Project Management Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Project Management is a comprehensive course that introduces students to the fundamental principles, techniques, and tools required to effectively plan, execute, monitor, and close projects across various industries. Students will explore the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure, while developing skills in time, cost, scope, quality, and risk management. The course emphasizes the importance of teamwork, communication, and leadership in achieving project objectives, and integrates industry-standard methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall. Through real-world case studies and practical assignments, students gain hands-on experience in project scheduling, resource allocation, and performance measurement, preparing them for roles as effective project managers.
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Project Management Process Technology and Practice 1st Edition by Ganesh Vaidyanathan
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Chapter 1: Projects and Project Management
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Q1) Politics and conflicts can lead to overall project failure.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The act of collaboration among people and other required resources such that a project is planned,organized,and controlled effectively to accomplish its goals and objectives best defines
A)project management.
B)knowledge acquisition.
C)project planning.
D)project implementation.
Answer: A
Q3) Tested product or system,training manuals,and user manuals are outputs of this phase.
A)conceptualization
B)design
C)implementation
D)closure
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Process and Methods
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Q1) A business process is a collection of related,structured business activities or tasks in a specific order that produce a specific service or product for a customer.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Define CIM.What are its seven principles?
Answer: CIM is a methodology that involves all employees of an organization in a systematic,structured process to implement continuous improvement in quality in projects.The seven principles are customer focus,employee involvement,process centered,strategic alliance,fact-based decision making,good communications,and continuous improvement.
Q3) Stakeholders are people involved in the project or those who have an impact on the project activities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Project Management Tools
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Q1) A T-Bone diagram is a tool that allows teams to identify and graphically detail all possible causes related to a problem and discover root causes of the problem at hand.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The purpose of the QFD technical requirements step is to evaluate how well customer requirements have been met compared to the competition.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Kano model is a tool to distinguish types of product requirements that influence customer satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Project Initiation
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Q1) Technology employed in projects should not determine project team member selection.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which stakeholders have high influence but have some or no interest in the project?
A)promoters
B)shapers
C)advocates
D)observers
Q3) Observers have neither interest in nor influence on the project.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It is not necessary to identify the stakeholders before a project is planned.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify five objectives that must be achieved for a project.
Q6) The higher the ROI,the better for the organization.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Project Planning
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Q1) According to a study referenced in the textbook,there is a positive correlation between the quality of planning and the success of a project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Project documents associated with the scope management knowledge area include
A)project charter.
B)project change requests.
C)duration estimates.
D)requirement traceability matrix.
Q3) What are the five stages in a procurement cycle?
Q4) The cost management plan includes
A)quality improvement methods.
B)quality control methods and expected results.
C)project funding requirements.
D)duration estimates.
Q5) Outputs of the WBS process include
A)statement of work.
B)a baseline of scope.
C)project closure report.
D)specifications.
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Chapter 6: Risk Management
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Q1) Quantitative risk assessment methods include
A)quantitative risk analysis.
B)data gathering and representation techniques.
C)expert judgment.
D)all of the above.
Q2) Risk management means that the project manager and upper management need to have realistic expectations of the people who will be doing the work.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A log of identified risks along with its owners,risk scores,RPNs,risk responses,triggers,residual and secondary risks,and contingency plans for cost and schedule best defines
A)risk register.
B)risk charter.
C)risk matrix.
D)contingency plan.
Q4) Checklists are never complete;they are ever growing and expansive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify five ways that risks associated with resources can be reduced.
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Chapter 7: Quality, Performance and Value
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Q1) Which of the following addresses a framework for software evaluation using the general characteristics of software?
A)ISO/IEC 12207
B)ISO/IEC 14143
C)ISO/IEC15504
D)ISO/IEC 9126-1
Q2) What is a project quality plan? What steps are involved?
Q3) Crosby,Deming,and Juran suggest achieving outstanding quality requires A)quality leadership from senior management.
B)a customer focus.
C)continuous improvement based on rigorous analysis of processes.
D)all of the above.
Q4) A process used to evaluate project performance periodically and ensure that the project will satisfy the quality standards of an organization best defines
A)project baseline evaluation.
B)scope development.
C)risk mitigation.
D)quality assurance.
Q5) Identify five reasons why scope changes are forced into projects.
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Chapter 8: Project Scheduling
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Q1) When working with project management software,factors that drive the calculation of time include each of the following <b>except</b>
A)resource assignments and types.
B)task dependencies.
C)task iterations.
D)project calendars.
Q2) A specific task,or set of tasks,that is part of the scope of a project,uses up some of the resources of a project,and requires some finite time to be completed best defines A)activity.
B)deliverable.
C)SWOT summary.
D)product.
Q3) What is PDM? Why is it useful?
Q4) Dependencies involving relationships between the project and non-project activities best defines
A)mandatory dependencies.
B)external dependencies.
C)discretionary dependencies.
D)internal dependencies.
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Chapter 9: Resources, Costing, and Control
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Q1) Office supplies,telephone,and utilities are examples of direct costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Identifying new risks is associated with monitoring and controlling a project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In fixed duration,the amount of work is a fixed value.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The best estimate of the total cost at the completion of the project best defines A)schedule performance index.
B)cost performance index.
C)estimate at completion.
D)variance at completion.
Q5) CPI is the most important tracking metric in EVA. A)True
B)False
Q6) Identify five benefits of EVA.
Q7) Identify five metrics for monitoring project cost and schedule.
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Chapter 10: Project Closure
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Q1) If proof-of-concept testing is successful and the customer accepts the proof-of-concept project,the project proceeds toward project close down.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Poor internal communication is an epistemological barrier to learning from post-project reviews.
A)True B)False
Q3) Which of the following project audit report questions addresses PMBOK's cost management knowledge area?
A)Do value-related processes exist?
B)Do scope-related processes exist?
C)Do schedule-related processes exist?
D)Are budget variances part of the project budget review?
Q4) Termination by fulfillment means the project is completed fully. A)True B)False
Q5) Identify five benefits of project audits.
Q6) What should a project audit contain?
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Chapter 11: Project Organizational Structures
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Q1) Which of the following group building and maintenance roles tends to be negative,opposes every idea or opinion without or beyond reason that is put forward,yet refuses to make own suggestions?
A)standard setter
B)gatekeeper-expediter
C)follower
D)blocker
Q2) Every project,regardless of its size or complexity,needs to have an organizational structure.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Decentralized is one of the five major organizational structures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following roles concentrates the group's energy on forward movement?
A)initiator-contributor
B)opinion seeker
C)elaborator
D)energizer
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Chapter 12: Project Success
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Q1) The project manager role and responsibility that communicates with company executives,functional managers,peers,and subordinates;meets schedules,solves problems,and achieves project scope and objectives is the A)administrator role.
B)consultant role.
C)coordinator role.
D)supervisor role.
Q2) Externalization is the process where tacit knowledge is translated into explicit knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Graphical representations of the changing rate of learning for a given project activity best describes A)Kano model.
B)learning curves.
C)Pareto charts.
D)SWOT analysis.
Q4) Identify five success variables for a project manager.
Q5) Describe the four primary knowledge management processes in an organization.
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