Free CSM practice test — 312+ CSM practice questions with detailed explanations across all 6 official CSM exam domains. Every set is scored and drawn from the live question bank — so you practise exactly what the exam tests, not outdated dumps.
Courseiva includes 312+ Certified ScrumMaster practice questions across the official exam domains.
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This free CSM practice test mirrors the structure and difficulty of the real Certified ScrumMaster exam. Every question is written against the official 2026 exam blueprint published by Scrum Alliance, ensuring you practise exactly what the exam tests — not last year's objectives.
The CSM blueprint is divided into 6weighted domains. Questions on this page are distributed proportionally across each domain, so the mix you see here reflects the same weighting you'll face on exam day. High-weight domains like Service to the Product Owner and Scrum Master Core Competencies contribute the most questions, meaning focused practice on these areas gives you the highest return on study time.
CSM Exam Blueprint — 6 Domains
Service to the Product Owner
Scrum Master Core Competencies
Scrum Team Roles and Accountabilities
Scrum Events
Service to the Scrum Team
Service to the Organization
24 numbered sets, 6 domain question banks, and targeted sessions — every page is a unique set of questions.
Choose all correct answers
Each chapter page covers one topic in depth — theory, key concepts, and focused practice questions. Use these to close knowledge gaps before returning to full practice tests.
Getting the most from practice questions requires more than just clicking through answers. Here is the study method used by candidates who pass CSM on their first attempt:
Answer before revealing
Read each CSM question fully, eliminate obviously wrong choices, then commit to an answer before clicking to reveal. This active recall process is what builds lasting knowledge.
Read every explanation
Even when you answer correctly, read the full explanation. Knowing WHY the right answer is correct — and why the distractors are wrong — is what separates a 750 score from a 900 score.
Track weak domains
Note which CSM domains you get wrong most often. Then do a targeted 20-30 question session focused only on that domain until your accuracy improves.
Simulate exam pacing
The real CSM is 90 minutes long. Use timed sessions to build the concentration and pacing you will need on exam day.
Most candidates who pass CSM on their first attempt report doing between 400 and 800 practice questions over 4–8 weeks of preparation. With 312+ questions in the Courseiva bank, you have more than enough material to build that repetition without seeing the same question twice.
Answer each question to reveal the full explanation and correct answer. This starter set is drawn from all 6 exam domains in blueprint proportion. Use the session selector to start a longer focused practice run.
During Product Backlog refinement, the Product Owner brings items that lack clear acceptance criteria and are too large to fit into a single Sprint. What is the most effective way for the Scrum Master to serve the Product Owner in this context?
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During a Sprint Planning event, the development team expresses concern that the Product Owner is pushing to include more user stories than their historical velocity suggests is feasible. As the Scrum Master, how should you facilitate this situation?
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During a Sprint Planning event, the Developers realize they cannot deliver all selected Product Backlog items within the timebox due to a complex technical dependency. What is the most appropriate action for the Developers to take according to Scrum?
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During the Daily Scrum, a Developer begins a lengthy technical debate with the QA engineer regarding the root cause of a complex architectural bug. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?
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The team is having recurring arguments during Sprint Retrospectives that never result in actionable improvements. What should the Scrum Master do?
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A Scrum Master is working with an organization that has a long history of blaming individuals for defects found in production. The organization now wants to adopt Scrum. Which action best demonstrates the Scrum Master serving the organization?
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A stakeholder demands that the Scrum Master provide a detailed progress report at the end of every week. How should the Scrum Master respond?
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How should a Scrum Master respond to an organizational request to switch to a 'Water-Scrum-Fall' model to meet strict audit requirements?
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A newly formed Scrum Team is experiencing intense interpersonal conflict during Daily Scrums, frequently devolving into finger-pointing regarding missed targets. The team looks to the Scrum Master to assign individual accountability and arbitrate disputes. What is the most effective coaching stance?
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A Scrum Master learns that a key stakeholder outside the Scrum Team frequently contacts individual Developers directly to request small changes, bypassing the Product Owner. This causes confusion and disrupts the team's focus during the Sprint. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?
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A Scrum Master is invited to a quarterly budgeting meeting where department heads allocate funds to projects. The Scrum Master notices that the budget is allocated based on detailed project plans rather than product goals and empirical progress. What is the most appropriate way for the Scrum Master to serve the organization in this context?
