Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a True statement regarding project planning?

Accepted Answer

E) Monitoring project progress against the baseline project plan is an activity done during project execution.

Question 2

Skills that include interpreting system requests and specifications, site preparation and user training, and contact point for customers best represent:

Accepted Answer

C) A project manager needs to learn to deal with conflict in a healthy way.

Question 3

An individual with a diverse set of skills-management, leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship-who is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project best defines:

Accepted Answer

D) A project manager has skills in many different areas including leadership, management as well as technical.

Question 4

The phase of the project management process in which activities are performed to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support later project activities best defines:

Accepted Answer

A) During project initiation, the size, scope and complexity of the project is assessed. Procedures are developed which support later project activities.

Question 5

Skills that include defining and sequencing activities, communicating expectations, assigning resources to activities, and monitoring outcomes best represent:

Accepted Answer

D) A project manager's environment is one of continual change and problem solving.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a task characteristic?

Accepted Answer

D) A task can be completed by a team.

Question 7

Defining the necessary activities required to organize the initiation team while they are working to define the scope of the project is the focus of which of the following activities?

Accepted Answer

E) Establishing the project initiation plan defines the activities required to organize the initiation team while it is working to define the scope of the project.

Question 8

An online or hard-copy repository for all project correspondence, inputs, outputs, deliverables, procedures, and standards that is used for performing project audits, orientation of new team members, communicating with management and customers, identifying future projects, and performing post project reviews is called:

Accepted Answer

A) A project workbook serves as the central repository for all information about the project.

Question 9

Identifying, assessing, and managing the risks and day-to-day changes that occur during a project best defines which of the following project manager activities?

Accepted Answer

B) Risk and change management is one of many critical skills for a project manager.

Question 10

Arguably, the most instrumental person to the successful completion of any project is the:

Accepted Answer

B) The project manager is the key person who will ensure the success of a project. He or she brings a diverse set of skills to help manage the project.

Question 11

Which of the following is a True statement regarding project time estimates?

Accepted Answer

A) Management procedures are not part of project planning but more of business operations.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a project management phase?

Accepted Answer

E) The project manager is not responsible for implementing the project.

Question 13

Managing conflict within a project team to ensure that conflict is not too high or too low best defines which of the following project manager activities?

Accepted Answer

A) Conflict management is a critical skill that a project manager must have in order for the project to be successful.

Question 14

Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence, personality, and abilities refers to which of the following project manager activities?

Accepted Answer

C) Leadership involves working with people to attain a goal.

Question 15

A controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project best defines:

Accepted Answer

B) Project management is the best choice since it encompasses all activities referenced in the question.

Question 16

The process of dividing the project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks defines:

Accepted Answer

B) The work breakdown structure shows graphically how a project is divided up.

Question 17

During which of the following project planning activities do you use the information regarding tasks and resource availability to assign time estimates to each activity in the work breakdown structure?

Accepted Answer

D) The preliminary schedule will allow you to create target starting and ending dates for the project. Target dates can be revisited and modified until a schedule produced is acceptable to the customer.

Question 18

Which of the following project management activities is associated with project initiation?

Accepted Answer

C) A strong relationship with the customer does establish trust.

Question 19

Developing an understanding of the content and complexity of the project is the purpose of:

Accepted Answer

D) During the project planning phase the scope, alternative and feasibility of the project are defined.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a project planning activity?

Accepted Answer

D) Management procedures are not part of project planning but more of business operations.

Quiz 3: Managing the Information Systems Project