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c

There are ____ main processes involved in project time management. a.two b.four c.six d.ten

b

An up-to-date ____ is an important document for developing and confirming a common understanding of the project scope. a.scope management plan b.project scope statement c.WBS d.decomposition

a

Of the following constraints, it is most difficult to describe, agree upon, and meet the ____ goal of many projects. a.scope b.time c.cost d.technical

d

After discovering WBS items and structure using the ____ technique, you could then translate the information into chart or tabular form. a.analogy b.bottom-up c.top-down d.mind mapping

c

____ dependencies involve relationships between project and non-project activities. a.Mandatory b.Discretionary c.External d.Internal

c

____ involves controlling and managing changes to the project schedule. a.Estimating activity durations b.Developing the schedule c.Controlling the schedule d.Estimating activity resources

c

The ____ approach is best suited to project managers who have vast technical insight and a big-picture perspective. a.analogy b.bottom-up c.top-down d.mind mapping

a

The ____ is a network diagramming technique in which boxes represent activities. a.PDM b.AOA c.ADM d.POA

d

____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node. a.Combinations b.Conflicts c.Merges d.Bursts

a

____ provide information on how project execution is going. a. Performance reports b. Change requests c. Deliverables d. Contracts

b

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

b

Project managers often use the ____ approach for projects that represent entirely new systems or approaches to doing a job, or to help create buy-in and synergy with a project team. a.analogy b.bottom-up c.top-down d.mind mapping

c

The ____ approach involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail. a.analogy b.bottom-up c.top-down d.mind mapping

c

The term ____ describes a product produced as part of a project. a.end-product b.scope c.deliverable d.outcome

c

There are ____ main processes involved in project scope management. a.three b.four c.five d.six

d

A(n) ____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project. a.project charter b.business case c.project scope statement d.work breakdown structure

b

A(n) ____ is a formal group of people responsible for approving or rejecting changes to a project. a. CCA b. CCB c. CCC d. CCD

d

A(n) ____ is a formal, documented process that describes when and how official project documents may be changed. a. integrated change control b. change request c. performance report d. change control system

c

Good ____ is very important to project success because it helps improve the accuracy of time, cost, and resource estimates, it defines a baseline for performance measurement and project control, and it aides in communicating clear work responsibilities. a.scope planning b.scope management c.scope definition d.scope verification

b

In a ____ relationship, the "from" activity must finish before the "to" activity can start. a.start-to-start b.finish-to-start c.finish-to-finish d.start-to-finish

c

In the WBS, the main groupings for the work are listed in Level ____. a.0 b.1 c.2 d.3

b

In the WBS, the name of the entire project is the top box, called Level ____. a.0 b.1 c.2 d.3

d

In the ____, you use a similar project's WBS as a starting point. a.top-down approach b.bottom-up approach c.mind-mapping approach d.analogy approach

d

Many people confuse tasks on a WBS with ____. a.goals b.objectives c.responsibilities d.specifications

c

On a network diagram, all arrowheads should face toward the ____. a.top b.left c.right d.bottom

c

Outputs from ____ include performance measurements, organizational process assets updates, change requests, project management plan updates, and project document updates. a.estimating activity durations b.developing schedules c.controlling the schedule d.estimating activity resources

d

The ____ provide(s) schedule-related information about each activity, such as predecessors, successors, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints, imposed dates, and assumptions related to the activity. a.activity list b.milestones c.activity descriptions d.activity attributes

d

The ____ tasks vary the most from project to project. a.closing b.monitoring and controlling c.planning d.executing

a

The goal of ____ is to ensure that the project team has complete understanding of all the work they must do as part of the project scope so they can start scheduling the work. a.defining activities b.sequencing activities c.estimating activity resources d.estimating activity durations

b

The goal of ____ is to influence the factors that cause scope changes, assure changes are processed according to procedures developed as part of integrated change control, and manage changes when they occur. a.scope verification b.scope control c.scope planning d.scope definition

d

The main outputs of ____ are accepted deliverables and change requests. a.planning scope b.controlling scope c.defining scope d.verifying scope

a

The main outputs of the ____ process are an activity list, activity attributes, milestone list, and requested changes. a.defining activities b.sequencing activities c.resource estimating activities d.duration estimating activities

b

Which of the following is an important input to the integrated change control process? a. Deliverables b. Work performance information c. Approved and rejected change requests d. Approved and validated defect repair

a

____ dependencies are inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project. a.Mandatory b.Discretionary c.External d.Internal

b

____ dependencies are sometimes referred to as soft logic and should be used with care since they may limit later scheduling options. a.Mandatory b.Discretionary c.External d.Internal

c

____ ensures that the descriptions of the project's products are correct and complete. a. CCB b. Correction management c. Configuration management d. Product description management

b

____ involves analyzing activity sequences, activity resource estimates, and activity duration estimates to create the project schedule. a.Estimating activity durations b.Developing the schedule c.Controlling the schedule d.Estimating activity resources

c

____ involves controlling changes to project scope throughout the life of the project, which is a challenge on many information technology projects. a.Planning scope b.Defining scope c.Controlling scope d.Verifying scope

a

____ 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.Defining scope c.Controlling scope d.Verifying scope

d

____ involves estimating the number of work periods that are needed to complete individual activities. a.Defining activities b.Sequencing activities c.Estimating activity resources d.Estimating activity durations

b

____ involves evaluating the reasons for dependencies and the different types of dependencies. a.Defining activities b.Sequencing activities c.Estimating activity resources d.Estimating activity duration

a

____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders. a.Scope verification b.Scope planning c.Scope control d.Scope definition

d

____ involves formalizing 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 during this process. a.Planning scope b.Defining scope c.Controlling scope d.Verifying scope

b

____ involves identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities. a.Defining activities b.Sequencing activities c.Estimating activity resources d.Estimating activity durations

a

____ involves identifying the specific activities that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables. a.Defining activities b.Sequencing activities c.Estimating activity resources d.Estimating activity durations

b

____ 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.Planning scope b.Defining scope c.Controlling scope d.Verifying scope

d

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

a

____ results in supporting detail to document important product information as well as assumptions and constraints related to specific activities. a.Defining activities b.Sequencing activities c.Estimating activity resources d.Estimating activity duration

a

____ tools track the execution of business process flows and expose how the state of supporting IT systems and resources is impacting end-to-end business process performance in real time. a. BSM b. CCB c. CCA d. BSC

b

____ 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.Prototyping b.JAD c.RAD d.Use case modeling