SAFE 5 ADVANCED SCRUM MASTER 2026 EXAM
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔During Iteration Review, the team decides to carry forward three Stories to the next
iteration. This is the second time during this PI that some of the team's Stories are
carried over. What are two actions the Scrum Master should take? - ✔✔1 - Discuss the
issue at the Itaration Retrospective
2 - Perform the 5 Whys to find the root cause of the delays
✔✔Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI? - ✔✔Solution Management
✔✔Wich statement describes how Kanban teams handle capacity during PI Planning? -
✔✔They use throughput as an indication of their capacity
✔✔Which technique is used to identify root causes during the problem-solving
workshop? - ✔✔5 Whys
✔✔What are two key areas a team should be organized aroung? - ✔✔1 - Enablers
2 - Features
✔✔What anti-pattern can emerge during the Scrum of Scrums? - ✔✔Scrum Masters
report on the teams' tasks status each day
✔✔A team achieved less than 80% predictability during the quantitative measurement
of the Inspect and Adapt event. What would be an unacceptable action for this team's
Scrum Master take? - ✔✔Decide improvement actions for the team to implement
✔✔In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure? -
✔✔That each Capability of the systems is meeting its responsibilities in contributing of
the overall Solution Intent
,✔✔Wich SAFe organizational construct allows businesses to build large and complex
systems wich require hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner? - ✔✔Solution Train
✔✔Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to
decouple what? - ✔✔The release from deployment
✔✔What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects,
System Teams and Operations? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔What is the most effective way to estabilish Built-in Quality? - ✔✔Perform as many
types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible
✔✔What action should be taken on relentless improvement backlog items from the
problem-solving worshop? - ✔✔Use the items as direct input into the PI Planning event
that follows
✔✔How do Kanban Teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile mindset of relentless
improvement? - ✔✔By using cumulative flow diagrams to objectively measure
bottlenecks and variation which could be due to systemic factors
✔✔Wich SAFe configuration requires having a Vision? - ✔✔All SAFe configurations
✔✔What are two typical anti-patterns with Product Owners (POs)? - ✔✔1 - POs design
the Solution before brining the intent to the team;
2 - POs and Product Management are not aligned with business intent
✔✔What is a recommended Story-Splitting technique for Agile Teams? - ✔✔Implement
the 'happy path' first and the rest of the scenarios afterwards
✔✔What is the first step in the problem-solving workshop? - ✔✔Agree on the problem
to solve
✔✔What are three benefits a community of practice offers? (Choose three.) - ✔✔1 - To
drive craftsmanship;
2 - To facilitate the adoption of new methods and techniques;
3 - To provide a place to acquire knowledge;
https://www.scaledagileframework.com/communities-of-practice/
✔✔What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? - ✔✔System Demo
✔✔Wich statement is tru about the phase-gate Milestone model? - ✔✔It does not
mitigate risk as intended
, ✔✔Wich pilar of the SAFe House of Lean supports not imposing wishful thinking? -
✔✔Respect for People and Culture
✔✔Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what? -
✔✔Experience
Expertise
Exploration
Execution
✔✔When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - ✔✔At the end of each PI
✔✔During PI Planning, the scrum of scrums meetings help accomplish which two
actions? - ✔✔1 - Keeping the planning Milestones on track
2 - Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies
✔✔What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? - ✔✔To provide:
1 - Steady (Estável)
2- High Quality
3 - Incremental Value
✔✔How do Agile Teams ensure theirn own retrospective improvement actions are
implemented? - ✔✔Add improvement Stories to the team backlog to implement in the
next Iteration
✔✔At the System Demo, each team demonstrates their own work, but the system is not
integrated. They say they underestimated the integration effort and cannot integrate
every Iteration and also meet the planned scope. What should the Scrum Master
suggest? - ✔✔Discuss removing scope with Product Management to allow for
Continuous Integration
✔✔How does work flow from one state to the next in a team Kanban board? - ✔✔Team
members pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their
current state WIP constraint
✔✔What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on a ART that go beyond
basic team facilitiation? (Choose three) - ✔✔1 - Participate in the scrum of scrums
2 - Facilitate preparation for the System Demo
3 - Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning
✔✔What is the value of periodic resynchronization? - ✔✔It limits variance to a single
time interval
✔✔What are three distinct traits a group must have to be considered a Community of
Practice? (Choose three.) - ✔✔1 - Practice
