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1
Process management is
A)the ongoing activity of recording facts and specifications for a system for current and future reference
B)the activity of scoping, planning and staffing the development of a system
C)the activity of organizing the development of a system
D)the activity of calculating the prediction of the costs and effort required for system development
E)the activity of documenting, managing, and continually improving the process of systems development
2
From a project management perspective, a project is considered a success if
A)the system is delivered on time
B)the system is developed within budget
C)the system is acceptable to the customer
D)the system is developed using either product-driven or model-driven methodology
E)all of the above
3
All of the following are the project management causes of failed projects, except
A)lack of organization’s commitment to the system development methodology
B)lack of project documentation
C)premature commitment to a fixed budget and schedule
D)failure to adopt to business change
E)failure to establish upper-management commitment to the project
4
Which one is NOT a project management activity?
A)identify tasks
B)estimate task duration
C)assign resources
D)assess risks
E)direct the team effort
5
Which of the following is a graphical network model that depicts a project’s tasks and the relationships between those tasks?
A)PERT chart
B)WBS
C)Gantt chart
D)Line chart
E)Bar chart
6
An inter-task dependency in which two tasks must finish at the same time is referred to as
A)Start-to-finish (SF)
B)Finish-to-finish (FF)
C)Finish-to-start (FS)
D)Start-to-start (SS)
E)None of the above
7
Which of the project management charts is most effective when you want to study the relationships between tasks?
A)Gantt chart
B)PMBOK chart
C)WBS chart
D)PERT chart
E)Network chart
8
Which of the following is the estimated amount of time required to complete a task, based on a weighted average of pessimistic, optimistic, and expected duration?
A)minimal duration
B)earliest completion
C)weighted average duration
D)most likely duration
E)none of the above
9
All of the following are the guidelines for selecting and recruiting team members, except
A)select the best task for each person
B)promote harmony by selecting team members who will complement and work well with each other
C)plan for the future
D)keep the team size as small as is reasonable to minimize communication overhead and difficulties
E)recruit team members with extensive systems development experience
10
A model-based technique for estimation wherein standard parameters based on prior projects are applied to the new project is known as
A)COCOMO
B)decomposition
C)resource leveling
D)function points
E)reverse scheduling





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