Sophia - Project Management Milestone 1 SCORE 100 PERCENT

 

 

1.

Which scenario illustrates a project process failure?


The project manager fails to use an appropriate methodology.


The project sponsor is not affected by the problem that is the focus of the project.


A piece of equipment is more expensive than estimated.


The project loses a key funding source.

2

Which of the following is an example of an intangible benefit of a project to create and install a computer-based customer management system for a local dry cleaning business?


Reduced time spent organizing paper documents


Reduced errors in creating customer tickets


Improved customer satisfaction


Increased number of customers served per hour

3

Which of the following stakeholders are assigned specific tasks needed to meet deliverables? 


Project team members


Project manager


Key decision maker


Project sponsor

4

Project manager Chris thoroughly researched his client’s company.  The client was pleased that the prototype website was on time, had great design, and represented the client’s company well.  But the client pointed out that the website was missing a shopping cart feature for customers to purchase products.

Chris failed to answer which of the following questions in developing the scope document for the website project?


How?


When?


What?


Who?

5

What is the first step a project manager will take when defining the project scope?


Convince stakeholders to support the project


Design interview questions to ask the stakeholders


Identify stakeholders


Discuss the benefits of the project with stakeholders

6

An expectation that is related to how the project manager manages the project is a __________ expectation.


project benefit


deliverables


project outcome


process

7

Which of the following is a group of repetitive activities that lack a defined end date? 


Project


Program


Operation


Task

8

Which of the following is an example of a project? 


A company manufacturing clothes


A business paying invoices


IT staff performing weekly database maintenance


A company designing a new automobile

9

Which of the following characteristics did project manager Angela demonstrate when she scheduled several meetings during the planning of a project, notified each team member, and sent reminders prior to meeting times?


Analytical skills


Interpersonal skills


Organizational skills


Communication skills

10

Which of the following correctly describes the documentation of project risks? 


Medium risks must be watched closely by the project manager.


High risks can become project killers if not mitigated.


Most risks are closely monitored by the project sponsor.


Low risks usually do not negatively impact a project.

11

Which of the following is NOT a major responsibility of a project manager?


Provide ultimate decision-making authority


Determine deliverables


Manage stakeholder expectations


Develop a project scope

12

One of Mary's employees, Adam, notified her that there is a good chance that one of the marketing assistants included some copyrighted images in the ad campaign by mistake. Mary asked Adam to have the marketing assistants immediately research the images used for copyright issues and create new images to replace any problematic images.

What is the probability of this risk occurring and what is the impact on the project?


Low probability and high impact


Medium probability and low impact


Low probability and medium impact


High probability and low impact

13

Pedro had to keep the large trees from the nursery watered for three days when the landscape crew rescheduled the date when they could help him plant.

Which of the triple constraints was impacted?


Cost


Time


Quality


Scope 

14

Which of the following provides an official acknowledgment of the authority of the project manager to begin the project? 


Project charter


Project governance


Business case


Scope flow diagram

15

Which of the following is derived from the business case? 


Assumptions people have about the project


Deliverables produced by the project


Goals for the project


Risks that affect the project

16

Mary Ann is a project manager who is managing the construction of a new house.

What is the earliest phase of the project in which Mary Ann would assign jobs to the construction contractors?


Phase 3


Phase 2


Phase 1


Phase 4

17

A company wants to add a quality inspection station to its assembly line.

What type of project does this represent?


Process


Technology


Service


People

18

Which of the following SMART goal components ensures the goal is focused and well-defined?


Specific


Realistic


Action-oriented


Measurable

 

19

Which of the following must occur for a gate to be passed? 


Advise all stakeholders


Gain consent to move forward 


Evaluate team members


Test all deliverables

20

In Carson's project to create a new line of outdoor seating for a furniture company, which of the following items is a requirement, as opposed to a deliverable?


Create a website for the new line


Offer three types of chair materials


Develop an advertising strategy


Create sample fabric swatches

21

Which of the following is true regarding the scope approval process?


Several members of each stakeholder group should attend the scope approval meeting.


Stakeholders review the final scope document at the scope approval meeting.


The project sponsor and the project manager are the only scope approval meeting attendees.


The project manager may have to rework the scope document after the meeting.

22

If Olivia managed a project to create a new advertising campaign for a client and estimated the price for purchasing three new licenses for graphic development software, which of the following estimate types did she make?


Cost


Resource


Time


Process

23

The phase-based methodology is similar to the iterative methodology in which of the following ways? 


Both segment project work into mini-projects.


Both are commonly used to manage projects.


Both work well with projects that are easy to understand.


Both incorporate planning in the early stages of a project.

         

 

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