Project Management Homework 30 minute return time

Question 1

 

A project manager has received the following probabilistic estimates for the duration of an activity: optimistic duration is 7 workdays, most likely duration is 8 workdays and pessimistic duration is 15 workdays. What is the PERT weighted average for this activity?

	a.	11 workdays
	b.	10 workdays
	c.	9 workdays
	d.	8 workdays

Question 2

 

Successful project managers employ certain tactics to reduce late stage changes to scope. Which of the following is one such tactic?

	a.	Route scope change requests through the project sponsor
	b.	Connect scope change requests to cost and schedule changes
	c.	Refuse to entertain any scope change requests
	d.	Assign change requests to future projects

Question 3

 

As a project manager you understand that you can choose from multiple approaches to generate a work breakdown structure (WBS). Which approach must you check first?

	a.	Analogy
	b.	Top-down
	c.	Guidelines
	d.	Mind-mapping

Question 4

 

Project scope management is a set of processes that are used to describe, control and validate the work to be done in a project. What is a purpose of project scope management?

	a.	To ensure common understanding among stakeholders of the project’s products
	b.	To convince the customers of the importance and quality of the project’s products
	c.	To persuade top management of the necessity of the project’s products
	d.	To protect the project manager from any liability arising from the project’s products

Question 5

 

Project time management involves 7 main processes to ensure that the project is completed on time. Which of the following processes does not work with the project schedule network diagrams?

	a.	Estimating activity resources
	b.	Estimating activity durations
	c.	Defining activities
	d.	Sequencing activities

Question 6

 

The government has mandated a new regulation. Your company has made you the project manager responsible to implement the systems to support this regulation. You have been given the discretion to choose a legal team. You contacted three legal teams and are waiting for proposals from them. What dependency of project activities is this?

	a.	External dependency
	b.	Legal dependency
	c.	Discretionary dependency
	d.	Mandatory dependency

Question 7

 

Requirements of a project can be collected using many different methods. Which method collects requirements through a comparative study?

	a.	Observation
	b.	Survey
	c.	Benchmarking
	d.	Interviewing

Question 8

 

A work breakdown structure (WBS) lists in an organized manner all the tasks of a project. What is the main tool used to create a WBS?

	a.	Decomposition
	b.	Template
	c.	Project management software
	d.	Brainstorming

Question 9

 

Which of the following statements about project milestones is not true?

	a.	Milestones are the most important events
	b.	Milestones are useful for monitoring progress
	c.	Milestones are sometimes deliverables
	d.	Milestones are always without any duration

Question 10

 

While reviewing the work breakdown structure (WBS) of a project you find that all the tasks are directly related to deliverables. What is missing?

	a.	Process groups related tasks
	b.	Project management tasks
	c.	Customer relationship tasks
	d.	Team tasks

Question 11

 

Project managers have many tools and techniques available to support schedule development. Which of the following is the best technique to use when the project manager has a resource limitation?

	a.	Critical path analysis
	b.	Gantt chart
	c.	PERT analysis
	d.	Critical chain scheduling

Question 12

 

Incorrect scope definition can lead to expensive rework. Therefore, best practices must be followed to avoid major scope problems. Which one of the following is not a best practice for project scope management?

	a.	Keep the project large to get benefit of scale
	b.	Include selected potential users in defining requirements
	c.	Use proven technology to reduce risks
	d.	Adhere to project scope management processes

Question 13

 

You are estimating the duration of an activity in the project. You determine that the activity requires 3 resources working 4 hours a day for 5 days. What is the duration?

	a.	60 hours
	b.	20 hours
	c.	5 days
	d.	15 days

Question 14

 

Which chart is used to evaluate progress on a project by displaying the planned and actual schedules together?

	a.	Tracking Gantt chart
	b.	Baseline Gantt chart
	c.	Evaluation Gantt chart
	d.	Progress Gantt chart

Question 15

 

Critical path method is a project network diagramming approach used to predict total project duration. Which of the following is not true of the critical path?

	a.	Critical path has the least amount of slack
	b.	Critical path determines the important activities in the project
	c.	Critical path is the longest path through the network diagram
	d.	Critical path is the earliest time by which the project can be completed

Question 16

 

The work breakdown structure (WBS) document should be accompanied by a WBS dictionary. What would you expect to find in this dictionary?

	a.	Definition of terms of a WBS item
	b.	Alternative choices for terms in a WBS item
	c.	Names of people who understand a given WBS item
	d.	Clarification of a WBS item

Question 17

 

The scope management plan is an output of the planning scope management process. Which one of the following choices is likely to be in the scope management plan?

	a.	Type of resources required for the project
	b.	Process for approving deliverables of the project
	c.	List of requirements from the project
	d.	Deadline for completion of the project

Question 18

 

A project manager takes over a project that is going over schedule and finds that the network diagram is prepared using the arrow diagramming method (ADM). It will be easier to do schedule trade-offs if the network diagram had been prepared using the precedence diagramming method (PDM). What is the main step for converting this network diagram?

	a.	Use the convert option in the project management software
	b.	Determine the type of dependencies between the linked tasks
	c.	Change the arrows to boxes
	d.	Find an expert

Question 19

 

Controlling the schedule is the final process in project time management. Which of the following is not a goal of schedule control?

	a.	Manage schedule changes
	b.	Know the schedule status
	c.	Influence the factors that cause schedule changes
	d.	Establish schedule control thresholds to monitor variances

Question 20

 

Scope definition process elaborates in detail the work required for the project. Which one of the following is a strong reason for good scope definition?

	a.	Improves the project work environment
	b.	Improves the stakeholder commitment to the project
	c.	Improves the project team performance
	d.	Improves the accuracy of project budget