IT Project Management Quiz: Chapter 1 Practice Questions

Assignment Content 1. Quiz #1 is from the first week material, i.e. Chapter 1 of the textbook (Schwalbe's IT Project Management). o 15 minutes for 10 questions (MCQs and T/Fs) o Backtracking Prohibited (You can not go back to previous questions, no matter if you answered or not; so do NOT go to next question before answering, otherwise you can not come back) o One question at a time o Random questions and random answers By beginning the test you affirm that you will not give or receive any unauthorized help, and that all work will be your own. You agree to abide by Seneca's Academic Integrity Policy and you understand any violation of academic integrity will be subject to the penalties outlined in the policy. 2. Question 1 1/1 Which one of the following documents is often completed before initiating a project? Hide answer choices Correct: Business Case Correct answer Kick-Off Meeting minutes Project Charter The Scope Statement Stakeholder Register

3. Question 2 1/1 The nature of IT projects is different from the nature of projects in many other industries because IT projects are: Hide answer choices Challenging Technical Correct: Diverse Correct answer Expensive 4. Question 3 1/1 Which one of the following is not a typical reason that project teams would use a predictive approach (plan-driven) versus an Agile approach to manage a project? Hide answer choices Large risks are involved in the project

The completion date is fairly rigid None of the above Correct: The project has unclear up-front requirements Correct answer The project team is unexperienced and dispersed 5. Question 4 1/1 Which one of these process groups involves measuring progress toward project objectives and taking corrective actions? Show answer choices 6. Question 5 1/1 Which one of the following five process groups includes coordinating people and other resources to carry out project plans and create the products, or results of the project. Hide answer choices Initiating Monitoring and Controlling

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Closing Correct: Executing Correct answer Planning 7. Question 6 1/1 In a _____ organizational structure, personnel often report to both a functional manager and one or more project managers. Hide answer choices functional Correct: matrix Correct answer symbolic project

Feedback Rationale: Feedback: A matrix organizational structure represents the middle ground between functional and project structures. Personnel often report both to a functional manager and one or more project managers. 8. Question 7 1/1 Which systems development life cycle model assumes that requirements will remain stable after they are defined? Hide answer choices Prototyping life cycle RAD life cycle Spiral life cycle Correct: Waterfall life cycle Correct answer Feedback Rationale: Feedback: The waterfall life cycle model has well-defined, linear stages of systems analysis, design, construction, testing, and support. This life cycle model assumes that requirements will remain stable after they are defined. 9. Question 8 1/1 Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects.

T TrueCorrect answer F False Feedback Rationale: Feedback: Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from various functional areas working on their projects. 10.Question 9 1/1 A difference between operations and projects is that operations end when their objectives have been reached, whereas projects do not. T True F FalseCorrect answer Feedback Rationale: Feedback: Projects are different from operations in that they end when their objectives have been reached or the project has been terminated. 11.Question 10 1/1 Which of the following is true of a matrix organizational structure? Hide answer choices

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Project managers in matrix organizations have staff from only a single functional area working on their projects. In a matrix organizational structure, employees are organized into departments according to their skills, and there is little interaction between employees from different departments. Correct: In a strong matrix organizational structure, the project manager controls the project budget and has moderate to high authority. Correct answer A matrix organizational structure is hierarchical, but instead of functional managers reporting to the CEO, program managers report to the CEO. Feedback Rationale: Feedback: In a strong matrix organizational structure, the project manager controls the project budget and has moderate to high authority.

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