DAF Practice Test 2 — 30 Questions

Question 1

Which TWO of the following are common types of 'Waste' (Muda) that teams should look for?

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Waiting for information or approvals.. Lean defines several categories of waste, including waiting and motion.

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Collaborative code reviews.

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The use of automated build tools.

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Regular team retrospectives.

Question 2

If you have a 'bottleneck', how does increasing local efficiency at a non-bottleneck step affect the system?

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It increases the pile-up at the bottleneck.. Increasing speed at a non-bottleneck simply pushes more work to the bottleneck, increasing the pile-up without increasing system throughput.

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It reduces the cycle time of the entire system.

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It has no effect on the system.

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It improves the total throughput of the system.

Question 3

What is the primary benefit of 'Standardized Work' in a Lean environment?

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It creates a baseline for improvement.. Standardized work provides a consistent baseline, which is necessary for measuring the impact of improvements (Kaizen).

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It reduces the need for skilled workers.

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It eliminates the need for team collaboration.

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It makes the work boring and repetitive.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the 'Respect for People' principle?

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Empowering individuals to improve their own work processes.. Respect for people involves empowering them, providing them with the tools they need, and involving them in the improvement process.

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Removing all performance management.

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Allowing everyone to work from home.

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Paying the highest salaries in the industry.

Question 5

You are working in an environment where documentation is mandatory for compliance. Using the DA toolkit, how should you approach this?

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Consult the 'Produce Potentially Consumable Solution' goal and evaluate documentation options that fit your compliance needs.. The 'Produce Potentially Consumable Solution' goal provides options for documentation levels, allowing you to satisfy compliance while keeping the process as lean as possible.

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Avoid all documentation.

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Use the same documentation as the Waterfall team.

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Create a new documentation process from scratch.

Question 6

Which DA process goal is specifically concerned with the early stages of a project to ensure the team is aligned?

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Inception.. The 'Inception' phase (or 'Initiate' goal) is where the team sets the foundation, aligns on scope, and agrees on the initial WoW.

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Ensure Continuity.

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Produce Potentially Consumable Solution.

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Improve Team Velocity.

Question 7

Which DA concept describes the idea that teams should be able to choose their own way of working?

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Choose Your WoW.. The 'Choose Your WoW' mindset is a foundational pillar of DA, empowering teams to self-organize and adapt.

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Standardized Agile.

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Command and Control.

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Managed Delivery.

Question 8

Which THREE of the following are examples of organizational-level process goals in Disciplined Agile?

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Improve Team Velocity.. DA includes goals for the enterprise, not just the team level, such as 'Coordinate Activities', 'Improve Team Velocity', and 'Grow Team Members'.

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Daily Stand-up Frequency.

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Select the Project Lifecycle.

Question 9

Which TWO of the following are considered key factors when tailoring your Way of Working within the Disciplined Agile framework?

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The size of the team.. DA explicitly calls out team size and technical complexity as primary drivers for process selection.

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The personal preference of the executive sponsor.

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The specific software vendor of your project management tool.

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The time of year the project starts.

Question 10

What is the primary benefit of the 'Guided Continuous Improvement' (GCI) approach in Disciplined Agile?

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It allows teams to improve their way of working based on their unique context.. GCI provides a structured yet flexible way to improve, avoiding the pitfalls of 'one size fits all' by using a context-sensitive approach.

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It forces every team to use the exact same metrics.

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It eliminates the need for retrospectives.

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It mandates the use of only one specific lifecycle.

Question 11

In the DA toolkit, what does 'WoW' stand for?

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Way of Working. WoW stands for Way of Working.

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World of Work

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Work of Wisdom

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Winning over Work

Question 12

Why does DA avoid prescriptive workflows?

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Because teams need to tailor their WoW to their context. DA believes that context is unique, and prescriptive workflows are rarely optimal for all situations.

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To allow team leads to manage projects

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Because documentation is unnecessary

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To reduce the cost of training

Question 13

What is the role of 'Governance' in DA?

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To provide light, risk-based guidance. Governance in DA provides the guardrails and oversight to help teams succeed while remaining agile.

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To replace all leadership roles

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To impose strict, heavy rules

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To stop teams from working

Question 14

Which TWO of the following are benefits of 'Small Releases'?

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Faster feedback from users. Small releases reduce risk, provide early value, and facilitate feedback.

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The team works longer hours

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Increased complexity of the release process

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Increased documentation requirements

Question 15

A team is using a 'Disciplined Agile' lifecycle but is struggling with high levels of 'technical debt' that prevent them from delivering new features. What should the team do next?

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Incorporate 'Refactoring' and 'Debt Reduction' tasks into the regular iterative planning cycle.. DA recommends managing technical debt explicitly. The team must allocate capacity to pay down debt as part of their regular workflow.

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Create a separate, long-term project to fix the debt.

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Ignore the debt until a 'system overhaul' phase is authorized.

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Ask the product owner to prioritize only new features.

Question 16

Which THREE of the following strategies help in 'Optimizing the Whole'?

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Focusing on end-to-end cycle time rather than local task speed.. Optimizing the whole requires looking at the entire pipeline, not just local tasks, and managing dependencies.

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Creating specialized teams that work in complete isolation.

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Assigning one manager to oversee each individual team member.

Question 17

A team is using a basic Kanban approach and wants to improve their throughput. Which step is most aligned with the DA toolkit?

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Review their current process goals and experiment with a practice that limits WIP.. DA supports GCI; the team should identify their bottleneck, select a relevant practice from the toolkit, and test it.

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Increase team member hours.

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Ignore the bottleneck and work faster.

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Switch to a full Scrum implementation.

Question 18

What is the core philosophy of 'Disciplined' in Disciplined Agile?

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Working intentionally and making informed choices about your process.. Disciplined means being intentional about your process, choosing practices that fit your context, and continuously improving.

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Following rules without question.

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Working as hard as possible at all times.

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Using only one specific tool.

Question 19

You are facilitating a team that feels their current retrospective process is stale. How can you use the DA toolkit to improve this?

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Review the 'Improve Team Velocity' process goal and select a different retrospective technique.. The 'Improve Team Velocity' goal contains decision points for retrospectives with various options to refresh the approach.

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Force the team to follow the Scrum guide's retrospective format.

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Assign a new facilitator.

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Cancel all future retrospectives.

Question 20

Which TWO of the following are key characteristics of a 'fit-for-purpose' Way of Working?

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It is tailored to the team's unique context.. A fit-for-purpose WoW is tailored to the team's context and focused on achieving effectiveness, not just following a framework.

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It is the same for every team in the company.

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It is exactly what the organization's competitors are using.

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It requires no changes after it is set.