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SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) 6.0
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QUESTION: 1

Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three examples of old
behaviors?

Option A : Focusing on deadlines

Option B : Focusing on business value delivery

Option C : Asking the team for the answers

Option D : Driving toward specific outcomes

Option E : Fixing problems for the team

Option F : Facilitating team problem solving

Correct Answer: A,D

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QUESTION: 2

Who commits to the plan at the end of iteration planning?

Option A : team

Option B : scrum master

Option C : product owner

Option D : solution owner

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION: 3

A servant leader knows that his or her own growth comes from what?

Option A : Management support

Option B : Facilitating growth of others

Option C : Effective training

Option D : Implementing a CALMR approach to SAFe

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 Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION: 4

How are the 3 Whys used?

Option A : to identify a root cause of a problem

Option B : to brainstorm ideas

Option C : to coach a team through powerful questions

Option D : to define acceptance criteria for a story

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION: 5

According to Daniel Pink, which three factors drive motivation and lead to better performance and personal
satisfaction? (Choose three.)

Option A : Reward

Option B : Mastery

Option C : Purpose

Option D : Recognition

Option E : Responsibility

Option F : Autonomy

Correct Answer: A,B,C

Explanation/Reference:

https://www.scaledagileframework.com/unlock-the-intrinsic-motivation-of-knowledge-workers/

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QUESTION: 6

Which type of enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?

Option A :

Enabler Capabilities

Option B :

Enabler Features

Option C :

Enabler stories

Option D :

Enabler Portfolio Epics

Correct Answer: B

Explanation/Reference:

System Architects review Enabler Features during the System Demo Event.

System Demo is an ART level Event where the ART (Team of Agile Teams) present the fully integrated solution, which is

achieved by the delivery of Features and Enabler Features.

QUESTION: 7

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Who can change the backlog during an iteration?

Option A : Agile Team

Option B : Scrum master

Option C : Release Train Engineer

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 Option D : Senior Management

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION: 8

What is one way to improve the skills of a team member?

Option A : Get them to work only on their specialty

Option B : Discuss their weaknesses

Option C : Pair-work with other team members

Option D : Ask them to work alone on something new

Correct Answer: C

Explanation/Reference:

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QUESTION: 9

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? (Choose two.)

Option A : Coach the team to honor their commitments

Option B : Take a 'wait and see' approach because the team assures they are still on track for the PI

Option C : Discuss the issue at the next Iteration Retrospective

Option D : See if the Product Owner is agreeable to moving the stories into the next Iteration

Option E : Perform the 5 Whys to find the root cause of all delays

Correct Answer: A

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Explanation/Reference:

https://www.scaledagileframework.com/iteration-review/

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QUESTION: 10

During Iteration Planning, the Product Owner (PO) introduces a new story to the team. They cannot come to
a consensus on the size of the new story and ask the PO for more details. After a lot of discussion, multiple
dependencies with other teams emerge, so the team decides to leave the story in the Team Backlog and not
commit. Is the team's response an anti-pattern?

Option A : No; the PO provided details on the story

Option B : No; the Development Team left the story in the Team Backlog for further refinement with the
PO

Option C : Yes; the Development Team identified multiple dependencies with other teams

Option D : Yes; the PO and the Development Team reached the planning session without preparation and
the dependencies were not identified

Option E : Yes; the PO should not be in the iteration planning meeting

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

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QUESTION: 11

What is one characteristic of an effective Agile team?

Option A : To concentrate and deliver the product scope

Option B : To provide steady, high quality, an incremental value

Option C : To make the process visible to the Business Owners

Option D : To collaborate and discuss components

Correct Answer: B

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Explanation/Reference:

https://www.scaledagileframework.com/agile-teams/

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QUESTION: 12

Scrum Master interacts with which level(s) of SAFe?

Option A : Portfolio Level

Option B : All levels

Option C : Team Level

Option D : Program Level

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION: 13

An honest effort at careful problem definition will avoid the "ready, fire, aim" approach that is so common in
problem-solving.

Option A : True

Option B : False

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION: 14

What is the most effective way to train the System Team members to operate effectively as part of the train?

