Chapter 03 Managing Systems Projects

Multiple Choice 31. The three legs of a project triangle are _____, scope, and time. a. requirements b. resources c. environment d. cost ANSWER: d RATIONALE: The three legs of a project triangle are cost, scope, and time. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 75 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.01 - Illustrate project priorities in the form of a project triangle NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Overview of Project Management KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 32. Project planning, an activity of a project manager, _____. a. requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating the a project team’s workload b. includes monitoring the progress of the a project, evaluating results, and taking corrective action when necessary to stay on target c. focuses on long-term challenges and goals, the importance of stakeholders, and a commitment to the firm’s role as a corporate citizen d. includes identifying project tasks and estimating completion times and costs ANSWER: d RATIONALE: Project planning includes identifying all project tasks and estimating the completion time and cost of each. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Bloom’s: Remember TOPICS: Overview of Project Management KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/18/2019 2:25 PM 33. A project _____ negotiates with users who might have conflicting requirements or want changes that would require additional time or expense. a. manager b. reporter c. tester d. coordinator ANSWER: d RATIONALE: A project coordinator handles administrative responsibilities for the team and negotiates with users who might have conflicting requirements or want changes that would require additional time or expense. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Overview of Project Management KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 34. Project scheduling, an activity of a project manager, _____. a. requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating a project team’s workload b. includes monitoring the progress of a project, evaluating results, and taking corrective action when necessary to stay on target c. involves staffing, which includes selecting the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members d. includes budgeting a project based on the number of modules and their complexity in a project ANSWER: c RATIONALE: Scheduling involves selecting and staffing the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: United States - BUSPROG: Technology Overview of Project Management Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 35. Project monitoring, an activity of a project manager, _____. a. requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating a project team’s workload b. involves the creation of a specific timetable, usually in the form of charts that show tasks, task dependencies, and critical tasks that might delay a project c. consists of staffing, which includes selecting the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members d. includes identifying and arranging project tasks and estimating completion times and costs ANSWER: a RATIONALE: Project monitoring requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating the project team’s workload. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Overview of Project Management KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 36. Project reporting, an activity of a project manager, _____. a. involves the creation of a specific timetable, usually in the form of charts that show tasks, task dependencies, and critical tasks that might delay a project b. includes informing management, users, and the project team about the progress of a project c. consists of staffing, which includes selecting the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members d. includes identifying and arranging project tasks and estimating completion times and costs ANSWER: b RATIONALE: Project reporting includes regular progress reports to management, users, and the project team itself. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: False SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting United States - BUSPROG: Technology Overview of Project Management Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 37. Effective project reporting requires _____. a. strong communication skills b. strong intervention skills c. strong negotiation skills d. strong leadership skills ANSWER: a RATIONALE: Effective reporting requires strong communication skills and a sense of what others want and need to know about the project. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.02 - Explain project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Overview of Project Management KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 38. A _____ involves breaking a project down into a series of smaller tasks. a. work breakdown structure (WBS) b. value breakdown structure (VBS) c. risk breakdown structure (RBS) d. concept breakdown structure (CBS) ANSWER: a RATIONALE: A work breakdown structure (WBS) involves breaking a project down into a series of smaller tasks. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 76 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: False SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure United States - BUSPROG: Technology Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 39. The first step in the creation of a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart is to _____. a. select the graphical planning aids to use b. determine the logical order of project tasks c. determine the status of all tasks d. identify all the project tasks ANSWER: d RATIONALE: To create a PERT chart, first identify all the project tasks and estimate how much time each task will take to perform. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 77 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/18/2019 2:33 PM 40. Using a(n) _____, a project manager can convert task start and finish times to actual dates by laying out the entire project on a calendar. a. XY chart b. Pedigree chart c. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) chart d. Scatter chart ANSWER: c RATIONALE: With a PERT chart, a project manager can convert task start and finish times to actual dates by laying out the entire project on a calendar. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 78 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: False SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure United States - BUSPROG: Technology Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 41. A _____ chart displays complex task patterns and relationships. a. Gantt b. Pareto c. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) d. Scatter ANSWER: c RATIONALE: PERT is a bottom-up technique because it analyzes a large, complex project as a series of individual tasks, just as a pyramid is built from the bottom up using individual blocks. A PERT chart displays complex task patterns and relationships. