AGILE AND HYBRID PROJECT MANAGEMENT

MIDTERM

1. What is a t-shaped skill? (3.45 p)

A) The person has depth of knowledge only.
B) The person has depth of knowledge and breath of knowledge at the same time.
C) The person has breath of knowledge only.
D) The person is at the stage of learning.

2. What is the recommended management strategy if a project stakeholder has high power
but low interest? (3.45 p)
A) Monitor
B) Keep satisfied
C) Manage closely
D) Keep informed

3. Which of the following is the best action if you realize that the project will be completed two
weeks ahead of the expected due date? (3.45 p)

A) Do not take any action.

B) Expand the scope of the project without asking for approval.

C) Look for ways of delaying the project by two weeks.

D) Go over the project risks.

4. What can a team charter include? (Choose three.) (8 p)

A) The workload of each team member
B) When the team meets
C) Activities of the team members
D) Guidelines for team communications
E) Agreements about training activities

5. Which of the following shows an external communication activity? (3.45 p)

A) The scrum master sends an email to the product owner.
B) The project manager makes a phone call to the vendor.
C) The department manager assigns a task to a department team member.
D) The project team members make an informal discussion.

6.Agile approach does not include (3.45 p)

A) Scrum
B) Waterfall
C) Kanban
D) Extreme Programming

7.Which of the following is not a project management approach? (3.45 p)

A) Portfolio
B) Hybrid
C) Predictive
D) Agile

8.Which of the following statements describes progressive elaboration? (3.45 p)

A) In order to observe the progress at the project, distinct processes should be used.

B) Project phases should not be managed concurrently.

C) It is the iterative process of increasing the level of detail in plans as greater amounts of
information become available.

D) Project plans must be very elaborate in order to be effective.

9.Which of the following is not seen in an Agile life cycle? (3.45 p)

A) Progressive elaboration
B) Stakeholder collaboration
C) Retrospective meetings
D) Single delivery

10. As a project manager, which of the following stakeholders will you want to know most?
(3.45 p)
A) The stakeholder who is not interested in implementing the product of the project.
B) The department manager who will use the product of the project, and who is known to be
resistant to change.
C) The project sponsor, with whom you have worked before for a long time.
D) A team member who is going to leave the company next week.

11. What can be a ground rule? (Choose two.) (8 p)

A) The meetings should start on time. A delay more than five minutes is not tolerated.
B) The project manager should obey the law.
C) All project documents should be uploaded into the folder given by the Project
Management Office.
D) During a conference, taking notes is optional. Option 5: The company is going to relocate
next year.

12. Which of the following methods cannot be used for prioritizing the requirements? (3.45 p)
A) RACI Matrix
B) Kano Model
C) MosCoW Analysis
D) Paired Comparison Analysis

13.Which of the following statements is correct? (3.45 p)

A) In the Agile approach, only iterative development is used.
B) In the Agile approach, only incremental development is used.
C) In the Agile approach, incremental and iterative developments is used.
D) Incremental and iterative developments are not suitable for the Agile approach.

14. Which of the following is not an advantage of recording the lessons learned information
continuously during the project? (3.45 p)

A) It becomes less likely that one forgets some information.

B) It reduces the workload of the project sponsor.
C) The information can be used for the current project before the project finishes.
D) The information can be used immediately within the company.

15. What shouldn’t be an aim of a five-day, traditional classroom training? (3.45 p)

A) The participants acquire new skills.
B) The participants acquire new knowledge.
C) The participants acquire substantial, in depth experience.
D) The participants start acquiring new attitudes.

16. Components of a team communication plan include: (Choose three.) (8 p)

A) What are the risk response strategies?
B) When does the team meet?
C) What tools are used to track work status?
D) What are the shared team hours?
E) What are the quality requirements?

17. Which of the following activities will not be performed during the kickoff meeting? (3.45 p)

A) Ensure team alignment with the overall project vision.

B) Create a team charter.
C) Prepare the initial product backlog.
D) Review the project performance.

18. Which function/unit required for maximise interaction relations between University and
industy? (3.45 p)
A) SMEs
B) Mini academy unit
C) Technology transfer office
D) International relations unit
E) Commercial chambers

19. Which of the following best describes how a project charter would help the project
manager? (3.45 p)
A) It lists the activities.
B) It lists the names of all team members.
C) It gives the project manager authority.
D) It describes the history of similar projects.

20. Which of the following is not an advantage of using a time-boxed meeting? (3.45 p)

A) It increases flexibility.
B) It improves focus.
C) It encourages prioritization
D) It becomes less likely that the meeting interferes with another work.

21. The work breakdown structure can best be thought of as an effective aid for______
communications. (3.45 p)

A) Team
B) Project manager
C) Customer
D) Stakeholder

22. When would one use a milestone chart instead of a bar chart? (3.45 p)

A) During the project planning stage

B) Reporting to the project team members

C) Reporting to the upper management

D) Performing detailed risk analysis

23. Which of the following is an example of a single point of failure? (3.45 p)

A) The technical experts know that the system has at least one defect.
B) Consecutive measurements are taken. One observes that the system failed to respond
only at one, single measurement.
C) The technical expert realizes that one single defect creates most of the problems.
D) Only one, single project team member has the required skill.

24. When should the risks be identified first? (3.45 p)

A) During the kick-off meeting

B) During the project planning stage

C) Before the project charter is published

D) During the project execution stage

25. The Gantt chart never shows: (3.45 p)

A) WBS elements
B) Sequencing relations
C) Start and finish dates of the activities
D) Human resource hourly rates