SAFE-SPC Exam Questions
129 real SAFE-SPC exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 3.
- Question #1SAFe Lean-Agile Principles
What does Little's Law tells us?
Little's Lawflowqueue lengthLean principles - Question #2SAFe Configurations and Levels
The Spanning Palette can apply to the Team Level.
Spanning PaletteSAFe configuration levelsTeam LevelLarge Solution - Question #3Lean Portfolio Management
Every Enabler Capability has an Enabler Epic as its parent.
Enabler CapabilitiesEnabler Epicsbacklog hierarchyportfolio backlog - Question #4Building Solutions with Agile Release Trains
ARTs that consist only of Feature teams do not require an Architectural Runway.
Architectural RunwayFeature teamsART compositiontechnical enablement - Question #5Lean Portfolio Management
What does the SAFe budgeting model suggest?
Lean budgetingValue Stream fundingportfolio budgetingEpic funding - Question #6Lean Portfolio Management
What would imply a change to the ART Budget?
ART BudgetProgram Incrementresource allocationbudget management - Question #7Lean-Agile Leadership
(Select 3) Which behaviors are typically associated with Lean-Agile Leaders?
Lean-Agile Leadershipdecentralized decision-makinglifelong learningservant leadership - Question #8Agile Estimation and Planning
SAFe uses Story points for estimating the size of Stories, Features, Capabilities, and Epics.
Story pointsestimationbacklog hierarchysizing - Question #9Lean Portfolio Management
What is Cost of Delay?
Cost of DelayWSJFprioritizationopportunity cost - Question #10Lean-Agile Leadership
(Select 4) What are legitimate examples of management as an enabling function, rather than as top-down control?
Lean-Agile Leadershipenabling managementservant leadershipdecentralized control - Question #11Lean Portfolio Management
Capabilities are similar to Features and can be managed in the Program Backlog.
CapabilitiesProgram BacklogSolution Backlogbacklog hierarchy - Question #12Lean-Agile Leadership
(Select 4) Lean-Agile Leaders ______________.
Lean-Agile Leadershiprelentless improvementLean valuesART execution - Question #13Lean-Agile Leadership
(Select 2) What factors favor centralized decision-making?
centralized decision-makingdecentralized decision-makingLean governanceeconomies of scale - Question #14ART Launch and PI Planning
(Select 2) What are the responsibilities of a Business Owner?
Business OwnerPI Planningbusiness valueART roles - Question #15Value Stream and ART Identification
If a Value Stream is bigger than the recommended ART size, SAFe recommends splitting it by development process steps and organizing the trains around those steps respectively.
Value StreamART sizingorganizational designteam topology - Question #16Lean Portfolio Management
What does innovation accounting mean?
innovation accountingLean Startupempirical measurementIP Iteration - Question #17SAFe Implementation and Coaching
(Select 2) What are the right scenarios for using SAFe Foundations Training Materials?
SAFe Foundations Trainingexecutive engagementSAFe implementationtraining materials - Question #18Lean Portfolio Management
(Select 2) What steps in the Portfolio Kanban are most appropriate for running research spikes?
Portfolio KanbanspikesEpic analysisfeasibility - Question #19Value Stream and ART Identification
If all Agile Release Trains in a Value Stream are organized around Capabilities, they don't require cross-train coordination.
ART organizationCapabilitiescross-train coordinationValue Stream - Question #20Lean Portfolio Management
A Feature inherits its WSJF rank from its parent.
WSJFFeature prioritizationEpic inheritancebacklog ranking - Question #21Program Execution and Metrics
What is NOT a SAFE-recommended Metric?
SAFe metricsagile measurementteam performanceanti-patterns - Question #22Lean Portfolio Management
Select 2) You are prioritizing Epics and the group cannot reach a consensus on WSJF parameters. What would be the best course of action to reduce inconsistencies?
WSJFEpic prioritizationstrategic themesportfolio backlog - Question #23PI Planning
What is the primary purpose of the management meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI Planning?
PI Planningmanagement reviewDay 1 agendaprogram adjustments - Question #24Large Solution Level
When is the Solution Demo conducted?
Solution DemoPI cadenceLarge Solution SAFeinspect and adapt - Question #25SAFe Core Values and Principles
What contributes to establishing trust in SAFe?
SAFe core valuestrusttransparencyservant leadership - Question #26Large Solution Level / Solution Architecture
Vikas is a new Solution architect and is trying to understand the Solution Context. What is the most important factor for him to consider?
