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Professional Scrum Master - AI Essentials (PSM-AI Essentials) Exam Guide

Validates knowledge of how Scrum Masters use AI to support teams, including prompting, AI fundamentals, security and ethics.

PSM-AI Essentials tests how a Scrum Master can use AI to help a Scrum Team, write effective prompts, and use AI responsibly and securely. Work through the class material or the official reading list, then use practice questions to find gaps.

Understand the exam

Syllabus

AI for Scrum Masters
  1. Describe how AI supports effective Scrum Team facilitation and collaboration
  2. Discuss how AI tools can enhance the Scrum Master accountability through real-world use cases
  3. Demonstrate practical uses of generative AI tools to support the Scrum Team and Scrum events

Example scenario: Developers start using an AI assistant to write code, and defects found after the Sprint increase. What could the Scrum Master help the team inspect?

Effective AI prompting
  1. Demonstrate effective AI prompt engineering to get the desired results

Example scenario: A Scrum Master asks an AI tool for Retrospective ideas and gets generic results. What could they add to the prompt?

AI theory and primer
  1. Explain key AI concepts, including machine learning, deep learning, generative AI and agentic AI

Example scenario: A team wants an AI assistant to answer questions using its own product documentation. Which approach fits that need?

AI security and ethics
  1. Apply ethical and responsible practices when adopting and working with AI

Example scenario: A team member pastes customer data into a public AI chatbot to summarize feedback. How should the Scrum Master respond?

Preparing for PSM-AI Essentials

Format

Questions
40
Duration
60 min
Passing score
85%
Delivery
Online
Languages
English

Question types

Multiple choice. Choose the single best answer from the options given.

CertUp example

A Scrum Master wants an AI tool to suggest Retrospective formats for a team that has run the same one for months. Which prompt is most likely to give useful ideas?

  1. Give me Retrospective ideas.
  2. Act as a facilitator. Our five-person team has repeated the same format for months and discussions are shallow. Suggest three new formats that take 45 minutes.
  3. Write a Retrospective for my team.
  4. What is a Retrospective?
Show answer

B. It gives the model a role, the context and the expected output, which the other prompts leave out.

Eligibility and booking

Buy a password on scrum.org and start the test whenever you are ready.

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Make a study plan

Refresh your Scrum knowledge, work through the class material or the official reading list by category, then use practice questions to find gaps.

Most candidates spend 10–20 hours. Plan for the low end if you already know Scrum well and take the one-day class; plan for the high end if you rely on the reading list and need more practice questions.

2 weeksto be ready
  1. 1Understand the examRead the syllabus and format, check you’re eligible and pick a target date.1 h
  2. 3Learn the core conceptsWork through one main course or book, topic by topic.8 h
  3. 4Practice with mock examsTake timed practice tests and review every mistake.5 h
  4. 5Prepare for exam dayBook the exam and check the ID and delivery rules.1 h

Learn the core concepts

Scrum.org names the class material and the Scrum Master AI Open as the main resources and says the class alone may not be enough for everyone. Its free reading list covers each category.

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Practice with mock exams

Start with the free Scrum Master AI Open, then use a larger question set to check each category.

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Are you ready?

  • You can explain how AI could support each Scrum event without replacing the team’s decisions.
  • You can name the main risks of using AI with team or customer data.
  • You pass Scrum Master AI Open repeatedly and score 85% or more on longer practice sets.

Prepare for exam day

PSM-AI Essentials runs online on scrum.org with no appointment and no proctor.

  • Your password does not expire and covers one attempt. Passwords from a Scrum.org class must be used within 14 days to keep the free second attempt.
  • Use a computer with a stable connection and set aside 60 uninterrupted minutes.
  • Printed notes are allowed. Stay in the test window, work alone and do not use AI tools to answer.
  • You see your score when you submit. Passing adds the certification and a Credly badge to your account.

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