1) Which of the following principles of project management defines and controls the functions that

are to be included in the system?

A) Project Quality Management
B) Project Time Management
C) Project Cost Management
D) Project Scope Management

2) A determination of economic feasibility of the project always requires a thorough ____
A) Cost/benefit analysis
B) system scope document
C) proof of concept prototype
D) work breakdown structure (WBS)

3) A ____ is a good tool for monitoring the progress of a project as it moves along.
A) Entity relationship Diagram
B) Work Breakdown Structure
C) Gantt Chart
D) Context Diagram

4) ____ Requirements are most often documented in graphical and textual models.
A) Security
B) Technical
C) Non Functional
D) Functional

5) The term ____ refers to all the people who have an interest in the successful implementation of
the system
a) Users
b) Middle Managers
c) Clients
d) Stake Holders

6) Questionnaires can be used to ask questions that ___
a) Determine user opinions
b) Define the system functions
c) Determine the stakeholders
d) Detail user procedures
7) Software interoperability is:
a) The ability of a software system to work on different hardware platforms.
b) The ability of a software system to work under different operating systems.
c) The ability of a software system to exchange information with other software systems
and to use the exchanged information.
d) The ability to replace a software system with another software system that has similar
functionality

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a) Identify system faults, but not to attribute blame or seek solutions
b) Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors, but not seek solutions
c) Identify system faults, attribute the source of errors and seek solutions
d) Identify system faults, seek solutions, but not to attribute blame

9) Which of the following statements is NOT true:
e) Requirements must be testable
f) Requirements must be concerned with system functionality only
g) Requirements must be complete
h) Requirements must be unambiguously stated

10) The following diagram shows that:







a) Specification is completed before delivery
b) Specification is not completed until delivery
c) Specification is part of delivery.
d) Specification is an ongoing activity.

11) Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects?
a) Uncertainty
b) An objective
c) Uniqueness
d) No defined end point
12) Successful project management does NOT include which of the following factors?
a) Responsiveness to clients
b) Interchangeable staff
c) Competent team members
d) Control mechanisms

13) Which is the first stage in the project management model?
a) Project planning
b) Project definition
c) Project control
d) Understanding the project environment

14) Which of the following is not a main element of the project management process?
a) Systems Design
b) Schedule
c) Estimation
d) Monitor

15) Which of the following is not a main project objective?
a) Time
b) Cost
c) Structure
d) Quality

16) Which of the following is a main PRINCE project aim?
a) Meet specifies Quality
b) Deliver on Schedule
c) Meet Specified Quantity
d) Stay within the budget
e) All of the above

17) Which of the following are benefits of the network analysis approach?
a) Derive error free forecasts.
b) Avoid need to use structured approach.
c) Allows progress to be monitored against plan.
d) Allows progress to be monitored against plan.

18) A project can be considered to have failed if it:
e) Overran significantly on estimated delivery date.
f) Does not meet the users' requirements.
g) Was significantly over budget.
h) Does not meet the business requirements.

19) The mission of the _________ is to foster the growth of project management and
build professionalism in the field.
a) Project Management Institute (PMI)
b) PMBOK
c) Manhattan project
d) ARPANET

20) Which of the following statements is false in regards to projects?
a) Projects have limited budgets.
b) Projects have life cycles
c) On most projects, conflict does not exist
d) Every project has some elements that are unique

21) Because the customer is not a member of the performing organization, the customer is
not a stakeholder of the project (True / False)
22) In general, projects today are getting smaller and smaller (True / False)
23) Project management provides an organization with powerful tools that improve its ability
to plan, implement, and control its activities (True / False)
24) A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a ________ product or service.
a) unique
b) Similar
c) Duplicate
d) Master

25) What are the 4 stages of team development?
a) Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
b) Enthusiasm, Hope, Panic, Solution.
c) Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating
d) Direction, Motivation, Cooperation, Collaboration.

26) Which process is applied to break down the project into smaller, more manageable
elements?
a) Scope Planning
b) Activity Duration Estimating.
c) Scope Definition.
d) Scope Verification.

27) Which of the following Tools and Techniques are part of Risk Management Planning?
a) Risk planning meetings
b) Documentation reviews
c) Data precision rankings.
d) Diagramming techniques.

