Lesson 3: Plan the Project

Question 1

Which is the best elicitation technique to use when your project team wants to facilitate a discussion with a certain set of users to get a better understanding on how they might use your project’s product?

a. Document analysis
b. Focus group
c. Bench-marking
d. Plurality

Answer 1

b. Focus group

Question 2

A project team is reviewing the requirements documentation that they are responsible for working on. Which project artifact can they reference to see the connection between the requirements and the business and project objectives?

a. Requirements traceability matrix
b. RACI chart
c. Project charter
d. Scope management plan

Answer 2

a. Requirements traceability matrix

Question 3

An architectural firm has spent a great deal of time and effort creating the design and blueprints for the building. They had to purchase materials and hire consultants and have been working on this project for 6 months. They have submitted all the invoices for the money they have spent on the work, as well as an invoice for the fee of $90,000. What type of contract was this?

a. Time and materials
b. CPIF
c. FPEPA
d. Cost reimbursable

Answer 3

d. Cost reimbursable

Question 4

What is included in activity cost estimates?

a. Supporting data or additional information needed to justify the cost estimates
b. Estimates on probably costs necessary to finish project work, including direct costs, labor, materials, equipment, facilities services, information technology, and contingency reserves
c. Estimates on probable costs necessary to finish project, work based on the responsible bids obtained from vendors
d. Estimates on probable costs necessary to finish the project work, including direct labor, materials, equipment, facilities, services,
information technology, contingency reserves, and indirect costs

Answer 4

b. Estimates on probably costs necessary to finish project work, including direct costs, labor, materials, equipment, facilities services, information technology, and contingency reserves

Question 5

What is the process to create a project budget?

a. Take the ROM and decompose it into the cost of work packages
b. Combine all individual activity cost estimates and contingencies and aggregate them for the entire project. Submit this to the sponsor, and modify it if necessary
c. Estimate costs necessary to finish project work, including direct costs, labor, materials, equipment, facilities, services, information technology, and contingency reserves
d. Create an S-curve with cost on the Y axis and time on the X axis

Answer 5

b. Combine all individual activity cost estimates and contingencies and aggregate them for the entire project. Submit this to the sponsor, and modify it if necessary

Question 6

A project manager is using atime-phased budget to measure the cost performance. What is that budget called?

a. Cost baseline
b. Cost estimate
c. Rough order of magnitude
d. Release budget

Answer 6

a. Cost baseline

Question 7

Your company is designing a game for families. They test whether the game is easy enough for children by creating a prototype and then establishing their test criteria. They create test groups of 100 boys and 100 girls between the ages of 3 and 5, at 50 schools across 30 regions. Then they modify and implement the prototype across the country.

What process are they engaged in?

a. Benchmarking
b. Design of experiments
c. Statistical sampling
d. Force field analysis

Answer 7

c. Statistical sampling

Question 8

What is the focus of quality assurance and what does it result in?

a. Quality assurance is focused on the process and procedures used, and it results in improved quality.
b. Quality assurance is focused on measuring the output of the work package, and it results in improved quality.
c. Quality assurance is focused on measuring the output of the work package, and it results in better metrics.
d. Quality assurance is focused on the process and procedures used, and it results in a shorter schedule

Answer 8

a. Quality assurance is focused on the process and procedures used, and it results in improved quality

Question 9

A project manager is reviewing the quality control chart with the project team and the product owner. The response trend has been going down over the last few reporting periods but is still above the upper control limit.What does that mean?

a. The project’s quality is outside the quality standards set for the project.
b. The project’s burndown rate is above normal.
c. The project’s standards are too high.
d. The project’s quality is above expectations

Answer 9

a. The project’s quality is outside the quality standards set for the project.

Question 10

What is the purpose of decomposing the project work within the hierarchical WBS structure?

a. To create smaller, more manageable chunks that can be better estimated for cost, schedule, and resources, and that help control the project
b. To create a sequence of work that can be used to track progress throughout the life of the project, ensuring the project deadline can
be met
c. To select the requirements that will be included in the project to the satisfaction of the stakeholders and the project sponsor
d. To draw out potential options to complete the work so the stakeholders and the team members agree on the methods used

Answer 10

a. To create smaller, more manageable chunks that can be better estimated for cost, schedule, and resources, and that help control the
project

Question 11

Which of the following is the correct definition of the critical path?

a. The critical path is the fastest path through the network diagram which represents the longest time in which the project can be completed.
b. The critical path is the shortest path through the network diagram which represents the longest time in which the project can be completed.
c. The critical path is the earliest path through the network diagram which represents the latest time in which the project can be completed.
d. The critical path is the longest path through the network diagram which represents the earliest the project can be completed.

