CHAPTER 8

Question 1

Anne, the project manager, accepted deadline for a project approach. However, the project manager realizes only 75% percent of the work has been completed. The project manager then issues a change request.
What should the change request authorize?
A. Additional resources using the contingency fund.
B. Escalation approval to use contingency funding.
C. Team overtime to meet schedule.
D. Corrective action based on causes.

Answer 1

D. Corrective action based on causes.

Question 2

The project manager develops a process improvement plan to encourage continuous process improvement during the life of the project. Which of the following is a valid tool or technique to assist the project manager to assure the success of the process improvement plan:
A. Change control system
B. Process analysis
C. Benchmarking
D. Project

Answer 2

B. Process analysis

Question 3

The project manager meets with the project team to review lessons learned from previous projects. In what activity is the team involved?
A. Performance management
B. Scope identification
C. Risk identification
D. Project team status meeting

Answer 3

C. Risk identification

Question 4

The following are resource metrics for project evaluation except:
A. Excess consumption of funds
B. Unplanned overtime and activities
C. Staff turnover.
D. Budgeted to standardized.

Answer 4

D. Budgeted to standardized.

Question 5

The following are resource metrics for project evaluation except:
A. Critical path slippage
B. Cumulative project slippage
C. Number of activities added.
D. All of the items are included.

Answer 5

D. All of the items are included.

Question 6

All of the following tools and techniques are part of processes in the Executing process group except:
A. Performinq activities In accordance with the project management plan.
B. Managing changes to the deliverables
C. Completing the work In accordance with the defined quality framework and specification,
D. Coordinating people and resources.

Answer 6

B. Managing changes to the deliverables

Question 7

Which of the following Is true concerning the work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A. The PMI WBS and PRINCE2 product breakdown structure (PBS) are effectively the same thing.
B. The WBS is the same as the organizational breakdown structure (OBS).
C. The WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team.
D. The WBS is the bill of materials (BOM) needed to accomplish the work of the project.

Answer 7

C. The WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team.

Question 8

The advent of project management has been most profound in
A. Automobile manufacturing
B. Construction
C. Information technology
D. Online selling

Answer 8

C. Information technology

Question 9

Which of the following activities is not considered a project?
A. Developing a new software program
B. Designing a space station
C. Preparing the site for the Olympic Games
D. Production of automobile tires.

Answer 9

D. Production of automobile tires.

Question 10

From among the following activities, which is the best example of a project?
A. Processing insurance claims
B. Producing automobiles
C. Writing a term paper
D. Completing a college degree

Answer 10

C. Writing a term paper

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the major differences between financial and operational auditing?
A. Time
B. People
C. Cost
D. Performance

Answer 11

B. People

Question 12

Which of the following choices is not one of the stages of a project life cycle?
A. Conceptualizing
B. Defining
C. Planning
D. Executing

Answer 12

A. Conceptualizing

Question 13

In which of the following stages is a major portion of the physical and mental project work performed?
A. Conceptualizing
B. Defining
C. Planning
D. Executing

Answer 13

D. Executing

Question 14

Which of the following characteristics is not typical of a project manager?
A. Managing a temporary activity.
B. Possesses in-depth technical knowledge.
C. Managing a non-repetitive activity.
D. Manages independently of the formal organization.

Answer 14

B. Possesses in-depth technical knowledge.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is/are true??
A. Project management is becoming a standard way of doing business
B. Project management is increasingly contributing to achieving organizational strategies
C. Project management is being used at a consistent percentage of a firm’s efforts
D. Both A and B are true.

Answer 15

D. Both A and B are true.

Question 16

In which of the following stages are project objectives established, teams formed, and major responsibilities assigned?
A. Conceptualizing
B. Defining
C. Planning
D. Executing

Answer 16

B. Defining

Question 17

17.Which of the following choices is not one of the driving forces behind the increasing demand for project management?
A. Knowledge explosion.
B. Development of third world and closed economies.
C. More emphasis on the product and less on the customer.
D. Corporate downsizing.

Answer 17

C. More emphasis on the product and less on the customer.

Question 18

Project management is ideally suited for a business environment requiring all of the following except
A. Flexibility
B. Innovation
C. Speed
D. Repeatability

Answer 18

D. Repeatability

Question 19

Which of the following is the first step in developing a set of strategies designed to best meet the needs of customers?
A. Market Research
B. Define the Integrated Project Management System
C. Environmental Analysis
D. Project Selection

Answer 19

C. Environmental Analysis

Question 20

Integration of project management with the organization takes place with the
A. Master budget
B. Strategy plan
C. Process of managing actual projects.
D. Both B and C are correct.

Answer 20

D. Both B and C are correct.