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You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-south highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are in charge of the demolition phase of this project, and you report to the project manager in charge of this project. You have been hired on contract and will be released at the completion of the demolition phase. What type of organizational structure does this represent? A. Functional organization B. Weak matrix organization C. Projectized organization D. Balanced matrix organization
1490What are the five project management process groups, in order? A. Initiation, Executing, Planning, Controlling, and Closing B. Initiation, Controlling, Planning, Executing, and Closing C. Initiation, Planning, Controlling, Executing, and Closing D. Initiation, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing
890You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-south highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are interested in implementing a new project process called design-build in order to speed up the project schedule. The idea is that the construction team will work on the first mile of the highway reconstruction. At the same lime, the design team is coming up with plans for the third mile of the reconstruction rather than completing all design before any construction begins. This is an example of: A. Managing the projects as a program B. Fast tracking C. Progressive elaboration D. Collocation
1083During which project management process are risk and stakeholder's ability to influence project outcomes the highest at the beginning of the process? A. Planning B. Executing C. Initiation D. Controlling
945You are a project manager working on gathering requirements and establishing estimates for the project. Which process group are you in? A. Planning B. Executing C. Initiation D. Controlling
1244The Project Integration Management knowledge area is made up of which of the following processes? A. Initiation, Project Plan Development, and Integrated Change Control B. Project Plan Development, Project Plan Execution, and Integrated. C. Project Plan Development, Initiation, and Scope Planning D. Initiation, Scope Planning, and Integrated Change Control
1034When a project is being performed under contract, the product description is provided by which of the following? A. The buyer B. The project sponsor C. The project manager D. The contractor
967You are the project manager for Fun Days vacation packages. Your new project assignment is to head up the Fun Days resort opening in Austin, Texas. You are estimating the duration of the project plan activities, devising the project schedule, and monitoring and controlling deviations from the schedule. Which of the Project Management Knowledge Areas are you working in? A. Project Scope B. Project Quality C. Project Integration D. Project Time
1037The Project Human Resource Management knowledge area contains which of the following processes? A. Staff Acquisition, Team Development, and Resource Planning B. Staff Acquisition, Team Development, and Performance Reporting C. Organizational Planning, Staff Acquisition, and Team Development D. Organization Planning, Team Development, and Resource Planning
1022Your company is going to introduce a new service called Phone Home. This service will allow you to speak the name of the person you want to call into your cellular phone. To call home, you would simply speak the word home into the phone, and it will dial that number for you. Your company is taking advantage of the progress that has been made recently with voice recognition software. Initial projections show that market demand is very high for this product. This project came about as a result of which of the following? A. Marketing demand B. Customer request C. Business need D. Technological advance
942You are a project manager for the information technology division of a local satellite TV broadcasting company. This spring, the chief information officer for your company gave you the project to convert and upgrade all the PCs in the department to the latest release of a specific desktop application. Prior to this conversion, all manner of desktop software existed on machines throughout the company and had caused increasing problems with sharing files and information across the company. A lot of unproductive hours were spent typing information into several formats. This project came about as a result of which of the following? A. Technological advance B. Business need C. Customer request D. Legal requirement
1060What are the inputs to the Initiation process? A. Product description, strategic plan, project selection criteria, and historical information B. Product description, strategic plan, project overview document, and historical information C. Strategic plan, project overview document, feasibility study, and historical information D. Product description, strategic plan, constraints, and assumptions
889You work for a large manufacturing plant. You're working on a new project for an overseas product release. This is the company's first experience in the overseas market, and they hope to make a big splash with the introduction of this product. The project entails producing your product in a concentrated formula and packaging it in smaller containers than the U.S. product uses. A new machine is needed in order to mix the first set of ingredients in the concentrated formula. Which of the following is true? A. The new machine, the concentrated formula, and the smaller package are each project constraints. B. The new machine, the concentrated formula, and the smaller package description must be incorporated into the product description document. C. The new machine, the concentrated formula, and the smaller package are each project assumptions. D. The new machine, the concentrated formula, and the smaller package are each considered deliverables.
1136You work for a large manufacturing plant. You're in the Initiation process of a new project for an overseas product release. This is the company's first experience in the overseas market, and they hope to make a big splash with the introduction of this product. The project entails producing your product in a concentrated formula and packaging it in smaller containers than the U.S. product uses. A new machine is needed in order to mix the first set of ingredients in the concentrated formula. Which of the following actions should the project manager take? A. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and recommend the project proceed. B. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and assume the project is a go. C. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and recommend a feasibility study be performed. D. The project manager should document the project's goals and known deliverables in a high-level overview document and deliver it to the stakeholders.
