SASM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS | 2025/2026
What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? - CORRECT ANSWER -To provide steady,
high quality, incremental value
How does a Scrum Master lead a team's efforts in relentless improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER
-By facilitating the Iteration Retrospective
How does the Scrum Master help teams address the challenges of modern Enterprises? -
CORRECT ANSWER -By actively addressing impediments
Why are SAFe Scrum Masters challenged differently in an Enterprise? - CORRECT ANSWER -The
team is affected by teams and stakeholders beyond their control
Which SAFe configuration can have a Vision? - CORRECT ANSWER -All SAFe configurations
Which SAFe organizational construct provides the practices to build large and complex systems
with hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner? - CORRECT ANSWER -Solution Train
Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The System Team
SAFe Scrum Masters interact with which level(s) of Framework? - CORRECT ANSWER -All Levels
One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and
outside stakeholders to help the team in what way? - CORRECT ANSWER -Protect them from
uncontrolled addition of work
, In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure? - CORRECT ANSWER
-That each Capability of the system is meeting its responsibilities in contributing to the overall
Solution Intent
Which statement is true about the phase-gate Milestone model? - CORRECT ANSWER -It does
not mitigate risk as intended
How can learning Milestones be used? - CORRECT ANSWER -To test the concept of a new
Feature or Capability
What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? - CORRECT ANSWER -System
Demo
What are two reasons why too much work in process (WIP) is a problem? (Choose two.) -
CORRECT ANSWER -It reduces overall throughput of work in the system; It hides bottlenecks in
the workflow;
What are two benefits of decentralized decision making? (Choose two.) - CORRECT ANSWER -
reduces delays, improves product development flow and throughput, and facilitates faster
feedback and more innovative solutions
How should decentralized decision-making be used with respect to system design? - CORRECT
ANSWER -When Agile Teams are empowered, self-organized, and the design is allowed to
emerge
During Iteration Planning, the Product Owner (PO) introduces a new Story to the team. They
cannot come to a consensus on the size of the new Story and ask the PO for more details. -
CORRECT ANSWER -No; the team left the Story in the Team Backlog for further refinement with
the PO
ANSWERS | 2025/2026
What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? - CORRECT ANSWER -To provide steady,
high quality, incremental value
How does a Scrum Master lead a team's efforts in relentless improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER
-By facilitating the Iteration Retrospective
How does the Scrum Master help teams address the challenges of modern Enterprises? -
CORRECT ANSWER -By actively addressing impediments
Why are SAFe Scrum Masters challenged differently in an Enterprise? - CORRECT ANSWER -The
team is affected by teams and stakeholders beyond their control
Which SAFe configuration can have a Vision? - CORRECT ANSWER -All SAFe configurations
Which SAFe organizational construct provides the practices to build large and complex systems
with hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner? - CORRECT ANSWER -Solution Train
Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The System Team
SAFe Scrum Masters interact with which level(s) of Framework? - CORRECT ANSWER -All Levels
One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and
outside stakeholders to help the team in what way? - CORRECT ANSWER -Protect them from
uncontrolled addition of work
, In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure? - CORRECT ANSWER
-That each Capability of the system is meeting its responsibilities in contributing to the overall
Solution Intent
Which statement is true about the phase-gate Milestone model? - CORRECT ANSWER -It does
not mitigate risk as intended
How can learning Milestones be used? - CORRECT ANSWER -To test the concept of a new
Feature or Capability
What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? - CORRECT ANSWER -System
Demo
What are two reasons why too much work in process (WIP) is a problem? (Choose two.) -
CORRECT ANSWER -It reduces overall throughput of work in the system; It hides bottlenecks in
the workflow;
What are two benefits of decentralized decision making? (Choose two.) - CORRECT ANSWER -
reduces delays, improves product development flow and throughput, and facilitates faster
feedback and more innovative solutions
How should decentralized decision-making be used with respect to system design? - CORRECT
ANSWER -When Agile Teams are empowered, self-organized, and the design is allowed to
emerge
During Iteration Planning, the Product Owner (PO) introduces a new Story to the team. They
cannot come to a consensus on the size of the new Story and ask the PO for more details. -
CORRECT ANSWER -No; the team left the Story in the Team Backlog for further refinement with
the PO
