MIS 4374 Exam 2

Which of the following is a network diagramming technique used primarily to predict total project duration? Gantt chart Resource breakdown structure Arrow diagramming method Critical path method

Critical path method

A good practice to avoid scope problems is to: make project large Involve user only as a last report Use the newest hardware and software Follow good project management processes

Follow good project management processes

Which project management tool reports the Project's progress?

Gantt Chart

Establishing the project scope and identifying risks are activities of __________ agile phase.

Inception

The term scope creep is best described as: Project team's inability to define the project's scope A fundamental change in project scope The project slowdown caused by changes in the project MOV Increasing featurism

Increasing featurism

The WBS should NOT _____?

Involve those who are not willing to do the work

In Which agile phase the Beta testing is performed?

Transiting

A deliverable is a product as part of a project, such as hardware or software or planning document True Flase

True

In Kanban Board, Work in Progress (WIP) Limits are the maximum number of cards that can be in one column.

True

The concept of actors is an integral part of: Data flow diagram Use case diagram Joint application development session Deliverable structure chart

Use case diagram

_______ and ______ are key outputs of project planning process group?

WBS and Gantt chart

Which of the following is the key outcome of project planning process group?

WBS and project schedule

Project scope management processes include __________ . Planning Collecting requirements Defining scope All of the above

All of the above

Defining and documenting the features and functions of the products is part of ___________

Collecting requirements

Which of the following is a product-oriented scope definition tool?

Context Dataflow Diagram

Which of the following is a product-oriented scope definition tool? Context level data flow diagram Deliverable structure chart Deliverable definition table Work breakdown structure

Context level data flow diagram

Subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller and more manageable components is part of __________.

Creating the WBS

Which of the following is true about Work Breakdown Structure?

Each descending level represents detailed description of project deliverables

Risks can only have negative effects on meeting project objectives. True False

False

A good practice to avoid scope problems is to:

Follow good project management processes

__________ framework focuses on identifying and eliminating wastage in the software development process.

Lean

Which of the following is NOT an agile framework?

Linear Programming

A(n) __________ on a project is a significant event that normally has no duration. Milestone Activity sequence Activity attribute Schedule baseline

Milestone

Which approach to developing the WBS combines all the other approaches?

Mind mapping approach

Which approach to developing the WBS combines all the other approaches? Analogy approach Top-down approach Bottom-up approach Mind mapping approach

Mind mapping approach

A network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities is known as a(n) __________ . PDM ADM CPM PERT

PDM

In __________ programming, one programmer writes the code & other programmer proofreads & determines what to do next.

Pair

Project scope management processes include __________

Planning Defining scope Collecting requirements All of the above

Which of the following is not a Scope Management Process? Scope Planning Scope Definition Scope Execution Scope Change Control

Scope Execution

In which diagramming method, activities are represented by boxes and arrows shows relationship between activities.

Precedence Diagramming Method(PDM)

__________ network diagramming technique is used to predict project duration when there is high degree of uncertainty about the individual activity duration.

Program Evaluation and Review Technique(PERT)

A product-oriented scope has deliverables that support the _______ . Project management Application development Product development Scope verification

Project management

Business case, project charter and project plan are the examples of __________.

Project-Oriented Scope

__________ helps in deciding how the scope will be defined, verified, and controlled. Scope planning Scope definition Scope verification Scope control

Scope planning

What is a milestone?

Significant event or achievement that provides evidence that a deliverable has been completed.

What is milestone? Milestones are logical units of work. Milestones are approved project plans. Milestones are readily changed control process. Significant event or achievement that shows deliverable has been completed.

Significant event or achievement that shows deliverable has been completed.

What type of cost is money that has been spent in the past?

Sunk cost

Which of the following is true about tangible costs?

They can be easily measured.

Which of the following is true about tangible costs? They cannot be calculated in monetary terms. They are difficult to quantify. Their examples include goodwill and prestige. They can be easily measured.

They can be easily measured.

Project scope management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling ________________________.

What is and is not included in the project

__________ are unplanned responses to risk events used when project teams do not have contingency plans in place. Workarounds Fallback plans Triggers None of the above

Workarounds

__________ are unplanning responses to risk events used when project teams do not have contingency plans in place.

Workarounds

Risks can have __________ effects on meeting project objectives.

both negative and positive

One of the main outputs of the __________ process is a cost baseline.

cost budgeting

Cost forecasts and controlling changes to the project budget are main outputs of the __________ process.

cost control

Cost forecasts and controlling changes to the project budget are main outputs of the __________ process. cost budgeting cost control cost estimating cost pricing

cost control

AOA network diagrams use only __________ dependencies. start-to-start finish-to-finish finish-to-start start-to-finish

finish-to-start

A __________ through the network diagram determines the early start and finish dates.

forward pass

__________ is a fact-finding technique that can be used for collecting information in face-to-face , phone, e-mail, or instant-messaging discussions.

interviewing

The critical is the __________ path through a network diagram, and it represents the __________ amount of slack or float. longest; longest shortest; longest longest; shortest shortest; shortest

longest; shortest

The critical path is the __________ path through a network diagram, and it represents the __________ amount slack or float.

longest; shortest

Risk utility rises at a decreasing rate for a __________ person.

risk-averse

Those who are __________ have a higher tolerance for risk and their satisfaction increases when more payoff is at stake.

risk-seeing

Those who are __________ have a higher tolerance for risk and their satisfaction increases when more payoff is at stake. risk-seeking risk-natural risk-averse all of the above

risk-seeking

Cost variance is:

the earned value minus the actual cost.

Cost variance is: the planned value plus actual costs. the earned value minus the actual cost. the rate of performance minus earned value. the planned value minus the rate of performance.

the earned value minus the actual cost.