1. _____ can involve a modeling process called what-if analysis, which allows a project manager to vary one or more element(s) in a model to measure the effect on other elements. A. Quantitive Risk Analysis
2. _____ give team members of a project an opportunity to share information, discuss common problems, and explain new techniques. A. Project Status Meetings
3. _____ give the project managers an opportunity to seek input and conduct brainstorming sessions. A. Project Status Meetings
4. _____ is a full-featured program that holds the dominant share of the project management software market. A. Microsoft Project
5. _____ lists each risk and assesses the likelihood that it could affect a project A. Risk Indentification
6. _____, a free cloud-based project management tool, runs in a browser window, so there is no software to install to use it. A. Gantter
7. _____, a human resource issue, is a possible cause of cost overruns in an organization. A. Inadequate Trianing
8. A _____ cannot be started until a previous task is completed. A. Dependent Tasks
9. A _____ chart displays complex task patterns and relationships. A. Program Evalution review technique (PERT)
10. A _____ consists of horizontal bars, connected with arrows that indicate task dependencies. A. Gantt Chart
11. A _____ displays the same information as the Gantt chart, including task dependencies, but uses task boxes to include much more detail. A. Network Diagram
12. A _____ includes a review of a project’s scope, stakeholders, budget, schedule, and any other internal or external factors that might affect the project. A. Risk Managment Plan
13. A _____ involves breaking a project down into a series of smaller tasks. A. Workdown breakdown structure (WBS)
14. A _____ is a proactive effort to anticipate a risk and describe an action plan to deal with it. A. Risk Response Plan
15. A _____ is a review of a project team member’s work by other members of a team. A. Structured Walk-Through
16. A _____ is a sequence of tasks that has no slack time. A. Critical Path
17. A _____ might involve maximums for one or more resources, such as time, dollars, or people. A. Contraint
18. A _____ represents the work that one person can complete in one day. A. Person-Day
19. A continuous risk-tracking process can _____. A. Notice changes in existing risks
20. A Gantt chart can simplify a complex project by combining several activities into a task _____ that contains subsidiary tasks. A. Group
21. A project _____ negotiates with users who might have conflicting requirements or want changes that would require additional time or expense. A. Coordinator
22. A project manager should never develop time and cost estimates based on the resources used for previously developed information systems. A. False
23. A project schedule will not be accurate if the underlying task pattern is incorrect. A. True
A risk response plan is a proactive effort to anticipate a risk and describe an action plan to deal with it. A. True
24. A(n) _____ is a condition, restriction, or requirement that the system must satisfy. A. Constraint
25. A(n) _____ is a recognizable reference point that can be used to monitor progress. A. Event
26. A(n) _____ is a series of tasks that, if delayed, would affect the completion date of the overall project. A. Critical Path
27. A(n) _____ is an event that could affect a project negatively. A. Risk0
28. Adding more people to a project actually might increase the time necessary to complete the project because of a principle called _____. A. Brooks’ Law
29. Critical time is the amount of time that the task could be late without pushing back the completion date of the entire project. A. False
30. Effective project reporting requires _____. A. Strong communicaiton skills
31. Frederick Brooks, Jr. observed that adding manpower to a late software project makes completion faster. A. False
32. Gantt charts are more useful for scheduling, monitoring, and controlling the actual work than PERT charts. A. False
33. GanttProject is a free open-source Java-based project management tool that is available on multiple platforms. A. True
34. Generally, systems analysts review the work of other systems analysts, and programmers review the work of other programmers, as a form of peer review, in structured walk-throughs. A. True
35. Henry L. Gantt developed Gantt charts almost 100 years ago. A. True
36. If any task along a critical path falls behind schedule, the entire project will be delayed. A. True
37. If team members lack experience with certain aspects of the required technology, temporary help might be obtained from IT consultants or part-time staff. A. True
38. If the project manager fails to plan, staff, organize, supervise, communicate, motivate, evaluate, direct, and control properly, then the project is certain to fail. A. True
39. In a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart, each rectangular box, called a task box, has five sections that contain important information about a task. A. True
40. In addition to tasks, every project has events, or milestones. A. True
41. In most systems analysis tasks, time and people are interchangeable. A. False
42. Mauricio estimates that the first module of the project could be completed in as few as 15 days or could take as many as 25 days, but most likely will require 20 days. What is the 20 day estimate called? A. Probable-Case Estimate
43. Mauricio has decided to use a project management tool for this project. He wants the tool to be free and cloud-based so that there is no need for software to be installed. Help Mauricio in identifying the project management tool that best fits the purpose. A. Gantter
44. Often, two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, which is called a _____. A. Predecessor Task
45. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) and Gantt charts are mutually exclusive techniques. A. False
46. Progress reports may be given verbally to immediate supervisors, management, and users. A. False
47. Project managers always must be aware of the _____, so they can monitor the vital tasks and keep a project on track. A. Critical Path
48. Project monitoring, an activity of a project manager, _____. A. Requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating and project team’s workload
49. Project planning, an activity of a project manager, _____. A. Includes identifying project tasks and estimating completion times and costs
50. Project reporting, an activity of a project manager, _____. A. Includes information managment, users and the project team about the progress of a project.
51. Project scheduling, an activity of a project manager, _____. A. Involves staffing, which includes selecting the project team and assignment specific tasks to team members.
52. Qualitative risk analysis can involve a modeling process called what-if analysis, which allows a project manager to vary one or more element(s) in a model to measure the effect on other elements. A. False
53. Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and the degree of impact. A. False
54. Scheduling involves selecting and staffing the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members. A. True
55. System developers can initiate a formal project as early as the preliminary investigation stage, or later on, as analysis, design, and implementation activities occur. A. True
56. Tasks are basic units of work that the project manager plans, schedules, and monitors. A. True
57. The _____ is the most pessimistic outcome of a task. A. Worst-Case Estimate (W)
58. The first step in creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) is to _____. A. List all the tasks
59. The first step in the creation of a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/Critical Path Method (CPM) chart is to _____. A. Identify all the project tasks
60. The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects. A. False
61. The purpose of quantitative risk analysis is to understand the actual impact in terms of dollars, time, project scope, or quality. A. True
62. The task name should be unique in the project. A. False
63. The three legs of a project triangle are _____, scope, and time. A. Cost
64. The three legs of the project triangle are management, staff, and clients. A. False
65. Two or more _____ depend on a predecessor task. A. Concurrent Tasks
67. Using a work breakdown structure (WBS) allows one to manage a project as one large task. A. False
68. 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. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) chart
69. Weight is an importance value that is added to each duration estimate. A. True
70. When a project manager first recognizes that a project is in trouble, one of the options available to the manager is _____. A. Delaying the Project Deadline
71. When maintaining schedules, if enough _____ and frequent checkpoints exist, problems will be detected rapidly. A. Milestones
72. When several tasks can start at the same time, each is called a(n) _____ task. A. Concurrent
73. When tasks must be completed one after another, they are called concurrent tasks. A. False
74. When two or more concurrent tasks depend on a single prior task, each of the concurrent tasks is called a(n) _____. A. Successor Task
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