Which one of the following is least likely to be a success criteria?
a. A target for the project to receive zero change requests.
b. The date by which the project is to be completed.
c. Delivery of products that meet required specifications.
d. The awarding of bonuses to senior management. - ANSWER--D
Which one of the following is a valid project Key Performance Indicator
(KPI)?
a. Staff appraisals.
b. Management buy in.
c. Milestone achievement.
d. Master schedule. - ANSWER--C
Which one of the following statements is true?
a. The business case is owned by the sponsor and is created during
the concept phase of the project life cycle.
b. The business case is owned by the project manager and is
created during the concept phase of the project life cycle.
c. The business case is owned by the sponsor and is created during
definition phase of the project life cycle.
d. The business case is owned by the project manager and is
created during the definition phase of the project life cycle. - ANSWER--
A
Who owns the Project Management Plan (PMP)?
a. The project team.
b. The chief executive.
c. The project manager.
d. The project support office - ANSWER--11
,Which one of the following best describes users?
a. Providers of both strategic and tactical direction to the project.
b. Those intended to receive benefits or operate outputs.
c. Facilitators of an appropriate issue resolution procedure.
d. Those providing full-time commitment to the project. - ANSWER--
B
Which statement best describes a responsibility of the project manager:
a. to be the sole source of expertise for estimating techniques on
cost and time.
b. to deliver the project objectives to enable benefits to be realised.
c. to take ultimate accountability for the delivery of the business
benefits.
d. to delegate all accountability for managing time, cost and quality to
team leaders - ANSWER--B
A project is typically defined in terms of scope, time, cost and which
other parameter?
a. Benefits.
b. Quality.
c. Tolerance.
d. Controls. - ANSWER--B
Which one of the following statements is true?
a. Business-as-usual activities cannot be improved.
b. Business-as-usual activities are more difficult to manage than
projects.
c. Projects are transient endeavours that bring about change to
business- as-usual.
d. A project is always the starting point for operation refinement. -
ANSWER--C
What is defined as "the ability to influence and align others towards a
common purpose"?
a. Teamwork.
,b. Motivation.
c. Management.
d. Leadership - ANSWER--D
Which one is a true statement relating to project communications?
a. A project sponsor is responsible for all communication methods
and media.
b. Different stakeholders typically have different communication
needs.
c. It is best to have a standard set of project reports used for every
project.
d. Email is the only way to communicate with large numbers of
people. - ANSWER--B
In project management, the term quality is best defined as:
a. inspection, testing and measurement.
b. reviews and audits.
c. fitness for purpose of deliverables.
d. professionally-bound project reports. - ANSWER--C
The main outcome of risk identification, in a risk management process,
is to:
a. identify and determine the relative importance of the project risks.
b. identify and describe all risks that might occur on the project.
c. identify and determine the responses to the project risks.
d. identify and describe risks that have occurred on previous projects
- ANSWER--B
Which one of the following is not considered in resource management?
a. Identifying resources.
b. Influencing resources.
c. Assigning resources to activities.
d. Matching resources to the schedule. - ANSWER--B
Which one of the following does project change control primarily seek to
ensure?
, a. All variance to the project scope is evaluated.
b. No reduction in the perceived quality of the project outcome.
c. Management costs of the project do not increase.
d. Any decrease in the scoped deliverable of the project is rejected. -
ANSWER--A
Which one of the following is captured in the Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS)?
a. The life cycle phases.
b. The logical order of tasks.
c. The scope of the project.
d. Project costs. - ANSWER--C
Project reporting can best be defined as:
a. informing stakeholders about the project.
b. storing and archiving of project information.
c. gathering stakeholder feedback.
d. collecting project information. - ANSWER--A
Which one of the following statements best defines an estimate?
a. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined
throughout the project life cycle.
b. A prediction of a future condition or event based on information or
knowledge available now.
c. The value of useful work done at any given point in a project to
give a measure of progress.
d. A situation that affects or influences the outcome of the project
expressed in time or cost term - ANSWER--A
The justification for the investment to be made in a project is
documented in the:
a. Cost Breakdown Structure.
b. procurement strategy.
c. business case.
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