Chapter 11 MC Flashcards
Generally speaking, the lowest level in the WBS is referred to as:
The work package
Scope creep is generally the result of:
A poorly defined SOW
Which of the following is not a benefit of having a highly detailed WBS?
- Lower status reporting costs
- Less likely that anything will be omitted
- Better estimating
- better activity planning
Lower status reporting costs
All work packages in a project must be at the same level of the WBS.
FALSE
Generally Speaking, Work packages are assigned to one functional unit.
TRUE
Which of the following documents is not defined in the text as one of the four critical documents for preliminary planning?
- SOW
- WBS
- Specifications
- Network Diagrams
Network Diagrams
If the customer’s SOW contains words such as nearly or approximately, then:
The customer uses his discretion in determining the meaning.
Project Managers often rewrite the customer’s SOW into a document that the project team can easily understand. The document is called?
The scope statement.
Which of the following would be the first item to be discussed in the initial kickoff meeting for a project?
Understanding of the:
-Requirements
- Plan
- Schedule
- BudgetUnderstanding of the requirements
Which of the following is often overlooked when planning and budgeting a project?
- Customer’s Milestones
- Cost and size of contractual documentation
- Number of meetings with the customer
- Timing of the deliverables
Cost and size of contractual documentation
Which of the following is normally not addressed in a change control board meeting to approve a scope change?
- Cost of the change
- Which functional unit will perform the change
- impact on the schedule
- Value-added opportunity for the client
Which functional unit will perform the change
Which of the following is usually not validated by using the WBS?
- schedule
- risks
- quality of the deliverable
- budget
The quality of the deliverables
A PM desires a WBS that goes through six levels of detail. Level 3 through level 6 would most likely be prepared by the:
subject matter experts
Plans such as the cost plan, schedule plan and quality plan are referred to as:
Subsidiary Plans
Which of the following is usually preferred for the placement of the project manager with regard to the WBS? The PM’s salary should be:
There should be only one WBS element covering the PM’s salary
What is the PM’s responsibility with regard to the WBS preparation?
The sponsor should not be involved in the WBS development.
A customer external to your company requests that a certain element of work be subdivided to lower-level work packages and that cost/schedule information be reported at the lower levels. You should?
Check with line managers first to see if cost and schedule can be reported at this level.
Consider the WBS shown Below: 1 1.1.0 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 If the total program costs $100k and 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 are each $20k, then the cost of 1.10 is?
$60K
A contractor accepts a project, after go-ahead, and the contractor discovers that the SOW was ill-defined and pushed through scope changes that significantly alienate the customer. The customer pays for the scope changes and then files a law suit against the contractor to recover the cost of the scope changes. Neglecting the type of contract, the court would most likely rule that?
The customer is at fault for providing a SOW that could be misinterpreted.
The person with the ultimate responsibility to make sure that all work required by the SOW and only the work required by the SOW is performed is the?
Project Manager
A customer is unhappy with the performance on a project. The customer states that, unless scope changes are made at the contractor’s expense, the contractor would be removed form the customer’s preferred bidders list for future contracts. The contractor would most likely?
Perform the scope changes at the contractor’s expense.
During the execution of a project, the customer asks you to perform additional test, which the customer will pay for. Unfortunately, there are no resources available to perform the additional tests. The PM should?
Let the sponsor make the decision on what to do.
Project Sponsors within the contractor’s company have the authority to change the scope of an external customer’s project as they see fit. T/F
False
T/F During competitive bidding, a contractor can submit inclusions and exclusions to the customer’s preliminary statement of work.
True
