Project Management Exam: True/False and Multiple Choice Questions

Exam Name___________________________________ TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 1) Proper and insightful project planning, including determining project scope as well as identifying project activities, can easily reduce time in later project phases. 1) _______ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 2) The Baseline Project Plan: 2) _______ A) contains all information collected and analyzed during project initiation and planning B) is used by the project selection committee to help decide if the project should be accepted, redirected, or canceled C) specifies detailed project activities for the next life cycle phase, analysis, and less detail for subsequent project phases D) all of the above 3) When conducting a technical risk assessment, which of the following is true? 3) _______ A) Successful IS projects require active involvement and cooperation between the user and development groups. B) Large projects are riskier than small projects. C) A project has a greater likelihood of experiencing unforeseen technical problems when the development group lacks knowledge related to some aspect of the technology environment. D) all of the above 4) Questions in interviews asking those responding to choose from among a set of specified responses are: 4) _______ A) specific questions B)

structured questions C) closed - ended questions D) open - ended questions 5) In the Gane and Sarson model, a rectangle with rounded corners on a data flow diagram represents a: 5) _______ A) data store B) data flow C) source/sink D) process 6) When you believe that you have shown each business form or transaction, computer screen, and report as a single data flow, you have probably reached the: 6) _______ A) primitive data flow diagrams B) level - 0 diagrams C) level - 3 diagrams D) level - 1 diagrams 7) Which of the following depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time?

7) _______ A) data flow diagrams B) collaboration diagrams C) class diagrams D) sequence diagrams 8) Some systems developers believe that a data model is the most important part of the statement of information system requirements because: 8) _______ A) data rather than processes are the most complex aspects of many modern information systems and thus require a central role in structuring system requirements B) the characteristics of data captured during data modeling are crucial in the design of databases, programs, computer screens, and printed reports C) the characteristics about data are reasonably permanent D) all of the above 9) Which of the following is a true statement? 9) _______ A) Data characteristics are dynamic. B) An information system design based on a data orientation, rather than a process or logic orientation, should have a longer useful life. C) A data model explains the transient form of an organization. D) Data flow paths are permanent. 10) The most common format used for data modeling is:

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10) ______ A) decision table diagramming B) entity - relationship diagramming C) state - transition diagramming D) process modeling 11) During requirements structuring: 11) ______ A) the conceptual E - R data model is refined before it is translated into a logical format from which database definition and physical database design are done B) a specific E - R model is built to help explain the scope of a particular systems analysis and design effort C) an enterprise - wide data model with very broad categories of data and little detail is prepared D) an E - R model represents conceptual data requirements for a particular system 12) Conceptual data modeling is typically done in parallel with other requirements analysis and structuring steps during: 12) ______ A) logical design B) implementation C) analysis D) physical design 13) Process, logic, and data model descriptions of a system must be consistent and complete because:

13) ______ A) programming tasks require the integration of the information contained in the diagrams B) they each describe different but complementary views of the same information system C) they are prepared during the analysis phase D) they are constructed in parallel by separate analyst teams 14) An E - R model with attributes is prepared during: 14) ______ A) design B) project initiation and planning C) project identification and selection D) analysis 15) The primary deliverable from the conceptual modeling step within the analysis phase is a(n): 15) ______ A) context data flow diagram B) decision tree C) E - R diagram D) state - transition diagram 16) The data modeling perspective that derives the business rules for a data model from an intimate understanding of the

nature of the business, rather than from any specific information requirements in screens, reports, or business forms, is referred to as the: 16) ______ A) business approach B) top - down approach C) overview approach D) bottom - up approach 17) The three main constructs of the entity - relationship modeling notation include each of the following except: 17) ______ A) data entities B) relationships C) data flows D) attributes 18) A detailed, logical representation of the entities, associations, and data elements for an organization or business area defines: 18) ______ A) conceptual model B) data flow diagram C) entity - relationship model

