Project Management Test 1 Review

Program is a temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose:

True

False

Stakeholders are people involved in or affected by project activities:

True

False

A Project will normally have a fixed, and well defined objectives:

True

False

A project is normally initiated by the project manager:

True

False

Knowledge areas describe the key skills that the stakeholder must posses in order to have a successful project:

True

False

Much of the knowledge needed to manage projects is unique to the discipline of project management:

True

False

Project managers do not need to have general management skills to manage a project:

True

False

Project mangers use the Gantt chart as the primary tool to communicate project schedule information:

True

False

The project management profession is decreasing at an alarming rate:

True

False

Low-end project management tools generally cost thousands of dollars:

True

False

Project Management provides many organizations advantages such as:

Better control of financial, physical, and human resources

Improved productivity

Higher worker morale

All of the above

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a “project”?

Unlimited funds

Has a unique purpose

Is temporary

Has a primary sponsor or customer

A program is characterized as:

A grouping of related tasks lasting one year or less

A unique undertaking having an indefinite time period

A grouping of projects managed in a coordinated way

A project with a cost of $1 million

The “triple constraint” of project management refers to:

Managing the hardware, software, and time of a project

Managing the scope, time, and cost dimensions of a project

Managing the changes, risk, and costs of a project

None of the above

A stakeholder is:

A project engineer

An individual that controls contingency funds

An individual or organization that is involved in or may be effected by project activity

An accountant

Scope management:

Is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is or is not part of the project

Is not a concern of the project manager

Involves managing the work content of the project

All of the above

Time Management includes:

Estimating how long it will take to complete the work

Developing an acceptable project schedule

Ensuring timely completion of the project

All of the above

Quality management deals with the following except:

Satisfying the needs of the customer

Making the product more desirable and luxurious

Conformance to requirements and specifications

All of the above

Project management tools and techniques assist project managers and their teams in:

Carrying out human resource, integration, and procurement management

Carrying out scope, time, cost, and quality management

Generating, collecting, disseminating, and storing project information

All of the above

Gantt Charts are used to:

Help managers identify critical tasks

Model the relationships among project tasks

Help managers measure performance

All of the above

A project is a ____________________ endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose.

Temporary

A project should have a primary ____________________.

Sponsor

To create a successful project, ____________________, time and cost must all be taken into consideration.

Scope

Knowledge areas describe the key ____________________ that project managers must develop

Competencies

Low-end project management tools are often recommended for ____________________ projects

Small

High-end project management tools are often recommended for ____________________ projects.

Large

Project management overlaps somewhat with ____________________ management and application area knowledge.

General

The Gantt chart, network diagram, and critical path analysis are project ____________________ tools.

Scheduling

Project management software is making specialized project management techniques ____________________ to use.

Easier

Program is a group of ____________________ managed in a coordinated way.

Projects

What three knowledge areas comprise the triple constraint of project management?

Scope, time, and cost

Name two tools and techniques that are unique to project management.

Any of the following: project charter, WBS, Gantt chart, network diagram, critical path analysis, project cost estimates, earned value chart

Modern project management began with what project?

The Manhattan Project

4. What is the designation for people certified as project managers by the Project Management Institute?

PMP for Project Management Professional

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