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Project Management | Set 4
1. Optimal quality is reached at what point?
A. When the stakeholder accepts the project deliverable
B. When revenue from improvements equal the costs of conformance
C. When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality
D. When revenue from corrective actions equals the costs of the improvement
Correct : C. When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality
2. A communication management plan identifies the relevant information that should be communicated to:
A. the project team.
B. the project stakeholders.
C. the project board.
D. the project sponsor.
Correct : B. the project stakeholders.
3. Project risk management is best described as:
A. managing responses to threats.
B. identifying and acknowledging threats and opportunities.
C. planning responses to threats.
D. minimising threats and maximising opportunities.
Correct : D. minimising threats and maximising opportunities.
4. Which one of the following best describes a project issue?
A. A major problem that requires formal escalation.
B. A problem that the project manager has to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
C. An uncertain event that may or may not occur.
D. An opportunity that occurs through change control.
Correct : A. A major problem that requires formal escalation.
5. The phases of a project life cycle are:
A. starting, planning, control and closing.
B. concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
C. initiation, definition, planning, monitoring and operations.
D. concept, definition, implementation and operations.
Correct : B. concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
6. Who are project team members primarily accountable to?
A. External stakeholders.
B. The end users.
C. The finance director.
D. The project manager.
Correct : D. The project manager.
7. Who has ultimate responsibility for project risk?
A. Steering group.
B. Risk owner.
C. Project sponsor.
D. Project manager.
Correct : C. Project sponsor.
8. Who owns the Project Management Plan (PMP)?
A. The project team.
B. The chief executive.
C. The project manager.
D. The project support office.
Correct : C. The project manager.
9. A project is typically defined in terms of scope, time, cost and which other parameter?
A. Benefits.
B. Quality.
C. Tolerance.
D. Controls.
Correct : B. Quality.
10. Which of these is not one of the constraints of a project?
A. Scope
B. Resources
C. Team
D. Budget
Correct : C. Team
11. Which of the following is NOT a project management cause of failed projects?
A. shortcuts taken during the project
B. lack of or imprecise targets
C. inadequate systems analysis and design tools
D. budget overruns
Correct : C. inadequate systems analysis and design tools
12. Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?
A. Specification delays
B. Product competition
C. Testing
D. Staff turnover
Correct : C. Testing
13. The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as
A. Project Management
B. Manager life cycle
C. Project Management Life Cycle
D. Product management
Correct : C. Project Management Life Cycle
14. Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for
A. team
B. project
C. customers
D. project manager
Correct : B. project
15. Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system?
A. Internship management
B. Change management
C. Version management
D. System management
Correct : A. Internship management
16. Identify the sub-process of process improvement
A. Process introduction
B. Process analysis
C. De-processification
D. Process distribution
Correct : B. Process analysis
17. Choose an internal software quality from given below:
A. scalability
B. usability
C. reusability
D. reliability
Correct : C. reusability
18. A _________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some software metric to the project cost.
A. Algorithmic cost modelling
B. Expert judgement
C. Estimation by analogy
D. Parkinson’s Law
Correct : A. Algorithmic cost modelling
19. Which technique is applicable when other projects in the same analogy application domain have been completed?
A. Algorithmic cost modelling
B. Expert judgement
C. Estimation by analogy
D. Parkinson’s Law
Correct : C. Estimation by analogy
20. Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available.
A. CASE tools
B. Pricing to win
C. Parkinson’s Law
D. Expert judgement
Correct : A. CASE tools
21. Which model is used during early stages of the system design after the requirements have been established?
A. An application-composition model
B. A post-architecture model
C. A reuse model
D. An early design model
Correct : A. An application-composition model
22. The team is responsible for exchange of information and process guidence either to or from project practitioners.
A. Software engineering process authority.
B. Software engineering environment
C. Project administration
D. Project review
Correct : A. Software engineering process authority.
23. _________is the critical factor in understanding how to plan and execute a software development project.
A. Process flexibility
B. Architecture
C. Risk resolution
D. Domain experience
Correct : D. Domain experience
24. ________focuses on developing change -tolerance software.
A. Rapid application development
B. Lean Development
C. Extreme rogramming
D. Spriral
Correct : A. Rapid application development
25. successful projects recognize the continuous improvment towards the best value rather than adhering to__________.
A. Ambiguous statements
B. Software quality
C. Software testing
D. Small scale projects
Correct : A. Ambiguous statements
26. _______milestones occure at the end of the elaboration phase.
A. Life-style architecture
B. Critical
C. Software
D. Schedule
Correct : A. Life-style architecture