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D) entity - relationship diagram 19) A person, place, object, event, or concept in the user environment about which the organization wishes to maintain data refers to a(n): 19) ______ A) relationship B) entity C) attribute D) data element 20) A collection of entities that share common properties or characteristics defines: 20) ______ A) entity instance B) entity type C) entity collection D) entity occurrence 21) A single occurrence of an entity type defines: 21) ______ A)

entity appearance B) entity instance C) attribute D) data element 22) A named property or characteristic of an entity that is of interest to the organization defines: 22) ______ A) gerund B) attribute C) instance D) relationship 23) An attribute (or combination of attributes) that uniquely identifies each instance of an entity type defines: 23) ______ A) candidate key B) trigger C) gerund D) data element occurrence 24)

When selecting an identifier, one should: 24) ______ A) choose a candidate key that will not change its value over the life of each instance of the entity type B) choose a candidate key such that for each instance of the entity, the attribute is guaranteed to have valid values or is null C) use large composite keys instead of single - attribute surrogate keys D) use intelligent keys 25) A candidate key that has been selected as the unique, identifying characteristic for an entity type is called a(n): 25) ______ A) secondary key B) gerund C) attribute D) identifier 26) For each entity, the name of the identifier is: 26) ______ A) written in all capital letters on an E - R diagram B) bold on an E - R diagram C) identified by using a double - lined ellipse D) underlined on an E - R diagram 27) An attribute that may take on more than one value for each entity instance is referred to as a:

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27) ______ A) gerund B) nonexclusive attribute C) multivalued attribute D) supertype 28) If each employee can have more than one skill, then SKILL is referred to as a: 28) ______ A) repeating attribute B) gerund C) nonexclusive attribute D) multivalued attribute 29) A set of two or more multivalued attributes that are logically related defines: 29) ______ A) repeating group B) relationship C) class D) gerund

30) Which of the following shows the time period during which an object performs an operation, either directly or through a call to some subordinate operation? 30) ______ A) critical path B) activation C) simple message D) asynchronous message 31) A message that transfers control from the sender to the recipient without describing the details of the communication best describes: 31) ______ A) simple message B) implicit message C) predetermined message D) flag 32) A message in which the sender does not have to wait for the recipient to handle the message best describes: 32) ______ A) half - duplex message B) synchronous message C) asynchronous message

D) simple message 33) A type of message in which the caller has to wait for the receiving object to finish executing the called operation before it can resume execution itself is a(n): 33) ______ A) synchronous message B) simple message C) half - duplex message D) asynchronous message 34) On a sequence diagram, the destruction of an object is shown as a: 34) ______ A) transverse tick mark B) large X C) filled in circle D) wavy line 35) When an operation calls upon another operation within the same object, this is known as: 35) ______ A) a nested operation

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B) a recursive join C) self - delegation D) a nested state 36) Sequence diagrams can be presented in: 36) ______ A) logical or physical form B) instance or generic form C) specific or nonspecific form D) sequential or nonsequential form 37) Which of the following shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process? 37) ______ A) use case diagram B) deployment diagram C) component diagram D) activity diagram 38) The lowest level of decomposition for a data flow diagram is called the: 38)

______ A) level - 0 diagram B) level - 1 diagram C) context diagram D) primitive diagram 39) The process in analysis in which the analyst tries to discover discrepancies between two or more sets of data flow diagrams, representing two or more states of an information system, or discrepancies within a single DFD, is referred to as: 39) ______ A) double checking B) gap analysis C) referencing D) sequencing 40) Guidelines for drawing DFDs include the following except for: 40) ______ A) completeness B) timing considerations C) numbering considerations D) consistency

41) In the Gane and Sarson model, a rectangle that is missing its right vertical sides on a data flow diagram represents a: 41) ______ A) data store B) source/sink C) data flow D) process 42) Which of the following is a true statement regarding sources/sinks? 42) ______ A) Sources/sinks are always outside the information system and define the boundaries of the system. B) All of the above. C) Data must originate outside a system from one or more sources. D) The system must produce information to one or more sinks. 43) A data flow diagram that represents a system's major processes, data flows, and data stores at a high level of detail refers to: 43) ______ A) context diagram B) level - 00 diagram C) level - 0 diagram D)

