PM Quiz 6___MC only

Which process uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business analysts, programmers, and so on—to jointly define and design information systems? a. JAD b. Use case modeling c. RAD d. Prototyping

JAD

Which term describes a product produced as part of a project? a. work package b. variance c. deliverable d. scope

deliverable

Which technique is used for creating a WBS uses branches radiating from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas instead of writing down tasks in a list or immediately trying to create a structure for tasks? a. analogy b. mind mapping c. bottom-up d. top-down

mind mapping

Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with which process in project scope management? a. closing b. monitoring and controlling c. executing d. planning

planning

Which is recommended for the creation of a good WBS? a. The work content of a WBS item is independent of the WBS items below it. b. Any WBS item should be the responsibility of all the people working on it. c. A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS. d. Each WBS item should be created assuming that the requirements are inflexible.

A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.

Which action involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them? a. Collecting requirements b. Validating scope c. Defining scope d. Controlling scope

Collecting requirements

Which action involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope statement, adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved? a. Validating scope b. Defining scope c. Controlling scope d. Creating scope

Defining scope

Which process involves developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system? a. Use case modeling b. Prototyping c. Decomposition d. Variance

Prototyping

What process involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders? a. Scope baseline b. Scope control c. Scope validation d. Scope planning

Scope validation

Which process involves identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them? a. Use case modeling b. Prototyping c. RAD d. JAD

Use case modeling

Which action involves normalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders, such as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the deliverables? a. Validating scope b. Controlling scope c. Creating scope d. Defining scope

Validating scope

Which term refers to the difference between planned and actual performance? a. Variance b. Decomposition c. Scope creep d. Scope validation

Variance

What is the main technique used in creating a WBS, which involves subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces? a. decomposition b. conglomeration c. accumulation d. catalyzation

decomposition

Which process involves generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization? a. benchmarking b. decomposition c. variance d. prototyping

Which process involves generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization?

Which approach for constructing a WBS uses a similar project's WBS as a starting point? a. top-down b. analogy c. bottom-up d. mind-mapping

analogy

During which approach do team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible and then aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS? a. mind mapping b. bottom-up c. top-down d. analogy

bottom-up

Which output documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed? a. project scope statement b. WBS c. requirements management plan d. requirements traceability matrix

requirements management plan

What is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed referred to as? a. requirements traceability matrix b. Gantt chart c. entity-attribute-value model d. state transition table

requirements traceability matrix

Which document should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project? a. WBS b. project charter c. Gantt chart d. scope statement

scope statement

What is scope creep? a. subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces b. a task at the lowest level of the WBS c. the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS. d. the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger

the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger

Which approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail? a. bottom-up b. mind mapping c. analogy d. top-down

top-down

Which approach for constructing a WBS starts with the largest items of the project and breaks them into subordinate items? a. top-down b. bottom-up c. mind mapping d. analogy

top-down

Mind mapping can be used for developing WBSs using which approach? a. top-down or bottom-up approach b. any approach c. analogy approach only d. bottom-up or analogy approach

top-down or bottom-up approach

Which document contains a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project? a. business case b. project charter c. project scope statement d. work breakdown structure

work breakdown structure

Which statement best describes scope? a. tasks that are decomposed into smaller tasks in a work breakdown structure b. each level of work that is outlined in a work breakdown structure c. end product created as part of a project that is delivered to the client d. work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them

work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them

Which task is at the lowest level of the WBS? a. work package b. objective c. deliverable d. variance

work package