Deck 4: Planning Projects, part I Project Integration, scope, time, and Cost Management

Question 1

The project sponsor and project champion should be the same person on any project.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The goal of the activity definition process is to replace the scope statement.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The contents of scope statements can vary.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The project management plan typically provides detailed cost projections by WBS by month.

Question 5

The tasks in a WBS must be developed as a sequential list of steps.

Question 6

People are more likely to perform well if they know what they are supposed to do and when.

Question 7

The project team should review an activity list and activity attributes with project stakeholders.

Question 8

As more information becomes available and decisions are made related to project scope,the project team should update the project scope statement.

Question 9

The WBS is a peripheral document in project management.

Question 10

Discretionary dependencies are defined by the project team.

Question 11

Specifications on a WBS represent work that needs to be done to complete the project.

Question 12

The project manager monitors and controls work packages at the lowest level of the WBS.

Question 13

You need a detailed project schedule before you can develop a cost baseline.

Question 14

Activity sequencing involves reviewing the activity list and attributes,project scope statement,and milestone list to determine the relationships or dependencies between activities.

Question 15

There is usually no cost or duration associated with a milestone.

Question 16

Project teams rarely estimate completion dates for milestones early in the scheduling process.

Question 17

The format of the WBS dictionary can vary based on project needs.

Question 18

The project charter,preliminary scope statement,and current project management plan are key inputs to the scope management plan.

Question 19

Work that is not included in the scope statement should be performed as needed.

Question 20

Every item on a WBS needs to be on the network diagram.

Question 21

There can be more than one critical path on a project.

Question 22

The precedence diagramming method uses only finish-to-start dependencies.

Question 23

The main planning tasks performed as part of project scope management include scope planning,scope definition,and ____.

A) scope evaluation
B) scope reduction
C) creating the WBS
D) scope expansion

Question 24

After you determine the reason for a dependency between activities,you must determine the type of dependency.

Question 25

Duration relates to the time estimate,not the effort estimate.

Question 26

The main purpose of project planning is to guide project ____.

A) initiation
B) execution
C) review
D) evaluation

Question 27

The critical path is the shortest path through the network diagram.

Question 28

The main output of scope planning is a ____ management plan,which is a document that includes descriptions of how the team will prepare the scope statement,create the WBS,verify completion of the project deliverables,and control requests for changes to the project scope.

A) scope
B) project
C) program
D) portfolio

Question 29

The term "____" is used to describe each level of work in the WBS.

A) activity
B) module
C) task
D) node

Question 30

The PMBOK Guide lists over ____ documents that project teams can produce as part of project planning.

A) 50
B) 75
C) 100
D) 125

Question 31

A large percentage of total project costs are often labor costs.

Question 32

Project management ____ facilitate communication among stakeholders and provide a baseline for progress measurement and project control.

A) charters
B) plans
C) contracts
D) compacts

Question 33

Project ____ management involves coordinating all the project management knowledge areas throughout a project's life span.

A) union
B) synthesis
C) unification
D) integration

Question 34

Planning includes tasks related to each of the ____ project management knowledge areas.

A) four
B) five
C) nine
D) sixteen

Question 35

Scope statements should include,at a minimum,a description of the project,including its overall objectives and justification; detailed descriptions of all project ____; characteristics and requirements of products and services produced as part of the project; and project success criteria.

A) stakeholders
B) volunteers
C) meetings
D) deliverables

Question 36

The WBS is a required input to the cost budgeting process.

Question 37

The project team develops a preliminary scope statement during project ____.

A) review
B) initiation
C) orientation
D) development

Question 38

It is poor practice to use more than one approach for creating a cost estimate.

Question 39

Most project teams use the most pessimistic time to estimate activity durations.

Question 40

A key output of the resource estimating process is documentation of activity resource requirements.

Question 41

Performance in meeting project scope goals is based on the scope ____.

A) definition
B) revision
C) baseline
D) statement

Question 42

There are ____ basic reasons for creating dependencies among project activities.

A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six

Question 43

____ dependencies are inherent in the nature of the work being performed on a project.

A) Embedded
B) Absolute
C) Mandatory
D) Compulsory

Question 44

A three-point estimate is an estimate that includes a(n)____,most likely,and pessimistic estimate,such as three weeks,four weeks,and five weeks,respectively.

A) optimistic
B) unusual
C) remote
D) conditional

Question 45

____ dependencies involve relationships between project and nonproject activities.

A) Internal
B) External
C) Ancillary
D) Miscellaneous

Question 46

Activity ____ provide schedule-related information about each activity,such as predecessors,successors,logical relationships,leads and lags,resource requirements,constraints,imposed dates,and assumptions related to the activity.

