Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)

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Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

70% to pass
45 questions
1.8/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
70%
Not published by the provider
Margin
30%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
14
out of 45 questions

Pass score vs pass rate

Two different numbers that get mixed up constantly.

Pass score (cut score)

The scaled score the vendor publishes. For the Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) it is 70%. This is the number you can actually prepare against, and it is the one that decides your result on exam day.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. Scrum Alliance generally does not publish this for individual exams, and the numbers you find online usually come from candidate self-reported surveys. We would rather tell you nothing than tell you a figure we cannot source.

Where you lose points

The exam is not scored flat. Each domain carries its own weight, so a domain where you lose everything can sink a score that looks fine on paper.

Scrum Events15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 7 practice questions here.

Scrum Artifacts10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 4 practice questions here.

Scrum Framework15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 7 practice questions here.

Technical Practices15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 7 practice questions here.

Scrum Theory & Values15%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 15% of the exam, and it has 7 practice questions here.

Agile Engineering Practices20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 9 practice questions here.

Scrum Roles & Responsibilities10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 4 practice questions here.

The practical version: the Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) is not passed by knowing most of the content. It is passed by being strong in the domains that carry weight, and by not leaving one of them empty.

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