SAFe Scrum Master Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade.
What are the Anti-Patterns of a scrum masters role in facilitating estimations
- accurate answers-- Pressure by stakeholders
- Only a few people participate
- Not using the modified Fibonacci scale
Anti Patters of a scrum masters role in Draft Plan
- accurate answers-- No plan or partial plan at the end of the timebox
- Too much time is spent analyzing each story
- Shared Scrum Masters and Product owners are not available enough
-Part-time Scrum Masters don't have time to plan as part of the team
Anti Pattern in Scrum Master's role in PI Planning
- accurate answers--Pressure is put on the team to overcommit
- Team under commits due to fear of failure
- Overplanning ahead of time make PI Planning more efficient
- The plan, rather than the alignment becomes the goal
Anti Pattern in the scrum masters role in Iteration Planning
- accurate answers-- Delve too deeply into technical discussions
- Create an unrealistic commitment
- Have the exact same capacity and load
- Focus from the Scrum Master on the technical role rather than the
facilitator's role
- Under-commit due to fear of failure
- Reserve no time for support activities
Team Sync Anti-patterns
- accurate answers-- Poor collaboration of the team members during the
iteration
- Lack of collective ownership
- Infrequent verification and integration during during the iteration
- Prepetual, unresolved conflict within the team
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in tracking Iteration Progress
- accurate answers-- Team gets no input from Coach Sync
- Teams are unwilling to change or add objectives mid- PI
,Anti Patterns in the Scrum Master's role in backlog refinement
- accurate answers-- Arriving to the iteration with non-ready stories
-Not doing the backlog refinement consistently
- Team sees Stories for the first time during Iteration or PI Planning
- Features estimations impact Story estimation
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in the Iteration Review and System
Demo
- accurate answers-- A lot of time is spent preparing for the demo
- Demo is mainly talk/slides as opposed to working software and/or
hardware
- PO sees things for the first time in the System Demo
- System Demo is not done because "the iteration review is enough"
- Team members are not invited to the system Demo to save time
- Demos that are not interesting or relevant to ART stakeholders
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in the improvement
- accurate answers-- the only focus is on what to improve and not what to
preserve
- Focus on problems that are outside of the team's control
- Failure to achieve results
- Inviting people outside the team to retrospective
Anti Patterns in the scrum masters role in Inspect & Adapt
- accurate answers-- Only the PO presents in the PI System Demo
- No actionable improvement Features are created
- Improvement items don't enter the PI Planning process
- Scrum Master is more focused on the technical role than the facilitators role
- Improvement items are not demoed in the PI System Demo
Scrum Masters responsibilities
- accurate answers-- Improving ART performance
- Facilitating PI Planning
-Building High-performing Teams
- Supporting Iteration Execution
- Improving Flow
, The Scrum Master in a SAFe Enterprise
- accurate answers-- Work with the RTE to ensure the train meets its overall
PI Objectives
- Coordinates with other Scrum Masters, the System Team, and Shared
Services during PI Planning
- Works with the teams throughout each iteration and PI
- Participate in Coach Sync
- Fosters normalized estimating within the team
- Helps teams operate under architectural and portfolio governance, system
integration, and system demos
Safe Scrum Servant leader: Traits 'thinks beyond day-to-day activities'
- accurate answers-- set long term operating goals for the team like Agile
practices to master or new skills to acquire
- Examine what is missing to make the environment better for everyone,
prioritizes improvement activities and make them happen
Safe scrum servant leader: Traits 'seeks to help without diminishing the
commitment of others'
- accurate answers-- Facilitate ad hoc meetings
-helps the team find access to external sources of information like subject
matter, experts and shared resources
- helps clarify and articulate the rationale behind scope commitments
- helps team members prepare for Iteration Review and System Demo
- Helps the team find techniques to be more collaborative
Safe Scrum servant leader: Traits 'is open and appreciates openness in others'
- accurate answers-- Shows appreciation for team members who raised
serious issues, even when delivery is jeopardized
- encourages and facilitates open communication among team members and
with external colleagues
- Encourages healthy conflict during team meetings
- Gives open, honest opinions
Safe Scrum Servant leader: Trait ' Listens and supports team members in
decision identification'
- accurate answers-- Encourage everyone to express their opinions
- is attentive to hesitant behavior and body language during iteration events
- Helps the team identify positive and negative changes during retrospective
Correct Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade.
