Process Management Quiz
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- 1.
- A.
Work performance information
- B.
Approved change requests
- C.
Change control system
- D.
Implemented change requests
- 2.Develop Project Team is a process that occurs:
- A.
Throughout the project
- B.
At the end of the project
- C.
Before the start of the project
- D.
In the beginning of the project
- 3.
- A.
Thank the project sponsor for the repeat business
- B.
Share the news with the project team and get ready for the new project
- C.
Plan for releasing resources because the new project will need them
- D.
Seek information on how this project will affect your current project
- 4.
- A.
Enter contract negotiation
- B.
Get an independent estimate
- C.
Re-open the process to request seller responses
- D.
Accept one of the two proposals based on criteria other than cost
- 5.
- A.
Individual development is critical to the team's development
- B.
Development as a team is critical to the success of the project
- C.
Develop Project Team activities should complete before the start of the project
- D.
Develop Project Team includes enhancing the ability of stakeholders to contribute to the team
- 6.
- A.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- B.
Develop Project Management Plan
- C.
Change control system
- D.
Information Distribution
- 7.
- A.
Develop Project Team
- B.
Acquire Project Team
- C.
Human Resource Planning
- D.
Information Distribution
- 8.
- A.
Penalty and criticism
- B.
Order and instructions
- C.
Recognition and rewards
- D.
Persuasion and requests
- 9.
- A.
Potential sellers would be rated with weighted values for each evaluation criteria
- B.
Minimum requirements for potential seller performance would be documented
- C.
Should-cost estimates would be established
- D.
Market values would be reviewed to evaluate proposed pricing
- 10.
- A.
Advertising
- B.
Vendor conferences
- C.
Contract negotiation
- D.
Contractor conferences
- 11.
- A.
Send a draft contract copy
- B.
Call vendors for negotiation
- C.
Send the procurement documents
- D.
Advertise for your requirement and await responses from sellers
- 12.
- A.
Select Sellers
- B.
Plan Contracting
- C.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- D.
Contract Administration
- 13.
- A.
Assessing performance to identify needed corrective and preventive actions
- B.
Managing internal and external communication channels
- C.
Validating project deliverables
- D.
Implementing risk response activities
- 14.
- A.
Ask the potential vendors to re-submit their proposals with additional information
- B.
Schedule on-site visits to the vendors' locations
- C.
Request that each vendor prepare and deliver a presentation to provide additional information
- D.
Reject the proposals and re-enter the Request Seller Responses process
- 15.
- A.
Request Seller Responses
- B.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- C.
Plan Contracting
- D.
Creating Statement of Work
- 16.
- A.
Reschedule the conference call with the potential development contractor
- B.
Cancel the conference call, but forward a copy of the project WBS to the potential development contractor for review
- C.
Develop a high-level WBS for the Web development portion of the project to use as a reference during the conference call
- D.
Have the conference call as planned, discuss a high-level project schedule and plan another call to discuss a more detailed schedule at a future date
- 17.
- A.
A potential team member's age
- B.
A potential team member's abilities
- C.
A potential team member's experience
- D.
A potential team member's interest in the project
- 18.
- A.
Information Distribution
- B.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- C.
Develop Project Management Plan
- D.
Integrated Change Control
- 19.
- A.
Select Sellers
- B.
Plan Contracting
- C.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- D.
Contract Administration
- 20.
- A.
The scope of the project
- B.
The budget of the project
- C.
The technical skills of the team members
- D.
The leadership style you as the manager have adopted
- 21.
- A.
Close Project
- B.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- C.
Develop Project Management Plan
- D.
Integrated Change Control
- 22.
- A.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- B.
Develop Project Management Plan
- C.
Change control system
- D.
Information Distribution
- 23.
- A.
A meeting of prospective bidders
- B.
A meeting of the bidders on the shortlist
- C.
A meeting of the sellers who are being awarded bids
- D.
A meeting of team members to discuss the strengths of each potential bidder
- 24.
- A.
Information on scheduled activities that have not begun
- B.
Information on completed activities
- C.
Detailed information about how resources are being used
- D.
Timecards of all project team members
- 25.
- A.
Discuss the change with the project team
- B.
Evaluate the impact and inform the client about it
- C.
Escalate the matter to the senior project manager
- D.
Crash the project schedule to make sure it is on time despite the change
- 26.
- A.
Improvement in team's behavior
- B.
Improvement in the skills of individual team members
- C.
Identification of better methods of performing the project work
- D.
Team members putting in extra hours of work without extra wages
- 27.
- A.
Develop Project Team
- B.
Acquire Project Team
- C.
