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SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 Questions & Answers
2022/2023
1. 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
2. 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
3. What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
-Servant Leadership
-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps (Answer) DevOps
4. 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
5. 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
6. What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
-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
7. 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
8. 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 overcom- mit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
9. How can a Scrum Master support a Problem-Solving Workshop?
-By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on specific problems
-By estimating the work effort required to implement recommended
improve- ments
-By coaching the Release Train Engineer on managing the event
-By acting as a process coach to the teams and providing the right
answers-
(Answer) By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on
specific problems
10. Why is a confidence vote held at the end of PI Planning?
-To build shared commitment to the Program Plan
-To hold the Teams accountable if the Agile Release Train does not deliver
SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 Questions & Answers
2022/2023
1. 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
2. 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
3. What does SAFe's CALMR approach apply to?
-Servant Leadership
-Economic Framework
-Continuous Deployment
-DevOps (Answer) DevOps
4. 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
5. 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
6. What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
-Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
-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
7. 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
8. 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 overcom- mit
A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
9. How can a Scrum Master support a Problem-Solving Workshop?
-By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on specific problems
-By estimating the work effort required to implement recommended
improve- ments
-By coaching the Release Train Engineer on managing the event
-By acting as a process coach to the teams and providing the right
answers-
(Answer) By providing facilitation to breakout groups focused on
specific problems
10. Why is a confidence vote held at the end of PI Planning?
-To build shared commitment to the Program Plan
-To hold the Teams accountable if the Agile Release Train does not deliver
