Scope Quiz Deck Flashcards

1
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The following are Group Creativity Techniques used in the Collect Requirements process?

A
  1. Nominal Group Technique
  2. Mind Mapping
  3. Affinity Diagram
  4. Brainstorming
  5. Multi-criteria Decision Analysis
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As part of tracking a project, a project manager is validating the completion of PROJECT scope. He or she would measure this against:

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The Project Management Plan

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As part of tracking a project, a project manager is validating the completion of PRODUCT scope. He or she would measure this against:

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Product Requirements

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The following processes are part of the Project Scope Management process:

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  1. Collect Requirements
  2. Define Scope
  3. Create WBS
  4. Validate Scope
  5. Control Scope
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Establishing control accounts for the work packages and a unique identifier from a code of accounts finalizes the WBS. This provides a structure for hierarchical summation of:

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Cost, schedule and resource information

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6
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Uncontrolled project scope changes are often referred to as ________

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Scope creep

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7
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While managing a project, you have included the product acceptance criteria in the Quality Management Plan. While reviewing your plan, a senior manager asks you to reconsider this. You then realize that what you did is incorrect. Where should you place the product acceptance criteria?

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Project Scope Statement

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8
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The Project Scope Management Knowledge Area is primarily concerned with:

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Defining and controlling what is and what is not included in the project.

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A project manager approaches you to understand the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in better detail. You tell him or her that:

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The WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work the project team must accomplish to meet project objectives.

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10
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Why must the Validate Scope process be completed in a project?

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To obtain formal acceptance of deliverables by the customer or sponsor

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A project manager wants to use a group decision-making technique to generate, classify and prioritize requirements. These are valid group decision-making techniques:

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  1. Unanimity
  2. Majority
  3. Plurality
  4. Dictatorship
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Unanimity

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A decision that is reached whereby everyone agrees on a single course of action. One way to reach unanimity is the Delphi technique, in which a selected group of experts answers questionnaires and provides feedback regarding the responses from each round of requirements gathering. The responses are only available to the facilitator to maintain anonymity.

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Majority

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A decision that is reached with support obtained from more than 50% of the members of the group. Having a group size with an uneven number of participants can ensure that a decision will be reached, rather than resulting in a tie.

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Plurality

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A decision tat is reached whereby the largest block in a group decides, even if a majority is not achieved. This method is generally used when the number of options nominated is more than two.

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Dictatorship

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In this method, one individual makes the decision for the group.

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