Human Resource Planning
- D.
Information Distribution
- 28.Which is NOT a benefit of using a virtual team?
- A.
Projects may be undertaken that would have otherwise been cost prohibitive
- B.
Individuals with accessibility handicaps can be included in the project
- C.
Team members can communicate more effectively;
- D.
Members with special skills can be included on the team without regard to geographic location.
- 29.
- A.
Develop Project Team
- B.
Change control system
- C.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- D.
Develop Project Management Plan
- 30.
- A.
Staffing management plan
- B.
Project budget
- C.
Resource availability
- D.
Project staff assignments
- 31.
- A.
Quality audit
- B.
Control charts
- C.
Ishikawa diagram
- D.
Training of the team
- 32.
- A.
Weighting system
- B.
Screening system
- C.
Seller rating system
- D.
Independent estimates
- 33.
- A.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- B.
Performance Reporting
- C.
Information Distribution
- D.
Communications Planning
- 34.
- A.
Inform the project stakeholders about the change
- B.
Inform the change control board for further action
- C.
Analyze the impact on the project in the same meeting
- D.
Write to the customer informing them about change in project scope
- 35.
- A.
Setting up a war room for team members to congregate periodically
- B.
Helping the team to be together at one place to enhance their abilities to perform as a team
- C.
Assigning separate revenue productivity targets to the teams at different physical locations
- D.
Moving all, or a maximum number, of the most active team members to the same physical location
- 36.
- A.
Management actions to improve team performance
- B.
Individual actions to improve individual and team performance
- C.
Actions to improve interpersonal relationships among key stakeholders
- D.
Collective actions to persuade management to meet the team's demands
- 37.
- A.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- B.
Performance Reporting
- C.
Information Distribution
- D.
Communications Planning
- 38.During the Acquire Project Team process, which of the following would be LEAST likely a reason for updating the staffing management plan?
- A.
A team member was promoted to another position within the organization and will no longer be on the team
- B.
A team member retired from your company with 30 years of service
- C.
A team member moved to another country
- D.
A team member was diagnosed with a serious medical condition and must be on medical leave for an indefinite period of time
- 39.
- A.
Lessons learned
- B.
Documentation of new or improved quality processes identified
- C.
Requested changes resulting from quality assurance activities
- D.
Quality metrics that were used
- 40.
- A.
Staffing management plan
- B.
Resource availability
- C.
Project staff assignments
- D.
Team performance assessment
- 41.
- A.
Project Cost Management
- B.
Project Time Management
- C.
Project Procurement Management
- D.
Project Human Resource Management
- 42.The purpose of ground rules is to:
- A.
Document the assignments of the team
- B.
Set clear expectations of team members
- C.
Inform team members of project assignments
- D.
Build cohesiveness for the project team
- 43.
- A.
Multiply each potential vendor rating by the weight
- B.
Sum the weight values
- C.
Average the ratings for each potential vendor
- D.
Identify the potential vendor with the highest rating for the most critical evaluation criteria
- 44.
- A.
Administrative closure procedures
- B.
Approved preventive actions
- C.
Approved corrective actions
- D.
Status review meetings
- 45.In projects where co-location is not possible, an alternative may be to:
- A.
Outsource the work
- B.
Have an onsite project manager
- C.
Keep the costs low in the project
- D.
Schedule regular face-to-face meetings
- 46.You have recently taken a job as a project manager in an IT integration company. You have been assigned to a project, and you are in the process of kicking off the project. You want resources allocated to your project based on the plan you have submitted to the senior program manager. When you go to the director of resources, which of the following types of power will you use?
- A.
Formal
- B.
Reward
- C.
Referent
- D.
Expert
- 47.
- A.
Implement a team-member-of-the-month program to spotlight a team member for putting forth extra effort each month
- B.
Give all team members a gift certificate for a local restaurant
- C.
Implement a zero sum reward
- D.
Establish an incentive for team members turning in their status reports in a timely manner
- 48.
- A.
Request Seller Responses
- B.
Plan Contracting
- C.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- D.
Contract Administration
- 49.
- A.
Call a meeting of the project team and inform them about the situation
- B.
Initiate a meeting with the stakeholders for further discussion on the issue
- C.
Initiate a change request as per the agreed procedure at the beginning of the project
- D.
Write to the customer informing that the requirements are out of agreed project scope
- 50.
- A.
Monitor and Control Project Work
- B.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- C.
Develop Project Management Plan
- D.
Integrated Change Control
- 51.Which is NOT a tool or technique used in the Develop Project Team process?
- A.
Co-location
- B.
