395 Ch. 5

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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. analogy b. bottom-up c. top-down d. mind mapping

b

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. Creating scope b. Defining scope c. Controlling scope d. Validating scope

b

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

b

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

c

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

c

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

c

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

c

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

c

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. Creating scope b. Defining scope c. Controlling scope d. Validating scope

d

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

d

Which document contains 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

d

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

d

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

d

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

d

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. bottom-up c. top-down d. mind mapping

d

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

a

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. state transition table d. entity-attribute-value model

a

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

a

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

a

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. Defining scope c. Controlling scope d. Validating scope

a

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

a

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

b

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

b

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. variance b. benchmarking c. prototyping d. decomposition

b

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

b

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

b


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