SAFE – POPM EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which 2 statements are true about nonfunctional requirements? - ANS They operate as
constraints on the design of the system
They are associated with backlogs at all 4 levels of SAFe
What are 2 inputs to the Vision? - ANS Customer feedback
strategic themes
Which 2 statements are true about the SAFe backlog model? - ANS Stories are in the Team
backlog, features are in the program backlog
During the PI planning meetings the PO coordinates with other POs, shared resources and who
else? - ANS Product Management
Who typically participated as the train's business owners to approve the team's PI objectives? -
ANS Product Management
When should a dependency be added to the program risks? - ANS When it must be accepted
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,What are 3 elements of agile team capacity allocation that ensure a healthy balance of work? -
ANS Refractors, user stories, maintenance
How do SAFe continuous delivery pipeline activities map to the teams work each iteration
within the PI? - ANS Each iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and
potentially releasing new value
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which 3 concepts? - ANS Culture, technical practices,
mindset
What is the primary focus of an operational value stream? - ANS Contains the steps and the
people who deliver end user value using the business solutions created by the development
value streams Delivering end-user value
Which 2 responsibilities belong to the product owner? - ANS Defines and accepts stories,
acts as the customer for developer questions, works with PM to plan PIs, owns team backlog,
defines iterations and stories, contributes to vision, roadmap, ROI, and accepts iteration
increments
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Drafting iteration goals
Product Management is responsible for which 3 activities? - ANS Owns program backlog
defines features, PIs and releases
owns vision, roadmap, pricing, licensing and ROI
Collaborates on enablers
Establishes features and acceptance criteria
Establishing features and benefit hypothesis
Prioritizing features for optimum economic value
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, What is the purpose of the solution context? - ANS Understand how the solution will be used
by the customer
To identify critical aspects of a Solution's operational environment
What is the purpose of a program epic? - ANS An epic is a container for a significant solution
development initiative that captures the more substantial investments that occur within a
portfolio
To capture Agile release train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single program
increment
Features are sized or split to fit what duration? - ANS Program Increment
Who provides ART context and vision during PI planning? - ANS Product Management
What are 2 benefits of PI objectives? - ANS Immediate feedback, decentralized decisions,
predictability without specificity, commitment
To promote business agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver features
To promote the achievement of business outcomes over the completion of features
Iteration goals serve what purpose? - ANS Align team members to a common purpose
Provide continuous management information
Align program teams to common PI objectives and manage dependencies
Provide continuous management information
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons-learned
documents? - ANS It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next PI
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which 2 statements are true about nonfunctional requirements? - ANS They operate as
constraints on the design of the system
They are associated with backlogs at all 4 levels of SAFe
What are 2 inputs to the Vision? - ANS Customer feedback
strategic themes
Which 2 statements are true about the SAFe backlog model? - ANS Stories are in the Team
backlog, features are in the program backlog
During the PI planning meetings the PO coordinates with other POs, shared resources and who
else? - ANS Product Management
Who typically participated as the train's business owners to approve the team's PI objectives? -
ANS Product Management
When should a dependency be added to the program risks? - ANS When it must be accepted
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,What are 3 elements of agile team capacity allocation that ensure a healthy balance of work? -
ANS Refractors, user stories, maintenance
How do SAFe continuous delivery pipeline activities map to the teams work each iteration
within the PI? - ANS Each iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and
potentially releasing new value
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which 3 concepts? - ANS Culture, technical practices,
mindset
What is the primary focus of an operational value stream? - ANS Contains the steps and the
people who deliver end user value using the business solutions created by the development
value streams Delivering end-user value
Which 2 responsibilities belong to the product owner? - ANS Defines and accepts stories,
acts as the customer for developer questions, works with PM to plan PIs, owns team backlog,
defines iterations and stories, contributes to vision, roadmap, ROI, and accepts iteration
increments
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Drafting iteration goals
Product Management is responsible for which 3 activities? - ANS Owns program backlog
defines features, PIs and releases
owns vision, roadmap, pricing, licensing and ROI
Collaborates on enablers
Establishes features and acceptance criteria
Establishing features and benefit hypothesis
Prioritizing features for optimum economic value
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, What is the purpose of the solution context? - ANS Understand how the solution will be used
by the customer
To identify critical aspects of a Solution's operational environment
What is the purpose of a program epic? - ANS An epic is a container for a significant solution
development initiative that captures the more substantial investments that occur within a
portfolio
To capture Agile release train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single program
increment
Features are sized or split to fit what duration? - ANS Program Increment
Who provides ART context and vision during PI planning? - ANS Product Management
What are 2 benefits of PI objectives? - ANS Immediate feedback, decentralized decisions,
predictability without specificity, commitment
To promote business agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver features
To promote the achievement of business outcomes over the completion of features
Iteration goals serve what purpose? - ANS Align team members to a common purpose
Provide continuous management information
Align program teams to common PI objectives and manage dependencies
Provide continuous management information
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons-learned
documents? - ANS It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next PI
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