SAFe POPM · Scaled Agile · Iteration Execution · Bank updated 2026-07-03
SAFe POPM practice questions: Iteration Execution
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1/5 · Iteration Execution · easy
In SAFe 6.0, who holds primary content authority over the Team Backlog?
AThe Product Manager
BThe Scrum Master/Team Coach
CThe Product Owner
DThe Release Train Engineer
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2/5 · Iteration Execution
When helping the team set Iteration Goals during Iteration Planning, what should the Product Owner ensure?
AThe Iteration Goals must be identical across every team on the Agile Release Train
BThe Iteration Goals are a high-level summary of the business and technical objectives the team agrees to accomplish, aligned to the PI Objectives
CThe Iteration Goals are set unilaterally by the Product Owner before the team sees the backlog items
DThe Iteration Goals exactly restate the acceptance criteria of every story pulled into the Iteration
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3/5 · Iteration Execution · easy
In SAFe 6.0, who has primary responsibility for prioritizing the content of the Team Backlog?
AThe Release Train Engineer (RTE)
BThe Scrum Master
CThe Product Manager
DThe Product Owner
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4/5 · Iteration Execution
Before Iteration Planning, a Product Owner drafts a short set of iteration goals to bring to the team. What best describes what these iteration goals should be, per SAFe 6.0?
AAn exhaustive list of every story planned for the Iteration, intended to replace the need for a Team Backlog
BA concise summary of the business and technical objectives the team intends to achieve in the Iteration, providing focus and alignment without dictating the detailed list of every story
CAn exact restatement of the PI Objectives already agreed upon at PI Planning, worded identically for every Iteration in the PI
DFormal statements that must be assigned business value scores by the Business Owners, exactly as PI Objectives are scored
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5/5 · Iteration Execution
Two days into a two-week iteration, a team finishes a story and demos it to the Product Owner, who confirms it satisfies both its acceptance criteria and the team's Definition of Done. No other stories in the iteration are yet complete. What should the Product Owner do?
AEscalate the story to the Release Train Engineer, since a Product Owner cannot unilaterally accept work at the team level
BAsk the team to hold the story in a 'done' queue and exclude it from velocity until PI Planning re-confirms the committed scope
CWithhold acceptance until the Iteration Review so all completed stories can be accepted together in front of stakeholders
DAccept the story now; there is no need to hold acceptance decisions until the Iteration Review
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D is correct. Continuous acceptance throughout the iteration is a core SAFe practice: as soon as a story meets its acceptance criteria and Definition of Done, the Product Owner accepts it. The Iteration Review is a separate, broader forum for stakeholder feedback on the whole increment, not the only moment acceptance can occur.
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