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40 Q

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75%

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KMP is Kanban University's intermediate credential for managers and team leads, awarded after completing both KSD (KMP I) and KMP II (Evolving Professional Kanban / KSI). KMP II ends with a 40-question, 60-minute written assessment at 75% pass. The curriculum covers Klaus Leopold's Flight Levels (1 operational, 2 coordination, 3 strategic), Discovery / upstream Kanban, Portfolio Kanban, service orientation with SDM and SRM roles, Service Level Expectations vs. SLAs, Monte Carlo and percentile-based forecasting, Cycle Time Scatterplot, Aging WIP, the seven cadences, risk-driven prioritization (CD3 / WSJF), capacity allocation, and remedies for dysfunctions such as WIP creep, shadow WIP, and expedite abuse. Our free 100-question practice bank covers each of these areas with detailed explanations.

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1According to Kanban University, what two accredited courses are required to earn the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential?
A.TKP and KSD
B.KSD (Kanban System Design, KMP I) and KMP II (Evolving & Coaching Professional Kanban / Kanban Systems Improvement, KSI)
C.KCP and KMP
D.TKP and KSI only
Explanation: The KMP credential is awarded after completing both KSD (Kanban System Design, also called KMP I) and KMP II (Evolving Professional Kanban / Kanban Systems Improvement, KSI). KSD focuses on designing a kanban system using STATIK; KMP II focuses on evolving and scaling existing kanban systems and coaching managers and team leads.
2In Klaus Leopold's Flight Levels model, what does Flight Level 1 primarily address?
A.Strategic portfolio direction across the entire organization
B.Operational, team-level execution — a single team's kanban system delivering work
C.Coordination of multiple teams or services working toward shared outcomes
D.Investor reporting
Explanation: Flight Level 1 is operational — it represents an individual team executing its work. This is where a typical team kanban board lives, with explicit policies, WIP limits, and feedback loops at the team level. Flight Level 2 handles cross-team coordination, and Flight Level 3 addresses strategic direction.
3Which Flight Level focuses on coordinating dependencies and flow across multiple teams working on shared end-to-end outcomes?
A.Flight Level 1
B.Flight Level 2
C.Flight Level 3
D.Flight Level 4
Explanation: Flight Level 2 is the coordination layer. It is where you make end-to-end value streams visible across multiple operational (Flight Level 1) teams, surface dependencies, and manage flow of larger initiatives that no single team can finish alone. There is no canonical Flight Level 4 in Klaus Leopold's model.
4An organization wants to visualize which strategic initiatives are in flight, ensure WIP at the portfolio level is limited, and decide which big bets to fund or stop. Which Flight Level applies?
A.Flight Level 1
B.Flight Level 2
C.Flight Level 3
D.All three simultaneously, equally
Explanation: Flight Level 3 is the strategy layer. A Flight Level 3 board (sometimes called a Strategy or Portfolio Kanban) visualizes strategic initiatives, applies WIP limits to bets in flight, and makes prioritization and stop/continue decisions visible. Flight Level 1 and 2 boards execute and coordinate, but the funding-and-stopping decisions live at Flight Level 3.
5Which statement best describes Discovery Kanban?
A.A board used only after delivery to retrospect on customer feedback
B.A practice that visualizes and limits the work of generating, refining, and selecting options before they cross the commitment point
C.A method for discovering bugs after release
D.A replacement for Scrum's sprint review
Explanation: Discovery Kanban (a form of upstream Kanban) visualizes the work of shaping options — option generation, validation, refinement — before they cross the commitment point into delivery. It applies WIP limits to options being investigated to keep discovery from overproducing items that delivery can never absorb.
6Which assessment format does the KMP II (Evolving Professional Kanban) credential use?
A.No written exam; awarded on course completion only
B.40 multiple-choice questions, 60 minutes, 75% passing score
C.A 4-hour open-book essay exam
D.An oral interview with a Kanban University assessor
Explanation: Kanban University's evolving and coaching certifications, including KMP II / KSI, use a 40-question multiple-choice assessment with a 60-minute time limit and a 75% passing score. The KMP credential itself is awarded after passing this assessment and having also completed KSD (KMP I).
7A Service Delivery Manager (SDM) is responsible for which of the following?
A.Selecting which items to commit to the team next
B.The flow of work through the kanban system — removing impediments, managing risk, and improving delivery performance over time
C.Setting strategic direction for the company
D.Coding the highest-priority items
Explanation: The Service Delivery Manager (SDM), sometimes called Flow Manager, owns the flow of work through the kanban system. They focus on removing blockers, managing risk, improving cycle-time predictability, and ensuring the team meets its service-level expectations. They do not own which items get pulled in — that is the Service Request Manager's role.
8The Service Request Manager (SRM) is best described as responsible for:
A.Managing customer expectations, prioritizing the upstream queue, and deciding the order in which items will be pulled into the kanban system
B.Removing blockers from the team's daily work
C.Designing the kanban board
D.Running the daily standup
Explanation: The Service Request Manager (SRM) is the upstream-facing role. They understand customer needs, manage the upstream queue (the options pool), order and prioritize items, and lead the Replenishment cadence. Internal flow improvement and impediment removal are the SDM's territory.
9What is the key difference between a Service Level Agreement (SLA) and a Service Level Expectation (SLE) in Kanban?
A.They are identical
B.An SLA is a contractual commitment with penalties for breach; an SLE is an empirical, percentile-based forecast (e.g., '85% of items finish within 14 days') used to set customer expectations
C.An SLA applies to internal teams only; an SLE applies to external customers only
D.An SLE is set by management; an SLA is set by the team
Explanation: An SLA is typically a contractual agreement with consequences if breached. An SLE is a data-driven forecast — for example, '85% of Standard-class items complete within 14 days' — derived from the team's historical cycle-time distribution. SLEs are empirical and probabilistic; SLAs are commitments. Kanban services typically use SLEs internally before promising SLAs externally.
10A KMP-level team computes its 85th-percentile cycle time as 14 days. Which of the following is the most defensible interpretation?
A.Every item will finish in 14 days or less
B.Historically, roughly 85% of completed items finished within 14 days; future items of the same type and class are likely to do the same if the system stays stable
C.The average item takes 14 days
D.The fastest item ever took 14 days
Explanation: Percentile cycle time is a probabilistic forecast based on historical data. Saying the 85th-percentile cycle time is 14 days means about 85% of past items finished within 14 days; if the system remains stable, future items of the same class are likely to follow the same distribution. It is not a guarantee, an average, or a minimum.

