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Few questions regarding PSM1

Last post 09:40 pm August 1, 2014 by John Tyson
2 replies
07:37 am July 29, 2014

Good morning!

Could somebody help me, please?

I read "The Scrum Master Training Manual" Version 1.2. (By Nader K. Rad, Frank Turley)
There is Self-Assessment at the end of the book.
There are some interesting questions:

7. How long is a Sprint Review in a one month Sprint?
A. 1 hour
B. 2 hours (correct according to the answers in the book)
C. 4 hours
D. 8 hours
E. It is not time-boxed (as long as needed)

7. How long is a Sprint Retrospective in a one month Sprint?
A. 1 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours (correct according to the answers in the book)
D. 8 hours
E. It is not time-boxed (as long as needed)

Looks like that it is misprint: the first - C, the second - B, correct?


11:49 am July 29, 2014

Hi Yur,

What does the scrum guide say on these, the official guide to scrum?

Sprint review can be found on page 11
Sprint Retrospective can be found on page 12

Michael


09:40 pm August 1, 2014

There is an error in Mgmt Plaza's answer section. I informed them a month or so ago and they agreed. I believe it was a simpel "copy and paste" error.

From The Scrum Master Traning Manual v1.2:
Exam #1, Q7:
7. How long is a Sprint Review in a one month Sprint?
A. 1 hour
B. 2 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 8 hours
E. It is not time-boxed (as long as needed)

Exam #1 Answer B:
But for a Review, it would be 4 hours or C.

But here's what the answer states:
"7 B Sprint Retrospective is a time-box of 3 hours for a one month Sprint. It’s usually shorter when the Sprints are set shorter."

Now, the answer refers to the Retrospective, not the Review and gives the correct answer for a Retrospective, but not for a Sprint Review. #%$@ copy and paste! :)


Exam #2, Q7:
7. How long is a Sprint Retrospective in a one month Sprint?
A. 1 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 8 hours
E. It is not time-boxed (as long as needed)

Exam #2 Answer for Q7 is B:
But guess what, the answer key shows the exact text as the answer for Exam #1 Q7, except it has C instead of B.


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