Project management assignment 1

Question1

The main criteria used to analyse project stakeholders is:

Select one:

a.time and cost

b.the amount of funding they can provide

c.the degree to which they will be dissatisfied through the project

d.their level of interest and influence on the project

Question2

If the project is terminated early, the level and extent of completion should be documented. This is done as a part of:

Select one:

a.Control Scope

b.Create WBS

c.Validate Scope

d.Define Scope

Question3

A driver's license is required by law before an individual can drive a car .Similarly the project manager requires a ____________ document in order to plan, execute and control a project.

Select one:

a.Scope statement.

b.Project budget.

c.Project charter.

d.WBS.

Question4

A project team member has asked you what project scope management is. Which of the following is a characteristic of project scope management.

Select one:

a.It defines the requirements for each project within the organization

b.It defines the baseline for project acceptance.

c.It defines the functional managers assigned to the project.

d.It defines the processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.

Question5

A project is typically defined in terms of scope, time, cost and which other parameter?

Select one:

a.Quality.

b.Benefit.

c.Controls.

d.Tolerance.

Question6

Which of the following is a project?

Select one:

a.Sending a weekly status report

b.Improving the roads of London for 2012 Olympics

c.Getting ready for office every day

d.Selling toys in a toy store

Question7

Which of the following is not true about project charter?

Select one:

a.Project charter is authorized by Executive Management

b.Project charter defines the purpose of the project

c.Identify and authorizes the Project Manager

d.Project charter is written by the Project Manager.

Question8

What are SMART objectives?

Select one:

a.Objectives that have specific, measurable, assignable, realistic and time-related specifications.

b.Easily achievable objectives.

c.Objectives specified with far more detail than necessary for a successful project.

d.Objectives that should be achieved in order to attain formal recognition.

Question9

Which of the following is true regarding the project charter?

Select one:

a.The project charter should be published under a key stakeholders' name

b.The project charter should be published under the name pf the project champion.

c.The project charter should be published under the name of a manager external to the project.

d.The project charter should be published under the name of the project manager.

Question10

A complex project will fit best in what type of organization?

Select one:

a.Functional

b.Matrix

c.Cross-functional

d.Balanced

Question11

Which of the following is not normally an element of the Project Charter?

Select one:

a.The product description or a reference to this document.

b.Work package descriptions.

c.The formal authorization to apply organizational resources to project activities.

d.The business need that the project was undertaken to address.

Question12

A project manager has just been assigned to a new project and has been given the project charter. The FIRST thing the project manager must do is:

Select one:

a.Confirm that all the stakeholders have had input into the scope

b.Begin work on a project management plan

c.Analyze project risk

d.Create a project scope statement

Question13

What is the purpose of a project charter?

Select one:

a.To link the project, which is going to be planned, executed, and monitored/controlled to the ongoing work of the organization.

b.To formally authorize a project or a phase and document initial requirements which satisfy the stakeholder's needs and expectations.

c.To document how the project will be planned, executed, monitored/controlled, and closed.

d.To describe the process of performing the work defined in the project management plan in order to achieve the project's objectives.

Question14

The delivering and closing stage of the project life cycle is concerned with ______________.

Select one:

a.the authorisation, implementation, monitoring and controlling the project

b.the proposal and initiation of the project at a high management level

c.the formal acceptance of the outcomes and ending of the project

d.the setting of objectives and detailed planning

Question15

A project stakeholder in an organisation can be broadly described as _____________.

Select one:

a.any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the project's objectives

b.limited to the active participants in the utilisation of project deliverables

c.any individual who profits from the project

d.any individual who fixes all problems in a project

Question16

Develop project charter is part of which process group?

Select one:

a.Monitoring and Control

b.Executing

c.Planning

d.Initiation

Question17

The __________ is responsible for making the decision to request an increase in the resources for a project.

Select one:

a.director of project management

b.customer

c.project manager

d.functional manager

Question18

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a project?

Select one:

a.May be ongoing and repetitive

b.Creates unique product or service

c.Constrained by limited resources

d.Planned, executed and controlled

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Question text

A project characterised by a large scale investment is known as _____________.

Select one:

a.a portfolio

b.a megaproject

c.a project

d.a programme

Question20

Which one of the following is the project feasibility study tool?

Select one:

a.Business description

b.Creation of the project charter

c.Approach overview to be used

d.Potential solution of the problem

Question21

During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:

Select one:

a.Evaluate the impact of adding the scope

b.Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule

c.Let the sponsor know of the stakeholders' request

d.Tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added

Question22

Project integration involves:

Select one:

a.bringing people, activities and resources together to perform effectively

b.team working

c.technical aspects of the project

d.effective execution of project activities

Question23

Which of the following is NOT a key constraint that could have an impact on the successful completion of a project?

Select one:

a.Cost

b.Quality

c.Time

d.Team

Question24

Which of the following is not included in the Stakeholder Management Plan?

Select one:

a.Stakeholder management strategy

b.Project lifecycle

c.Impact of scope changes to stakeholders

d.Communications requirements

Question25

During what part of the project management process is the project scope statement created?

Select one:

a.Initiating

b.Planning

c.Executing

d.Monitoring and controlling