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WorksheetsCompTIA Project+ Practice Tests, Chapter #4 questions #106-158
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 28mins
For a sustainable-driven company, which of the following is not an area to be evaluated when planning the procurement activities of a proiect?
Suppliers' past performance or reputation
Unique local requirements of the supplier or project site
Focus on lowest bidder to control costs
The sustainable goals of the provider
Risk management focuses on identifying all the positive and negative events that might impact the success of a project or activity.
Which of the following would be considered a nontechnical risk?
Project budget is lacking to complete the project.
Local regulations require 30 percent of the project team to live within the country.
The speed to market of the product will determine the market winner.
The time to complete the project is insufficient for the requirements requested.
WigitCom has a project to open a store in a new country in which it has never done business before.
This new country has laws called the consumer bill of rights, which outline a company's responsibility to collecting private data as well as a consumer's ability to see and/or restrict the collection of this data.
Which ESG factor would influence WigitCom's project activities?
Project impact to the local and global environment
Awareness of appliable regulations and standards
Awareness of company vision, mission statements, and values
Project impact to company brand value
In May 2018, Europe enacted the GDPR with widespread implications to privacy and the treatment of data.
What does GDPR stand for?
Greater Data Privacy and Remediation
General Data Protection Regulation
Greater Discovery for Protecting Remote Access
General Data Privacy Regulation
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) address the handling and management of payment card data.
This act covers all aspects of payment card data handling, including acquiring, transmitting, storing, and processing these data.
What is the PCI DSS an example of?
Industry-specific compliance
Personally identifiable information
Regulatory impacts
Country-specific privacy stipulation
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a 2002 U.S. law and was enacted to protect against fraudulent financial transactions by corporations.
Sarbanes-Oxley would be an example of which compliance consideration?
Industry-specific compliance
Protected health information
Country-specific compliance regulation
National security information
Deploying a new information system into production while failing to safeguard security and privacy would have all of these inherent risks EXCEPT:
Disclosure of information
Unauthorized access to systems and information
Failing a project gate review
Breach of legal requirements
All of the following are used in an Agile approach to project management EXCEPT:
Burndown charts
WBS
Continuous requirements gathering
Sprint planning
Which information security concept addresses where and how your data is stored?
Digital security
Physical security
Network and system security
Application security
Sam has been assigned to work remotely in the United States on a project in South America.
Why might Sam have to take additional precautions to store data beyond his company's ordinary data practices?
To enhance the brand value to the company brought on by the project
To protect national security information since data is flowing internationally
To align to local security laws governing where and how to store data
To take advantage of a new data warehouse being constructed
Which of the following are examples of physical security considerations? (Choose three.)
Network uptime and availability
Smoke and fire alarms
Access control systems
User authentication
Data backups
Which of the following is not an area of application security?
Data backup and availability
Data sharing and role-based access control
Project management software data encryption
User authentication
Which of the following is both a serious risk management issue and a compliance legal matter?
Branding restrictions
Anything as a service
Data security classification
Data privacy
The commitment to keep a person's or organization's information private and protect unauthorized disclosure of information from being disclosed
is known as which of the following?
Confidentiality
Security clearance
Privacy
Data sensitivity
Which project management tool helps determine whether a system, process, or program involving personal information raises privacy risks?
Multitiered architecture
Privacy impact assessment
Service-level agreement
Backlog prioritization
Crystal has applied for a job supporting a national space program and has been asked to complete documentation that will allow a thorough review of her trustworthiness to work on the project.
Which information security concept is in play for this applicant?
Clearance requirements
Facility access
Background screening
Access on a need-to-know basis
What is the purpose of establishing security clearances for project team members?
Democratize data to even the playing field for all.
Create needed overhead to keep people employed.
Allow vetted individuals access to restricted information.
Protect the team members' personally identifiable information.
Project team members are required to get a badge that opens electronic locks for access to where a new product is being created.
Which type of security access does this represent?
Physical security
Operational security
Digital security
Application security
A project has developed a new political polling application to help in an upcoming election.
The application was originally developed for a single state's use, but now there seems to be a market for the application across the country.
Which of the following is not one of the actions the project team should take next?
Assess legal and regulatory impacts for a national rollout
Identify country- and state-specific privacy regulations
Enable multifactor authentication for project team members
Conduct a privacy impact assessment
WigitCom's project manager is ready for the team to promote new code to production.