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An organization is transitioning from traditional project management to Scrum, and senior management is struggling to understand why Scrum Teams are self-organizing rather than assigned tasks by functional managers. As a Certified ScrumMaster, what is the best way to serve the organization in this situation?
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During a Sprint Planning event, the Developers realize they have overcommitted and selected more items from the Product Backlog than they can realistically complete. What is the most appropriate action according to Scrum rules?
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During the Sprint Retrospective, the team identifies that the Product Owner is consistently adding items to the Sprint Backlog mid-sprint. What is the correct way to address this?
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During a Sprint, a stakeholder approaches a developer directly and asks for a small urgent modification to a user story currently in progress. What is the most appropriate action for the developer to take?
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An organization wants to adopt Scrum and asks who is responsible for helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work. Who serves this need?
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Refer to the exhibit. A newly appointed Scrum Master reviews this configuration summary for the Sprint Review event. Which element represents a violation of official Scrum principles?
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A Product Owner is consistently late in providing clarifications to the Developers, causing delays in their work. What is the most appropriate way for the Scrum Master to serve the Product Owner in this situation?
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A Product Owner is struggling to define the 'Definition of Done'. How can the Scrum Master assist?
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A Scrum Team is struggling to deliver a potentially releasable Increment each Sprint because the Developers keep discovering integration issues late. The Scrum Master wants to help the team improve. According to Scrum, what is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?
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Answer all 20 questions to see your domain score breakdown
A structured study plan dramatically increases your chances of passing CSM on the first attempt. The most effective approach combines reading the official Scrum Alliance documentation or a study guide, watching video explanations for difficult concepts, and then reinforcing everything with daily practice questions.
We recommend the following weekly structure for CSM preparation:
Cover each CSM domain systematically. Read the exam objectives, watch explanatory content, and do 10–20 practice questions per domain to test understanding as you go.
Run full 50–60 question mixed sessions daily. Review every wrong answer in detail. Identify which domains are consistently scoring below 70% and revisit those study materials.
Do 100–120 question timed sessions to simulate real exam conditions. Aim for consistent scores above 80% before booking your exam date. A score above 80% in practice typically translates to a passing CSM score.
On exam day, the CSM tests your ability to apply knowledge to realistic scenarios — not just recall definitions. This is why reading explanations and understanding the reasoning behind every answer matters more than simply grinding question volume. Use the high-count sessions (100, 120) in the final weeks as your confidence benchmark.
Questions
~312
On the real exam
Time limit
90 min
Official time limit
Passing score
700/1000
Scaled scoring
The CSM exam uses a scaled scoring system — your raw score of correct answers is converted to a score out of 1000. A passing score of 700/1000 does not mean you need 70% of questions correct; the conversion accounts for question difficulty. Consistently scoring above 75–80% on practice tests puts you in a strong position to achieve 700/1000 on the real exam.
Scenario-based questions covering exam objectives with detailed answer explanations.
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Every question is written against the official CSM exam blueprint published by Scrum Alliance. Our questions follow the same wording style, scenario complexity, and answer structure as the actual exam. They are original questions — not brain dumps — so you learn the underlying concepts and reasoning, not just memorised answers. Candidates who study with brain dumps often pass but have no transferable knowledge; Courseiva questions make you genuinely competent.
Most candidates who pass CSM on their first attempt do 30–60 questions per day. Use the Quick 10 session for daily warm-ups when you are short on time. On study days, run a 50 or 60-question session to build stamina. Reserve 100 and 120-question sessions for the final two weeks when you want to simulate real exam conditions and benchmark your readiness.
The CSM covers 6 domains: Service to the Product Owner, Scrum Master Core Competencies, Scrum Team Roles and Accountabilities, Scrum Events, Service to the Scrum Team, Service to the Organization. Each domain carries a different weight, so allocate your study time accordingly. The highest-weighted domains — Service to the Product Owner and Scrum Master Core Competencies — should receive the most attention.
Exam dumps are memorised question-and-answer lists taken from actual exam papers, often obtained illegally and shared without Scrum Alliance's authorisation. Using them violates your NDA and Scrum Alliance's certification agreement, and can result in certification revocation. Courseiva questions are original — AI-assisted, checked against the official exam objectives, and published under the editorial oversight of an engineer with 12+ years' experience. They test the same knowledge areas using new scenarios and wording. You learn the material, not just the answers.
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