Project Management Test Answers

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Code testing is the job of:
Only tester
Only coder
Both coder and tester
Project manager
PMO


What must a project manager do to create clear boundaries for project completion?
Create a communications plan
Complete a stakeholder management plan
Complete a risk management plan
Complete a scope statement


What is a project manager called when using scrum methodologies?
Program Manager
Scrum Master
Project Manager
Product Manager


Which of these is not a stage of Project Development?
Interpolation
Closure
Initiation
Execution


What does SV stand for?
Schedule Vitals
Summary and Vision
Schedule Variance
Scalable Volue


This type of chart displays a project start and finish date?
Pie
Gannt
Kant
Flow


Triple constraint of a project is:
No specification, difficult users, political intervention
Resistance to change, lack of support, team management
Scope, schedule, cost
Budget, time, knowledge


An effective Project manager will cancel a failing project only after this process?
Project Delays
Project Referral
Project Initiation
Project Assessment


_______ is the processes involved in estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs so the project can be completed within the approved budget.
Performance Management
Project Quality Management
Project Cost Management
Project Planning


The quantity of time that will elapse from the start of an activity to its end is called what?
Effort
Time required
Work required
Duration


Project Manager for a project is identified during:
Product deployment
Project closure
Project Initiation
If management of project fails


Which groups are included as project stakeholders?
All of these
Client contacts and management
Project team
Team supervisors


Project Governance is about:
Sharing success stories of past projects
Sharing practices with team and assigning roles in monitoring
Sharing failures of past projects
Sharing project team details


Risk Management includes:
Risk Assessment and mitigation plan and execution
Risk execution and identification
Risk evaluation and propogation
Risk Assessment and award


The deliverables have been signed off and teams have stopped working on the project. Which project phase are you in?
Project closure
Project execution
Project control
Project planning


What would be included as part of the "Triple constraint."
Corporate or industry norms, guidelines, or standard practices
Government regulations
Scope, Schedule, or Budget
The project charter
Requests or orders given by one's chain of command (Managers/supervisors)


CPM stands for?
Cease Plan Mode
Control Problem Maps
Crystallize Plan Mode
Critical Path Method


True or False? The closing stage consists of more than one type of closure?
True
False


True or False? One side of the project management triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others.
False
True


Which of the following is NOT an interpersonal skill a project manager should use in managing stakeholders expectations?
Active listening
Denying change requests
Building trust
Resolving conflict


_______ is a formal approved document that defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed.
Project Management Plan
Performance Plan
Project Runner
Change Management Plan


A team leader's job is to ______ a group's collaborative work.
Oversee
Reproduce
Relegate
Denigrate


If customer requirements are not met:
All payment can be claimed from customer
A project can be closed successfully if PMO agrees
A project can be treated as successful
A project can't be treated as successful


When is the best time to close a project?
When contracts are closed.
All of these
When all deliverables are signed off.
When project documentation is filed.


Who is responsible for conducting formal or informal assessments of the project team's performance?
Customer
Project team themselves
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Project management team


What is the purpose of a project charter?
All of these
Primary sales document
Authorization of the project
Focal point of the project


What is "KPI"?
Key Project Implementation
Key Project Index
Key Project Idea
Key Performance Index


Cost Variance is used to monitor ______.
Underbudgeting
Cost Performance
Overbudgeting
All of the Above


A stakeholder has been made aware of an overbudgeted, overstaffed, and underperformed project. A Project Manager should respond by_________.
Forming an independent troubleshooting team and increasing the pay of top performers
Identifying the details and environment surrounding the issues and enacting a post-assessment plan
Informing the stakeholder of misinformation and ensuring forward progression.
Hiring a new team and requesting budget increases


The _________ documents the approach to communicate effectively and efficiently with stakeholders.
Quality Plan
Communications Management Plan
Project Planning
Performance Plan


Quality Control can be monitored by creating these?
All of the Above
Statistical Analysis
Trouble Shooting Techniques
Feedback Systems


Project Review is a process of:
Monitoring customer end users
Monitoring project team behavior
Monitoring project performance and control of risks
Monitoring business


