SAFe Scrum Master Certification Prep
(SSM)Questions With Answers
2025\2026 A+ Grade.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
A. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.
B. The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
C. The Product Owner demands it.
D. The place can be named.
- accurate answers-B. The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
A. The same time of day every day.
B. 15 minutes.
C. 4 hours.
D. Two minutes per person.
E. 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint, proportionally less for shorter sprints.
- accurate answers-B. 15 minutes.
The Product Owner determines how much of the Product Backlog the
Development Team
selects for a Sprint.
A. True
B. False
- accurate answers-B. False
As the Sprint Planning meeting progreahan the
development Team's capacity. Which two (2) actions make the most sense for
the Scrum Team
To do?
A. Cancel the Sprint.
B. Ask the Development Team to work overtime fort his Sprint and promise
that it won't
,happen again.
C. Start the Sprint and recruit additional Development Team members.
D. Collaborate with the Product Owner and potentially remove or change
items.
E. Alert the Product Owner, start the Sprint and monitor burndown rates.
- accurate answers-D. Collaborate with the Product Owner and potentially
remove or change items.
E. Alert the Product Owner, start the Sprint and monitor burndown rates.
When should the Sprint retrospectives be held?
A. At the end of each Sprint.
B. In the middle of each Sprint.
C. At the beginning of the last Sprint.
D. Only at the end of the last Sprint.
- accurate answers-A. At the end of each Sprint.
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or
a release, and
be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
A. The Development Team.
B. The Project Manager.
C. The Scrum Master.
D. The Product Owner.
- accurate answers-D. The Product Owner.
Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint
Retrospective?
A. Methods of communication.
B. The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.
C. Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver.
D. Its Definition of Done.
E. All of the above.
- accurate answers-E. All of the above.
While under development, the environment in which a product will be used
changes and
, emerges. What is the effect on the Product Backlog?
A. lt is converted into a requirements specification to ensure stability.
B. It evolves to reflect what the product needs to be most valuable.
C. There is no effect, because it has to stay the same until the end of the
project.
D. lt is archived and a new Product Backlog is created to take its place.
- accurate answers-B. It evolves to reflect what the product needs to be most
valuable.
When a Development Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a
Sprint, who
has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
A. The Product Owner and Development Team.
B. The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.
C. The Development Team.
D. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
- accurate answers-A. The Product Owner and Development Team.
Which three (3) activities will a Product Owner likely engage in during a
Sprint?
A. Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current
Sprint.
B. Provide feedback.
C. Run the daily Scrum.
D. Work with the stakeholders
E. Update the Sprint burndown chart.
F. Prioritize the Development Team's activities.
- accurate answers-A. Answer questions from the Development Team about
items in the current Sprint.
B. Provide feedback.
D. Work with the stakeholders
Which of the following is NOT a time-Box in Scrum? (choose as many as apply)
A. Sprint 0
B. Sprint Planning Meeting
(SSM)Questions With Answers
2025\2026 A+ Grade.
Why is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and same place?
A. Rooms are hard to book and this lets it be booked in advance.
B. The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
C. The Product Owner demands it.
D. The place can be named.
- accurate answers-B. The consistency reduces complexity and overhead.
The timebox for a Daily Scrum is?
A. The same time of day every day.
B. 15 minutes.
C. 4 hours.
D. Two minutes per person.
E. 15 minutes for a 4 week sprint, proportionally less for shorter sprints.
- accurate answers-B. 15 minutes.
The Product Owner determines how much of the Product Backlog the
Development Team
selects for a Sprint.
A. True
B. False
- accurate answers-B. False
As the Sprint Planning meeting progreahan the
development Team's capacity. Which two (2) actions make the most sense for
the Scrum Team
To do?
A. Cancel the Sprint.
B. Ask the Development Team to work overtime fort his Sprint and promise
that it won't
,happen again.
C. Start the Sprint and recruit additional Development Team members.
D. Collaborate with the Product Owner and potentially remove or change
items.
E. Alert the Product Owner, start the Sprint and monitor burndown rates.
- accurate answers-D. Collaborate with the Product Owner and potentially
remove or change items.
E. Alert the Product Owner, start the Sprint and monitor burndown rates.
When should the Sprint retrospectives be held?
A. At the end of each Sprint.
B. In the middle of each Sprint.
C. At the beginning of the last Sprint.
D. Only at the end of the last Sprint.
- accurate answers-A. At the end of each Sprint.
Who should know the most about the progress toward a business objective or
a release, and
be able to explain the alternatives most clearly?
A. The Development Team.
B. The Project Manager.
C. The Scrum Master.
D. The Product Owner.
- accurate answers-D. The Product Owner.
Which of the following might the Scrum Team discuss during a Sprint
Retrospective?
A. Methods of communication.
B. The way the Scrum Team does Sprint Planning.
C. Skills needed to improve the Development Team's ability to deliver.
D. Its Definition of Done.
E. All of the above.
- accurate answers-E. All of the above.
While under development, the environment in which a product will be used
changes and
, emerges. What is the effect on the Product Backlog?
A. lt is converted into a requirements specification to ensure stability.
B. It evolves to reflect what the product needs to be most valuable.
C. There is no effect, because it has to stay the same until the end of the
project.
D. lt is archived and a new Product Backlog is created to take its place.
- accurate answers-B. It evolves to reflect what the product needs to be most
valuable.
When a Development Team determines that it has over-committed itself for a
Sprint, who
has to be present when reviewing and adjusting the Sprint work selected?
A. The Product Owner and Development Team.
B. The Scrum Master, project manager and Development Team.
C. The Development Team.
D. The Product Owner and all stakeholders.
- accurate answers-A. The Product Owner and Development Team.
Which three (3) activities will a Product Owner likely engage in during a
Sprint?
A. Answer questions from the Development Team about items in the current
Sprint.
B. Provide feedback.
C. Run the daily Scrum.
D. Work with the stakeholders
E. Update the Sprint burndown chart.
F. Prioritize the Development Team's activities.
- accurate answers-A. Answer questions from the Development Team about
items in the current Sprint.
B. Provide feedback.
D. Work with the stakeholders
Which of the following is NOT a time-Box in Scrum? (choose as many as apply)
A. Sprint 0
B. Sprint Planning Meeting
