PSM I Readiness Test

10 questions, balanced across the exam's topics. Answer each one, then submit for your practice readiness estimate and per-topic breakdown. This is a practice estimate — not a prediction or guarantee of your official exam result.

Question 1

Accountability review: creating a usable Increment each Sprint and planning the Sprint Backlog belongs to which role?

Scrum Master Product Owner the stakeholders (not a Scrum Team role) Developers

Question 2

After Sprint 8, management sets a higher velocity target for the patient portal team. What is the problem?

Velocity targets motivate teams The Product Owner should set velocity Velocity is for forecasting, not a performance target; targeting it distorts estimates Higher velocity always means more value

Question 3

A coach asks: Which Scrum value is this: the team commits to the Sprint Goal and to supporting each other?

Openness Focus Commitment Courage

Question 4

Mid-Sprint, an urgent customer request for a patient portal arrives. The Product Owner brings it to the Developers in Sprint 2. What happens next?

The Sprint is extended to absorb the request The Product Owner unilaterally rewrites the Sprint Backlog The Developers decide whether the work fits without endangering the Sprint Goal, negotiating scope with the Product Owner The request is automatically added on top of the plan

Question 5

Only the Product Owner refines Product Backlog items for a smart home app in Sprint 6. What is the concern?

Refinement should be done by stakeholders Refinement is a whole-Scrum-Team activity; Developers' input makes items truly ready Refinement is unnecessary in Scrum This is ideal; Developers should only code

Question 6

Scrum Guide: being cross-functional with all skills needed is whose job?

the Developers the Scrum Master the stakeholders (not a Scrum Team role) the Product Owner

Question 7

After Sprint 1, management sets a higher velocity target for the inventory system team. What is the problem?

The Product Owner should set velocity Velocity targets motivate teams Higher velocity always means more value Velocity is for forecasting, not a performance target; targeting it distorts estimates

Question 8

A team shows a developer admits an estimate was wrong so the plan can be fixed. Which Scrum value does this demonstrate?

Openness Respect Focus Courage

Question 9

After Sprint 2, the e-commerce site team says the Retrospective is a waste of time and wants to skip it. What is the best response?

Explain that inspecting and adapting their own process is how the team improves, and facilitate a focused Retrospective Agree to skip it since the team is self-managing Replace it with a stakeholder status meeting Have the Product Owner run it as a performance review

Question 10

Definition of Done: The Definition of Done creates

confusion about scope management reports extra documentation transparency about what 'complete' means for the Increment

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