Computer Information Systems
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Computer Information Systems is an interdisciplinary course that explores the integration of information technology with business processes to enhance organizational efficiency and decision-making. Students will learn about the design, implementation, and management of computer-based information systems, including databases, networking, systems analysis, and cybersecurity. The course covers key concepts such as data management, enterprise resource planning, and emerging technologies, equipping students with the skills needed to solve real-world business problems and support strategic goals within modern enterprises.
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Information Technology Project Management 8th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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Q1) Which of the following provides certification as a Project Management Professional?
A)PMS
B)PMC
C)PMI
D)PMP
Answer: C
Q2) A(n) _____ is "a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually."
Answer: program
Q3) A project's sponsor is also known as a(n) _____.
Answer: primary customer
Q4) Which of the following is true of low-end tools of the project management software?
A)They are designed for especially large projects with multiple users.
B)Their main advantage is that they have unlimited functionality.
C)They provide basic project management features.
D)They are referred to as an enterprise project management software.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Project Management and Information Technology Context
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Q1) Sprint planning is part of the basic ______.
Answer: Scrum framework
Q2) Project managers and their teams must keep in mind the effects of any project on the interests and needs of the entire system or organization instead of focusing on the immediate concerns of the project.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Standards and guidelines to follow when performing project management must be devised by top management.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) _____ refers to the degree to which work activities are organized around teams, rather than individuals.
Answer: Group emphasis
Q5) The _____ life cycle model is suitable for projects in which changes can be incorporated with reasonable cost increases or acceptable time delays.
Answer: spiral
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Chapter 3: The Project Management Process Groups: A Case Study
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Q1) Many project management activities occur as part of the planning process group.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) In the Scrum method, team members work as a self-directed group coached by the ScrumMaster.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The kick-off meeting is always held before the business case and project charter are completed.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) A(n) _____ describes how things should be done. Answer: methodology
Q5) A risk register is the output of _____. Answer: risk identification planning
Q6) A(n)_____ is a series of actions directed toward a particular result. Answer: process Page 5
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Chapter 4: Project Integration Management
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Q1) It is necessary that IT project managers have prior technical experience in creating and managing IT products.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A positive NPV means the return from a project exceeds the _____, the return available by investing the capital elsewhere.
Q3) A _____ is a document that recognizes the existence of a project and provides direction on the project's objectives and management.
A)stakeholder register
B)risk register
C)directive
D)project charter
Q4) _____ involves coordinating all of the other project management knowledge areas throughout a project's life cycle.
Q5) What is integrated change control? What are the main objectives of integrated change control?
Q6) _____ involves identifying and managing the points of interaction between various elements of the project.
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Chapter 5: Project Scope Management
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Q1) Many organizations provide different guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.
A)variance
B)objective
C)deliverable
D)work package
Q3) A work package must always represent less than 80 hours of work.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization is known as _____.
A)variance
B)benchmarking
C)prototyping
D)decomposition
Q5) Tasks in a WBS that are decomposed into smaller tasks are called _____ tasks.
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Chapter 6: Project Time Management
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Q1) A drawback of the precedence diagramming method is that it cannot be used unless dummy activities are employed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The main outputs of _____ include work performance measurements, organizational process assets updates, and project document updates.
Q3) Which of the following processes in project time management involves identifying the specific tasks that the project team members and stakeholders must perform to produce the project deliverables?
A)Defining activities
B)Sequencing activities
C)Developing the schedule
D)Estimating activity durations
Q4) _____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.
A)Murphy's Law
B)Miller's Law
C)Parkinson's Law
D)Einstein's Law
Q5) _____ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.
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Chapter 7: Project Cost Management
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Q1) Overrun is the additional percentage amount by which estimates exceed actual costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In an earned value chart, when the actual cost line is right on or above the earned value line, it indicates that costs are less than planned.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ costing helps to see a big-picture view of the cost of a project throughout its life cycle.
Q4) The _____ theory states that when many items are produced repetitively, the unit cost of those items decreases in a regular pattern as more units are produced.
Q5) A cost management plan is a subsidiary of the _____ plan.
