purpose?
To align team members to a common purpose
What is the purpose of Iteration Goals?
To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission
What is the purpose of a Program Epic?
To capture Agile Release Train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single Program Increment
What is the purpose of the Solution Context?
To identify critical aspects of a Solution's operational environment
What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives?
To promote Business Agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver Features
What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision?
Top ten Features
Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? (Choose two.)
Transparency, Program Execution
Agile Team capacity allocations often include which major category of work?
User Stories
When should a dependency be raised as a program risk?
When it must be accepted
Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide?
When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a Vision?
Which problem will the Solution solve
Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an Agile Release Train (ART) during Program Increment (PI) Planning to ensure that the PI will deliver a Solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings?
Whole-product thinking
