Examination Paper – Project Management
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IIBM Institute of Business Management
IIBM Institute of Business Management
Examination Paper MM.100
Project Management
Guidelines for paper
Total No. of Questions is 100.
The minimum passing marks is 50%.
Each Question carries 1 mark.
Answer all the Questions.
Multiple Choices: Total Marks: 100
1. A ________________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or
result.
a) Program
b) Process
c) Project
d) Portfolio
2. Which of the following is not a potential advantage of using good project management?
a) Shorter development times
b) Higher worker morale
c) Lower cost of capital
d) Higher profit margins
3. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?
a) Projects are unique
b) Projects are developed using progressive elaboration
c) Projects have a primary customer or sponsor
d) Projects involve little uncertainty
4. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management?
a) Meeting scope goals
b) Meeting time goals
c) Meeting communications goals
d) Meeting cost goals
5. The first stage of any project is
a) Proposal
b) Conceptualization
c) Implementation
d) Management
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6. __________________ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements.
a) Project management
b) Program management
c) Project portfolio management
d) Requirements management
7. Project portfolio management addresses ____________________ goals of an organization, while
project management addresses _________________ goals.
a) Strategic, tactical
b) Tactical, strategic
c) Internal, external
d) External, internal
8. Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be
managed as part of a
a) Portfolio
b) Program
c) Investment
d) Collaborative
9. Which of the following is not one of the top ten skills or competencies of an effective project
manager?
a) People skills
b) Leadership
c) Integrity
d) Technical skills
10. What is the certification program called that the Project Management Institute provides?
a) Microsoft Certified Project Manager (MCPM)
b) Project Manager Professional (PMP)
c) Project Management Expert (PME)
d) Project Management Mentor (PMM)
11. A _________________ is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.
a) Goal
b) Process
c) Plan
d) Project
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12. ____________________ Processes include coordinating people and other resource to carry out
the project plans and produce the products, service, or results of the project or phase.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring & controlling
13. Which process group normally requires the most resources and time?
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
14. A work breakdown structure, project schedule, and cost estimates are outputs of the process.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
15. Which process group includes activities from each of the nine knowledge areas?
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
16. Project management as a profession is almost unique in having institutions concerned with its
development who promote what they term their
a) Body of language
b) Body of knowledge
c) Strategy
d) Work
17. Initiating involves developing a project charter and preliminary project scope statement, which
are part of the project _____________________ management knowledge.
a) Integration
b) Scope
c) Communications
d) Risk
18. A ________________ describes how things should be done, and different organizations often
have different ways of doing things.
a) Regulation
b) Process
c) Standard
d) Methodology
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19. ___________________ involves measuring progress toward project objectives and talking
corrective actions.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
20. What type of report do project teams create to reflect on what went right with the project?
a) Lessons – learned report
b) Status report
c) Final project report
d) Business case
21. Project manager is responsible for
a) Overseeing change
b) Cross functional activities
c) Ever changing set of tasks
d) All above
22. Many people use ________________ to have a standard format for preparing various project
management documents.
a) Methodologies
b) Templates
c) Project management software
d) Standards
23. What is the last step in the four – stage planning process for selecting information technology
projects?
a) Information technology strategy planning
b) Business area analysis
c) Project planning
d) Resource allocation
24. A new government law requires an organization to report data in anew way. Under which
category would a new information system project to provide this data fall?
a) Problem
b) Opportunity
c) Directive
d) Regulation
25. A __________________ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and
provides direction on the project’s objectives and management.
a) Project charter
b) Preliminary scope statement
c) Business case
d) Project management plan
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26. ICOM model, which is one of the major roles of project manager, stand for
a) Integrated Constraint of Mechanism
b) Inputs, Outputs, Constraints & Mechanism
c) Inputs, Outputs, Constraints & Money
d) None
27. A _______________ often includes sensitive information, so it should not be part of the overall
project plan for anyone to see.
a) Business case
b) Project charter
c) Personnel chart
d) Stakeholder analysis
28. Which of the following is not a suggestion for performing integrated change control?
a) Use good configuration management
b) Minimize change
c) Establish a formal change control system
d) View project management as a process of constant communication and negotiation
29. _______________ refer(s) to all the work involved in creating the products of the projects and
processes used to create them.
a) Deliverables
b) Milestones
c) Scope
d) Product development
30. Assume you have a project with major categories called planning, analysis, design, and testing.
What level of the WBS would these items fall under?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
31. Which of the following is not a best practice that can help in avoiding scope problems on
information technology projects?
a) Keep the scope realistic
b) Use off-the-shelf hardware and software whenever possible
c) Follow good project management processes
d) Don’t involve too many users in scope management
32. Having ascertains the portfolio of projects obtained objectives for each of them, we have to move
to the next stage of the strategy process to balance the objectives
a) Policy deployment
b) Strategy matrix
c) Project performance measurement
d) None
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33. What major restaurant chain terminated a large project after spending $170 million on it,
primarily because they realized the project scope was too much to handle?
