26th October 2011 Project Controlling and Monitoring Quiz 1 Name: ____________________________________________________________ 1.

What should be done by the project manager to ensure that all work in the project is included? a) Create a contingency plan b) Create a risk management plan c) Create a WBS d) Create a scope statement 2. What should a project manager do or follow to ensure clear boundaries for project completion? a) Scope verification b) Completing a scope statement c) scope definition d) Risk management plan 3. After a study of the work processes on a project, a quality audit team reports to the project manager that irrelevant quality standards were being used by the project, which might lead to rework. What was the objective of the project manager in initiating this study? a) Quality control b) Quality planning c) Checking adherence to processes d) Quality assurance 4. a) b) c) d) Which of the following is a common format for performance reporting? Pareto diagrams Bar charts Responsibility assignment matrices Control charts

5. If the cost variance is positive and the schedule variance is also positive, then it indicates that a) Project is under budget and behind schedule b) Project is over budget and behind schedule c) Project is under budget and ahead of schedule d) Project is over budget and ahead of schedule 6. While reviewing the progress, the project manager assesses that an activity has been missed out from the implementation plan. A milestone, scheduled to be achieved within another week, would be missed with the current implementation plan.

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Which of the following is the next best action for the project manager in this situation? Report the error and the expected delay Omit the status update on the milestone Report the error and the planned recovery actions Assess alternatives to meet the milestone

7. If you are only allowed one tool to manage a project, which of the following would you choose? a) Work breakdown structure b) Gantt chart c) Resource chart d) Risk register 8. Do you agree project management is an isolated discipline being used by only a few specific industry sectors? a) Yes. Only industry sectors such as construction and IT are using project management. b) Yes. Project management requires lots of mathematical skills that only engineers can handle. c) No. Although not essential, it is trendy to apply some project management concepts. d) No. Project management is now adopted by all industry sectors for projects large and small, and is absolutely essential for successful project delivery. 9. a) b) c) Changes are inevitable for every project. The implication is: Project planning is not important as it will always be changed later. A proper change control process has to be implemented. It is mandatory to have customer signoffs for all planning documents to avoid subsequent changes. d) Skills in handling changes are more important than those in project planning for a project manager. 10. Quality, schedule and cost are three important objectives of any projects. Which of the following statement is true? a) Their relative importance compared to each other varies from project to project and has to be decided by the stakeholders involved. b) Quality is of equal importance to schedule and cost in todays projects; though in the past schedule and cost take precedence over quality. c) They are usually called the triple constraints of project performance. d) Quality is a performance objective for customer, whereas schedule and cost are performance objectives for the project team. 11. Which one of the following is the last step of project closing? a) Client has accepted the product b) Archives are complete c) Client appreciates your product d) Lessons learned are documented CBDBCDADBAB