1242What are the initiation process outputs? A. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and project overview documents B. Project charter, project overview, feasibility study, and constraints C. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and assumptions D. Identification and assignment of project manager, project overview, constraints, and assumptions
1011Post New Project Management Questions
You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. They manufacture window shades for hotel chains that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings on the inside of the shades. Picture Shades is taking their product to the home market, and you're managing the new project. They will offer their products at retail stores as well as on their website. You're developing the project schedule for this undertaking and have determined the critical path. Which of the following is true? A. You calculated the most likely start date and most likely finish dates, float time, and weighted average estimates. B. You calculated the activity dependency, and the optimistic and pessimistic activity duration estimates. C. You calculated the early and late start dates, early and late finish dates, and float times for all activities. D. You calculated the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely duration times and the float times for all activities.
Which of the following is true regarding the scope statement? A. It describes how to make changes to project scope. B. It describes project deliverables and serves as a baseline for future project decisions. C. It assesses the stability of the project scope and is a baseline for future project decisions. D. It assesses the reliability of the project scope and describes the frequency of changes and their impacts.
What is the concept of project management?
You have collected the performance measurement documentation for your project to be included in the project archives. What is the purpose of the performance measurement documentation? A. It's used as part of the formal acceptance process to verify contract expenditures. B. It's reviewed to make certain the project goals and objectives were met. C. It's included in the project archive documentation after confirming the accuracy of the measurements. D. It’s used as historical information for future project that are similar in scope to this project.
You are a project manager for a software manufacturing firm. The project you've just finished created a new software product that is expected to become a number-one seller. A friend of yours is a certified software instructor. They have asked you for a copy of the software prior to the beta release through the marketing department so they can get familiar with it. What is the most appropriate response? A. Since your friend is certified to teach your company's brand of software, provide them with a copy of the software. B. Ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement before releasing a copy of the software. C. Decline the request since you stand to gain from this transaction by receiving free training. D. Decline the request because the software is the intellectual property of the company.
You are the project manager for Fun Days vacation packages. Your new project assignment is to head up the Fun Days resort opening in Austin, Texas. You are estimating the duration of the project plan activities, devising the project schedule, and monitoring and controlling deviations from the schedule. Which of the Project Management Knowledge Areas are you working in? A. Project Scope B. Project Quality C. Project Integration D. Project Time
Which of the following is true regarding constraints and assumptions? A. Constraints restrict the actions of the project team, and assumptions are considered true for planning purposes. B. Constraints are considered true for planning purposes, and assumptions limit the options of the project team. C. Constraints consider vendor availability and resource availability to be true for planning purposes. Assumptions limit the project teamwork within predefined budgets or time lines. D. Constraints and assumptions are inputs to the Initiation process. They should be documented, as they will be used throughout the project Planning process.
You are a project manager who has recently held a project team kickoff meeting where all the team members were formally introduced to each other. Some of the team members know each other from other projects and have been working with you for the past 3 weeks during the Planning processes. Which of the following is true? A. Team building begins once all the members of the team are identified and introduced to each other. This team is in the storming stage of Team Development. B. Team building begins at the Planning process. This team is in the storming stage of Team Development. C. Team building begins once all the members of the team are identified and introduced to each other. This team is in the forming stage of Team Development. D. Team building begins at the Planning process. This team is in the forming stage of Team Development.
Which of the following is true regarding NPV? A. NPV assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital. B. NPV decisions should be made based on the highest value for all of the selections. C. NPV assumes reinvestment at the prevailing rate. D.NPV assumes reinvestment at the NPV rate.
Which of the following describes a unique characteristic of the project Executing and Controlling processes? A. The core processes in the Executing and Controlling processes are from the Project Integration knowledge area from the Project Integration knowledge area. B. Both the Executing and Controlling processes measure variances in project performance and use corrective action to bring performance hack in line with the plan. C. Executing is an input to the Controlling processes, and Controlling is an input to Execution. D. Executing and controlling each have only one core process.
Which of the following processes negotiates the sequence of award by rank ordering the proposals? A. Source Selection B. Solicitation C. Contract Administration D. Procurement
The lowest level of the WBS is called what? A. Code of accounts B. Requirement C. Milestone D. Work package
The purpose of the Initiation process is to: A. Formally recognize the existence of a project or project phase B. Formally recognize the need that brought about the project be it marketing demand, customer requests, business need, technological advances, or legal requirements C. Formally recognize the stakeholders of the project and identify them in the project charter D. Formally recognize the project sponsor and document his or her project goals
Explain the concept of total quality management.
What is the key activity during Contract Closeout and Administrative Closure? A. Documenting lessons learned B. Creating project archives C. Disseminating information to formalize project closure D. Documenting project closure
