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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of identifying milestones?
To keep track of your finances
To help you keep track of each key stage of the project
To speed up your work process
To delegate all your tasks to others
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is meant by contingency?
An identified verifiable stage of the project that you can tick off once it's done
The term given to describe the different stages a project goes through
The allocated amount of time/money identified as a buffer for minimising risks
The tasks that may or may not be included in the project
- 3. Multiple Choice
How often should a status meeting ideally be held to catch up on people's progress?
Once a week
Every day
Once a month
None are needed as long as you keep in touch via email
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who are the stakeholders in a project?
Those who are sponsoring your project and provide its resources
Those who will be affected by the project's outcome and are involved at specific stages
The people who carry out your delegated tasks throughout the project's duration
Those who have expertise in specific areas and provide you with advice where necessary
- 5. Multiple Choice
Microsoft Project lets you customise the calendar for
The normal working hours
Removing dates that will not be worked
The Project start date
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the default view of a new project in Microsoft Project?
Gantt view
Resource graph
Network view
Workbook view
- 7. Multiple Choice
The scope is the foundation of:
Your cost estimate and the project schedule
Scope creep
Client communication
The building and testing phase
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are NOT part of a project plan?
Schedule and due dates
Project scope and tasks
Costs and resource allocation
Scope creep and change requests
- 9. Multiple Choice
The project scope establishes which boundaries for the client?
Deadlines and due dates
Resource allocation limits
Budget and cost limits
Tasks that are and are not included
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are project costs calculated?
By adding human resources (staff hours times billing rates), plus the marked-up costs of material resources
By adding up the costs of all materials
By a calculation so complicated only a computer could do it
By multiplying the human resources by the material resources
- 11. Multiple Choice
During the design phase and the building and testing phase, how can milestone client reviews help your design project?
You get client signoff on the final project
You get client feedback on your designs and clear up any misunderstandings
You can ask the client for a contract for his next project, too
You can tell exactly where the client is completely wrong
- 12. Multiple Choice
What are the four typical phases in a project?
Planning and analysis phase; design phase; building phase; implementation or publishing phase
Planning phase; analysis phase; design phase; building and testing phase
Planning phase; analysis phase; testing phase; implementation phase
Planning and analysis phase; design phase; building and testing phase; implementation or publishing phase
- 13. Multiple Choice
What role does analysis play in the planning and analysis phase?
Figuring out the best way to get the project done
How to handle scope creep
How to get from Point A to point B
How to handle a challenging client
- 14. Multiple Choice
When developing a project schedule, what should you start with?
Identifying the Start Date
Deliverables
Human resources and material resources
Estimated costs
- 15. Multiple Choice
What are two common problems in project management?
Internal staff conflict and unattainable
Scope creep and not assigning resources to the tasks
Lack of funds and human resources
Lack of client communication and product testing
- 16. Multiple Choice
During which project management phase is client communication key?
Design phase
Building and testing phase
Planning and analysis phase
All phases
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the S in SMART?
Supported
Simple
Specific
Single
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is critical path method (CPM)
A step-by-step project management technique for process planning that defines critical and non-critical tasks
A project management tool o illustrate how the project will run
A graphical display of project activities that helps the users understand the relationships among the activities
A graphical colourful displayed graph
- 19. Multiple Choice
What am I? I am the things you need to be able to complete a task or activity
Deadlines
Durations
Resources
Timescales
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes a responsibility of the project manager:
to be the sole source of expertise for estimating techniques on cost and time
to take ultimate accountability for the delivery of the business benefits
to deliver the project objectives to enable benefits to be realised
to delegate all accountability for managing time, cost and quality to team leaders
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