Tips for Exam Preparation

SAFe® Agilist 5 exam is a little tricky to crack, but not impossible if you do better planning. Here are some powerful tips to pass the exam.

• Study the workbook you receive from your training of the SAFe® 5
• Watch our SAFe videos to understand the concepts.
• Attempt the practice exam through the SAFe Community Platform.
• Analyze the result of your Practice Test by studying each question.
• Visit the Scaled Agile Framework to study topics that are not clear to you.
• Attempt the actual exam through the SAFe Community Platform.
• Clear the exam and become a Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist.

Practice tests are available at free of cost. It can help you prepare for the exam as it simulates the actual certification exam in duration, difficulty, and topic area. It contains multiple-choice questions that are very relevant to the questions which are asked in the actual SAFe® 5 Agilist exams. The scores report will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses.

Be focused, as your strong determination will also help you succeed. Smartly channelize your desire and deep dive into all the important topics to master the SAFe concepts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Is it mandatory to attend training before the exam?

A. Yes, it is mandatory to attend the training before the exam to get certified as SAFe® 5 Agilist.

Q. What is the format of the SAFe® 5 Agilist exams?

A. The SAFe® 5 Agilist certification exam is in the Multiple-Choice Questions format. The exam duration is 90 minutes. The SAFe® 5 exam consists of a total of 45 questions. The passing score will be 35 out of 45 (77% passing score).

Q. What are the suggested topics for cracking the SAFe® 5 Agilist exams?

A. It is advised to revise the workbook thoroughly. You should understand all levels of the framework i.e. Team, Program, Value Stream, and Portfolio. You should have an understanding of every role on each level such as Scrum Master at the team level, RTE at the program level, and so on. You should also be aware of important concepts of Lean-Agile mindset, House of Lean, 12 Agile principles, 10 SAFe principles, Built-in-Quality, Agile Product Delivery, Customer Centricity and Design Thinking, DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Learning Organization, Innovation Culture, Enterprise Solution Delivery, Lean Systems, and Solution Engineering, Lean-Agile Leadership, Lean Portfolio Management.

Q. How much time does it take to prepare for the SAFe® 5 Agilist exams?

A. It depends on how productive was your Leading SAFe session. If your session was good, you understood all the concepts and the trainer covered the complete workbook with engaging activities then you may need around 10 hours of preparation time for the Leading SAFe Exam. However, if the classroom experience was not good then you need to invest around 30 hours to cover the concepts from the workbook.