SAFE APM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level
during PI Planning?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Scrum Master/Team Coach
C. Product Owner
D. Agile Team
Answer: C. Product Owner
⩥ What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
A. The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
B. The portfolio canvas
C. The steps in the Business Agility
D. The SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Answer: D. The SAFe Implementation Roadmap
,⩥ During which PI planning activity do team members commit to do
everything they can to meet the agreed-to-objectives?
A. The draft plan review
B. The second team breakout session
C. The PI confidence vote
D. The Management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
Answer: C. The PI confidence vote
⩥ During which PI Planning activity do Business Owners assign
business value to PI Objectives?
A. The final plan review
B. The team breakout session
C. The Management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The draft plan review
Answer: B. The team breakout session
⩥ What is one of the dimensions of Lean-Agile Leadership?
A. Emotional Intelligence
B. Mindset and Principles
,C. Support organizational change
D. Relentless improvement
Answer: B. Mindset and Principles
⩥ Which implementation step follows Coach ART Execution on the
SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
A. Accelerate
B. Launch more ARTs and Value Streams
C. Train Executives, Leaders, and Managers
D. Organize Around Value
Answer: B. Launch more ARTs and Value Streams
⩥ When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product
cost, value, and development expense used?
A. To recover money already spent
B. To understand solution tradeoffs
C. To limit work in process (WIP)
D. To take into account sunk costs
Answer: B. To understand solution tradeoffs
, ⩥ How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables
Business Agility?
A. By achieving economies of scale
B. By organizing around functional areas to focus on skills development
C. By creating a hierarchy to provide stability
D. By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
Answer: D. By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
⩥ What brings structure to analysis and decision making around Epics?
A. Portfolio Vision
B. Portfolio Backlog
C. Portfolio Canvas
D. Portfolio Kanban
Answer: D. Portfolio Kanban
⩥ Which of the following principles includes "working software is the
primary measure of progress"?
A. Lean Thinking
B. Agile Product Delivery
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level
during PI Planning?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Scrum Master/Team Coach
C. Product Owner
D. Agile Team
Answer: C. Product Owner
⩥ What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
A. The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
B. The portfolio canvas
C. The steps in the Business Agility
D. The SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Answer: D. The SAFe Implementation Roadmap
,⩥ During which PI planning activity do team members commit to do
everything they can to meet the agreed-to-objectives?
A. The draft plan review
B. The second team breakout session
C. The PI confidence vote
D. The Management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
Answer: C. The PI confidence vote
⩥ During which PI Planning activity do Business Owners assign
business value to PI Objectives?
A. The final plan review
B. The team breakout session
C. The Management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The draft plan review
Answer: B. The team breakout session
⩥ What is one of the dimensions of Lean-Agile Leadership?
A. Emotional Intelligence
B. Mindset and Principles
,C. Support organizational change
D. Relentless improvement
Answer: B. Mindset and Principles
⩥ Which implementation step follows Coach ART Execution on the
SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
A. Accelerate
B. Launch more ARTs and Value Streams
C. Train Executives, Leaders, and Managers
D. Organize Around Value
Answer: B. Launch more ARTs and Value Streams
⩥ When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product
cost, value, and development expense used?
A. To recover money already spent
B. To understand solution tradeoffs
C. To limit work in process (WIP)
D. To take into account sunk costs
Answer: B. To understand solution tradeoffs
, ⩥ How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables
Business Agility?
A. By achieving economies of scale
B. By organizing around functional areas to focus on skills development
C. By creating a hierarchy to provide stability
D. By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
Answer: D. By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
⩥ What brings structure to analysis and decision making around Epics?
A. Portfolio Vision
B. Portfolio Backlog
C. Portfolio Canvas
D. Portfolio Kanban
Answer: D. Portfolio Kanban
⩥ Which of the following principles includes "working software is the
primary measure of progress"?
A. Lean Thinking
B. Agile Product Delivery
