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omis 352 finaladdress where the project stands in terms of meeting scope, time, And cost goals a.Status reports b.Lessons-learned reports c.Technical reports d.Progress reports Ans✔✔- A. Status Reports Analogous estimates Are Also known As estimates. a. parametric b. bottom-up c. top-down d. budgetary Ans✔✔- C. Top Down Which of the following is true About identifying stakeholder? a.It is not very difficult to identify stakeholders. b.Stakeholders do not change during A project c.Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with. d.The project manager's family is not A potential stakeholder. Ans✔✔- C. Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with generates ideas for quality improvements by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products within or outside the performing organization. a. Benchmarking b
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address where the project stands in terms of meeting scope, time, And cost goals a.Status reports b.Lessons-learned reports c.Technical reports d.Progress reports Ans✔✔- A. Status Reports Analogous estimates Are Also known As estimates. a. parametric b. bottom-up c. top-down d. budgetary Ans✔✔- C. Top Down Which of the following is true About identifying stakeholder?
a.It is not very difficult to identify stakeholders. b.Stakeholders do not change during A project c.Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with.
c. An organization should increase dependence on inspection to Achieve quality. d. Minimize total cost by working with multiple suppliers rather than A single supplier. Ans✔✔- A. Eliminate the Annual rating or merit system In Rizzati Corp, vice presidents in departments such As engineering, manufacturing, IT, And human resources report directly to the chief executive officer And undertake their tasks independently of each other. The staffs of these departments have specialized skills in their respective disciplines. Rizatti Corp can be said to have A organizational structure. a.functional b.symbolic c.matrix d.project Ans✔✔- A. Functional Which of the following refers to A set of principles that guides decision making based on personal values of what is considered right And wrong? a.Ethics b.Politics c.Civics d.Laws Ans✔✔- A. Ethics provide(s) A standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project Activities And their corresponding start And finish dates in A calendar format a. Gantt charts b. PERT Analysis c. Arrow diagramming method d. Critical path Analysis Ans✔✔- A. Gantt charts
Which of the following is true of projects? a. They have A unique purpose. b. They Are permanent in nature. c. They have An indefinite beginning And end. d. They Are developed using regressive elaboration. Ans✔✔- A. They have A unique purpose Important tools used in the phase of the DMAIC process include A project charter, A description of customer requirements, process maps, And Voice of the Customer (VOC) data. a. define b. improve c. Analyze d. measure Ans✔✔- A. Define uses highly organized And intensive workshops to bring together project stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business Analysts, programmers, And so on— to jointly define And design information systems. a. Use case modeling b.Prototyping c.JAD d.RAD Ans✔✔- C. JAD
involves monitoring identified And residual risks, identifying new risks, carrying out risk response plans, And evaluating the effectiveness of risk strategies throughout the life of the project. a. Controlling risk b. Performing quantitative risk Analysis c.Performing qualitative risk Analysis d.Planning risk responses Ans✔✔- A. Controlling risk is best known for developing Theory X And Theory Y. a. Douglas McGregor b. Abraham Maslow c.Frederick Herzberg d.David McClelland Ans✔✔- A. Douglas McGregor Which of the following is true of Analogous estimates? a. They Are most reliable when previous projects Are similar in fact with current projects. b. They use project characteristics in A mathematical model to estimate project costs. c. Their main disadvantage is that they cost more than other techniques. d. They Are the only technique which do not require expert judgement. Ans✔✔- A. they Are most reliable when previous projects Are similar in fact with current projects A is usually not necessary to the Scrum method. a. velocity estimate b. Gantt chart c.product backlog
d.team contract A ns✔✔- D. Team contract A Gantt chart is A standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project Activities And their corresponding start And finish dates in A format. a.pie chart b.calendar c.line graph d.bar graph Ans✔✔- B. Calendar A(n) on A project is A significant event that normally has no duration. a.activity Attribute b.schedule baseline c.activity sequence d.milestone Ans✔✔- D. Milestone A(n) is A column chart that shows the number of resources Assigned to A project over time. a. RACI charts b. resource histogram c. responsibility Assignment matrix d. organizational breakdown structure Ans✔✔- B. Resource Histogram
False Ans✔✔- True A responsibility Assignment matrix (RAM) is A matrix that maps the work of the project As described in the OBS to the people responsible for performing the work As described in the WBS. True False Ans✔✔- False It is important for the Activity list And Activity Attributes to be in Agreement with the work breakdown structure True False Ans✔✔- True The introduction or overview of A project must only include A list of definitions And Acronyms. True False Ans✔✔- False Gantt charts cannot be used to Aid project quality management. True False Ans✔✔- False The same organization can have different subcultures. True False Ans✔✔- True
The main output of the identifying stakeholders process is the project charter. True False Ans✔✔- False Many projects fail because of unclear requirements And expectations, so starting with A payback Analysis makes A lot of sense. True False Ans✔✔- False Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining And controlling what is or is not included in A project. True False Ans✔✔- True Validated changes And validated deliverables Are the outputs of the quality Assurance process. True False Ans✔✔- False Initiating And closing tasks Are usually the longest And require the most Amount of resources And time. True False Ans✔✔- False Stakeholders might change during A project due to employee turnover, partnerships, And other events.
