PMGT 540 Week 13 Final Exam 2

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Question 1

Requirements definition should only be done for high-business-value, high-complexity projects. There is no need to perform requirements definition for smaller projects.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 2

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Which of the following Project Management Knowledge Areas identifies and documents client requirements?

Select one:

 a. Project Communications Management

 b. Project Scope Management

 c. Project Integration Management

 d. Project Stakeholder Management

Question 3

Project resources include only the people that will be contributing to the project.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 4

__________ projects are high-business-value, high-complexity projects. They are the most challenging for an organization to undertake.

Select one:

 a. Type D

 b. Type C

 c. Type B

 d. Type A

Question 5

A program is a collection of related projects.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 6

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It is always important to start requirements documentation and the Project Overview Statement with the most detailed requirements possible.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 7

Select one:

 a. Focus Groups and Risk Assessments

 b. Earned Value Metric Collection

 c. Decomposition and Stakeholder Analysis

 d. Interviews and Facilitated Workshops

Question 8

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Each year, winemakers around the world plan to harvest grapes and carefully ferment the grapes into wine that is later bottled after the aging process. When the winemakers use their extensive knowledge to decide how to process each grape varietal, how long to ferment, and in what types of containers to use they are doing:

Select one:

 a. Business Case Development

 b. Requirements Analysis

 c. Gap Analysis

 d. Requirements Elicitation

Question 9

The Project Scoping Meeting is held:

Select one:

 a. After the solution is well defined

 b. So project team members can meet

 c. To impress the project sponsor that the project manager already knows the full scope

 d. To assess completeness of requirements and classify the project

Question 10

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The project customers or sponsors always know and communicate what they need, so the project manager can ask a business analyst to capture this information in a deliverables list.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 11

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The work breakdown structure can be derived from the requirements breakdown structure.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 12

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Which of the following PMI knowledge areas must be first considered if a project assumption is identified?

Select one:

 a. Project Scope

 b. Project Resources

 c. Project Risk

 d. Project Communications

Question 13

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According to Wysocki, a project plan is a detailed project schedule.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 14

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All of the following except one are Project 2013 views:

Select one:

 a. Resource Sheet

 b. Resource Usage

 c. Task Sheet

 d. Tracking Gantt

Question 15

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According to Wysocki, a rule of thumb for the amount of time to spend planning a small project is:

Select one:

 a. Less than 1/2 day

 b. 3-4 days

 c. 2 days

 d. Less than one day

Question 16

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According to Ambriz, you may need to apply special project management techniques to assist you with task estimation. Which one of the following is not considered a "special project management technique?"

Select one:

 a. Stage-gate management

 b. Risk management

 c. Agile approach

 d. Rolling wave approach

Question 17

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The three point estimate (referred to others by the PERT Method) uses which of the following terms in the calculation of duration:

Select one:

 a. Lease Pessimistic, Most Likely, Most Optimistic

 b. Optimistic, Likely, Pessimistic

 c. Most Likely, Optimistic, Pessimistic

 d. Pessimistic, Least Likely, Most Optimistic

Question 18

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It is accepted project management practice that the person who is most familiar with the work involved in an activity should make the estimate for that activity.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 19

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All of the following methods are examples of methods used for task duration estimation except one.  Name the one not used in estimating task duration.

Select one:

 a. Last similar project's duration

 b. 5 pt Estimate

 c. Delphi technique

 d. A developer that has experience with task

Question 20

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A project stated that the order of magnitude estimate was 100 hours long.  Which one of the following estimates is the correct range for this estimate?

Select one:

 a. 75 to 125 hours

 b. 25 to 125 hours

 c. 50 to 150 hours

 d. 100 to 125 hours

Question 21

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Rigid (Inflexible Constraints) include: (select all that apply)

Select one or more:

 a. Start No Later Than

 b. As Soon As Possible

 c. Must Finish On

 d. As Late As Possible

 e. Must Start On

Question 22

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You have two tasks, Task A and Task B. Task A must be completely finished before Task B can begin. What type of task dependency would you set?

Select one:

 a. Start-to-Start with Task B as the predecessor of Task A

 b. Finish-to-Start with Task B as the predecessor of Task A

 c. Finish-to-Finish with Task A as the predecessor of Task B

 d. Finish-to-Start with Task A as the predecessor of Task B

Question 23

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In Microsoft Project, a deadline is a date that restricts the scheduling of a task.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 24

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A finish-to-finish relationship is the least complex and least risk-prone dependency.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 25

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As a best practice in Microsoft Project, you should enter a milestone task as the last task at the bottom of your project schedule with a Must Finish On constraint representing the due date of your schedule.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 26

Which of the following are resource types in Microsoft Project (select all that apply)?

