Review Questions

1. How is a project is defined?

   1. A group of interrelated activities performed over an unspecified period of time

   2. A repeatable process

   3. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service

   4. All of the above

2. What organization is recognized worldwide for setting project management standards?

   1. PMC

   2. PMI

   3. PMP

   4. CompTIA

3. What is the term for a group of related projects managed in a coordinated fashion?

   1. Life cycle

   2. Phase

   3. Process group

   4. Program

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the PMBOK Knowledge Areas?

   1. Quality

   2. Time

   3. Negotiation

   4. Cost

5. Which of the following is NOT a general management skill?

   1. Programming

   2. Communications

   3. Leadership

   4. Problem Solving

6. What are Initiation, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing?

   1. Life cycles

   2. Process groups

   3. Management skills

   4. All of the above

7. The sales director comes to you with a request for a new order entry system. What project process group are you in?

   1. Planning

   2. Executing

   3. Initiating

   4. Controlling

8. You have moved into the Planning phase before the initiating phase is formally approved. This is an example of

   1. Scope creep

   2. Poor management

   3. Fast tracking

   4. Problem solving

9. A project manager has the most authority under which organizational structure?

   1. Projectized

   2. Functional

   3. Weak matrix

   4. None of the above

10. You are assigned to install a software upgrade to the customer support servers. Why would this not be considered a project?

    1. You already know how to install a software upgrade.

    2. It does not create a unique product or service.

    3. It is not temporary.

    4. All of the above

11. Which items represent milestones? (Select all that apply.)

    1. Assembling of team members

    2. Key software module finished

    3. Servers procured and shipped

    4. Sponsors sign off on requirements

12. Frederico, the director of the marketing department, has approached you with an idea for a project. What is your next step in getting the project going?

    1. Business-case analysis

    2. Project concept document

    3. Project charter

    4. Stakeholder determination

13. You’ve been given an idea for a project by a customer. After some preliminary business-case analysis, you’ve developed a project concept document and submitted it to the customer for review. The customer has some minor changes she’d like to make to the way you’ve analyzed the project. Where do the changes need to be made?

    1. Project concept document revision

    2. First draft of the project charter

    3. Project charter scope change

    4. Not necessary to note changes

14. In terms of resource loss, who has the most at risk with any given project?

    1. Customer

    2. Stakeholders

    3. Project sponsor

    4. Project manager

15. Given no preset corporate criteria for a project charter, what are some of the minimum requirements you’d want to put into a charter? (Select all that apply.)

    1. Projected costs

    2. Milestones

    3. Business case

    4. Deadlines

    5. Project manager

16. When is a project concept document required? (Select all that apply.)

    1. Always

    2. Always if required by the company as a part of their project management standards

    3. For large projects

    4. For projects that will be reviewed by a central committee

    5. Never

17. A person who’s in charge of working through the design process in a computerized system is called:

    1. Project manager

    2. Systems analyst

    3. Business analyst

    4. Chief architect

18. Your boss approaches you to develop a project plan to install an upgrade to some existing server software. You tell your boss that this activity doesn’t really qualify as a project. When he asks why, what reasons do you give him? (Select all that apply.)

    1. This activity doesn’t create a unique product or service.

    2. This activity isn’t temporary.

    3. This activity can’t be broken out into phases.

    4. This activity doesn’t have any constraints associated with it.

19. Some of your project team members are driving you crazy! They’re not adhering to the project’s schedule, and they’re falling way behind. You need to jump-start them. What phase of the project are you in?

    1. Initiation

    2. Planning

    3. Executing

    4. Controlling

    5. Closing

20. Suppose that you’re a project manager working on a software development project. You are working hand-in-hand with a systems analyst. Which person is it who actually makes the decisions about the project—the requirements, scope, etc?

    1. Project manager

    2. Systems analyst

    3. Project manager with input from systems analyst

    4. Systems analyst with input from project manager