True False Ans✔✔- True Organizational process Asset updates Are An important output of the closing process of A project. True False Ans✔✔- True An organizational culture with strong unit integration makes the project manager's job more difficult True False Ans✔✔- False Projects should be developed in increments True False Ans✔✔- True The introduction of new software makes basic tools, such As Gantt charts And network diagrams, inexpensive And easy to create. True False Ans✔✔- True The project organizational structure is the most efficient choice for most IT projects True False Ans✔✔- False
Reviewing performance records reduces the risk of selecting A supplier with A poor track record. True False Ans✔✔- True An IT company revises its process parameters in response to complaints from vendors that products were not ready on time. This would be An example of. a. a preventive Action b. cost forecasting c. a corrective Action d. defect repairs Ans✔✔- C. A corrective Action involves reducing the impact of A risk event by reducing the probability of its occurrence. a. Risk Avoidance b. Risk Acceptance c. Risk mitigation d. Risk transference Ans✔✔- C. Risk mitigation In the development phase of the project life cycle: a. managers prepare A preliminary or rough cost estimate for the required work. b. managers develop A business case, which describes the need for the project And basic underlying concepts. c. the project team delivers the required work, And provides performance reports to stakeholders. d. the project team creates more detailed project plans, A more Accurate cost estimate, And A more thorough WBS. Ans✔✔- D. the project team creates more detailed project plans, A more Accurate cost estimate, And A more through WBS
addresses the ease of performing maintenance on A product. a. Performance b. Reliability c. Functionality d. Maintainability Ans✔✔- D. Maintainability refers to Action taken to bring rejected items into compliance with product requirements or specifications or other stakeholder expectations. a. Validation b. A process Adjustment c. An Acceptance decision d. Rework Ans✔✔- D. Rework A is An organizational group responsible for coordinating the project management function throughout An organization. a. Project Management Office b. Project Management Center c. Portfolio Group d. Project Management Professional Ans✔✔- A. Project Management Office Projects must operate in A broad organizational environment, And project managers need to consider projects within the greater organizational context. describes this holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization. a. Systems thinking b. Reductionism c. The silo Approach
d. Linear Analysis Ans✔✔- A. Systems thinking Which of the following is true of earned value? a. It is based solely on the total cost estimate to be spent on An Activity. b. It is the Actual cost plus the planned cost. c. It is Also known As the planned value. d. It is An estimate of the value of the physical work Actually completed. Ans✔✔- D. It is An estimate of the value of the physical work Actually completed Managing communications is part of the process of the project communication management. a. monitoring And controlling b. planning c. executing d. closing Ans✔✔- C. Executing A network diagramming technique in which boxes represent Activities is known As A(n). a. CPM b. PDM c. ADM d. PERT Ans✔✔- B. PDM Which of the following provides certification As A Project Management Professional? a. PMS b. PMC c. PMI
b. Motivation c. Soft skills d. Negotiation Ans✔✔- A. Project environment knowledge Which of the following is true of tangible costs? a. Their examples include goodwill And prestige. b. They Are difficult to quantify. c. They cannot be calculated in monetary terms. d. They can be easily measured. Ans✔✔- D. They can't be easily measured The project stakeholder management knowledge Area maps to the process group by identifying stakeholders. a. planning b. monitoring And controlling c. executing d. initiating Ans✔✔- D. Initiating involves using punishment, threats, or other negative Approaches to get people to do things they do not want to do. a. Coercive power b. Legitimate power c. Reward power d. Referent power Ans✔✔- A. Coercive power Creating the WBS is A subprocess Associated with the process in project scope management. a. closing
b. planning c. monitoring And controlling d. executing Ans✔✔- B. Planning Which of the following methods of communication is likely to be most effective for conveying sensitive or important information? a. Short face-to-face meetings b. E-mails c. Reading reports from other team members d. Telephone conversations Ans✔✔- A. Short face-to-face meetings Which of the following is most likely to be A reason for inaccuracies in information technology cost estimates? a. People lack estimating experience. b. Human beings Are biased toward overestimation. c. Estimates take A long time to be worked out. d. Only software development provides the scope for estimates to be Accurate. Ans✔✔- A. People lack estimating experience To define Activities, the project team should start with reviewing the schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors, And organizational processes. True False Ans✔✔- True Analogous estimates Are called Activity-based costing. True
