Software Project Manager
# We can prevent defects by all of the followings
Carefully monitor project
# All of the following are phases of the traditional project lifecycle, Except?
Coding
# _________ ensures that the descriptions of the project's products are correct and complete.
Configuration management
# An example of a project is:
Constructing a building or facility
# When planning cost for the project, project manager included 10% of estimated effort in estimation of future
Contingency reserves
# to prevent defects, rather than to detect of reject them
Control chart
# Quadruple Constraints of Project Management means ____constraints.
Cost, time, quality, and scope
# Which is NOT a task that is taken in pre-initiation phase?
Develop project charter
# In which of the following phases, do we have to develop a Work Breakdown Structure at level +3 at least?
Development
# A new government law requires an organization to report data in a new way. Under which category would a new information system project to provide this data fall?
Directive
# is getting the right information to the right people at the right time and in a useful
Distribute information
# Cost Variance (CV)
Earned Value (EV) - Actual Cost (AC)
# Work performance measurements are output of
Estimating activities resources
# Direct and manage project executing belongs to the ...... PM Process Group.
Executing
# _______processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out the project plans and produce the products, services, or results of the project or phase
Executing
# Which is not a process group in project management (as mentioned in the PMBOK)?
Feedback
# ADM format of network diagram
Finish-to-Start
# Which of the following characteristics shows the degree to which work activities are organized around groups or team, rather than individuals?
Group emphasis
# Which of the following is not one project attribute?
Has one or more purposes
# Project manager's authority in the project organization structure is ___________.
High to almost total
# In which of the following phases, can we develop a definitive cost estimate?
Implementation
# Develop project charter work belongs to the_________ PM Process Group.
Initiating
# In which process group do we identify human and non-human resources required for a project?
Initiating
# Company A decided to build a website
Intangible benefit tangible cost
# According to Luc Richard, the founder of www.projectmangler.com, five points of using project milestones include the following, except
Keep project milestones to be medium/large and nearly frequent
# The dependencies of Task B on Task A is Finish-to-Start
Lead
# states that when many items are produced repetitively, the unit cost of those items
Leaning curve theory
# considers the total cost of ownership
Lifecycle costing
# Which of the following is a not a potential advantage of using good project management?
Lower cost of capital
# Which of the following items is not an objective of integrated change control?
Make sure that project get more money from customer
# ______ involves measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective actions
Monitoring and controlling
# Achievement, recognition, the work itself, responsibility, advancement, and growth, which produce job
Motivational factors
# What methodology was developed in the U.K., defines 45 separate subprocesses, and organizes these into eight process groups?
PRINCE2
# uses project characteristics in a mathematical model to estimate project costs
Parametric modeling
# a structured review of specific quality management
Perform quality audit
# Validated changes are output of
Perform quality control
# Approximately what percentage pf the world's gross domestic product is spent on project?
25%
# If estimates for total discounted benefits for a project are $320,000 and total discounted costs are $200,000, what is the estimated return on investment (ROI)?
60 percent
# A program is which one of the following?
A collection of projects with a common objective
# Which of the following describes how project requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed
A requirements management plan
# Which of the following is a task at the lowest level of the WBS
A work package
# The process needs to be examined for non-random
All the others
# In many organizations, project managers also support an emerging business strategy of project portfolio management. Portfolio management addresses question like_____.
Are we working on the right projects?
# Who control the project budget in balance matrix organization structure?
Both project manager and functional manager
# Which of the following outputs is often completed before initiating a project?
Business case
# AC = 50000
-10000 -5000
# Which of the following outputs is often completed before initiating a project?
business case
# Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where all of the following characteristics are high except _____.
control
# Budget forecast and work performance measurement are an output of
control costs
# A _____ is a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, or hardware, produced or provided as part of a project.
deliverable
# cost performance baseline is an output of
determine budget
# Which of the following processes is NOT a part of project integration management?
develop the project business case
# Which of the following processes is not part of project integration management?
develop the project business case
# The nature of information technology projects is different from projects in many other industries because they are very ____
diverse
# Which process group normally requires the most resources and time?
executing
# ______ processes include coordinating people and other resources to carry out the project plans and produce the products, services, or results of the project or phase
executing
# Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems management?
information
# Initiating involves developing a project charter, which is part of the project ______ management knowledge area.
integration
# Another name for a phase exit is a ____ point.
kill
# What type of report do project teams create to reflect on what went right and what went wrong with the project?
lessons-learned report
# In early phases of a traditional project life cycle, resource needs are usually ____ and the level of uncertainty is ____.
lowest, highest
# Personnel in a ____ organizational structure often report to two or more bosses.
matrix
# Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management?
meeting communication goals
# What term is used to describe when an organization acquires goods and/or sources from an outside source in another country?
offshoring
# A work breakdown structure, project schedule, and cost estimates are outputs of the _____ process.
planning
# Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be managed as part of a _____.
program
# All of the following are important tools and techniques for developing project schedule, except
progress reports
# A ____ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result.
project
# Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?
project involve little uncertainly
# A____________ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project's objectives and management.
project management plan
# What is the last step in the four-stage planning process for selecting information technology projects?
resource allocation
# Which of followings can be used to perform trend analysis to forecast future outcomes based on historical patterns ?
run chart
# Which of the following is a line chart that show data points plotted in the order in which they occur
run chart
# Which of the following is NOT a best practice for new product development projects?
select projects that will take less than two years to provide payback
# Project portfolio management address ____ goals of an organization, while project management addresses ____ goals.
strategic, tactical
# Which of the four frames of organizations addresses how meeting are run, employee dress codes, and expected work hours?
symbolic
# Which of the following is not a phase of the traditional project life cycle?
system analysis
# What the term used to describe a framework of the phases involved in developing information systems?
systems development life cycle
# Which of the following is not one of the top ten skills or competencies of an effective project manager?
technical skills
# Many people use ____ to have a standard format for preparing various project management documents.
templates
# All of the following are main techniques for shortening schedules
Use multi-tasking
# _____ focuses on producing harmony between the needs of the organization and the needs of the people.
The human resources frame
# During project plan execution:
The project manager uses corrective action to bring future performance in line with the project plan.
# In which of the following theory, McGregor assumes individuals consider work as natural as play or rest and enjoy the statisfaction of esteem
Theory Y
# Douglas McGregor introduced the following the human relations theories, except
Theory Z
# All of the following are basic IT project portfolio categories, except?
Transform: projects in this category can be done to open new business domain.
# Quality checklists and quality metrics are output of
Planning quality
# ______help their organizations make wise investment decisions by helping to select and analyze projects from a strategic perspective
Portfolio managers
# A _____ is temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Project
# What is the certification program called that the Project Management Institute provides?
Project Management Professional (PMP)
# Which of the following concerns on tactical goals?
Project management
# ____ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.
Project management
# What is the last step in four-stage planning processes for selecting information technology project?
Resource allocation
# Which of followings can be used to perform trend analysis to forecast future outcomes based on historical patterns
Run chart
# Which of the following can we use to show if there is a relationship
Scatter diagram