Ch. 2: Questions Flashcards
The project life cycle is comprised of which of the following? A. Phases B. Milestones C. Estimates D. Activities
A
Marci Koening, the project manager for the ERP Project, is about to complete the project phase review. The
completion of a project phase is also known as which of the following?
A. Lessons learned
B. Kill point
C. Earned value management
D. Conditional advancement
B
Which of the following best describes a project deliverable?
A. The resources used by the project to complete the necessary work
B. The resources exported from the project as a result of the project work
C. The end result of a project planning session
D. A verifiable, measurable work product
D
The compilation of all the phases within a project equates to the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. Project life cycle B. Product life cycle C. Project completion D. Project processes
A
Which of the following describes the early stages of a project?
A. High costs and high demands for resources
B. A high demand for change
C. A high demand for project team time
D. Low costs and low demands for resources
D
At which point is the risk of failure the lowest, but the consequence of failure the highest?
A. During the early stages
B. During the middle stages
C. During the final stages
D. Risk of failure is even across all project phases
C
Project team members are most likely to work full-time on a project in which of the following organizational structures? A. Functional B. Weak matrix C. Strong matrix D. Projectized
D
Why would an organization divide a project into phases?
A. To provide better management and control of the project
B. To identify the work that will likely happen within a phase of the project
C. To identify the resources necessary to complete a phase of the project
D. To define the cashflow requirements within each phase of the project
A
All of the following are true statements about the project life cycle, except for which one?
A. The project life cycle defines the work to be done in each phase of the project
B. The project life cycle defines the deliverables that each phase will create
C. The project life cycle defines who is involved in each phase
D. The project life cycle defines how much each phase will cost
D
You are the project manager of a new project. When is the level of failing to achieve the objectives the
highest within your project?
A. There is not enough information provided to know for certain
B. At the start of the project
C. At the end of the project
D. During the intermediate phases of the project
B
Which one of the following is an example of a positive stakeholder?
A. The comptroller within your organization
B. A customer who is eager for your project’s deliverable
C. An environmental group that has claims against your project
D. A union
B
None of the following are key project stakeholders, except for which one? A. Union B. Influencer C. Technical interface D. Inspector
B
You are a project manager acting in a functional organization. The functional manager and you disagree
about several deliverables the project will be creating. The functional manager insists that you begin the
project work now. What must you do?
A. Begin work
B. Resolve all of the issues with the functional manager before you begin working
C. Continue planning, as you are the project manager
D. Begin work as long as the issues don’t affect the project deliverables
A
You are a project manager working under a PMO. Your project resources are shared among several
projects. To whom will the project team members report?
A. The project manager of each project
B. The functional managers
C. The PMO
D. The project manager of their primary project
C
At what point in the project may stakeholders most cost-effectively recommend changes to the project deliverable? A. Before the project charter is created B. At the start of the project C. During the intermediate phases D. During the final phase of the project
B