In talking with the business, they decide the third Sunday between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. would be the most ideal as business is the slowest during that time.
What did the project manager and business just negotiate?
Promote to production plan
Automated testing
Customer notifications
Maintenance window
Which of the following are reasons to build sustainability into project management practices?
Reduces resource turnover
Reduces project crisis situations
Minimizes project cancellations and interruptions
Creates a competitive advantage
All of the above
A project is underway to expand service to a new country.
This new country has laws called the consumer bill of rights governing the collection of private data
as well as a consumer's ability to see and/or restrict the collection of this data.
Since the project team is part of a global company, would they have to adhere to these regulations?
No, as a global company they need to manage their service to the global need and not the local company.
No, the company was not doing business when the law was passed.
Yes, to avoid fines or a loss of the ability to do business in country, they must conform to the law.
Yes, as a gesture of goodwill, the company
A project manager is working on a new ride share system in the United States.
The project manager is aware of the GDPR law that was passed in Europe.
Although the project is based in the United States, why might the project manager need to adhere to the GDPR?
They would not; the laws of the United States are the only ones that matter.
For ease of scalability, in case the application is ever moved to Europe.
They would not, since the application would never be used in Europe.
When data on European citizens is stored, companies must abide by the GDPR.
Why might a company consider choosing to integrate sustainability concepts into their project management practices?
Organizations want to assume the responsibility for the societal impacts of their products and services.
Organizations want to avoid the risk associated with their products and services.
Organizations want their customers to assume responsibility for the societal impacts of their products and services
Organizations do not want to integrate sustainability into their projects because it is bad for the bottom line.
What is the "triple bottom line" in creating sustainability in project management?
Balance between time, money, and scope as it pertains to quality
Harmony between time, scope, and economic sustainability
Balance between social sustainability, environmental sustainability, and scope as it pertains to quality
Harmony between economic, social, and environment sustainability
Where should the identification of relevant environmental and social risks and impacts be recorded?
They are not recorded as part of a project.
They are recorded in the risk register.
They are recorded in the meeting minutes.
They are recorded in the issue log.
Which ESG factor shows up as a criterion for deciding whether to take on a project and how to execute that project?
Environmental
Social
Governance
None of the above
Which ESG factor considers the relationships among stakeholders who take part in or are influenced by a project?
Environmental
Social
Governance
None of the above
Which ESG factor directs the way a project will be led
as well as the regulations and standards that may dictate how the project will unfold
and what processes must be followed?
Environmental
Social
Governance
None of the above
Which of the following are reasons to build sustainability into project management practices?
Increases resource turnover
Maximizes project crisis situations
Ensures project cancellations and interruptions
Creates a competitive advantage
All of the above
Which ESG factor is most likely to get overlooked in project planning and execution?
Environmental
Social
Governance
All of the above
None of the above
Questions such as :
"Will the customer experience service be disrupted?»,
«Will the project team be expected to work extended hours?"
and "How will a new organizational structure affect diversity?"
are related to which ESG factor?
Environmental
Social
Governance
Organizational
WigitCom planned a project to decommission a datacenter but failed to consider how to properly dispose of retired servers, monitors, and network gear.
The original plan had an activity to select the lowest bidder for the disposal, but a local regulation requires this type of equipment be disposed of through a certified electronics recycler.
Which two ESG factors contributed to this project change?
(Choose two.)
Environmental
Social
Governance
Organizational
Which of the following would be potential project impacts regarding governance?
(Choose two.)
Pollution of the local environment's water supply and landfills
Project delays due to failing to consider regulatory requirements on the project schedule
Rework due to failing to meet standards related to personal data
Project team members not being appropriately compensated for overtime
For a sustainable-driven company, which of the following is not an area to be evaluated when planning the procurement activities of a project?
Suppliers' past performance or reputation
Unique local requirements of the supplier or project site
Ability to comply with industry standards such as HIPPA or PCI
The ability to adhere to meet time deadlines over all other requirements
DewDrops just launched a new vision to be the model for sustainable practices in their industry.
A project is nearing completion when this new mission was announced through al a press release.
What steps, if any, should the project team take to account for this change in vision?
Do nothing; stakeholders will understand the project was almost complete when this was announced.
Put a warning on their product that the product will likely change in the future because of this announcement.
