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1. A series of activities to create a unique product or service by a specific date is best described as which one of the following?
A) A program
B) An operation
C) A project
D) A subproject
2. Which factors are considered to be part of the "triple constraint" paradigm used to describe the tradeoffs made when making project decisions?
A) Cost, time, scope, stakeholders, quality
B) Cost, time, scope
C) Cost, time, scope, quality, customer satisfaction
D) Cost, time, quality
3. The project charter should by issued by ________
A) One of the functional managers
B) The head of the performing organization
C) A manager external to the project
D) The CFO
4. If your employment requires you to be dishonest or act in an inappropriate manner, as a professional what will you do?
A) Do as you're told.
B) Talk with your supervisor concerning the matter.
C) Report the activities to law officials.
D) Transfer out of the department.
5. Which one of the following is not a valid evaluation criterion for source selection?
A) Age of the contact person at the seller
B) Technical ability of the seller
C) Contract requirements
D) Price
6. Which of the following is/are part of administrative closure except which one?
A) ROI reports
B) Lessons learned
C) Formal acceptance
D) Updating resource pool information
7. What is the present value of $100,000 four years from now and the annual interest rate is six percent?
A) 100000
B) 25374
C) 0
D) $79,365
8. What is the difference between quality planning and quality assurance?
A) None. Prior to ISO 9000 they were considered the same thing.
B) Quality planning is where the tools and techniques of cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, flowcharting, and design of experiments are used to determine how quality should be assessed. Quality assurance does not use these.
C) Quality assurance is the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Quality planning is planning those characteristics.
D) Quality planning focuses on identifying which quality standards to use, whereas quality assurance focuses on planned and systematic activities to ensure the standards.
9. The best place to find information about the immediacy and frequency communication needs of the project stakeholders is the ___________________.
A) Organizational chart
B) Project plan
C) Communications management plan
D) Responsibility matrix
10. Complex projects, involving multidisciplinary, multidepartment efforts, are most effectively managed by which of the following?
A) A strong matrix organization
B) A strong traditional manager
C) A functional organization
D) Multiple lead project managers