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SAFE SCRUM MASTER PRACTICE EXAM: Questions and Answers, Exams of Leadership and Team Management

Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)Leadership and Team Management

A series of practice questions and answers related to the safe scrum master certification exam. It covers various aspects of scrum, agile, and safe principles, including team dynamics, servant leadership, continuous improvement, and the plan-do-check-adjust cycle. The questions are designed to test understanding of key concepts and practices within the safe framework.

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2024/2025

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SAFE SCRUM MASTER PRACTICE EXAM| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |LATEST UPDATE-2025
what is an anti-pattern for the IP iteration?
- to plan work for the IP iteration during PI planning
- to allow for sufficient capacity in the program roadmap
- to ensure all stories and teams' PI plans are completed prior to the IP iteration
- to minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays
-to wait for the IP iteration to fix defects
- answer- to plan work for the IP iteration during PI planning
-to wait for the IP iteration to fix defects
What is the purpose of the plan-do-check-adjust cycle?
- To provide regular, predictable dev cadence to produce an increment of value
- To give the ART members a process tool to keep the train on the tracks
- To create a continuous flow of work to support the delivery pipeline
- To allow the team to perform some final backlog refinement for upcoming iteration planning
- - answer- To provide regular, predictable dev cadence to produce an increment of value
Which meeting should the Scrum Master attend (not facilitate)?
- Iteration Review
- Scrum of Scrums
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SAFE SCRUM MASTER PRACTICE EXAM| QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |LATEST UPDATE- 2025

what is an anti-pattern for the IP iteration?

