SAFE POPM EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A
⩥ Which statement describes the Scaled Agile Framework?
A) It scales Scrum to multiple Agile Teams
B) It provides guidelines for Project Managers
C) It provides strict guidelines for all daily activities
D) It synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large
numbers of teams. Answer: D) It synchronizes alignment, collaboration,
and delivery for large numbers of teams
⩥ The Work-in-Process limit at the Analyzing step of the Program
Kanban is based on the overall availability of Product Management,
other subject matter experts, and the capacity of which two other roles?
(Choose two.)
A) Lean Agile Center of Excellence
B) Release Train Engineer
C) Business Owners
D) System Architects
E) Agile Portfolio Operations. Answer: C) Business Owners
D) System Architects
,⩥ Features in Program Backlogs can result from what?
A) Decomposing Enabler Stories
B) Splitting Epics or Capabilities
C) Aggregating stories into Features
D) Refining the Team Backlog. Answer: B) Splitting Epics or
Capabilities
⩥ Which statement is true about fast feedback?
A) It supports SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #3 - Assume variability,
preserve options
B) The shorter the feedback cycle, the higher the utilization
C) It accelerates planning and delivery
D) Smaller batch sizes enable faster feedback loops. Answer: A) It
supports SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #3 - Assume variability, preserve
options
⩥ Which two types of items are maintained in the Team Backlog?
(Choose two.)
A) Business Epics
B) Enabler Stories
C) User Stories
D) PI Objectives
E) Epic Enablers. Answer: B) Enabler Stories
,C) User Stories
⩥ A Lean Business Case can identify the impact on sales and which
other two areas? (Choose two.)
A) Profit
B) Architecture
C) Decomposition
D) Distribution
E) Deployment. Answer: D) Distribution
E) Deployment
⩥ Product Managers are expected to collaborate in planning the amount
of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what?
A) Team Backlog prioritization
B) Capacity allocation
C) Accurate user story sizing
D) Completed Epic acceptance criteria. Answer: B) Capacity allocation
⩥ The team is struggling to agree on the story point sizing of a new user
story. The PO was previously a related domain expert and feels the team
is wasting time. What should she do?
A) Instruct the SM to resize the story
B) Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
, C) Make the team aware of her expertise and decide the size for them
D) Suggest the team stop the sizing of the user story and add it to the
next iteration as is. Answer: B) Continue to support the team's decision
on sizing
⩥ True or False: Epics are estimated in story points rolled up from
feature estimates
A) True
B) False. Answer: A) True
⩥ How frequently should the Program Backlog be reviewed?
A) Every week
B) When the Epic owners are defining the Epic Value Statement
C) Continuously
D) Before every PI. Answer: C) Continuously
⩥ The first three elements of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline work
together to support delivery of small batches of new functionality. These
continuous elements include Exploration, Integration, and what else?
A) Deployment
B) Automation
C) Execution
D) Compliance. Answer: A) Deployment
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A
⩥ Which statement describes the Scaled Agile Framework?
A) It scales Scrum to multiple Agile Teams
B) It provides guidelines for Project Managers
C) It provides strict guidelines for all daily activities
D) It synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large
numbers of teams. Answer: D) It synchronizes alignment, collaboration,
and delivery for large numbers of teams
⩥ The Work-in-Process limit at the Analyzing step of the Program
Kanban is based on the overall availability of Product Management,
other subject matter experts, and the capacity of which two other roles?
(Choose two.)
A) Lean Agile Center of Excellence
B) Release Train Engineer
C) Business Owners
D) System Architects
E) Agile Portfolio Operations. Answer: C) Business Owners
D) System Architects
,⩥ Features in Program Backlogs can result from what?
A) Decomposing Enabler Stories
B) Splitting Epics or Capabilities
C) Aggregating stories into Features
D) Refining the Team Backlog. Answer: B) Splitting Epics or
Capabilities
⩥ Which statement is true about fast feedback?
A) It supports SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #3 - Assume variability,
preserve options
B) The shorter the feedback cycle, the higher the utilization
C) It accelerates planning and delivery
D) Smaller batch sizes enable faster feedback loops. Answer: A) It
supports SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #3 - Assume variability, preserve
options
⩥ Which two types of items are maintained in the Team Backlog?
(Choose two.)
A) Business Epics
B) Enabler Stories
C) User Stories
D) PI Objectives
E) Epic Enablers. Answer: B) Enabler Stories
,C) User Stories
⩥ A Lean Business Case can identify the impact on sales and which
other two areas? (Choose two.)
A) Profit
B) Architecture
C) Decomposition
D) Distribution
E) Deployment. Answer: D) Distribution
E) Deployment
⩥ Product Managers are expected to collaborate in planning the amount
of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what?
A) Team Backlog prioritization
B) Capacity allocation
C) Accurate user story sizing
D) Completed Epic acceptance criteria. Answer: B) Capacity allocation
⩥ The team is struggling to agree on the story point sizing of a new user
story. The PO was previously a related domain expert and feels the team
is wasting time. What should she do?
A) Instruct the SM to resize the story
B) Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
, C) Make the team aware of her expertise and decide the size for them
D) Suggest the team stop the sizing of the user story and add it to the
next iteration as is. Answer: B) Continue to support the team's decision
on sizing
⩥ True or False: Epics are estimated in story points rolled up from
feature estimates
A) True
B) False. Answer: A) True
⩥ How frequently should the Program Backlog be reviewed?
A) Every week
B) When the Epic owners are defining the Epic Value Statement
C) Continuously
D) Before every PI. Answer: C) Continuously
⩥ The first three elements of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline work
together to support delivery of small batches of new functionality. These
continuous elements include Exploration, Integration, and what else?
A) Deployment
B) Automation
C) Execution
D) Compliance. Answer: A) Deployment
