OM435HW3

26) In a RACI chart, the single individual who will have to provide an explanation if something goes wrong is indicated with a(n) ___: a) R - Responsible b) A - Accountable c) C - Consult d) I - Inform

B

18) A Gantt chart represents project schedule information in an easy-to-read, graphical format. Which of these is NOT a component of this type of Gantt chart? a) activities b) budget data c) start and end dates d) durations

B

27) The "process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, reporting relationships, and creating a staffing management plan" is called: a) Identify Stakeholders b) Create Stakeholder Management Strategy c) Plan Resource Management d) Acquire Project Team

C

1) The process where project deliverables and project work are subdivided into smaller and smaller pieces is called ______: a) collect requirements b) define scope c) plan scope management d) create WBS

D

5) Which of the following is NOT a common method for organizing a WBS? a) free format b) indented outline c) hierarchical d) web

D

21) Crashing the following activity chains would save time and cost extra money as follows: AGJQ—2 days $300 CDIL—3 days $400 Which sequence of activities would you, as a project manager, choose to crash? a) AGJQ b) CDIL c) neither AGJQ nor CDIL d) depends on which, if either, is on the critical path

D/

15) A critical path activity has ________ float during the planning process. a) the most b) zero c) negative d) positive

A/

24) Recognition and rewards _____________. a) should be used on rare occasions, for exceptional performance b) are the responsibility of the functional manager c) should be included in the project's Staffing Management Plan d) are perquisites reserved for the project manager and project sponsor

A

8) Which of these is NOT a component of a Project Scope Statement? a) summary budget b) project deliverables c) acceptance criteria d) project exclusions or boundaries

A

20) How do you calculate Late Start, using the two-pass method? a) Late Finish-Duration b) Duration-Early Start c) Early Finish-Early Start d) Late Finish-Early Finish

A/B/C/D

17) What is an advantage of using Monte Carlo analysis when estimating the duration for an activity? a) It uses historical data from a similar activity or project to calculate the duration. b) It uses brainstorming techniques to reach a team consensus for the duration. c) It can provide a great deal of information about how activity times may vary. d) It is less costly and time consuming than other estimating techniques

A/C

12) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an activity? a) It is a distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during a project b) It has clear starting and ending points c) It is defined using a verb / noun format d) It is one of the deliverables at the lowest level of the WBS

D

16) The Bluestar Creative Agency is developing a new marketing campaign for a client. They have determined that the client's marketing plan must be completed before the graphic design can begin. This situation describes what type of dependency? a) start-to-start (SS) b) start-to-finish (SF) c) finish-to-start (FS) d) finish-to-finish (FF)

D

23) The process "Estimate Activity Resources" involves identification of the ___ and ___ of resources required for each activity within a work package. a) types; quantities b) costs; quantities c) names; locations d) types; costs

D

25) A "schedule compression technique in which activities or phases normally done in sequence are performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration" is referred to as ______. a) critical path b) critical chain c) crashing d) fast tracking

D

9) The key output of the scope planning process is an approved version of the scope baseline. After this baseline is established, it can be referenced during project execution in order to: a) staff the project properly with the right skill sets. b) link requirements back to their origins. c) communicate with stakeholders effectively. d) identify changes in scope that will go through formal change control procedures.

D

10) The process of breaking the WBS into smaller and smaller deliverables is called: a) decomposition b) functional design c) detailed specifications d) value engineering

A

11) The Midlands Company is eager to develop a project schedule. They have already completed the scope statement, work breakdown structure and schedule management plan. What is the next thing they should do in order to start creating a project schedule? a) define activities b) nothing; they are ready to proceed c) sequence activities d) estimate activity durations

A

13) Another term for "activity on node," the most commonly used technique for constructing a schedule model is: a) precedence diagramming method (PDM) b) arrow diagramming method (ADM) c) activity on arrow (AOA) d) activity attribute method (AAM)

A

14) You are planning the schedule and come to an activity you are unfamiliar with. Your SMEs give you the following time estimates: most likely = 5 hours; optimistic = 2 hours; pessimistic = 14 hours. Using PERT, which activity duration do you use in your plan? a) 6 hours b) 2 hours c) 5 hours d) 10 hours

A

2) The project scope baseline consists of the approved versions of three of the four documents listed below. Which of these documents is NOT included in the project scope baseline? a) project scope statement b) project charter c) work breakdown structure (WBS) d) WBS dictionary

B

22) A ______ addresses when and how project team members will be acquired and how long they will be needed. a) resource histogram b) staffing management plan c) project organization chart d) responsibility matrix

B

28) After creating a Staffing Management Plan, the project manager and team might create a chart that provides a visual representation of project resource needs by type of resource and time period (weeks, months etc.) This chart is called a(n) ____________. a) project Gantt chart b) resource histogram c) network diagram d) organization chart

B

29) An iterative planning technique where "the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while the work in the future is planned at a higher level", is referred to as _______: a) three-point estimating b) rolling wave planning c) parametric estimating d) analogous estimating

B

4) During WBS creation on a large, complex project, the product and project deliverables are broken down into progressively lower levels of detail. Once the WBS has been defined at the second or third level of detail, whose input is essential in order to break down the work further? a) sponsor b) subject matter experts c) internal stakeholders d) external stakeholders

B

3) Which of the following statements about a work package is true? a) It requires the work of the entire project team. b) It is the responsibility of the project manager. c) It is the lowest level of the WBS. d) It consists of a single activity.

C

30) When the demand for resources is greater than the available supply, the project manager can use a scheduling method that adjusts the start and finish dates of activities in order to address resource limits or constraints. This technique is called: ___________: a) fast tracking b) crashing c) resource leveling d) critical path method

C

6) A "component of the project management plan that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled and verified" is the _______. a) project statement of work b) requirements management plan c) scope management plan d) WBS Dictionary

C

7) A grid that links product requirements from their origins (e.g. business reason needed, stakeholder who requested them) to the deliverables that satisfy them is referred to as a _______. a) network diagram b) Gantt chart c) requirements traceability matrix d) stakeholder register

C

19) As a project manager, which of the following situations would concern you the most? a) a three-day delay on an activity with five days total float b) realizing that an activity on your critical path only took two days instead of the four you assigned it using the PERT method c) a one-day delay to an activity with 0 total float d) a two-day delay to a noncritical path activity with two predecessor activities

C/