Project Management test
assessment and answers graded A+
A project is a lasting endeavour undertaken to maintain a reliable product or service.
True/False? - ANS✅✅False
Which of the following examples is NOT a typical or appropriate situation to employ project
management?
a. conducting a routine, standard customer service operation
b. installing a new computer system
c. improving an existing work process
d. developing a new product - ANS✅✅a. conducting a routine, standard customer service
operation
Projects often require trade-offs among all of the following EXCEPT:
a. cost
b. programs
c. scope
d. schedule - ANS✅✅b. programs
Which of the following statements correctly describes project management?
a. Project management's goal is to maintain efficiency of ongoing operations.
b. Project management only relies upon checklists to plan and execute the work.
c. Project management should not involve trade-offs between scope, schedule and cost.
d. Project management applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities. -
ANS✅✅d. Project management applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities.
,A portfolio is a collection of projects, programs, subportfolios, and operations managed as a group to
achieve strategic business objectives.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
Portfolios deal with all of an organization's projects, while programs deal with:
a. ongoing operations
b. resource availability
c. a specific group of related projects
d. trade-offs between schedule, scope and quality - ANS✅✅c. a specific group of related projects
Which of the following documents serves as an informal contract between the project team and the
project sponsor?
a. project charter
b. project roadmap
c. business case
d. team members' employment contracts - ANS✅✅a. project charter
The project charter serves all of the following purposes EXCEPT:
a. quickly screens out obviously poor projects
b. describes skill sets needed for the project
c. develops a common understanding between the sponsor and the project team
d. authorizes the project manager to proceed - ANS✅✅b. describes skill sets needed for the
project
A deliverable is any unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service that is
required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
, The Bible includes examples of projects.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
All of the following elements should be included in a project scope statement EXCEPT:
a. key deliverables with acceptance criteria
b. project boundaries or exclusions
c. names of the project team members
d. assumptions and constraints that may limit or influence project work - ANS✅✅c. names of the
project team members
Which of the following items best describes a project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
a. an organizational chart depicting who will perform project work
b. a tool that the team uses to progressively divide deliverables into smaller pieces
c. a list of activities to complete the project work packages
d. a schedule depicting when project work will be performed - ANS✅✅b. a tool that the team uses
to progressively divide deliverables into smaller pieces
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a framework that will be used as a basis for further
planning activities including all the following EXCEPT:
a. developing the project cost estimate
b. identifying key stakeholders
c. identifying project risks
d. developing the project schedule - ANS✅✅b. identifying key stakeholders
The project objective must be clear, attainable, specific, and measurable.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
assessment and answers graded A+
A project is a lasting endeavour undertaken to maintain a reliable product or service.
True/False? - ANS✅✅False
Which of the following examples is NOT a typical or appropriate situation to employ project
management?
a. conducting a routine, standard customer service operation
b. installing a new computer system
c. improving an existing work process
d. developing a new product - ANS✅✅a. conducting a routine, standard customer service
operation
Projects often require trade-offs among all of the following EXCEPT:
a. cost
b. programs
c. scope
d. schedule - ANS✅✅b. programs
Which of the following statements correctly describes project management?
a. Project management's goal is to maintain efficiency of ongoing operations.
b. Project management only relies upon checklists to plan and execute the work.
c. Project management should not involve trade-offs between scope, schedule and cost.
d. Project management applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities. -
ANS✅✅d. Project management applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities.
,A portfolio is a collection of projects, programs, subportfolios, and operations managed as a group to
achieve strategic business objectives.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
Portfolios deal with all of an organization's projects, while programs deal with:
a. ongoing operations
b. resource availability
c. a specific group of related projects
d. trade-offs between schedule, scope and quality - ANS✅✅c. a specific group of related projects
Which of the following documents serves as an informal contract between the project team and the
project sponsor?
a. project charter
b. project roadmap
c. business case
d. team members' employment contracts - ANS✅✅a. project charter
The project charter serves all of the following purposes EXCEPT:
a. quickly screens out obviously poor projects
b. describes skill sets needed for the project
c. develops a common understanding between the sponsor and the project team
d. authorizes the project manager to proceed - ANS✅✅b. describes skill sets needed for the
project
A deliverable is any unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service that is
required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
, The Bible includes examples of projects.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
All of the following elements should be included in a project scope statement EXCEPT:
a. key deliverables with acceptance criteria
b. project boundaries or exclusions
c. names of the project team members
d. assumptions and constraints that may limit or influence project work - ANS✅✅c. names of the
project team members
Which of the following items best describes a project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
a. an organizational chart depicting who will perform project work
b. a tool that the team uses to progressively divide deliverables into smaller pieces
c. a list of activities to complete the project work packages
d. a schedule depicting when project work will be performed - ANS✅✅b. a tool that the team uses
to progressively divide deliverables into smaller pieces
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a framework that will be used as a basis for further
planning activities including all the following EXCEPT:
a. developing the project cost estimate
b. identifying key stakeholders
c. identifying project risks
d. developing the project schedule - ANS✅✅b. identifying key stakeholders
The project objective must be clear, attainable, specific, and measurable.
True/False? - ANS✅✅True
