SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 2025 Question
& Answers
Cadence and Synchronization help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
-Product management
-Capacity allocation
-Other commitments
-The variability in solution development - ANSWER✔✔-The variability in solution
development
How does SAFe handle the "fear of conflict" team dysfunction?
-Review results to drive accountability
-Empirically review results at the end of every iteration and release
-Have teams engage in Retrospectives
-Use Scrum to create safe environment for conflict - ANSWER✔✔-Use Scrum to create
safe environment for conflict
What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
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,-Servant Leadership
-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps - ANSWER✔✔-DevOps
An effective SAFe Scrum Master helps the team improve in areas including quality,
predictability, flow, and where else?
-Continuous delivery
-Team metrics
-Relentless improvement
-Risk mitigation - ANSWER✔✔-Team metrics
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
-Weak Lean-Agile leadership
-Avoidance of accountability
-Lack of commitment
-Absence of trust - ANSWER✔✔-Absence of trust
What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
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, -Identify infrastructure improvements
-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
-Allow for cadence-based planning - ANSWER✔✔-Plan work for the IP Iteration during
PI Planning
An effective SAFe Scrum Master elevates people problems with strict confidence to the
appropriate levels when necessary, but only after what has happened?
-They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action
-A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master
-The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI goals
-Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective - ANSWER✔✔-
Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective
What are two common anti-patterns during PI Planning? (Choose two.)
-The Team Backlog is applied to a very targeted part of the organization
-A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
-The team determines where changes should be targeted
-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit - ANSWER✔✔-Pressure is put on teams to
overcommit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
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& Answers
Cadence and Synchronization help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
-Product management
-Capacity allocation
-Other commitments
-The variability in solution development - ANSWER✔✔-The variability in solution
development
How does SAFe handle the "fear of conflict" team dysfunction?
-Review results to drive accountability
-Empirically review results at the end of every iteration and release
-Have teams engage in Retrospectives
-Use Scrum to create safe environment for conflict - ANSWER✔✔-Use Scrum to create
safe environment for conflict
What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
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,-Servant Leadership
-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps - ANSWER✔✔-DevOps
An effective SAFe Scrum Master helps the team improve in areas including quality,
predictability, flow, and where else?
-Continuous delivery
-Team metrics
-Relentless improvement
-Risk mitigation - ANSWER✔✔-Team metrics
What foundational issue most often leads to team dysfunction?
-Weak Lean-Agile leadership
-Avoidance of accountability
-Lack of commitment
-Absence of trust - ANSWER✔✔-Absence of trust
What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
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, -Identify infrastructure improvements
-Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
-Allow for cadence-based planning - ANSWER✔✔-Plan work for the IP Iteration during
PI Planning
An effective SAFe Scrum Master elevates people problems with strict confidence to the
appropriate levels when necessary, but only after what has happened?
-They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action
-A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master
-The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI goals
-Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective - ANSWER✔✔-
Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective
What are two common anti-patterns during PI Planning? (Choose two.)
-The Team Backlog is applied to a very targeted part of the organization
-A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
-The team determines where changes should be targeted
-Pressure is put on teams to overcommit - ANSWER✔✔-Pressure is put on teams to
overcommit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
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