SAFE SCRUM MASTER PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION

SAFE SCRUM MASTER PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION 1. What is one way to describe Agile economics? Deliver early and often. Quality is determined by the customer Teams over individuals Apply product thinking constantly - ANSWER Deliver early and often. 2. What is one example of an Agile Team development practice? Demoing frequently. Tracking regulations Writing requirements Visualizing effort - ANSWER Demoing frequently. 3. What is one Agile development value? Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. Working teams over busy individuals Healthy interactions over detailed plans Risk-taking over process development - ANSWER Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. 4. What is one Scrum value that can help Agile Teams create transparency? Respect. Communication Persistence Empathy - ANSWER Respect. 5. What is one example of Scrum Masters/Team Coaches helping without diminishing the commitment of others? Facilitating necessary meetings for the team Encouraging handoffs so each team member contributes to the work Demoing the team's completed work Coaching the team to refrain from relying on external resources - ANSWER Facilitating necessary meetings for the team 6. What is one benefit of holding regular system demos? Deliverables are reviewed with stakeholders Execution can be measured across the whole ART Bottlenecks can be identified early by the teams Problems can be escalated to ART leadership - ANSWER Deliverables are reviewed with stakeholders 7. What is one element on the Scrum Master/Team Coach responsibility wheel? Facilitate PI Planning. Facilitate an Agile Team charter workshop Facilitate a Community of Practice Facilitate Coach Sync - ANSWER Facilitate PI Planning. 8. What is one responsibility of a Scrum Master/Team Coach? Improving flow. Prioritizing the backlog Demoing the system Testing the system - ANSWER Improving flow. 9. What is one way a Scrum Master/Team Coach can support Iteration Execution? Facilitate team events. Build value stream maps Prioritize the team backlog Assign story points for each User Story - ANSWER Facilitate team events. 10. What is one way a Scrum Master/Team Coach can help improve ART performance? Facilitate cross-team collaboration. Run an Agile Team charter workshop Prioritize the ART backlog for PI Planning Communicate the PI Planning agenda - ANSWER Facilitate cross-team collaboration. 11. What is one trait of a servant leader? Persuades rather than using authority Solves problems on behalf of the team Deflects information that could change the team's work Determines the day-to-day activities for the team - ANSWER Persuades rather than using authority 12. According to SAFe, which of the following key traits of effective Scrum Masters/Team Coaches is crucial for team members to accept coaching? Empathy. Fairness Agreeableness Optimism - ANSWER Empathy 13. What is one way a servant leader can support team members in decision-making? Give each team member the opportunity to contribute. Identify solutions to problems the team surfaces Support teams in affinity mapping their concerns Perform regular retrospectives on behalf of the team - ANSWER Give each team member the opportunity to contribute. 14. Team A works collaboratively on new functionality for a customer application. The acceptance criteria have each been minimally met. Team A decides to release the functionality with a method for collecting direct customer feedback. Which of the following high-performing team characteristics is Team A demonstrating? Using regular feedback loops built into the learning cycle. Balancing abilities on the team with the challenge of the work Taking appropriate risks without fear of failure Focusing on success over trying to avoid failures - ANSWER Using regular feedback loops built into the learning cycle. 15. Three members of Team C created a new workflow to speed up the testing process. They spent an entire Iteration designing the process but discovered, just before implementation, that the system could not support the workflow. The rest of the team was excited to hear what was learned from the failed experiment. Which of the following characteristics of a high-performing Agile Team is Team C demonstrating? A safe environment for taking risks without fear of embarrassment or criticism. Accountability to each other and the organization for reliably completing quality work Enjoying the work and working together Mutual trust that allows for both healthy conflict and reliance on others - ANSWER A safe environment for taking risks without fear of embarrassment or criticism. 16. During which of the following stages of team development do team members stop focusing on their own goals and begin focusing on developing better ways of working together? Norming. Storming Transforming Forming - ANSWER Norming. 