Which statement best describes scope?
-each level of work that is outlined in a work breakdown structure
-end product created as part of a project that is delivered to the client
-tasks that are decomposed into smaller tasks in a work breakdown structure
-work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them
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The term ______ describes a product produced as part of a project.
a. variance
b. scope
c. deliverable
d. work package
c. deliverable
Scope refers to:
a. each level of work
that is outlined in a
work breakdown
structure.
b.
the end product
created as part of a
project that is
delivered to the
client.
c. tasks that are
decomposed into
smaller tasks in a
work breakdown
structure.
d. the work involved in
creating the products
and the processes
used to create them.
d. the work involved in
creating the products
and the processes
used to create them.
3. _____ involves defining and
documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well
as the processes used for creating them.
a. Collecting
requirements
b. Defining scope
c. Controlling scope
d. Validating scope
a. Collecting
requirements
_____ involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope
statement,
adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved.
a. Creating scope
b. Defining scope
c. Controlling scope
d. Validating scope
b. Defining scope
5. _____ involves formalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders, such
as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the
deliverables.
a. Creating scope scope
b. Defining scope
c. Controlling
d. Validating scope
d. Validating scope
6. Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with the _____ process in project scope management.
a. planning
b. monitoring and
controlling
c. closing
d. executing
a. planning
7. The ______ documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed.
a. requirements
traceability matrix
b. requirements
management plan
c. WBS
d. project scope
statement
b. requirements
management plan
8. Generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products
inside or outside the performing
organization is known as _____.
a. variance
b. benchmarking
c. prototyping
d. decomposition
b. benchmarking
9. A[n] _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all
are addressed.
a. requirements
traceability matrix
b. Gantt chart
c. state transition table
d. entity-attribute-value
model
a. requirements
traceability matrix
10. A[n] _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.
a. project charter
b. business case
c. project scope
statement
d. work breakdown
structure
d. work breakdown
structure
11. The main technique used in creating a WBS is _____, which involves subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.
a. conglomeration
b. accumulation
c. decomposition
d. catalyzation
c. decomposition
12. A[n] ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.
a. variance
b. objective
c. deliverable
d. work package
d. work package
13. The _____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project.
a. project charter
b. scope statement
c. WBS
d. Gantt chart
b. scope statement
14. In the _____approach for constructing a WBS, you use a similar project's WBS as a starting point.
a. top-down
b. bottom-up
c. mind-mapping
d. analogy
d. analogy
15. The _____ approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail.
a. analogy
b. bottom-up
c. top-down
d. mind mapping
c. top-down
16. The _____ approach for constructing a WBS starts with the largest items of the project and breaks them into subordinate
items.
a. analogy
b. bottom-up
c.
top-down
d. mind mapping
c. top-down
17. In the _____ approach, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible and then
aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS.
a. analogy
b. bottom-up
c. top-down
d. mind mapping
b. bottom-up
18. The _____ technique for creating a WBS uses branches radiating from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas instead
of writing down tasks in a list or immediately trying to create a structure for tasks.
a. analogy
b. bottom-up
c. top-down
d. mind mapping
d. mind mapping
19. Which of the following is recommended for the creation of a good WBS?
a. Any WBS
item
should be the
responsibility of all
the people working
b. A unit of work should
appear at only one
place in the WBS.
c. Each WBS item
should be created
assuming that the
requirements are
on it. inflexible.
d. The work content of a
WBS item is
independent of the
WBS items below it.
b. A unit of work should
appear at only one
place in the WBS.
20. Scope creep refers to:
a. the tendency for
project scope to keep
getting bigger and
bigger.
b. subdividing project
deliverables into
smaller pieces.
c. the approved project
scope statement and
its associated WBS.
d. a task at the lowest
level of the WBS.
a. the tendency for
project scope to keep
getting bigger and
bigger.
21. _____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.
a. Scope validation
b. Scope planning
c. Scope control
d. Scope baseline
a. Scope validation
22. _____ refers to the difference between planned and actual performance.
a. Decomposition
b. Variance
c. Scope validation
d. Scope creep
b. Variance
23. _____ refers to the process of developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system.
a. Prototyping
b. Variance
c. Decomposition
d. Use case modeling
a. Prototyping
24. _____ is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond
to them.
a. Prototyping
b. JAD
c. RAD
d. Use case modeling
d. Use case modeling
25. _____ uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business
analysts, programmers, and so on—to jointly define and design information systems.
a. Prototyping
b. JAD
c. RAD
d. Use case modeling
b. JAD
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