PSM II drills for Scrum Master scenarios, coaching stance, accountability traps, empiricism, impediments, and timed-practice readiness.
Use this Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) practice routine to rehearse the difference between coaching a Scrum Team and taking over its accountability.
| Drill | What it catches |
|---|---|
| Event-purpose drill | Adding status meetings instead of improving Scrum events |
| Accountability drill | Making the Scrum Master decide for the Product Owner or Developers |
| Impediment drill | Treating systemic blockers as team-level discipline problems |
| Coaching drill | Solving a conflict directly instead of helping people learn and inspect |
| Empiricism drill | Acting on opinion before transparency is restored |
Ready PSM II reasoning explains how the best answer improves transparency, learning, and accountability without taking ownership away from the Scrum Team. Weak reasoning still sounds like “the Scrum Master should fix it.”
| PSM II scenario | What the Scrum Master should protect |
|---|---|
| Developers skip the Daily Scrum because they already update a tool | the event’s inspection-and-adaptation purpose, not status reporting |
| A manager asks the Scrum Master to assign tasks to improve speed | team self-management and transparency around the real impediment |
| Stakeholders complain the Sprint Review is not useful | better product feedback and learning, not a separate approval meeting |
Use these free drills to sharpen your explanation discipline first. When you can state the Scrum Master stance before checking the answer key, move to PSM II practice and exam prep for timed practice.