About the KMP Exam

The Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential is Kanban University's intermediate professional designation for managers, team leads, and senior practitioners who evolve and scale existing kanban implementations. KMP is awarded after completing two accredited courses: KSD (Kanban System Design, KMP I) which uses STATIK to design a kanban system, and KMP II (Evolving Professional Kanban, also known as Kanban Systems Improvement / KSI) which focuses on evolving and scaling an existing system. The KMP II course concludes with a written assessment of 40 multiple-choice questions, 60-minute time limit, and 75% passing score. KMP II covers Klaus Leopold's Flight Levels (Flight Level 1 operational, Flight Level 2 coordination, Flight Level 3 strategic / portfolio), upstream and discovery Kanban, portfolio Kanban, service orientation, the Service Delivery Manager and Service Request Manager roles in depth, Service Level Expectations versus Service Level Agreements, risk-driven prioritization, probabilistic forecasting (percentile cycle time and Monte Carlo simulation), the Cycle Time Scatterplot and Aging Work-in-Progress chart, the seven cadences (Daily Kanban, Replenishment, Delivery Planning, Service Delivery Review, Risk Review, Operations Review, Strategy Review), workshop facilitation, and common dysfunctions with their remedies. This practice bank reinforces those concepts with 100 KMP II-aligned questions and detailed explanations.