Project Lifecycle is:
Checking how many cycles there are in a project
Defining project in a cyclic manner
Writing a report on life of a project
A logical sequence of project phases comprising of associated activities


Initiation is used to identify which of the following?
Strategy
Scope
Purpose
All of the Above


Tester's job is to:
State severity of bug
Explain implication of bug
Find out the bug in code
Documentation of Bugs Report
All of these


The point of planning is to ______.
Finish quickly
Understand whats needs to be done
Stick to the script
Come up with one idea


Which one of these is part of the execution stage?
Quality assurance
Conduct procurement
All of these
Distribution of information


A sponsor has requested a fixed budget and a fixed scope. What is the most effective way to plan?
Clarify with the sponsor which project attribute is most important to them. Plan the project with that attribute fixed.
If the project budget is more than the requested budget, negotiate the cost estimates down.
If the project budget is more than the requested budget, agree to the terms but add change penalty fees into the contract.
If the project budget is less than the requested budget, count the difference as contingency.


Add this type of clause to a deadline agreement for a project with great scope?
Cancellation Clause
Autopay Clause
Buyout Clause
Extension Clause


What is involved with fast tracking a schedule?
Setting up incentives to motivate the team to work faster.
Reassigning activities that can be done faster through outsourcing.
Arranging some project activities to happen concurrently, rather than sequentially.
Bringing in additional project management to oversee the schedule.


What would a project manager need to understand in order to properly sequence activities in a WBS?
Inputs
All of the above
Outputs
Durations


What is a Gantt chart?
A schedule analysis chart that shows the schedule opportunity left in a project.
A visual representation of schedule that shows project activities as bars.
A series of interrelated pie charts showing the productivity of each team member.
A hierarchical network of boxes showing the relationship of work packages and their inputs.


The _________ calculates the longest path of planned activities to logical end points or to the end of the project, and the earliest and latest that each activity can start and finish without making the project longer.
Delphi method
project plan
Critical path method
event chain methodology


Which of these is not a stage of Project management?
Closure
Planning
Cleansing
Execution


The stakeholders of a project are the:
PMO
Project managers
Customer management
End users
All of these


What are the key attributes of a kickoff meeting?
All of these
Client participation
Team participation
Project charter is complete


What is the total float of a project?
Idle time when project members are not fully occupied
Time spent by the project manager between the different team members
Amount of time a project can slip without affecting the project end date
Sum of the amount of time spent on analysis


_______ consists of all the processes that ensure that the work necessary, and only the work necessary, to successfully complete the project has been defined.
Performance Management
Project Planning
Change Management
Project Scope Management


High Severity Risk in a project:
Reduces failure chances
Improves efficiency of product
Impacts negatively on progress and success of project
Increase market visibility
Enhances progress of project


When is a WBS used?
When cancelling vendor agreements.
When identifying activities needed to create deliverables.
When contrasting final deliverables to original contract.
When documenting a team member change.


What are the most common parts of a stand-up meeting?
Reporting the progress on the project since the last meeting, reporting of plans until the next meeting, noting issues that are delaying progress.
Team review of product that is almost ready for release, noting of issues, assignment of issue owners.
Task list review, new task assignments, questions.
Burndown chart review, finished work review, updates from team.


The process of administering actionable tasks is called?
Delegation
Representation
Relaying
Quantification


The team is working on the project and regular communication is happening between the project manager, the team, and the client. Which project phase are you in?
Project execution
Project initiation
Project planning
Project control


Which one of the following is NOT one of the four P's that effective software project management focuses on?
Project
People
Process
Perspective


________ is acknowledging a risk but taking no action to avoid, transfer, or mitigate it.
Risk analysis
Risk mitigation
Risk prevention
Risk acceptance


_______ is the processes and activities that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities which ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
Project Quality Management
Performance Management
Project Cost Management
Project Planning


_______ is the expected total cost of the project at completion.
Total cost estimate
Actual Cost (AC)
Budget at Completion (BAC)
Estimated Cost at Completion (EAC)


________ constitutes one of the major areas of cost growth.
Project planning
Risk prevention
Bug fixes
Scope change


More rework in a project means:
Poor project management
All of these
Poor team management
Poor governance
Poor development


Which of the following is NOT one of the indicators of a team's effectiveness?
Individual team members try to outperform one another.
Improvements in competencies that raise overall team performance.
Reduced staff turnover rate.
Individual skills improvement so team members can perform assignments more effectively.