Work performance information
- C.
Team-building activities
- D.
Reward and recognition systems
- 52.
- A.
Acquire Project Team
- B.
Develop Project Team
- C.
Information Distribution
- D.
Human Resource Planning
- 53.
- A.
Perform Quality Control
- B.
Quality Planning
- C.
Perform Quality Assurance
- D.
Quality Response Planning
- 54.
- A.
Cost Control
- B.
Schedule Control
- C.
Quality Planning
- D.
Perform Quality Assurance
- 55.
- A.
Training
- B.
Co-location
- C.
Organizational theory
- D.
General management skills
- 56.
- A.
Project intranet
- B.
Video conferencing
- C.
Information gathering and retrieval systems
- D.
Networked electronic database
- 57.
- A.
Project plan
- B.
Project status
- C.
Project charter
- D.
Communication management plan
- 58.
- A.
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
- B.
RAM (Responsibility Assignment Matrix)
- C.
Resource histogram
- D.
Enterprise environmental factors
- 59.
- A.
Organizational policies
- B.
Information distribution
- C.
Work authorization system
- D.
A good project management information system
- 60.Which statement regarding forms of communication is true?
- A.
You should use formal verbal communication for complex project issues
- B.
You should use formal written communication for complex project issues
- C.
You should use either formal written or informal written communication for complex project issues
- D.
You should use the method of communication that best fits the situation for complex project issues
- 61.
- A.
Contract Negotiation
- B.
Performance Reviews
- C.
Information Distribution
- D.
Communications Planning
- 62.
- A.
Proposal format was not designed properly
- B.
Sellers have not understood the requirement
- C.
Procurement documents were unclear and open-ended
- D.
Evaluation criteria have not been defined for the procurement
- 63.
- A.
Trade associations
- B.
Trade publications
- C.
Interviews with competitors of prospective sellers
- D.
Site visits
- 64.
- A.
Weighting system
- B.
Screening system
- C.
Evaluation criteria
- D.
Contract negotiations
- 65.
- A.
Contract
- B.
Seller invoices
- C.
Statement of work
- D.
Evaluation criteria
- 66.
- A.
Proposals
- B.
Advertising
- C.
Bidder conferences
- D.
Evaluation criteria
- 67.
- A.
Technical skills
- B.
Team-building skills
- C.
A participative management style
- D.
Oral and written communication skills
- 68.
- A.
Select Sellers
- B.
Plan Contracting
- C.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- D.
Contract Administration
- 69.
- A.
Enhance team performance
- B.
Connect team members emotionally
- C.
Persuade team members to work extra hours
- D.
Comply with PMI guidelines of project management
- 70.
- A.
Formal verbal
- B.
Formal written
- C.
Informal verbal
- D.
Informal written
- 71.
- A.
Proposals
- B.
Evaluation criteria
- C.
Organizational process assets
- D.
Procurement documents
- 72.
- A.
Acquire Project Team
- B.
Develop Project Team
- C.
Information Distribution
- D.
Human Resource Planning
- 73.
- A.
It avoids confusion among team members
- B.
It increases productivity of the team
- C.
It provides team members with clear expectations
- D.
It allows team members to become acquainted
- 74.
- A.
Project management plan
- B.
Requested changes
- C.
Approved corrective actions
- D.
Validated defect repair
- 75.
- A.
Formal verbal
- B.
Formal written
- C.
Informal verbal
- D.
Informal written
- 76.
- A.
Project plan
- B.
Project reports
- C.
Project records
- D.
Project presentations
- 77.
- A.
Select Sellers
- B.
Product Documents
- C.
Plan Contracting
- D.
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
- 78.
- A.
Frequently including team members in decision-making
- B.
Setting ground rules for team members
- C.
Pre-assigning team members
- D.
Developing communications standards
- 79.
- A.
A project washout meeting would be held
- B.
The product of the project would be created
- C.
Status reviews on the project would be scheduled
- D.
A significant portion of the project budget would be spent
- 80.All of these are dimensions of communicating, EXCEPT:
- A.
Oral
- B.
E-mail
- C.
Formal
- D.
Written
- 81.
- A.
Contract
- B.
Proposals
- C.
Statement of work
- D.
Procurement documents
- 82.
- A.
Direct and Manage Project Execution
- B.
Develop Project Management Plan
- C.
Change Control System
- D.
Contract Negotiation
- 83.
- A.
Systems that direct the team towards the desired behavior
- B.
Indirect payouts to the staff to protect them from tax liabilities
- C.
Formal management practices to improve the team performance
- D.
Actions that help achieve desired results from the team members
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