Burns Exam 2
Which of the following is not a name given to key roles of the scrum process? a. XP master b. Development team c. Scrum master d. Self-organizing team
a. XP master
When faced with a project having multiple stakeholders and an unknown scope, ________ project management methods should be employed. a. agile b. spiral c. waterfall d. traditional
a. agile
The ________ calculates the critical path and determines how long an activity can be delayed without delaying the project. a. backward pass b. forward pass c. concurrent pass d. parallel pass
a. backward pass
According to Larson and Gray chapter 8, cost estimates are not a budget until ________. a. budgets have been time-phased b. resources have been assigned c. costs have been determined d. All of these alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and c. are correct.
a. budgets have been time-phased
For large projects, scaling can be used in which several teams work on sprints concurrently. The chief challenge with scaling is ________. a. integration b. coordination c. communication d. coordination and communication
a. integration
The customer's prioritized list of key features desired when the project is completed is the ________ backlog. a. requirements b. customer c. product d. Sprint
c. product
A(n) ________ is a person who acts on behalf of customers/end users to represent their interests. a. sprint master b. project manager c. product owner d. scrum master
c. product owner
A key to being able to effectively persuade superiors is ________. a. constantly meeting deadlines b. establishing project ownership c. proving loyalty d. being a self-starter e. being visible to top management
c. proving loyalty
To provide greater clarity to business ethics, many companies and professional groups ________. a. post consequences to unethical behavior b. establish a reward system for those who display ethical behavior c. publish a code of conduct d. conduct annual training seminars on business ethics e. encourage managers to rely on their own personal sense of right and wrong
c. publish a code of conduct
Which of the following is not an agile principle? a. Focus on customer value b. Process and ceremony-driven c. Experimentation and adaptation d. Iterative and incremental delivery
b. Process and ceremony-driven
Experienced project managers recognize the need to build __________ before they need them. a. currencies b. credits c. relationships d. wealth e. experience
c. relationships
Agile methods can be used on larger projects in which several teams are working on different features at the same time. In practice this condition is called ________. a. staging b. incremental delivery c. scaling d. scrum
c. scaling
Agile methods appear to work best on ________ projects that require only five to nine dedicated team members to complete the work. a. large b. medium c. small d. any size
c. small
The first step to social network building is identifying those ________ on whom the project depends for success. a. relationships b. users c. stakeholders d. customers e. managers
c. stakeholders
________ naturally compete with each other for resources and support from top management. a. Project sponsors b. Project managers c. Administrative support groups d. Outside organizations e. Government agencies
b. Project managers
________ champion the project and use their influence to gain approval of the project. a. Vendors/suppliers b. Project sponsors c. Project team members d. Project managers e. Functional managers
b. Project sponsors
Traditional approaches to project management concentrate firmly on ________. a. new technology b. iterative development c. thorough planning up front d. flexibility
c. thorough planning up front
Design flaws, and equipment breakdown and adverse weather can create negative slack. These are examples of the need for reducing project duration on successive critical activities that was caused by a. contract incentives b. time to market c. unforseen project delays d. Imposed project deadlines e. High overhead
c. unforseen project delays
One way to build a supportive social network at work is to use ________. a. EVA b. PMI c. CAPM d. MBWA e. PMP
d. MBWA
At the start of ProjectLibre usage, it is necessary to preset the program so tasks are manually-scheduled or auto-scheduled? a. Manual-scheduled b. Auto-scheduled c. Both d. Neither
d. Neither
To require lots of documentation, code that is well-commented, and lots of discipline is called ________. a. low ceremony waterfall b. low ceremony agile c. low ceremony iterative d. high ceremony e. low ceremony
d. high ceremony
In ProjectLibre, the tool that is used to designate subordination as displayed in the WBS is ________. a. link tool on the task tab b. assign resources tool on the task tab c. insert tool on the task tab d. indent tool on the task tab e. None of these alternatives is correct.
