CompTIA Project+ Practice Tests, Chapter #1 questions #163-205

At the completion of a project sprint, the project team meets to examine what went well, what didn't go well, and what improvements could be made.

This is an example of which of the following?

• Governance gates

• Product backlog

• Daily Scrum

• Scrum retrospective

Answer explanation

This is a form of a lessons-learned meeting used in the Agile methodology to help improve future sprints.

WigitCom has a group of projects all related to security widgets.

They are wanting to add a new product for security cameras and sell them to customers.

The effort must be completed within the next three months to beat the competition to market.

There is a group of resources who work on security efforts.

Which of the following are true about this effort?
(Choose three.)

• This effort is not a project because security is already done.

• 1. This effort is a project because the product being developed is unique.

• This effort is a project and will be a part of a program.

• There is no reason to do this effort because they already do security.

• This meets the requirements for a project because it creates a unique product and is temporary in nature.

Answer explanation

1. This meets the requirements for a project because WigitCom is creating a new product or service, and the effort is temporary in nature.

3. It would also be a part of a program, or related projects, that share resources. In this case, the security team's resources would be shared with this project.

With an Agile methodology, all of the following are true with an adaptive life cycle, EXCEPT:

• Requires a high degree of stakeholder involvement

• All requirements must be gathered up front.

• Rapid iterations.

• Fixed time and resources.

Answer explanation

With an Agile approach, the result is that requirements can be adjusted as results are developed during the iterations.

The development of architectural design took twice the amount of time as was projected.

What type of project change would this represent?

• Scoping change

• Timeline change

• Quality change

• Funding change

Answer explanation

Work slippages can impact the timeline, especially when that work is along the critical path.

After a productive week, a project team in the field has lots of detailed updates to share with the project manager back at headquarters.

The work lead spends an hour writing up all the accomplishments, problems, and next steps for the field team.

What factors influence this communication?

• Tailor method based on content of message

• Intraorganizational differences

• Personal preferences

• Criticality factors

Answer explanation

Highly detailed information that requires time to digest is best suited in writing.

Hence, the work lead tailors the message delivery based on the content of the message itself.

After establishing the product backlog, what tool would be used to determine the project's velocity?

• Fishbone diagram

• Burndown chart

• Gantt chart

• Pareto diagram

Answer explanation

The burndown chart is a visual representation and measurement tool showing the completed work against a time interval to forecast project completion.

After a subject matter expert (SME) evaluates the impacts of a change, they should then analyze the following specific elements of the change EXCEPT:

• 1. Additional equipment needs

• Costs

• 1. Approve or reject the change

• 1. Resource hours needed

Answer explanation

The CCB, not the SME, would be the role whose responsibility is to approve or reject the change.

After a change request has been recorded in the change request log, what is the next step that should be performed?

• Submit to CCB to be accepted or rejected

• Defer until there is a break in the project schedule.

• Implement the change.

• Analyze the impact of the change

Answer explanation

1. A subject matter expert, with input from the project manager, should evaluate the impact of the change to determine if the change should be attempted, the impact to the triple constraints, the benefits, and so forth.

In what stage of team development do things begin to calm down because the team members become more comfortable with one another?

• Forming

• Storming

• Norming

• Performing

Answer explanation

After the team has formed and stormed, this is where familiarity with one another helps to settle things down and individuals begin to deal with project problems instead of people problems.

A change control template should include all of the following EXCEPT:

• The change that is requested

• The reason for the change

• The executive sponsor of the change

• What will happen if the change is not made

Answer explanation

Anyone working on or associated with the project can submit a change, which is then reviewed by a change control board or other process.

As such, an executive sponsor is not needed for a change request.