Project Management For IT Related Projects 2nd Edition Bob Hughes, Roger Ireland, Brian West, Norman Smith, David I. Shepherd - Solutions

2. User acceptance testing is an example of which of the following?(a) Project control(b) Project monitoring(c) Quality control(d) Quality assurance
1. ‘Fitness for purpose’ defines which of the following?(a) The quality of the project deliverables(b) The usability of the delivered IT application(c) The capability of the staff who will implement the IT application(d) The capability of the staff who will use the system when it is operational
3. As a documented procedure, what is the purpose of configuration management?(a) to ensure the project remains within budget(b) to identify and document functional characteristics of a system(c) to record and report changes and their implementation status(d) to verify conformance with requirements
2. If there are doubts about the projected costs of a proposed change, it would be the responsibility of which of the following to investigate?(a) the change requestor(b) the change manager(c) the change feasibility group(d) the change control board
1. The change control board should consist of:(a) representatives of the key stakeholders in the project(b) the project manager and team leader(c) the people on the project board(d) the project support office
4. What is the purpose of earned value analysis?(a) Assessing progress(b) Collecting progress information(c) Estimating the required effort(d) Calculating benefits
3. Which of the following would be most likely to give rise to an exception report?(a) A new issue being raised(b) A proposal to make a change to a deliverable(c) The unexpected loss of a key team member(d) Project tolerance being exceeded
2. Which of the following is not involved in collecting progress information?(a) Team progress meetings(b) Timesheets(c) Comparing planned and actual costs(d) Informal monitoring
1. Which of the following would you most expect to see in a routine report from a project manager to a project board?(a) Costs and benefits(b) Progress against plan(c) Configuration status information(d) Current activity
4. Which of the following does not take account of the dependencies between activities?(a) Gantt chart(b) activity network(c) work breakdown structure(d) resource histogram
3. Activities B and C have to be completed by the same person. What is the delay in the end time of the project?(a) 3 days(b) 5 days(c) 4 days(d) 1 day
2. What is the float for activity F?(a) 0 days(b) 2 days(c) 4 days(d) 6 days
1. Which of the following is the critical path?(a) A, B, D, G(b) A, B, E, G(c) A, C, E, G(d) A, C, F, G
4. With which one of the following does the calculation of the payback period provide the organisation?(a) An assessment of how quickly an implemented system will produce a profit(b) How much future income from an implemented project will be worth in present day terms(c) The discount rate that
3. Which of the following tools indicates who is responsible for what?(a) A responsibility assignment matrix(b) A resource levelling chart(c) An activity network chart(d) A resource histogram
2. Which of the following is NOT managed by the project manager?(a) Time, cost and scope(b) The project team(c) The project sponsor(d) Expectations of the stakeholders
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a project?(a) Ongoing nature(b) Uniqueness(c) Clear objectives(d) Integration of interrelated tasks and resources

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