WorksheetsProject Management Quiz #3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The collection of generally sequential and sometimes overlapping project phases differentiated by a distinct work focus is known as what?
Project management information system
Project management methodology
Project management office
Project life cycle
All of the following are basic characteristics of the project life cycle except?
Closing the project
Checking the project work
Starting the project
Carrying out the project work
Sayed is looking at his project budget and notices that the cost and staffing levels are high. At which point in the project would this generally be?
Starting the project
Organizing and preparing
Carrying out the work
Closing the project
What is the name of the document that lists any problems that stakeholders may have and records what is being done about them?
. Change log
Issue log
Stakeholder register
Stakeholder management plan
Sumith and his project team are currently breaking down all the project deliverables into the smallest useful units so that they can then estimate costs for each of these units and then aggregate these estimates into a total project cost estimate. What is the name of the technique that Sumith and his team are using to estimate costs?
Parametric estimatin
Bottom-up estimating
Low-level estimating
Project management software
While developing individual cost estimates for work packages on his project, Varun uses a technique that requires him to use a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to calculate a cost estimate for a schedule activity resource. What is this estimating technique more commonly referred to as?
Statistical estimating
Bottom-up estimating
Parametric estimating
Top-down estimating
Marissa’s project sponsor has asked her to provide a cost estimate quickly to give the project steering group an idea of what the costs for a particular work package will be. Which of the following estimating techniques would Marissa choose to use?
Analogous estimating
Parametric estimating
Resource rate estimating
Bottom-up estimatin
Daryl has completed his activity list and is explaining to his team members what it contains. Which of the following is not contained in the activity list?
Milestone list
Scope of work description
All schedule activities required on the project
Activity identifier
Assad’s project has been underway for nine months when a major problem occurs that is not included in the risk register. What is his best course of action?
Conduct perform qualitative risk analysis and then perform quantitative risk analysi
Conduct perform quantitative risk analysis and then perform qualitative risk analysis.
Create a workaround.
Contact his project sponsor
Lenell is the project manager for the GBK Project. This project affects a line of business, and the customer is anxious about the success of the project. Which of the following is likely not a top concern for the customer?
Project priorities
Schedule
Cost
Personality Conflicts
Brenda is the project manager of the PLN Project. She is using a RACI chart to organize roles and responsibilities for project assignments. In a RACI chart, what is the maximum number of people that can be accountable for an assignment?
One
Two
Two, if one of the two people is also responsible
As many people that are on the project team
Aileen knows she can present project information in many different ways. Which one of the following is not a method Aileen can use to present project performance?
Histograms
S-curves
Bar chart
RACI charts
The project team is experiencing some trouble with a new material that the project will use. The project manager, Ali, gathers the team to lead an active problem-solving session. Which one of the following is the best definition of active problem-solving?
Define the problem and the desired solution
Discern the cause and the effect of the problem
Document the problem and its characteristics to see the whole effect.
Test the materials to identify the solution.
Amer is the project manager of the BHY Project. His project customer has demanded that the project be completed by December 1. December 1 is an example of which one of the following?
A constraint
An assumption
A project boundary
Product acceptance criteria
Alicia is the project manager on a project to develop a new piece of customer management software for an external client. Through the approved change control process, Alicia is considering a request to alter the scope of the project. While considering the impact of the request upon the project scope, she must also consider the impact upon other areas of the project such as quality, schedule, budget and risk. These other areas that Alicia is considering represent what to the project?
Opportunities
Constraints
Constrictions
Risks
Although people may say they can identify, assess, and manage their personal feelings, many teams experience tension and uncooperative behaviors among teammates. Nicole has recognized this on projects where she has been a team member, especially virtual teams. Now that she is a project manager, Nicole wants to establish an environment in which teammates can reduce tension and increase cooperation. Which of the following is a best practice to promote such an environment?
Use emotional intelligence to control the sentiments of team members.
Focus on goals to be served and ask that emotions be left outside the project.
Emphasize areas of agreement rather than areas of difference.
Maintain a good relationship with the project sponsor.
Project sponsors have the most influence on the scope, quality, schedule, and cost of the project during which phase?
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Closure
While working as a project manager for a secret government agency, Doc discovers that a previous project that was very successful had a stakeholder, Winston, who was unhappy with the benefits received. Winston can have a significant impact on Doc’s current project. What should Doc do next?
Review the stakeholder register to determine exactly how much impact Winston has
Communicate and work with Winston to meet his needs and expectations.
Ensure that the communications management plan addresses Winston’s information needs
Review the stakeholder management plan to determine Winston’s engagement level.
Teresa and her project team have produced a requirements traceability matrix that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle. Which statement describes the purpose of the requirements traceability matrix?
It describes in detail the project’s deliverables and the work required to create those deliverables and includes product and project scope description.
It ensures that requirements approved in the requirements documentation are delivered at the end of the project and helps manage changes to the product scope.
It is a narrative description of products or services to be delivered by the project and is received from the customer for external projects.
It provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether the project is worth the required investment
Kevin has just joined your project and asks what is involved in this project. You refer him to the project scope statement, which contains all the following except:
Deferred change requests
Product scope description
Project assumptions
Product acceptance criteria
