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SAFe RTE practice questions: Exploring the RTE Role
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1/5 · Exploring the RTE Role · easy
In SAFe's House of Lean, which four pillars support the roof of 'Value' and rest on the foundation of leadership?
AAlignment, built-in quality, transparency, and program execution.
BVision, roadmap, backlog, and iteration.
CScope, cost, schedule, and quality.
DRespect for people and culture, flow, innovation, and relentless improvement.
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2/5 · Exploring the RTE Role
Near the end of Day 2 of PI Planning, the RTE facilitates a session where the team walks through each identified program-level risk and categorizes it so nothing is left ambiguous before final plans are committed. Which technique is being applied?
AMoSCoW prioritization (Must, Should, Could, Won't).
BROAM (Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated).
CWSJF (Weighted Shortest Job First).
DA RACI matrix (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed).
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3/5 · Exploring the RTE Role
An RTE reviews ART-level flow metrics and notices Flow Load is very high, indicating excessive work in process, which is causing long Flow Time across multiple teams. Which action best reflects the RTE's role in applying Lean flow principles?
AEscalate to Lean Portfolio Management to cancel the current PI, bypassing any team-level dialogue about flow.
BFacilitate discussions at ART Sync and the Inspect and Adapt workshop to help teams visualize and limit work in process, applying Lean flow principles across the train.
CDisregard flow metrics since they are relevant only at the Portfolio level and outside RTE responsibility.
DDirect each team to work overtime so the excess backlog is cleared faster.
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4/5 · Exploring the RTE Role · hard
The RTE ensures that ART Sync discussions and information radiators make impediments, dependencies, and progress visible to all stakeholders, rather than only reporting status upward through a management chain. Which SAFe 6.0 Core Value is most directly reflected by this practice?
ATransparency.
BProgram Execution.
CAlignment.
DBuilt-In Quality.
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5/5 · Exploring the RTE Role · hard
An RTE notices that flow across the Agile Release Train has been degrading for two Program Increments, and several teams privately admit they feel micromanaged by a well-meaning RTE who assigns tasks to individual team members during ART sync to 'keep things moving.' Which change in RTE behavior would best align with the SAFe House of Lean and the RTE's role as a servant leader?
AAsk Business Owners to approve a stricter change-control process so the RTE can better justify reassigning tasks between teams when flow degrades.
BContinue assigning specific tasks during ART sync, but also add a formal daily status report from each team member directly to the RTE to increase visibility into progress.
CDelegate all task assignment authority to the Product Owners instead of the RTE, so someone is still directing individual team members' daily work.
DStop assigning individual tasks, instead surfacing and helping remove systemic cross-team impediments raised in ART sync, and trust teams to self-organize around their own commitments and Team Backlogs.
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