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10 free, exam-style Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free CSM practice test to study every exam domain.

The CSM exam has 50 questions and runs 1 hour 0 minutes.

These 10 free CSM questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified ScrumMaster blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Scrum

Question 1

According to the Agile Manifesto, working software is valued over which of the following?

  1. Responding to change
  2. Customer collaboration
  3. Individuals and interactions
  4. Comprehensive documentation
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Correct answer: D - Comprehensive documentation

Domain 2: Scrum Master Core Competencies

Question 2

A team inspects its work frequently but rarely changes anything as a result. Which statement from Scrum theory best describes this situation?

  1. Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless
  2. Transparency is sufficient on its own to reduce risk
  3. Frequent inspection guarantees process improvement
  4. Adaptation should only occur at the Sprint Retrospective
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Correct answer: A - Inspection without adaptation is considered pointless

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Question 3

During a Sprint, a Developer is blocked because another department has not provided a required environment. According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, what is the Scrum Master accountable for doing?

  1. Personally resolving the issue with the other department
  2. Escalating the blocker to the Product Owner to handle
  3. Causing the removal of the impediment
  4. Adding the blocker to the Sprint Retrospective agenda
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Correct answer: C - Causing the removal of the impediment

Question 4

A Scrum Team runs two-week Sprints. What is the maximum recommended duration of their Sprint Retrospective?

  1. 1.5 hours
  2. 3 hours
  3. 45 minutes
  4. 2 hours
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Correct answer: A - 1.5 hours

Question 5

Which commitment is associated with the Sprint Backlog?

  1. The Definition of Done
  2. The Product Goal
  3. The Sprint Goal
  4. The Release Plan
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Correct answer: C - The Sprint Goal

Question 6

A stakeholder insists that a small committee jointly acts as the Product Owner to speed up decisions. How does this compare to the 2020 Scrum Guide?

  1. Acceptable, because shared ownership improves throughput
  2. Acceptable, provided one member has the final vote
  3. Acceptable only for products with multiple Scrum Teams
  4. Not aligned, because the Product Owner is one person
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Correct answer: D - Not aligned, because the Product Owner is one person

Question 7

A newly assigned Scrum Master begins each morning by handing out tasks to the Developers and tracking who is behind. What is the primary problem with this?

  1. The Developers are self-managing and decide their own work
  2. Task assignment is the Product Owner's job, not the Scrum Master's
  3. Work should be allocated once at Sprint Planning, not every day
  4. The Scrum Master should be tracking remaining hours, not tasks
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Correct answer: A - The Developers are self-managing and decide their own work

Question 8

Midway through a Sprint, the Sprint Goal has become obsolete due to a major market change. Who has the authority to cancel the Sprint?

  1. The Scrum Master
  2. The Developers by majority vote
  3. The Product Owner
  4. The stakeholders who identified the change
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Correct answer: C - The Product Owner

Question 9

A Product Owner struggles to keep the Product Backlog understandable to the Developers and stakeholders. Which action best fits how the Scrum Master serves the Product Owner?

  1. Personally taking over ordering of the Product Backlog for them
  2. Helping find techniques for effective backlog management
  3. Assigning one of the Developers to own the backlog from now on
  4. Escalating the Product Owner's performance issues to management
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Correct answer: B - Helping find techniques for effective backlog management

Question 10

A Product Backlog item is fully coded but has not yet met the team's Definition of Done. What happens to it at the Sprint Review?

  1. It can still be presented and released if the Product Owner approves it
  2. It counts toward the Increment as work that is in progress
  3. It cannot be released or presented; it returns to the Product Backlog
  4. It is automatically carried into the next Sprint Backlog
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Correct answer: C - It cannot be released or presented; it returns to the Product Backlog

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