SAFE® AGILIST (6.0) CERTIFICATION,
BASED ON THE SCALED AGILE
FRAMEWORK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS WITH
RATIONALES
1. What is a "Strategic Theme"?
• A) A small feature requested by one customer
• B) A broad, long-term business goal that connects the portfolio to the enterprise strategy
• C) The name of a specific iteration
• D) A code refactoring pattern
Answer: B
Rationale: Strategic Themes are differentiators that provide a business context for portfolio
decisions, connecting the portfolio vision to the enterprise's business strategy.
2. Who defines the Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) for a solution?
• A) Only the System Architect
• B) Only the Product Owner
• C) The System Architect, Product Management, and other stakeholders collaboratively
• D) The Scrum Master alone
Answer: C
, Rationale: NFRs (e.g., security, performance, scalability) are defined collaboratively by the
System Architect, Product Management, and other stakeholders to ensure the solution meets
required operational standards.
3. The "Weighted Shortest Job First" (WSJF) model is used to prioritize which backlog?
• A) The Team Backlog only
• B) The Iteration Backlog
• C) The Program Backlog (Features)
• D) The Daily To-Do list
Answer: C
Rationale: WSJF is a prioritization model used to sequence Features (Program Backlog) and
Capabilities (Solution Backlog) by calculating Cost of Delay divided by job size.
4. Which role serves as the content authority for the Team Backlog?
• A) Scrum Master
• B) Product Owner
• C) Development Team
• D) Release Train Engineer
Answer: B
Rationale: The Product Owner has the primary authority for the content of the Team Backlog,
including prioritizing user stories and accepting stories as done.
5. What is the main output of the PI Planning "draft plan review"?
• A) A signed contract
• B) A list of individual programmer tasks
• C) A set of team PI objectives with business value
• D) A completed architecture design document
Answer: C
, Rationale: After teams present their draft plans, they finalize a set of SMART PI Objectives,
assign business value, and identify risks and dependencies.
6. Which SAFe configuration is the smallest and focuses on a single ART?
• A) Essential SAFe
• B) Large Solution SAFe
• C) Portfolio SAFe
• D) Full SAFe
Answer: A
Rationale: Essential SAFe is the baseline configuration that includes the minimal elements
needed to run a single ART and a Lean Portfolio Management function.
7. What does the "Continuous Delivery Pipeline" consist of?
• A) Plan, Code, Build, Test
• B) Continuous Exploration (CE), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD)
• C) Waterfall, Agile, DevOps
• D) Scrum, Kanban, XP
Answer: B
Rationale: The Continuous Delivery Pipeline maps the workflows of CE (discovery), CI
(building/testing), and CD (releasing) to deliver value continuously.
8. What is the purpose of a "Scrum Master" in SAFe?
• A) To assign tasks to developers
• B) To act as a servant leader and coach for the team and facilitate Agile practices
• C) To manage the budget for the ART
• D) To write the product vision
Answer: B
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, Rationale: The Scrum Master helps the team improve their processes, removes impediments,
facilitates events, and coaches the team on Agile and SAFe practices.
9. What is the role of "Business Owners" in PI Planning?
• A) To write user stories
• B) To approve the final plan and assign business value to team PI objectives
• C) To manage the server infrastructure
• D) To create the test cases
Answer: B
Rationale: Business Owners are key stakeholders who validate the business context, approve the
PI plan, and help assign business value to team objectives.
10. "Lean Budgets" are a practice in which SAFe level?
• A) Team Level
• B) Program Level
• C) Portfolio Level
• D) Large Solution Level
Answer: C
Rationale: Lean Budgets replace traditional project cost accounting with empowered, dynamic
budget allocation for value streams at the Portfolio Level.
