SAFE POPM CERTIFICATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When should agile teams make time for innovation? - ANS Continuously throughout the PI
After addressing risks during the PI planning in ART PI risks what activity follows? -
ANS Confidence vote
What is one goal of the iteration review? - ANS To receive feedback on the increment
What is one row of product management? - ANS Connecting with the customer
What system delivers some product or service to a customer? - ANS Operational value
stream
What is one characteristic of writing effective PI objectives? - ANS Describing the value
Which statement accurately describes the safe backlog model? - ANS Features are in the ART
backlog
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,What is the primary purpose of the continuous exploration (CE) process in safe? -
ANS Discover/explore new product opportunities and identify emerging business and
technical trends
What is one influence on Solution and PI roadmaps? - ANS Market Dynamics
What is one method for designing the end to end customer experience? - ANS Journey
mapping
What is the primary purpose of PO sink? - ANS To assess progress of the planning, interval
(PI), and adjust scope and priorities as needed
What is the purpose of iteration goals? - ANS To align team members to a common purpose.
Which tool shows dependencies during PI planning? - ANS ART Planning Board
What is one method to establish a teams velocity? - ANS Compare the average Story points
completed throughout the previous iterations
What is the main value of the backlog refinement? - ANS Team prepares requirements for
iteration planning
What does SAFe team Kanban promote? - ANS collaboration
Which of the following events aligned teams on a train? - ANS A) coach sync B) iteration
planning C) PI Planning* D) PO Sync
During PI planning, agile Teams estimate user stories using story points. What estimation
technique is commonly used to estimate Epics in SAFe? - ANS T-shirt sizing
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, What is one outcome of the iteration retrospective? - ANS Improvement items in the team
backlog
Describe the scaled agile framework - ANS It synchronizes, alignment, collaboration, and
delivery for large numbers of teams
Why is it important to establish a definition of done? - ANS To create alignment on when
stories are complete
Winter role does product management work with to prioritize enablers? - ANS System
architect
What is the main objective of the system demo in SAFe? - ANS Showcase completed features
to stakeholders
Which of the following is not a good practice when working with epics? - ANS A) breaking
them down into smaller features B) Assigning them to a single team* C) communicating their
status to stakeholders D) tracking their progress through ART backlog
What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe? - ANS To manage WIP limits
The product manager makes weekly visits to a customers site. Which two manifesto values
support this behavior? - ANS 1) customer collaboration, over contracting negotiation 2)
individual interactions over processes and tools
What is one anti-pattern related to system demos? - ANS Team demos are accepted in place
of a system demo to avoid redundancy
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When should agile teams make time for innovation? - ANS Continuously throughout the PI
After addressing risks during the PI planning in ART PI risks what activity follows? -
ANS Confidence vote
What is one goal of the iteration review? - ANS To receive feedback on the increment
What is one row of product management? - ANS Connecting with the customer
What system delivers some product or service to a customer? - ANS Operational value
stream
What is one characteristic of writing effective PI objectives? - ANS Describing the value
Which statement accurately describes the safe backlog model? - ANS Features are in the ART
backlog
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,What is the primary purpose of the continuous exploration (CE) process in safe? -
ANS Discover/explore new product opportunities and identify emerging business and
technical trends
What is one influence on Solution and PI roadmaps? - ANS Market Dynamics
What is one method for designing the end to end customer experience? - ANS Journey
mapping
What is the primary purpose of PO sink? - ANS To assess progress of the planning, interval
(PI), and adjust scope and priorities as needed
What is the purpose of iteration goals? - ANS To align team members to a common purpose.
Which tool shows dependencies during PI planning? - ANS ART Planning Board
What is one method to establish a teams velocity? - ANS Compare the average Story points
completed throughout the previous iterations
What is the main value of the backlog refinement? - ANS Team prepares requirements for
iteration planning
What does SAFe team Kanban promote? - ANS collaboration
Which of the following events aligned teams on a train? - ANS A) coach sync B) iteration
planning C) PI Planning* D) PO Sync
During PI planning, agile Teams estimate user stories using story points. What estimation
technique is commonly used to estimate Epics in SAFe? - ANS T-shirt sizing
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, What is one outcome of the iteration retrospective? - ANS Improvement items in the team
backlog
Describe the scaled agile framework - ANS It synchronizes, alignment, collaboration, and
delivery for large numbers of teams
Why is it important to establish a definition of done? - ANS To create alignment on when
stories are complete
Winter role does product management work with to prioritize enablers? - ANS System
architect
What is the main objective of the system demo in SAFe? - ANS Showcase completed features
to stakeholders
Which of the following is not a good practice when working with epics? - ANS A) breaking
them down into smaller features B) Assigning them to a single team* C) communicating their
status to stakeholders D) tracking their progress through ART backlog
What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe? - ANS To manage WIP limits
The product manager makes weekly visits to a customers site. Which two manifesto values
support this behavior? - ANS 1) customer collaboration, over contracting negotiation 2)
individual interactions over processes and tools
What is one anti-pattern related to system demos? - ANS Team demos are accepted in place
of a system demo to avoid redundancy
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