SAFe Scrum Master Exam Questions
and Answers with Verified Solutions
Two primary aspects of a Lean-Agile mindset ✔✔Thinking lean & embracing agility
SAFe is based on three bodies of knowledge - what are they? ✔✔Agile
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SAFe Scrum Master Exam Questions
and Answers with Verified Solutions
Two primary aspects of a Lean-Agile mindset ✔✔Thinking lean & embracing agility
SAFe is based on three bodies of knowledge - what are they? ✔✔Agile development, systems
thinking, and lean product development
What are the pillars for the SAFe House of Lean? What is the goal? ✔✔Respect for people and
culture, flow, innovation and relentless improvement; the goal is delivering value
What is the key to successfully executing SAFe? ✔✔Establish a continuous flow of work that
supports incremental value delivery, based on constant feedback and adjustment
What is gemba? [Pillar 3: Innovation] ✔✔The idea that one should get OOTO and into the actual
workplace where value is produced, and products are created and used
What are some of the components of relentless improvement? ✔✔Optimize the whole, not the
parts; consider facts carefully, then act quickly; apply Lean tools and techniques to determine the
root cause of inefficiencies; reflect at key milestones
What are the values of the agile manifesto? ✔✔Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools; working software over comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration over contract
negotiation; responding to change over following a plan
What is the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a dev.
team? ✔✔Face-to-face conversation
What is the primary measure of progress? ✔✔Working software
What is the role of the Scrum Master? ✔✔Ensuring the Scrum process is followed; Educating the
team in Scrum and SAFe practices; providing the environment for continuous improvement; also
typically charged with removing impediments
Why do some teams apply WIP limits? ✔✔To create a "pull" process within the iteration and to
continuously balance the work to increase throughput
To build quality into the code and component level (and thus being able to scale), what are five
practices that supplement the project managements practices of Scrum? ✔✔Continuous
Integration, Test-First, Refactoring, pair work, and collective ownership
In the Scrum Master role, what do they spend most of their time doing? ✔✔Helping other team
members communicate, coordinate and cooperate
What is the Product Owner (PO) responsible for in their role? ✔✔Defining stories; prioritizing the
team backlog; maintain the conceptual and technical integrity of features/components for team
Who has the responsibility of accepting the final iteration plan? ✔✔Product Owner
While operating within the context of the ART, teams are... ✔✔empowered, self-organizing and
self-managing
What are the steps for a team in building incremental value? ✔✔Define, Build, Test, Deploy
What is the one real measure of value, velocity and progress? ✔✔The demo of fully integrated
work from all teams during the prior iteration (System Demo)
Who is ultimately responsible for the adoption, success and ongoing improvement of Lean-Agile
development? ✔✔An organization's managers, leaders and executives
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