  • to plan work for the IP iteration during PI planning
  • to allow for sufficient capacity in the program roadmap
  • to ensure all stories and teams' PI plans are completed prior to the IP iteration
  • to minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays
  • to wait for the IP iteration to fix defects
  • answer- to plan work for the IP iteration during PI planning
  • to wait for the IP iteration to fix defects What is the purpose of the plan-do-check-adjust cycle?
  • To provide regular, predictable dev cadence to produce an increment of value
  • To give the ART members a process tool to keep the train on the tracks
  • To create a continuous flow of work to support the delivery pipeline
  • To allow the team to perform some final backlog refinement for upcoming iteration planning
    • answer- To provide regular, predictable dev cadence to produce an increment of value Which meeting should the Scrum Master attend (not facilitate)?
  • Iteration Review
  • Scrum of Scrums
  • Daily Stand-Up
  • PO sync
    • answer- Scrum of Scrums Scrum masters help remove impediments, foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics and what else?
  • Relentlessly improve
  • Continuously deliver
  • Form and re-form teams
  • Estimate stories
    • answer- Relentlessly improve Each PI planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI planning with a Retrospective will help to do what?
  • Fine tune the Economic Framework
  • Meet compliance more rapidly
  • Lengthen the Architectural Runway
  • Continuously improve
    • answer- Continuously improve What is one truth about teams?
  • Development teams can manage daily interruptions
  • Products are more robust when individuals on teams have specific skill sets
  • Changes in team composition do not impact productivity
  • Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals
    • answer- Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals
  • Part-time scrum masters do not have time to plan as part of the team
  • Stories are created for the PI planning iterations
    • answer- Too much time spent analyzing each story
  • Part-time scrum masters do not have time to plan as part of the team What are the three pillars of Scrum?
    • answerTransparency, inspection, adaptation Who is responsible for prioritizing the iteration backlog?
    • answer- The product owner According to the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, what is a team's ultimate competitive advantage?
  • Transparency
  • Teamwork
  • Accountability
  • Commitment
    • answer- Teamwork What is one example of a servant leader behavior pattern?
  • Understands and empathizes with others
  • Focuses on individual task metrics
  • Thinks about the day-to-day activities
  • Uses authority rather than persuasion when necessary
    • answer- Understands and empathizes with others Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three examples of old behaviors?
  • Focusing on deadlines
  • Focusing on business value delivery
  • Asking the team for the answers
  • Driving toward specific outcomes
  • Fixing problems for the team
  • Facilitating team problem solving
    • answer- Focusing on deadlines
  • Driving toward specific outcomes
  • Fixing problems for the team Features lend themselves to the Lean UX process model. hey include a description, benefit hypothesis, ??
  • Scope and context
  • Content readiness
  • Acceptance criteria
  • IP outcomes
    • answer- Acceptance criteria Scrum masters are effective by using scrum methods, supporting safe principles and practices and what else?
  • Serving as a customer proxy
  • Writing stories and enablers
  • Managing architectural runway
  • Delivering through agile practices
    • answer- Delivering through agile practices What three attributes summarize DevOps?
  • A shared culture
  • manage the team's own backlog
  • understand and operate within lean budgets
  • embrace relentless improvement through iteration retrospectives
  • develop better and more specialized skill sets - answer- embrace relentless improvement through iteration retrospectives the business must depend on the team for what in order for the business to do any meaningful planning?
  • a cross-functional skill set
  • commitment to the plan - measurements
  • team capabilities - answer-measurements????? it's the same % whether or not I put either.????? the skills of a good safe scrum master include which three attributes? - answer- communicate, coordinate, cooperate what is the statement describing? Agile team continuously adapt to new circumstances and enhance the methods of value delivery
  • continuous integration
  • '' improvement
  • '' delivery
  • '' deployment - answer- continuous integration / improvement????? When does the plan-do-check-adjust cycle occur in scrum?
  • at the iteration review
  • in the daily scrum
  • at all formal scrum events
  • as part of the iteration retrospective - answer- at all formal scrum events Why do teams have an iteration Retrospective? - answer- To Adjust and identify ways to improve Who commits to the plan at the end of iteration planning?
  • team
  • scrum master
  • product owner
  • solution owner - answerteam A servant leader knows that his or her own growth comes from what?
  • Management support
  • Facilitating growth of others
  • Effective training
  • Implementing a CALMR approach to SAFe - answerFacilitating growth of others What are two critical areas that differentiate agile from waterfall dev?
  • Architectural runway
  • Staggered integration
  • Face-to-face interaction
  • incremental delivery of value
  • backlog refinement - answeriteration planning What are two good scrum master facilitation practices?
  • create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the discussion
  • allow unproductive conflict to encourage open communication
  • allow for deep meaningful conversations even if it is outside the scope of the agenda
  • ensure all voices are heard
  • do not enforce accountability as it creates an environment of distrust - answer- create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the discussion
  • ensure all voices are heard The program board highlights feature delivery dates, milestones, and what else for the agile release train teams? - answerdependencies What is the recommended frequency range for PI planning in SAFe? - answer8~12 weeks During PI planning, which two tasks are part of the scrum master's role in the first team breakout?
  • Provide clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimating and sequencing
  • review and prioritize the team backlog as part of the preparatory work for the second team breakout
  • Be involved in the program backlog refinement and preparation
  • identify as many risks and dependencies as possible for the management review
  • facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies - answer- Provide clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimating and sequencing
  • facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies

What is the main reason why some teams never reach stage 4 in the stages of high performing teams?

  • because no one guides them
  • '' leadership is spontaneous
  • '' team is not structured correctly
  • '' there is too much conflict - answer- because no one guides them What is the recommended duration of a SAFe iteration? - answer2 weeks Participating in PI planning enables teams to gain alignment and commitment around a clear set of what?
  • team dependencies
  • prioritized objectives
  • user stories
  • features and benefits - answerprioritized objectives How are the 3 Whys used?
  • to identify a root cause of a problem
  • to brainstorm ideas
  • to coach a team through powerful questions
  • to define acceptance criteria for a story - answer- to identify a root cause of a problem There are two primary aspects of a lean-agile mindset lean thinking and what?