Option A : Have them attend Leading SAFe training and Scrum Master orientation.

Option B : Have them attend Leading SAFe training.

Option C : Have them attend SAFe for Teams training with all other teams on the train.

Option D : Have them attend Implementing SAFe training with SPC certification.

Option E : Have them review the SAFe Foundations presentation and provide on-the-job training.

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 Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION: 15

(Select 2) When might Feature size not be a good substitute for the duration of WSJF?

Option A : The Feature did not originate from a Program Epic.

Option B : The Feature involves a team or team members who represent a bottleneck.

Option C : The Feature did not originate from a Value Stream Capability

Option D : The Feature involves a remote third-party vendor that has a formal scope-approval process.

Option E : The Feature has not yet been broken down into user stories by the Product Owne

Correct Answer: B,D

QUESTION: 16

(Select 3) Which behaviors are typically associated with Lean-Agile Leaders?

Option A : Establish clear objectives for managing.

Option B : Develop Solutions.

Option C : Protect subordinates from interference by outside stakeholders.

Option D : Support decentralized decision-making.

Option E : Emphasize lifelong learning.

Correct Answer: A,C,D

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QUESTION: 17

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Agile Release Trains are organized around the ability to release value on demand through the
.

Option A : Please note down your answer

Option B :

Correct Answer: A

Explanation/Reference:

Continuous Delivery Pipeline

QUESTION: 18

A Scrum Master facilitates the adoption of technical practices because it helps the team mature in their
Definition of Done and Encourages pairing and peer review.

Option A : True

Option B : False

Option C :

Option D :

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION: 19

Individual Team PI performance reports are rolled up into the:

Option A : Program Increment Tally

Option B : Program Increment Results Ratio

Option C : Program Predictability Report

Option D : Program Metrics

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION: 20

. What is one of the most important tasks of a Scrum Master?

Option A : Increasing the velocity

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 Option B : Fostering collaboration

Option C : Following Scrum events

Option D : Reporting status to management

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION: 21

How many Iterations would it take for a team with a velocity of 20 story points per Iteration to finish a
backlog of 60 story points?

Option A : 1 Iteration

Option B : 2 Iterations

Option C : 3 Iterations

Option D : 4 Iterations

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION: 22

How can Teams use Iteration Planning to stay aligned on their work?

Option A :

By committing to a set of goals to be delivered

Option B :

By agreeing on a meeting timebox

Option C :

By sharing Stories that could be pairing opportunities

By sharing Stories that could be pairing opportunities

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 Option D :

By reviewing its processes before the next Iteration

Correct Answer: A

Explanation/Reference:

Commitment to a set of Goals during the Iteration Planning enables alignment among team members to those Goals.

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QUESTION: 23

Which of the following Events aligns Teams on a Train?

Option A :

Coach Sync

Option B :

Iteration Planning

Option C :

Architect Sync

Option D :

PI Planning

Correct Answer: D

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Explanation/Reference:

The Pl Planning is a cadence-based, face-to-face Event that serves as the heartbeat of the Agile Release Train (ART). This Event

aligns all the Teams on the ART to a shared mission and Vision.

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QUESTION: 24

According to SAFe 6.0, what is one output of a successful Iteration Retrospective?

Option A :

Updated dependencies between Stories

Option B :

Improvement Stories

Option C :

Iteration Goals

Option D :

Updated ART metrics

Correct Answer: B

Explanation/Reference:

A successful Iteration Retrospective Event delivers the following outputs:

Creation of a few improvement Stories

Updated Team Backlog.

These are some of the Inputs to Iteration Retrospective:

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Iteration Goals

The Team’s Increment List of improvement stories identified

The actions taken since the last retrospective

Collection of agreed-to iteration metrics

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QUESTION: 25

What is one practice Scrum Masters/Team Coaches can use to run successful meetings?

Option A :

Allow individuals to override Timeboxes to ensure full discussions

Option B :

Maintain vague agendas to allow for any urgent issues

Option C :

Schedule meetings around the Product Owner to ensure they are able to make final decisions

Option D :

Leave meetings with clear action items

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

Running and concluding meetings with clear actions is one important practice of Scrum Master/Team Coaches for achieving

success as outcome of those meetings.

