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WorksheetsFundamentals of PMT
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
1. Which of the following are important project management responsibilities? Select all that apply.
A. Planning and organizing
B. Controlling costs
C. Managing the company's operations
D. Managing tasks
2. Fill in the blank: A project is a temporary pursuit, and usually includes a set of _____.
A. Team members
B. Strategic risks
C. Rules for accountability
D. Unique deliverables
3. What is true of successful project managers?
A. Project managers gain relevant experience in the real world since skills like budgeting and time management are transferable.
B. Project managers need a formal education since project management jobs require a business degree.
C. Project managers are most successful when trained in a sector that is experiencing rapid growth, like telecommunications or health care.
D. Project managers are most successful when learning project management skills early in their careers since it is a highly technical role.
4. Fill in the blank: _____ is how a project manager oversees the financial components of a project and mitigates project issues and risks as they come up.
A. Removing unforeseen barriers
B. Planning and organizing
C. Managing tasks
D. Budgeting and controlling costs
5. Which answer best describes the Waterfall project management methodology?
A. Created in the nineties, the Waterfall methodology refers to being able to move quickly and easily through a project by working on many tasks at once.
B. Created in the seventies, the Waterfall methodology refers to the sequential ordering of phases, including initiating, planning, executing, and closing.
C. Created in the eighties, the Waterfall methodology refers to being able to move quickly and easily through a project by combining and eliminating tasks.
D. Created in the eighties, the Waterfall methodology refers to the sequential ordering of phases, including defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling.
6. Which project management approach is an Agile framework that delivers products through an iterative process?
A. Scrum
B. Lean
C. Waterfall
D. Six Sigma
7. What is the most important step while creating a social media campaign?
A. Formulation of Strategies
B. Defining goals
C. Selection of Platforms
D. Designing tool
8. Which of the following is responsible for the quality of the project deliverables?
A. The project champion
B. The project team
C. Stakeholders
D. Customers
9. A significant event in a Project that may indicate completion of a major phase is a/an:
A. Activity
B. Work Package
C. Milestone
D. Deliverable
10. True or False: if develop online modules must be 100% complete before review online modules can begin, that is called a finish-to-start relationship
A. True
B. False
11. True or False. Effective communication creates a bridge between stakeholders based on a shared understanding of the project and the ongoing sharing of information needed for its success.
A. True
B. False
12. What description defines Bottoms Up Estimating?
A. A technique that uses a mathematical model to estimate costs.
B. A technique that analyzes activities on past projects and uses them as a basis for estimating the cost.
C. A technique that involves estimating the cost of individual work packages or individual schedule activities with the lowest level of detail.
13. When you schedule work in a specific order because it cannot be completed any other way. This type of dependency is known as
A. External
B. Mandatory
C. Internal
D. Discretionary
14. True or False. Positive risk is an opportunity; a negative risk is a threat
A. True
B. False
True or False: When you are concerned that your estimates might not be correct, especially if you think they are too low, you should pad the estimates and add extra.
A. True
B. False
16. The definition of a stakeholder includes:
A. Organizations impacted by your project but not people, they are all part of the impacted organizations.
B. The people or organizations that are positively or negatively impacted by your project.
C. People and organizations that are not impacted by your project.
D. People who are impacted by your project, but not organizations impacted by your project.
17. True or False: If you are not certain who your stakeholders are, asking who will use the product or service being created can be helpful.
A. True
B. False
18. If a stakeholder has high interest and high power then as the project manager, you....
A. Can try to move them to be low interest and low power so that they do not take up too much of your time.
B. Can ignore them, they are as you need them to be.
C. Can try to move them to be high interest and low power so they do not get in your way.
D. Focus your time and attention on them, they are very impactful to your project and you want to keep them engaged and positive.
19. You just came from a meeting with one of your project stakeholders, he/she knew about your project and was not against it, but did not seem to be particularly interested in it either. How would you classify him?
A. Resistant
B. Supportive
C. Unaware
D. Neutral
20. One way to classify your stakeholders is to use the Power/Interest Grid. If a stakeholder is low interest / low power, what should the Project Manager do?
A. Manage closely
B. Monitor
C. Keep informed
D. Keep satisfied
21. True or False: A Project is defined as being unique and temporary, with an undefined start and finish.
A. True
B. False
22. True or False: The term resources only refers to people, it does not include money or materials or equipment.
A. True
B. False
23. In our lessons the acronym RAM stands for:
A. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
B. Responsible Accountable Manageable
C. Resource Acquisition Management
D. Resource Aligned Management
E. Responsibility Accountability Matrix
24. When you use the RACI or Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform version of the RAM, those who are responsible are:
A. Not completing the work
B. Completing the work
C. Supervising the work
D. Providing subject matter expertise
25. An estimate created by looking at a similar project or activity and then adding or subtracting to or from the estimate based on the differences between the two is called:
A. Exact estimating
B. Analogous estimating
C. Bottoms up estimating
D. Parametric estimating
26. When you have good historical information which can be used in a reliable formula or model, you will probably use:
A. Exact estimating
B. Parametric estimating
C. Bottoms up estimating
D. Analogous estimating
27. Which one of these most correctly defines management reserve?
A. Management reserve is tied to a specific milestone or event.
B. Management reserve is tied to specific work packages.
C. Management reserve is not tied to specific work packages it is for the entire project.
D. Per our lesson, management reserve and contingency are exactly the same.
28. When you and your team know that a negative risk has a high likelihood of occurring and it will be very impactful if it does:
A. You should wait a few weeks and see what changes.
B. You should all hope this risk does not occur.
C. You should not document the risk; it will upset your stakeholders.
D. You should develop a response to handle this risk
Who is the stakeholder that will ultimately use the product or service you are creating?
A. Project Manager
B. Customer/User
C. Sponsor
D. Project team
30. When using Scrum, the team repeats project processes in a timebox. What Agile term does this approach represent?
A. Increments
B. Inspections
C. Increase
D. Iterations
31. One of the best practices of the government social media accounts is.
A. Respond to constituents in a timely manner
B. Be formal with constituents
C. Use memes to communicate
D. share information without verification
32. Things you should do while managing a government social media account (tick all applicable)
A. Posting political content and taking sides
B. Posting policy without authorization
C. Posting classified information
D. Using official account to post official information
33. As a civil servant, a user on social media official account will have to be.
A. Resourceful
B. Responsive
C. Personal
D. Blunt
34. Ensuring that a product or service meets minimum standards often through testing a sample of products once they have been made
A. Quality Control
B. Quality Assurance
35. Ensuring that quality is produced and delivered at every stage of the production process, often through making quality the responsibility of every worker.
A. Quality Assurance
B. Quality Control