11. What is the primary purpose of the SAFe Core Values?
• A) To define the organization's billing code structure
• B) To guide the behaviors and actions of all SAFe team members
• C) To replace the need for a project management office
• D) To enforce strict phase-gate milestones
BASED ON THE SCALED AGILE
FRAMEWORK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS WITH
RATIONALES
1. What is a "Strategic Theme"?
• A) A small feature requested by one customer
• B) A broad, long-term business goal that connects the portfolio to the enterprise strategy
• C) The name of a specific iteration
• D) A code refactoring pattern
Answer: B
Rationale: Strategic Themes are differentiators that provide a business context for portfolio
decisions, connecting the portfolio vision to the enterprise's business strategy.
2. Who defines the Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) for a solution?
• A) Only the System Architect
• B) Only the Product Owner
• C) The System Architect, Product Management, and other stakeholders collaboratively
• D) The Scrum Master alone
Answer: C
, Rationale: NFRs (e.g., security, performance, scalability) are defined collaboratively by the
System Architect, Product Management, and other stakeholders to ensure the solution meets
required operational standards.
3. The "Weighted Shortest Job First" (WSJF) model is used to prioritize which backlog?
• A) The Team Backlog only
• B) The Iteration Backlog
• C) The Program Backlog (Features)
• D) The Daily To-Do list
Answer: C
Rationale: WSJF is a prioritization model used to sequence Features (Program Backlog) and
Capabilities (Solution Backlog) by calculating Cost of Delay divided by job size.
4. Which role serves as the content authority for the Team Backlog?
• A) Scrum Master
• B) Product Owner
• C) Development Team
• D) Release Train Engineer
Answer: B
Rationale: The Product Owner has the primary authority for the content of the Team Backlog,
including prioritizing user stories and accepting stories as done.
5. What is the main output of the PI Planning "draft plan review"?
• A) A signed contract
• B) A list of individual programmer tasks
• C) A set of team PI objectives with business value
• D) A completed architecture design document
Answer: C
, Rationale: After teams present their draft plans, they finalize a set of SMART PI Objectives,
assign business value, and identify risks and dependencies.
6. Which SAFe configuration is the smallest and focuses on a single ART?
• A) Essential SAFe
• B) Large Solution SAFe
• C) Portfolio SAFe
• D) Full SAFe
Answer: A
Rationale: Essential SAFe is the baseline configuration that includes the minimal elements
needed to run a single ART and a Lean Portfolio Management function.
7. What does the "Continuous Delivery Pipeline" consist of?
• A) Plan, Code, Build, Test
• B) Continuous Exploration (CE), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD)
• C) Waterfall, Agile, DevOps
• D) Scrum, Kanban, XP
Answer: B
Rationale: The Continuous Delivery Pipeline maps the workflows of CE (discovery), CI
(building/testing), and CD (releasing) to deliver value continuously.
8. What is the purpose of a "Scrum Master" in SAFe?
• A) To assign tasks to developers
• B) To act as a servant leader and coach for the team and facilitate Agile practices
• C) To manage the budget for the ART
• D) To write the product vision
Answer: B
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, Rationale: The Scrum Master helps the team improve their processes, removes impediments,
facilitates events, and coaches the team on Agile and SAFe practices.
9. What is the role of "Business Owners" in PI Planning?
• A) To write user stories
• B) To approve the final plan and assign business value to team PI objectives
• C) To manage the server infrastructure
• D) To create the test cases
Answer: B
Rationale: Business Owners are key stakeholders who validate the business context, approve the
PI plan, and help assign business value to team objectives.
10. "Lean Budgets" are a practice in which SAFe level?
• A) Team Level
• B) Program Level
• C) Portfolio Level
• D) Large Solution Level
Answer: C
Rationale: Lean Budgets replace traditional project cost accounting with empowered, dynamic
budget allocation for value streams at the Portfolio Level.
11. What is the primary purpose of the SAFe Core Values?
• A) To define the organization's billing code structure
• B) To guide the behaviors and actions of all SAFe team members
• C) To replace the need for a project management office
• D) To enforce strict phase-gate milestones
