Project Management Set 13

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA),

Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)

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This set of Project Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Project Management Set 13

Q1 | Optimal quality is reached at what point?
  • When the stakeholder accepts the project deliverable
  • When revenue from improvements equal the costs of conformance
  • When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality
  • When revenue from corrective actions equals the costs of the improvement
Answer: When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality
Q2 | A communication management plan identifies the relevant information that should becommunicated to:
  • the project team.
  • the project stakeholders.
  • the project board.
  • the project sponsor.
Answer: the project stakeholders.
Q3 | Project risk management is best described as:
  • managing responses to threats.
  • identifying and acknowledging threats and opportunities.
  • planning responses to threats.
  • minimising threats and maximising opportunities.
Answer: minimising threats and maximising opportunities.
Q4 | Which one of the following best describes a project issue?
  • A major problem that requires formal escalation.
  • A problem that the project manager has to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
  • An uncertain event that may or may not occur.
  • An opportunity that occurs through change control.
Answer: A major problem that requires formal escalation.
Q5 | The phases of a project life cycle are:
  • starting, planning, control and closing.
  • concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
  • initiation, definition, planning, monitoring and operations.
  • concept, definition, implementation and operations.
Answer: concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
Q6 | Who are project team members primarily accountable to?
  • External stakeholders.
  • The end users.
  • The finance director.
  • The project manager.
Answer: The project manager.
Q7 | Who has ultimate responsibility for project risk?
  • Steering group.
  • Risk owner.
  • Project sponsor.
  • Project manager.
Answer: Project sponsor.
Q8 | Who owns the Project Management Plan (PMP)?
  • The project team.
  • The chief executive.
  • The project manager.
  • The project support office.
Answer: The project manager.
Q9 | A project is typically defined in terms of scope, time, cost and which other parameter?
  • Benefits.
  • Quality.
  • Tolerance.
  • Controls.
Answer: Quality.
Q10 | Which of these is not one of the constraints of a project?
  • Scope
  • Resources
  • Team
  • Budget
Answer: Team
Q11 | Which of the following is NOT a project management cause of failed projects?
  • shortcuts taken during the project
  • lack of or imprecise targets
  • inadequate systems analysis and design tools
  • budget overruns
Answer: inadequate systems analysis and design tools
Q12 | Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?
  • Specification delays
  • Product competition
  • Testing
  • Staff turnover
Answer: Testing
Q13 | The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as
  • Project Management
  • Manager life cycle
  • Project Management Life Cycle
  • Product management
Answer: Project Management Life Cycle
Q14 | Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for
  • team
  • project
  • customers
  • project manager
Answer: project
Q15 | Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of asoftware system?
  • Internship management
  • Change management
  • Version management
  • System management
Answer: Internship management
Q16 | Identify the sub-process of process improvement
  • Process introduction
  • Process analysis
  • De-processification
  • Process distribution
Answer: Process analysis
Q17 | Choose an internal software quality from given below:
  • scalability
  • usability
  • reusability
  • reliability
Answer: reusability
Q18 | A _________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some softwaremetric to the project cost.
  • Algorithmic cost modelling
  • Expert judgement
  • Estimation by analogy
  • Parkinson’s Law
Answer: Algorithmic cost modelling
Q19 | Which technique is applicable when other projects in the same analogy applicationdomain have been completed?
  • Algorithmic cost modelling
  • Expert judgement
  • Estimation by analogy
  • Parkinson’s Law
Answer: Estimation by analogy
Q20 | Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available.
  • CASE tools
  • Pricing to win
  • Parkinson’s Law
  • Expert judgement
Answer: CASE tools
Q21 | Which model is used during early stages of the system design after the requirements havebeen established?
  • An application-composition model
  • A post-architecture model
  • A reuse model
  • An early design model
Answer: An application-composition model
Q22 | The team is responsible for exchange of information and process guidence either to or from project practitioners.
  • Software engineering process authority.
  • Software engineering environment
  • Project administration
  • Project review
Answer: Software engineering process authority.
Q23 | _________is the critical factor in understanding how to plan and execute a softwaredevelopment project.
  • Process flexibility
  • Architecture
  • Risk resolution
  • Domain experience
Answer: Domain experience
Q24 | ________focuses on developing change -tolerance software.
  • Rapid application development
  • Lean Development
  • Extreme rogramming
  • Spriral
Answer: Rapid application development
Q25 | successful projects recognize the continuous improvment towards the best value ratherthan adhering to__________.
  • Ambiguous statements
  • Software quality
  • Software testing
  • Small scale projects
Answer: Ambiguous statements
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