Scrum.org PSPO I: Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Last checked November 10, 2026 against the official Scrum.org exam page.

1. Question 1Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework

   The team does not check its progress toward the Sprint Goal or the quality of its Increment until the Sprint Review, so problems are discovered late. Which empirical pillar is being neglected?

   1. AInspection of artifacts and progress
   2. BPredictability through a fixed upfront plan
   3. CCommitment to a stable scope of work
   4. DHierarchical control of decisions
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   Correct answer: A

   Inspection means checking artifacts and progress frequently so that problems surface early, which is exactly what the team is skipping. Predictability through a fixed upfront plan works against empiricism, commitment is a Scrum value rather than a pillar, and hierarchical control is not one of Scrum's pillars.

2. Question 2Developing People and Teams

   A Product Owner starts assigning each Developer a specific task during the morning planning meeting, and the Developers say they feel micromanaged. Which Scrum principle is being violated?

   1. AThe Scrum Master is responsible for adopting Scrum across the organisation
   2. BThe Product Owner is accountable for ordering the Product Backlog
   3. CDevelopers decide how to turn Product Backlog items into a usable Increment
   4. DEach Developer must report individual progress at the start of every Daily Scrum
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   Correct answer: C

   Scrum Teams are self-managing, so the Developers decide who does what, when and how rather than having the Product Owner assign tasks. The other options either name real Scrum accountabilities that this scenario does not touch or invent a rule that does not exist in the Scrum Guide.

3. Question 3Managing Products with Agility

   Executives ask the Product Owner for a guaranteed delivery date for a large set of features, based on a fixed budget. The team has three Sprints of empirical data on its throughput. What is the most appropriate response?

   1. ACommit to the date and ask the Developers to work longer hours to meet it
   2. BRefuse to provide any estimate, since Scrum does not allow forecasts at all
   3. CShare a forecast range based on observed throughput, and update it after each Sprint
   4. DAsk the Scrum Master to set a firm date on the Product Owner's behalf, since they own forecasting
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   Correct answer: C

   Scrum supports forecasts drawn from empirical data, and those forecasts are updated as the team learns. Committing to a guaranteed date through longer hours, refusing any forecast, or handing the date to the Scrum Master do not reflect the Scrum approach.

4. Question 4Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework

   Which three pillars make up the empirical process control on which Scrum is founded? (Choose three.)

   1. ATransparency
   2. BHierarchy of approvals
   3. CInspection
   4. DAdaptation
   5. EFixed upfront scope
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   Correct answer: A, C, D

   Scrum rests on empiricism, whose three pillars are transparency, inspection and adaptation. Hierarchy of approvals and fixed upfront scope both assume the outcome can be known in advance, which empiricism rejects.

5. Question 5Developing People and Teams

   In the Scrum Guide, what does it mean that a Scrum Team is self-managing?

   1. AThe team decides internally who does the work, and how and when it is done
   2. BEach member is assigned a fixed set of tasks by the Product Owner at the start of the Sprint
   3. CThe team works without a Scrum Master, so that role is optional in each Sprint
   4. DThe team sets its own budget and chooses who it hires for each upcoming Sprint
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   Correct answer: A

   Scrum Teams are self-managing: they decide internally who does what, when and how, without outside direction. The Scrum Master role is not optional, Product Owners do not assign tasks, and budgets and hiring are outside the Scrum Guide's definition.