IRM4728 EXAM PACK
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Question 1
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Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems management:
a. Organisation
b. Information
c. Business
d. Technology
Page: 50
Question 2
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Which of the following statements is true for the Rational Unified Process framework?
a. RUP approaches include Feature Driven Development and Crystal
b. DMAIC guides the improvement of existing business processes
c. RUP works well when applied to the maintenance of component-based software solutions.
d. RUP is not compatible with PMBOK process groups.
Question 3
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Which of the following statements is true about the use of project management software?
a. Project management software eliminates the need to understand project-specific issues.
b. Project management software allow people to undertake project management scheduling while
eliminating the need to understand the concepts behind project scheduling.
c. Decision support models and communications software are examples of project management
software.
d. Project management software eliminates the risks for blatant errors by managers and software
professionals.
Question 4
A new requirement by SARS requires all companies to now report data in a revised way. Which of the
following categories would include a new information system project to provide this data?
a. Directive
b. Regulation
c. Problem
d. Opportunity
Question 5
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Which of the following results is produced in the Business Area analysis stage of project planning?
a. Selection of potential IT projects that would be beneficial.
b. Documentation of key business processes that could benefit from Information Technology
c. Definition of potential IT projects that can be undertaken.
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d. Identification of key business areas
Question 6
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Which one of the following is an output of the process of Activity Definition as part of project
schedule management?
a. Schedule baseline
b. Project management plan updates
c. Project calendars
d. Project schedule network diagrams
Question 7
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The outputs of which process include change request status updates, project management plan
updates, and project document updates?
a. Planning
b. Monitoring and controlling
c. Initiating
d. Executing
Question 8
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Which of the following statements is not true about the activity-on-arrow approach to network
diagramming?
a. Activities are represented by nodes.
b. This approach is also known as the arrow diagramming method.
c. The activity-on-arrow approach is a schematic display of the logical relationships among project
activities.
d. The first node represents the start of the project.
Question 9
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4. What type of analysis involves calculating the expected net monetary gain or loss from a project by
discounting all expected future cash inflows and outflows to the present point in time?
a. Payback value
b. Cash flow
c. Cost of capital
d. Net present value
Question 10
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25. Which one of the following is an output of the process of Sequence Activities as part of project
schedule management?
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a. Work performance information
b. Project schedule network diagrams
c. Duration estimates
d. Activity list
Question 11
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Which one of the following statements is not true about Gantt charts?
a. A milestone can be created by adding an activity with a unit value.
b. Gantt charts can be used to track actual vs planned project schedule information.
c. Gantt charts do not usually show task dependencies.
d. The activities on Gantt charts coincide with the Work Breakdown Structure deliverables
Question 12
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Which of the following is not true about project schedule tradeoffs?
a.It may be possible to renegotiate the schedule with stakeholders.
b.It may be possible to reallocate resources on the project to the critical path.
c. It may be acceptable for the project to finish behind schedule.
d. The project team should preferably adopt a reactive approach in managing the project schedule.
Question 13
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In project schedule management, the ultimate goal of which process is to provide a basis for
monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project?
a. Developing a schedule
b. Sequencing activities
c. Defining activities
d. Estimating activity resources
Question 14
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What is scope creep?
a. the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger
b. the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS.
c. a task at the lowest level of the WBS
d. subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces
Question 15
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An activity on your project was scheduled to have a duration of two days. There was slack of an
additional two days after the activity. In the end the activity took four days to complete. Of what is
this an example?
2024
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
FOR ASSISTANCE CONTACT
EMAIL:
, lOMoARcPSD|44660598
Question 1
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems management:
a. Organisation
b. Information
c. Business
d. Technology
Page: 50
Question 2
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following statements is true for the Rational Unified Process framework?
a. RUP approaches include Feature Driven Development and Crystal
b. DMAIC guides the improvement of existing business processes
c. RUP works well when applied to the maintenance of component-based software solutions.
d. RUP is not compatible with PMBOK process groups.
Question 3
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following statements is true about the use of project management software?
a. Project management software eliminates the need to understand project-specific issues.
b. Project management software allow people to undertake project management scheduling while
eliminating the need to understand the concepts behind project scheduling.
c. Decision support models and communications software are examples of project management
software.
d. Project management software eliminates the risks for blatant errors by managers and software
professionals.
Question 4
A new requirement by SARS requires all companies to now report data in a revised way. Which of the
following categories would include a new information system project to provide this data?
a. Directive
b. Regulation
c. Problem
d. Opportunity
Question 5
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following results is produced in the Business Area analysis stage of project planning?
a. Selection of potential IT projects that would be beneficial.
b. Documentation of key business processes that could benefit from Information Technology
c. Definition of potential IT projects that can be undertaken.
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d. Identification of key business areas
Question 6
Marked out of 1.00
Which one of the following is an output of the process of Activity Definition as part of project
schedule management?
a. Schedule baseline
b. Project management plan updates
c. Project calendars
d. Project schedule network diagrams
Question 7
Marked out of 1.00
The outputs of which process include change request status updates, project management plan
updates, and project document updates?
a. Planning
b. Monitoring and controlling
c. Initiating
d. Executing
Question 8
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following statements is not true about the activity-on-arrow approach to network
diagramming?
a. Activities are represented by nodes.
b. This approach is also known as the arrow diagramming method.
c. The activity-on-arrow approach is a schematic display of the logical relationships among project
activities.
d. The first node represents the start of the project.
Question 9
Marked out of 1.00
4. What type of analysis involves calculating the expected net monetary gain or loss from a project by
discounting all expected future cash inflows and outflows to the present point in time?
a. Payback value
b. Cash flow
c. Cost of capital
d. Net present value
Question 10
Marked out of 1.00
25. Which one of the following is an output of the process of Sequence Activities as part of project
schedule management?
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a. Work performance information
b. Project schedule network diagrams
c. Duration estimates
d. Activity list
Question 11
Marked out of 1.00
Which one of the following statements is not true about Gantt charts?
a. A milestone can be created by adding an activity with a unit value.
b. Gantt charts can be used to track actual vs planned project schedule information.
c. Gantt charts do not usually show task dependencies.
d. The activities on Gantt charts coincide with the Work Breakdown Structure deliverables
Question 12
Marked out of 1.00
Which of the following is not true about project schedule tradeoffs?
a.It may be possible to renegotiate the schedule with stakeholders.
b.It may be possible to reallocate resources on the project to the critical path.
c. It may be acceptable for the project to finish behind schedule.
d. The project team should preferably adopt a reactive approach in managing the project schedule.
Question 13
Marked out of 1.00
In project schedule management, the ultimate goal of which process is to provide a basis for
monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project?
a. Developing a schedule
b. Sequencing activities
c. Defining activities
d. Estimating activity resources
Question 14
Marked out of 1.00
What is scope creep?
a. the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger
b. the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS.
c. a task at the lowest level of the WBS
d. subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces
Question 15
Marked out of 1.00
An activity on your project was scheduled to have a duration of two days. There was slack of an
additional two days after the activity. In the end the activity took four days to complete. Of what is
this an example?
