Practice test review questions

Question 1

Schedule Performance Index (SPI): 0.85

Answer 1

Less than 1, indicates the project is behind schedule.

Question 2

Cost Performance Index (CPI): 1.15

Answer 2

Larger than 1, indicates the project is within budget.

Question 3

Critical Path has

Answer 3

No float, slack

Question 4

Qualitative Risk Analysis

Answer 4

Rank risks according to probability and/or impact

Question 5

Quantitative risk analysis

Answer 5

Assigns values to the risk

Question 6

Bubble charts

Answer 6

Tool in performing quantitative risk analysis process and can show the probability, impact and ranking of risk.

Question 7

Pareto charts

Answer 7

Used for quality and not risk.

Question 8

Sprint Review

Answer 8

Customers review the partially finished product and give the team their feedback.

Question 9

Sprint planning meeting

Answer 9

Held to determine what requirements will be met in the next sprint.

Question 10

Retrospective

Answer 10

Conducted to capture the lessons learned from the sprint.

Question 11

Risk transfer

Answer 11

Transferred to another company such as purchasing insurance or hiring a consultant

Question 12

Risk Avoidance

Answer 12

Going down a different path

Question 13

Risk Mitigation

Answer 13

Reduce the probability and/or impact of a risk.

Question 14

Risk Acceptance

Answer 14

Do nothing.

Question 15

Project Scope Statement

Answer 15

Includes a list of all the project deliverables as well as any requirements that should be excluded from the scope.

Question 16

When are retrospectives done and what are they for?

Answer 16

Done after each iteration for the team to inspect and create a plan for improvements to be done in the next iteration.

Question 17

Paid programming

Answer 17

When one programmer writes the code another inspects the code as it’s been written. This leads to codes being inspected in seconds.

Question 18

Estimate activity resources

Answer 18

Will output the resource breakdown structure.

Question 19

Earned value management

Answer 19

A series of formulas that monitor the value of the project as it’s progressing and generally track cost and schedule.

Question 20

Sprint Backlog

Answer 20

Output of the sprint planning meeting, which will outline all work to be done in the next sprint.

Question 21

Ishikawa diagram

Answer 21

Cause-and-effect diagram, used to list the many different probabilities for a projects defect.

Question 22

Assumptions analysis

Answer 22

Involves analyzing assumptions

Question 23

Histograms

Answer 23

Used to show the frequency of defects and inspections are used to see if a deliverable has met it’s requirements

Question 24

Forming

Answer 24

Team is formed, and learn about each other

Question 25

Norming

Answer 25

Stop storming, agree on how to conduct work

Question 26

Performing

Answer 26

Team actually builds the deliverables

Question 27

Storming

Answer 27

When they disagree on how to conduct the work.

Question 28

PERT formula

Answer 28

(0+4*R+P)/6

Question 29

How long are Agile iterations?

Answer 29

No more than one to four weeks

Question 30

What is a RACI matrix?

Answer 30

(Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) only one person should be held accountable per task in the chart.

a simple, effective means for defining project roles and responsibilities

Question 31

Metaphor

Answer 31

Using XP to explain designs and create a shared vision between customers and the development team.

Question 32

Communication Channels formula

Answer 32

N(N-1)/2