A ____ is a set of activities, which are networked in an order and aimed towards achieving the goals

of a project.
A. Project
B. Process
C. Project management
D. Project cycle

ANSWER: A

Resources refers to
A. Manpower
B. Machinery
C. Materials
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

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

A. Program
B. Process
C. Project
D. Portfolio

ANSWER: C

Project Management is involved in making choices that require balancing in

A. Goals of the project
B. Goals of the firm
C. Goals of the project and the firm
D. Goals of the resources

ANSWER: C

If a Project Manager directs more than one project, he or she must make trade-offs between
A. Several projects
B. Several processes
C. Multiple operations
D. Multiple-schedules

ANSWER: A

Which of the following is not attribute of a project?

a. Projects are unique
b. They involve little uncertainty
c. They have a customer
d. They have a sponsor

ANSWER: B
A project life cycle comprises of the following
a. Phases
b. Milestones
c. Estimates
d. Activities

ANSWER: A

The compilation of all the phases within a project equates to

A. The project life cycle
B. The product life cycle
C. Project completion
D. Project processes

ANSWER: A

Which of the following is not a project constraint

a. Scope
b. Resources
c. Team
d. Budget

ANSWER: C

Product scope includes

A. Features
B. Time
C. Cost
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: A

An important aim of a post-project review is to:

A. validate overall progress to date against the budget and schedule.
B. capture learning and document it for future usage.
C. ensure acceptance of all permanent documentation, signed by the sponsor.
D. establish that project benefits have been identified.

ANSWER: B

The process that evaluates overall project performance to provide confidence is called:
A. quality assurance
B. quality planning
C. quality control
D. quality audit

ANSWER: A

Comparative estimating uses:

A. current data from similar projects.
B. historic data from all projects.
C. historic data from similar projects.
D. current data from all projects.

ANSWER: C

Once a change has been requested, what is the next step in the change control process?
A. Evaluate the change.
B. Advise the sponsor.
C. Update the change log.
D. Update the project plan.

ANSWER: A

Which of the following is not an effective software project management focus?

A. process
B. product
C. popularity
D. people

ANSWER: C

The following is not an activity of the Waterfall model

A. architecture
B. requirement analysis
C. software enhancement
D. system testing

ANSWER: C

Which of the following is an incorrect activity of software project management

A. system management
B. version management
C. internship management
D. change management

ANSWER: C

Which of the following parameters should be used to evaluate the cost of software development
project
A. hardware and software cost
B. training and travelling cost
C. cost of paying software engineers and managers
D. all of the given options

ANSWER: D

Which among the following is the prominent reason for considering of waterfall model as software
development life cycle method
A. oversimplistic flow of the phases
B. detailed requirement analysis
C. well planned resource allocation at every phase
D. considers feedback after every stage

ANSWER: C

What should be followed to ensure software quality management of the project

A. time
B. cost
C. processes
D. scope

ANSWER: C

What are the signs that a software project is in trouble

A. changes are managed poorly
B. deadlines are unrealistic
C. the product scope is poorly defined
D. all of the given options

ANSWER: D

KLOC(Kilo Line of Code) is used to calculate

A. software size estimation
B. time estimation
C. cost estimation
D. effort estimation

ANSWER: A

Which of the following is generally not considered a stakeholder in software project management
A. end users
B. project team
C. sales team
D. customer

ANSWER: C

Which of the following is not an effective software project management focus

A. popularity
B. product
C. process
D. people

ANSWER: A

The objective of ISO-9000 family of Quality management is

A. Customer satisfaction
B. Employee satisfaction
C. Skill enhancement
D. Environmental issues

ANSWER: A

What percentage of the total distribution are 3 sigma from the mean equal to?
A. 68.26%
B. 99.99%
C. 95.46%
D. 99.73%

ANSWER D

A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network
analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is being used?
A. Critical path method
B. PERT
C. Monte Carlo
D. Resource leveling

ANSWER B

_________ are those costs which vary with output.

A. Learning costs
B. Administrative costs
C. Indirect costs
D. Direct costs

ANSWER D

With the exception of Gantt charts, the most common approach to project scheduling is the use of
network techniques such as ___________.
A. PERT and CPM
B. Dummy activities
C. crashing and slacking
D. Loopbacks and backgrounds

ANSWER A

In the AOA network, dotted-line arrows depict

A. Activities
B. Events
C. Logical dependencies
D. Dummy activities

ANSWER D

The project’s master schedule contains only major tasks and is oriented toward _________.
A. Monitoring detailed progress of work
B. Overall project management rather than precise control of detailed work
C. Overall project management, including precise control of detailed work
D. Detailed resource management

ANSWER B

Task F has duration of 12 days and an early start date of 30 days. Based on the given data, determine
the early finish date for task F
A. 12 days
B. 18 days
C. 30 days
D. 42 days

ANSWER D

A schedule is the conversion of a __________ into an operating timetable.

