Q1) Choose the incorrect statement about a Project
Methodology in an organization:
- An organization is more efficient with multiple project methodologies
- All affected groups must agree to follow the methodology
- There could be competing methodologies in the same organization
- A group that creates a methodology must get buy-in from all other
groups to make the methodology a success
Q2) Choose the item that is NOT part of Project Control:
- Regular status reports
- Monitoring project progress
- Making project corrections to get back on track.
4.Creating a Project Plan
Q3) All of the following are part of a project methodology except:
- Allowing stakeholders to change the methodology to add scope to the project
- What to do in case of exceptions in any step of the methodology
- Who is accountable for a particular step in the methodology
- Exit criteria for a step in a methodology
Q4) Choose the scenario where a well thought out Project
Organization Chart would add no value as a Project Control
Enabler:
- If the chart included stakeholders who had no interest in the project (for or against)
- Involvement by all required groups in an organization leads to a better project plan where nothing is missed
- Project staffing is coordinated with organizational resource staffing analysis
- Project team members can see their roles, which allows the project team to avoid redundant task
Q5) The real value of a change management plan towards maintaining project control is:
a) It enables an efficient, repeatable change process that gets the project back on track as quick as possible
b) It encourages project change
c) It provides a cumbersome process that discourages any form of change
d) None of the above
Q6) All of the following are reasons for project teams to be made up of members who perform project roles except:
a) Project roles create an opportunity for the organization to train new project managers
b) Project roles promote division of labor
c) Project roles funnel the right attention to all project areas
d) Project roles concentrate expertise within specific roles
Q7) While monitoring the project progress, choose the item that the Project Manager is NOT looking for:
a. Vendor Invoices for project purchases
b. Scope Creep
c. Issue Resolution
d. Deliverable completion
Q8) The best justification for maintaining historical data as a project control enabler is:
a. If a similar project in the past was successful then Operating past practices will maximize the possibility of current project success
b. It will save time during project startup because you have past project documents
c. It provides an audit trail to show that the past project failure was not the fault of the project team
d. It provides a record of past interactions with vendors
Q9) An effective project plan is one that:
a. All of the above
b. Is in writing
c. Defines that project elements that will be measured as pale control function
d. Was developed by the people who know the work that is part of the
project
Q10) The organizational desire to successfully use a PMIS must be preceded by all of the following except.
a. Making access to the PMIS difficult because it contains financial data
b. Groups which need to provide inputs to the PMIS must agree to do this up front
c. Set up of systems which maintain PMS data
d. Validation of PMIS data as accurate and meaningful