Select one or more:

 a. Work

 b. Material

 c. Project

 d. Human

 e. Cost

Question 27

What are the only type of resources that can be assigned to the Project Summary task?

Select one:

 a. Work

 b. Cost

 c. Budget

 d. Material

Question 28

Resources are the basis for project cost.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 29

Due to the nature of projects and individual differences, conflicts often arise during projects. Conflict resolution styles include (select all that apply):

Select one or more:

 a. Combative

 b. Collaborative

 c. Confrontational

 d. Avoidant

Question 30

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In Microsoft Project. work is the amount of working time that passes between the start and end of a task. It is usually represented in business days or business hours.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 31

Microsoft project calculates the critical path for the project manager.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 32

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Shortening the duration of a task on the critical path will shorten the duration of the project.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 33

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The backward pass calculates the Early Start and Early Finish dates.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 34

When should you set the initial baseline?

Select one:

 a. After the first round of task or assignment updates

 b. Before you optimize the schedule

 c. Immediately prior to completing the project

 d. After final approval of the schedule, before you begin work

Question 35

If, when you update tasks, you want to keep the resources that work on the task the same and see the work updated, what task type should be set on the tasks you are updating?

Select one:

 a. Fixed Cost

 b. Fixed Duration

 c. Fixed Work

 d. Fixed Units

Question 36

For a 1 year project, you should, at a minimum, provide status reports to the client at what frequency?

Select one:

 a. Every two months

 b. Weekly

 c. Monthly

 d. Every six months

Question 37

In Figure 7-13, titled PV, EV and AC curves, in the Earned Value Analysis section of Wysocki, at the "Update Date", which one of the following statements are true:

Select one:

 a. Schedule variance is negative and the cost variance is negative

 b. Schedule variance is positive and the cost variance is postive

 c. Schedule variance is negative and the cost variance is positive

 d. Schedule variance is positive and the cost variance is negative

Question 38

The project manager decides when the project can move to the Closing Phase.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 39

A Fixed formula method of 0/100 means which one of the following?

Select one:

 a. One the task is started, it is considered 100% complete

 b. All of the deliverable is done at the end of the project

 c. No progress is credited until 100% of the task or deliverable is done

 d. Tasks are credited with 50% when started and another 50% when completed

Question 40

Project closure is the easiest of all processes a project manager does.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 41

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All of the following but one are good reasons why multiple baselines should be used in a project schedule and reviewed during closing.  Which one is not a good reason?

Select one:

 a. The resource plan was not followed because the key resources were signed to another project

 b. Acceptance of formal scope change request that had schedule impact

 c. Two important tasks on the critical path were delayed.

d. Acceptance of a major design change

Question 42

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Closing processes are associated with which of the following?

Select one:

 a. Project close and phase close

 b. Scope close

 c. Phase close

 d. Project close

Question 43

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If your customer is not sure what they want, iterative lifecycle models would be the preferred method of delivery over waterfall.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 44

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Incremental life cycles typically produce business value much earlier in the project.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 45

All of the following are Lean Agile Project Management Principles except:

Select one:

 a. Empower the team

 b. Amplify learning

 c. See the whole

 d. Eliminate waste

 e. Build integrity in

 f. Decide as late as possible

 g. Deliver the most features regardless of time

Question 46

The Agile Manifesto states that process is not an important or valuable part of accomplishing work.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 47

According to the Standish report (2010), all of the following are reasons projects fail except:

Select one:

 a. Clear ownership

 b. Lack of executive support

 c. Lack of user input

 d. Changing requirements and specifications

 e. Unclear objectives

Question 48

__________ is a consultant-based proprietary interview tool to assess project management process maturity and project management practice maturity.

Select one:

 a. Continuous Process Improvement Model (CPIM)

 b. Process Quality Matrix (PQM)

 c. Project Management Maturity Assessment (PMMA)

 d. Zone Map

Question 49

A fishbone, aka Ishykawa, diagram can be used to display the sequence of causes of a problem.

Select one:

 True

 False

Question 50

The comparison of the current state of an existing business process to a desired future state is known as a _______________.

Select one:

 a. Pareto analysis

 b. Histogram

 c. Gap analysis

 d. Force field analysis

 e. Scatter diagram