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔During Iteration Review, the team decides to carry forward three Stories to the next
iteration. This is the second time during this PI that some of the team's Stories are
carried over. What are two actions the Scrum Master should take? - ✔✔1 - Discuss the
issue at the Itaration Retrospective
2 - Perform the 5 Whys to find the root cause of the delays
✔✔Who reviews the top Capabilities for the upcoming PI? - ✔✔Solution Management
✔✔Wich statement describes how Kanban teams handle capacity during PI Planning? -
✔✔They use throughput as an indication of their capacity
✔✔Which technique is used to identify root causes during the problem-solving
workshop? - ✔✔5 Whys
✔✔What are two key areas a team should be organized aroung? - ✔✔1 - Enablers
2 - Features
✔✔What anti-pattern can emerge during the Scrum of Scrums? - ✔✔Scrum Masters
report on the teams' tasks status each day
✔✔A team achieved less than 80% predictability during the quantitative measurement
of the Inspect and Adapt event. What would be an unacceptable action for this team's
Scrum Master take? - ✔✔Decide improvement actions for the team to implement
✔✔In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure? -
✔✔That each Capability of the systems is meeting its responsibilities in contributing of
the overall Solution Intent
,✔✔Wich SAFe organizational construct allows businesses to build large and complex
systems wich require hundreds of people in a Lean-Agile manner? - ✔✔Solution Train
✔✔Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to
decouple what? - ✔✔The release from deployment
✔✔What improves collaboration between Scrum Masters and System Architects,
System Teams and Operations? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔What is the most effective way to estabilish Built-in Quality? - ✔✔Perform as many
types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible
✔✔What action should be taken on relentless improvement backlog items from the
problem-solving worshop? - ✔✔Use the items as direct input into the PI Planning event
that follows
✔✔How do Kanban Teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile mindset of relentless
improvement? - ✔✔By using cumulative flow diagrams to objectively measure
bottlenecks and variation which could be due to systemic factors
✔✔Wich SAFe configuration requires having a Vision? - ✔✔All SAFe configurations
✔✔What are two typical anti-patterns with Product Owners (POs)? - ✔✔1 - POs design
the Solution before brining the intent to the team;
2 - POs and Product Management are not aligned with business intent
✔✔What is a recommended Story-Splitting technique for Agile Teams? - ✔✔Implement
the 'happy path' first and the rest of the scenarios afterwards
✔✔What is the first step in the problem-solving workshop? - ✔✔Agree on the problem
to solve
✔✔What are three benefits a community of practice offers? (Choose three.) - ✔✔1 - To
drive craftsmanship;
2 - To facilitate the adoption of new methods and techniques;
3 - To provide a place to acquire knowledge;
https://www.scaledagileframework.com/communities-of-practice/
✔✔What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? - ✔✔System Demo
✔✔Wich statement is tru about the phase-gate Milestone model? - ✔✔It does not
mitigate risk as intended
, ✔✔Wich pilar of the SAFe House of Lean supports not imposing wishful thinking? -
✔✔Respect for People and Culture
✔✔Considering individual skill sets, an E-shaped person has a combination of what? -
✔✔Experience
Expertise
Exploration
Execution
✔✔When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? - ✔✔At the end of each PI
✔✔During PI Planning, the scrum of scrums meetings help accomplish which two
actions? - ✔✔1 - Keeping the planning Milestones on track
2 - Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies
✔✔What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? - ✔✔To provide:
1 - Steady (Estável)
2- High Quality
3 - Incremental Value
✔✔How do Agile Teams ensure theirn own retrospective improvement actions are
implemented? - ✔✔Add improvement Stories to the team backlog to implement in the
next Iteration
✔✔At the System Demo, each team demonstrates their own work, but the system is not
integrated. They say they underestimated the integration effort and cannot integrate
every Iteration and also meet the planned scope. What should the Scrum Master
suggest? - ✔✔Discuss removing scope with Product Management to allow for
Continuous Integration
✔✔How does work flow from one state to the next in a team Kanban board? - ✔✔Team
members pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their
current state WIP constraint
✔✔What are the responsibilities of a SAFe Scrum Master on a ART that go beyond
basic team facilitiation? (Choose three) - ✔✔1 - Participate in the scrum of scrums
2 - Facilitate preparation for the System Demo
3 - Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning
✔✔What is the value of periodic resynchronization? - ✔✔It limits variance to a single
time interval
✔✔What are three distinct traits a group must have to be considered a Community of
Practice? (Choose three.) - ✔✔1 - Practice
