Week 3 Assignment

Question 1

._____ involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope statement, adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved.

	a.	Controlling scope
	b.	Validating scope
	c.	Defining scope
	d.	Creating scope

Question 2

Scope creep refers to:

	a.	the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS.
	b.	subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.
	c.	a task at the lowest level of the WBS.
	d.	the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Question 3

_____ involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them

	a.	Collecting requirements
	b.	Defining scope
	c.	Controlling scope
	d.	Validating scope

Question 4

The project schedule information section of the project management plan includes ____.

	a.	a list of key deliverables.
	b.	a detailed budget.
	c.	a directory of staff involved in the project.
	d.	an elaborate timeline.

Question 5

The _____ section of the project management plan describes how to monitor project progress and handle changes.

	a.	management objectives
	b.	risk management
	c.	technical processes
	d.	project controls

Question 6

Which of the following scheduling techniques is most appropriate today for managing a project?

	a.	Milestone charts
	b.	PERT charts
	c.	Precedence charts
	d.	BAR charts

Question 7

Which of the following is not one of the four network diagramming techniques?

	a.	GERT
	b.	PDM
	c.	VERT
	d.	PERT

Question 8

Which of the following is false concerning the critical path in a network?

	a.	It is the longest path in the network.
	b.	It is the path where each activity has zero slack.
	c.	It is the shortest amount of time in which the project can be completed.
	d.	It is the path that contains the greatest number of activities.

Question 9

Which of the following schedule compression techniques usually requires adding more resources to each work package that is being compressed?

	a.	Descoping
	b.	Outsourcing
	c.	Crashing
	d.	Overtime