Chapter Quiz

1.	Of the following, which factor most likely determines the speed of a project s implementation? The project sponsor The project manager Dedication of the project team Effective planning
2.	What should be the goal of the individuals on the project team? To make the company more profitable To help each team member finish their tasks To focus on completing their own tasks To finish their work as quickly as possible
3.	Why should a project manager host a regularly scheduled team meeting? Choose two: A meeting allows team members to report on their activities. A meeting allows the project manager to make changes to the project scope. A meeting allows team members to air grievances about other team members. A meeting allows the team to resolve problems.
4.	What is the key to hosting a successful project team meeting? Preparation Attendance of all team members Collection of project status Reviewing assignments for the upcoming week
5.	What is a Work Authorization System? A method to approve work that s been completed A method for the project stakeholders to approve the project work A method to allow successor work to begin based on the completion of predecessor work A method to allow the project manager to track uncompleted milestones
6.	Why should a project manager allow team members to report on completed milestones in a team meeting? Choose two: To ensure the tasks are being completed To create a sense of pride on the work accomplished To create internal competition on the project To create peer pressure to outdo the other team members
7.	Why should you review the upcoming assignments in a project team meeting? To remind the team members of the work they must complete To remind the team you are in charge of the project To confirm the team members know their duties for the week To confirm the project is moving and on track
8.	Your project has a budget of $280,000 and is 30 percent complete. You have spent $90,000 on your project, however, due to some rework and additional time from a vendor. Your project is supposed to be 50 percent complete by this time. What is your earned value for this project? $56,000 $84,000 $140,000 .93
9.	Your project has a budget of $280,000 and is 30 percent complete. You have spent $90,000 on your project, however, due to some rework and additional time from a vendor. Your project is supposed to be 50 percent complete by this time. What is your CPI for this project?: .93 93 .60 $6,000
10.	Your project has a budget of $280,000 and is 30 percent complete. You have spent $90,000 on your project, however, due to some rework and additional time from a vendor. Your project is supposed to be 50 percent complete by this time. What is your SPI for this project? .93 .60 .77 1.01
11.	What element should be on an assignment status report from team members? Hours completed on the assignments Cost of work to date Earned value of the work Percentage of work completed
12.	Heather is working on an operating system rollout to 1256 workstations. The rollout is completed through imaging software, but there are scripts that have to be run at each workstation to complete the installation. The task has been assigned 400 hours to complete. Heather reports that she has committed 200 hours to date, but is only 30 percent complete on the assignment because the process is taking longer than originally planned. What should a project manager do in this instance? Remove Heather from the assignment and reassign another team member. Add resources to the assignment to decrease the length of time to completion. Add additional time to the critical path . Remove all of the time from the management reserve and apply it to this assignment.
13.	When a work package is taking more hours to complete than originally planned, which of the following is not a viable solution to reduce the hours required while maintaining costs? Choose two: Use less expensive materials. Hire contractors to complete the job. Assign additional resources. Apply management reserve.
14.	True or False: Assigning additional resources to a task will always reduce the amount of time required to complete the task. True False
15.	What is the risk in reassigning a lagging task to a consultant you ve hired to complete the task? Additional time Additional costs Demoralization of the project team Decrease in management reserve

Answers

1.	D. Effective planning led by the project manager will ensure an effective implementation of the project. Dedication of the project team is required, but if there is no plan to be dedicated to, there s not much for the team to accomplish.
2.	C. The goal of project team members should be to focus on completing their own tasks. If each team member would focus on completing the assignments as planned, the project would flow smoothly. This is not to say the team members should not help each other, it s just that they should focus on completing their own assignments without meddling. Team members should not focus on completing their work as quickly as possible, as haste makes waste.
3.	A, D. Regular team meetings accomplish many different tasks ”including allowing a team member to report on his activities and allowing the team to solve project problems as a group . A project team meeting is not the place to discuss grievances among team members.
4.	A. As the project manager, preparation will ensure an efficient, successful meeting.
5.	C. A Work Authorization System is a formal process where project team members report the completion of their tasks so that downstream activities may begin.
6.	A, B. By requiring team members to verbally report on the status of their assignments, they are held accountable for their activities. In addition, this practice creates a sense of pride for the team members who have accomplished major milestones in the project.
7.	D. By reviewing the assignments with the project team, you are ensuring that the project is moving and on track. At the same time you are confirming that the team members know their duties for the week and reminding them what their assignments are, but, overall, the purpose is to keep the project moving.
8.	B. The project s EV is found by multiplying the budget at completion by the percent of the project that is complete. In this instance, the EV is $84,000.
9.	A. Your CPI found by dividing the EV by the AC. In this instance the CPI is .93.
10.	B. Your SPI can be found by dividing the EV by the PV. In this instance, the SPI is .60.
11.	A. Team members should report their hours involved in a project If you supply the hours committed to the assignment, Microsoft Project can predict the percentage of the task completed.
12.	B. The project manager should assign additional resources to the project if at all possible. By adding additional resources to the project, Heather and another individual can launch the installation process on more workstations throughout the network simultaneously . The length of the actual installation process will still take the same amount of time, but the number of workstations involved can increase.
13.	A, D. Using less expensive material will reduce the overall cost of the project, but it will not have an impact on the hours required to complete the installation. Hiring contractors and adding additional resources to complete the tasks will reduce the hours required to complete the assignment, but it will also increase the cost of the assignment as more resources are used. Applying management reserve does not reduce the number of hours required, it just compensates for the extra hours the work unit requires.
14.	B. False. Simply adding resources to all tasks will not always decrease the amount of time a task requires. For example, when installing an application, the time of the application installation can be streamlined through policies or scripts, but the installation time is limited by the speed of the workstation, not the number of team members installing the application.
15.	B. When reducing risk, project managers usually increase cost. By hiring an expert consultant to complete a lagging task, the project manager will most likely have to pay a higher hourly rate for the consultant to be involved in the project.