IT Project

1. _________ is "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or

result."
Correct answer: Project
2. __________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service,
or result.
a. Process b. Portfolio (c) project d. Program.
3. Which of the following is not a part of the triple constraint of project management? a.
Meeting time goals
b. Meeting cost goals c. Meeting scope goals (d) Meeting communication goals.
4. __________ is "the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements." Correct answer: Project Management.
5. A __________ is a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, or
hardware, produced or provided as part of a project.
a. Work package b. Tangible goal c. Product (d) Deliverable
6. What is the certification program called that the Project Management Institute
provides
a. Project Management Mentor (PMM) b. Certified Project Manager (CPM) c. Project
Management Expert (PME) (d) Project Management Professional (PMP).
7. A _________ is "a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain
benefits and control not available from managing them individually." Answer: Program
8. _________ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements. a. Program management b. Requirements
management c. Project portfolio management
(d) Project Management.
9. What is the term used to describe a framework of the phases involved in developing
information systems?
a. Rapid application development b. Extreme programming c. Predictive life cycle (d)
Systems Development Life Cycle.
10._______ _______ is the longest path through a network diagram that determines the
earliest completion of a project. Correct answer: Answer: Critical Path.
11. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project? a. Projects have a primary
customer or sponsor b. Projects are developed using progressive elaboration c.
Projects are unique (d) Projects involves little Uncertainty.

12. A ______ organizational structure represents the middle ground between functional
and project structures. Correct answer: Matrix.
13. A project should have a primary customer or _________. Correct answer: Sponsor.
14. A _______ (PMO) is an organizational group responsible for coordinating the project
management function throughout an organization. Correct answer: Project
Management Office.
15. Another name for a phase exit is a ______ point. a. Review (b) Kill c. Meeting d.
Stage.

16. Project managers often take on the role of both leader and ______. Answer:
Manager.
17. A _______ is a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, a
piece of hardware, or a segment of software code, produced or provided as part of a
project. Answer: deliverable.
18. Project portfolio management addresses _______ goals of an organization, while
project management addresses _______ goals. a. External, internal b. Tactical, strategic
c. Internal, external (d) strategic, Tactical.

19. Personnel in a _________ organizational structure often report to two or more bosses.
a. Functional b. Project c. Hybrid (d) Matrix.

20. Several application development projects done for the same functional group might
best be managed as part of a ____. a. Collaborative b. Investment c. Portfolio (d)
Program.

21. A project is developed using __________ elaboration. Answer: progressive.

22. Which of the following is not a phase of the traditional project life cycle? a.
Development b. Concept c. Implementation (d) System analysis.

23._________ include people, hardware, software, and other assets. Answer:

Resources.

24. Which of the following is not a potential advantage of using good project
management? a. Higher profit margins b. Higher worker morale (c) Lower cost of
capital d. Shorter Development Times.

25. Which of the following is not one of the top ten skills or competencies of an effective
project manager?

a. People skills b. Integrity c. Leadership (d) Technical skills.

26._________ culture is a set of shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that

characterize the functioning of an organization. Answer: Organizational.

27. The nature of information technology projects is different from projects in many
other industries because they are very ______. a. Technical (b) Diverse c. Expensive d.
Challenging.

28. Approximately what percentage of the world's gross domestic product is spent on
projects?

a. 10% (b) 25% c. 50% d. 75%.

29. A _________ organizational structure is a hierarchy most people think of when

picturing an organizational chart. Answer: functional.

30. A project is _________. Answer: Temporary.

31. What term is used to describe when an organization acquires goods and/or sources
from an outside source in another country? a. Global sourcing b. Exporting (c)
Offshoring d. Globalization.
32. A ________ provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the
projects within a program. Answer: Program manager.
33. A _______ is a standard format for displaying project schedule information by
listening to project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar
format. Answer: Gantt chart.

34.________ hides the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users,
such as making a single server, operating system, application, or storage device appear
to function as multiple virtual resources. Answer: Virtualization.

35. Some projects have a senior manager called a _______ who acts as a key proponent
for a project.

Answer: champion.

36. Which of the following is not part of the three-sphere model for systems
management?

(a) Information b. Business c. Organization d. Technology.

37. Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where all of the following
characteristics are high except ______. a. Member identity b. Risk tolerance c. Group
emphasis (d) Control.

38. Good project managers do not assume that their definition of ________ is the same
as the sponsors'. Answer: success.

39.________ is often a key factor in projects, as is customer or sponsor satisfaction.

Answer: Quality.

40._______ in organizations take the form of competition among groups or individuals for
power and leadership. Answer: Politics.

41. Every project should have a well-defined _______. Answer: Objective.

42. Every project is constrained in different ways by its scope, time, and cost goals and
is known as the ______. Answer: Triple constraint.

43.________ work with the project sponsors, the project team, and the other people
involved in a project to meet project goals. Answer: Project Managers.

44. A project involves ________. Answer: Uncertainty.

45. Which of the four frames of organizations addresses how meetings are run,
employee dress codes, and expected work hours? (a) Symbolic b. Political c.
Structural d. Human Resource.

46. A __________ organizational structure also has a hierarchical structure, but instead of
functional managers or vice presidents reporting to the CEO, program managers report
to the CEO. Answer: Project.
47. A_____ is "an optimal way recognized by the industry to achieve a stated goal or
objective."

Answer: best practice.

48. IT _________ addresses the authority and control for key IT activities in organizations,
including IT infrastructure, IT use, and project management. Answer: Governance.

49. The term ________ has become popular to describe new approaches that focus on
colse collaboration between programming teams and business experts. Answer: Agile
software development.

50. _______ describes this holistic view of carrying out projects within the context of the
organization. Answer: Systems thinking.

51. _________ addresses the business, technological, and organizational issues

associated with creating, maintaining, and making changes to a system. Answer:
Systems management.