A) features
B) characteristics
C) properties
D) attributes

Question 47

The Just-In-Time Training project team decided to use the project management process groups for the level ____ tasks in its WBS.

A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3

Question 48

Duration estimates are provided as a ____ number,such as four weeks; as a range,such as three to five weeks; or as a three-point estimate.

A) continuous
B) random
C) fractional
D) discrete

Question 49

In an AOA network diagram,____ occur when two or more activities follow a single node.

A) drives
B) flares
C) bursts
D) runs

Question 50

Project management software uses the ____ format to represent the WBS.

A) tabular
B) binary
C) flexible
D) chart

Question 51

In an AOA network diagram,a(n)____ occurs when two or more nodes precede a single node.

A) merge
B) join
C) union
D) intersection

Question 52

After defining project activities,the next step in project time management is activity ____.

A) organization
B) sequencing
C) segmenting
D) ordering

Question 53

The main groupings for the work in a WBS chart are listed in the second tier of boxes,called level ____.

A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3

Question 54

The project team begins to develop a ____ by first clearly defining all the activities it needs to perform.

A) charter
B) schedule
C) scope
D) work flow diagram

Question 55

The project manager should work with his or her team and ____ to determine the level of detail needed in the WBS dictionary.

A) client
B) customer
C) auditor
D) sponsor

Question 56

What is the PERT weighted average based on an optimistic estimate of six days,a most likely estimate of eight days,and a pessimistic time of twelve days?

A) six
B) eight
C) eleven
D) twelve

Question 57

In the context of a network diagram,a ____ is simply the starting and ending point of an activity.

A) cell
B) vertex
C) source
D) node

Question 58

Tasks in a WBS that are decomposed into smaller tasks are called ____ tasks.

A) micro
B) tentative
C) summary
D) definitive

Question 59

To define the ____ of the project accurately,it is very important to ensure consistency between the project charter,scope statement,WBS,Gantt chart,and related documents.

A) scope
B) charter
C) vision
D) parameters

Question 60

____ includes the actual amount of time spent working on an activity plus elapsed time.

A) Extension
B) Duration
C) Period
D) Length

Question 61

The approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary form the scope ____________________.

Question 62

You need to plan the project ____________________ and determine what activities need to be done before you can develop a detailed project schedule.

Question 63

A work ____________________ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.

Question 64

Project ____________________ management involves defining and controlling what work is or is not included in a project.

Question 65

The main disadvantage of ____ is that it can end up lengthening the project schedule,because starting some tasks too soon often increases project risk and results in rework.

A) reviewing
B) crashing
C) extending
D) fast tracking

Question 66

Project ____ management includes the processes required to ensure that a project team completes a project within an approved budget.

A) control
B) delivery
C) cost
D) outlays

Question 67

____ estimates,also called top-down estimates,use the actual cost of a previous,similar project as the basis for estimating the cost of the current project.

A) Homologous
B) Analogous
C) Sequential
D) Parallel

Question 68

____ is a technique for making cost and schedule trade-offs to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.

A) Crashing
B) Deflating
C) Compacting
D) Minimizing

Question 69

A(n)____________________ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.

Question 70

A WBS ____________________ is a document that describes WBS tasks in detail.

Question 71

____ estimates involve estimating individual activities and summing them to get a project total.

A) Bottom-up
B) Provisional
C) Ad hoc
D) Temporary

Question 72

A(n)____ path for a project is the series of activities that determine the earliest time by which the project can be completed.

A) integral
B) incidental
C) critical
D) vital

Question 73

Slack or ____ is the amount of time an activity may be delayed without delaying a succeeding activity or the project finish date.

A) leeway
B) float
C) redundancy
D) space

Question 74

____ development uses the results of all the preceding project time management processes to determine the start and end dates of project activities and of the entire project.

A) Task
B) Schedule
C) Work Package
D) Activity

Question 75

The main output of scope definition is the scope ____________________.

Question 76

A cost baseline is a(n)____ budget that project managers use to measure and monitor cost performance.

A) incidental
B) basic
C) time-phased
D) incremental

Question 77

A(n)____________________ is a starting point,a measurement,or an observation that is documented so that it can be used for future comparison.

Question 78

To create a good WBS,you must understand both the project and its scope,and incorporate the needs and knowledge of the ____________________.

Question 79

Project ____________________ involves devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project meets its scope,time,and cost goals as well as organizational needs.

Question 80

Cost ____ involves allocating the overall cost estimate to individual tasks over time to establish a baseline for measuring performance.

A) estimating
B) account
C) allowance
D) budgeting