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3. Assigning a project manager from operations to lead projects that affect operations is considered a best practice.

True

False

4. Pareto analysis is sometimes referred to as the _____rule, meaning that 80 percent of problems are often due to 20 percent of the causes.

80/20

20/20

20/80

5. If a project is running behind schedule and over budget, where will the estimate at completion point be on the earned value chart relative to the budget at completion point?

Above and to the right

Above and to the left

Below and to the right

6. If seven data points in a row are all below the mean, above the mean, increasing or decreasing, it is a vioation of _______.

The seven run rule

The points rule

A normal distribution

7. Answering questions such as, "What will you do differently on the next project based on your experience working on this project?" is part of a _____.

Lessons-learned report

Customer acceptance/project completion form

Written notice of contract closure

8. _______reports describe where the project stands at a specific point in time.

Ad hoc

Status

Critical

9. ______change orders are oral or written acts or omissions by someone with actual or apparent authority that can be construed to have the same effect as a written change order.

Constructive

Contract

Procurement

10. A___________chart is a histogram that can help you identify and prioritize problem areas.

Pareto

Control

Scatter

11. A__________are reviews often performed during contract closure to identify lessons learned in the entire procurement process.

Procurement audits

Post mortems

Lessons learned

12. Which of the following is not advice for closing projects or phases?

You don't need to celebrate completing a project, especially if it did not go well.

You should capture lessons learned as soon as possible, not just at the end of a project.

You should include tasks in the WBS.

13. The approved time estimate for a project can be divided by the______performance index to calculate when the project will be completed.

Cost

Schedule

Price

14. As part of project closing it is important to plan for and execute a smooth__________of the project into normal operations of the company.

Takeover

Transition

Turnover

15. __________predict future project status and progress based on past information and trends.

Forecasts

Status reports

Histograms

16. When a process is out of control, variations in the results of the process are caused by _____events.

Randam

Nonrandom

Planned

17. In earned value management, a baseline includes __________(WBS tasks), time (start and finish estimates for each task), and cost information (cost estimates for each task).

Range

Scope

Schedule

18. A_____chart compares planned and actual project schedule information.

Gantt

Tracking Gantt

Comparison Gantt

19. When developing a transition plan, the project, the project team should exclude managers in affected operating departments.

True

False

20. What pre-initiating task can be done to justify investing in a project?

Project charter

Business case

Business plan

21. Contract close involves completion and settlement of contracts and resolution of __________.

Payments

Any open items

Performance issues

22. Answering questions like "Reflect on whether or not you met the project success criteria" and "Describe one example of what went wrong on this project" are found in a __________report.

Final project

Transition

Lessons learned

23. ______are unplanned responses to risk events.

Contingencies

Reserves

Workarounds

24. Two tools to assist in contract closure are ______audits and a records management system.

Dispatch

Supply

Procurement

25. A_______is another name for a project close-out meeting.

Celebration

Post project

Post mortem

26. Risk reassessment, risk audits, variance and trend analysus, technical performance measurements, reserve analysis, and status meetings or periodic risk reviews are all tools and techniques for performing _______monitoring and control.

Scope

Risk

Cost

27. _________is a project performance measurement technique that integrates scope, time and cost data.

Integrated change control

Flowcharting

Earned Value Management

28. Changes related to procurred items should be__________.

Approved in the same way that the original part of the plan was approved

Evaluated using an impact analysis

All of the above

29. When developing a ____plan, the project team should work with managers in affected operating departments, and the contents of the plan should be tailored to fit the support needs of the project.

Training

Transition

Performance

30. Which of the following statements is false?

Even though many projects are canceled before completion, it is still important to formally close any project

Closing often includes a final presentation and report

Closing does not include developing a transition plan

31. Which of the following is a category under portfolio best practices?

Program initiation process standardization

Project plan development process measurement

Portfolio risk management planning process improvement

32. _________issues cause the most conflict over the life of projects.

Change control

Cost

Schedule

33. Which of the following is not a tool or technique for managing project teams?

Observation and conversation

Performance appraisals

Control charts

34. Many organizations are working hard to improve the ____process since human capital is one of their key assets.

Transition

Project closing

Knowledge transfer

35. The main monitoring and controlling task performed as part of project cost management is controlling ________.

Time

Scope

Cost

36. In the context of earned value management, the _____cost is the total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.

Real

Estimated

Actual

37. ___________change orders are oral or written acts or omissions by someone with actual or apparent authority that can be construed to have the same effect as a written change order.

Virtual

Apparent

Constructive

38. ______involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.

