1) The PERT in project management means program

evaluation and _____ technique.

● Review
2) Risk is usually _______ as the project
progresses.
● Reduced
3) Assembling a project team and assigning their
responsibilities are done during which phase of a
project management?
● Initiation
4) The basic nature of a project is a/an _____
one
● Temporary
5) A process that involves continuously improving
and detailing a plan as more detail become
available is termed as
● progressive elaboration
6) A program is usually a group of
● Related project
7) Project management is divided in _____
process groups.
●5
8) A project is basically a _____activity
● Temporary
9) Which of the following statement is NOT true
about a project?
● It contains no risk
10) A graphical chart that shows project tasks
against time is known as
● Gantt chart
11) A _____ is a set of activities which are
networked in an order and aimed towards
achieving the goals of a project.
● Project
12) Resources refers to
● manpower & machinery & materials
13) Developing a technology is an example of
● Project
14) 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
● 3-2-1-4
15) Project performance consists of
● time, cost & quality
16) Five dimensions that must be managed on a
project
● features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff
17) Resource requirement in a project becomes
constant while the project is in its _____
progress stage.
● 80 to 95%
18) The probability of completing the project can
be estimated based upon the ____
● Normal distribution curve
19) In the initial stage of the project the
probability of completing the project is ___ .
● Low
20) The entire process of a project may be
considered to be made up on number of sub
process placed in different stage called the
● Work Breakdown Structure
21) Tool used for comparison of the proposed
project to complete projects of a similar nature
whose costs are known
● Analog
22) Each component of the software product is
separately estimated and the results
aggregated to produce an estimate for the
overall job.
● Bottom up
23) Following are the characteristics of Project
Mindset.
● Time, Responsiveness, Information sharing,
Processes, structured planning
24) Following is (are) the components of risk
management
● risk assessment, risk control, risk ranking
25) Devising and maintaining a workable scheme
to accomplish the business need” is
● Planning process
26) Controlling the changes in the project may
affect
● The progress of the project, Stage cost &
Project scope
27) Which one of the following is captured in the
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
● The scope of the project
28) Which stage of project management life cycle
requires the maximum time of completion
● Execution
29) In Project management when does planning
take place?
● At the start of the project
30) Which one is a true statement relating to
project communications?
● Different stakeholders typically have different
communication needs.
31) The particular task performance in CPM is
known
● Activity
32) The critical path
● Is a path that operates from the starting node
to the end node
33) Free float for any activity is defined as the
difference between
● its earliest finish time and earliest start time
for its successor activity
34) The time with which direct cost does not
reduce with the increase in time is known as
● Normal time
35) time corresponding to minimum total project
cost is
● between normal time and crash time
36) If any one factor of a project changes, _____
other factor(s) is/are likely to be affected
● Atleast one
37) Which from the following represents the
correct project cycle?
● Initiating→ Planning→ ExecuƟng→ Closing
38) A horizontal bar chart that shows project
tasks against a calendar is called
● Gantt chart
39) Once the project is approved and moves into
the planning stage, what happens in the next
phase of the project life cycle? Select one
● Risks are identified with each major group of
activities
40) Risk must be considered in the _____ phase
and weighed against the potential benefit of the
project’s success in order to decide if the
project should be chosen. Select one:
● Initiations
41) Which of the following is not a project
management goal?
● Avoiding customer complaints
42) What is the first step in project planning?
● Establish the objectives and scope
43) According to the Project Management
Institute (PMI), project management is defined
as “the application of knowledge, _____, _____,
and techniques to project activities to meet the
project requirements”.
● Skills tools
44) During project estimation, project manager
estimates following
● Project duration, Project effort & Project cost
45) Different activity of a project management is
● Project planning, project monitoring & project
control
46) Effective software project management
focuses on
● People, Product, Process, Project
47) Which of the following is not considered as a
risk in project management?
● Testing
48) Risk management is one of the most important
jobs for a
● Project manager
49) Capacity planning
● Save time
50) Which of the following is not considered a
stakeholder in the software process?
● Sales people
51) Which of the following activities is
undertaken immediately after the feasibility
study and before the requirement analysis and
specification phase?
● Project planning
52) A 66.6% risk is considered as
● High
53) Which one of the following is not a software
process quality?
