SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK (SAFE)-LEADING SAFE CERTIFICATION EXAM 2023-2024 LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE

SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK (SAFE)-LEADING
SAFE CERTIFICATION EXAM 2023-2024 LATEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Set Based Design (Agile) means? – ANSWER- Multiple Design options
Point Based Design (waterfall) means? – ANSWER- Single Design Option
Set an Integration Point means? – ANSWER- Lean machine to ensure components
are coming together
Economics based decisions (5 things) are? – ANSWER- 1. Sequence jobs for Max.
benefit

2. Don’t consider money already spent
3. Make Economic choices continuously
4. Empower Local decision making
5. Quantify cost of Delay
   How should we measure progress? – ANSWER- 1. Base working systems
6. Objective evaluations
   System Thinking has 3 things? – ANSWER- 1. Solution itself is a system
7. The Enterprise building the system is a system
8. Optimize the full value stream
   (Test) Assume Variability; Preserve Options includes what 5 things? – ANSWER1. Can’t know everything
9. Requirements must be flexible
10. Decision must be flexible
11. Preserve options
12. Improve economic results
    (Test) Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is what 4 things? Are
    Iterations a form of a learning cycle? – ANSWER- 1. Plan
13. Do
14. Check
15. Adjust (act)

• Requires increased investment in development environment ; shorter cycles =
  faster learning
  (Test) Spikes are? – ANSWER- Facilitated by Small Batch Sizes
  Integration Points reduce what 1 thing? – ANSWER- Risk – setting integration
  points will reduce the risk curve
  (Test) The 4 Problems of Phase Gate Milestones? – ANSWER- 1. Forces early
  design decisions

2. Assumes a “point” solutions exists an is right the 1st time
3. Creates huge batches & long queues
4. Centralizes requirements & design in program mgt.
   (Test) Every PI (Program Increment) does what 2 things? – ANSWER- 1. Solving
   the problem via process
5. Improving the Process
   (Test) 3 Dimensions/Questions to Measure Progress are? – ANSWER- 1. Are we
   doing what we said (Progress)
6. Are we doing the right things (Product)
7. Are we improving our process (Process)
   (Test) PI Demos are orchestrated to deliver what 3 things? – ANSWER- 1. Deliver
   objective progress (Objectives)
8. Product (Performance & Customer Feedback)
9. Process metrics (Improvement Stories)
   BVIR stands for? – ANSWER- Big Visible Information Radiator – this facilitates
   flow and helps Visualize & limit WIP.
   Kanban technique of forcing Swarming is? – ANSWER- Setting WIP Limits
   Having Budgets for Development, testing etc. does what? – ANSWER- Contradicts
   Agile
   (Test) Reducing Batch Size does what 4 things? – ANSWER- 1. Increases
   Predictability
10. Accelerates Feedback
11. Reduces rework
12. Lowers cost
    It probably saves twice what you think.
    (Test) Un-Deployed software increases what? – ANSWER- Holding Cost
    Manage Queue Lengths has what 4 things? – ANSWER- 1. Epics (Portfolio
    Backlog)
13. Capabilities (Value Stream Backlog)
14. Features (Program Backlog)
15. Stories (Team Backlog)

• Refinement is down and across all 4 above.
  (Test) Little’s Law – ANSWER- Wq = Lq
  y (up-side down)

2. Avg Wait time = Avg queue length/Avg processing rate

• Faster processing time decreases wait
• Control wait times by controlling queue lengths
  (Test) Long Queues create what 5 things? – ANSWER- 1. Longer Cycle times

2. Increased Risk
3. More Variability
4. Lower Quality
5. Less Motivation
   (Test) 2 mechanisms to measure Value between teams? – ANSWER- 1. Delivering
   on a Cadence
6. Design cycles must be Synchronized
   (Test) Cadence does what 6 things? – ANSWER- 1. Creates predictable events
7. Lowers Cost
8. Regular Planning & Coordination
9. Limits Batch Size to Single Interval
10. Limits new work and makes it predictable
11. Provides scheduled integration points
    (Test) Synchronization does what 5 things? – ANSWER- 1. Causes multiple events
    to happen at same time
12. Cross-Functional tradeoffs
13. Routine Dependency Mgt
14. Supports full system, Integration, & Assessment
15. Provides Multiple Feedback perspectives
    You Control Variability within a? – ANSWER- Framework
    (Test) De-Centralize Decision Making defines what? – ANSWER- Define the
    economic logic behind a decision; empower others to actually make them
    (Test) Centralized decision making includes what 3 things? – ANSWER- 1.
    Infrequent
16. Long Lasting
17. Significant economies of scale
    (Test) De-Centralized decision making includes what 3 things? – ANSWER- 1.
    Frequent & common (ex: team & program backlog)
18. Time Critical (ex: point release to customer)
19. Require local information (ex: Feature criteria)
    (Test) Agile Release Trains deliver what? – ANSWER- Solutions
    (Test) Agile Release Train includes what? – ANSWER- 1. Virtual organization of
    5-12 teams (50-125pp)
20. Program Increment (PI) is a fixed timebox (10 wks avg)
21. Synchronized Iterations & PIs
22. Aligned to a common mission via Single Program Backlog
23. Operates under architectural & UX guidance
24. Frequently produces valuable & evaluable system-level solutions
    Value doesn’t follow what? – ANSWER- Silos – Mgt challenge is to connect the
    silos.
    Problems with Silos:
25. Optimized for vertical communication
26. Friction across silos
27. Location via function
28. Political boundaries between functions
    (Test) Cross-Functional Teams do what 3 things? – ANSWER- 1. Define, Build
    and Test a feature or component (DBT)
29. Optimize Communication & Value delivery
30. Deliver every 2 weeks