28) All of the following statements concerning project stakeholders are true except
a) Differences between or among stakeholders should be resolved in favor of the customer.
b) Managing stakeholder expectations may be difficult because stakeholders often have very
different objectives that may come into conflict.
c) Project stakeholders may influence the course of the project and its results.
d) Differences between or among stakeholders should be resolved in the most cost efficient
manner consistent with project objectives

29) Which of the following statements is not true?
a) Standards and regulations are mandatory.
b) According to ISO, standards are not mandatory, but regulations are.
c) Standards often begin as guidelines that are not mandatory. With later widespread
adoption, they can become de facto regulations.
d) Standards and regulations are socio-economic influences to a project.

30) Which type of leadership is best suited for optimizing team performance in projects?
a) Democratic leadership.
b) Participative leadership.
c) Autocratic leadership.
d) Benevolent authoritative leadership

31) A project management team has subcontracted work to a service company. The process
of ensuring that this service company's performance meets contractual requirements is
called
a) Contract Administration.
b) Staff Acquisition.
c) Contract Closeout.
d) Contract Negotiation

32) What are workarounds in project management?
a) Workarounds are essentially the same as rework.
b) Workarounds are alternative strategies.
c) Workarounds are unplanned responses to emerging risks that were previously
unidentified or accepted.
d) Workarounds are activities performed according to applicable contingency plans

33) During execution of a project which is performed for a customer on a T&M (Time and
Material) contract base a new project manager is taking over the assignment. He
discovers that two members assigned to the project have charged time without
performing any work. Upon further investigation, he determines that this occurred
because there were no other project assignments available for these people. The customer
is unaware of these facts. What should the project manager do?
a) Try to find some productive work for these staff members in the project and leave them
on the team.
b) The best thing is to do nothing. The customer will not realize the problem anyway.
c) Try to find a responsible person for the over-assignment who can be made accountable.
d) Take the two people off the team immediately and arrange for the refund of the excess
charges to the customer.

34) Which of the following is not considered to be part of Project Resource Management?
a) Working staff.
b) Materials.
c) Equipment.
d) Time and money.

35) What are "Global Literacies"?
a) The ability to read reports written in many different languages.
b) The ability to succeed in a cross cultural environment.
c) The ability to develop internationally accepted contracts.
d) The ability to communicate using drawings and pictograms which are understood all over
the world

36) During a project the scope of product purchased on a cost reimbursable contract has
increased. In the contract the contractors indirect costs are calculated as 20 % of the
direct costs. What is most likely to be true?
a) The contractors indirect costs will increase and the customers payment for them will
increase, too.
b) The contractors indirect costs will increase but the customers payment for them not.
c) Neither the indirect costs nor the customers payment for indirect costs will increase.
d) The contractors indirect costs will not increase but the customers payment for them
will.

37) You are performing a project management audit in your company and find that most of
the project plans are neither consistent nor up-to-date. Which of the following statements
is not true?
a) Projects should never be executed without a valid, updated and working project plan.
b) The project plan is secondary because it is only the results that matter.
c) A great deal of effort is required to develop and update a project plan, but the benefits
include less pressure on all stakeholders and a resulting product that will satisfy the
requirements.
d) Poor planning is one of the major reasons for cost and time overruns.

38) You are assigned as the project manager in a project with an aggressive schedule. During
a recent meeting your team complained about the high pressure applied and the many
hours of overwork time. What is the preferred solution to handle the problem?
a) Try to obtain additional budget and time.
b) Improve team communication and availability of high quality data on risks. Use this
information to enable you to make well-founded decisions earlier.
c) The problem might be the customer disturbing project rhythm. Keep him on distance
from the team.
d) Apply fast tracking to shorten project duration without additional work.

39) _____performs day to day project management, develop project deliverables, prepare
project management review and senior management review presentations, present project
status, manage resolution of project issues
a) CFO
b) CIO
c) Project managers
d) Project Coordinators

40) A system of internal ________ gets initiated almost automatically resulting in highly
efficient organization as a whole.
a) Auditing
b) Verification
c) Validation
d) Bench Marking

41) _________ is the process by which employees are encouraged to take decisions
pertaining to their area of work.
a) Automation
b) Empowerment
c) Authorization
d) Delegation

42) ________helps in resetting the goals when they cannot be achieved for various reasons
shortage of resources, time etc
a) Plan
b) Guidelines
c) Review
d) Analysis

43) PR stands for _______
a) Project Review
b) Procurement Review
c) Performance Review
d) Planning Review

44) During the course of executing the project, it is seen that the _______ requirement
increases from start to an intermediate stage of the project
a) Equipment
b) Resource
c) Design
d) Manpower