d. indent tool on the task tab
Research consistently points out that project success is strongly affected by the degree to which a project has the support of top management. The following are ways a project manager can manage upward relationships except ________. a. accept profound differences in perspective and become skilled at the art of persuading superiors b. consistently follow through on requests c. prove loyalty d. never ignore the chains of command e. pick the optimum time to appeal to top management
d. never ignore the chains of command
How much crashing budget will you spend to reduce the project duration from 62 days to 57 days? a. $500 b. $1,000 c. $100 d. $250
a. $500
Seven activities are to be considered for this problem. Additional information about these activities such as their activity time and immediate predecessors is included in the table that follows. Use this information to figure out the earliest completion time for this project using a Gantt chart. a. 18 weeks b. 16 weeks c. 20 weeks d. 14 weeks
a. 18 weeks
Select the most accurate statement with regards to the Critical Path Method (CPM). a. It accounts for the interruptions that may affect an activity between the start and the finish times. b. It assumes that activities are independent of one another, with clearly defined start and finish dates. c. It uses the variance in the critical path activities to evaluate the risks associated with project completion times. d. It allows us to investigate the effects of uncertainty of activity times on project completion times.
a. It accounts for the interruptions that may affect an activity between the start and the finish times.
A ________ is a bell-shaped curve that is symmetrical regarding the average value of the population (the data being analyzed) and has infinite tails. a. Normal distribution b. Poisson distribution c. Beta distribution d. Exponential distribution e. Rectangular distribution
a. Normal distribution
The concept that work tends to fill up the time allotted for it is called ________. a. Parkinson's Law b. McGovern's Rule c. Alzheimer's Flaw d. Martinez' Maxim
a. Parkinson's Law
Which of the following would be defined as the ability to lead and manage yourself by establishing a sense for who you are, what you stand for and how you should behave? a. Personal integrity b. Empathetic c. Optimism d. Proactive e. Emotional intelligence
a. Personal integrity
Intense global competition and rapid technological advances create pressure to develop projects rapidly. This is an example of reducing project duration caused by ________. a. Time to market b. Unforseen project delays c. Incentive contracts d. Imposed project deadlines e. High overhead
a. Time to market
At the completion of an agile iteration a ________. a. new, bug-free functionality is developed/deployed to the customer b. a new piece of functionality is developed c. a new phase of the development lifecycle is completed d. All of the functionality associated with a product is developed. e. Only a. and c. are correct.
a. new, bug-free functionality is developed/deployed to the customer
The traits of successful project managers include all of the following except ________. a. pessimist b. proactivity c. effective communication skills d. effective time management e. personal integrity
a. pessimist
Almost all knowledge areas have a ________ process and a ________ process. a. plan | control b. estimate | schedule c. plan | schedule d. plan | estimate e. estimate | control
a. plan | control
Top management prefers ________ development models over ________ models because they know up front how much cost and time are required. a. predictive | adaptive b. adaptive | creative c. static | predictive d. adaptive | predictive e. creative | predictive
a. predictive | adaptive
When project managers take action before it is needed to prevent small concerns from escalating into major problems they are being ________. a. proactive b. creative c. risk-adverse d. risk-prone e. risk-neutral
a. proactive
At the end of each sprint, the team demonstrates the actual work product increments they have built to the ________ and ________ as part of a Sprint review. a. product owner | other relevant stakeholders b. product master | scrum master c. project master | project owner d. scrum master | users
a. product owner | other relevant stakeholders
The product backlog is prioritized by the ________, while the Sprint backlog is prioritized by the ________. a. product owner | team b. team | scrum master c. project manager | product owner d. customer | scrum master
a. product owner | team
The meeting meant to reflect on how well the previous sprint went and identify specific actions that can improve future sprints is called a sprint ________ meeting. a. retrospective b. standup c. assessment d. lessons-learned
a. retrospective
The distribution used in a PERT representation of a task duration is ________. a. the beta distribution b. the uniform distribution c. the exponential distribution d. the Poisson distribution e. the normal distribution
a. the beta distribution
In order to effectively use Critical Chain Project Management, significant ________ must be administered to project team and the project administrators. a. training b. encouragement c. measurement d. communication
a. training
IT Projects that are of high priority and whose requirements are unstable or unknown are best accommodated by ________. a. All of these alternatives are correct. b. dedicated project teams c. team members are senior level d. co-located teams e. Only a. and c. are correct.
a. All of these alternatives are correct.