The team just discovered an significant unplanned cost. Which of the following is not a way to resolve this?
Renegotiate other areas of the budget.
Proceed with the project and hope that things sort out.
Use a contingency budget.
Reallocate funds from another project.


You are monitoring the schedule progress and evaluating budget. You see a trend of going over budget and are having conversations to correct the issue. Which project phase are you in?
Project execution
Project planning
Project control
Project initiation


Quantitative Project Management is best used for?
Predicting Cost and Schedule Overruns
Distributing tasks
Isolating Quality concerns
Determining resource availability


Failed deadlines may result in which of the following?
Increased Budget
All of these
Decreased Budget
Schedule Extension


What should the project manager do to ensure that all work is included in the project plan?
Create a WBS
Create a risk management plan
Create a quality plan
Create a contingency plan


With a little time to create a team, a Project Manager should value ________.
Availability & Skill Set
Speed & Adaptability
Skill Set & Speed
Availability only


Which of the following is NOT a feature of an issues log?
The project team member that caused the issue is identified
Issues are clearly stated
An owner is assigned to every issue
Issues are categorized based on urgency and impact


When do you as a Projectmanager need to communicate with your Steering Committee ?
The Projectmanager only communicates with his Team, never with the Steering Committee.
When your monthly highlight report is due, you include this new risk.
When you or your team classifies a new risk as high, you report this risk Immediately and include a proposed measurement.
When an issue arises, earlier identified as risk, that now needs to be taken care of.
When an issue is solved, you report monthly to the Steering Sommittee.


What happens at each gate when using the phase-gate model?
Continuation of the project is reviewed by a committee
A new idea is implemented to the project
The project is moved to a new location
A new commitee reviews eash stage


Which of the following is NOT a source selection criteria used in contract procurement?
understanding of need
technical capability
cost
open change requests


Which of the following is not a common communication tool for project managers?
WBS
Burndown charts
Code register
Network diagrams


If you believe the likelihood of a milestone occurring is sufficient, you could list this probability as what?
Assumption
Assertion
Asymptote
Aspect


A client has added tasks to a contracted project without full disclosure. This is called?
Scope Drip
Scope Creep
Blind Screening
Screening


Which of these is the first phase of Project management?
Control
Planning
Initiation
Closure


A type of project management that is typically used in technology and software development is:
Agile project management
Process-based project management
Tech project management
Lean project management


Which of the following aspects of a project are known as the project management triangle?
Time, cost, schedule
Expertise, communication, tools
Scope, schedule, cost
Scope, quality, stakeholders


Customer Requirement is captured during:
Project execution phase
Project planning phase
Project initiation phase
After the project is completed
Project closure phase


_______ is the formal process to review, approve, and manage changes to project deliverables, documents, and the project management plan throughout the project.
Performance control
Plan management
Performance plan
Integrated Change Control


Project Plan primarily consists of:
Project tasks, priority, allocated to, and target date
Project name, project closure date, project sponsors
Project team member details, date of birth, address
Project stakeholder names, project name, customer name
Project start time, project start date, project finish date, project finish time


_________ is the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information.
Project Quality Management
Project Cost Management
Performance Management
Project Communications Management


_______ is giving the customer more than what was required.
Quality
Earned value
Performance
Gold-plating


________ a technique used to determine whether particular work can be accomplished by the project team or must be purchased from an outside source.
Time-and-materials contract
Procurement analysis
Project planning
Make-or-buy analysis


Project Manager is responsible for:
Project closure
All of these
Project Initiation
Project execution


You notice that several activities have taken longer than expected. What would be the least effective course of action?
Evaluate the impact and communicate to the team.
Hope that later activities will make up for the loss of time.
Renegotiate shorter time estimates on future activities.
Add additional resources to future activities.


