The Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) assessment is an advanced-level assessment from Scrum.org aimed at demonstrating that you know Scrum theory and how to apply it in the real world.
The PSM II assessment is positioned between PSM I and PSM III in terms of difficulty and is an achievable certification for those that have attended a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master course and/or have sufficient real-world experience.
The PSM II assessment is structured in a similar way to PSM I. It is comprised of 30 multiple-choice questions. You have 90 minutes to complete the assessment and must score 85% to achieve the certification. The questions and answer options tend to be longer than in PSM I and it takes more time to read and understand. As with all Scrum.org assessments, it is challenging and designed to test your real understanding of Scrum.
The first and best preparation for the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) is to attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master course. This will teach you all the theory you need with real-world examples to bring your learning to life. It is of course possible to take and pass PSM II without attending a course if you have sufficient knowledge and experience.
The next step, if you haven’t already is to take and pass the PSM I assessment. Read my post on how to successfully pass PSM I to prepare you for this assessment.
Next you should consider attending a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master – Advanced course. The content covered and the 2 days spent exploring advanced Scrum Master topics will make passing the assessment significantly easier. An alternative lower-cost way to gain this knowledge this is to take our Ultimate Scrum Master Advanced eLearning course.
When you are ready to take PSM II, the same preparation tips apply for PSM II as PSM I. So I would suggest reviewing my tips for PSM I and refreshing your knowledge of the Scrum guide and other areas as you feel appropriate.
Consider reading Scrum – A Pocket Guide by Gunther Verheyen. This offers a concise summary of Scrum and is a useful learning and revision resource.
Here are some further tips:
- Have the Scrum Guide, Scrum Glossary and our Scrum 1 Pager to hand and use them to look up what you need.
- Answer all the questions even if you have to make an educated guess. The assessment is not negatively marked.
- Read the questions and answers carefully. One word misread can lead you to the wrong answer.
- Don’t spend too long on each question. If unsure of an answer, note down the question number and move on. Completing all the questions in the timebox can be challenging.
- Be aware of the difference between “must” (a mandatory thing) and “should” (an optional thing).
- Make sure you select the required number of answers as the platform will not prompt you. Choosing only 1 answer on a “Pick 2” style question is a quick way to drop points.
- Come back to the hard questions at the end and use your time to think them over.
- Aim to leave time to check all your answers before the end.
- Google the question if really unsure, but be careful as this takes time and there are lots of unreliable sources out there.
- You can find out a little more about what to expect with PSM II and try out a sample question here.
- If you have attended a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master – Advanced course, make use of the free 2nd attempt at the assessment that is offered (if you take your first attempt and fail within 14 days of the class). This is a big advantage and will be absolutley vital to many who seek to pass the assessment.
- Take our Free Scrum Master II (PSM II) Practice Assessment. This is an additional opportunity to test your knowledge in advance of sitting the real assessment.
- Take our paid Ultimate Scrum Master II (PSM II) Practice Assessment. This is the best and most comprehensive PSM II practice assessment available anywhere. It is 5-star rated and has been used by thousands of people.
Please let me know how you find the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) assessment via the comments below. Good luck!
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Hello Simon,
Could you please advise what is the correct answer for the below question and why. thank you in advance.
A Development Team has members working from globally distributed locations. Conducting the Scrum events via a conference call is proving difficult and an impediment to the Development Team self-organising. As Scrum Master, you have raised this in the Sprint Retrospective.
Hi Omar,
I have sent you an email.
Simon
Hi,
Do we have people who successfully wrote PSM || without attending the course?
Hi Valentine,
If you know enough then it is possible, but it will be much easier if you have attended a Scrum.org PSM course.
Regards
Simon
Sir,
Can you please send the details to me as well. I have completed my PSM I certification and trying for PSM II
Hi Kunal,
Make sure you have completed my PSM II practice assessment and details will be sent your way once something is ready.
Regards
Simon
Hi Simon,
Greetings, I pinged in this blog to check on PSM II. Do you have recent 30 sample questions for PSM II?
Apprecite your time.
Regards,
Bala
Hi Bala,
No, I don’t have this.
I am planning to provide more help on PSM II but no date scheduled for this to happen yet.
Regards
Simon
Hi
I plan to take PSM II by month end. Would it possible to share sample assessment. It would really help to see if i can make it through the test.
Regards
Varsha
Hi Varsha,
The PSM II practice assessment is here:
https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/assessments/professional-scrum-master-ii-psm-ii-practice-assessment/
Regards
Simon
Hi Simon,
Planning to appear PSMII. Can you please help if the sample assessment is already out?
Would like to go through them before I appear the certification.
Thanks & Regards,
Padmaja
Hi Padmaja,
I have sent you details.
Regards
Simon
Sir,
Can you please send the details to me as well. I have completed my PSM I certification and trying for PSM II
Hi Simon,
Is there any planned date for PSM II practice assessmet?
Regards,
Ravikiran S
Hi Ravikiran,
Not yet, But I am hoping for before the end of the year.
Regards
Simon
Hi Pradip,
I am planning to create a PSM II practice assessment. It is on my Product Backlog but I don’t have a date planned for it yet.
I will announce once it is live so you will know to re-visit.
Regards
Simon
Hi Simon,
Any plan to provide some insight to PSM II assessment. Are you planning to launch it?
Hi. Just wanted to check if there is any practice assessment for PSM II? Found I and III but looks like II is missing.
There is no PSM II practice assessment yet. It is on my Product Backlog to create one.
I just passed this one. I followed this journey:
– PSM I.
– Nexus.
– PSM II.
I’m not really sure wether passing Nexus first helped me on the scaled scrum questions you get on the exam.
As for difficulty, i have mixed feelings:
– Got my best score on PSM II, with near perfect score.
– I was not dead sure of having the right answer on more than 50% of the questions. I got more questions right by eliminating stupid or incorrect answers than being sure of the right answer.
I have no real world experience as i never practiced Scrum nor Agile, so this is not a prerequisite.
Got all certifications with 90+ score, but feels like i have a lot to learn about Scrum.
Getting the right answer in a MCQ is one thing, but finding the right answer without those guidelines is certainly harder.
Some parts of Scrum are still unintuitive to me.
Hi,
I have cleared PSM1 exam and planning to take PSM II exam. Can you please provide some guidance like what all material shall I go through for PSM II.
Hi Aditi,
I am also on the same boat. Done with PSM I and looking to move to PSM II. DO you have any info on what you had requested. Would be great if you can share this with me as well.
Thanks,
Satish
Hi, HAve you got any updates
I have started work on this. Will be available by August at the latest but likely much sooner.
I will announce via my newsletter so sign up for it if you haven’t already.
Regards
Simon
Hi Simon,
Thanks that you have launched PSM I, PSM II, SPS practice assessments which help immensely to those who are preparing for these tests. Is there any plan to launch PSP practice assessment in near future?
Hi Pradip,
Scrum.org are still finalising their plans for the PSP assessment. The format and content may still change quite a bit.
Once they settle on something I will look to produce a practice assessment for it.
I also have plans to produce practice assessments for PSD I and PSPO I and II at some point.
Regards
Simon