If the time units are months, duration is measured in ________ whereas effort is measured in _______. a. months, man-months b. man-months, months c. dollars, month-dollars d. month-dollars, dollars e. None of the alternatives is correct.
a. months, man-months
Iterations are short time frames ("time boxes") that typically last from ________. a. 1-2 weeks b. 1-4 weeks c. 1-4 days d. 4-7 weeks e. 7-12 weeks
b. 1-4 weeks
A typical amount to be added to budgets and schedules for such things as holidays, sick days, snow days, company meetings, training days, etc., is ________. a. 5% b. 10% c. 15% d. 20% e. 25%
b. 10%
The average duration of a task whose optimistic time is 10 and whose most likely time is 40 and whose pessimistic time is 70 is ________. a. 30 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60 e. None of these alternatives is correct.
b. 40
Goldratt, in Critical Chain, suggests that task durations should be cut by ________. a. 30% b. 50% c. 10% d. 25%
b. 50%
Before crashing, the initial normal project duration is ________ time units. a. 57 b. 62 c. 49 d. 67
b. 62
In order to shorten project duration, which of the following activities would you first select to crash? a. A critical activity with $400 per time unit reduced b. A critical activity with $200 per time unit reduced c. A critical activity with $500 per time unit reduced d. A non-critical activity with $100 per time unit reduced
b. A critical activity with $200 per time unit reduced
To reduce the project duration from 53 time units to 50 time units, you will next crash activity __ for _______day(s). a. A | 3 b. B | 3 c. E | 3 d. D | 3
b. B | 3
________ define the scope of the project, and ultimate project success rests in their satisfaction. a. Top management b. Customers c. Vendors/suppliers d. Functional managers e. Project managers Friday, October 23, 2020 12:53:33 PM CDT
b. Customers
________ provides six (6) life cycles to choose from; it doesn't prescribe single way of working. a. SAFe b. DAD c. XP d. Scrum e. Kanban
b. DAD
ProjectLibre has several tables of columns already setup, such as the entry table, the cost table, the schedule table, the earned-value table, and so forth. a. True b. False
b. False
To reduce the project duration from 57 time units to 53 time units, you will next crash activity ____ for ____ day(s). a. F | 4 b. G | 4 c. E | 4 d. B | 2 and C | 2
b. G | 4
Which of the following is not one seven processes that make up the PMBOK knowledge area known as time (schedule) management? a. Control activities b. Monitor activities c. Plan schedule management d. Sequence activities e. Define activities
b. Monitor activities
Which of the following is not a technique for reducing project duration when resources (budgets) are limited? a. Schedule overtime without additional compensation. b. Outsource project work. c. Fast tracking. d. Improve project team efficiency. e. Reduce project scope.
b. Outsource project work.
Which of the following titles in a typical scrum arrangement is the project manager? a. Scrum leader b. Scrum master c. Scrum developer d. Scrum methodologist e. Product owner
b. Scrum master
________ represents the amount of work the team commits to complete during the next sprint. a. Product backlog b. Sprint backlog c. Task backlog d. Schedule backlog
b. Sprint backlog
Which of the following statements is false? a. Probability distributions for PERT activity durations are represented by use of the Beta distribution. b. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a project can be started. c. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity. d. Crashing is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost. e. Both a. and d. are false statements.
b. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a project can be started.
