OMIS 352 Final Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
_____ address where the project stands in terms of meeting scope, time, and cost goals
a.Status reports
b.Lessons-learned reports
c.Technical reports
d.Progress reports - CORRECT ANSWER A. Status Reports
Analogous estimates are also known as _____ estimates.
a.
parametric
b.
bottom-up
c.
top-down
d.
budgetary - CORRECT ANSWER C. Top Down
Which of the following is true about identifying stakeholder?
a.It is not very difficult to identify stakeholders.
b.Stakeholders do not change during a project
c.Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with.
,d.The project manager's family is not a potential stakeholder. - CORRECT
ANSWER C. Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with
_____ generates ideas for quality improvements by comparing specific project practices or
product characteristics to those of other projects or products within or outside the performing
organization.
a.
Benchmarking
b.
Mind mapping
c.
Prototyping
d.
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWER A. Benchmarking
In the _____ phase, the project team creates a definitive or very accurate cost estimate,
delivers the required work, and provides performance reports to stakeholders.
a.concept
b.close-out
c.implementation
d.development - CORRECT ANSWER C. Implementation
Which of the following is one of Deming's 14 Points for Management?
a.
Eliminate the annual rating or merit system.
b.
Award business based on price tag alone rather than on other considerations.
,c.
An organization should increase dependence on inspection to achieve quality.
d.
Minimize total cost by working with multiple suppliers rather than a single supplier. -
CORRECT ANSWER A. Eliminate the annual rating or merit system
In Rizzati Corp, vice presidents in departments such as engineering, manufacturing, IT, and
human resources report directly to the chief executive officer and undertake their tasks
independently of each other. The staffs of these departments have specialized skills in their
respective disciplines. Rizatti Corp can be said to have a _____ organizational structure.
a.functional
b.symbolic
c.matrix
d.project - CORRECT ANSWER A. Functional
Which of the following refers to a set of principles that guides decision making based on
personal values of what is considered right and wrong?
a.Ethics
b.Politics
c.Civics
d.Laws - CORRECT ANSWER A. Ethics
_____ provide(s) a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing
project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format
a.Gantt charts
b.PERT analysis
c.Arrow diagramming method
d.Critical path analysis - CORRECT ANSWER A. Gantt charts
, Which of the following is true of projects?
a.They have a unique purpose.
b.They are permanent in nature.
c.They have an indefinite beginning and end.
d.They are developed using regressive elaboration. - CORRECT ANSWER A. They
have a unique purpose
Important tools used in the _____ phase of the DMAIC process include a project charter, a
description of customer requirements, process maps, and Voice of the Customer (VOC) data.
a.
define
b.
improve
c.
analyze
d.
measure - CORRECT ANSWER A. Define
_____ uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project
stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business analysts, programmers, and so on—to jointly
define and design information systems.
a.Use case modeling
b.Prototyping
c.JAD
d.RAD - CORRECT ANSWER C. JAD
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
_____ address where the project stands in terms of meeting scope, time, and cost goals
a.Status reports
b.Lessons-learned reports
c.Technical reports
d.Progress reports - CORRECT ANSWER A. Status Reports
Analogous estimates are also known as _____ estimates.
a.
parametric
b.
bottom-up
c.
top-down
d.
budgetary - CORRECT ANSWER C. Top Down
Which of the following is true about identifying stakeholder?
a.It is not very difficult to identify stakeholders.
b.Stakeholders do not change during a project
c.Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with.
,d.The project manager's family is not a potential stakeholder. - CORRECT
ANSWER C. Stakeholders with indirect ties to the project need not be engaged with
_____ generates ideas for quality improvements by comparing specific project practices or
product characteristics to those of other projects or products within or outside the performing
organization.
a.
Benchmarking
b.
Mind mapping
c.
Prototyping
d.
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWER A. Benchmarking
In the _____ phase, the project team creates a definitive or very accurate cost estimate,
delivers the required work, and provides performance reports to stakeholders.
a.concept
b.close-out
c.implementation
d.development - CORRECT ANSWER C. Implementation
Which of the following is one of Deming's 14 Points for Management?
a.
Eliminate the annual rating or merit system.
b.
Award business based on price tag alone rather than on other considerations.
,c.
An organization should increase dependence on inspection to achieve quality.
d.
Minimize total cost by working with multiple suppliers rather than a single supplier. -
CORRECT ANSWER A. Eliminate the annual rating or merit system
In Rizzati Corp, vice presidents in departments such as engineering, manufacturing, IT, and
human resources report directly to the chief executive officer and undertake their tasks
independently of each other. The staffs of these departments have specialized skills in their
respective disciplines. Rizatti Corp can be said to have a _____ organizational structure.
a.functional
b.symbolic
c.matrix
d.project - CORRECT ANSWER A. Functional
Which of the following refers to a set of principles that guides decision making based on
personal values of what is considered right and wrong?
a.Ethics
b.Politics
c.Civics
d.Laws - CORRECT ANSWER A. Ethics
_____ provide(s) a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing
project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format
a.Gantt charts
b.PERT analysis
c.Arrow diagramming method
d.Critical path analysis - CORRECT ANSWER A. Gantt charts
, Which of the following is true of projects?
a.They have a unique purpose.
b.They are permanent in nature.
c.They have an indefinite beginning and end.
d.They are developed using regressive elaboration. - CORRECT ANSWER A. They
have a unique purpose
Important tools used in the _____ phase of the DMAIC process include a project charter, a
description of customer requirements, process maps, and Voice of the Customer (VOC) data.
a.
define
b.
improve
c.
analyze
d.
measure - CORRECT ANSWER A. Define
_____ uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project
stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business analysts, programmers, and so on—to jointly
define and design information systems.
a.Use case modeling
b.Prototyping
c.JAD
d.RAD - CORRECT ANSWER C. JAD
