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

a. Scope

b. Resources

c. Team

d. Budget

2. Which of the following is not correct about initial phase of a project?

a. The cost associated at the beginning of the project is highest.

b. Stakeholders have maximum influence during this phase

c. The highest uncertainty is at this stage of the project.

d. All the above statements are correct.

3. Which of the following is the most important element of Project Management Plan that is useful
in HR Planning process:

A. Risk Management activities

B. Quality Assurance activities

C. Activity Resource requirements

D. Budget Control activities

4. The process of Control Procurements falls under which process group

A. Planning

B. Closing

C. Monitoring and Control

D. Executing
5. Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects?

No defined end point

An objective

Uncertainty

Uniqueness

6. Successful project management does NOT include which of the following

factors?

Responsiveness to clients

Interchangable staff

Control mechanisms

Competent team members

7. Which is the first stage in the project management model?

Project definition

Project planning

Project control

Understanding the project environment

8. A critical path network diagram does NOT:

Calculate earned value.

Calculate the duration of the whole project.

Identify the particularly important activities.

Help determine the amount of float.

9. Which of the following should be taken into account when planning a

project?
 Political environment

Social environment

Operational environment

All of the above

10. What is the critical path through the network above?

ABCEF

ABGHIF & ABDEF

ABDEF

ABGHIF

11. What would be the critical path if the duration of activity C increased to 10?

ABGHIF

ABCF

ABGHIF and ABDEF

ABDEF

12. A ____ is a set of activities which are networked in an order and aimed towards
achieving the goals of a project.

(A) Project

(B) Process

(C) Project management

 (D) Project cycle

13. Resources refers to

(A) Manpower

(B) Machinery

(C) Materials

(D) All of the above

14. Developing a technology is an example of

(A) Process

(B) Project

(C) Scope

(D) All of the above

15. The project life cycle consists of

(A) Understanding the scope of the project

(B) Objectives of the project

(C) Formulation and planning various activities

(D) All of the above

16. Following is(are) the responsibility(ies) of the project manager.

(A) Budgeting and cost control

(B) Allocating resources

(C) Tracking project expenditure

(D) All of the above

17. Following are the phases of Project Management Life Cycle. Arrange them in correct
order
1. Design, 2. Marketing, 3. Analysis and evaluation, 4. Inspection, testing and
delivery
(A) 3-2-1-4

(B) 1-2-3-4

(C) 2-3-1-4

(D) 4-3-2-1

18. Design phase consist of

(A) Input received

(B) Output received

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

19. Project performance consists of

(A) Time

(B) Cost

(C) Quality

(D) All of the above

20. Five dimensions that must be managed on a project

(A) Constraint, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(B) Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(C) Features, priority, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(D) Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, customer

21. Resorce requirement in project becomes constant while the project is in its _____
progress stage.
 (A) 40 to 55%

(B) 55 to 70%

(C) 70 to 80%

(D) 80 to 95%

22. The probability of completing the project can be estimated based upon the ____ .

(A) Uniform distribution curve

(B) Normal distribution curve.

(C) U-shaped distribution curve

(D) None of the above

23. In the initial stage of the project the probability of completing the project is ___ .
(A) Zero

(B) High

(C) Low

(D) Any of the above

24. The entire process of a project may be considered to be made up on number of

sub process placed in different stage called the
(A) Technical key resources

(B) Work key structure

(C) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

(D) None of the above

25. Tool used for comparison of the proposed project to complete projects of a

similar nature whose costs are known.
 (A) Algorithmic model

(B) Expert judgment

(C) Top down

(D) Analogy

26. Each component of the software product is separately estimated and the results
aggregated to produce an estimate for the overall job.
(A) Algorithmic model

(B) Expert judgment

(C) Bottom-up

(D) Top down

27. Following is (are) the component(s) of risk management

(A) Risk Assessment

(B) Risk Control

(C) Risk Ranking

(D) All of the above

28. Following are the characteristics of Project Mindset.

(A) Time, Responsiveness, Information sharing, Processes,
structured planning

(B) Time, Project management, Information sharing, Processes,

structured planning

(C) Time, Responsiveness, Information sharing, capability,

structured planning

(D) Time, Responsiveness, Information sharing, Processes, project

planning
29. “Devising and maintaining a workable scheme to accomplish the business need”
is
(A) Initiating process

(B) Planning process

(C) Executing process

(D) Controlling process

30. Controlling the changes in the project may affect

(A) The progress of the project

(B) Stage cost

(C) Project scope

(D) All of the above

31. Following is (are) the tool(s) for changing a process

(A) Change Management System (CMS)

(B) Configuration Management (CM)

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

32. Which of the following is not project management goal?

a. Keeping overall costs within budget

b. Delivering the software to the customer at the agreed time

c. Maintaining a happy and well-functioning development team

d. Avoiding customer complaints

33. Project managers have to assess the risks that may affect a project.

a. True
 b. False

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

a. Specification delays

b. Product competition

c. Testing

d. Staff turnover

35. 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. All of the mentioned

36. A 66.6% risk is considered as

a. very low

b. low

c. moderate

d. high

37. Which of the following is/are main parameters that you should use when computing the costs of
a software development project?

a. travel and training costs

b. hardware and software costs

 c. effort costs (the costs of paying software engineers and managers)

d. all of the mentioned

38. Quality planning is the process of developing a quality plan for

a. team

b. project

c. customers

d. project manager

39. 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

40. Identify the sub-process of process improvement

a. Process introduction

b. Process analysis

c. De-processification

d. Process distribution

41. Successful project management does NOT include which one of the
following objectives?

Adequate communication channels

 Responsiveness to clients

Limited resource allocation

Control mechanisms

Competent team members

42. What type of plans are used to minimise the impact of uncertainty?
Solid plans

Alternate plans

Project plans

Back-up plans

43. It is likely to be especially difficult to define and set realistic

objectives for:

High-cost projects

Long-term projects

Projects with high complexity

Projects with high uncertainty

44. Projects with high levels of complexity are likely to be:

Easier to plan than to control.

Easier to control than to plan.

Easier to control than to define.

None of the above.

45. Moving from the project control stage to the project planning stage
is called:

Revised planning

Corrective action
 Project changes

Retrospective additions

46. Which statement best describes a responsibility of the project manager:

to be the sole source of expertise for estimating techniques on cost and time.

to deliver the project objectives to enable benefits to be realised.

to take ultimate accountability for the delivery of the business benefits.

to delegate all accountability for managing time, cost and quality to team leaders.

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

Benefits.

Quality.

Tolerance.

Controls.

48. Which one is a true statement relating to project communications?

a. A project sponsor is responsible for all communication methods and media.

b. Different stakeholders typically have different communication needs.

c. It is best to have a standard set of project reports used for every project.

d. Email is the only way to communicate with large numbers of people.

49. In project management, the term quality is best defined as:

a. inspection, testing and measurement.

b. reviews and audits.

c. fitness for purpose of deliverables.

d. professionally-bound project reports.

50. The main outcome of risk identification, in a risk management process, is to:

a. identify and determine the relative importance of the project risks.

b. identify and describe all risks that might occur on the project.

c. identify and determine the responses to the project risks.

d. identify and describe risks that have occurred on previous projects.