Domain 3- Project Management

Question 1

Expert System

Answer 1

Decision trees use questionnaires to lead a user through a series of choices until a conclusion is reached.

Question 2

Project Management Triangle

Answer 2

if resource allocation is decreased an increase in quality can be achieved, if a delay in the delivery time of the project will be accepted. The area of the triangle always remains constant.

Question 3

UAT

Answer 3

User acceptance testing (UAT) is seldom completely successful. If errors are not critical, they may be corrected after implementation without seriously affecting usage.

Question 4

Testing of Software Functionality

Answer 4

Business unit management assumes ownership of the project and the resulting system. It is responsible for acceptance testing and confirming that the required functions are available in the software.

Question 5

Deliverables and timeline for a project

Answer 5

Determining the deliverables and time lines of a project are a part of the early project planning work.

Question 6

PERT

Answer 6

The PERT method works on the principle of obtaining project time lines based on project events for three likely scenarios (worst, best, normal). The time line is calculated by a predefined formula and identifies the critical path, which identifies the key activities that must be prioritized.

Question 7

EVA

Answer 7

arned value analysis (EVA) is a technique to track project cost versus project deliverables but does not assist in prioritizing tasks.

Question 8

Function point analysis (FPA)

Answer 8

Function point analysis (FPA) measures the complexity of input and output and does not help to prioritize project activities.

Question 9

Gantt chart

Answer 9

A Gantt chart is a simple project management tool and would help with the prioritization requirement, but it is not as effective as program evaluation review technique (PERT).

Question 10

Critical Path

Answer 10

A critical path’s activity time is longer than that for any other path through the network. This path is important because if everything goes as scheduled, its length gives the shortest possible completion time for the overall project.

Question 11

Zero Slack Time

Answer 11

Activities on the critical path become candidates for crashing (i.e., for reduction in their time by payment of a premium for early completion). Activities on the critical path have zero slack time and conversely, activities with zero slack time are on a critical path.

Question 12

Certified and accredited systems

Answer 12

systems that have had their security compliance technically evaluated for running in a specific environment and configuration.

Question 13

Decision Support System

Answer 13

A. Management control is not a type of risk, but a characteristic of a decision support system (DSS).

B. Semistructured dimensions is not a type of risk, but a characteristic of a DSS.

C. The inability to specify purpose and usage patterns is a risk that developers need to anticipate while implementing a DSS.

D. Changes in decision processes are not a type of risk, but a characteristic of a DSS.

Question 14

Prototyping

Answer 14

Iterative in nature, rapid pace of mods in requirements and design- change controls get complicated here, however, valid for users testing functionality.

Lack of integrated tools and emphasis on reports and screens.

Question 15

critical path method (CPM)

Answer 15

(PERT) diagrams are a critical path method (CPM) technique in which three estimates (as opposed to one) of time lines required to complete activities are used to determine the critical path.

Question 16

Ghantt Chart

Answer 16

Gantt charts help to identify activities that have been completed early or late through comparison to a baseline. Progress of the entire project can be read from the Gantt chart to determine whether the project is behind, ahead of or on schedule.

Question 17

Determine Quality of new software

Answer 17

The mean time between failures that are FIRST REPORTED represents flaws in the software that are reported by users in the production environment.

Question 18

Project Steering Committee

Answer 18

A project steering committee that provides an overall direction for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation project is responsible for reviewing the project’s progress to ensure that it will deliver the expected results.

Question 19

Project Sponsor

Answer 19

A project sponsor is typically the senior manager in charge of the primary business unit that the application will support.

Question 20

timebox management

Answer 20

Timebox management, by its nature, sets specific time and cost boundaries. It is effective in controlling costs and delivery time lines by ensuring that each segment of the project is divided into small controllable time frames.

Question 21

freezing point on the design

Answer 21

require that changes after that point be evaluated for cost-effectiveness.

Question 22

design phase.

Answer 22

Therefore, planning for implementation should begin well in advance of the actual implementation date. A formal implementation plan should be constructed in the design phase and revised as the development progresses.

Question 23

software baselining

Answer 23

A software baseline is the cutoff point in the design and development of a system. Beyond this point, additional requirements or modifications to the scope must go through formal, strict procedures for approval based on a business cost-benefit analysis.

Question 24

end-user computing (EUC)

Answer 24

Applications may not be subject to testing and IT general controls.

Question 25

Scope Creep

Answer 25

Software Baseline

Question 26

DSS

Answer 26

A DSS emphasizes flexibility in the decision-making approach of management through data analysis and the use of interactive models, not fixed criteria- less structured problems