SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
APM FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL 167
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ T or F? PM supports all product aspects. Answer: 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. Answer: Product
Owners
⩥ Four dimensions of product management stakeholders. Answer:
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.
Answer: Design thinking
⩥ Desirable, sustainable, feasible and _________ are the four areas of
design thinking. Answer: viable
,⩥ Driving product strategy and execution, communicating vision,
managing program backlog all have to do with what APM area?.
Answer: Feasible
⩥ What are the 2 populations of Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm?.
Answer: Early adopters and late adopters
⩥ What is Design Thinking's double diamond?. Answer: Understand the
problem, design the right solution
⩥ What are the two steps of Understanding the Problem in Design
Thinking?. Answer: Discover (diverge), Define (converge)
⩥ What the two steps of Designing the right solution in Design
thinking?. Answer: 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?. Answer:
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?. Answer: User research
, ⩥ What research area generally aligns to long-term product development
planning horizons?. Answer: Market research
⩥ T or F. Continuous exploration is market research. Answer: True
⩥ What are the 5 populations of diffusion of innovation?. Answer:
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. Answer: Secondary data
⩥ What kind of data is: custom designed and implemented to answer
specific questions as best as possible?. Answer: Primary data
⩥ Usage analytics/product telemetry, government data and libraries are
all examples of what kind of data?. Answer: Secondary data
⩥ A/B testing, questionnaires/surveys are examples of what kind of
Primary data?. Answer: Quantitative
⩥ SImple surveys, Gemba, innovation games and trade studies are
examples of what kind of Primary Data?. Answer: Qualitative
APM FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL 167
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ T or F? PM supports all product aspects. Answer: 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. Answer: Product
Owners
⩥ Four dimensions of product management stakeholders. Answer:
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.
Answer: Design thinking
⩥ Desirable, sustainable, feasible and _________ are the four areas of
design thinking. Answer: viable
,⩥ Driving product strategy and execution, communicating vision,
managing program backlog all have to do with what APM area?.
Answer: Feasible
⩥ What are the 2 populations of Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm?.
Answer: Early adopters and late adopters
⩥ What is Design Thinking's double diamond?. Answer: Understand the
problem, design the right solution
⩥ What are the two steps of Understanding the Problem in Design
Thinking?. Answer: Discover (diverge), Define (converge)
⩥ What the two steps of Designing the right solution in Design
thinking?. Answer: 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?. Answer:
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?. Answer: User research
, ⩥ What research area generally aligns to long-term product development
planning horizons?. Answer: Market research
⩥ T or F. Continuous exploration is market research. Answer: True
⩥ What are the 5 populations of diffusion of innovation?. Answer:
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. Answer: Secondary data
⩥ What kind of data is: custom designed and implemented to answer
specific questions as best as possible?. Answer: Primary data
⩥ Usage analytics/product telemetry, government data and libraries are
all examples of what kind of data?. Answer: Secondary data
⩥ A/B testing, questionnaires/surveys are examples of what kind of
Primary data?. Answer: Quantitative
⩥ SImple surveys, Gemba, innovation games and trade studies are
examples of what kind of Primary Data?. Answer: Qualitative
