BP-15 Project Management

What are project objectives?

Defines the work that must be completed to deliver a product with the specified features and functions

Products, services, or processes that are not specifically a part of the project

Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project

Question 2 Which of the following is not a technique for choosing strategic projects?

Categorize projects

Focus on organizational goals

Develop a project plan

Perform a financial analysis

Question 3 What are project assumptions?

Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration

A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities

Specific factors that can limit options

Question 4 Risk management is the process of proactive and ongoing identification, analysis, and response to risk factors.

True

False

Question 5 What type of chart typically displays the critical path?

Gantt chart

PERT chart

All of the above

None of the above

Question 6 Who are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution or project completion?

Project manager

Project stakeholders

Executive sponsor

All of the above

Question 7 An organization must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it. What does the "how" part of this question focus on?

Analysis of project risks

Expected results of the project

Justification of the project

Definition of the project

Question 8 Which of the following is not a guideline for effectively dealing with change management?

Institute change management policies

Stop change

Seek change

Anticipate change

Question 9 What is the logical relationship that exists between the project tasks, or between a project task and a milestone?

Resource

Task

Activity

Dependency

Question 10 Who is the person or group who provides the financial resources for the project?

Project manager

Project stakeholders

Executive sponsor

All of the above

Question 11 The M in the SMART criteria for successful objective creation stands for manageable.

True

False

Question 12 An organization must identify what it wants to do and how it is going to do it. What does the "what" part of this question focus on?

Justification of the project

Definition of the project

Expected results of the project

All of the above

Question 13 What is the most important part of the project plan?

Gantt chart

Specification

Communication

None of the above

Question 14 What are project constraints?

Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration

Specific factors that can limit options

Question 15 Project stakeholders are individuals and organizations actively involved in the project or whose interests might be affected as a result of project execution of project completion.

True

False

Question 16 Which of the following is not a characteristic of a well-defined project plan?

Appropriate to the project's size

Prepared by the project manager

Easy to read

Communicated to all key participants

Question 17 What is project scope?

Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

Products, services, or processes that are not specifically a part of the project

Defines the work that must be completed to deliver a product with the specified features and functions

Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project

Question 18 What is a project charter?

Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success

Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration

Specific factors that can limit options

Question 19 In a Gantt chart tasks are listed __________ and the project's timeframe is listed ____________.

Horizontally, horizontally

Horizontally, vertically

Vertically, horizontally

Vertically, Vertically

Question 20 What is a graphical network model that depicts a project's tasks and the relationships between those tasks?

Gantt chart

PERT chart

Dependency

All of the above

Question 21 What is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar?

Gantt chart

PERT chart

Dependency

All of the above

Question 22 A project plan should include a "kill switch" or a trigger that enables a project manager to close the project prior to completion.

True

False

Question 23 What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?

Specific, measurable, accurate, real, time valued

Specific, metrics, agreed upon, real, time valued

Specific, metrics, agreed upon, realistic, time framed

Specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed

Question 24 A project is an ongoing endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

True

False

Question 25 What is the critical path?

The path between tasks to the projects finish that passes through all critical components of a project plan

The path from start to finish that passes through all the tasks that are critical to completing the project in the shortest amount of time

The path from start to finish that passes through all the tasks that are critical to completing the project in the longest amount of time

The path from resource to task that passes through all critical components of a project plan

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