Quiz - PMIF

Question 1

Which of the following documents is not defined in the text as one of the four critical documents for preliminary planning?

a. Specifications

b. SOW

c. Network Diagrams

d. WBS

Question 2

Which of the following would be the first item to be discussed in the initial kickoff meeting for a project?

a. Understanding of the budget

b. Understanding of the schedule

c. Understanding of the plan

d. Understanding of the requirements

Question 3

Which of the following is often overlooked when planning and budgeting a project?

a. Cost and size of contractual documentation

b. Customer's milestones

c. Number of meetings with the customer

d. Timing of the deliverables

Question 4

Which of the following is normally not addressed in a change control board meeting to approve a scope change?

a. Value-added opportunity for the client

b. Impact on the schedule

c. Which functional unit will perform the change

d. Cost of the change

Question 5

A project manager desires a work breakdown structure that goes through six levels of detail. Level 3 through level 6 would most likely be prepared by the:

a. Project sponsor

b. Project manager

c. Subject matter experts

d. Customer

Question 6

Plans such as the cost plan, schedule plan and quality plan are referred to as:

a. Subsidiary plans

b. Integration plans

c. Specialized plans

d. Functional plans

Question 7

_____ involves working with stakeholders to create the document that formally authorizes a project.

a. Developing the project management plan

b. Performing integrated change control

c. Developing the project charter

d. Developing the preliminary project scope statement

Question 8

The outputs of the _____ process include change request status updates, project management plan updates, and project document updates.

a. monitoring and controlling

b. executing

c. initiating

d. planning

Question 9

What is a project charter? Discuss the inputs that can aid the development of a project charter. Identify 5 key inputs needed when developing the project charter.

Question 10

A customer is unhappy with the performance thus far on a project. The customer states that, unless scope changes are made at the contractor's expense, the contractor would be removed from the customer's preferred bidders list for future contracts. The contractor would most likely:

a. Refuse to perform the scope changes.

b. Perform the scope changes at the contractor's expense.

c. Take no action and hope that the customer will forget about the scope change request.

d. Perform the scope changes and then submit an invoice for payment to the customer.