ACADEMIA SUMMARIES

Question bank for project management

The original paper contains 10 sections, with 10 passages identified by our machine learning
algorithms as central to this paper.

Paper Summary
SUMMARY PASSAGE 1

Which Of The Following Statements Is Not True About The

Project Charter?
It determines the scope of the project. (1 points) It names the project manager for the project. It
authorizes the project manager to use organizational resources to perform project activities.

SUMMARY PASSAGE 2

Which Of The Following Is Not A Purpose Of The Project Launch

Meeting?
To identify those among senior managers who have major interest in the project To determine if
anything about the project is atypical for projects of the same general kind All of the above are a
purpose of the meeting (1 points)

SUMMARY PASSAGE 3

Current Status
Final comments Future project status Conclusion (1 points)

SUMMARY PASSAGE 4

Which Of The Following Is Not One Of The Items Addressed In A

"Project Final Report"?
Project teamwork Organizational structure Project performance Project manager performance (1
points)
SUMMARY PASSAGE 5

Which Of The Following Should Always Be Included In A Project

Charter? (Choose One.)
Business case for the project (1 points) Statement of work Project scope statement Project
management plan

SUMMARY PASSAGE 6

Which Of The Following Is A Valid Reason For Using Simulation

Instead Of Traditional Statistics?
functional project organization (1 points) pure project organization strong matrix project organization
weak matrix organization All of the above would likely have program managers

SUMMARY PASSAGE 7

What Is Project Slack?

The amount of time the critical path of a project can be delayed without making the project late. (1
points)

SUMMARY PASSAGE 8

Points
To manage a project successfully, the project manager need only pay close attention to tasks on the
critical path.

SUMMARY PASSAGE 9

The Project Is So Successful That It Becomes Institutionalized (1

Points)
A new project is added to the organization and it commands all of the resources for the original
project New members join the project team once the project has begun and their skills are insufficient
to successfully complete the project
SUMMARY PASSAGE 10

Extinction (1 Points) Addition Integration Starvation 1 Points

The estimated time for the critical path is 120 days. The sum of all activity variances is 64, while the
sum of variances along the critical path is 36. The probability that the project can be completed
between days 108 and 120 is -2.00 0.0227 0.1058 0.4773 (1 points) 0.