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WorksheetsProject management
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
The project team is building high-priority deliverables for the project. In what phase of the project are they performing critical quality assurance activities to ensure the team follows standards and prevents potential defects?
The planning phase
The closing phase
The monitoring and controlling
The executing phase
Tomorrow is a big day. The project sponsor has just approved the project, and the project manager is building an agenda for a kick-off meeting. In which of the following phases does the kick-off meeting occur?
The planning phase
The executing phase
The monitoring and controlling phase
The closing phase
Which two documents does the project manager complete during the project initiation phase?
Communications management plan
Stakeholder register
Project charter
Risk register
Which of the following are the two most common lifecycle categories project managers use in project management?
Predictive
Six Sigma
Lean
Adaptive
A product owner meets with a key customer and determines their requirements. The project manager documents these requirements in the form of user stories. Where will these user stories be held for implementation?
User story backlog
Sprint backlog
Product backlog
Requirements log
A project manager reviews key documents created in the initiating phase or process group. Which two documents should not be part of this review?
Project management plan
Stakeholder register
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Project charter
The sponsor approves the project charter, and planning is underway. Which of the following baselines is the first planning target to complete and gain approval and acceptance of?
Scope baseline
Schedule baseline
Cost baseline
Quality baseline
The primary focus of the project executing phase is the production of which of the following?
Deliverables
Milestones
Final product
Reports
Your team receives a deliverable and is about to transfer it to quality control. What is not true about quality control?
The quality control team ensures the project team corrects defects before the customer acquires the product.
The quality control team uses inspections to determine if the deliverable meets specifications.
The primary focus of quality control is to prevent defects from occurring.
The quality control team performs the process in the monitoring and controlling phase.
A project manager receives a verified deliverable. Which of the following steps should be taken next?
The project manager validates scope to gain acceptance.
The project manager closes out all contracts immediately.
The project manager updates the project status and informs the project sponsor.
The project manager transitions the product for further processing.
A project manager conducts lessons learned sessions with the project team. Which of the following questions does not need to be addressed?
What went well?
What can be improved?
What could have gone better?
What are the next steps?
Which of the following models does the product backlog follow?
The Scrum Model
The Waterfall Model
The DEEP Model
The Agile Model
The communications model illustrates communications from the sender's message to the receiver's receipt. Which of the following is the most challenging aspect of this model?
Acknowledgement
Medium selection
Feedback channels
Noise
The project is progressing. What are two documents that will require updates to maintain currency throughout the project?
Project charter
Stakeholder register
Business case
Communications management plan
A project manager is reviewing the communications model. Which challenge will be the most difficult to manage?
Choice of medium
Proper encoding
Communication blockers
Feedback channels
A project to repave a parking area to accommodate increased customer traffic listed weather as a risk. The team believes there is a way to predict severe weather before it occurs. These include weather reports, radar, and line of sight. Which term are these early warning signs defining?
Notice
Trigger
Caution
Warning
A risk owner developed a risk response that increases the number of materials ordered to guard against shortages. A functional manager stated that the extra materials would cost about $10k. The risk owner proposes a material increase to mitigate the risk of incurring $5k in teamwork stoppages. The cost of this response exceeds the risk it is meant to prevent. What type of risk is this scenario describing?
Secondary risk
Primary risk
Added risk
Residual risk
Which two statements are accurate when defining a project risk management approach?
Risk management begins as soon as the project charter is approved
Risk scores may change as a project progress
The project manager includes an overall strategy to perform risk management in the risk register.
Risk owners are primarily responsible for managing individual risks
