PSM-1 CERTIFICATION ELITE STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH SOLVED
SCENARIOS AND DETAILED ANSWERS 2026
EDITION
◉The Scrum Master facilitates these three events in SAFe? Answer: 1.
Retrospective
2. Daily stand-up
3. Iteration Planning
◉Who participates in the backlog refinement event? Answer: The Agile
Team members & other Subject Matter Experts
◉3 pillars of Scrum Answer: Adaption, Transparency, Inspection
◉Empiricism Answer: Deriving knowledge through experience
◉12 Principles of Agile Answer: 1. Satisfy customer (earlier the better)
2. Welcome changing requirements
3. Deliver working products frequently (2 week sprints)
,4. Product Owner & developers should work together throughout the
project
5. Build around motivated individuals
6. Face-to-face is most effective conversation
7. Working product is the Primary measure of progress
8. Agile process should promote sustainable development.
9. Technical excellence enhances agile
10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is
essential
11. Best products come from self-organizing teams
12. Reflect at regular intervals (retros)
◉Responsible for removing impedements Answer: Scrum master
◉Product Backlog Answer: Requirements for a system, expressed as a
prioritized list of product backlog Items:
functional and non-functional customer requirements
During a Sprint planning meeting, backlog items are moved from the
product backlog into a sprint, based on the product owner's priorities.
◉CCFOR Answer: courage, commitment, focus, openness, respect
, ◉Scrum Teams Answer: Self-organizing & Cross Functional
◉Scrum Team Model Answer: Designed to optimize flexibility,
creativity, & productivity
◉Scrum Roles Answer: Product Owner
Scrum Master
Development Team
◉Product Owner role Answer: Maximizes the value of the product
◉Development Team role Answer: deliver a potentially releasable
increment of "Done" product at the end of each sprint
◉Scrum Master role Answer: promotes and supports Scrum theory,
practices, rules, and values
◉Scrum Artifacts Answer: Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Increment
◉Scrum Events Answer: Sprint Planning
Sprint
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH SOLVED
SCENARIOS AND DETAILED ANSWERS 2026
EDITION
◉The Scrum Master facilitates these three events in SAFe? Answer: 1.
Retrospective
2. Daily stand-up
3. Iteration Planning
◉Who participates in the backlog refinement event? Answer: The Agile
Team members & other Subject Matter Experts
◉3 pillars of Scrum Answer: Adaption, Transparency, Inspection
◉Empiricism Answer: Deriving knowledge through experience
◉12 Principles of Agile Answer: 1. Satisfy customer (earlier the better)
2. Welcome changing requirements
3. Deliver working products frequently (2 week sprints)
,4. Product Owner & developers should work together throughout the
project
5. Build around motivated individuals
6. Face-to-face is most effective conversation
7. Working product is the Primary measure of progress
8. Agile process should promote sustainable development.
9. Technical excellence enhances agile
10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is
essential
11. Best products come from self-organizing teams
12. Reflect at regular intervals (retros)
◉Responsible for removing impedements Answer: Scrum master
◉Product Backlog Answer: Requirements for a system, expressed as a
prioritized list of product backlog Items:
functional and non-functional customer requirements
During a Sprint planning meeting, backlog items are moved from the
product backlog into a sprint, based on the product owner's priorities.
◉CCFOR Answer: courage, commitment, focus, openness, respect
, ◉Scrum Teams Answer: Self-organizing & Cross Functional
◉Scrum Team Model Answer: Designed to optimize flexibility,
creativity, & productivity
◉Scrum Roles Answer: Product Owner
Scrum Master
Development Team
◉Product Owner role Answer: Maximizes the value of the product
◉Development Team role Answer: deliver a potentially releasable
increment of "Done" product at the end of each sprint
◉Scrum Master role Answer: promotes and supports Scrum theory,
practices, rules, and values
◉Scrum Artifacts Answer: Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Increment
◉Scrum Events Answer: Sprint Planning
Sprint
