Introduction to Project Management

1. A project is a temporary initiative to create a unique result with a defined starting point and ending point in time.

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2. A Project Life Cycle includes initiating > Planning > Executing > Monitoring and Controlling > Closing

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3. The triple constraints in project management are Scope – Cost – Time. Any changes in one will impact the others.

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4. The Project Roles are the following except _______.

Project manager: Lead the planning, communicate between project participants, and watch for the constraints to deliver a successful project.
Project sponsor: Authorize, support, and approves the project.
Project stakeholder: Has an involvement or interest in the project outcome
Team member: Perform or provide work to complete the project.
Team sponsor: Coordinate and assign responsibilities to the team members.

5. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the hierarchical arrangement of the task list, detailing the full scope of work needed to complete the project.

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6. ___________ are all the task that predecease a particular task, while _________ is the relationship between a task and its predecessors.

Predecessors, dependency
Predecessors, summary task
Summary task, dependency
None of the above

7. _________ is a delay in time between two tasks that are linked together, while _______ is an overlap in time between two tasks that are linked together.

Lag, Lead
Lead, Deadlines
Deadlines, Lag
Lead, Lag

8. Resources are people, equipment, materials, or other costs that are used to accomplish a project task.

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9. _________ is the scheduling of tasks and resources, taking into account both resource availability and project production.

Resource Allocation
Resource Over-Allocation
Resource conflict
Resource Leveling
None of the abve

10. _________ is assigning a task to do more work in a project that it can do within the normal working capability.

Resource Allocation
Resource Over-Allocation
Resource conflict
Resource Leveling
None of the abve

11. _________ is the rescheduling and reassignment of tasks to resolve resource over-allocations.

Resource Allocation
Resource Over-Allocation
Resource conflict
Resource Leveling
None of the above

12. The ________ is the longest path of linked tasks in a project that determines the duration and finish date of the project. The ___________ is a measurement point used as a basis for comparison.

Critical Path, Baseline
Baseline, Critical Path
Deadline, Baseline
Critical Path, Deadline

13. _________ is the product of the multiplication of task duration by the level of effort assigned to the task. ________ is the number of working time periods from the beginning of a task until its end. _________ is the percentage of work required to be complete by a task, even if the resources change.

Duration, Effort, Work
Work, Duration, Effort
Duration, Work, Effort
None of the abve

14. Project success is measured regarding how well a project meets budgetary, schedule, and performance requirements.

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15. Performance requirements are the projects quality criteria, which more generally related to the needs and expectations of the customers.

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16. ______ should be regularly analyzed and discuss how can be mitigated.

Risks Plam
Oportunities
Problems
Options

17. “WBS is essential for estimating project costs, assigning resources, and effective scheduling. Furthermore, project progress is based on a comparison between the actual work and the plan as detailed in the WBS.”

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18. The following statements are correct, except…

Work resource is a resource that is employed on a time basis.
Cost resource is a resource used to capture expenses or track a budget.
Material resource is a resource that is measured by how many units are used.
Resource Sheet shows all the defined resources in the project.
Disposable resource is a resource that needs to be disposed of at the end of its lifeshelf.

19. A method of resolving resource conflicts by leveling is __________.

Increasing the duration of the task
Increasing the number of resources assigned to a task
Reassigning the task to another resource who has free time
Rescheduling a task
All of the above

20. There are several methods to optimize a project plan, including ________.

Shorten the critical path by adding resources
Shorten the critical path by refining dependencies
Shorten the critical path by reassigning task
Shorten the critical path by reducing scope
Optimizing resources by balancing work across resources
Optimizing resources by minimizing expensive resources
All of the above

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