Deck 1: Project Management Terminology and Concepts

Question 1

________ is called as a planned activity.

A)project
B)activity
C)program
D)task

Answer 1

project

Question 2

------------- project interfaces with the organization.

A)information system
B)embedded system
C)process control system
D)objective driven system

Answer 2

information system

Question 3

In product-driven projects, the objectives of the project are defined in terms of ___________.

A)functional requirements only.
B)resource and non-functional requirements.
C)functional and quality requirements.
D)resource requirements only.

Answer 3

functional and quality requirements.

Question 4

__________ is record of how much the organization is willing to spend on the system.

A)resource requirements
B)functional requirements
C)security requirements
D)non functional requirements

Question 5

Projects are __________ by definition and therefore more uncertain than normal undertakings.

A)routine
B)non-routine
C)specific
D)controllable

Question 6

The project deliverable is supplied to customers release by release in a scheduled time intervals is referred as

A)agile
B)incremental delivery
C)v-process model
D)spiral model

Question 7

Expand CCTA

A)center combing and technology agent
B)central computer and telecommunications agency
C)center for centralized and technology agent
D)center computer and technical agency

Question 8

_________ standards should be in place to ensure that changes to requirements are implemented in a safe and orderly way.

A)change control and configuration management
B)time control and configuration management
C)access control and configuration management
D)quality control and configuration management

Question 9

The organization as part of its monitoring and control policy may have a ________in place which dictates that certain statistics have to be collected at various stages of aproject.

A)measurement programme.
B)system programme.
C)software programme.
D)testing programme.

Question 10

The products handed over to the clients at the end of projects are called as _____________.

A)software.
B)application program.
C)deliverables.
D)intermediate products.

Question 11

The relationship between program design and program specification can be portrayed in _________.

A)data flow diagram
B)product flow diagram
C)network diagram
D)data flow diagram.

Question 12

_________ time is the time between start and end of a task.

A)turnaround.
B)elapsed.
C)throughput.
D)pessimistic time.

Question 13

Project planning is an _________ process.

A)continuous.
B)iterative.
C)time consuming.
D)conventional.

Question 14

_______ is a collection of projects that all contribute to the same overall organizational goals.

A)software.
B)task
C)programme.
D)activity

Question 15

The standard way of evaluating the economic benefits of any projects is to carry out a ________ analysis.

A)price-benefit.
B)cost-benefit.
C)cash flow.
D)fund flow.

Question 16

The costs that include the salaries and other employment costs of the staff involved in the project development and all associated costs are called____________.

A)operational cost.
B)development cost.
C)setup cost.
D)direct cost.

Question 17

Longer term benefits that are considered very difficult to quantify are called _______ .

A)direct benefits.
B)assessable benefits.
C)indirect benefits.
D)intangible benefits.

Question 18

____________ will indicate when expenditure and income will take place.

A)cash flow forecast.
B)cost analysis.
C)fund flow.
D)technical forecast.

Question 19

_________ is the time taken to break even or pay back the initial investment.

A)back period.
B)payback period.
C)cash back period.
D)rate of return.

Question 20

The calculation of __________ is a project evaluation technique that takes into account the profitability of a project and the timing of cash flows that are produced.

A)npv.
B)tpv.
C)spv.
D)lpv.

Question 21

Number of interrelated activities can be organized in different ways are called ______.

A)activity model.
B)network model.
C)hierarchical model.
D)process model.

Question 22

The alternate name for Waterfall model is _________.

A)two-shot model
B)phase shot model
C)three-phase model
D)one-shot model

Question 23

The first phase of waterfall model is ____________.

A)analysis.
B)feasibility study.
C)coding.
D)user requirements.