1. The most common circumstance for project closure is simply a ________ project.
A. completed
B. overdue
C. over budget
D. under achieving
2. What is not a wrap-up closure activity?
A. Team retrenchment
B. Vendor performance
C. Customer requirements
D. Profit report
3. When the project may be completed early with some parts of the project eliminated this is considered to be ___________ closure.
A. normal
B. premature
C. perpetual
D. changed priority
4. This type of closure occurs when the project may never seem to end. This is considered to be ___________ closure.
A. normal
B. premature
C. perpetual
D. changed priority
5. When a project may start with a high priority but see its rank erode or crash during its project life cycle as conditions change, this is an example of:
A. a premature closing project
B. a perpetual project
C. a failed project
D. a changed priority
6. Which is not part of the team portion of the Wrap-up closure checklist?
A. Has a schedule for reducing project staff been developed and accepted?
B. Has staff been offered outplacement services and career counseling activities?
C. Have performance reviews for team members been conducted?
D. Carrying out a customer review
7. Under which heading of the Wrap-up closure checklist should the following question be answered: Has an in-depth project review and evaluation interview with the customer been conducted?
A. Human resource
B. Financial/procurement
C. Sponsor/customer and scope
D. Communications
8. The typical mechanism for evaluation of teams is:
A. a survey completed by the team members and the project manager
B. a personal interview of each team member
C. an analysis by an outside consultant
D. a survey completed by the internal or external customers
9. The project closure process includes all of these except:
A. shutting down resources and releasing to new uses
B. reassigning project team members
C. conducting an audit
D. getting delivery acceptance from the customer
10. What additional activities at closure should be carried out?
A. Stakeholder satisfaction
B. Benefit review and handover
C. Areas identified for ‘phase 2' of the project
D. All the given answers are correct.
11. When a project may start with a high priority but see its rank erode or crash during its project life cycle as conditions change this is an example of changed priority.
True False
12. Part of the content of the final report typically includes profit made on the project.
True False
13. The project manager's challenge is to keep the project team focused on the remaining project activities and delivery to the customer until the project is complete.
True False
14. Implementing closedown includes getting delivery acceptance from the customer.
True False
15. The ideal scenario is to have each team member's next assignment ready when project completion is announced.
True False
16. Performance evaluations of project team members are typically well done because the evaluations are conducted by the team member's home department.
True False
17. A project closure where the project is completed early with some parts of the project eliminated would be classified as project failure.
True False
18. The key requirement in selection of the facilitator is one who is the end-user.
True False
19. Performance appraisals generally fulfil two important functions.
True False
20. What are the six major activities implementing project closedown?
21. Identify the four areas of the project closure checklist.
22. How does the project manager meet the challenge of keeping the project team focused on the remaining project activities and delivery to the customer until the project is complete?