QUIZ 1 Flashcards
A project manager is analyzing a project plan to ensure it is accurate. What part of the plan consists of tasks that are in scope, compared to the scope statement?
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o Tasks with no risks.
- Tasks that are completed on time.
- Tasks that contribute toward the work that needs to be completed.
- Tasks that are completed within budget.
Tasks that contribute toward the work that needs to be completed.
Team members are inquiring as to why they need to report to their managers when tasks are finished. The manager tells them the reason is to ensure there are no slipped tasks. What is a slipped task?
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A task that is in progress and behind schedule.
A task completed behind schedule.
A task that is changed to being done concurrently with other tasks instead of sequentially with those tasks.
A task that needs additional resources to be completed in less time.
A task completed behind schedule
Arrange in order, the phases that comprise the project life cycle.
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Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
Planning
Executing
Initiating
Phase 1 –> Initiating
Phase 2 –> Planning
Phase 3 –> Executing
Phase 4 –> Monitoring and Controlling
Phase 5 –> Closing
A consulting firm is building an app for a company that sells various types of containers. In this project scenario, which stakeholder has the final say on whether the app was built to its required specifications?
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Manager
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Customer
Customer
A new hire is assigned to a team addressing a product backlog. What will this person be working on?
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A list of products that need to be released.
A list of prioritized tasks for a sprint within a project.
A list of maintenance tasks for a finished product.
A list of tasks that have slipped behind schedule.
A list of prioritized tasks for a sprint within a project
Project team members want to know why having a change management process is important. What is the goal of the process?
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Preventing scope creep.
Preventing schedule extensions.
Preventing gold plating.
Preventing budget overruns.
Preventing scope creep.
As part of a project management plan, which states the work done to deliver a product, service, or results?
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Project charter
Deliverable
Project scope
Portfolio
Project scope
In building a new kitchen for a cafeteria, a stove and the vent above the stove can be worked on simultaneously. The vent above the stove needs to be in place before the stove can be tested as part of its completion. Which type of dependency exists between the vent and stove tasks?
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Start-start
Start-finish
Finish-finish
Finish-start
Finish-finish
For each project scenario, indicate whether the project best fits a predictive, adaptive, or hybrid approach.
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Predictive
Adaptive
Hybrid
Building an airplane
Planting seeds in land over a period of time
Building a new
company headquarters and website
Predictive: Building an airplane
Adaptive: Planting seeds in land over a period of time
Hybrid: Building a new company headquarters and website
Which project situation best lends itself to a hybrid approach?
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A financial software project built to regulations.
A community garden.
A healthcare software project built to regulations.
A gym space with modular sections.
A financial software project built to regulations.
When problems arise during a project, what is the first step a project manager should take in the decision-making process?
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Generate possible solutions.
Implement a solution.
Identify the problem.
Generate criteria for solutions.
Identify the problem.
A project for building a new basketball court is in progress. The hoops are supposed to be 10 feet high but upon the customer suspecting a height error and measuring the height of the hoops, one hoop is 10 1/2 feet high and the other is 11 feet high. What should be done to address this quality issue? (Choose two)
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The installers should look to improve the installation process to avoid this error in the future.
The height of the rims should be adjusted and the customer should be notified of the repair.
The height of the rims should be adjusted and the customer should be charged for the repair.
The customer should be told that the rims cannot be adjusted.
- The installers should look to improve the installation process to avoid this error in the future
- The height of the rims should be adjusted and the customer should be notified of the repair
Which stakeholder has the ultimate signoff decision on a project and its deliverables?
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Customer
Team member
Project manager
Project sponsor
Project sponsor
Which communication element interferes with the effectiveness of communication?
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Decoder
Noise
Feedback
Message channel
Noise
A project manager wants to add resources to reduce the overall time it will take to complete a project. On which tasks will the adding of resources impact the schedule?
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Adding resources to tasks with dependencies.
Adding resources to tasks with measured work.
Adding resources to tasks on the critical path.
Adding resources to tasks with no dependencies.
Adding resources to tasks on the critical path
Which groups of stakeholders are responsible for functional testing for products created in a project plan? (Choose two)
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Team members
Managers
Project Managers
Customers
Team members
Customers
Which conflict management strategy is known to not really solve a conflict between parties?
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Compromise/reconcile
Smooth/accommodate
Withdraw/avoid
Force/direct
Withdraw/avoid
Which statement best describes the role of a project sponsor?
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Not a stakeholder.
A key stakeholder.
A non-key stakeholder.
The only stakeholder.
A key stakeholder.
For the construction of new stands inside a gymnasium, which project task is considered to be a procurement?
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Securing the internal designer’s availability to design the stands.
Obtaining the wood to build the stands.
Starting the bid process for a vendor to build the stands.
Finalizing a contract to build the stands.
Obtaining the wood to build the stands.
A project manager is trying to estimate costs for a new project to develop bottles out of recycled material. What method should be utilized for this type of estimating?
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Bottom-up
Analogous
Parametric
Top-down
Analogous
A project manager has been told by another stakeholder that a project budget must be watched closely as a project progresses. Which stakeholder is most interested in making sure a project stays on budget?
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Team member
Project sponsor
Project manager
Manager
Project sponsor
Which parts of a project plan are interdependent during the planning phase? (Choose three)
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Budget
Schedule
Scope
Acceptance
Quality
Budget
Schedule
Scope
Using drag and drop, match each element of a project charter to its description.
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The end goal.
Specific goals.
Significant events.
Project Purpose
Objectives
Milestones
Project Purpose -> The end goal
Objectives -> Specific goals
Milestones -> Significant events
A project team member raises an issue about quality defects in an app that is due to be released. The team member is insistent the issue be resolved so as not to embarrass the company developing the app. In response, the project manager insists that the app be released as is. What type of conflict management has been used?
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Withdraw/avoid
Force/direct
Compromise/reconcile
Smooth/accommodate
Force/direct
