Project management 1

You are managing a software project. Your QA manager tells you that you need to plan to have her team start their test planning activity so that it finishes just before testing begins. But other than that, she says it can start as late in the project as necessary. What’s the relationship between the test planning activity and the testing activity?

• Start-to-Start (SS)

• Start-to-finish (SF)

• Finish-to-Start (FS)

• Finish-to-Finish (FF)

Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique used in Estimate Activity Durations?

• SWAG Estimation

• Parametric Estimation

• Analogous Estimation

• Three-Point Estimation

A project manager is having trouble securing programmers for her project. Every time she asks the programming manager for resources for her project, he says they’re all assigned to other work. So she is constanly having to go over his head to overrule him. Which type of organixation is she working for ?

• Functional

• Strong Matrix

• Weak Matrix

• Projectized

What’s the correct order og the time management planning processes?

• Sequence Activities, Define Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule

• Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Develop Schedule, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations

• Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule

• Develop Schedule, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, , Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations

You’re working on a project that has an EV of $7362 and a PV (BCWS) of $8232 what’s your SV?

• -$870

• $870

• 0.89

• Not enough information to tell

You’re a project manager working in a weak matrix organization. Which of the following is NOT true?

• Your team members report to functional managers

• You are not in directly charge of resources

• Functional managers make decisions that can affect your projects

• You have sole responsibility for the success or failure of the project

You’re on the project selection committee. You’re reviewing a document that describes the strategic value of a potential project and its benefits to the company. What’s this document called?

• Project Charter

• Business Case

• Benefit measurement method

• Contract

What is the output of Direct and Manage Execution?

• Approved change requests

• Project management processes

• Deliverables

• Forecasts

Which of the following is NOT an example of operational work?

• Building a purchase order system for accounts payable

• Submitting weekly purchase orders through a purchase order system

• Deploying weekly anti-virus software updates

• Yearly staff performance evaluations

You’re a project manager for a construction project. You’ve just finished creating a list of all of the people who will be directly affected by the project. What process group are you in?

• Initiating

• Planning

• Executing

• Monitoring & Controling