PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Practice Tests

What to Expect

The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam costs $435 for PMI members, $495 for non-members. You'll face 100 questions in 180 minutes, giving you roughly 1 minute and 48 seconds per question. Domain-level performance ratings similar to PMP. PMI doesn't publish the exact cut score.

Prerequisites and Audience

2,000 hours of general project experience, 1,500 hours working on agile project teams, and 21 contact hours of agile education. The experience requirements are significant. Project managers, team leads, and practitioners who work in agile environments. Unlike Scrum-specific certs, PMI-ACP covers all agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean, Crystal, and DSDM.

Staying Certified

Three-year cycle requiring 30 PDUs in agile topics.

Tests agile principles and mindset across all frameworks. You need to know when to apply Scrum versus Kanban versus XP practices. Questions test principles, not just process. Understanding servant leadership, adaptive planning, and value-driven delivery is key.

Mindset

Mindset carries 28% of the exam weight, making it the single most impactful domain. Allocate your study time accordingly and make sure you can answer questions on this topic confidently before sitting the exam.

Delivery

Delivery carries 28% of the exam weight, making it the single most impactful domain. Allocate your study time accordingly and make sure you can answer questions on this topic confidently before sitting the exam.

Leadership

Leadership carries 25% of the exam weight, making it the single most impactful domain. Allocate your study time accordingly and make sure you can answer questions on this topic confidently before sitting the exam.

Product

Product at 19% is a substantial portion of the exam. You can't afford to be weak here. Focus on understanding the core concepts and common scenario patterns.

Question Format

Multiple-choice, 120 questions in 180 minutes. Scenario-based questions present agile project situations.

Study Timeline

Two to three months for practitioners already working in agile environments. The breadth of frameworks covered requires study even for experienced agilists.

Top Resources

The Agile Practice Guide (PMI), Mike Griffiths' PMI-ACP Exam Prep book, and understanding the Agile Manifesto deeply. Read books on Lean (Poppendieck), XP (Kent Beck), and Kanban (David Anderson) to cover all frameworks.

Common Mistakes

Studying only Scrum. PMI-ACP is framework-agnostic and includes significant content on Lean, XP, Kanban, and Crystal. Candidates who only know Scrum miss questions about other frameworks.

Hands-On Advice

If you primarily use Scrum, spend time learning Kanban board management, XP engineering practices (TDD, pair programming), and Lean waste identification. Apply different frameworks to your current projects to build practical intuition.

Testing Options

Pearson VUE testing centers and online proctoring.

Time Management

You have 180 minutes for 120 questions, 1.5 minutes each. Time is reasonable. Use extra time to carefully read scenario descriptions.

Practice tests are the single most effective study tool for the PMI-ACP exam. They reveal your weak domains before the real exam does, and getting questions wrong in practice is how you learn. Each practice test here mirrors the real exam format: 100 questions, timed at 180 minutes, with the same 4-domain distribution.

Don't just take practice tests and check your score. Review every wrong answer and understand why the correct option is better. For the PMI-ACP, pay special attention to Mindset (28%) and Delivery (28%) questions since they carry the most weight.