1) Which of the following principles of project management defines and controls the functions that are to be included in the system? A) Project Quality Management B) Project Time Management C) Project Cost Management D) Project Scope Management
2) A determination of economic feasibility of the project always requires a thorough ____ A) B) C) D)
Cost/benefit analysis system scope document proof of concept concept prototype work breakdown structure (WBS)
3) A ____ is a good tool for monitoring the progress progress of a project as it moves along. A) B) C) D)
Entity relationship Diagram Work Breakdown Structure Gantt Chart Context Diagram
4) ____ Requirements Requirements are are most often often documented documented in graphica graphicall and textual textual models. models. A) B) C) D)
Security Technical Non Functional Functional Functional
5) The term “____” refers to all the people who have a n interest in the successful implementation of a) b) c) d)
the system Users Middle Managers Clients Stake Holders
6) Questionnaires can be used to ask questions that ___ a) b) c) d)
Determine user opinions Define the system functions Determine the stakeholders Detail user procedures
7) Software interoperability is: a) The ability of a software system to work on different hardware platforms. b) The ability of a software system to work und er different operating systems. c) The ability of a software system to exchange information with other software systems and to use the exchanged information. d) The ability to replace a software system with another software system that has similar functionality 8) Formal Reviews Reviews seek seek to:
a) b) c) d)
Identify system faults, but not to attribute blame or seek solutions Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors, but not seek solutions Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors and seek solutions Identify system faults, seek solutions, but not to attribute blame
9) e) f) g) h)
Which of the following statements is NOT true: Requirements must be testable Requirements must be concerned with system functionality only Requirements must be complete Requirements must be unambiguously stated
10) The following diagram shows that: N O I T E L P M O C
o n a t i c i f i e c S p
Delivery
TIME
a) b) c) d)
Specification is completed before delivery Specification is not completed until delivery Specification is part of delivery. Specification is an ongoing activity.
11) Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects? a) Uncertainty b) An objective c) Uniqueness d) No defined end point 12) Successful project management does NOT include which of the following factors? a) Responsiveness to clients b) Interchangeable staff c) Competent team members d) Control mechanisms 13) Which is the first stage in the project management mod el? a) Project planning b) Project definition c) Project control d) Understanding the project environment 14) Which of the following is not a main element of the project management process?
a) b) c) d)
Systems Design Schedule Estimation Monitor
15) Which of the following is not a main project objective? a) Time b) Cost c) Structure d) Quality 16) Which of the following is a main PRINCE project aim? a) Meet specifies Quality b) Deliver on Schedule c) Meet Specified Quantity d) Stay within the budget e) All of the above 17) Which of the following are benefits of the network anal ysis approach? a) Derive error free forecasts. b) Avoid need to use structured approach. c) Allows progress to be monitored against plan. d) Allows progress to be monitored against plan. 18) A project can be considered to have failed if it: e) Overran significantly on estimated delivery date. f) Does not meet the users' requirements. g) Was significantly over budget. h) Does not meet the business requirements. 19) The mission of the _________ is to foster the growth of project management and build professionalism in the field. a) Project Management Institute (PMI) b) PMBOK c) Manhattan project d) ARPANET 20) Which of the following statements is false in regards to projects? a) Projects have limited budgets. b) Projects have life cycles c) On most projects, conflict does not exist d) Every project has some elements that are unique 21) Because the customer is not a member of the performing organization, the customer is not a stakeholder of the project (True / False) 22) In general, projects today are getting smaller and smaller (True / False)
23) Project management provides an organization with powerful tools that improve its ability to plan, implement, and control its activities (True / False) 24) A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a ________ product or service. a) unique b) Similar c) Duplicate d) Master 25) What are the 4 stages of team development? a) Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing b) Enthusiasm, Hope, Panic, Solution. c) Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating d) Direction, Motivation, Cooperation, Collaboration. 26) Which process is applied to break down the project into smaller, more manageable elements? a) Scope Planning b) Activity Duration Estimating. c) Scope Definition. d) Scope Verification. 27) Which of the following Tools and Techniques are part of Risk Management Planning? a) Risk planning meetings b) Documentation reviews c) Data precision rankings. d) Diagramming techniques. 28) All of the following statements concerning project stakeholders are true except a) Differences between or among stakeholders should be resolved in favor of the customer. b) Managing stakeholder expectations may be difficult because stakeholders often have very different objectives that may come into conflict. c) Project stakeholders may influence the course of the p roject and its results. d) Differences between or among stakeholders should be resolved in the most cost efficient manner consistent with project objectives 29) Which of the following statements is not true? a) Standards and regulations are mandatory. b) According to ISO, standards are not mandator y, but regulations are. c) Standards often begin as guidelines that are not m andatory. With later widespread adoption, they can become de facto regulations. d) Standards and regulations are socio-economic influences to a project. 30) Which type of leadership is best suited for optimizing team performance in projects? a) Democratic leadership. b) Participative leadership. c) Autocratic leadership.
