Attend a Applying Professional Scrum™ for Software Development course

The best way to learn about Scrum and agile approach for software teams
is to attend a Applying Professional Scrum™ for Software Development course.
During the course you will experience Scrum and try many agile technical practices
for team collaboration and improving software quality.
The price of the course includes one attempt at the certification assessment. If you attempt it within 14 days after the course and fail to pass, you will get automatically another attempt for free.
About the exam

You take the exam online at your computer.
You do not need to have your video camera turned on, no one will check you during the exam. Scrum.org trusts its students.

Whenever you want. It takes 60min.
Start the exam whenever you feel ready. Once you start it, you have a limit of 60min. The remaining time will be displayed on the screen.

80 multiple choice questions.
You choose one or more options. For most questions, it is stated how many options are correct. (E.g. "choose two best answers".)

Evaluated immediately.
You will see the result immediately after submitting the test. At the same time, you will receive feedback on which areas you did well and where you still have gaps.
 
Focus of the exam
Questions are mostly short. They focus primarily on:
- Basic principles of Scrum, framework and its rules
 
- Agile technical practices
 
- Thinking in Scrum
 
Questions will not try to catch you on wordplay (framework vs. methodology, Developers
vs. Development Team), but they pay attention to terminology (Sprint Review, not demo, refinement, not grooming).
However, they can catch you on stereotyped experiences ("Continuous Integration is a nightly build over feature branches" vs.
"merging code to master several times a day").
What if I fail the exam?
If you attempt the exam within 14 days after the course and fail to pass, you will get automatically another attempt free of charge. You can then take the exam again anytime you feel ready. Otherwise, you can buy another attempt directly from Scrum.org.
Key resources
To prepare for the certification assessment, we recommend studying from these resources:
Training materials
Go through the official training materials and your notes. We will share with you photos of everything we create during the training. Refresh and strenghten your knowledge.
Scrum Guide
Read (several times) the official Scrum Guide↗. The last revision was released on November 18, 2020 and brought a number of changes. Read carefully. It is not enough to just learn the responsibilities and framework, many questions require interpretation and application of Scrum in practical situations.
Open Assessments
A good idea of what to expect is provided by the official sample assessments:
They are free, contain randomly selected questions from a larger pool, some of which may appear in the real assessment.
- Go through sample assessments several times to get familiar with all the questions in the pool.
 - Pay attention to the detailed explanation of each answer in the assessment results.
 
The sample assessment is generally easier than the actual certification exam. If you have trouble getting 100% in less than 10 minutes, you are not yet ready for the certification exam.
 
Additional resources
Software Developer Learning Path
Go through the resources in the official Software Developer Learning Path↗ on Scrum.org. Focus on the areas you struggled with in the sample test. Continue studying the resources even after passing the assessment. The knowledge you gain will be most useful in your practice.
Read also the Scrum Glossary↗.
What to avoid

Unlicensed preparation courses
Avoid preparation courses led by unlicensed trainers. They usually focus only on drilling test questions and do not explain Scrum and its application in practice. At the same time, you cannot be sure about the quality of the trainer and their knowledge.

Unauthorized sample questions
Avoid sample test questions if they do not come directly from Scrum.org or licensed Professional Scrum Trainers. Similarly to unauthorized preparation courses, you cannot be sure whether the questions correctly represent the certification exam questions and correct answers.