A. rough draft
B. GANTT chart
C. PERT diagram
D. project action plan

ANSWER D

It is good practice to create a schedule for every _________ in the WBS that will cover the work
packages.
A. minor task level
B. PERT diagram
C. major task level
D. task

ANSWER C

A(n) _________ is the result of completing one or more activities.

A. event
B. task
C. path
D. network

ANSWER A

In CPM, two activity times and two ________ are specified.

A. standard deviations
B. statistical variances
C. costs
D. contingency plans

ANSWER C

If deterministic time estimates are used and if project ________ are firm, there is a high likelihood
that it will be necessary to crash the last few activities of most projects.
A. Deliverables
B. Cost objectives
C. Deadlines
D. Budgets

ANSWER C

Which phase of the project is likely to have the greatest amount of its funding spent?
A. Initiating
B. Executing
C. Planning
D. Closeout

ANSWER B

The particular task performance in CPM is known as

A. Dummy
B. Event
C. Activity
D. Contract

ANSWER: C

Completion of CPM network diagram activity is commonly known as

A. Connector
B. Event
C. Node
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

Which of the option is not a notable challenge while scheduling a project?

A. Deadlines exist
B. Independent activities
C. Too many workers may be required
D. Costly delay

ANSWER: B

The critical path

A. is a path that operates from the starting node to the end node
B. is a mixture of all paths
C. is the longest path
D. is the shortest path

ANSWER: C

An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in

A. a circle
B. a square
C. a triangle
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

What is full form of SDLC?

A. System Design Life cycle
B. Software Design Life Cycle
C. System Development Life Cycle
D. Software Development Life Cycle

ANSWER: D

Which of the following is not a phase of SDLC?

A. Requirement gathering
B. Maintenance
C. Analysis
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

The estimated time required to perform an activity, is known as

A. event
B. dummy
C. duration
D. float

ANSWER: C

Which of the following is not a verification activity?

A. Inspection
B. Testing
C. Walk through
D. Technical review

ANSWER: B

Which activity is carried out first?

A. verification
B. validation
C. both
D. none of the given options

ANSWER: A

Validation is focused on
A. Product
B. Process
C. Both product and process of given options
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: A
For which of the following activity one needs to execute the product?
A. verification
B. validation
C. both verification and validation
D. none of the given options

ANSWER: B

Developing a technology is an example of

A. Process
B. Project
C. Scope
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: B

Following is(are) the responsibility(ies) of the project manager.

A. Budgeting and cost control
B. Allocating resources
C. Tracking project expenditure
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

Design phase consist of

A. Input received
B. Output received
C. Input and output received
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: C

Network models such as PERT and CPM are used to

A. Manage complex projects
B. Save Time
C. Save money
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

PERT is an acronym for

A. practical evaluation and research technique.
B. program evaluation and review technique.
C. performance elevation and restoration time.
D. promotion effectiveness and retail trial.

ANSWER: B

In PERT, if the pessimistic time were 14 weeks, the optimistic time were 8 weeks, and the most likely
time were 11 weeks,
A. the variance would be 1 week.
B. the variance would be 11 weeks.
C. the expected time would be 6 weeks.
D. the expected time would be 5.5 weeks.

ANSWER: A

The critical path is

A. the longest time path through the network.
B. the series of activities whose delay is most likely to delay the entire project.
C. one or more paths through a network whose last activity’s EFT is the largest for any activity in the
project.
D. all of the given options.

ANSWER: D

In PERT, the time estimate b represents

A. the optimistic time.
B. the most likely time.
C. the pessimistic time.
D. the expected time.

ANSWER: C

In PERT, slack time equals

A. EST + t.
B. LST - EST.
C. zero.
D. EFT - EST.

ANSWER: B

The standard deviation for the PERT project is approximately

A. the square root of the sum of the variances along the critical path.
B. the sum of the critical path activity standard deviations.
C. the square root of the sum of the variances of the project activities.
D. all of the given options

ANSWER: A

The crash cost per week

A. is the difference in costs divided by the difference in times (crash and normal).
B. is considered to be linear in the range between normal and crash.
C. needs to be determined so that the smallest values on the critical path may be considered for time
reduction first.
D. all of the given options.

ANSWER: D

____________ activities are ones that will delay the entire project if they are late or delayed.
A. Critical
B. Dummy
C. Predecessor
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: A
The probability distribution often used by PERT to describe activity times is the
A. normal distribution.
B. exponential distribution.
C. beta distribution.
D. uniform distribution.