Questions

40 scored questions

Time Limit

60 minutes (KMP II written assessment)

Passing Score

75%

Exam Fee

$1,200-$2,000 (KMP II course fee; KSD / KMP I is a separate course) (Kanban University)

KMP Exam Content Outline

~25%

Flight Levels & scaling Kanban

Klaus Leopold's Flight Levels 1 (operational), 2 (coordination), and 3 (strategic / portfolio); end-to-end value streams; portfolio WIP limits

~15%

Discovery / Upstream Kanban & Portfolio Kanban

Option generation, refinement, validation upstream; upstream WIP limits; portfolio Kanban with explicit WIP discipline

~15%

Service orientation, SDM & SRM roles

Recurring work as services with fitness criteria; Service Delivery Manager (flow) vs. Service Request Manager (replenishment); facilitation

~20%

Metrics, SLEs & probabilistic forecasting

Percentile cycle time, Cycle Time Scatterplot, Aging WIP, CFD diagnosis, SLE vs. SLA, Monte Carlo simulation from throughput / cycle time

~25%

Evolutionary change, cadences & dysfunctions

PDCA experiments, SDR, Operations Review, Strategy Review, CD3 / WSJF, capacity allocation, and remedies for common dysfunctions

How to Pass the KMP Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 75%
  • Exam length: 40 questions
  • Time limit: 60 minutes (KMP II written assessment)
  • Exam fee: $1,200-$2,000 (KMP II course fee; KSD / KMP I is a separate course)

Keys to Passing

  • Complete 500+ practice questions
  • Score 80%+ consistently before scheduling
  • Focus on highest-weighted sections
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

KMP Study Tips from Top Performers

1Memorize the three Flight Levels and the failure modes when each is missing — these are heavy on the KMP II exam
2Internalize the difference between SLE (empirical, percentile-based forecast) and SLA (contractual commitment) — and how to derive an SLE from a Cycle Time Scatterplot
3Practice Little's Law calculations in both directions: given two of (WIP, Throughput, Cycle Time), find the third
4Know the seven cadences and which scope each addresses: Daily Kanban (team), SDR (single service), Risk Review, Replenishment, Delivery Planning, Operations Review (portfolio across services), Strategy Review (Flight Level 3)
5Distinguish push vs. pull replenishment, and know why WIP discipline (not estimation accuracy) is the primary lever for predictability
6Memorize the SDM (flow / inside the system) vs. SRM (upstream queue / commitment) accountability split
7Understand CD3 / WSJF (Cost of Delay divided by Duration) as the standard heuristic for sequencing Standard-class items

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the KMP credential awarded?

Kanban University awards the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential after a candidate completes both KSD (Kanban System Design, KMP I) and KMP II (Evolving Professional Kanban, also called Kanban Systems Improvement / KSI). KMP II includes a written multiple-choice assessment; KSD is awarded on course completion.

What is the format of the KMP II assessment?

The KMP II assessment is a 40-question multiple-choice exam with a 60-minute time limit and a 75% passing score. It is administered as part of the accredited KMP II course.

Is KMP II the same as KSI?

Yes. Kanban University rebranded the 'Kanban Systems Improvement' (KSI) course as 'KMP II — Evolving Professional Kanban'. Some materials still use KSI; the course content is the same and it pairs with KSD (KMP I) to earn the KMP credential.

Do I need KSD before taking KMP II?

Many Accredited Kanban Trainers allow taking KMP II without KSD first, but the KMP credential is only awarded after both courses are complete. KSD provides the STATIK system-design foundation that KMP II builds on, so most candidates take KSD first.

Who should take KMP II?

KMP II is targeted at managers, team leads, and senior practitioners who are evolving and scaling existing kanban implementations. It is heavier on Flight Levels, forecasting, and service-oriented organizational design than the entry-level TKP course.

How much does KMP II cost?

Course fees vary by Accredited Kanban Trainer and region. Typical pricing is $1,200-$2,000 USD for KMP II, with KSD as a separate course of similar cost. Some trainers offer combined KSD + KMP II pricing.

Does the KMP credential expire?

No. KMP is awarded for life with no renewal fee and no continuing-education requirement. Candidates may continue along the Kanban University development path to KCP (Kanban Coaching Professional).

What forecasting techniques does KMP II teach?

KMP II teaches probabilistic forecasting using percentile cycle time (from a Cycle Time Scatterplot) and Monte Carlo simulation from historical throughput. Forecasts are reported with confidence levels (e.g., '85% probability of finishing by August 22') rather than as single-date promises.

What are Flight Levels?

Flight Levels is a model from Klaus Leopold that distinguishes three layers in an organization: Flight Level 1 (operational team execution), Flight Level 2 (cross-team coordination of end-to-end value streams), and Flight Level 3 (strategic / portfolio direction). KMP II teaches when and how to introduce each level to evolve a scaled kanban system.