Question 1

Quantitative risk analysis evaluates each risk by estimating the probability that it will occur and the degree of impact.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

_____ is a full-featured program that holds the dominant share of the project management software market.

Accepted Answer

A)   Apptivo
B)   GanttProject
C)   Microsoft Project
D)   GantterE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

The three legs of a project triangle are _____, scope, and time.

Accepted Answer

A)   requirements
B)   resources
C)   environment
D)   costE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Define risk and give a basic list of risk management steps.

Accepted Answer

A risk is an event that could affect the...

Question 6

Project planning, an activity of a project manager, _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   involves requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating the a project team's workload
B)   includes monitoring the progress of the a project, evaluating results, and taking corrective action when necessary to stay on target
C)  Focuses on long-term challenges and goals, the importance of stakeholders, and a commitment to the firm's role as a corporate citizenconsists of staffing, which includes selecting the project team and assigning specific tasks to team members
D)   includes identifying project tasks and estimating completion times and costsE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Critical time is the amount of time that a task could be late without pushing back the completion date of an entire project.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Structured walk-throughs take place throughout the SDLC and are called _____ reviews, depending on the phase in which they occur.

Accepted Answer

A)   technical
B)   design
C)   code
D)   testingE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

_____, a human resource issue, is a possible cause of cost overruns in an organization.

Accepted Answer

A)   Inadequate training
B)   Inaccurate demand forecast
C)   Poor monitoring of progress
D)   Unrealistic estimatesE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Matching
Identify the letters of the choices that best match the phrases or definitions.​
-The process of planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting on the development of an information system

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Project management
B)  ​Project coordinator
C)  ​Project leader
D)  ​Milestone
E)  ​ConstraintF) WeightG) Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) H) dependentI) Concurrent tasksJ) Predecessor tasksK) A) and B)
L) A) and F)

Question 11

A continuous risk-tracking process can _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   notice changes in existing risks
B)   revert reported risks
C)   prevent human resource turnover issues
D)   prevent new issuesE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

A(n)  _____ is an event that could affect a project negatively.​

Accepted Answer

A)   issue
B)   webinar
C)   uncertainty
D)   riskE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

A _____ might involve maximums for one or more resources, such as time, dollars, or people.

Accepted Answer

A)   successor task
B)   constraint
C)   task ID
D)   milestoneE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

A _____ is a series of events and activities with no slack time.

Accepted Answer

A)   risk path
B)   foundation path
C)   baseline path
D)   critical pathE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Two or more concurrent tasks often depend on a single prior task, which is called a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   predecessor task
B)   wireframe task
C)   beneficiary task
D)   discrete taskE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

If any task along a critical path falls behind schedule, the entire project will be delayed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In most systems analysis tasks, time and people are interchangeable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Matching
Identify the letters of the choices that best match the phrases or definitions.​
-A condition, restriction, or requirement that a system must satisfy

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Project management
B)  ​Project coordinator
C)  ​Project leader
D)  ​Milestone
E)  ​ConstraintF) WeightG) Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) H) dependentI) Concurrent tasksJ) Predecessor tasksK) A) and B)
L) C) and I)

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Critical time is the amount of time that a task could be late without pushing back the completion date of an entire project.

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A continuous risk-tracking process can _____.

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_____ is a full-featured program that holds the dominant share of the project management software market.

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The three legs of a project triangle are _____, scope, and time.

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The prior experience method to make time and cost estimates works best for large projects.

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Matching Identify the letters of the choices that best match the phrases or definitions. -The process of planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting on the development of an information system

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