ANSWER: C

PERT and CPM differ in that

A. PERT uses dummy activities, and CPM does not.
B. PERT uses three time estimates, and CPM uses a single time estimate.
C. PERT does not allow us to monitor costs, and CPM does.
D. PERT uses AOA networks, and CPM uses AON networks.

ANSWER: B

PERT assumes that the completion time of a project follows a (n)

A. normal distribution.
B. exponential distribution.
C. beta distribution.
D. uniform distribution.

ANSWER: A

If an activity with free slack time of 2 weeks is delayed by 1 week,

A. the project will be delayed by 1 week.
B. the slack time of all activities that follow this activity is reduced by 1 week.
C. no other activity in the project is affected.
D. the probability of completing the project on time decreases.

ANSWER: C

An AON project network must have a unique starting activity (node) and a unique ending activity
(node).
A. True
B. False
C. Can't say
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: B

Which of the following elements is not normally common in projects?

A. Uniqueness
B. No defined end point
C. An objective
D. Uncertainty

ANSWER: B

Successful project management does NOT include which of the following factors?
A. Responsiveness to clients
B. Control mechanisms
C. Interchangable staff
D. Competent team members
ANSWER: C

Which is the first stage in the project management model?

A. Understanding the project environment
B. Project planning
C. Project definition
D. Project control

ANSWER: A

A clear hierarchy of objectives in the project definition would NOT normally contain:
A. The purpose
B. An End result
C. Control mechanisms
D. Success criteria

ANSWER: C

A critical path network diagram does NOT:

A. Calculate the duration of the whole project.
B. Calculate earned value.
C. Help determine the amount of float.
D. Identify the particularly important activities.

ANSWER: B

Which of the following should be taken into account when planning a project?
A. Political environment
B. Social environment
C. Operational environment
D. All of the given options

ANSWER: D

Changes to the project involve moving from:

A. Project control stage to project definition stage.
B. Project control stage to project planning stage.
C. Project control stage to understanding the project environment stage.
D. None of the given options

ANSWER: A

A dummy activity is required when

A. two or more activities have different ending events.
B. the network contains two or more activities that have identical starting and ending events.
C. two or more activities have the same ending events.
D. two or more activities have the same starting events.

ANSWER: B

Which of the following is a basic assumption of PERT?

A. Only critical path activities in the network must be performed.
B. There is only one complete route from the start of a project to the end of a project.
C. Activity completion times are known with certainty.
D. No activity in the network must be repeated.
ANSWER: D

PERT analysis computes the variance of the total project completion time as
A. the sum of the variances of all activities in the project.
B. the variance of the final activity of the project.
C. the sum of the variances of all activities on the critical path.
D. the sum of the variances of all activities not on the critical path.

ANSWER: C

With respect to PERT and CPM, slack

A. is the latest time an activity can be started without delaying the entire project.
B. is the amount of time a task may be delayed without changing the overall project completion time.
C. is a task or subproject that must be completed.
D. marks the start or completion of a task.

ANSWER:

Dummy activities
A. are found in both AOA and AON networks.
B. are used when two activities have identical starting and ending events.
C. have a duration equal to the shortest non-dummy activity in the network.
D. cannot be on the critical path.

ANSWER: B

Which of the following is a limitation of PERT and CPM?

A. The graphical nature of a network delays comprehension of the activity list's interrelationships.
B. They are applicable to only a narrow variety of projects and industries.
C. There is inherent danger of too much emphasis being placed on the critical path.
D. They can be used only to monitor schedules.

ANSWER: C

An activity has an optimistic time of 15 days, a most likely time of 18 days, and a pessimistic time of
27 days. What is its expected time?
A. 18 days
B. 60 days
C. 20 days
D. 19 days

ANSWER: D

Activities A and B are both 6 days long and the only immediate predecessors to activity C. Activity A
has ES=8 and LS=8 and activity B has ES=7 and LS=10. What is the ES of activity C?
A. 16
B. 14
C. 15
D. 13

ANSWER: B

The EF of an activity is the

A. ES + Activity time.
B. LF-Activity time.
C. Min{LS of all immediate following activities}.
D. Max{EF of all immediate predecessors}.

