You are project manager for a nonprofit organization. Your project has come about due to a social need. Your sponsor wants to get right to the Planning process. However, you know that a project charter should be published prior to proceeding to the Planning processes. All of the following are true regarding project charters except: A. Project charters always include cost and time estimates. B. Project charters always include the product description and business need for the product. C. Project charters recognize and acknowledge the existence of the project. D. Project charters commit organizational resources to the project.
704During contract negotiations, your vendor tells you that the equipment originally bid in the RFP is no longer available. They say the best solution is to buy the new equipment they're offering, which is a higher price than the original equipment. You have concerns that the new equipment might not be compatible with existing equipment and try to discuss this with them. They remind you that this decision was already made during the last contract negotiation meeting so there's no need to continue to discuss it. This is an example of which of the following? A. Proposal B. Compromise C. Storming D. Fair accomplish
809Lessons learned are used for all of the following except: A. To provide historical information that you can review during your next project B. To document employee performance C. To identify successes and failures on the project D. To record the causes of performance variances
857Post New Project Management Questions
Your company. Kick That Ball Sports, has appointed you project manager for their new Cricket product line introduction. This is a national effort, and all the retail stores across the country need to have the new products on the shelves before the media advertising blitz begins. The product line involves three new products, some with multiple deliverables. The Scope Definition process is now complete. Which of the following is true? A. The WBS template, an output of the Scope Definition process, was used from the previous project to create the WBS for this project. The WBS encompasses the major deliverables for the project. B. The WBS template from the previous project, an output from the Scope Planning process, was used to create the WBS for this project. The WBS encompasses the major deliverables for the project. C. The WBS, an output of the Scope Planning process, has been created, and it encompasses the full scope of work for the project. D. The WBS, an output of the Scope Definition process, has been created, and it encompasses the full scope of work for the project.
You've constructed the WBS for your recent project. Level two assignments have been made, and you've requested that the sub project manager’s report back to you in 3 weeks with each of their individual WBS constructed. All of the following are true except: A. The work package level facilitates resource assignments. B. The work package level is the lowest level in the WBS. C. The work package level defines the agreed-upon deliverables. D. The work package level facilitates cost and time estimates. ?
You are a project manager for Snow Fun, a chain of retail shops specializing in winter sports gear and clothing. You’ve been working on contract with Snow Fun and are ready to move on to your next assignment. The customer has signed off on the project, formal acceptance notices have been distributed, and project closure procedures have been performed. What type of project ending is this? A. Extinction B. Starvation C. Integration D. Addition
Which of the following describes the cost of quality associated with scrapping, rework, and downtime? A. Internal failure costs B. External failure costs C. Prevention costs D. Appraisal costs
The Critical Path Method is a mathematical tool and technique of the Schedule Development process. All of the following are true regarding CPM except: A. Determines a single early and late start date and a single early and late finish date B. Calculates expected value C. Focuses on the calculation of float time D. Shows the critical path, or the path with the longest duration
You are preparing a diagram that plots two variables, the dependent variable and the independent variable, to see the relationship between the two elements. What kind of diagram are you using? A. Cause-and-effect diagram B. Control chart C. Flowchart D. Scatter diagram
Your company, Kick That Ball Sports, has appointed you project manager for their new Cricket product line introduction. This is a national effort, and all the retail stores across the country need to have the new products on the shelves before the media advertising blitz begins. The product line involves three new products, some with multiple deliverables. You are ready to create the WBS. Which of the following is true? A. The WBS should include the three new products and the advertising campaign as level two deliverables. B. The WBS should include the three new products as level two deliverables. C. The WBS should include the three new products as level two deliverables and the advertising campaign as a level three deliverable. D. The WBS should include the three new products and the advertising campaign as level three deliverables.
Which of the following are the outputs of the Contract Closeout process? A. Project archives, formal acceptance and closure, contract file B. Contract file, formal acceptance and closure C. Project archives, contract file D. Contract file, formal acceptance and closure, lessons learned
You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite sometime and are in the performing stage of Team Development. A new member has been introduced to the team. Which of the following is true? A. The Team Development process will start all over again with the storming stage. B. The team will continue in the performing stage. C. The Team Development process will start all over again with the forming stage. D. The team will start all over again at the storming stage but quickly progress to the performing stage. ?
Your project was just completed, accepted, and closed. As is customary for your organization, you conduct a post-implementation audit. The purpose of this audit includes all of the following except: A. Evaluating project goals and comparing them to project product B. Reviewing successes and failures C. Documenting the acceptance of the work results D. Documenting possible improvements for future projects
You are a project manager working on contract with a company in a foreign country. At the project kick-off meeting, you are given an expensive-looking gift. The person who presented this to you said that it is customary in their country to give their business partners gifts. What is the most appropriate response? A. Thank them and decline. Explain that this is considered personal gain, which is unacceptable in your country. B. Thank them and accept. You don't believe there is a conflict of interest or an integrity issue at stake. C. Thank them and decline. Explain that this is considered a conflict of interest, which is unacceptable in your country. D. Thank them and accept since you know that it would be considered offensive to decline the gift in their culture. Immediately report the acceptance of the gift to the appropriate parties at your company so that your actions are not called into question later.
You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You're working with a major retailer that offers their products through mail-order catalogs. They're interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. The stakeholders have accepted the project scope. Work has begun on the project, and you're confirming some of the initial work results with the stakeholders. You've asked for acceptance of the work results. Which process are you in? A. Quality Assurance B. Quality Control C. Scope Verification D. Performance Reporting
Which of the following processes serve as inputs to each other? A. Executing and Controlling B. Planning and Executing C. Planning and Controlling D. Executing and Initiation
The product description, strategic plan, project selection criteria, and historical information are considered: A. Inputs to the project Planning process B. Inputs to the project Overview process C. Inputs to the project Initiation process D. Inputs to the project Execution process
You are the project manager for Design Your Web Site, Inc. Your company is designing the website for a national grocery store chain. You have your activity list in hand and several time estimates and are ready to diagram the activity dependencies. You should use which of the following? A. PDM techniques B. PDM or ADM techniques C. AON techniques D. ADM techniques
