Scrum.org PSM II Practice Test: Scrum Master II
Prepare for Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) with focused preview pages, facilitation, coaching, mentoring, leadership, and organizational-impediment drills in PM Mastery.
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- Free-practice page: Open the PSM II public free-practice exam for a static self-check with answers and explanations.
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PSM II is Scrum.org’s advanced Professional Scrum Master II assessment. Use this page when you already understand the Scrum Guide well enough for PSM I, but now need harder facilitation, coaching, and organizational judgment before moving into full PM Mastery practice.
PSM II assessment snapshot
- Provider: Scrum.org
- Official assessment: Professional Scrum Master II
- Code: PSM II
- Question count: 30
- Time limit: 90 minutes
- Passing score: 85%
- Question formats: multiple choice, multiple answer, and true/false
- Languages shown by Scrum.org: English and Simplified Chinese
- Recommended baseline: PSM I level knowledge before moving to PSM II
PSM II questions usually reward the action that protects empiricism, strengthens team self-management, and improves Scrum adoption in difficult real-world situations rather than choosing the most forceful or process-heavy response.
Official source check: Last checked: May 5, 2026. Scrum.org lists PSM II as 30 questions in 90 minutes with an 85% passing score, and notes that partial credit is provided on some questions. Use Scrum.org for final exam-day rules; use PM Mastery for original advanced Scrum Master practice.
Official focus areas for PSM II
| Focus area | Weight |
|---|---|
| Facilitation | 31.8% |
| Coaching | 28.7% |
| Teaching | 17.6% |
| Mentoring | 15.4% |
| Leadership Styles | 6.5% |
PSM II decision filters
PSM II scenarios are usually not solved by quoting Scrum mechanics. Use these filters to choose a professional Scrum Master response.
| Scenario signal | First check | Strong answer usually… | Weak answer usually… |
|---|---|---|---|
| A team understands Scrum but avoids a hard conversation | Facilitation and empiricism | Creates a safe structure for inspection, transparency, and shared commitment | Solves the issue privately for the team |
| Management incentives harm Scrum | Organizational impediment | Makes the impact transparent and coaches leaders toward system-level change | Blames the team for symptoms caused by the system |
| The Product Owner is ineffective | Coaching and accountability | Coaches the Product Owner while preserving their accountability | Takes over backlog or stakeholder decisions |
| Developers lack ownership | Self-management | Helps the team inspect working agreements, skills, and impediments | Assigns work or mandates a process fix |
| Stakeholders misuse metrics | Metric ethics and learning | Reframes metrics around outcomes, transparency, and improvement | Uses metrics to rank individuals or pressure commitments |
| A quick fix is requested | Teaching vs coaching vs mentoring | Chooses the right stance for the situation and maturity level | Defaults to telling people what to do |
PSM II readiness map
| Focus area | What the exam tests | What PM Mastery practice should force | Common trap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitation | Whether the Scrum Master creates conditions for useful inspection and decision-making | Select structures that help people surface facts and decide together | Running the meeting for the team |
| Coaching | Whether people and teams discover better behavior through evidence and questions | Use coaching when ownership and learning matter | Giving advice too early |
| Teaching | Whether Scrum concepts are explained when knowledge is missing | Teach the concept without taking over accountability | Avoiding direct teaching when the team lacks basics |
| Mentoring | Whether experience is shared appropriately | Offer guidance while preserving choice and accountability | Turning mentoring into command |
| Leadership Styles | Whether the leadership stance fits the context | Adapt stance to maturity, risk, and learning need | Using one leadership style in every situation |
PSM II servant-leadership map
Use this flow when a scenario asks how an experienced Scrum Master should respond to organizational pressure. Strong PSM II answers protect empiricism, accountability, people, and value.
flowchart LR
A["Scrum or organizational problem"] --> B["Make impact transparent"]
B --> C["Coach accountabilities"]
C --> D["Facilitate inspection"]
D --> E["Remove or escalate impediment"]
E --> F["Inspect outcome"]
Mini Glossary
- Scrum accountability: Defined responsibility for Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Developers.
- Empiricism: Transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
- Impediment: Anything preventing effective Scrum or value delivery.
- Local optimization: Improving one part while damaging the whole.
- Professional Scrum: Scrum applied with discipline, transparency, and respect for accountabilities.
Open Scrum.org PSM II in PM Mastery
Use this live PSM II page for web and app access, focused preview pages, timed mocks, topic drills, plans, and related PM Mastery exam links.
Who PSM II is for
- Scrum Masters who already know the Scrum Guide and need harder scenario judgment
- agile coaches and delivery leaders who handle impediments, coaching, and facilitation problems
- practitioners deciding whether they need advanced Scrum Master depth before aiming at PSM III
Why candidates choose PSM II
- PSM II is usually the better fit when baseline Scrum knowledge is already stable and the real need is harder Scrum Master judgment.
