SASM SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Practice Test (4.6) 2023 Graded A+

`Which statement is true about the phase-gate milestone model and risk reduction? - Answer --- camila answer: A* A. It does not mitigate risk as intended B. It creates large batches of requirements C. It reduces product increment values D. It helps to visualize and limit WIP -- `When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - Answer --- camila answer: D A. At the end of the System Demo B. At the end of every two weeks C. At the end of the second day of PI Planning D. At the end of each PI -- `Who reviews the top capabilities for the upcoming PI? - Answer --- camila answer: C* A. Project Manager B. Solution Architect/Engineer C. Solution Management D. Project Owner -- `Why should team members continuously and actively engage with other teams during PI Planning? - Answer --- camila answer: C or A5' -C --A A.To manage dependencies and resolve impediments B. To understand how the other team is working C. To foster an environment of capacity and velocity D. To create a backlog of features the team can adopt -- `What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities? (Choose two.) - Answer --- camila answer: A & C* A. Facilitate PI Planning readiness and the event itself B. Understand Customer needs; validate solutions C. Drive relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt D. Build an effective Product Owner / Product Manager team E. Manage and prioritize the flow of work to the program -- `What anti-pattern can emerge during the Scrum of Scrums? - Answer --- camila answer: D* A. Scrum Masters bring in risks and impediments for escalation B. Scrum Masters work with the Release Train Engineer to resolve risks and impediments C. Scrum Masters have a daily 15 minute meet-after with the Release Train Engineer D. Scrum Masters report on the teams' task status each day -- -- `What action should be taken on Relentless Improvement Backlog items from the Problem Solving Workshop? - Answer --- camila answer: C * A. Assign points or prioritization levels B. Calculate for cost before continuing C. Use as direct input into the PI Planning session that follows D. Assign to the team best suited to solve -- `According to Daniel Pink, which three factors drive motivation and lead to better performance and personal satisfaction? (Choose three.) - Answer --- *camila answer: B, C, F A. Reward B. Mastery C. Purpose D. Recognition E. Responsibility F. Autonomy -- `What are three Team Retrospective anti-patterns? (Choose three.) - Answer --- *camila answer: A, B, C A. When the Scrum Master decides what the Retrospective topic(s) will be and directs the team on specific improvement items to work on B. When the team's people manager comes in to observe C. When only part of the team attends D. When the team commits to working on 1-2 improvement items and adds them to the next Iteration Backlog E. When the team reviews their interactions during the last Iteration and identifies 1-2 improvement items to work on as a team F. When the team reviews their interactions during the last Iteration and identifies 1-2 improvement items for the Product Owner to work on -- `One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and outside stakeholders to help the team in what way? - Answer --- *camila answer: B A. Split bigger work items where necessary B. Protect them from uncontrolled addition of work C. Manage the Iteration Planning Backlog D. Accept stories -- When developing an Agile Team's skill set, what skill type is most typical? (not on camila's practice test) - Answer *Answer is 'B'* A. E-shaped B. *T-shaped* C. M-shaped D. I-shaped -- `What are two typical anti-patterns with Product Owners (POs)? (Choose two.) - Answer --- camila answer: (A & D)5 -- D & C' -- A & D A. POs design the solution before bringing the intent to the team B. POs facilitate story grooming sessions with the team during the Iteration C. POs bring the business problem to the team and ask the team to design the solution D. POs and Product Managers are not aligned with business intent E. POs ask the team for help in writing user stories -- `Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to decouple what? - Answer --- camila answer: A A. The release from deployment B. The Iterations Demos C. The System Demos D. The Project Increment -- `What is the value of periodic resynchronization? - Answer --- camila answer: D' A. Products that are delivered earlier provide more value B. WIP is maximized C. It causes multiple events to happen serially D. It limits variance to a single time interval -- -- `At the System Demo, each team demonstrates their own work but the system is not integrated. They say they underestimated the integration effort, but they cannot integrate every Iteration and meet the planned scope. What should the Scrum Master suggest? - Answer --- camila answer: A5' OR *D- -- A A. Integrate the system during the IP Iteration B. Stop the Train and go back to waterfall until integration can occur C. Defer integration until the train is in the sustain and improve the section of the Implementation Roadmap D. Discuss removing scope with product management to allow for continuous integration --------------------------------------- `* What are the responsibilities of a Scrum Master on a train that go beyond basic team facilitation? (Choose three.) - Answer --- camila answer: C, D, E A. Write an estimate features B. Manage Daily Stand-up meetings C. Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning D. Participate in Scrum of Scrums E. Facilitate preparation for the System Demo F. Prioritize Program Backlog