ANSWER: A

Activities A, B, and C are the immediate predecessors for Y activity. If the earliest finish times for the
three activities are 12, 15, and 10, then the earliest start time for Y will be
A. 10
B. 15
C. 12
D. Cannot be determined

ANSWER: B

Activities P, Q and R instantly follow activity M, and their current start times are 12, 19, and 10.
Therefore, the latest finish time for activity M is
A. 11
B. 10
C. 18
D. Cannot de determined

ANSWER: A

A feasibility study is carried out

A. after final requirements specifications are drawn up
B. during the period when requirements specifications are drawn up
C. before the final requirements specifications are drawn up
D. at any time

ANSWER: C

The main objective of feasibility study is

A. to assess whether it is possible to meet the requirements specifications
B. to assess if it is possible to meet the requirements specified subject to constraints of budget, human
resource and hardware
C. to assist the management in implementing the desired system
d. to remove bottlenecks in implementing the desired system

ANSWER: B

Feasibility study is carried out by

A. managers of the organization
B. system analyst in consultation with managers of the organization
C. users of the proposed system
D. systems designers in consultation with the prospective users of the system

ANSWER: B

Initial requirements specification is

A. not changed till the end of the project
B. continuously changed during project implementation
C. only a rough indication of the requirement
D. changed and finalized after feasibility study
ANSWER: C

Which of the following can shorten the duration of an activity or project?

A. Overtime
B. Subcontracting
C. Hiring extra labour
D. All given options are correct.

ANSWER: D

The immediate predecessors of any node in a project network drawn as a AON diagram :
A. is always only one node.
B. may be no nodes to many nodes.
C. may be one or more node(s).
D. may be two or more nodes.

ANSWER: B

The Gantt Chart is used to:

A. track the cost of the activities.
B. provide a schedule and track costs of activities.
C. control cost of all the activities.
D. provide a schedule of the activities .

ANSWER: D

Which of the following statements is true?

A. PERT is considered as a probabilistic techniques and CPM is considered as a deterministic
approach.
B. PERT is considered as a deterministic approach and CPM is a probabilistic techniques.
C. PERT and CPM are both probabilistic techniques.
D. PERT and CPM are both considered as deterministic approachs.

ANSWER: A

The project life cycle consists of

(A) Understanding the scope of the project

(B) Objectives of the project

(C) Formulation and planning various activities

(D) All of the above

Following is(are) the responsibility(ies) of the project manager.

(A) Budgeting and cost control

(B) Allocating resources

(C) Tracking project expenditure

(D) All of the above

Following are the phases of Project Management Life Cycle. Arrange them in correct order

Design, 2. Marketing, 3. Analysis and evaluation, 4. Inspection, testing and delivery

(A) 3-2-1-4

(B) 1-2-3-4

(C) 2-3-1-4

(D) 4-3-2-1

7-Design phase consist of

(A) Input received

(B) Output received

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

8-Project performance consists of

(A) Time

(B) Cost

(C) Quality

(D) All of the above

9-Five dimensions that must be managed on a project

(A) Constraint, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(B) Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(C) Features, priority, Cost, Schedule, Staff

(D) Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, customer

10-Resorce requirement in project becomes constant while the project is in its _____ progress stage.

(A) 40 to 55%

(B) 55 to 70%

(C) 70 to 80%

(D) 80 to 95%

1. Project management involves the planning, monitoring, and

control of the people, process, and events that occur as software
evolves from a preliminary concept to an operational
implementation.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a

2. Which of the following is not an effective software project

management focus?
a) people
b) product
c) popularity
d) process
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Effective software project management focuses on the
four P’s: people, product, process, and project.

3. PM-CMM stands for

a) people management capability maturity model
b) process management capability maturity model
c) product management capability maturity model
d) project management capability maturity model
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: The people management maturity model defines the
following key practice areas for software people: recruiting,
selection, performance management, training, compensation,
career development, organization and work design, and
team/culture development.

4. Which of the following is not a project manager’s activity?

a) project control
b) project management
c) project planning
d) project design
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: The design part of any project management is done by
the project team.
5. A software ________ provides the framework from which a
comprehensive plan for software development can be established.
a) people
b) product
c) process
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: A small number of framework activities are applicable
to all software projects, regardless of their size or complexity.

6. Who defines the business issues that often have significant

influence on the project?
a) Practitioners
b) Project managers
c) Senior managers
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
7. Who delivers the technical skills that are necessary to engineer a
product or an application?
a) Practitioners
b) Project managers
c) Senior managers
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.

8. Which of the following paradigm attempts to structure a team in a

manner that achieves some of the controls associated with the
closed paradigm but also much of the innovation that occurs when
using the random paradigm?
a) asynchronous paradigm
b) open paradigm
c) closed paradigm
d) synchronous paradigm
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: Open paradigm team structures are well suited to the
solution of complex problems but may not perform as efficiently as
other teams.

9. Which of the following is a people-intensive activity?

a) Problem solving
b) Organization
c) Motivation
d) Project management
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: For this reason, competent practitioners often make
poor team leaders.
10. Which paradigm structures a team loosely and depends on
individual initiative of the team members?
a) random paradigm
b) open paradigm
c) closed paradigm
d) synchronous paradigm
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.
11. Which of the following is not an approach to software cost
estimation?
a) Empirical
b) Heuristic
c) Analytical
d) Critical
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Critical is no such standard approach of cost
estimation.