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SAFe Agile Product Management
(APM) Questions and Answers Latest
2026
The PM may fulfill the role of the _____? Ans: Product
owner: defining stories, prioritizing team backlogs,
accepting stories, etc.
T or F? PM supports all product aspects Ans: True - Acts
as marketing, contact for sales, reviews legal agreements,
responses to service requests, manages value steam
economics
PMs rely on ___ for development facing concerns Ans:
Product Owners
Four dimensions of product management stakeholders
Ans: Business goals, getting it off the shelf (shipped),
getting it built and leveraging support
____________ ____________ is an iterative solution
development process that promotes a holistic approach
to delighting all stakeholders Ans: Design thinking
Desirable, sustainable, feasible and _________ are the four
areas of design thinking Ans: viable
Driving product strategy and execution, communicating
vision, managing program backlog all have to do with
what APM area? Ans: Feasible
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What are the 2 populations of Geoffrey Moore's Crossing
the Chasm? Ans: Early adopters and late adopters
What is Design Thinking's double diamond? Ans:
Understand the problem, design the right solution
What are the two steps of Understanding the Problem in
Design Thinking? Ans: Discover (diverge), Define
(converge)
What the two steps of Designing the right solution in
Design thinking? Ans: Develop (diverge), Deliver
(Converge)
Focuses on the who, what and why, Determines concepts,
opinions and values, assesses value provided and what
internal/external customers will pay, influences
marketing and sales is what research area? Ans: Market
Research
Focuses on the how, observes and evaluates what
customers and users do, determines how customers use
or will use the product, influences capabilities and
features is what research area? Ans: User research
What research area generally aligns to long-term product
development planning horizons? Ans: Market research
T or F. Continuous exploration is market research Ans:
True
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What are the 5 populations of diffusion of innovation?
Ans: Innovators, early adopters, early majority, later
majority and laggards
What kind of data is: Previously collected and published
data, and may or may not address specific questions Ans:
Secondary data
What kind of data is: custom designed and implemented
to answer specific questions as best as possible? Ans:
Primary data
Usage analytics/product telemetry, government data and
libraries are all examples of what kind of data? Ans:
Secondary data
A/B testing, questionnaires/surveys are examples of what
kind of Primary data? Ans: Quantitative
SImple surveys, Gemba, innovation games and trade
studies are examples of what kind of Primary Data? Ans:
Qualitative
What of these are considered user research: Usage
analytics, government data, libraries, syndicated/private
data? Ans: syndicated/private data
Which of these are considered secondary market
research? Choice modeling, conjoint analysis,
questionnaires/surveys or A/B testing? Ans: None - they
are all primary market research
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SAFe Agile Product Management
(APM) Questions and Answers Latest
2026
The PM may fulfill the role of the _____? Ans: Product
owner: defining stories, prioritizing team backlogs,
accepting stories, etc.
T or F? PM supports all product aspects Ans: True - Acts
as marketing, contact for sales, reviews legal agreements,
responses to service requests, manages value steam
economics
PMs rely on ___ for development facing concerns Ans:
Product Owners
Four dimensions of product management stakeholders
Ans: Business goals, getting it off the shelf (shipped),
getting it built and leveraging support
____________ ____________ is an iterative solution
development process that promotes a holistic approach
to delighting all stakeholders Ans: Design thinking
Desirable, sustainable, feasible and _________ are the four
areas of design thinking Ans: viable
Driving product strategy and execution, communicating
vision, managing program backlog all have to do with
what APM area? Ans: Feasible
© 2025 All rights reserved
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What are the 2 populations of Geoffrey Moore's Crossing
the Chasm? Ans: Early adopters and late adopters
What is Design Thinking's double diamond? Ans:
Understand the problem, design the right solution
What are the two steps of Understanding the Problem in
Design Thinking? Ans: Discover (diverge), Define
(converge)
What the two steps of Designing the right solution in
Design thinking? Ans: Develop (diverge), Deliver
(Converge)
Focuses on the who, what and why, Determines concepts,
opinions and values, assesses value provided and what
internal/external customers will pay, influences
marketing and sales is what research area? Ans: Market
Research
Focuses on the how, observes and evaluates what
customers and users do, determines how customers use
or will use the product, influences capabilities and
features is what research area? Ans: User research
What research area generally aligns to long-term product
development planning horizons? Ans: Market research
T or F. Continuous exploration is market research Ans:
True
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What are the 5 populations of diffusion of innovation?
Ans: Innovators, early adopters, early majority, later
majority and laggards
What kind of data is: Previously collected and published
data, and may or may not address specific questions Ans:
Secondary data
What kind of data is: custom designed and implemented
to answer specific questions as best as possible? Ans:
Primary data
Usage analytics/product telemetry, government data and
libraries are all examples of what kind of data? Ans:
Secondary data
A/B testing, questionnaires/surveys are examples of what
kind of Primary data? Ans: Quantitative
SImple surveys, Gemba, innovation games and trade
studies are examples of what kind of Primary Data? Ans:
Qualitative
What of these are considered user research: Usage
analytics, government data, libraries, syndicated/private
data? Ans: syndicated/private data
Which of these are considered secondary market
research? Choice modeling, conjoint analysis,
questionnaires/surveys or A/B testing? Ans: None - they
are all primary market research
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