SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 Question &
Answers Latest Update
Cadence and Synchronization help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
-Product management
-Capacity allocation
-Other commitments
-The variability in solution development - ANSWER✔✔-The variability in solution development
How does SAFe handle the "fear of conflict" team dysfunction?
-Review results to drive accountability
-Empirically review results at the end of every iteration and release
-Have teams engage in Retrospectives
-Use Scrum to create safe environment for conflict - ANSWER✔✔-Use Scrum to create safe
environment for conflict
What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
-Servant Leadership
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps - ANSWER✔✔-DevOps
An effective SAFe Scrum Master helps the team improve in areas including quality, predictability,
flow, and where else?
-Continuous delivery
-Team metrics
-Relentless improvement
-Risk mitigation - ANSWER✔✔-Team metrics
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
-Weak Lean-Agile leadership
-Avoidance of accountability
-Lack of commitment
-Absence of trust - ANSWER✔✔-Absence of trust
What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
-Identify infrastructure improvements
-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, -Allow for cadence-based planning - ANSWER✔✔-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI
Planning
An effective SAFe Scrum Master elevates people problems with strict confidence to the appropriate
levels when necessary, but only after what has happened?
-They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action
-A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master
-The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI goals
-Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective - ANSWER✔✔-Coaching and
internal processes have failed to achieve the objective
What are two common anti-patterns during PI Planning? (Choose two.)
-The Team Backlog is applied to a very targeted part of the organization
-A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
-The team determines where changes should be targeted
-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit - ANSWER✔✔-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
How can a Scrum Master support a Problem-Solving Workshop?
-By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on specific problems
-By estimating the work effort required to implement recommended improvements
-By coaching the Release Train Engineer on managing the event
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
Answers Latest Update
Cadence and Synchronization help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
-Product management
-Capacity allocation
-Other commitments
-The variability in solution development - ANSWER✔✔-The variability in solution development
How does SAFe handle the "fear of conflict" team dysfunction?
-Review results to drive accountability
-Empirically review results at the end of every iteration and release
-Have teams engage in Retrospectives
-Use Scrum to create safe environment for conflict - ANSWER✔✔-Use Scrum to create safe
environment for conflict
What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
-Servant Leadership
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps - ANSWER✔✔-DevOps
An effective SAFe Scrum Master helps the team improve in areas including quality, predictability,
flow, and where else?
-Continuous delivery
-Team metrics
-Relentless improvement
-Risk mitigation - ANSWER✔✔-Team metrics
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
-Weak Lean-Agile leadership
-Avoidance of accountability
-Lack of commitment
-Absence of trust - ANSWER✔✔-Absence of trust
What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
-Identify infrastructure improvements
-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, -Allow for cadence-based planning - ANSWER✔✔-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI
Planning
An effective SAFe Scrum Master elevates people problems with strict confidence to the appropriate
levels when necessary, but only after what has happened?
-They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action
-A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master
-The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI goals
-Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective - ANSWER✔✔-Coaching and
internal processes have failed to achieve the objective
What are two common anti-patterns during PI Planning? (Choose two.)
-The Team Backlog is applied to a very targeted part of the organization
-A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
-The team determines where changes should be targeted
-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit - ANSWER✔✔-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
How can a Scrum Master support a Problem-Solving Workshop?
-By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on specific problems
-By estimating the work effort required to implement recommended improvements
-By coaching the Release Train Engineer on managing the event
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
