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WorksheetsProject Management Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which is an objective of the Directing a Project process?
Create and authorize the project mandate
Provide management control and direction
Control the day-to-day running of the project
Provide accurate progress information to the Project Manager
Which of the following can be done to control the size of the Project Board on a project that involves multiple users and suppliers?
Create a separate Project Board to manage the supplier elements of the project
Create multiple smaller Project Boards during the process of Starting up a Project, one for each of the project's stages
Create user and supplier groups
Appoint corporate quality assurance to perform the Project Assurance role for all members of the Project Board
Which is an objective of the 'controlling a stage' process?
To review the business justification for the project
To replan the current stage when directed
To develop products to defined quality criteria
To produce a learn plan for the work package
Who are considered as the stakeholders in a project?
Only those benefitting the project
Everyone in the corporate organization
Everyone involved in or affected by the project
Only those who are users of the products
How does the 'managing product delivery' process ensure that the team manager's perspective is provided in a work package?
The work packages are defined by the team manager and supported by a team plan.
The work packages provided by the project manager are agreed by the team manager.
The team plans are checked by project assurance against the work packages.
The stage plan covering the work packages is created with input from the team manager.
What is a purpose of the communication management approach?
To define how the project team intends to obtain responses from stakeholders.
To describe the techniques required to make the project product acceptable to stakeholders.
To describe the target organizational state and how the business will move to that new state.
To describe the processes used to engage with stakeholders in identifying uncertainties.
How does the project plan help to support the 'manage by stages' principle?
By identifying the customer's quality expectations.
By defining products to ensure they are fit for purpose.
By identifying the major control points and milestones.
By estimating the timescales and costs of the project.
What statement describes how the project manager should ensure effective communication within a project?
Use a more structured approach to communication with co-located teams, then remote teams
Rely on regular reporting by team managers to determine whether the work is on track
Involve a small group of key stakeholders when defining the project to reduce the amount of communication
Focus on publishing standard messages to key influencers throughout the project
In which step of the 'risk management' technique should the organization's environment be considered?
Identity
Assess
Plan
Implement
Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The six aspects of project performance to be managed are [ ? ] costs, timescales and scope.
benefits, change, risk
benefits, quality, risk
change, quality, risk
benefits, change, quality
Which process provides information for the project board to review an updated project plan?
Initiating a project
Controlling a stage
Directing a project
Managing a stage boundary
Identify the missing words in the following sentence. When proposed changes [ ? ], the change authority must refer the decision back to the project board.
are below the agreed change budget
are objected to by team members
are rejected by the change authority
exceed the agreed change budget
Which is a minimum requirement for applying the plans theme?
The project must have at least two management stages
The team managers in the project must prepare team plans
Scope tolerance must be prioritized using MoSCoW
The project plan must be presented as a Gantt chart
Which is a minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?
Appraisal methods of quality control must be carried out on products
A record must be kept of all the quality management activities that are planned
The quality review technique must be used when reviewing products
The quality management approach must align with corporate standards
To state how improvements will be measured To confirm that the benefits are realized To estimate the costs of improvement To define the reason for delivering the improvement
1 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 4
1 and 4
What should the 'organizing' practice address?
How to meet the user's requirements of the project products
Which members of the project management team should report to whom
What might go wrong that could affect the achievement of the business objectives
Who will be impacted by the change and how they will need to transition the new capabilities
Which statement is CORRECT about the customer and suppliers of a project in a commercial environment?
Each party may have their own business case for undertaking the project
Both parties must apply the same external governance to the project
The risk appetite should be collaboratively set before the project starts
Management systems need to be unified for successful project delivery
According to the 'continued business justification' principle, when is a justifiable reason for a project FIRST needed?
After the executive has been appointed
When authorized by the corporate, programme management or the customer
Before work to start the project commences
When an organization produces its business plans
Which describes a risk effect?
The uncertainty expressed as a negative or favourable occurrence
The issue which is affecting the project and has resulted in a risk
The impact(s) on the project objectives should the threat or opportunity occur
The change in the status of a risk in response to actions taken to control it
Why is the 'initiating a project' process used?
To decide which project approach is suitable for the project
To fully understand how the project objectives will be achieved before committing significant resources
To produce the required work packages
To enable corporate or programme management to give authorization to deliver a project
Which statement about stages is true?
Management stages should be of the same duration
The use of technical stages is mandatory
The use of management stages is mandatory
Management stages are driven by specialist teams
Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The role of [ ? ] is responsible for carrying out a risk response action to respond to a particular risk.
Project Assurance
Project Support
the risk actionee
the risk owner
How many roles make up the Project Board?
One
Two
Three
Four
What process provides information on a team's work to the project manager?
Controlling a stage
Directing a project
Managing a stage boundary
Managing product delivery
Which TWO are objectives of the 'closing a project' process?
To confirm to the project board that each stage's products are approved
To review whether the project was delivered within time and cost tolerances
To confirm whether operational staff are happy to take ownership of the products
To confirm that there is authority to close the project
Which does the Executive need to ensure is in place before the project is initiated?
All Work Packages are authorized
An understanding of how the project will contribute to corporate objectives
The Project Plan has been approved
The Project Initiation Documentation is complete
Which describes a time-driven control?
The dates for the project's end stage assessment included in the project plan
The expected frequency of progress reports specified in a work package
The expected dates for planned checks of specialist products included in a stage plan
The planned exception assessment meeting to authorize a requested exception plan
Who carries out audits that are independent of the project?
Quality assurance
Project Assurance
Project Support
Project Manager
Which process monitors work that has been assigned to a team manager?
Controlling a stage
Directing a project
Managing a stage boundary
Managing product delivery
How is Uncertainty Identified, assessed and controlled?
By avoiding or reducing a threat
By analysing the risk cause in detail
By applying the risk practice
By allocating a risk budget to the project
Identify the missing words in the following sentence. Project assurance personnel [ ? ] the project manager.
are able to overturn the decisions of
must be accountable to
should support
report to the project board and
Which is NOT a purpose of the Organization theme?
Define a project management team structure
Define the level of tolerance for each level of the project management team
Define the Project Board's responsibility for directing the project
Define which role is accountable for the project's success
Which is a true statement about time-driven controls?
Time-driven controls are used for monitoring the progress of Work Packages and management stages
Time-driven controls take place when specific events happen
Time-driven controls are produced at the end of a stage
An Exception Report is a time-driven control
Which describes a project benefit?
A specialist product of the project
The result of a change derived from using the project's products
An uncertain result caused by project actions
A measurable improvement resulting from an outcome
Which is a description of a purpose of the 'managing product delivery' process?
To agree requirements for the delivery of specific products between the project manager and the team manager
To report progress towards the delivery of a stage's products to the project board
To recognize that the project has no further contribution make towards achieving project objectives
To plan how the project will approach the work to deliver the project products
