SAFE 5.0 PRACTITIONER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
What are two reasons Agile development is more beneficial than waterfall development?
(Choose two.)
1. It allows businesses to deliver value to the market more quickly
2. It relies on external provider dependencies
3. It requires phase-gate approvals to ensure that everyone is moving together
4. It allows management to track project progress based on steering committees and metrics
5. It increases productivity and employee engagement - ANS It allows business to deliver
value to the market more quickly; It increases productivity and employee engagement;
What are the SAFe Core Values?
1. Code Quality, Fast Feedback, Alignment, Trust
2. Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture
3. People and Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Responding to Change
4. Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency - ANS Built-in Quality,
Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency
What are the three levels of the Scaled Agile Framework?
1. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
2. Epic, Capability, Feature
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,3. Value Stream, Program, Team
4. Framework, Delivery, Iteration - ANS Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
Which factor helps unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
1. Autonomy
2. Pay-for-performance
3. Team performance incentives
4. Parallel development - ANS Autonomy
What is the goal of the SAFe House of Lean model?
1. Value
2. Innovation
3. Relentless Improvement
4. Flow - ANS Value
How does relentless improvement support value in the SAFe House of Lean?
It uses informed decision-making through fast feedback
It optimizes the whole
It allows teams to pivot without mercy or guilt
It builds long-term partnerships based on trust - ANS It optimizes the whole
What is one of the typical Kanban classes of service for Agile teams?
1. Funnel
2. Fixed-date
3. Review
4. Accepted - ANS Fixed-date
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, What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
To identify where there is too much work in the system and where the teams are being
overloaded
To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and getting
feedback from them
To show the backlog items and work on possible Solutions for the backlog items
To serve as a forecasting meeting where the work is estimated for the Program Increments -
ANS To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and
getting feedback from them
What is the role of the Scrum Master?
1. To act as a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using
effective Agile practices
2. To coordinate Portfolio Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system
3. To be a stakeholder who has the primary business and technical responsibility for fitness for
use
4. To facilitate Agile Release Train processes and Solution Train execution - ANS To act as a
servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using effective Agile
practices
Why do Lean-Agile leaders try to connect the silos of business, system engineering, hardware,
software, test, and quality assurance?
To align around value
To allow friction between the teams
To optimize vertical communication
To enforce organizational boundaries between functions - ANS To align around value
When should a component team be used?
* To gain the fastest velocity with well defined interfaces
* To obtain high reuse and technical specialization with a focus on nonfunctional requirements
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND UPDATED)
What are two reasons Agile development is more beneficial than waterfall development?
(Choose two.)
1. It allows businesses to deliver value to the market more quickly
2. It relies on external provider dependencies
3. It requires phase-gate approvals to ensure that everyone is moving together
4. It allows management to track project progress based on steering committees and metrics
5. It increases productivity and employee engagement - ANS It allows business to deliver
value to the market more quickly; It increases productivity and employee engagement;
What are the SAFe Core Values?
1. Code Quality, Fast Feedback, Alignment, Trust
2. Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture
3. People and Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Responding to Change
4. Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency - ANS Built-in Quality,
Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency
What are the three levels of the Scaled Agile Framework?
1. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
2. Epic, Capability, Feature
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,3. Value Stream, Program, Team
4. Framework, Delivery, Iteration - ANS Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio
Which factor helps unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
1. Autonomy
2. Pay-for-performance
3. Team performance incentives
4. Parallel development - ANS Autonomy
What is the goal of the SAFe House of Lean model?
1. Value
2. Innovation
3. Relentless Improvement
4. Flow - ANS Value
How does relentless improvement support value in the SAFe House of Lean?
It uses informed decision-making through fast feedback
It optimizes the whole
It allows teams to pivot without mercy or guilt
It builds long-term partnerships based on trust - ANS It optimizes the whole
What is one of the typical Kanban classes of service for Agile teams?
1. Funnel
2. Fixed-date
3. Review
4. Accepted - ANS Fixed-date
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
To identify where there is too much work in the system and where the teams are being
overloaded
To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and getting
feedback from them
To show the backlog items and work on possible Solutions for the backlog items
To serve as a forecasting meeting where the work is estimated for the Program Increments -
ANS To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and
getting feedback from them
What is the role of the Scrum Master?
1. To act as a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using
effective Agile practices
2. To coordinate Portfolio Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system
3. To be a stakeholder who has the primary business and technical responsibility for fitness for
use
4. To facilitate Agile Release Train processes and Solution Train execution - ANS To act as a
servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using effective Agile
practices
Why do Lean-Agile leaders try to connect the silos of business, system engineering, hardware,
software, test, and quality assurance?
To align around value
To allow friction between the teams
To optimize vertical communication
To enforce organizational boundaries between functions - ANS To align around value
When should a component team be used?
* To gain the fastest velocity with well defined interfaces
* To obtain high reuse and technical specialization with a focus on nonfunctional requirements
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
