Hi *,
I have just passed my PSM-I exam with 96%. Below are some points which could be useful for those planing to takethe exam.
1) The timebox (60 min.): As a non-native speaker of English I was a little worried about the shortage of time (45 seconds for each question). I gotthrough all 80 questions in under 30 minutes. Therefore I had the chance to go through all questions again and improve/change some of my answers.
2) As mentioned in several other feedbacks in this forum, understanding the Scrum Guide and practicing with help of the "Open Assessment" is the main key to passing the exam.
3) There were many questions (~ 20 ) from the pool set of the open assessment, that means it is very important to do the open assessment so often that you don't need to waste time on these questions in real exam.
4) Pay attention to the keywords like "false", "NOT" , and possible answers in digit or in text form (2 , THREE) within the questions.
5) Pay attention to the options like "None" or "all".
6) Some of the questions are in "Radio Buttons" that means you can only select one option. But there are also questions in "Checkboxes", where more than one answer can be selected. In some of these checkbox questions, there is no hint/indication that multiple answers/options could be correct. I recommend that if you have time to go through the checkbox questions at the end to re-check again your answers.
Last but not least, I learned a lot from the disscusions in the forum,
among others my special thanks to Ian Mitchell who quickly and precisely explained every question.
Mehdi
I have just passed my PSM-I exam with 96%. Below are some points which could be useful for those planing to takethe exam.
1) The timebox (60 min.): As a non-native speaker of English I was a little worried about the shortage of time (45 seconds for each question). I gotthrough all 80 questions in under 30 minutes. Therefore I had the chance to go through all questions again and improve/change some of my answers.
2) As mentioned in several other feedbacks in this forum, understanding the Scrum Guide and practicing with help of the "Open Assessment" is the main key to passing the exam.
3) There were many questions (~ 20 ) from the pool set of the open assessment, that means it is very important to do the open assessment so often that you don't need to waste time on these questions in real exam.
4) Pay attention to the keywords like "false", "NOT" , and possible answers in digit or in text form (2 , THREE) within the questions.
5) Pay attention to the options like "None" or "all".
6) Some of the questions are in "Radio Buttons" that means you can only select one option. But there are also questions in "Checkboxes", where more than one answer can be selected. In some of these checkbox questions, there is no hint/indication that multiple answers/options could be correct. I recommend that if you have time to go through the checkbox questions at the end to re-check again your answers.
Last but not least, I learned a lot from the disscusions in the forum,
among others my special thanks to Ian Mitchell who quickly and precisely explained every question.
Mehdi