d) Benevolent authoritative leadership 31) A project management team has subcontracted work to a service company. The process of ensuring that this service company's performance meets contractual requirements is called a) Contract Administration. b) Staff Acquisition. c) Contract Closeout. d) Contract Negotiation 32) What are workarounds in project management? a) Workarounds are essentially the same as rework. b) Workarounds are alternative strategies. c) Workarounds are unplanned responses to emerging risks that w ere previously unidentified or accepted. d) Workarounds are activities performed according to applicable contingency plans 33) During execution of a project which is performed for a customer on a T&M (Time and Material) contract base a new project manager is taking over the assignment. He discovers that two members assigned to the project have charged time without performing any work. Upon further investigation, he determines that this occurred because there were no other project assignments available for these people. The customer is unaware of these facts. What should the project manager do? a) Try to find some productive work for these staff members in the project and leave them on the team. b) The best thing is to do nothing. The customer will not realize the problem anyway. c) Try to find a responsible person for the over-assignment who can be made accountable. d) Take the two people off the team immediately and arrange for the refund of the excess charges to the customer. 34) Which of the following is not considered to be part of Project Resource Management? a) Working staff. b) Materials. c) Equipment. d) Time and money. 35) What are "Global Literacies"? a) The ability to read reports written in many different languages. b) The ability to succeed in a cross cultural environment. c) The ability to develop internationally accepted contracts. d) The ability to communicate using drawings and pictograms which are understood all over the world 36) During a project the scope of product purchased on a cost reimbursable contract has increased. In the contract the contractor„s indirect costs are calculated as 20 % of the direct costs. What is most likely to be true?
a) The contractor„s indirect costs will increase and the customer„s payment for them will increase, too. b) The contractor „s indirect costs will increase but the customer„s payment for them not. c) Neither the indirect costs nor the customer„s payment for indirect costs will increase. d) The contractor„s indirect costs will not increase but the customer„s payment for them will. 37) You are performing a project management audit in your company and find that most of the project plans are neither consistent nor up-to-date. Which of the following statements is not true? a) Projects should never be executed without a valid, updated and working project plan. b) The project plan is secondary because it is only the results that matter. c) A great deal of effort is required to develop and update a project plan, but the benefits include less pressure on all stakeholders and a resulting product that will satisfy the requirements. d) Poor planning is one of the major reasons for cost and time overruns. 38) You are assigned as the project manager in a project with an aggressive schedule. During a recent meeting your team complained about the high pressure applied and the many hours of overwork time. What is the preferred solution to handle the problem? a) Try to obtain additional budget and time. b) Improve team communication and availability of high quality data on risks. Use this information to enable you to make well-founded decisions earlier. c) The problem might be the customer disturbing project rhythm. Keep him on distance from the team. d) Apply fast tracking to shorten project duration without additional work. 39) _____performs day to day project management, develop project deliverables, prepare project management review and senior management review presentations, present project status, manage resolution of project issues a) CFO b) CIO c) Project managers d) Project Coordinators 40) A system of internal ________ gets initiated almost automatically resulting in highly efficient organization as a whole. a) Auditing b) Verification c) Validation d) Bench Marking 41) _________ is the process by which employees are encouraged to take decisions pertaining to their area of work. a) Automation b) Empowerment
c) Authorization d) Delegation 42) ________helps in resetting the goals when they cannot be achieved for various reasons shortage of resources, time etc a) Plan b) Guidelines c) Review d) Analysis 43) PR stands for _______ a) Project Review b) Procurement Review c) Performance Review d) Planning Review 44) During the course of executing the project, it is seen that the _______ requirement increases from start to an intermediate stage of the project a) Equipment b) Resource c) Design d) Manpower
