Exam 1: Introduction to Project Management

A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product,service or result.

Quality management generally entails risk identification,analysis and response planning.

Project managers frequently face competing constraints. Identify these common constraints and describe approaches that project managers can use to make the trade-offs required to succeed.

The project manager is normally directly accountable for the project results,schedule and budget.

Scope management generally entails defining,sequencing and estimating the duration of project activities.

The leadership of top management is often cited as a factor that is critical to project success. Describe the key project related activities of the steering team,chief projects officer and sponsor.

Which of the following actions will likely cause a project to fail?

Describe the relationship between portfolios,programs,projects and sub-projects.

The name and number of phases in a project life cycle are determined by the organization(s)involved in the project.

When applied to project management,human resource management typically involves which of the following activities?

Scope management typically involves which of the following processes?

Typically,a steering team or leadership team is responsible for all of the following project related roles EXCEPT:

In reality,many projects are fully successful in some ways,but less successful in others.

Project plans and goals usually become more specific as early work is completed.

Which of the nine knowledge areas defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge includes the activities of generating,collecting,distributing,storing,retrieving and disposing of timely and appropriate project information?

An important factor used to determine the phases in a project life cycle are the control needs of the organization(s)involved in the project.

Once projects are completed,they will typically yield all of the following results EXCEPT:

Generally,project life cycle stages are designed so that the amount of money spent in each of the stages is nearly equivalent.

Which of the following statements correctly describes project management?

The most critical measures of project success are completing the project on schedule and on budget.