Which of the following is not true of a development team using Scrum methodology? a. The team is usually co-located and is dedicated totally to the project. b. They have the authority to change features and priorities at the end of each sprint. c. They are responsible for achieving the commitments they make at the sprint planning and review meetings. d. The team is typically made up of 5 to 9 people.
b. They have the authority to change features and priorities at the end of each sprint.
Which of the following concepts does Goldratt make extensive use of? a. BCWP b. Unused buffer days c. ACWP d. Work Breakdown Structure
b. Unused buffer days
Which of the following techniques could be used for both projects that have resource or budgetary constraints and projects that don't? a. Add resources b. Use Critical Chain Project Management c. Do it twice--fast and correctly. d. Hire a subcontractor. e. Use a core, dedicated project team
b. Use Critical Chain Project Management
Which of the following lifecycle models is a predictive one? a. Scrum b. Waterfall c. Agile d. Iterative e. Extreme
b. Waterfall
Suppose you had decided to use a SCRUM methodology to breakup the various components of the software system. Which of the following components which you conduct sprints on first? a. small details b. backbone structure c. minor functional components d. user interfaces e. major functional components
b. backbone structure
The advantage that a PERT representation of a project schedule over a CPM representation is that a PERT representation ________. a. is easier to calculate b. calculates probabilities of completing milestones by their completion dates c. gives automatic valuations of ES, EF, LS, LF and SLACK d. enables fast determination of total project duration and the critical path e. All of these alternatives are correct.
b. calculates probabilities of completing milestones by their completion dates
In many cases, ________ only begin to understand what they actually desire when they are provided with someone's impression of what they want. a. team leaders b. customers c. sponsors d. project managers
b. customers
Mapping ________ helps identify those on whom the project depends for success. a. activities b. dependencies c. goals d. values e. currencies
b. dependencies
For any activity that has one or more predecessors, the ________ time is always the largest early finish of any of its predecessors. If the early finish times of an activity's predecessors were 55, 40 and 35, then this time would be the largest of these three early finish times or 55. a. late start b. early start c. early finish d. late finish
b. early start
In my taped lecture, I mentioned about Mr. Tracy Thomason, who started and presided over an organization called 'Agile Lubbock,' used agile methodology in his software development work and in ________. a. managing his accounting projects b. fixing and flipping houses c. planning projects for clients d. planning a vacation
b. fixing and flipping houses
Using properly established and well-maintained professional relationships within a project, a project manager can be the ________ for information on the project. a. center point b. focal point c. central point d. focus e. centroid
b. focal point
In ProjectLibre, the tool that is used to establish sequencing among the activities is the ________. a. indent arrow on the task tab b. link tool on the task tab c. assign resources tool on the task tab d. insert tool under the task tab e. Both a. and c. are correct.
b. link tool on the task tab
By default ProjectLibre assumes unspecified task durations are ________. a. zero duration b. one day in duration, followed by a ? c. one unit in duration, followed by a ? d. simply a ? e. Both a. and d. are correct.
b. one day in duration, followed by a ?
When project managers have a can-do attitude and when they are able to maintain a positive attitude during a dismal day and keep others' attention positive as well, they are demonstrating ________. a. positivism b. optimism c. creativity d. learning e. leadership
b. optimism
According to PMBOK, the first process involved in project time management is ________. a. defining activities b. planning schedule management c. developing schedule d. sequencing activities e. estimating activity durations
b. planning schedule management
According to Larson and Gray chapter 8, project network times are not a schedule until ________. a. budgets have been time-phased b. resources have been assigned c. costs have been determined d. All of these alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and c. are correct.