Perform a sustainability impact assessment to see if there are deliverables that need to be changed and update the project plan if so
Move forward "as is" and incorporate the new philosophy into future projects.
The CEO of a large corporation has asked to be granted access to all digital files for a new project.
Why might the CEO be denied this request despite being the highest-ranking individual in the organization?
Does not have clearance.
Does not have access.
Does not have a need to know.
This request should always be granted.
A software development project has changed project managers from Ellen to Michelle.
Using the principle of least privilege, which level of access should Michelle be given to look at the project data?
Michelle should be granted the same access as Ellen.
Michelle should only be granted high-level access to data until she has been on the project longer.
Michelle does not need access granted to her to perform her duties on the project.
Michelle should be granted access to all information in the organization.
A project manager has asked for a legal review of a contract before it is awarded.
The email the project manager receives from the legal team includes language stating
"This correspondence represents privileged and confidential communication between a client and their attorney."
What type of data security protocol does this warning provide?
Multifactor authentication
Access on a need-to-know basis
Data classification
Background screening
Anvay is part of the IT security team and has been asked to grant permissions for a new employee to see the engineering team's file share.
What step should Anvay take prior to performing this task?
Grant the access immediately.
Check the business justification and compare to established security protocols.
Do not grant the access.
Grant the access after an established waiting period.
A project team member is being terminated from a project involved with the development of intellectual property effective immediately.
What is the appropriate course of action for the project manager?
Brief the terminated employee on brand restrictions
Perform a background screening and check clearance requirements.
Immediately revoke the terminated employee's permissions
Wait for guidance from human resources before doing anything.
A list of steps undertaken to undo a release and restore a system to its original state is known as what?
Risk assessment
Anything as a service
Continuous integration process
Rollback plan
Which form of quality assurance for a software release would include team members following a checklist and performing actions such as data entry, validating functionality, and viewing reports?
Automated testing
Turing testing
User acceptance testing
Manual testing
A system needs to be taken offline for maintenance to be performed.
The project manager reviews the RACI chart and finds the dispatch center has to be informed about the outage.
What change control step should the project manager take?
Perform a risk assessment.
Send customer notifications.
Perform software validation checks.
Release the software.
A company has gone through a rapid growth cycle and now has several one-off systems for activities like the company's finances, supply, and human resources.
The leaders of the company want to have a system that brings these activities together.
What kind of system would meet these needs?
CRM
LAN
ERP
XaaS
WigitCom has incorporated a sustainable focus into their project to build a new videoconferencing platform.
Which of the following is not one of the elements the project manager would need to consider when adopting a more sustainable approach?
Work-line balance of the project team to reduce burnout
Limiting unnecessary travel of the project team to reduce emissions
Creating a compensation model to get the most affordable project team
Creating equitable hiring practices to support innovation and social inclusion
WigitCom has built a new application to allow customers to share their homes to guests who want to use the home for their vacation.
They are excited for the opportunities this new software will provide to the property owners and renters alike.
Which laws would make the most sense to design against from the inception of the project?
GDPR
HIPPA
PMBOK
PRINCE2
Trevor is the project manager over a civil engineering project,
and one of the risks of the project has the potential for a sinkhole in the area where a road is supposed to be built.
The project team reports that a sinkhole did in fact form in this area.
Which two items are true about this event?
(Choose two.)
The risk has now become an issue.
The project team accepted this risk.
The risk trigger has happened, calling for a response.
This needs to go through the change control process.
The project team is trying to update a software application that exists on a single-server environment.
This is complicated testing, development, quality assurance, and training.
What type of solution could they recommend to help the development of this application?
Automated testing
Requirements definition
Tiered architecture
Continuous deployment process
WigitCom has a problem on an e-commerce website that is causing an outage resulting in a million dollars of lost revenue every hour.
In which environment should changes be made?
Testing
Production
Quality assurance
Development
In IT service management, what is the standard traditionally used for change control methods guiding the entire IT life cycle?
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)
Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement (ADKAR)
Which type of change management focuses on service transitions such as moving from one vendor to another
or getting all your departments on board with a new ERP platform?
Organizational change management
On-premises change control
Cloud change control
Shift change management
Which change control method is divided into areas of focus such as business model, governance, and the use of a platform?
Organizational change management
On-premises change control
Cloud change control
Shift change management