17. What is the intended value of the Backlog Refinement event? The team is able to prepare requirements for Iteration Planning The team aligns on the progress of Iteration Goals The team reviews and improves processes before the next Iteration The team is able to commit to a set of goals to be delivered in the Iteration - ANSWER The team is able to prepare requirements for Iteration Planning 18. How can teams use Iteration planning to stay aligned on their work? By committing to a set of goals to be delivered By reviewing its processes before the next iteration By sharing Stories that could be pairing opportunities By agreeing on a meeting timebox - ANSWER By committing to a set of goals to be delivered 19. What is one practice Scrum Masters/Team Coaches can use to run successful meetings? Leave meetings with clear action items. Maintain vague agendas to allow for any urgent issues Allow individuals to override timeboxes to ensure full discussions Schedule meetings around the Product Owner to ensure they are able to make final decisions - ANSWER Leave meetings with clear action items. 20. What is one method a Scrum Master/Team Coach can use to help teams overcome a fear of conflict? Aligning to shared commitments. Giving every team member the opportunity to contribute Scheduling regular Team Syncs Enforcing work-in-process limits - ANSWER Aligning to shared commitments. 21. What is one practice Scrum Masters/Team Coaches can use to facilitate conflict management? Enforce working agreements. Escalate conflicts to the Release Train Engineer Encourage team members to resolve conflicts on their own Implement a formal complaints system - ANSWER Enforce working agreements. 22. Which of the following events aligns teams on a train? PI Planning Architect Sync Coach Sync Iteration Planning - ANSWER PI Planning 23. What is one benefit of PI Planning? Allows for faster decision-making It aligns the ART to established DevOps practices It maximizes team capacity It fosters cross-team dependencies - ANSWER Allows for faster decision-making 24. According to SAFe, which of the following types of work should fit into one Iteration for one team? Stories. Tasks Epics Features - ANSWER Stories. 25. What is one recommended practice for Scrum Masters/Team Coaches when coaching teams on presenting a draft plan at PI Planning? Ensure the team has Stories written for the first two Iterations of the increment Identify as many risks and dependencies as possible for the management review Secure support from other teams on how work will be shared and completed Align on how the team will answer questions about their proposed objectives - ANSWER Ensure the team has Stories written for the first two Iterations of the increment 26. During which of the following Agile Team events do team members estimate relative story sizes? Backlog Refinement Iteration Planning Iteration Review Iteration Retrospective - ANSWER Backlog Refinement 27. What is a team's primary goal in an Iteration? Delivering working functionality at the end of the Iteration Sharing progress with the organization during the Iteration Maintaining steady team syncs across the Iteration Managing scope at the start of the Iteration - ANSWER Delivering working functionality at the end of the Iteration 28. What is one purpose of Iteration Goals? To align team members to common objectives To communicate which Stories will be completed during the Iteration To identify what to present in System Demo To get feedback from the organization - ANSWER To align team members to common objectives 29. Best practices in the scrum masters role in PI Planning - ANSWER - Maintain the timebox - Make sure the team builds a plan they can commit to - Ensure that the team is honest in their confidence vote - Facilitate coordination with other teams but don't do it for the team - Act as a request buffer for a team that has a lot of dependencies -Manage the ART Planning Board - Facilitate the retrospective 30. Best Practices in the scrum masters role in Iteration Planning - ANSWER - Maintain the timebox - Ensure that the team commits to the Iteration Goals - Verify that the PO or other stakeholders don't influence the team to overcommit - Challenge the team to exceed their previous accomplishments - Ensure that the improvement items from the retrospective are put into action - Ensure time is allocated for technical debt activities 31. Best Practices in the scrum masters role in tracking iteration progress - ANSWER - Facilitate mid- PI replanning - Encourage the team to point out as early as possible if they think they will miss Iteration Goals or PI Objectives. Communicate to and from the Coach Sync - Encourage the use of engineering practices - Make sure defects are not pushed to the IP Iteration - Facilitate preparation for the next PI - Support release activities