CP HW 3

CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1. Henry is the project manager for his organization, and management has asked him to create a project management plan to define the scope statement. Which project management plan guides the creation of the detailed project scope statement?

D. The project scope management plan

2. You are the project manager of the GYH Project. This project will create a walking bridge across the Tennessee River. You’ve been asked to start the process of creating the project scope statement and you need to gather the elements for this process. Which one of the following is not needed to define the project scope?

C. A risk management plan

3. You are the project manager of the BHY Project. Your project customer has demanded that the project be completed by December 1. December 1 is an example of which one of the following?

A. A constraint

4. Marty is the project manager of the Highway 41 Bridge Project and he’s working with his project team members to create the WBS. Marty shows the team how to break down the project scope into the WBS components, but the team doesn’t understand how far down the breakdown should occur. Marty should call the lowest-level item in a WBS what?

B. A work package

5. You are working with the project team to create the WBS. There are some elements in the WBS that can’t be broken down yet. You and the team elect to break down these items later in the project as more details become available. This approach to creating the WBS is also known as what?

D. Rolling wave planning

6. You are the project manager for your organization and you’re creating the WBS for a new project. In your WBS, you’re numbering each level of the components following a project sequenced numbering order. Your WBS is numbered in a hierarchical fashion for easy identification and reference. This numbering scheme is called what?

A. Code of accounts

7. You’ll use the scope management plan to define the project scope statement. You’ll also use this plan to build the scope baseline. Which two items are parts of the scope baseline for the project?

C. The WBS and WBS dictionary

8. Throughout the project, you have milestones scheduled at the end of each phase. Tied to these milestones you have a project management requirement of scope validation. Scope validation leads to what?

B. Formal acceptance of the complete project scope

9. You’ve just reached the end of your project and management has asked you and several key stakeholders to begin the scope validation process. What is a tool and technique used during scope validation?

A. Inspection

10. David, one of your project team members, has been making changes to his work, which, as a result, changes the project scope. David’s changes are also known as what?

C. Scope creep

11. As the project manager, you are averse to change once the scope statement has been approved. You do not want changes to enter the project because these changes can have a wide impact on the project as a whole. Which system defines how the project scope and the product scope can be changed?

A. The project scope change control system

12. A scope change has been approved in Marcy’s project. All of the following must be updated to reflect the change except for which one?

D. Defect repair review

13. A project team member has, on his own initiative, added extra vents to an attic to increase air circulation. The project plan did not call for these extra vents, but the team member decided they were needed based on the geographical location of the house. The project team’s experts concur with this decision. This is an example of:

B. Ineffective change control

14. It’s important for you, the project manager, to understand what each of the project management processes create. One of the key processes you’ll do is scope control throughout your project. Which of the following is an output of scope control?

B. Change request for a corrective action

15. You are the project manager for the JHG Project. Your project is to create a new product for your industry. You have recently learned that your competitor is also working on a similar project, but their offering will include a computer-aided program and web-based tools, which your project does not offer. You implemented a change request to update your project accordingly. This is an example of which of the following?

B. A change due to an external event.

16. You are the project manager of a large project. Your project sponsor and management have approved you to outsource portions of the project plan. What must be considered if a change request affects the procured work?

B. The contractual agreement

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

D. Defines the project deliverables and the work needed to create those deliverables

18. One of the stakeholders of the project you are managing asks why you consider the project scope statement so important in your project management methodology. You answer her question with which of the following?

C. The project scope helps the project manager determine if a change is within or outside of scope.

19. You are the project manager for a large construction project. The architect has provided your project team with blueprints detailing the exact layout of the building your team will be creating. He insists that the team follow the blueprints as he’s designed them. The blueprints are an example of which one of the following?

A. Project specifications

20. Complete this sentence: Project scope management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling ________________________.

A. What is and is not included in the project

CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:

1. You are the project manager of the HGF Project. You would like to use a portion of the activity list from the HGB Project, which is similar to your current project. The portion of the activity list from the HGB Project is best described as which one of the following?

C. A template

2. You are the project manager of a large project for your organization. Much of the project will center on new software which you’ll be installing on 4500 laptops in stages. Because of the likelihood of change, you’ve recommended a rolling wave planning approach. Which one of the following is the best example of rolling wave planning?

D. Planning the immediate portions of the project in detail and the future project portions at a higher levels

3. You are working with your project team to break down the project work into activities. Which component in the WBS must be broken down to get to the schedule activities?

B. Work packages

4. You and the project team have created the work breakdown structure based on the project scope and requirements. Your next step is to create the project’s activity list. Which one of the following will NOT be included in the activity list created with the project management team?

A. Activities that are not part of the project scope

5. Mary has created an activity list with her project team. She has included activity attributes for each of the activities in her project activity list. Of the following, which one is not an example of an activity attribute that Mary likely included?

A. Scope verification processes

6. Your project team agrees that the server operating system must first be installed before the application can be installed. This best describes which one of the following?

A. Hard logic

7. You are working with your project team to schedule activities for your construction project. You have scheduled the painting activity to be completed before the carpet installation activity may begin. The relationship between the painting activity and carpet installation activity can best be described as which one of the following?

C. Finish-to-start

8. You are the project manager for your organization, and the following illustration represents your project. Based on the following illustration. How long will the project last?

A. 15 days

9. Beth is the project manager of her company and she’s asked you to help her with project schedule network analysis. Examine the illustration to the right. If Activity B is delayed by two days, how late will the project be?

B. The project will be late by one day.

10. Ronald is the project manager for his company. He has created a project network diagram for the activities in the activity list and he’s trying now to begin the process of float determination. He’s asked for your help. Examine the following illustration. Which path is the critical path?

C. ADEHJL is a critical path because this one takes the longest to complete.

11. Consider a project that is to begin work on a Monday and a project team that will not work any weekends. The critical path of the project is 17 days. On what day of the week will the project be completed?

B. Tuesday this can be determine by counting each set of Monday through Friday as five days.

12. Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to crash the project. What is crashing?

C. Adding additional project resources to the project work

13. You are the project manager of the PJG Project for your company. This project is similar to a project you completed a few months ago and you’d like to reference the older project for information. Which estimating technique uses a similar project to predict how long the current project will take to complete?

A. Analogous estimating

14. You are using a three-point estimate for your project. Howard reports that his optimistic estimate is 16 hours, his most likely estimate is 24 hours, and the pessimistic estimate is 65 hours. What is the estimated duration for Howard’s activity?

D. 35 hours a three point estimate takes the sum of the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely estimates and divides by three.

15. The framing activity cannot begin until the concrete has cured for 36 hours. The time between the concrete activity and the framing activity is best described as which one of the following?

B. Lag time the framing activity cannot begin immediately after the concrete activity; there is a waiting time.

16. You are the project manager of the Data Warehouse Project. You’ve just recently created the project network diagram and you now want to identify the critical path. Which one of the following best describes the critical path?

B. It determines the earliest the project can finish.

17. Management has asked that you create the schedule management plan to identify the different processes and procedures your project will require. During the creation of the plan, you need to identify schedule control and its components. Schedule control is part of which project management process?

D. Integrated change control

18. Terry is the project manager of the network update project and the project stakeholders have requested that four new servers be added to the project. This addition will cause changes in the project costs and schedule. Which system can manage changes to the project schedule?

B. Schedule change control system

19. Which schedule development tool does not consider the availability of the project resources, only when the work may take place in the project?

A. The critical path method

20. You are working with your project team to respond to some delays in the project schedule. You have elected to crash the project schedule and management wants to know what effect this will have on the project as a whole. What happens when a project manager elects to crash a project?

C. The project costs will increase.