Answer 11

d. The critical path is the longest path through the network diagram which represents the earliest the project can be completed

Question 12

A team member, who is new to the organization and working on projects has several questions, and asks the project manager to meet and discuss these items to better understand the project planning process. The project manager is delighted that the new team member is taking so much interest. The team member asks, “If we must complete the software code before we can create the user manual, what type of dependency exists between these two work packages?” How should the project manager reply?

a. Finish to finish
b. Finish to start
c. Start to finish
d. Start to start

Answer 12

b. Finish to start

Question 13

What is a primary component used for integrating the project management plan?

a. Outputs of the planning processes
b. When the product will be phased out
c. When the project will be chartered
d. Administrative duties of the project manager

Answer 13

a. Outputs of the planning processes

Question 14

The product owner is on vacation. A decision must be made on a project change. What should the team reference to determine next steps?

a. Project charter
b. Change management plan
c. Project time line
d. Configuration management plan

Answer 14

b. Change management plan

Question 15

The project manager informs the project sponsor that the project management plan will continuously increase in the level of detail as the project moves forward. In project management, what is this process known as?

a. Life cycle
b. Progressive elaboration
c. Resource planning
d. Scope creep

Answer 15

b. Progressive elaboration

Question 16

Which of the following would not be part of the quality management plan?

a. Quality standards and roles
b. Minimum viable product
c. Quality tools to be used
d. Major procedures for dealing with non-conformance

Answer 16

b. Minimum viable product

Question 17

Which two of the following are used by quality management teams to identify issues? (Choose two)

a. Audit reports
b. Planning poker
c. Design for X
d. Kano Model

Answer 17

a. Audit reports
c. Design for X

Question 18

Which two are components of a resource calendar? (Choose two)

a. Working days
b. Training strategies
c. Availability of physical resource
d. Recognition plans

Answer 18

a. Working days
c. Availability of physical resource

Question 19

In which of the following situations would brainstorming be an appropriate technique?

a. Conflict resolution
b. Sprint reviews and demos
c. Identifying and prioritizing options
d. Running a standup meeting

Answer 19

c. Identifying and prioritizing options

Question 20

Which of the following is not a technique for estimation?

a. Planning poker
b. T-shirt sizing
c. Product box
d. Modified Fibonacci

Answer 20

c. Product box

Question 21

Which of the following is the best approach for estimating effort?

a. The project manager estimates all the work.
b. A team lead estimates all the work.
c. The work is estimated by the people who will be asked to do the work.
d. The estimates are inflated to avoid second guessing from the customer

Answer 21

c. The work is estimated by the people who will be asked to do the work.

Question 22

Which of the following is a good example of mitigating the probability of the risk of becoming overwhelmed with a fire in a newly constructed building?

a. Install smoke detectors.
b. Install fireproof components.
c. Hire another company to do the part of the work that could result in a fire.
d. Keep the phone number of the fire department handy.

Answer 22

a. Install smoke detectors

Question 23

What is the difference between avoiding a threat and mitigating it?

a. Avoid means to reduce the impact or probability; mitigate means to change the management plan to remove the risk.
b. Avoid means to outsource the work to remove the risk; mitigate means to reduce the impact or probability.
c. Avoid means to change the management plan to remove the risk; mitigate means to reduce the impact or probability.
d. Avoid means to change the management plan to remove the risk; mitigate means to accept the impact or probability.

Answer 23

c. Avoid means to change the management plan to remove the risk; mitigate means to reduce the impact or probability.

Question 24

Which of the following is an agile method to prioritize project objectives, features, user stories, and tasks?

a. Information radiator
b. Planning poker
c. First in, first out
d. MoSCoW analysis

Answer 24

d. MoSCoW analysis

Question 25

Early in the establishment of a project, the project manager spends time looking for historical data that might be helpful in planning the new project. The project manager is looking for examples of project documents for similar, completed projects that may be used as templates for the new project. In addition, the project manager is also looking for information about established processes and procedures that will help the project run more smoothly. What is the term used to define these documents?

a. OPAs
b. EEFs
c. Progressive elaboration
d. Organizational project management

Answer 25

a. OPA

Question 26

A business is unclear on the direction and when features are to be expected for an agile-managed project. What project artifact helps communicate the goals, milestones, and potential deliverables, releases, or other work outputs?

a. Product roadmap
b. Project charter
c. Requirements documentation
d. Configuration management plan

Answer 26

a. Product roadmap

Question 27

A business is anxious to get a portion of the project’s creations out into the marketplace to get end user feedback and impressions before the entire product is finished. What must the project team establish for their release to end users?

a. Minimum viable product
b. Sprint cycle
c. Velocity
d. Transition plan

Answer 27

a. Minimum viable product