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QUESTION: 26

What is one way uncommitted objectives help Agile Teams make a plan for the PI?

Option A :

They create an opportunity for Teams to take on harder work

Option B :

They ensure the Team has additional development options

Option C :

They generate additional ways to measure Team progress

Option D :

They maintain the predictability of achieving the objectives

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

Uncommitted objectives helps to maintain predictability because they provide the capacity margin needed to meet

commitments, yet alter priorities if necessary, when fact patterns change. The adaptability to change, to reliably deliver on a

cadence.

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QUESTION: 27

At the end of the first Iteration, the team finishes User Stories A, B, and 50% of C. The Story sizes are set at

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these points: Story A = 8 points Story B = 1 point Story C = 5 points Story D = 3 points What is the team's
velocity?

Option A :

Option B :

Option C :

11.5

Option D :

14

Correct Answer: A

Explanation/Reference:

A Team's velocity is calculated by summing up the points of the fully completed stories, so it’s 8+1=9 points, excluding story C

which is not completed 100%.

QUESTION: 28

What is one responsibility of a SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master?

Option A :

To plan the Team's Iteration

Option B :

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 To ensure the Team is fully utilized

Option C :

To prevent the DSU from exceeding 15 minutes

Option D :

To enable the Team to improve processes

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

Scrum Master's key responsibility is to faciliate the Team to improve its processes, achieving better and faster value delivery

for the customers.

QUESTION: 29

Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are the best examples of new
coaching behaviors?

Option A :

Facilitate Team problem-solving and Focus on deadlines

Option B :

Facilitate Team problem-solving, Drive toward specific outcomes and Fix problems for the Team

Option C :

Fix problems for the Team, Drive toward specific outcomes and Focus on deadlines

Option D :

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 Focus on business value delivery, Ask the Team for the answer and Facilitate Team problem-solving

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

The best examples are: Focus on business value delivery, Ask the Team for the answer and Facilitate Team problem-solving.

Focusing on business value delivery over fosucing on certain targets

Asking the Team for the answer over providing answers for the Team

Focusing on business value delivery over fosucing on certain targets

QUESTION: 30

A team is running out of time to draft their PI Objectives for the draft plan review because they are creating
very detailed plans. What is the best action for the Scrum Master to take?

Option A :

Coach the Team to focus on the agenda and timeboxes and not detailed Iteration Planning

Option B :

While the Team is preparing plans, encourage the Product Owner to write the objectives

Option C :

Escalate to the Release Train Engineer

Option D :

Support the Team and ask the Business Owners to wait for the Team's PI Objectives

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 Correct Answer: A

Explanation/Reference:

In such a situation, the best that Scrum Master can do is to coach the Team to focus on the agenda and Timeboxes and not

detailed Iteration Planning, because the detailed plan is not supposed to be completed in PI planning, but rather in the Iteration

Planning.

QUESTION: 31

Who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration Planning?

Option A :

Scrum Master

Option B :

Product Owner

Option C :

Solution Owner

Option D :

Agile Team

Correct Answer: D

Explanation/Reference:

It is Agile Team who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration Planning.

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QUESTION: 32

What are anti-patterns for the IP Iteration?

Option A :

Minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays

Option B :

Ensure all Stories and Teams' PI plans are completed prior to the IP Iteration

Option C :

Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning and wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects

Option D :

Allow for sufficient capacity in the ART Roadmap

Correct Answer: C

Explanation/Reference:

No work or defect fix should be planned for IP iteration because this iteration acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI

Objectives and provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning and Inspect and Adapt (I&A) Events.

QUESTION: 33

What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?

Option A :

Facilitating an effective Team breakout session during PI Planning

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 Option B :

Estimating the size and complexity of the work

Option C :

Running System and Solution Demos

Option D :

Developing and communicating the ART Vision and Roadmap

Correct Answer: A

Explanation/Reference:

Scrums Master facilitates the Team breakout sessions during the PI Planning Event. The other options are not in Scrum Master's

responsbility.

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