- It works well when facilitation, coaching, teaching, and mentoring choices under pressure matter more than simple Scrum Guide recall.
- It is the right comparison point for PSM III and PAL I when you need advanced Scrum Master depth before expert or leadership-specialist routes.
What PSM II is really testing
- advanced Scrum Master judgment in messy delivery situations
- facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder-management decisions under pressure
- choosing Scrum-aligned actions when local optimization conflicts with empiricism and self-management
- understanding how a Scrum Master helps the Product Owner, Developers, and the wider organization improve
How to use live practice efficiently
- Use PSM I first if your Scrum Guide baseline is still shaky, because PSM II assumes you do not need reminders on the fundamentals.
- Practice explaining why a Scrum Master response improves empiricism, coaching quality, facilitation, and team ownership instead of only fixing the immediate issue.
- Use the 24-question public preview below with Scrum.org’s official focus areas, especially facilitation and coaching.
- Use the PM Mastery practice page above if PSM II is your actual target.
Final 7-day PSM II practice sequence
| Timing | Practice focus | What to review after the set |
|---|---|---|
| Days 7-5 | One timed self-check plus drills in the weakest advanced Scrum Master areas | Whether misses came from facilitation, coaching, teaching, mentoring, leadership style, or organizational influence |
| Days 4-3 | Mixed messy-situation scenarios | Whether your answer preserves empiricism, self-management, accountability, and learning |
| Days 2-1 | Light review of stance selection, metric anti-patterns, Product Owner support, and organizational impediments | Only recurring traps; do not return to basic Scrum trivia unless it is still failing |
| Exam day | Short warm-up if useful | Choose the least controlling action that creates transparency, inspection, adaptation, and ownership |
When PSM II practice is enough
If you can score above 75% on several unseen mixed attempts and explain why your Scrum Master stance fits the context, you are likely ready. If you only improve after seeing the same scenarios repeatedly, pause and rehearse the facilitation/coaching reasoning instead of memorizing item patterns.
Related PM Mastery pages
| If you need to practice… | Best page | Why |
|---|---|---|
| baseline Scrum Guide mechanics first | PSM I | Best current live route before you move into advanced Scrum Master scenarios. |
| Scrum Master decisions with newer AI and governance trade-offs | PSM-AI Essentials | Best live page when facilitation, prompting, and responsible-AI choices matter. |
| product-owner trade-offs that often interact with Scrum Master coaching | PSPO-AI Essentials | Best live page when backlog, stakeholder, and AI-enabled product decisions overlap with coaching judgment. |
| the full Scrum.org family map | Scrum.org hub | Best page when you still need to compare PSM II against PSM III, PAL, or PSF Skills. |
How PSM II differs from similar routes
| If you are deciding between… | Main distinction |
|---|---|
| PSM I vs PSM II | PSM I is the baseline Scrum Guide route; PSM II is the advanced Scrum Master route. |
| PSM II vs PSM III | PSM II is advanced; PSM III is the expert-level Scrum Master route. |
| PSM II vs PAL I | PSM II stays close to Scrum Master accountability; PAL I shifts toward leadership and manager support of agile teams. |
What to do before choosing PSM II
- Choose PSM II when your real gap is advanced Scrum Master judgment, not baseline Scrum mechanics or executive leadership support.
- Use PSM I first if your current weakness is still in the fundamentals of accountabilities, events, artifacts, and empiricism.
- Compare PAL I early if your day-to-day work is already moving away from direct Scrum Master depth and toward leadership support around teams.
Web preview and premium practice
- Web/public preview: focused topic pages and the free-practice page let you check question style and explanations.
- Premium: interactive PSM II practice in PM Mastery with topic drills, mixed sets, timed mock exams, detailed explanations, and progress tracking across web and mobile.
Official sources
Need PSM II specifically?
Use the PM Mastery practice page above if PSM II is the assessment you actually need.
What to open next
- Need the baseline live practice first? Open PSM I .
- Need the broader Scrum.org family map? Open the Scrum.org hub .
In this section
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- PSM II: Developing People and TeamsTry 10 focused PSM II questions on Developing People and Teams, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- PSM II: Product, Stakeholder, and Technical-Risk SupportTry 10 focused PSM II questions on Product, Stakeholder, and Technical-Risk Support, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- PSM II: Evolving the Agile OrganizationTry 10 focused PSM II questions on Evolving the Agile Organization, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- Free PSM II Full-Length Practice Exam: 30 QuestionsTry 30 free PSM II questions across the exam domains, with answers and explanations, then continue in PM Mastery.