What are the Anti-Patterns of a scrum masters role in facilitating estimations
- accurate answers-- Pressure by stakeholders
- Only a few people participate
- Not using the modified Fibonacci scale
Anti Patters of a scrum masters role in Draft Plan
- accurate answers-- No plan or partial plan at the end of the timebox
- Too much time is spent analyzing each story
- Shared Scrum Masters and Product owners are not available enough
-Part-time Scrum Masters don't have time to plan as part of the team
Anti Pattern in Scrum Master's role in PI Planning
- accurate answers--Pressure is put on the team to overcommit
- Team under commits due to fear of failure
- Overplanning ahead of time make PI Planning more efficient
- The plan, rather than the alignment becomes the goal
Anti Pattern in the scrum masters role in Iteration Planning
- accurate answers-- Delve too deeply into technical discussions
- Create an unrealistic commitment
- Have the exact same capacity and load
- Focus from the Scrum Master on the technical role rather than the
facilitator's role
- Under-commit due to fear of failure
- Reserve no time for support activities
Team Sync Anti-patterns
- accurate answers-- Poor collaboration of the team members during the
iteration
- Lack of collective ownership
- Infrequent verification and integration during during the iteration
- Prepetual, unresolved conflict within the team
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in tracking Iteration Progress
- accurate answers-- Team gets no input from Coach Sync
- Teams are unwilling to change or add objectives mid- PI
,Anti Patterns in the Scrum Master's role in backlog refinement
- accurate answers-- Arriving to the iteration with non-ready stories
-Not doing the backlog refinement consistently
- Team sees Stories for the first time during Iteration or PI Planning
- Features estimations impact Story estimation
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in the Iteration Review and System
Demo
- accurate answers-- A lot of time is spent preparing for the demo
- Demo is mainly talk/slides as opposed to working software and/or
hardware
- PO sees things for the first time in the System Demo
- System Demo is not done because "the iteration review is enough"
- Team members are not invited to the system Demo to save time
- Demos that are not interesting or relevant to ART stakeholders
Anti patterns in the scrum masters role in the improvement
- accurate answers-- the only focus is on what to improve and not what to
preserve
- Focus on problems that are outside of the team's control
- Failure to achieve results
- Inviting people outside the team to retrospective
Anti Patterns in the scrum masters role in Inspect & Adapt
- accurate answers-- Only the PO presents in the PI System Demo
- No actionable improvement Features are created
- Improvement items don't enter the PI Planning process
- Scrum Master is more focused on the technical role than the facilitators role
- Improvement items are not demoed in the PI System Demo
Scrum Masters responsibilities
- accurate answers-- Improving ART performance
- Facilitating PI Planning
-Building High-performing Teams
- Supporting Iteration Execution
- Improving Flow
, The Scrum Master in a SAFe Enterprise
- accurate answers-- Work with the RTE to ensure the train meets its overall
PI Objectives
- Coordinates with other Scrum Masters, the System Team, and Shared
Services during PI Planning
- Works with the teams throughout each iteration and PI
- Participate in Coach Sync
- Fosters normalized estimating within the team
- Helps teams operate under architectural and portfolio governance, system
integration, and system demos
Safe Scrum Servant leader: Traits 'thinks beyond day-to-day activities'
- accurate answers-- set long term operating goals for the team like Agile
practices to master or new skills to acquire
- Examine what is missing to make the environment better for everyone,
prioritizes improvement activities and make them happen
Safe scrum servant leader: Traits 'seeks to help without diminishing the
commitment of others'
- accurate answers-- Facilitate ad hoc meetings
-helps the team find access to external sources of information like subject
matter, experts and shared resources
- helps clarify and articulate the rationale behind scope commitments
- helps team members prepare for Iteration Review and System Demo
- Helps the team find techniques to be more collaborative
Safe Scrum servant leader: Traits 'is open and appreciates openness in others'
- accurate answers-- Shows appreciation for team members who raised
serious issues, even when delivery is jeopardized
- encourages and facilitates open communication among team members and
with external colleagues
- Encourages healthy conflict during team meetings
- Gives open, honest opinions
Safe Scrum Servant leader: Trait ' Listens and supports team members in
decision identification'
- accurate answers-- Encourage everyone to express their opinions
- is attentive to hesitant behavior and body language during iteration events
- Helps the team identify positive and negative changes during retrospective