b. resources have been assigned
Goldratt maintains that experienced, seasoned project professionals add ________ to their estimates. a. slack b. safety c. padding d. historical experience
b. safety
The best time to do crashing is ________. a. towards the end of the executing phase b. towards the end of the planning phase c. towards the end of the monitoring phase d. towards the end of the closing phase e. towards the end of the initiating phase
b. towards the end of the planning phase
Suppose you had decided to use a SCRUM methodology to breakup the various components of the software system. Which of the following components which you conduct sprints on second? a. small details b. user interfaces c. minor functional components d. backbone structure e. major functional components
b. user interfaces
Given that an activity's normal time and cost are 8 days and $500, respectively, and its crash time and cost are 6 days and $800, respectively, what is the activity's slope? a. $100 per unit of time b. $40 per unit of time c. $150 per unit of time d. $50 per unit of time
c. $150 per unit of time
How much crashing budget will you spend to reduce the project duration from 57 days to 53 days? a. $1,200 b. $1,600 c. $800 d. $400
c. $800
How many function points does it take to equal a person-month in terms of effort? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 e. 7
c. 5
What percent of IT projects should be completed with an adaptive, agile type of methodology? a. 40% b. 80% c. 70% d. 50% e. 60%
c. 70%
Which of the following are discrete tasks which require resources and time, within the context of projects? a. Processes b. Schedules c. Activities d. Value chains e. Milestones
c. Activities
Which of the following rules is part of the crashing heuristic? a. Crash only non-critical activities b. Pick the un-crashed activity with the largest crash cost per day as the next activity to crash c. Always crash the activity to its minimum duration if there is sufficient budget to do so and if that does not cause the associated path to no longer be critical d. All of these alternatives are legitimate crashing rules. e. Only a. and b. are legitimate crashing rules.
c. Always crash the activity to its minimum duration if there is sufficient budget to do so and if that does not cause the associated path to no longer be critical
Which of the following processes in project time management involves identifying the specific tasks that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables? a. Controlling schedule b. Sequencing activities c. Defining activities d. Developing the schedule e. Estimating activity durations
c. Defining activities
Which of the following statements is false? a. A three-point estimate in PERT includes an optimistic, a most likely, and a pessimistic estimate. b. A resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure that identifies the project's resources by category and type. c. Duration and effort are synonymous terms. d. A Gantt chart is a common tool for displaying project schedule information on a timeline. e. Both c. and d. are false statements.
c. Duration and effort are synonymous terms
In ProjectLibre, by default any link between tasks (activities) is assumed to be ________. a. Finish-to-Finish b. Start-to-Start c. Finish-to-Start d. Start-to-Finish e. There is no default setting in ProjectLibre.
c. Finish-to-Start
In ProjectLibre, task information is entered in which view? a. Task sheet b. Tracking Gantt chart c. Gantt chart d. Resource sheet e. Network chart
c. Gantt chart
Which of the following is not one of the five commonly traded organizational currencies? a. Inspiration-related currencies b. Position-related currencies c. Innovation-related currencies d. Task-related currencies e. Relationship-related currencies
c. Innovation-related currencies
Which of the following is responsible for rapid deployment of the software after each iteration? a. Release burndown chart b. Product owner c. Jenkins d. DevOps e. Project leader
c. Jenkins
As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping to develop the project schedule. You decide that writing code for a system should not start until users sign off on the analysis work. Further, you decide that testing of a module (an object, class) will not commence until the entire module has been coded and compiled. What type of dependency is this? a. Internal b. There is no dependency. c. Mandatory d. Discretionary e. External
c. Mandatory
Student syndrome is what in the parlance of Goldratt?
