LEADING SAFE CERTIFICATION ACTUAL EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ (Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe Answer: 1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
◉ PI (Program Increment) is over when? Answer: When the Time
ends
◉ Features happen within? Answer: A Program Increment
◉ (Test) Spanning Pallet is? Answer: Support functions, Metrics,
Milestones, Roadmap, Vision, etc.
◉ (Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) Answer: Facilitator of the
Train
◉ System Architect Answer: Technical Content Owner
◉ (Test) Product Management Answer: Business Content Owner
,◉ No RTE or VSE at what Level? Answer: Portfolio
◉ No Time-Box at what Level? Answer: Portfolio
◉ Business Results (4 Areas) Answer: 1. Engagement
2. Time to market
3. Quality
4. Productivity
◉ 8 Big Mistakes of Change Answer: 1. Complacency
2. No guiding coalition
3. Underestimate power of vision
4. Not communication vision
5. Permitting obstacles
6. Not creating short-term wins
7. Declaring victory to soon
8. Not anchoring changes in the corporate culture
◉ Culture is what 6 things? Answer: 1. Behaviors
2. Values
3. Processes
,4. Habits
5. Rewards & Punishment
6. Leadership
◉ (Test) SAFe 1,2,3 Answer: Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release
Train
◉ (Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? Answer: Respect for People &
Culture, Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement
◉ House of Lean Roof? Answer: VALUE
◉ House of Lean Base? Answer: LEADERSHIP
◉ House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? Answer: Achieve
sustainably shortest lead time: Best quality & value to people &
society; High morale , safety and customer delight.
◉ (Test) House of Lean: Respect for People & Culture means?
Answer: People do all the work, customer is whomever consumes
the work, Build long-term partnerships based on trust, Culture
change comes last, not first, to change the culture you have to
change the organization.
, ◉ Culture Eats? Answer: Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker)
◉ (Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? Answer: Continuous
sustainable throughput of value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build
in quality, understand & manage variability, integrate frequently,
informed decision making via fast feedback.
◉ GEMBA means? Answer: No useful product/improvement was
created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor.
◉ (Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? Answer: 1.
Individuals/interactions over processes & tools
2. working software over comprehensive documentation
3. customer collaboration over contract negotiation
4. respond to change over following a plan.
◉ House of Lean: INNOVATION means? Answer: Producers innovate,
customers validate, GEMBA, provide time & scope for creativity,
apply innovation accounting, pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make
controlled decisions).
◉ (Test) House of Lean: Relentless Improvement means? Answer:
Constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, consider facts quickly
then act quickly, apply lean tools, reflect at key milestones.
2026 QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ (Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe Answer: 1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
◉ PI (Program Increment) is over when? Answer: When the Time
ends
◉ Features happen within? Answer: A Program Increment
◉ (Test) Spanning Pallet is? Answer: Support functions, Metrics,
Milestones, Roadmap, Vision, etc.
◉ (Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) Answer: Facilitator of the
Train
◉ System Architect Answer: Technical Content Owner
◉ (Test) Product Management Answer: Business Content Owner
,◉ No RTE or VSE at what Level? Answer: Portfolio
◉ No Time-Box at what Level? Answer: Portfolio
◉ Business Results (4 Areas) Answer: 1. Engagement
2. Time to market
3. Quality
4. Productivity
◉ 8 Big Mistakes of Change Answer: 1. Complacency
2. No guiding coalition
3. Underestimate power of vision
4. Not communication vision
5. Permitting obstacles
6. Not creating short-term wins
7. Declaring victory to soon
8. Not anchoring changes in the corporate culture
◉ Culture is what 6 things? Answer: 1. Behaviors
2. Values
3. Processes
,4. Habits
5. Rewards & Punishment
6. Leadership
◉ (Test) SAFe 1,2,3 Answer: Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release
Train
◉ (Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? Answer: Respect for People &
Culture, Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement
◉ House of Lean Roof? Answer: VALUE
◉ House of Lean Base? Answer: LEADERSHIP
◉ House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? Answer: Achieve
sustainably shortest lead time: Best quality & value to people &
society; High morale , safety and customer delight.
◉ (Test) House of Lean: Respect for People & Culture means?
Answer: People do all the work, customer is whomever consumes
the work, Build long-term partnerships based on trust, Culture
change comes last, not first, to change the culture you have to
change the organization.
, ◉ Culture Eats? Answer: Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker)
◉ (Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? Answer: Continuous
sustainable throughput of value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build
in quality, understand & manage variability, integrate frequently,
informed decision making via fast feedback.
◉ GEMBA means? Answer: No useful product/improvement was
created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor.
◉ (Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? Answer: 1.
Individuals/interactions over processes & tools
2. working software over comprehensive documentation
3. customer collaboration over contract negotiation
4. respond to change over following a plan.
◉ House of Lean: INNOVATION means? Answer: Producers innovate,
customers validate, GEMBA, provide time & scope for creativity,
apply innovation accounting, pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make
controlled decisions).
◉ (Test) House of Lean: Relentless Improvement means? Answer:
Constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, consider facts quickly
then act quickly, apply lean tools, reflect at key milestones.