● Portability
54) Quality planning is the process of developing a
quality plan for
● Project
55) Which process involves developing an
approximation of the costs of resources needed
to complete a project?
● Estimating cost
56) What type of management includes the
processes required to ensure that a project
team completes a project within an approved
budget?
● Project cost management
57) Which process involves allocating the overall
cost estimate to individual work items to
establish a baseline for measuring performance?
● Determining the budget
58) Which process results in a cost baseline as a
main output?
● Cost budgeting
59) What does the process of controlling costs
primarily involve?
● managing changes to the project budget
60) Work performance information and cost
forecasts are main outputs of which process?
● Cost control
61) Which method is used for determining the
estimated annual costs and benefits for a
project?
● Cash flow analysis
62) Which statement is true regarding indirect
costs?
● not directly related to the products or services
of a project
63) What is the first step in project cost
management?
● plan how costs will be managed
64) Which type of estimate uses the actual cost
of a previous, similar project as the basis for
estimating the cost of the current project?
● analogous estimates
65) What term is used for analogous estimates?
● Top-down
66) Which statement is true of analogous
estimates?
● They are most reliable when previous projects
are similar in fact with current projects
67) What type of estimate is a cost estimation
tool that involves estimating individual work
items or activities and summing them to get a
project total?
● Bottom up
68) Which type of estimating uses project
characteristics in a mathematical model to
estimate project costs?
● Parameteric
69) Which is most likely to be a reason for
inaccuracies in information technology cost
estimates?
● People lack estimating experience.
70) The main goal of which process is to produce a
cost baseline for measuring project
performance and project funding requirements?
● Cost budgeting
71) Which is an input of the process of controlling
costs?
● Work performance data
72) What is another term used for budget?
● Planned value
73) Which is true of earned value?
● It is an estimate of the value of the physical
work actually completed.
74) Variances are calculated by subtracting the
actual cost from which value?
● Earned value
75) Which statement best defines cost variance?
● earned value minus the actual cost
76) Which statement best defines schedule
variance?
● earned value minus the planned value
77) What is the purpose of a cost performance
index?
● estimate the projected cost of completing the
project
78) Which is true of the schedule performance
index?
● It can be used to estimate the projected time
to complete the project.
79) The main outputs of which process are a
quality management plan, quality metrics,
project management plan updates, and project
documents updates?
● planning quality management
80) Which term is used for a standard of
measurement in quality management
● Metric
81) Which process is often associated with the
technical tools and techniques of quality
management, such as Pareto charts, quality
control charts, and statistical sampling
● Quality control
82) Performing quality assurance is a subprocess
of which project quality management stage
● Managing
83) Validated changes and validated deliverables
are the outputs of the ____ subprocess of
project quality management.
● Controlling
84) What are the system’s special characteristics
that appeal to users?
● Features
85) Which addresses how well a product or
service performs the customer’s intended use?
● Performance
86) What term is used for the ability of a product
or service to perform as expected under normal
conditions
● Reliability
87) Which five-phase improvement process do
projects that use Six Sigma principles for
quality control normally follows?
● DMAIC
88) Which phase of the DMAIC process includes
tools such as a project charter, a description of
customer requirements, process maps, and Voice
of the Customer (VOC) data?
● define
89) What term is used for any instance where the
product or service fails to meet customer
requirements
● Defect
90) An input to define scope process is
● Project Charter
91) The following is true about WBS
● Each descending level represents an increasingly
detailed description of the project
● deliverables
92) Which of the following is not an output of the
Control Scope Process
● Accepted deliverables
93) Which project management plan guides the
creation of the detailed project scope
statement?
● Project scope plan
94) Which one of the following is not needed to
define the project scope?
● Risk management plan
95) The lowest-level item in a WBS is called what?
● Work package
96) Which two items are parts of the scope
baseline for the project?
● WBS and WBS dictionary
97) Scope verification leads to what?
● Formal acceptance of the complete project
scope
98) What is the only tool and technique used
during scope verification?
● Inspection
99) Creating the _____ involves subdividing the
major project deliverables into smaller, more
manageable components.
● WBS
100) The main outputs of scope definition are
the _____ and project document updates
● project scope statement