Prime role of a Project Manager is:
Crisis management
Project closure
All of these
Team management
Risk mitigation


What is the project manager responsible to do?
Ensure timely delivery.
Deliver at agreed budget.
All of these
Foster team communication.


What term refers to a project environment where project contributors do not report organizationally to a project manager?
Matrix
Enterprise
Hierarchy
Projectized


________ is the effect on project objectives if the risk event occurs.
Risk prevention
Risk mitigation
Risk consequences
Risk acceptance


_______ authorizes a project or phase of a project.
Change Management Plan
Project Charter
Project Management Plan
Performance Plan


The stakeholder analysis should be done in which stage of the project management?
Monitoring and controlling
Initiation
Planning and design
Production and execution


Project Closure comprises of :
Release of project resources
Customer acceptance
A formal closure note
All of these


________ is reducing the probability and/or impact of an adverse risk event to below an acceptable level.
Risk analysis
Risk prevention
Risk planning
Risk mitigation


Which of the following is NOT a process in Project Procurement Management?
Conduct procurements
Plan procurements
Administer procurements
Retain procurements


Which of the following is NOT a commonly used tool or technique to collect requirements?
Prototypes
Questionnaires and surveys
Interviews
Review Project Plan


What is a management style that is used for breaking down projects into small components?
Work breakdown structure
Project breakdown strategy
Work breakdown strategy
Project breakdown structure


Customer Requirement Documentation is done by the:
Business analysis team
Project manager
Quality team
Project management team
Development team


What are the most common attributes in a risk register?
Probability, impact
Stakeholders effected, communication requirements
Contact, history
Cost impact, schedule impact


Bug lists, Issue lists, and Deliverables are all part of which phase?
Closure
Control
Execution
Initiating


Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost of quality?
Rework
Scrap
Gold-plating
Liabilities


What is scope creep?
Features and deliverables not agreed to in the original plan.
When a client repeatedly adds new features during planning.
That slimy guy with glasses.
A slower than desired progress in completing the scope of a project.


You are assembling a team and building understanding of the project needs. Which project phase are you in?
Project initiation
Project execution
Project planning
Project control


What project document is best used to document initial roles, scope, and expectations?
Project plan
Scope plan
Preliminary plan
Project charter


Sometimes there is a waiting period between two sequential tasks. What is this span of empty time called?
Overrun
Float
Wideband
Gap


What is the purpose of the process to collect requirements?
To design a quality software project.
To define and document stakeholders' needs to meet the project objectives.
To authorize a project or phase of a project.
To ensure that the work necessary, and only the work necessary, to successfully complete the project has been defined.


Which one of the following is NOT in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Self Actualization
Physiological
Self Performance
Safety


Which of the following is NOT a cost estimate tool or technique?
Bottom-up estimating
Cost of quality
Delphi method
Parametric estimating


________ is a provision, usually time or money, to mitigate cost and/or schedule risk.
Hold back funds
Reserve
Risk mitigation
Planning


What is the main responsibility of the Steering Committe during Project Execution?
Investigate the possibilities for enlargement of financial budget for future problems?
Discuss with all stakeholders, that the Projectmanager communicates with, about the status of the Project
Sit back and relax, watch the project execute.
Making clear and timely decisions


What is a WBS input?
Overhead costs related to an activity.
Time estimates for an activity.
The documents needed to run a WBS meeting.
Items needed before an activity can be done.


A burndown chart is used for which of the following purposes?
To visualize schedule progress.
To show the organizational hierarchy of the project.
To estimate team member energy level.
To estimate remaining cost.


What is the origin of the traditional project management's nickname "Waterfall?"
The common practice of vertically sequencing the deliverables from most complex to least complex.
The focus of traditional project managers to push communication through a hierarchy.
The look of project activities scheduled back to back on a Gantt chart.
The way that traditional project management rolls up costs


Which of the following is a tool used to secure expert judgment?
Expected value technique
Work Breakdown Structure
Peer Review
Delphi Technique


Project closes with:
Project review
Project training
Product development
Project closing declaration by project team
Product demo


Which one of these is NOT a stage of the phase-gate model?
Development
Scoping
Launch
Research


______ is the degree to which a set of characteristics fulfills requirements.
Grade
Performance
Scope
Quality


Generally, in what project phase is risk and opportunity greater than the amount at stake?
Closing phase
Executing phase
Planning phase
Monitoring and Controlling Phase


Alarmed by lagging progress, a project manager chooses to crash the schedule. What is s/he doing?
Compressing the schedule deadlines by a fixed percentage.
Adding additional resources to decrease the duration of future activities.
Removing project activities.
Abandoning the established schedule and starting over.


