Project Management-All of the following methods have proven to be useful techniques

All of the following methods have proven to be useful techniques to help project teams identify the risks that might impact the project EXCEPT:reviewing project documentsdocumenting lessons learnedinterviewing stakeholdersbrainstorming among team members and subject matter experts4 pointsQuestion 2All of the following criteria can be used to categorize project risks EXCEPT:whether the risk is a known riskthe project objective that may be impacted by the riskwhether the risk is internal or external to the performing organizationthe project life cycle phase4 pointsQuestion 3All of the following are among the activities a project manager should undertake to develop a highly effective team EXCEPT:assess sponsor capabilityassess project team capabilityestablish team ground rulesassess individual member capability4 pointsQuestion 4A description of the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services or results is known as:the contract clauses and special provisionsthe procurement statement of workthe supply invoicethe purchase order4 pointsQuestion 5Which of the following quality management thought leaders is generally credited with contributing the insight that team learning is necessary to improve quality?IshikawaSengeTaguchiHarrington4 pointsQuestion 6It is argued that project teams progress through five stages of team development. Which of the following sequences best represents this progression?forming, norming, storming, performing, reformingforming, storming, norming, performing, adjourningforming, storming, norming, performing, reformingforming, performing, reforming, norming, adjourning4 pointsQuestion 7Which estimating technique uses historical data from a similar project as a starting point for creating a time or cost estimate?analogous estimatingparametric estimatingbottom-up estimatingMonte Carlo estimating4 pointsQuestion 8The Validate Scope process occurs with interim deliverables throughout the project and with final deliverables near the end.TrueFalse4 pointsQuestion 9All of the following accurately describe skills that an owner’s representative can use during the project when making tradeoffs EXCEPT:Managing changeInspecting quality into the projectTeam buildingKnowledge of criteria4 pointsQuestion 10Change control includes which of the following activities?identifying, documenting, approving or rejecting, modifications to documents, deliverables, or baselinesbrainstorming, selecting and implementing new ideasrecruiting, selecting and training new team membersidentifying and implementing changes to the project charter4 pointsQuestion 11Which of the following statements is consistent with the ideas that W. Edwards Deming promoted regarding quality management?Understanding variation is essential to improving quality.Statistical concepts rather than behavioral considerations should govern quality improvement efforts.The burden of quality falls on those that do the workA key to quality improvement is to ensure that each part of the system functions effectively, independent from the others.4 pointsQuestion 12What type of cost is incurred when a project must be conducted faster than normal, and overtime for workers and / or extra charges for rapid delivery from suppliers are necessary?marginal costsexpedited costsnonrecurring costsvariable costs.4 pointsQuestion 13The decision process for developing relevant quality standards on a project includes all of the following activities EXCEPT:identify all stakeholdersunderstand the prioritized stakeholders’ requirementsdesign work systemsmake tradeoff decisions4 pointsQuestion 14Joseph Juran provided guidance regarding how to control quality. Which of the following items is consistent with his quality control guidance?identify all team members and their needsestablish measurement systemsprove effectsexpend necessary efforts to exceed requirements4 pointsQuestion 15On long projects it is often better to capture lessons frequently since people may not remember clearly what happened several months previously.TrueFalse4 pointsQuestion 16Which estimating technique uses an algorithm to calculate cost or duration based on historical data and other project parameters?empirical estimatingparametric estimatinggrass roots estimatinganalogous estimating4 pointsQuestion 17DMAIC is a disciplined process that includes five phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. DMAIC is most typically associated with which of the following quality improvement approaches?Malcolm BaldrigeTotal Quality Management (TQM)Six SigmaISO 9001:20084 pointsQuestion 18On agile projects, detailed risk management activities may occur during all of the following times EXCEPT:While planning each subsequent iteration.During early risk planning at the start of the project.In daily stand-up meetings.During retrospectives at the end of each iteration.4 pointsQuestion 19On some projects, some deliverables remain incomplete at project close-out. Activities that are not complete should be itemized, and responsibility for each should be clearly identified.TrueFalse4 pointsQuestion 20The process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents and project management plan; and communicating their disposition, is known as:perform project monitoring.variance analysis and control.perform integrated change control.configuration management4 pointsQuestion 21All of the following are among the benefits realized as a consequence of developing a cost management plan EXCEPT:It shows how to develop and share relevant, accurate and timely information that stakeholders can use to make intelligent and ethical decisions.It documents how the business case should be createdIt helps stakeholders to focus on schedule and performance as well as cost.It provides feedback that shows how the project’s success is related to business objectives.4 pointsQuestion 22More organizations effectively collect lessons learned than effectively disseminate and use them.TrueFalse4 pointsQuestion 23All of these are factors that could lead to a decision to buy or outsource rather than make or perform in-house, EXCEPT:flexibility in procurementability to use specialized suppliersinadequate capacitymore control over quality and time4 pointsQuestion 24The procurement management plan:describes how the procurement division will be managed.describes how supply chain partners will be managed.describes how a project team will acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization.describes how sellers will be audited by the procurement team.4 pointsQuestion 25Implementing approved changes as directed by the project’s integrated change control system.TrueFalse4 pointsSave and SubmitClick Save and Submit to save and submit. 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