SAFe Practitioner (SP) Practice Exams

How the SP exam is structured

SAFe SP is a SAFe certification with approximately 45 questions in 90 minutes. The table below shows the exam weighting published for each domain, so you can decide where to spend your study time instead of working through the syllabus in order.

Domain	Exam weight	What it covers
Executing Iterations	25%	Iteration planning and execution
Understanding Agile Release Trains	20%	ART structure, roles, and execution
PI Planning	20%	Program Increment planning and objectives
Cross-Team Collaboration	20%	Collaboration and dependency management
Lean-Agile Principles	15%	SAFe principles and continuous improvement

A passing study plan usually trails the weighting: spend the most sessions on Executing Iterations (25%), then check the next domain down before moving on. If your accuracy on a high-weight domain stays under 80%, more practice there is worth more than another pass at a low-weight topic.

Worked sample SP questions

These questions come from the SAFe SP practice bank. Read the rationale even when you answer correctly — the explanation is usually where the exam technique lives.

Sample question 1 — Understanding Agile Release Trains

A newly formed Agile Release Train is preparing for its first PI Planning event. The RTE notices that teams have not yet established their team-level backlogs or identified their first features. What should the RTE do to improve readiness before the event?

A. Help teams create initial backlogs and a draft feature set
B. Delay the planning event until all backlogs are fully refined
C. Ask each team to plan independently and merge plans later
D. Proceed with the event and let teams define work during planning

Answer: A. Option A is correct because the RTE should help teams establish initial backlogs and a draft feature set so that PI Planning can be productive and focused on coordination. Option B is incorrect because delaying the event indefinitely undermines the cadence and does not build the needed readiness. Option C is incorrect because independent planning without a shared draft feature set defeats the purpose of the train-level event. Option D is incorrect because proceeding without any backlog or feature context leads to uncoordinated planning and poor outcomes.

Sample question 2 — Understanding Agile Release Trains

A team receives a backlog item that delivers no customer-facing capability by itself but must be completed so future features can be built, such as upgrading a shared library. A new member asks what this kind of item is called in SAFe. What should the team answer?

A. A user story, because it is the only backlog item type a development team is allowed to work on.
B. An enabler, because it builds the technical runway that future features depend on.
C. A feature, because anything on the Program Backlog is delivered as customer value.
D. A spike, because it is a time-boxed experiment that produces knowledge.

Answer: B. Option B is correct. An enabler is a backlog item that delivers no direct customer value on its own but builds the technical foundation or exploration that future features depend on. Option A is incorrect because teams also work on enablers, not only user stories. Option C is incorrect because a feature delivers direct customer value, which an upgrade to a shared library does not. Option D is incorrect because a spike is a specific time-boxed exploration, not the general term for enabling work.

Sample question 3 — Cross-Team Collaboration

Stakeholders want to see that the work of several teams actually integrates into one working solution, rather than reviewing a stack of separate team status reports. Which recurring ART event provides that evidence every iteration?

A. A program-level status meeting where each team reports its burn-down chart.
B. A private demo that each team runs for its own product owner in isolation.
C. The System Demo, where the integrated increment from all contributing teams is shown working.
D. A written summary of each team's completed stories circulated by email.

Answer: C. Option C is correct. The System Demo shows the integrated increment from all contributing teams working together, giving stakeholders direct evidence of the whole solution. Option A is incorrect because burn-down reports show each team's progress, not whether the teams' work integrates. Option B is incorrect because isolated team demos never prove the integrated solution works. Option D is incorrect because a written summary reports activity rather than demonstrating an integrated increment.

How to use this SP practice set

Answer the 10 free questions without notes. Guessing is more useful than looking the answer up — the wrong answers tell you which domain to revisit.

Read every explanation, including the ones you got right. Note the reasoning for each distractor, not just the correct option.

Drill by domain, starting with Executing Iterations (25%), then take a mixed set so you practise switching between topics.

Finish with a timed practice exam. Aim to be consistently above the passing score before you book the real SP exam.

SP practice questions FAQ

How many free SP practice questions can I try?

You can answer 10 SP practice questions free without creating an account. Each one is graded instantly with a written explanation. A free account keeps your progress, and the full bank (300+ questions) unlocks with a subscription.

What topics does the SP exam cover?

The SP exam is organised into 5 domains: Executing Iterations (25%), Understanding Agile Release Trains (20%), PI Planning (20%), Cross-Team Collaboration (20%), Lean-Agile Principles (15%). The weighting above shows how much of the exam each domain represents, so budget study time in the same proportion.

How long is the SP exam and how is it scored?

The SP exam has approximately 45 questions in 90 minutes, with a passing score of 77%. Practice sets here are scored the same way as the real exam so you can see whether you are above or below the line before test day.

How should I start studying for SAFe SP?

Start with Executing Iterations, the highest-weighted domain, then work down the list. Answer a mixed set after each domain pass — mixing domains forces you to identify what a question is asking before recalling the content, which is what the real exam does.

Are these the same questions that appear on the real SP exam?

No. These are original practice questions written against the published SP exam objectives. They mirror the style, difficulty, and domain weighting of the real exam, but the actual exam content is confidential and is not reproduced here.

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