MIS 3400 Townsend Exam 1

The association designed to bring together project management professionals and systematically capture project management knowledge is called:

Project Management Institute

A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end is called:

A project

Projects are:

Temporary

A __ is a person who has an interest in a new or existing project.

Stakeholder

A __ provides high level support for a project.

project sponsor

The project sponsor has the responsibility of making sure that the project is given the __ for its successful completion.

resources necessary

A __ is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing down a project.

project manager

Information systems projects are undertaken to take advantage of business opportunities and to __.

solve business problems

Analyzing the scope of a project and determining the probability of success is called:

Feasibility study.

What is NOT unique about IT projects:

A variety of different stakeholders has to be managed.

The process used for executing the project management plan is called:

Project management methodology

The phases a project goes through from concept to completion are referred to as:

Project life cycle

A repository on the key project management knowledge areas is called __.

PMBOK

Project management process groups include all EXCEPT:

abandoning.

There are __ major project management process groups.

five

The phases a project goes through from concept to completion are called:

project life cycle.

Which activity is NOT part of the planning process?

Closedown planning.

A bar chart showing the start and end dates for the activities of a project is called:

Gantt chart.

A schematic display that illustrates the various tasks in a project, as well as their sequential relationship is called:

Network diagram.

Processes in the __ process group are concerned with authorizing the continuation of an existing project or the start of a new project.

Initiating

Processes in the __ process group are concerned with planning scope, time, cost, and risk.

planning

Processes in the __ process group are concerned with completing the actual project deliverables.

executing

Processes in the __ process group are concerned with measuring performance and progress and comparing these against planned performance and progress.

monitoring and controlling

1. Processes in the __ process group are concerned with finalizing all paperwork and having all responsible parties sign off on the phase or project.

closing

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th ed.) contains __ core areas.

ten

The project management core area including develop project management plan, direct and manage project work, and perform integrated change control is called:

project integration management.

The project management core area including plan scope management, define scope, and control scope is called:

project scope management.

The project management core area including plan schedule management, define activities, and sequence activities is called:

project schedule management.

The project management core area including estimate costs, determine budget, and control costs is called:

project cost management.

The project management core area including plan quality management, manage quality, and control quality is called:

project quality management.

The project management core area including acquire resources, develop team, and manage team is called:

project resource management.

The project management core area including plan communications management, manage communications, and monitor communications is called:

project communications management.

The project management core area including plan risk management, identify risks, and implement risk responses is called:

project risk management.

The project management core area including plan procurement management, conduct procurements, and control procurements is called:

project procurement management.

The project management core area including identify stakeholders, plan stakeholder engagement, and monitor stakeholder engagement is called:

project stakeholder management.

Project success is the degree to which project objectives have been achieved:

on time, within budget, and with the agreed upon quality and scope.

Which factor is not among the primary reasons for project failure?

Complete requirements

Failure can take place __ of a project.

in processes in the any process group

Authorizing the continuation of a non-viable project is a potential cause for failure happening in the:

executing process group.

Failure to correctly estimate costs, time, or complexity of a project usually happens in the:

planning process group.

Errors made when estimating the expected or actual performance of the project, resulting in an inaccurate picture of the project status, happen in the:

planning process group.

Errors made when closing contracts for eternally purchased goods or services happen in the:

closing process group.

The Gantt chart was developed:

by a management consultant named Henry Gantt.

A method used for determining the sequence of task activities that directly affect the completion of a project is called:

critical activity method.

A technique that uses optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic time to calculate the expected time for a particular task is called:

three-point estimating.

The phases of managing a project are called:

Project life cycle

Most project life cycles share the following characteristics:

cost and staffing levels are low at the start, higher at the end, and drop rapidly as the project nears an end.

Projects are divided into smaller parts called:

Phases

The review points at the end of each stage are called:

Phase gates

The four phases of the systems development life cycle include all EXCEPT:

Bug fixing

The four phases of the systems development (in the correct order) are:

planning and selection, analysis, design, implementation.

Some systems analysts consider the life cycle to be:

A spiral

The phase of the systems development life cycle where the need for a new system is identified and the scope is determined is called:

Systems planning

The second phase of the systems development life cycle is called:

systems analysis.

The second phase of the systems development life cycle encompasses all EXCEPT:

Design requirements

The third phase of the systems development life cycle is called:

Systems design

Specifications which focus on the origin, flow, and processing of data in a system, but are not tied to any specific hardware and systems software platform are called:

Logical design

Structured systems design that can be broken down into smaller and smaller units for conversion into instructions written in a programming language is called:

Physical design

The fourth phase of the systems development life cycle is called:

Systems implementation

Systems implementation includes all EXCEPT:

Maintenance

Iterations of the systems development life cycle (after a system has been built) are called:

Systems maintenance

All of the following are examples of enterprise environmental factors, EXCEPT:

project management office

What is NOT a common organizational structure?

Departmental

A functional organizational structure is sometimes thought of as resembling a:

Pyramid

The organizational unit created to centralize and coordinate projects within an organization is called:

project management office.

Social, economic, and environmental influences include all EXCEPT:

enterprise environmental factors.

A document approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for products, processes, or services with which compliance is not mandatory is called:

Standard

A document that specifies product, process, or service characteristics, including the applicable administrative provisions, with which compliance is mandatory is called:

Regulation

What is NOT a characteristic of a Gantt chart?

A Gantt chart clearly shows how tasks must be ordered.

What is NOT characteristic of a network diagram?

A network diagram shows which tasks can be done in parallel

Persons, groups of people, pieces of equipment, or materials used in accomplishing an activity are called:

Resources

The shortest time in which a project can be completed is shown by the:

Critical path

The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project is called:

Slack time

The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately following task is called:

Free slack

The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the completion of the project is called:

Total slack

The technique that uses optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic time to calculate the expected time for a particular task is called:

Three-point estimating.

The PMBOK organizes project management processes into __ groups.

five

A series of continuous actions that bring about a particular result, end, or condition is called a:

process.

Develop project charter is part of which process group?

Initiating.

Define activities is part of which process group?

Planning.

Estimate risks is part of which process group?

Planning.

Developing project team is part of which process group?

Executing.

Conduct procurement is part of which process group?

Executing.

Manage communications is part of which process group?

Executing.

Validate scope is part of which process group?

Controlling.

Manage project team is part of which process group?

Executing.

Control quality is part of which process group?

Controlling.

Close project or phase is part of which process group?

Closing.

What is NOT one of the five stages of project team development?

informing

During __, team members get to know each other and establish team goals and work assignments.

forming

During __, team members struggle to establish goals, power, and leadership roles.

storming

During __, teams develop a sense of common purpose and specify normal operating procedures.

norming

During __, actual project work is rapidly undertaken by the team.

performing

During __, team members wrap up the project's final activities.

adjourning

Which is NOT among the four types of factors leading to effective teams?

conformity

Which factor(s) of work design was NOT listed as being highly motivating for project team member performance?

group think

What is NOT among the contextual factors important for achieving high team performance?

management

An individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal is called:

motivation

__ refers to how hard someone tries to attain a goal.

intensity

Motivation refers to an individual's __ of effort toward attaining a goal.

intensity, direction, and persistence