Free AI-Empowered SAFe Practitioner Practice Questions

Sample Practice Questions

Try these 10 sample questions from the AI-Empowered SAFe Practitioner practice bank. Each includes the answer and explanation. Continue with the interactive practice above to review the full question set.

1. 1An Agile Release Train repeatedly experiences rework because its requirements and specifications are ambiguous. Which Team and Technical Agility competency directly addresses this problem?

   1. A.Cross-Team Coordination
   2. B.Agile Requirements ManagementCorrect answer: B
   3. C.Developing Quality Software
   4. D.Implementing the Architectural Runway

   Explanation: The Team and Technical Agility discipline associates Agile Requirements Management with the problem: "We have ambiguous requirements and specifications that cause rework and delay." The other competencies address different delivery problems.

   Reference: Team and Technical Agility Discipline — Competencies of the Team and Technical Agility Discipline, Agile Requirements Management

2. 2A practitioner describes an Agile Team as cross-functional. What does this characteristic mean for the team's ability to deliver?

   1. A.The team brings together the skills needed to deliver valueCorrect answer: A
   2. B.The team keeps members dedicated to a shared purpose
   3. C.The team manages its work through shared accountability
   4. D.The team adjusts its approach using customer feedback

   Explanation: Scaled Agile defines an Agile Team as "a cross-functional group of typically ten or fewer individuals with all the skills necessary to define, build, test, and deliver value to their customer". The key characteristic tested is the range of skills available within the team.

   Reference: Agile Teams — Definition

3. 3A team wants to communicate a forecast of planned solution deliverables and milestones over a time horizon. Which SAFe artifact serves that purpose?

   1. A.Solution Vision
   2. B.Product RoadmapCorrect answer: B
   3. C.Team Backlog
   4. D.PI Objectives

   Explanation: Scaled Agile defines the roadmap as "a schedule of events and milestones that forecasts and communicates planned solution deliverables over a time horizon". The roadmap provides the requested time-oriented forecast.

   Reference: Roadmap — Definition

4. 4During PI Planning, teams record feature delivery dates and dependencies so that the ART can coordinate its plan. Which output captures this information?

   1. A.The ART planning boardCorrect answer: A
   2. B.The portfolio roadmap
   3. C.The team Kanban board
   4. D.The iteration backlog

   Explanation: The PI Planning guidance identifies "an ART planning board that reflects feature delivery dates and dependencies" as a planning output.

   Reference: PI Planning — Key Takeaways

5. 5An ART has deployed new functionality and wants to make it available to customers when market conditions warrant. Which continuous delivery pipeline aspect handles providing that value?

   1. A.Continuous Exploration
   2. B.Continuous Integration
   3. C.Continuous Deployment
   4. D.Release on DemandCorrect answer: D

   Explanation: The Team and Technical Agility guidance describes "Release on Demand to provide value to customers based on market needs". Deployment and release are separate pipeline aspects.

   Reference: Team and Technical Agility Discipline — Continuous Value Delivery with DevOps and Built-in Quality

6. 6A product team watches customers use a new workflow to learn where they encounter difficulty. Which feedback technique is the team using?

   1. A.Customer survey
   2. B.Direct observationCorrect answer: B
   3. C.Customer interview
   4. D.Focus group

   Explanation: SAFe identifies "direct observation of customers interacting with the product" as a source of feedback. Watching users interact with the workflow is direct observation.

   Reference: Feedback — Summary

7. 7At the end of an iteration, an Agile Team wants to reflect on its work methods and identify improvements for future iterations. Which event is dedicated to that purpose?

   1. A.Iteration Planning
   2. B.Iteration Review
   3. C.Iteration RetrospectiveCorrect answer: C
   4. D.Team Backlog Refinement

   Explanation: The retrospective guidance states that its purpose is for the team to "reflect on their completed work and the methods used to achieve it" and identify improvements for future iterations.

   Reference: Iteration Retrospective — What is the purpose of the Iteration Retrospective?

8. 8An ART needs existing technical assets that let teams implement near-term features with minimal redesign. What does SAFe call this collection of assets?

   1. A.The architectural runwayCorrect answer: A
   2. B.The continuous delivery pipeline
   3. C.The ART backlog
   4. D.The team backlog

   Explanation: The discipline describes an architectural runway as "the existing code, components, and technical infrastructure needed to implement near-term features with minimal redesign and delay". Backlogs organize work, while the pipeline supports delivery.

   Reference: Team and Technical Agility Discipline — Technical Agility Practices

9. 9An Agile marketing practitioner wants to develop T-shaped skills to help teammates complete work. Which skill profile matches that goal?

   1. A.Broad lighter skills with deeper expertise in one areaCorrect answer: A
   2. B.Deep expertise in two areas with little skill breadth
   3. C.Broad general skills with no deeper area of expertise
   4. D.Deep expertise in one area with little skill breadth

   Explanation: Scaled Agile describes a T-shaped marketer as one who has "both lighter broad skills along with a deeper expertise in a specific area". This supports helping teammates across specialties.

   Reference: SAFe for Marketing — Specialization, ‘T Skills’, and cross-functional teams, p. 10

10. 10While preparing a story, an Agile Team records the conditions that describe what a successful solution will look like. What are those conditions called?

    1. A.Acceptance criteriaCorrect answer: A
    2. B.Story estimates
    3. C.Benefit hypotheses
    4. D.Iteration objectives

    Explanation: The backlog refinement guidance states that each story includes "its acceptance criteria, which outline what a successful solution will look like". These criteria describe the conditions the team is recording.

    Reference: Team Backlog Refinement — What is the purpose of the Team Backlog Refinement?