Passes PSM1 with 93.8% First Attempt (Experience Share + Tips)
First of all, I would like to thank everyone in the community by sharing their experiences which help others in exam preparation. Today I passed with 93.8% first attempt .
The exam is not that difficult however there were one liner questions and options given requires the understanding of what is being asked. I think you should target for 2-3 weeks maximum. Here I will agree with comments mentioned on this forum (https://www.scrum.org/Forums/aft/1892) about Scrum Master Role. So please understand well about SM Role. Even I scored 83.3% in Coaching & Facilitation.
The exam interface was quite slow, it used to take a lot of time between two questions. I used to finish open exams on scrum within 5-10 minutes (30 question or 15 questions). Even on http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ I used to finish 80 question in 30-35 minutes. However, here it took me almost 45 minutes just because of the exam interface. So be prepared.
I had basic knowledge about scrum framework and even not sure which certification to go choose from CSM or PSM1. But after reading few blogs I choose PSM1. I started preparing for PSM1 certification before 12 days and wanted to give exam asap.
My tips:
1)
Read Scrum Guide few times. (5 times ideally or until you understand well enough)
2)
Watch videos on about scrum here http://www.scrumtrainingseries.com/. Gives you good understanding if you don't have much experience.
Start attending these tests only after your read above books couple of times at least.
3)
Attend open assessment on http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ until you score between 95% - 100%. Really good questions and really good help because it is completely free. Many Thanks to Mikhail Lapshin.
4)
Attend PSM1, PSPO open assessment on http://scrum.org ( I went through PSD as well however I don't think it is necessary for PSM1 exam)
5)
Don't over do by reading more materials. It may confuse you.
I hope my experience above will help people who are planning to give the exam.
Best of Luck!
Hello everyone,
I passed the PSM 1 exam on my first attempt and got 97%.
Many thanks for everyone the shared tips, were definitely success factors to pass the exam.
My recommended studying plan:
1. Read Scrum Guide at least 7 -8 Times until you get bored with it
2. Scrum Master Certification Mock Exams 800 Set of Questions on Udemy by Ludovic Larry;
3. Open Assessment on Scrum.org and REVIEW MISTAKES;
4. Open Assessment on http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ and REVIEW MISTAKES; This is Good one
5. Open Assessment on https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/quizzes/
6. One more suggestion DO NOT go with www.volkerdon.com ; Although I purchased the 15$ Assessment set, I did not find it helpful and got confused after taking the Volkerdon assessment. There are many who suggest Volkerdon, but I clearly do not recommend Volkerdon.
This is waste of time and money. Just go with Scrum Guide many time as you can and Udemy courses and Exams are enough to crack PSM-1 with good marks.
I did the above 3 times, consider an iterative and incremental approach where knowledge emerges ;)
Good luck!
Practice exams will be the key to this, and the scrum guide of course but questions are asked that will make you think, not difficult at all just not straightforward.
I managed to have 20 minutes left over which I used to go over questions numbers I had jotted down as unsure..
Good luck to all future test takers!
Hi All,
I want to thank you all for sharing these useful and informative suggestions to pass PSM1.
I attempted and cleared the exam with 96.3%. The community is really great for anyone going to appear for the exams.
My suggestions for the study plan would be
Read and understand Scrum Guide very carefully multiple(2-3) times.
Attempt Open assessment on Scrum.org multiple times till you get 100% and go through the mistakes.
Read the scrum guide again.
Attempt the assessment on http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ multiple times and try to get more than 95%. Few of the terms used in this are not updated as per 2020 scrum guide update. Other than that this would be very useful.
Attempt assessment on https://www.thescrummaster.co.uk/quizzes/ .
Study with full focus and repeat the above steps to clear the exams. This is enough. Though the exam is not difficult, its also not very straightforward, but everything is from scrum guide.
Practice is the key, also try to complete all the above assessment within 10-15 minutes before the allocated timebox. Due to this one will not feel pressure and will have time to revise the questions.
All the best to everyone looking to clear the exams!!! :)
Thanks everyone for this thread. Started two days ago with a technical background and little understanding of SCRUM and passed today (98.8).
I used mainly the Scrum Guide (read it, marked it, read it again, read it again, repeat). Also the Open Assessment (Open and Product Owner Open) until I had at least 6 consecutive 100% runs in each.
I also read everything from the first three competencies (all focus areas) here:
https://www.scrum.org/professional-scrum-competencies (and skimmed trough the others). I believe, a lot of answers were in there (which makes sense as it is from the same plattfom).
Still there were some hard questions, some to which I circled back, using the remaining time to reread and rethink. That may have saved me, because I changed 4 or 5 answers after this.
Good luck to all and thanks again for all the helpfull hints here.