Q6) IT project managers must be able to present and discuss project information both in financial and technical terms.
A)True
B)False
Q7) _____ are revenues minus expenditures.
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Chapter 8: Project Quality Management
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Q1) A _____ is a graphic display of data that illustrates the results of a process over time.
A)statistical sampling chart
B)Pareto chart
C)Six Sigma chart
D)control chart
Q2) Integration testing involves testing of each individual component to ensure that it is as defect-free as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ measures how much variation exists in a distribution of data.
Q4) Testing as a stage is important only at the end of an information technology product development.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a _____, the closer data points are to a diagonal line, the more closely the two variables are related.
Q6) Complete the formula: sample size = 0.25 * ( _____ /acceptable error)2
Q7) What are the three main outcomes of quality control? Briefly describe each.
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Chapter 9: Project Human Resource Management
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Q1) Managers who believe in Theory Y assume that workers dislike and avoid work if possible, so managers must use coercion, threats, and various control schemes to get workers to make adequate efforts to meet objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The highest level of needs in Maslow's structure is referred to as a _____ need.
A)deficiency
B)growth
C)safety
D)physiological
Q3) _____ refers to matching certain behaviors of the other person.
A)Empathic listening
B)Rapport
C)Synergy
D)Mirroring
Q4) The _____ is a tool to measure the individual needs of different people using McClelland's categories.
Q5) Managers who believe in McGregor's _____ assume that individuals do not inherently dislike work, but consider it as natural as play or rest.
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Chapter 10: Project Communications Management
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Q1) Using the formula for calculating the number of communication channels, how many channels would two people require?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
Q2) In a project, communicating badly exponentially increases the possibility of making mistakes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____ predict future project status and progress based on past information and trends.
A)Progress reports
B)Status reports
C)Forecasts
D)Project updates
Q4) _____ are normally provided as status reports or progress reports.
Q5) Minutes must be a comprehensive report of the meeting that was scheduled.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Project Risk Management
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Q1) _____ involves prioritizing risks based on their probability and impact of occurrence.
A)Performing qualitative risk analysis
B)Identifying risks
C)Planning risk responses
D)Performing quantitative risk analysis
Q2) A _____ is a technique used to show the effects of changing one or more variables on an outcome.
A)sensitivity analysis
B)decision tree
C)Monte Carlo analysis
D)systems analysis
Q3) _____ is a technique by which a group attempts to generate ideas or find a solution for a specific problem by amassing ideas spontaneously and without judgment.
Q4) Risk utility rises at a decreasing rate for a(n) _____ person.
Q5) The _____ is the person who will own or take responsibility for the risk.
Q6) _____ risks are risks that remain after all of the response strategies have been implemented.
Q7) Explain decision trees and expected monetary value.
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Chapter 12: Project Procurement Management
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Q1) The closing procurements process involves updating records to reflect final results and archiving information for future use.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How is a statement of work (SOW) different from a contract statement of work? What are some of the requirements for creating a contract SOW?
Q3) A(n) _____ decision is one in which an organization decides if it is in its best interests to make certain products or perform certain services inside the organization, or if it is better to buy them from an outside organization.
Q4) In a(n) _____ contract, the buyer pays the supplier for allowable performance costs along with a predetermined fee and an incentive bonus.
A)FFP
B)CPIF
C)CPPC
D)FPIF
Q5) A(n) _____ is a mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified products or services and obligates the buyer to pay for them.
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Chapter 13: Project Stakeholder Management
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Q1) Key stakeholders need not be invited to participate in a kick-off meeting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The project sponsor, project team and the support staff would be the _____ project stakeholders.
Q3) The project team must take corrective action if stakeholders with _____ are categorized as resistant or unaware.
A)high interest/low power
B)high interest and high power
C)low interest/ low power
D)low interest/high power
Q4) The project team must take corrective action if stakeholders with _____ are categorized as resistant or unaware.
A)high interest/low power
B)high interest and high power
C)low interest/ low power
D)low interest/high power
Q5) Government officials and concerned citizens would be classified as _____ project stakeholders.
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