How To Pass The Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) Assessment From Scrum.org

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessment is a 60-minute timeboxed assessment. You need to score over 85% to pass and gain the PSPO I certification. The assessment contains 80 questions in English of multiple choice type.

You decide when and where to take the assessment. You are not required to attend an assessment centre and can take it online from a location of your choosing. There is no expiration date once you have purchased the assessment attempt.

Further details on what to expect from the assessment can be found on the Scrum.org PSPO I assessment page.

Here are some tips on taking (and passing) the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessment and gaining certification:

Ideally, attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner course.
Read the Scrum Guide and get really familiar with it. This is the primary source of answers for the assessment.
Read the Evidence-Based Management Guide. You don’t need a deep understanding, but be prepared for some questions relating to it.
Download our Scrum 1 Pager. It’s great for reference and revision.
Review our other Simple Guide To Scrum resources.
Review the Scrum Glossary for quick definitions of key terms.
Review the Product Owner Learning Path at Scrum.org which contains lots of free valuable learning resources.
Take the Scrum Open assessment a few times until you have seen all the questions and can score 100%.
Take the Product Owner Open assessment a few times until you have seen all the questions and can score 100%.
Take our Free Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) Practice Assessment. This offers different questions to the Scrum.org Open assessments so is an additional opportunity to test your knowledge in advance of sitting the real assessment.
Take our paid Ultimate Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) Practice Assessment. This offers 500+ questions and is the best and most comprehensive practice assessment available anywhere. It is 5-star rated and has been used by thousands of people.

When you are ready to take the assessment:

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.
Remember the Product Owner is a value maximiser. They ensure the Scrum Team works on the right things in the right order.

You can resit the assessment if you need to, but you will need to purchase another attempt from Scrum.org. The only exception to this is if you attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner course, and then fail the PSPO I assessment within 14 days of completing the course. In this case, Scrum.org will provide you with a 2nd free attempt.

I hope this information will help you to pass. Let me know how you get on via the comments below and good luck!

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