In what stage of team development do the members of the project team begin to trust each other?
Performing
Norming
Forming
Storing


Projectized refers to what?
An organization that focuses on obtaining, planning, and completing projects.
An organizational structure where the team members report directly to a project manager.
Project teams managed in waterfall methodologies as opposed to agile methodologies.
An organization that enters the majority of its work into project management systems.


If you want to evaluate how much work effort remains on the project, what measure are you most likely to use?
OBS
BOM
ETC
PMBOK


PRINCE2 focuses on:
Fluctuating environments
Short-term projects
Long-term projects
Controlled environments


Which of the following is NOT a critical practice for a software project?
Formal risk management
Metric-based project management
Customer management
Earned value tracking


Which of the following would NOT be suitable for project management?
The management of a telephone call centre
Designing a new customer service offering
Preparing for a big overseas holiday trip
Testing a new software application
Putting together a large creative pitch at an advertising agency


What purpose does an OBS serve?
Organizes project stakeholders within the context of a project.
Identifies project risks that do not have a mitigation plan
Documents the project changes and history of the project into an list of historical operations.
Establishes the on-boarding practices for bringing new team members to the project.


What does "PRiSM" stand for?
Project Recovery in Situation Mess
Project Restore in Systematic Methods
Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods
Projects Integrating Systematic Methods


Which of the following is NOT a process in Project Communications Management?
Plan communications
Manage stakeholders expectations
Identify stakeholders
Manage project team expectations


The act of gathering and organizing resources to accomplish a goal is called what?
Leadership
Recruiting
Coordination
Management


Which of the following is NOT a process in project time management?
Develop schedule
Estimate activity resources
Review schedule
Estimate activity durations


Which of the following is NOT an input in the project management plan process?
Project Charter
Enterprise environmental factors
Change Management Plan
Outputs from planning processes


Which of these IS a valid earned value rule?
S-curve
BCWP
Agile sprint
COCOMO
25/75


_______ is the total planned value for the project and constitutes the cost performance baseline.
Total cost estimate
Budget at Completion (BAC)
Actual Cost (AC)
Estimated Cost at Completion (EAC)


How many phases are there in a common phase-gate model?
6
7
3
4


You have one client, a technical resource, a design resource, an advisor, and yourself on a project. How many paths of two way communications are there to manage if all of them have complete access to each other?
5
25
20
10


______ is action taken to ensure that a defective or nonconforming item complies with requirements or specifications
Quality Control
Coding
Rework
Quality Assurance


You have prepared the plan, received sign-off from the team, and are just about to get client sign-off. Which project phase are you in?
Project planning
Project control
Project execution
Project initiation


What types of project change qualify for change management?
Change of office location.
Change of activity duration.
Change of team members.
Change of work flow documentation.


What project management graphic shows you progress in terms of schedule, earned value and cost versus budget?
PERT chart
S-curve
All of these
Resource schedule
Gantt chart


The focus on what outcomes should change in project management is the:
Benefits strategy
Benefits realisation management
Benefits outcome management
Outcome management


Managing projects that are uncertain and complex are often called:
Intense project management
Complex project management
Ambiguous project management
Extreme project management


Four components of Eisenhower Matrix are:
BAD-Tasks, ALL-Tasks, DIRTY-Tasks, CLASSY-Tasks
B-Tasks, A-Tasks, D-Tasks, C-Tasks
B-Tasks, A-Tasks, Tasks for Dustbin, C-Tasks
X-Tasks, Y-Tasks, S-Tasks, C-Tasks
Blue-Tasks, Amerald-Tasks, Daisy-Tasks, Classic-Tasks

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