EMT Practice Test

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Question1: When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (Pl) planning, what does it mean when a feature is placed in a team's swim lane with no strings?

Question2: What are two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? (Choose two.)

Question3: What is one action to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture?

Question4: The Agile Release Train (ART) is near the end of the final Iteration of their first Program Increment.
Integration into staging is more challenging than estimated. They add a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why is this a bad idea?

Question5: Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility emphasizes a customer-centric ap-proach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services?

Question6: Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner?

Question7: When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?

Question8: What is one benefit of the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?

Question9: Which SAFe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers?

Question10: During which part of an Inspect and Adapt event would differences between planned business value and actual business value be presented?

Question11: What is the next step after identifying the root cause during the problem-solving workshop?

Question12: Which statement is true about SAFe Iteration Goals?

Question13: During Pl Planning, who owns Feature priorities?

Question14: Which two behaviors should a Scrum Master represent as a coach? (Choose two.)

Question15: What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program board?

Question16: The ART is near the end of the final Iteration of its first PI. Integration into staging is more challenging than estimated. The ART adds a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why is this action considered an anti-pattern?

Question17: In what way is a value stream map different from a process flow?

Question18: What is one way to use the results from Value Stream mapping?

Question19: Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that demotivate employees?

Question20: Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements?

Question21: The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what during Program Increment (PI) Planning?

Question22: What is the purpose of Iteration Goals?

Question23: What hourly activity helps keep teams on track and facilitates early identification of risks during the Team Breakout portion of PI Planning?

Question24: Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program In-crement (PI) Planning?

Question25: Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two)

Question26: What is communicated on the ART planning board?

Question27: Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordina-tion, and communication. What are two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to support a successful PI Planning event? (Choose two.)

Question28: What is one way to develop sufficient Architectural Runway for the Agile Release Train?

Question29: What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?

Question30: How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release Train?

Question31: Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?

Question32: Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility includes aligning strategy with execution?

Question33: What is one reason why the ART predictability measure is important?

Question34: What does transparency mean in a scrum environment?

Question35: How does SAFe handle the 'fear of conflict' team dysfunction?

Question36: Which two actions must the Release Train Engineer (RTE) take when facilitating the Pro-gram Increment (PI) Planning event? (Choose two.)

Question37: Which statement is true about scrum?

Question38: Iteration Goals serve what purpose?

Question39: Product Management has content authority for the Program Backlog including the Vision, the Roadmap, driving the Pl Objectives, and what else?

Question40: What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?

Question41: What behavior is an important part of the Release Train Engineer (RTE) role?

Question42: When estimating stories, what is the Scrum Master's key responsibility?

Question43: What are two examples of team-level events? (Choose two.)

Question44: What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?

Question45: Which SAFe Principle is being applied when a Release Train Engineer treats Suppliers as partners?

Question46: The business must depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?

Question47: How can a Release Train Engineer support decentralized decision making?

Question48: What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the Agile Release Train?

Question49: What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team's backlog they can commit to delivering during an upcoming Iteration?

Question50: What is one purpose of the System Demo?

Question51: In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Epics are decomposed into what?

Question52: What is the primary purpose of PO sync?

Question53: What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?

Question54: During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums occurs just before the draft plan review. The Scrum Master from one team raises an issue that one of the Product Managers just showed up to the planning area with a priority wish list of items. These items do not align with the Feature prioritization. What is the most likely planning anti-pattern causing this sudden impediment?

Question55: What is an example of Scrum Master servant leader behavior?

Question56: What does assigning business value to a team's Pl Objectives influence?

Question57: What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?

Question58: Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?

Question59: After an Agile Release Train's first Program Increment (PI) Planning event, what action can the Release Train Engineer take to help optimize the Program Backlog readiness for the next PI?

Question60: How often should a system demo occur?

Question61: During Program Increment (PI) execution, the System Team is unclear about how to test some of the larger Features. What should a Release Train Engineer do?

Question62: What are two outputs of Iteration Planning? (Choose two.)

Question63: Which value is used when calculating flow efficiency?

Question64: Which statement is true about teams?

Question65: Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?

Question66: What is the best way for the Release Train Engineer to show progress of work in the cur-rent Program Increment (PI) to management?

Question67: What is the best way for a Release Train Engineer to support teams having challenges with problem identification and decision making?

Question68: At which Tuckman stage would an ART be if it is improving engineering practices and fostering more effective communication?

Question69: What is one recommended practice when planning across large time zone differences?

Question70: Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?

Question71: Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?

Question72: Which tool can the Release Train Engineer use to visualize the flow of value?

Question73: Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?

Question74: How are the 5 Whys used?

Question75: How can a Release Train Engineer (RTE) stay informed about employee satisfaction?

Question76: In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?

Question77: Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?

Question78: How can Release Train Engineers (RTEs) network and interact with one another to improve job skills and knowledge?

Question79: What promotes alignment between the business owners and product management?

Question80: A Release Train Engineer should build a relationship with which SAFe role in order to ef-fectively assign business value to a team Program Increment (PI) Objective?

Question81: Which of the following roles should help facilitate an ART Sync?

Question82: Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?

Question83: In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Features are decomposed into what?

Question84: The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Prod-uct Owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?

Question85: What is one activity the Release Train Engineer (RTE) performs before an upcoming PI?

Question86: Which two practices are most important for the Agile Release Train to best support Re-lease on Demand?
(Choose two.)

Question87: What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision?

Question88: What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Incre-ment (PI) Planning meeting?

Question89: Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams dur-ing the current Program Increment (PI)?

Question90: What are two ways to ensure facility readiness when preparing for the Program Incre-ment (PI) Planning event? (Choose two.)