Deck 13: Project Management and Software Development

Question 1

Optimal quality is reached at what point?

A)When the stakeholder accepts the project deliverable
B)When revenue from improvements equal the costs of conformance
C)When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality
D)When revenue from corrective actions equals the costs of the improvement

Answer 1

When revenue from improvement equals the incremental costs to achieve the quality

Question 2

A communication management plan identifies the relevant information that should be communicated to:

A)the project team.
B)the project stakeholders.
C)the project board.
D)the project sponsor.

Answer 2

the project stakeholders.

Question 3

Project risk management is best described as:

A)managing responses to threats.
B)identifying and acknowledging threats and opportunities.
C)planning responses to threats.
D)minimising threats and maximising opportunities.

Answer 3

minimising threats and maximising opportunities.

Question 4

Which one of the following best describes a project issue?

A)A major problem that requires formal escalation.
B)A problem that the project manager has to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
C)An uncertain event that may or may not occur.
D)An opportunity that occurs through change control.

Question 5

The phases of a project life cycle are:

A)starting, planning, control and closing.
B)concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
C)initiation, definition, planning, monitoring and operations.
D)concept, definition, implementation and operations.

Question 6

Who are project team members primarily accountable to?

A)External stakeholders.
B)The end users.
C)The finance director.
D)The project manager.

Question 7

Who has ultimate responsibility for project risk?

A)Steering group.
B)Risk owner.
C)Project sponsor.
D)Project manager.

Question 8

Who owns the Project Management Plan (PMP)?

A)The project team.
B)The chief executive.
C)The project manager.
D)The project support office.

Question 9

A project is typically defined in terms of scope, time, cost and which other parameter?

A)Benefits.
B)Quality.
C)Tolerance.
D)Controls.

Question 10

Which of these is not one of the constraints of a project?

A)Scope
B)Resources
C)Team
D)Budget

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a project management cause of failed projects?

A)shortcuts taken during the project
B)lack of or imprecise targets
C)inadequate systems analysis and design tools
D)budget overruns

Question 12

Which of the following is not considered as a risk in project management?

A)Specification delays
B)Product competition
C)Testing
D)Staff turnover

Question 13

The process each manager follows during the life of a project is known as

A)Project Management
B)Manager life cycle
C)Project Management Life Cycle
D)Product management

Question 14

Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for

A)team
B)project
C)customers
D)project manager

Question 15

Which of the following is incorrect activity for the configuration management of a software system?

A)Internship management
B)Change management
C)Version management
D)System management

Question 16

Identify the sub-process of process improvement

A)Process introduction
B)Process analysis
C)De-processification
D)Process distribution

Question 17

Choose an internal software quality from given below:

A)scalability
B)usability
C)reusability
D)reliability

Question 18

A _________ is developed using historical cost information that relates some software metric to the project cost.

A)Algorithmic cost modelling
B)Expert judgement
C)Estimation by analogy
D)Parkinson's Law

Question 19

Which technique is applicable when other projects in the same analogy application domain have been completed?

A)Algorithmic cost modelling
B)Expert judgement
C)Estimation by analogy
D)Parkinson's Law

Question 20

Which of the following states that work expands to fill the time available.

A)CASE tools
B)Pricing to win
C)Parkinson's Law
D)Expert judgement

Question 21

Which model is used during early stages of the system design after the requirements have been established?

A)An application-composition model
B)A post-architecture model
C)A reuse model
D)An early design model

Question 22

The team is responsible for exchange of information and process guidence either to or from project practitioners.

A)Software engineering process authority.
B)Software engineering environment
C)Project administration
D)Project review

Question 23

_________is the critical factor in understanding how to plan and execute a software development project.

A)Process flexibility
B)Architecture
C)Risk resolution
D)Domain experience

Question 24

________focuses on developing change -tolerance software.

A)Rapid application development
B)Lean Development
C)Extreme rogramming
D)Spriral

Question 25

successful projects recognize the continuous improvment towards the best value rather than adhering to__________.

A)Ambiguous statements
B)Software quality
C)Software testing
D)Small scale projects

Question 26

_______milestones occure at the end of the elaboration phase.

A)Life-style architecture
B)Critical
C)Software
D)Schedule