Sample Test: SAFe® 4 Lean Portfolio Manager

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certification exam. Performance on the sample test is NOT an indicator of performance on the
certification exam and this should not be considered an assessment tool.

1. What does a SAFe Portfolio manage?

A. Operational Value Streams

B. One or more development Value Streams
C. Products across organizational units
D. Multiple products

2. Which two Lean Portfolio Management practices will accelerate the flow of value to the customer?
(Choose two.)

A. Calculate potential Return on Investment to identify shortest jobs

B. Organize people around Value Streams/Agile Release Trains
C. Maximize capacity utilization of the enterprise
D. Adjust the Minimum Viable Product according to market demand
E. Control Work in Process with a Portfolio Kanban system

3. Which item is included in the Portfolio Context?

A. Qualitative data
B. Feature Roadmaps
C. Strategic Themes
D. Business Objectives

4. Why would a single Portfolio create multiple Portfolio Canvases?

A. To explore multiple future state possibilities

B. To account for different funding sources
C. To account for different Value Streams
D. To analyze multiple Epics

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5. What is one of the Agile Product Management Office responsibilities?

A. Identifying Value Streams

B. Managing the Lean Agile Center of Excellence
C. Moving to objective milestones
D. Integrating Lean-Agile SAFe practices

6. What is a leadership activity of the Lean Agile Center of Excellence?

A. Determining lean budgeting

B. Fostering Communities of Practice
C. Creating the Portfolio Vision
D. Participating in Program Increment planning

7. What are key outputs of participatory budgeting?

A. New value stream budgets and an agreed upon list of Epics

B. Funding of value streams and an agreed upon value propositions
C. Funding for the next cycle and agreed upon Guardrails
D. Vision and funded Roadmap

8. What are two key inputs to participatory budgeting? (Choose two.)

A. Headcount allocation for the Value Stream

B. Portfolio Epics and fixed cost
C. Potential Value Stream Epics
D. Current Portfolio budget
E. Business context

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Answer Key:
1. B
2. B,E
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C,E

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