CIS Review Questions

In which systems development life cycle do model developers use a model to generate functional requirements and physical design specifications simultaneously?

Prototyping life cycle

What is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management?

Planning

A _____ is a tool used in quality management.

Checklist

Which tool is most likely to be used in project schedule management?

Gantt charts

Which of the following is true of the project life cycle?

In the early phases of a project life cycle, resource needs are usually lowest.

What statement is true regarding a return on investment or ROI?

It is always a percentage.

Which process involves identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them?

Use case modeling

Which systems development life cycle model assumes that requirements will remain stable after they are defined?

Waterfall life cycle

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?

mind mapping

Reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track, is a common part of which process?

monitoring and controlling

What document used to coordinate all project planning documents and help guide a project's execution and control?

project management plan

What tool provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance

work breakdown structure

Which is recommended for the creation of a good WBS?

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

Which approach for constructing a WBS uses a similar project's WBS as a starting point?

Analogy

What actions result in improvements in project performance?

Corrective

In which of the following areas of management is payback analysis most likely to be used?

Cost

Which activity is a part of the Scrum planning process?

Creating sprint backlog

Which term describes a product produced as part of a project?

Deliverable

Which are outputs of the executing process of project integration management

Deliverables

_____ refers to a set of shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that characterize the functioning of an organization.

Organizational culture

Which characteristic of organizational culture describes the degree to which management's decisions take into account the effect of outcomes on people within the organization?

People focus

The project cost management knowledge area maps to which process group through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination?

Planning

Which perspective on organizations assumes that organizations are coalitions composed of varied individuals and interest groups?

Political frame

In what type of organizational structure do project managers have the most authority?

Project

Which output documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed?

requirements management plan

Which document should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project?

scope statement

Which approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail?

top-down

Which process involves working with stakeholders to create the document that formally authorizes a project?

Developing the project management plan

Which section of the project management plan provides the planned cost of deliverables?

Budget

Joe is a project manager in an IT company and has over the years, gained substantial knowledge in his area of work. However, while managing his team, he often loses his temper. In addition, he fails to be an active listener when his team members approach him with work related challenges. In which of the following areas does Joe need to develop his skills in?

Human relations skills

Which objective is true of projects?

They have a unique purpose.

Which attribute is true of low-end tools of project management software?

They provide basic project management features.

Which of the following is true of program managers?

They provide leadership and direction for project managers heading the projects within a program.

The outputs of which process include change request status updates, project management plan updates, and project document updates?

monitoring and controlling

Which document contains a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project?

work breakdown structure

Which observation is true of the agile approach to software development?

In the agile method, requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration.

What type of analysis involves calculating the expected net monetary gain or loss from a project by discounting all expected future cash inflows and outflows to the present point in time?

Net present value

Which project management knowledge area is an overarching function that affects and is affected by the different knowledge areas?

Project integration management

What is developed in the Project Integration Management knowledge area

Project management plan

Which section of the project management plan includes external interfaces, internal structure, as well as roles and responsibilities?

Project organization

Which process includes defining project scope, benefits, and constraints?

Project planning

The role of a _____ is to provide direction and funding for a project.

Project sponsor

Which project would be compatible with the use of the agile approach?

Projects that have more flexible scheduling

Which process involves developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system?

Prototyping

Which framework is an iterative software development process that focuses on team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members

Rational Unified Process

Fast tracking is an example of a tool used in _____ management.

Schedule

Which section of the project plan lists the planned dates for completing key deliverables?

Schedule

In the Scrum method, during which meeting is the improvement of the product and process discussed?

Sprint retrospective

Which perspective of an organization focuses on different groups' roles and responsibilities in order to meet the goals and policies set by top management

Structural frame

Projects must operate in a broad organizational environment, and project managers need to consider projects within the greater organizational context. Which approach describes the holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the organization?

Systems thinking