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 78 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/18/2019 2:37 PM 42. The first step in creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) is to _____. a. mark all recognizable events b. determine time requirements c. list all tasks d. estimate task completion time and cost ANSWER: c RATIONALE: The first step in creating a WBS is to list all the tasks. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: 78 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: False SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure United States - BUSPROG: Technology Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 43. A(n) _____ is a recognizable reference point that can be used to monitor progress. a. event b. notification c. alert d. task ANSWER: a RATIONALE: An event is a recognizable reference point that can be used to monitor progress. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 78 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 44. A _____ represents the work that one person can complete in one day. a. person-day b. work-day c. work-duration d. person-work ANSWER: a RATIONALE: A person-day represents the work that one person can complete in one day. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 79 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: United States - BUSPROG: Technology Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 45. The _____ is the most pessimistic outcome of a task. a. best-case estimate (B) b. probable-case estimate (P) c. worst-case estimate (W) d. dominant-case estimate (D) ANSWER: c RATIONALE: The project manager first makes three time estimates for each task: an optimistic, or best-case estimate (B), a probable-case estimate (P), and a pessimistic, or worst-case estimate (W). POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 79 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 46. A(n) _____ is a condition, restriction, or requirement that the system must satisfy. a. constraint b. index c. milestone d. viewport ANSWER: a RATIONALE: A constraint is a condition, restriction, or requirement that the system must satisfy. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 81 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 47. A _____ might involve maximums for one or more resources, such as time, dollars, or people. a. successor task b. constraint c. task ID d. milestone ANSWER: b RATIONALE: A constraint might involve maximums for one or more resources, such as time, dollars, or people. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: 81 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.03 - Create a work breakdown structure NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Creating a Work Breakdown Structure KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 48. A _____ cannot be started until a previous task is completed. a. dependent task b. predecessor task c. precursor task d. concurrent task ANSWER: a RATIONALE: When tasks must be completed one after another, like a relay race, they are called dependent tasks because one depends on the other. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 83 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.04 - Identify task patterns NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Identifying Task Patterns KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 49. Two or more _____ depend on a predecessor task. a. dependent tasks b. concurrent tasks c. ancestor tasks d. precursor tasks ANSWER: b RATIONALE: Two or more concurrent tasks depend on a predecessor task. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 83 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.04 - Identify task patterns NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Identifying Task Patterns KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 50. When several tasks can start at the same time, each is called a(n) _____ task. a. model b. asynchronous c. baseline d. concurrent ANSWER: d RATIONALE: When several tasks can start at the same time, each is called a concurrent task. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 83 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.04 - Identify task patterns NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Identifying Task Patterns KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 51. Often, two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, which is called a _____. a. predecessor task b. wireframe task c. beneficiary task d. discrete task ANSWER: a RATIONALE: Often, two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, which is called a predecessor task. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: 83 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.04 - Identify task patterns NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Identifying Task Patterns KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/18/2019 2:44 PM 52. When two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, each of the concurrent tasks is called a(n) _____. a. successor task b. discrete task c. antecedent task d. descendent task ANSWER: a RATIONALE: Often, two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, which is called a predecessor task. In this situation, each concurrent task is called a successor task. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Moderate REFERENCES: 83 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.04 - Identify task patterns NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Identifying Task Patterns KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/18/2019 2:45 PM 53. A(n) _____ is a series of tasks that, if delayed, would affect the completion date of the overall project. a. critical path b. dynamic path c. absolute path d. relative path ANSWER: RATIONALE: POINTS: DIFFICULTY: REFERENCES: QUESTION TYPE: HAS VARIABLES: LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NATIONAL STANDARDS: TOPICS: KEYWORDS: DATE CREATED: DATE MODIFIED: a A critical path is a series of tasks that, if delayed, would affect the completion date of the overall project. 1 Easy 85 Multiple Choice False SAD.12e.03.05 - Calculate a project's critical path United States - BUSPROG: Technology Calculating the Critical Path Bloom’s: Remember 1/30/2019 11:35 AM 4/18/2019 2:46 PM 54. Project managers always must be aware of the _____, so they can monitor the vital tasks and keep a project on track. a. absolute path b. relative path c. critical path d. dynamic path ANSWER: c RATIONALE: Project managers always must be aware of the critical path, so they can respond quickly to keep the project on track. POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy REFERENCES: 85 QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice HAS VARIABLES: False LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SAD.12e.03.05 - Calculate a project's critical path NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Technology TOPICS: Calculating the Critical Path KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember DATE CREATED: 1/30/2019 11:35 AM DATE MODIFIED: 4/13/2019 2:10 PM 55. A _____ is a sequence of tasks that has no slack time. a. risk path