Scrum PSM I Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: PSM I
- Exam Name: Professional Scrum Master I
- Certification Provider: Scrum
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
Which output from Sprint Planning provides the Development Team with a target and overarching direction for the Sprint?
- A . The Sprint Backlog.
- B . The Sprint Goal
- C . The release plan.
- D . Sprint Review minutes.
Scrum is a methodology that tells in detail how to build software incrementally.
- A . True
- B . False
Which of the following is required by Scrum? (Choose all that apply.)
- A . Sprint Retrospective.
- B . Members must be stand up at the Daily Scrum.
- C . Sprint Burndown Chart.
- D . Release planning.
- E . All of the above.
A Development Team is required to deliver a done Increment by the end of a Sprint.
Select two statements that explain what “Done” means. (Choose two.)
- A . All work the Development Team is willing to do.
- B . Ready for integration.
- C . No work left from the definition of “Done”.
- D . Whatever the Product Owner defines as quality.
- E . All work to create software that is ready to be released to end users.
How often should Development Team membership change?
- A . As needed, while taking into account a short term reduction in productivity.
- B . Never, because it reduces productivity.
- C . As needed, with no special allowance for changes in productivity.
- D . Every Sprint to promote shared learning.
If burndown charts are used to visualize progress, what do they track?
- A . Accumulated cost.
- B . Individual worker productivity.
- C . Work remaining across time.
- D . Accumulated business value delivered to the customer.
Select two ways in which technical debt impacts transparency. (Choose two.)
- A . When calculated and estimated, the total amount of technical debt shows exactly how long until the Product Owner can release the Increment.
- B . It leads to false assumptions about the current state of the system, specifically of an Increment being releasable at the end of a Sprint.
- C . As development progresses and code is added, the system becomes more difficult to stabilize, which results in future work being slowed down in unpredictable ways.
- D . It enhances transparency for the Product Owner as a Development Team is not allowed to do additional feature development in a Sprint as long as there is technical debt.
Currently, your Development Teams are organized to address a single layer only (for example, front end, middle tier, back end, and interfaces).
What are three things to consider when deciding to move away from such component teams toward feature teams? (Choose three.)
- A . You cannot do Scrum without feature teams.
- B . Productivity may suffer when making this kind of move.
- C . Getting support from the business side first helps.
- D . Feature teams have less communication overhead.
- E . With feature teams, it is easier to calculate the productivity per team.
Which two ways of creating Development Teams are consistent with Scrum’s values? (Choose two.)
- A . Existing teams propose how they would like to go about organizing into the new structure.
- B . Managers personally re-assign current subordinates to new teams.
- C . Managers collaborate to assign individuals to specific teams.
- D . Bring all the developers together and let them self-organize into Development Teams.
- E . The Chief Product Owner determines the new team structures and assignments.
Who determines when it is appropriate to update the Sprint Backlog during a Sprint?
- A . The Scrum Team.
- B . The Product Owner.
- C . The Developers.
- D . The Project Manager.