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SAFE 5.0 PRACTITIONER EXAM 2025
1. Which of the following are reasons Agile is more beneficial than Waterfall?
(Choose two)
A. It relies on external provider dependencies
✅B. It allows businesses to deliver value to the market more quickly
C. It requires phase-gate approvals
D. It allows management to track progress via steering committees
✅E. It increases productivity and employee engagement
Rationale: Agile’s iterative delivery speeds time-to-market, and its collaborative, self-organizing teams
boost morale and productivity compared to rigid, gate-driven Waterfall.
2. What are the four SAFe Core Values?
A. Code Quality, Fast Feedback, Alignment, Trust
B. Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture
C. People and Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Responding to Change
✅D. Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency
Rationale: SAFe emphasizes delivering value reliably (Built-in Quality), executing at scale (Program
Execution), aligning goals across the organization (Alignment), and making work visible (Transparency).
3. What are the three levels of the Scaled Agile Framework?
A. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
B. Epic, Capability, Feature
C. Value Stream, Program, Team
D. Framework, Delivery, Iteration
Answer: A. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio ✅
Rationale: SAFe’s configuration levels are Essential (core Agile Release Train), Large Solution (multiple
ARTs), and Portfolio (strategy & investment).
4. Which factor helps unlock knowledge workers’ intrinsic motivation?
A. Pay-for-performance
B. Team performance incentives
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C. Parallel development
✅D. Autonomy
Rationale: Giving individuals control over their work (Autonomy) fosters engagement and creativity, key
to Agile teams.
5. In the SAFe House of Lean, what is the ultimate goal?
A. Flow
B. Innovation
C. Relentless Improvement
✅D. Value
Rationale: Lean’s primary purpose is to maximize customer value through efficient, waste-free
processes.
6. How does Relentless Improvement support value in the SAFe House of Lean?
A. Uses fast feedback loops
✅B. Optimizes the whole system
C. Allows teams to pivot without guilt
D. Builds long-term trust
Rationale: Continual improvement focuses on end-to-end system optimization—ensuring that
improvements in one area don’t degrade another.
7. Which is a typical Kanban “Class of Service”?
A. Funnel
✅B. Fixed-date
C. Review
D. Accepted
Rationale: Fixed-date items require completion by a specific date and receive high scheduling priority.
8. What is the purpose of the Iteration Review?
A. Identify work overload
✅B. Demonstrate working Stories to stakeholders and collect feedback
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C. Replan backlog solutions
D. Forecast Program Increment estimates
Rationale: Iteration Reviews showcase actual working product increments to gain stakeholder input.
9. What is the primary role of the Scrum Master?
A. Coordinate Portfolio Epics
B. Own business requirements
C. Facilitate ART processes
✅D. Act as a servant leader to help teams self-organize and deliver
Rationale: Scrum Masters coach the team in Agile practices, remove impediments, and enable self-
management.
10. Why do Lean-Agile leaders connect business, engineering, and QA silos?
A. Enforce boundaries
✅B. Align around delivering customer value
C. Optimize vertical communication
D. Increase friction for innovation
Rationale: Cross-functional integration ensures all aspects of delivery focus on end-to-end value
creation.
11. When should a Component Team be used?
A. To maximize velocity via clear interfaces
✅B. To achieve high reuse and specialization for complex, nonfunctional requirements
C. To develop T-shaped skills with CI
D. To minimize dependencies on replaceable parts
Rationale: Component teams bring deep expertise to specialized or cross-cutting technical areas that
require reuse.
12. Which two responsibilities belong to the Product Owner?
(Choose two)
A. Coach the team
SAFE 5.0 PRACTITIONER EXAM 2025
1. Which of the following are reasons Agile is more beneficial than Waterfall?
(Choose two)
A. It relies on external provider dependencies
✅B. It allows businesses to deliver value to the market more quickly
C. It requires phase-gate approvals
D. It allows management to track progress via steering committees
✅E. It increases productivity and employee engagement
Rationale: Agile’s iterative delivery speeds time-to-market, and its collaborative, self-organizing teams
boost morale and productivity compared to rigid, gate-driven Waterfall.
2. What are the four SAFe Core Values?
A. Code Quality, Fast Feedback, Alignment, Trust
B. Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture
C. People and Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Responding to Change
✅D. Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency
Rationale: SAFe emphasizes delivering value reliably (Built-in Quality), executing at scale (Program
Execution), aligning goals across the organization (Alignment), and making work visible (Transparency).
3. What are the three levels of the Scaled Agile Framework?
A. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
B. Epic, Capability, Feature
C. Value Stream, Program, Team
D. Framework, Delivery, Iteration
Answer: A. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio ✅
Rationale: SAFe’s configuration levels are Essential (core Agile Release Train), Large Solution (multiple
ARTs), and Portfolio (strategy & investment).
4. Which factor helps unlock knowledge workers’ intrinsic motivation?
A. Pay-for-performance
B. Team performance incentives
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C. Parallel development
✅D. Autonomy
Rationale: Giving individuals control over their work (Autonomy) fosters engagement and creativity, key
to Agile teams.
5. In the SAFe House of Lean, what is the ultimate goal?
A. Flow
B. Innovation
C. Relentless Improvement
✅D. Value
Rationale: Lean’s primary purpose is to maximize customer value through efficient, waste-free
processes.
6. How does Relentless Improvement support value in the SAFe House of Lean?
A. Uses fast feedback loops
✅B. Optimizes the whole system
C. Allows teams to pivot without guilt
D. Builds long-term trust
Rationale: Continual improvement focuses on end-to-end system optimization—ensuring that
improvements in one area don’t degrade another.
7. Which is a typical Kanban “Class of Service”?
A. Funnel
✅B. Fixed-date
C. Review
D. Accepted
Rationale: Fixed-date items require completion by a specific date and receive high scheduling priority.
8. What is the purpose of the Iteration Review?
A. Identify work overload
✅B. Demonstrate working Stories to stakeholders and collect feedback
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C. Replan backlog solutions
D. Forecast Program Increment estimates
Rationale: Iteration Reviews showcase actual working product increments to gain stakeholder input.
9. What is the primary role of the Scrum Master?
A. Coordinate Portfolio Epics
B. Own business requirements
C. Facilitate ART processes
✅D. Act as a servant leader to help teams self-organize and deliver
Rationale: Scrum Masters coach the team in Agile practices, remove impediments, and enable self-
management.
10. Why do Lean-Agile leaders connect business, engineering, and QA silos?
A. Enforce boundaries
✅B. Align around delivering customer value
C. Optimize vertical communication
D. Increase friction for innovation
Rationale: Cross-functional integration ensures all aspects of delivery focus on end-to-end value
creation.
11. When should a Component Team be used?
A. To maximize velocity via clear interfaces
✅B. To achieve high reuse and specialization for complex, nonfunctional requirements
C. To develop T-shaped skills with CI
D. To minimize dependencies on replaceable parts
Rationale: Component teams bring deep expertise to specialized or cross-cutting technical areas that
require reuse.
12. Which two responsibilities belong to the Product Owner?
(Choose two)
A. Coach the team