c. Procrastination
Which of the following lifecycle models would you use if the requirements are unknown and/or unstable? a. Extreme b. Waterfall c. Scrum d. Spiral e. Iterative
c. Scrum
Which of the following is multitasking most similar to? a. Parkinson's Law b. Procrastination c. Splitting tasks d. Student syndrome
c. Splitting tasks
________-related currencies come directly from the project manager's ability to contribute to others' accomplishing their work. a. Position b. Relationship c. Task d. Inspiration e. Personal
c. Task
Which of the following is a way to improve quality on the front-end of the development lifecycle? a. User acceptance testing b. Unit testing c. Walkthroughs d. Integration testing e. Regression testing
c. Walkthroughs
Estimation that is performed immediately before execution and often uses a bottom-up technique referred to as ________. a. budgetary estimation b. ubiquitous estimation c. definitive estimation d. low-level developer estimation e. analogous estimation
c. definitive estimation
Using Scrum methodology, a(n) ________ team is typically made up of five to nine people with cross-functional skill sets. a. iteration b. management c. development d. sprint
c. development
Scrum, agile methodologies belong to which of the following methodology types? a. traditional waterfall with high ceremony b. iterative development with high ceremony c. iterative development with low ceremony d. iterative development with high discipline e. traditional waterfall with low ceremony
c. iterative development with low ceremony
With the crashing budget of $2,200, you can reduce your project duration by ________ days. a. 14 b. 10 c. 8 d. 12
d. 12
Using a Gantt chart, determine the earliest completion time for the project. a. 13 weeks b. 10 weeks c. 11 weeks d. 12 weeks
d. 12 weeks
Draw the network above to determine the following. What is the duration of the critical path? What is the late start time for activity E (how late can activity E start?)? a. 28 | 12 b. 29 | 12 c. 29 | 14 d. 29 | 15 e. 28 | 14
d. 29 | 15
The standard deviation of a task whose optimistic time is 31 and whose most likely time is 55 and whose pessimistic time is 82 is ________. a. 13.33 b. 15.33 c. 14.56 d. 8.50 e. None of these alternatives is correct.
d. 8.50
To reduce the project duration from 62 time units to 57 time units, you will first crash activity ____ for ____ day(s). a. E | 5 b. G | 5 c. B | 5 d. A | 5
d. A | 5
After you used all of your budget for crashing, the critical path(s) for this network is(are) ________. a. A-C-E-F-G and A-C-D-G b. A-C-E-F-G c. A-B-E-F-G and A-C-E-F-G d. A-B-E-F-G
d. A-B-E-F-G
Before crashing, the critical path for this network is ________. a. A-B-D-G b. A-C-E-G c. A-C-E-F-G d. A-B-E-F-G
d. A-B-E-F-G
By default ProjectLibre makes which of the following assumptions about time? a. 8-hour days b. No work on Saturdays c. No work on Sundays d. All of the alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and c. are correct.
d. All of the alternatives are correct.
Each person doing work on the critical path should ________. a. clear their desks and get ready once they hear their task is coming b. once their task arrives, they should do nothing but their task until they get it done, 150% focus c. let their successor(s) know their task is coming two days in advance d. All of these alternatives are correct.
d. All of these alternatives are correct.
Who might add safety to a task duration? a. Person doing the task b. Team Leader of the person doing the task c. Project Manager Leader of the person doing the task d. All of these alternatives are correct.
d. All of these alternatives are correct.
Which of the following features are not supported by ProjectLibre? a. Progress Line b. Resource Leveling c. Tracking Gantt Chart d. All of these features are not supported by ProjectLibre. e. Earned Value Analysis
d. All of these features are not supported by ProjectLibre.
Which of the following features are supported by ProjectLibre? a. Cost Rollup based on a WBS b. Assignment of Resources to tasks c. Adding a Task and Linking it in on the Gantt Chart d. All of these features are supported by ProjectLibre. e. Work Breakdown Structure Diagram
d. All of these features are supported by ProjectLibre.
What kind of cash reserves are needed to accommodate holidays, sick days, snow days, company meetings, training days? a. Management reserves b. Budgetary reserves c. Unproductive days reserves d. Contingency reserves e. None of these alternatives is correct.
d. Contingency reserves
In project time management, which of the following processes involves calculating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual tasks? a. Planning schedule management b. Sequencing activities c. Controlling schedule d. Estimating activity durations e. Defining activities
d. Estimating activity durations
________-related currencies derive from people's burning desire to make a difference and add meaning to their lives. a. Relationship b. Personal c. Task d. Inspiration e. Position
d. Inspiration
The purpose of crashing is to ________. a. Reduce task cost b. Reduce project cost c. Improve product quality d. Reduce project duration, given a crashing budget e. None of the alternatives is correct.