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level - 1 diagram 44) If two processes are connected by a data flow, they are said to: 44) ______ A) be coupled to each other B) share the same timing effects C) share the same data D) be strapped to each other 45) By placing a data store between two processes, this: 45) ______ A) enhances the flow of data between the processes B) structures the processes C) decouples the processes D) enables store and forward capabilities 46) The act of going from a single system to several component processes refers to: 46) ______ A) balancing B) functional decomposition C) structuring D)

formatting 47) A miracle process is one that: 47) ______ A) has insufficient inputs to produce the associated processes B) cannot be exploded further C) has only inputs D) has only outputs 48) A black hole is one that: 48) ______ A) has insufficient inputs to produce the associated processes B) has not been exploded to show enough detail C) has only inputs D) has only outputs 49) Which of the following is a true statement regarding a data store? 49) ______ A) Data can move directly from a sink to a data store. B) A data store has a noun phrase label. C) Data can move directly from one data store to another data store. D) Data can move from an outside source to a data store. 50) Which of the following is a true statement regarding data flows?

50) ______ A) A data flow from a data store means update. B) A data flow may have multiple directions between symbols. C) A join in a data flow means that exactly the same data comes from any of two or more different processes, data stores, or sources/sinks to a common location. D) A data flow to a data store means retrieve or use. 51) Which of the following is not a true statement regarding data flows? 51) ______ A) A data flow can go directly back to the same process it leaves. B) A data flow has a noun phrase label. C) A fork in a data flow means that exactly the same data goes from a common location to two or more different processes, data stores, or sources/sinks. D) A data flow has only one direction of flow between symbols. 52) On a data flow diagram, you may: 52) ______ A) repeat sources/sinks B) repeat data stores C) repeat processes D) both A and B 53) The lowest level of DFDs is called: 53)

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______ A) level - 1 diagrams B) primitive data flow diagrams C) level - 0 diagrams D) context diagrams 54) A DFD that is a result of three nested decompositions of a series of subprocesses from a process on a level - 0 diagram defines a: 54) ______ A) level - 1 diagram B) level - 2 diagram C) primitive diagram D) level - 3 diagram 55) The conservation of inputs and outputs to a data flow diagram process when that process is decomposed to a lower level defines: 55) ______ A) decomposition B) data flow structuring C) conservation D) balancing

56) If a data flow appears on the context diagram and is also represented at level - 0, this would be referred to as: 56) ______ A) flow conservation B) balancing C) leveling D) matching 57) If an input from a source appears at level - 0, it must: 57) ______ A) be connected to a sink B) be connected to a data store C) be connected to a data flow D) appear on the context diagram 58) Which of the following is not an advanced rule governing data flow diagramming? 58) ______ A) At the lowest level of DFDs, new data flows may be added to represent data that are transmitted under exceptional conditions. B) Composite data flows on one level cannot be split into component data flows at the next level. C) The inputs to a process must be sufficient to produce the outputs from the process. D) To avoid having data flow lines cross each other, data stores may be repeated on a DFD.

59) The new logical model will differ from the current logical model by: 59) ______ A) identifying which system functions will be automated and which will be manual B) representing the physical implementation of the new system C) including an identification of the "technology" used to process the data D) having additional functions, removing obsolete functions, and reorganizing inefficient flows 60) If your DFD contains data flows that do not lead anywhere, it is not: 60) ______ A) gap proof B) a primitive diagram C) consistent D) complete 1) TRUE 2) D 3) D 4) C 5) D

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6) A 7) D 8) D 9) B 10) B 11) D 12) C 13) B 14) D 15) C 16) B 17) C 18) C 19) B 20)

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B 21) B 22) B 23) A 24) A 25) D 26) D 27) C 28) D 29) A 30) B 31) A 32) C 33) A 34) B

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35) C 36) B 37) D 38) D 39) B 40) C 41) A 42) B 43) C 44) A 45) C 46) B 47) D 48) C 49) B

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50) C 51) A 52) D 53) B 54) D 55) D 56) B 57) D 58) B 59) D 60) D 61) B 62) B 63) C 64) D

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65) A 66) C 67) B 68) B 69) FALSE 70) TRUE 71) TRUE 72) B

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