Scope verification

Deliverable acceptance

Customer signoff

39. Project___are usually most interested in making sure that final products, services, or results are delivered and transitioned to the appropriate part of the organization.

Managers

Auditors

40. According to Andy Crowe's research, the best project managers send__emails per day and spendtime in meetings than typical project managers.

More, more

Fewer, more

Fewer, less

41. __________is an estimate of the value of the physical work actually completed.

Planned value

Actual cost

Earned value

42. You want to see if there is a relationship between two variables, like time of day and worker productivity. What type of quality control tool could you use to visualize this information?

Control chart

Run chart

Scatter diagram

43. The___________ should include requirements for formal acceptance and closure of contracts.

Project management plan

Procurement management plan

Contract itself

44. Given the earned value and _, you can see how well the project team is meeting schedule goals and forecast when the project will be completed based on past schedule performance.

Actual cost

Cost variance

Planned value

Quiz Chapters 1-9

1. What is the Communication Channel formula?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What is the Pert formula?

3. Assigning a project manager from operations to lead projects that affect operations is considered a best practice.

4. Pareto analysis is sometimes referred to as the _____rule, meaning that 80 percent of problems are often due to 20 percent of the causes.

5. If a project is running behind schedule and over budget, where will the estimate at completion point be on the earned value chart relative to the budget at completion point?

6. If seven data points in a row are all below the mean, above the mean, increasing or decreasing, it is a vioation of _______.

7. Answering questions such as, "What will you do differently on the next project based on your experience working on this project?" is part of a _____.

8. _______reports describe where the project stands at a specific point in time.

9. ______change orders are oral or written acts or omissions by someone with actual or apparent authority that can be construed to have the same effect as a written change order.

10. A___________chart is a histogram that can help you identify and prioritize problem areas.

11. A__________are reviews often performed during contract closure to identify lessons learned in the entire procurement process.

12. Which of the following is not advice for closing projects or phases?

13. The approved time estimate for a project can be divided by the______performance index to calculate when the project will be completed.

14. As part of project closing it is important to plan for and execute a smooth__________of the project into normal operations of the company.

15. __________predict future project status and progress based on past information and trends.

16. When a process is out of control, variations in the results of the process are caused by _____events.

17. In earned value management, a baseline includes __________(WBS tasks), time (start and finish estimates for each task), and cost information (cost estimates for each task).

18. A_____chart compares planned and actual project schedule information.

19. When developing a transition plan, the project, the project team should exclude managers in affected operating departments.

20. What pre-initiating task can be done to justify investing in a project?

21. Contract close involves completion and settlement of contracts and resolution of __________.

22. Answering questions like "Reflect on whether or not you met the project success criteria" and "Describe one example of what went wrong on this project" are found in a __________report.

23. ______are unplanned responses to risk events.

24. Two tools to assist in contract closure are ______audits and a records management system.

25. A_______is another name for a project close-out meeting.

26. Risk reassessment, risk audits, variance and trend analysus, technical performance measurements, reserve analysis, and status meetings or periodic risk reviews are all tools and techniques for performing _______monitoring and control.

27. _________is a project performance measurement technique that integrates scope, time and cost data.

28. Changes related to procurred items should be__________.

29. When developing a ____plan, the project team should work with managers in affected operating departments, and the contents of the plan should be tailored to fit the support needs of the project.

30. Which of the following statements is false?

31. Which of the following is a category under portfolio best practices?

32. _________issues cause the most conflict over the life of projects.

33. Which of the following is not a tool or technique for managing project teams?

34. Many organizations are working hard to improve the ____process since human capital is one of their key assets.

35. The main monitoring and controlling task performed as part of project cost management is controlling ________.

36. In the context of earned value management, the _____cost is the total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.

37. ___________change orders are oral or written acts or omissions by someone with actual or apparent authority that can be construed to have the same effect as a written change order.

38. ______involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.

39. Project___are usually most interested in making sure that final products, services, or results are delivered and transitioned to the appropriate part of the organization.

40. According to Andy Crowe's research, the best project managers send________emails per day and spend______time in meetings than typical project managers.

41. __________is an estimate of the value of the physical work actually completed.

42. You want to see if there is a relationship between two variables, like time of day and worker productivity. What type of quality control tool could you use to visualize this information?

43. The___________ should include requirements for formal acceptance and closure of contracts.

44. Given the earned value and _, you can see how well the project team is meeting schedule goals and forecast when the project will be completed based on past schedule performance.

40. According to Andy Crowe's research, the best project managers send__emails per day and spendtime in meetings than typical project managers.