d. Reduce project duration, given a crashing budget
Which of the following methodologies is not an agile methodology? a. RUP (Rational Unified Process) b. Extreme Programming c. Scrum d. Spiral
d. Spiral
Which of the following statements is false? a. Probability distributions for PERT activity durations are represented by use of the Beta distribution. b. A forward pass through a project network diagram determines the early start and early finish dates for each activity. c. To complete a project it is necessary to complete all tasks on all paths through the project network. d. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a project can be started. e. Both c. and d. are false statements.
d. The critical path is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which a project can be started.
A recent survey of 3,900 respondents indicate their firms use agile approaches but only 53% said such agile projects were successful. Which of the following is not a reason for why such agile projects were unsuccessful (were failures)? a. Company culture at odds with core agile values b. Lack of management support c. External pressure to follow the traditional waterfall process d. The projects involved requirements that were unstable or unknown
d. The projects involved requirements that were unstable or unknown
Using traditional approaches to project management, once the project scope has been firmly established, every detail of the project is defined through the ________. a. deliverables b. estimates c. risks d. WBS
d. WBS
Iterative development processes provide which important advantages ________. a. continuous integration, verification, and validation of the evolving product b. frequent demonstration of progress to increase the likelihood that the end product will satisfy customer needs c. Early detection of defects and problems d. a., b. and c. are correct. e. None of these alternatives is correct.
d. a., b. and c. are correct
Once you have established who the key players are that will determine success, then you initiate contact and begin to build a relationship with those players. Less effective managers ________. a. talk with key stakeholders in attempt to keep abreast of developments and anticipate potential problems b. initiate contact to provide encouragement and to reinforce the objectives and vision of the project c. are able to stay in touch with what is really going on through face-to-face interactions d. announce an open door policy and encourage others to see them when a problem or issue comes up e. spend the majority of their time outside their office
d. announce an open door policy and encourage others to see them when a problem or issue comes up
When marketing informs the software development team that the product was promised to the customer on March 1st, that is a ________. a. target b. forecast c. due date d. commitment e. None of these alternatives is correct.
d. commitment
All of the following are part of the Agile Project Management model except ________. a. embrace change b. flexibility c. self organized project teams d. design up front e. high uncertainty
d. design up front
Daily Scrum meetings are usually ________ and typically last only ________ minutes. a. casual meetings | 30 b. creative meetings | 50 c. casual and creative | 40 d. standup meetings | 15 e. action-oriented | 30
d. standup meetings | 15
Research consistently points out that project success is strongly affected by the degree to which a project has the support of ________. a. vendors/suppliers b. government agencies c. IT manager d. top management e. functional managers
d. top management
The total effort for a project is calculated to be 24 person-months. Three capable persons are assigned to the project. There is no mandatory or other sequencing required in the project. What is its total duration likely to be? a. 6 months b. 12 months c. 24 months d. 3 months e. 8 months
e. 8 months
In the Scrum Development Process a specific step/phase is ________. a. analysis b. design c. build d. test e. All of these alternatives are correct.
e. All of these alternatives are correct.
The purpose of placing a PROJECT summary task at the very beginning of the list of tasks in the entry table is to ________. a. see total project duration and total project cost on the top line of the entry table b. enable a collection of tasks to be predecessors to the PROJECT summary task c. make visible the milestones of the project d. create mini projects within the context of the larger PROJECT e. All of these alternatives are correct.
e. All of these alternatives are correct.
A milestone in ProjectLibre is a task with ________. a. a finite duration b. a zero duration c. minimal duration/minimal cost d. a diamond icon e. Both b. and d. are correct.
e. Both b. and d. are correct.
Which of the following is not part of the Agile Alliance manifesto that declared four core values? a. Working software over comprehensive documentation. b. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. c. Responding to change over following a plan. d. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. e. Creating an end user survey.
e. Creating an end user survey.