Solution ContextSolution Architectdeployment environmentLarge Solution - Question #27PI Planning / Portfolio Management
An Agile Release Train prepares for PI Planning. They have both Features and Program Epics among the desirable items for this PI. However, Product Management is stuck because some...
Epic decompositionFeature prioritizationPI Planning readinessbacklog refinement - Question #28Agile Product Delivery / Architecture
Enabler Features can contribute to the Architectural Runway and realize system Nonfunctional Requirements at the same time.
Enabler FeaturesArchitectural RunwayNonfunctional Requirementsbuilt-in quality - Question #29Lean Portfolio Management
SAFe uses Kanban to manage flow at the Portfolio Level for the following reasons EXCEPT __________.
Portfolio Kanbanflow managementWIP limitsPortfolio Level - Question #30PI Planning / Program Execution
What is the target percentage for the Program Predictability Measure?
Program Predictability MeasurePI ObjectivesART performancemetrics - Question #31PI Planning / Backlog Management
You are working with an ART that is preparing for their first PI Planning event. All Features are formulated and ready for WSJF prioritization. However, when you look over the list...
Feature decompositionWSJF prioritizationART readinessbacklog management - Question #32SAFe Foundations / Core Values
What concept is NOT on of the Core Value of SAFe?
SAFe core valuesalignmentbuilt-in qualityprogram execution - Question #33Lean Portfolio Management / Prioritization
What is the SAFe calculation for Weighted Shortest Job First?
WSJF formulacost of delayeconomic frameworkprioritization - Question #34SAFe Lean Principles / Flow
Backlogs in SAFe behave just like queues.
SAFe backlogsLean principlesflowqueue theory - Question #35Built-in Quality / Team Level
What is NOT a good Definition of Done (DoD)?
Definition of Donebuilt-in qualityacceptance criteriateam practices - Question #36Large Solution / Supplier Management
What should a Supplier using a traditional methodology do when working with ARTs in a Value Stream?
Supplier integrationSolution DemoValue Streamtraditional-agile interface - Question #37SAFe Lean-Agile Principles
(Select 3) According to Lean thinking, how is fast and sustainable flow achieved?
Lean principlesvalue streambatch sizesustainable flow - Question #38Lean Portfolio Management / Epic Management
Once an Epic is approved, an Epic Owner tracks the Epic through implementation.
Epic OwnerEpic lifecyclePortfolio Kanbanimplementation tracking - Question #39Team Level / Agile Teams
(Select 2) SAFe teams using Kanban are required to participate in which events?
Team KanbanSAFe eventsSystem DemoPI Planning participation - Question #40PI Execution / Program Execution
You are invited to help an Agile Release Train that has struggled through multiple PIs. They just finished the second Iteration in the current PI and have nothing to demonstrate at...
System DemoART integrationprogram recoveryPI execution - Question #41Portfolio and Value Stream Coordination
(Select 3) What are three ways to coordinate across Value Streams?
Value Stream coordinationEnterprise ArchitecturePortfolio Visioncadence synchronization - Question #42Team-Level Agile Execution
Velocity is a good measure of team performance.
velocityteam metricsagile measurementperformance indicators - Question #43Continuous Delivery Pipeline and Release on Demand
When is the best time to release a product or Solution to the marketplace?
release strategyRelease on Demandgovernancecontinuous delivery - Question #44SAFe Team Level and Agile Teams
(Select 2) What factors foster team "Ba"?
team dynamicsBadecentralized decision-makingbuilt-in instability - Question #45Agile Release Train and PI Planning
AFe assumes that programs commit to the key priorities within the current PI and provide a forecast for a few subsequent PIs.
PI PlanningART commitmentPI forecastprogram priorities - Question #46Launching the ART and SAFe Implementation
A company is about to launch Agile Release Trains within a Value Stream that consists of 200 people, 90 of whom are in the U.S. working on the system's business logic and databases...
ART launchdistributed teamsfeature teamsvalue stream organization - Question #47Team-Level Agile and Kanban
(Select 3) What are typical Kanban classes of service for Agile Teams?
Kanbanclasses of serviceteam kanbanworkflow management - Question #48Built-in Quality and Agile Architecture
The User Experience (UX) team does not believe in Agile development. They say, "We have to understand the full behavior of the eventual system in order to be able to define an effe...
UX designiterative designagile architecturetimebox - Question #49ART Execution and SAFe Roles
Who typically facilitates the ART Sync meeting?
ART SyncValue Stream Engineermeeting facilitationSAFe roles - Question #50Lean Portfolio Management
Typically, SAFe prioritizes Capabilities based on which of the following?
WSJFprioritizationCapabilitiesportfolio backlog