1.1 Current PSM-AI Exam Facts & Logistics

1.1 Current PSM-AI Exam Facts & Logistics

Quick answer: Professional Scrum Master - AI Essentials (PSM-AI Essentials) is a Scrum.org certification assessment available only after the required Professional Scrum Master - AI Essentials class. The current online assessment contains 20 multiple-choice questions, allows 30 minutes, and requires 85% to pass. The class includes the assessment password; Scrum.org does not publish a separate assessment price.

Identity and Access Route

The credential validates knowledge of applying artificial intelligence as a Professional Scrum Master: using generative AI to support collaboration and transparency, improving Scrum Team effectiveness, and applying AI responsibly and ethically. It is not PSM I with an added AI module, and it is not a data-science certification. Scrum.org describes the associated one-day class as practical training for Scrum Masters and Agile coaches who already have a solid understanding of Scrum.

Class attendance is a real eligibility condition, not a recommendation. The certification page and the Scrum Master AI Open page both state that PSM-AI Essentials is available only to students who have taken the Professional Scrum Master - AI Essentials Training. The preparation page directs candidates first to review the reference material received in class and then to use the Scrum Master AI Open.

The 14-Day Second-Attempt Rule

Students receive an assessment password through the class. Scrum.org states that a class participant who makes the first attempt within 14 days of receiving that password and scores below 85% receives a second attempt at no additional cost. The condition is easy to misread:

• The original password itself has no expiration date.
• Waiting more than 14 days does not invalidate the first attempt.
• The 14-day window determines whether a failed first attempt earns the complimentary second attempt.
• A passing result awards the lifetime certification; Scrum.org does not require continuing education for renewal.

Class prices differ by trainer, location and delivery format. Because the assessment is not sold separately, presenting a universal PSM-AI assessment fee would be misleading. Confirm the price and included attempts on the specific class listing before registering.

Four Published Question Categories

Scrum.org publishes exactly four category names and does not publish percentage weights:

1. AI Theory and Primer — core AI concepts, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, value potential and limitations.
2. Effective AI Prompting — prompts for Scrum Master work, iterative prompting, rapid prototyping and context engineering.
3. AI for Scrum Masters — applying AI to Scrum Team facilitation, Scrum events, the Definition of Done and team setup.
4. AI Security and Ethics — trustworthy AI, privacy, bias, misinformation, human oversight and environmental impact.

Treat all four as examinable. Equal study attention is a preparation choice, not an official 25%-per-category blueprint. The official preparation page treats class materials and the Scrum Master AI Open as primary; its additional reading list is curated support.

Scrum Master AI Open

The free Scrum Master AI Open contains 10 questions randomly selected from a larger pool. It provides a baseline for your knowledge and does not award a certification. Repeated attempts help expose weak categories, but memorizing a small set of stems is not enough: return to the class material, Scrum Guide and curated sources whenever reasoning is uncertain.

Reliable Exam-Day Approach

With 30 minutes for 20 questions, complete a careful first pass without letting one item consume the session. Identify the Scrum accountability or ethical risk in the stem, reject choices that blindly delegate human judgment to a tool, and select the choice that preserves empirical inspection and responsible use. Reserve a few minutes to revisit uncertain answers. Do not depend on an external LLM during the assessment: a fluent answer can still blend Scrum with unrelated practices or invent rules, and checking it consumes the same limited time you need to reason.

Preparation Checklist

• Review the reference material supplied in the required class; Scrum.org names it as the first preparation source.
• Read the 2020 Scrum Guide closely enough to distinguish its accountabilities, five events, three artifacts and three commitments from optional practices.
• Take the free 10-question Scrum Master AI Open to establish a baseline and identify weak categories.
• Work through every resource on Scrum.org's Preparing for PSM-AI Essentials page, especially the Scrum event, Definition of Done, RAG, prompting, OECD, trustworthy-AI, bias, privacy, deepfake and environmental-impact topics.
• Practice evaluating AI output as evidence to inspect, not authority to obey.
• Verify logistics against the current certification page before attempting the assessment; copied fee and format summaries can become stale.

Scrum.org does not publish a lettered PSM-AI prompt formula. Framework names encountered on vendor sites may still be useful memory aids, but they must not be represented as official assessment content unless the official preparation page actually says so.