SAFe Agilist (SA)

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SAFe Agilist (SA) Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the SAFe Agilist (SA) certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

80% to pass
45 questions
2/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
80%
80%
Margin
20%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
9
out of 45 questions

Pass score vs pass rate

Two different numbers that get mixed up constantly.

Pass score (cut score)

The scaled score the vendor publishes. For the SAFe Agilist (SA) it is 80%. This is the number you can actually prepare against, and it is the one that decides your result on exam day.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. Scaled Agile generally does not publish this for individual exams, and the numbers you find online usually come from candidate self-reported surveys. We would rather tell you nothing than tell you a figure we cannot source.

Where you lose points

The exam is not scored flat. Each domain carries its own weight, so a domain where you lose everything can sink a score that looks fine on paper.

Leading the Change7%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 7.000000000000001% of the exam, and it has 3 practice questions here.

Lean-Agile Leaders29%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 28.999999999999996% of the exam, and it has 13 practice questions here.

Agile Product Delivery31%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 31% of the exam, and it has 14 practice questions here.

Lean Portfolio Management13%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 13% of the exam, and it has 6 practice questions here.

Team and Technical Agility7%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 7.000000000000001% of the exam, and it has 3 practice questions here.

Digital Age and Business Agility13%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 13% of the exam, and it has 6 practice questions here.

The practical version: the SAFe Agilist (SA) is not passed by knowing most of the content. It is passed by being strong in the domains that carry weight, and by not leaving one of them empty.

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