Which PMBOK activity is responsible for determining activity resource requirements, and for determining a resource breakdown structure? .a. Define activities b. Estimate activity durations c. Plan schedule management d. Develop schedule e. Estimate activity resources
e. Estimate activity resources
ProjectLibre can do its scheduling from ________. a. the project start date b. the project stop date c. the project initiate date d. All of the alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and b. are correct.
e. Only a. and b. are correct.
To crash the critical path beyond the point where it is no longer critical is ________. a. to allow another path to become critical b. to waste money c. permissible by the rules d. All of these alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and b. are correct.
e. Only a. and b. are correct.
In order to see total project duration and total project cost as well as meta-task durations and costs, it is recommended that you ________. a. include a project summary task as your first task under which all other tasks are subordinate b. replace the Entry table with the Resources view c. insert a cost column in the Entry table d. All of these alternatives are correct. e. Only a. and c. are correct.
e. Only a. and c. are correct.
Why is it necessary to enumerate every path when crashing a project? a. So as to determine the length of every path and to determine the critical path b. So as to determine which tasks are not critical c. So as to determine the effects on every path length from crashing a specific task d. So as to determine if the critical path has been crashed beyond the point where it is no longer critical e. Only c. and d. are correct.
e. Only c. and d. are correct.
________ is a probabilistic scheduling technique while ________ is deterministic, with ________ being most widely used in commercial software. a. CPM | CPM | PERT b. CPM | PERT | CPM c. PERT | CPM | PERT d. CPM | PERT | PERT e. PERT | CPM | CPM
e. PERT | CPM | CPM
The district magistrate of Arkham City has decided to rebuild the busiest road in the city. She plans to close the street for the duration of the work, causing immense inconvenience to the people who typically use the road. The project has 3 parallel paths defined as the following: Path A-B-C-H will take 14 days. Path A-F-G-H will take 28 days. Path A-D-E-H will take 20 days. Given the information on hand, which of the following statements is true? a. Path A-F-G-H has the largest slack time. b. Path A-B-C-H is the critical path. c. Path A-D-E-H is the critical path. d. Path A-D-E-H has the largest slack time. e. Path A-F-G-H is the critical path.
e. Path A-F-G-H is the critical path.
Suppose you wanted to start task BB five days after task AA started. How would you do this in ProjectLibre? a. Place task AA in a finish/start relationship with its predecessor BB with a lag of five days. b. This is impossible in ProjectLibre. c. Place task BB in a finish/start relationship with its predecessor AA with a lag of five days. d. Place task AA in a finish/finish relationship with its predecessor BB with a lag of five days. e. Place task BB in a start/start relationship with its predecessor AA with a lag of five days.
e. Place task BB in a start/start relationship with its predecessor AA with a lag of five days.
Which of the following processes involves determining the policies, procedures, and documentation that will be used for planning, executing, and controlling the project schedule? a. Defining activities b. Quality controlling c. Activity sequencing d. Estimating activity resources e. Planning schedule management
e. Planning schedule management
In ProjectLibre, pick the statement that is false: a. Like MS Project, ProjectLibre will calculate how much variable cost is associated with a task by taking the hourly rate of the resources times the number of hours required to complete a task. b. ProjectLibre is able to delineate a WBS and show a cost rollup on that structure. c. ProjectLibre will not create WBS codes for you. You have to manually enter those yourself. d. Your first 'task' in ProjectLibre should be a PROJECT summary task under which all other tasks are subordinate. e. ProjectLibre will add fixed costs for any task into the total project cost.
e. ProjectLibre will add fixed costs for any task into the total project cost.
If your team's task was to develop an AI pattern recognition engine based on King Sung Fu's formulas/algorithms developed 40 years ago, which model would you likely use? a. Iterative b. Scrum c. Agile d. Extreme e. Waterfall
e. Waterfall
