This is a timed quiz.
You have 30 minutes to complete the 20 questions in this quiz.
Which of the following processes includes asking team members about the time estimates for their activities and reaching agreement on the calendar date for each activity?
Develop Project Charter
Develop Schedule
Sequence Activities
Define Scope
Which of the following is the BEST project management tool to use to determine the longest time the project will take?
WBS
Project charter
Network diagram
Bar chart
Lag means
The product of a forward and backward pass.
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date.
Waiting time
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of its successor.
Which of the following BEST describes product analysis?
Mathematically analyzing the quality desired for the project.
Gaining a better understanding of the product of the project in order to create the project scope
Determining if the quality standard on the project can be met.
Working with the customer to determine the product description.
The work breakdown structure can BEST be thought of as an effective aid for _______ communications.
Customer
Stakeholder
Project manager
Team
A project management plan should be realistic in order to be used to manage the project. Which of the following is the BEST method to achieve a realistic project management plan?
Project manager creates the project management plan based on input from the team
Sponsor creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager.
Project manager creates the project management plan based on input from senior management.
Functional manager creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager.
What is the duration of a milestone
Shorter than the duration of the longest activity
There is no duration
Shorter than the activity it represents
Same length as the activity it represents
Which of the following can create the MOST misinterpretation in the project scope statement?
Too much detail
Imprecise language
Small variation in size of work packages or detail of work
Poor pattern, structure and chronological order
During project executing, a large number of changes are made to the project. The project manager should:
Make only the changes approved by management.
Talk to management before any changes are made.
Wait until all changes are known and print out a new schedule.
Make approved changes as needed, but retain the schedule baseline
During project executing, a team member comes to the project manager because he is not sure of what work he needs to accomplish on the project. Which of the following documents contain detailed descriptions of work packages?
Activity list
Scope management plan
WBS dictionarry
Project scope statement
A poject manager may use ________ to make sure the team members clearly know what work is included in each of their work packages.
A schedule
A WBS dictionarry
The project scope statement
The product scope
During what part of the project management process is the project scope statement created?
Planning
Monitoring and controlling
Executing
Initiating
The WBS, estimates for each work package, and the network diagram are completed. Which of the following would be the NEXT thing for the project manager to do?
Create a preliminary schedule and get the team's approval.
Sequence the activities.
Verify that they have the correct
Complete risk management.
A project manager has just been assigned to a new project and has been given the project charter. The FIRST thing the project manager must do is:
Begin work on a project management plan.
Confirm that all the stakeholders have had input into the scope
Analyze project risk.
Create a project scope statement.
Which of the following is an output of the Collect Requirements process?
Requested scope changes
Requirements traceability matrix
Which of the following is CORRECT
The network diagram will change every time the end date changes.
The critical path helps prove how long the project will take
A project can never have negative float.
There can be only one critical path.
Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is called:
Fast tracking
Crashing
Floating
leveling
Which of the following BEST describes a project management plan?
A bar chart
A printout from project management software
The project scope
Risk, staffing, process improvement and other management
A work breakdown structure numbering system allows the project staff to:
Use it in project management software.
Identify the level at which individual elements are found
Systematically estimate costs of work breakdown structure elements.
Provide project justification.
When would a milestone chart be used instead of a bar chart?
Reporting to management
Project planning
Reporting to team members
Risk analysis