MID TERM EXAM

1. The progressive detailing of the project management plan is known as:
a. Re-planning
b. Re-baselining
c. Progressive elaboration
d. Rolling wave planning

2. Documented, authorized directions to reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks are:
a. Approved preventive action
b. Approved corrective actions
c. Implemented change requests
d. Work performance information

3. The project management information system (PMIS) is used by the project management team to support the development on the project management plan, facilitate feedback on it, control changes to it, and release the approved changes. This means that:
a. The change control system should be established during the integrated change control process
b. The configuration management system (CMS) is a subsystem of the overall PMIS
c. The configuration management system (CMS) is a subsystem of the change control system
d. Each project should establish a change control board to review all proposed changes and determine their disposition

4. All of the following are acceptable forms of change requests EXCEPT:
a. Direct or indirect
b. Externally or internally initiated
c. Vertical or horizontal
d. Optional or legally / contractually mandated

5. In an information technology project, the specifications for each software component, such as scripts, source code, and the data definition language, should be part of the:
a. Scope statement
b. Scope management plan
c. Change management plan
d. Change control system

6. Project scope management processes ensure that the project includes all the work required to complete the project successfully. This means that:
a. The project should meet the requirements of every stakeholder
b. Only the work required should be completed
c. Technical specialists on the project should ensure that the most sophisticated solution is provided
d. The project team should first complete the detailed scope statement and then begin work on the scope management plan

7. While your organization has an enterprise project management office and a detailed project management methodology that each project must follow, typically your company works only on large, complex projects. You do not feel that you need to follow these rigorous procedures as you were working on a small, routine project that will be completed in two months and only has three team members. Accordingly, you should document your decisions in your:
a. Project management information system
b. Project scope statement
c. Scope management plan
d. Process improvement plan

8. An approach to use to provide insight into the health of the project and to identify any areas that require special attention is to:
a. Conduct periodic status reviews
b. Prepare regular status and progress reports
c. Prepare forecasts of the project’s future
d. Continuously monitor the project

9. If you apply the configuration management system along with change control processes project wide, you will achieve all but which one of the following objectives?
a. Establish an evolutionary method to continuously identify and request changes to established baselines and to assess the value and effectiveness of those changes
b. Provide an opportunity to continuously validate and improve the project by considering the impact of each change
c. Document the specific responsibilities of each stakeholder in the integrated change control process
d. Provide the mechanism for the project team to consistently communicate all changes to the stakeholders

10. Assume that your organization is a contractor for a government agency on a multiyear, complex project. As the project manager, you established a change control board t serve as a review authority regarding possible changes on your project. On this project, some of the proposed changes will need approval by the:
a. Project sponsor
b. Customer
c. Project manager
d. Configuration manager

11. The process that specifies how formal