Unit 3 Project Management

What is a sub-contractor?

• An individual or business paid to work on a project, usually known as a third party.
• Not an employee of the company that the project is being carried out for.
• All of these.
• 'A' only.

What is a project budget?

• A timescale for the project. 
• A bank loan allocated to the sub-contractor.
• A sum of money allocated to undertake and complete a task.
• Money allocated to pay employees only.

What is a contingency?

• None of these.
• A plan or procedure defining the activities that need to be carried out.
• All of these options.
• Anticipated allowance made for unexpected future events, i.e. additional funds for a project.

What is a schedule of works?

• A plan or procedure defining activities that need to be carried out to achieve the project objectives.
• A quality check carried out within the project after five months.
• Something that is repeated over and over again.
• None of these.

What is the term which refers to a standard of measurement that can be graded against similar kinds when compared with each other or with a series of benchmarks?

• Benchmark
• ISO
• Quality
• IEC

What is something that is repeated over a cycle or period, often building upon each previous stage?

• IEC
• ISO
• Quality
• Iteration

What is the purpose of the ISO/IEC 25010:2011?

• A benchmark for software development.
• A quality standard which has replaced the previous 9126.
• To provide a standardised framework for measuring and assuring the quality of the development.
• All of the above.

What is a point of reference that provides a measurement against which a comparison can be made?

• ISO
• IEC
• Benchmark
• Iteration

What is an Internal Organisation for Standardisation?

• Sets of standards for managing quality.
• Guidelines and procedures which businesses use to check that deliverables and processes meet prescribed requirements.
• None of these.
• All of these.

What is a PM?

• Prime Minister
• Project Manager
• Piggy March
• None of these.