a) Burger King
b) Pizza Hut
c) McDonalds
d) Taco Bell
34. Scope ____________________ is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign – off on
key deliverables.
a) Verification
b) Validation
c) Completion
d) Close – out
35. Project management software helps you develop a _________________, which serves as a basis
for creating Gantt charts, assigning resources, and allocating costs.
a) Project plan
b) Schedule
c) WBS
d) Deliverable
36. WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is also known as
a) Chunking
b) Unbundling
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None
37. What is the first process in planning a project schedule?
a) Milestone definition
b) Activity definition
c) Activity resource estimation
d) Activity sequencing
38. Predecessors, successes, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints,
imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of ___________________.
a) Items in an activity list
b) Items on a Gantt chart
c) Milestone attributes
d) Activity attributes
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39. As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping to develop its
schedule. You decide that writing code for a system cannot start until sign off on the analysis
work. What type of dependency is this?
a) Technical
b) Mandatory
c) Discretionary
d) External
40. You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes the first draft. What type
of dependency does this represent?
a) Finish – to – start
b) Start – to – start
c) Finish – to – finish
d) Start – to – finish
100. __________________ is a term used to describe various procurement functions that are
now done electronically.
a) E – procurement
b) eBay
c) E – commerce
d) EMV
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IIBM Institute of Business Management
IIBM Institute of Business Management
Examination Paper MM.100
Project Management
Guidelines for paper
Total No. of Questions is 100.
The minimum passing marks is 50%.
Each Question carries 1 mark.
Answer all the Questions.
Multiple Choices: Total Marks: 100
1. A ________________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or
result.
a) Program
b) Process
c) Project
d) Portfolio
2. Which of the following is not a potential advantage of using good project management?
a) Shorter development times
b) Higher worker morale
c) Lower cost of capital
d) Higher profit margins
3. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?
a) Projects are unique
b) Projects are developed using progressive elaboration
c) Projects have a primary customer or sponsor
d) Projects involve little uncertainty
4. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management?
a) Meeting scope goals
b) Meeting time goals
c) Meeting communications goals
d) Meeting cost goals
5. The first stage of any project is
a) Proposal
b) Conceptualization
c) Implementation
d) Management
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6. __________________ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements.
a) Project management
b) Program management
c) Project portfolio management
d) Requirements management
7. Project portfolio management addresses ____________________ goals of an organization, while
project management addresses _________________ goals.
a) Strategic, tactical
b) Tactical, strategic
c) Internal, external
d) External, internal
8. Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be
managed as part of a
a) Portfolio
b) Program
c) Investment
d) Collaborative
9. Which of the following is not one of the top ten skills or competencies of an effective project
manager?
a) People skills
b) Leadership
c) Integrity
d) Technical skills
10. What is the certification program called that the Project Management Institute provides?
a) Microsoft Certified Project Manager (MCPM)
b) Project Manager Professional (PMP)
c) Project Management Expert (PME)
d) Project Management Mentor (PMM)
11. A _________________ is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.
a) Goal
b) Process
c) Plan
d) Project
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12. ____________________ Processes include coordinating people and other resource to carry out
the project plans and produce the products, service, or results of the project or phase.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring & controlling
13. Which process group normally requires the most resources and time?
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
14. A work breakdown structure, project schedule, and cost estimates are outputs of the process.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
15. Which process group includes activities from each of the nine knowledge areas?
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
16. Project management as a profession is almost unique in having institutions concerned with its
development who promote what they term their
a) Body of language
b) Body of knowledge
c) Strategy
d) Work
17. Initiating involves developing a project charter and preliminary project scope statement, which
are part of the project _____________________ management knowledge.
a) Integration
b) Scope
c) Communications
d) Risk
18. A ________________ describes how things should be done, and different organizations often
have different ways of doing things.
a) Regulation
b) Process
c) Standard
d) Methodology
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19. ___________________ involves measuring progress toward project objectives and talking
corrective actions.
a) Initiating
b) Planning
c) Executing
d) Monitoring and controlling
20. What type of report do project teams create to reflect on what went right with the project?
a) Lessons – learned report
b) Status report
c) Final project report
d) Business case
21. Project manager is responsible for
a) Overseeing change
b) Cross functional activities
c) Ever changing set of tasks
d) All above
22. Many people use ________________ to have a standard format for preparing various project
management documents.
a) Methodologies
b) Templates
c) Project management software
d) Standards
23. What is the last step in the four – stage planning process for selecting information technology
projects?
a) Information technology strategy planning
b) Business area analysis
c) Project planning
d) Resource allocation
24. A new government law requires an organization to report data in anew way. Under which
category would a new information system project to provide this data fall?
a) Problem
b) Opportunity
c) Directive
d) Regulation
25. A __________________ is a document that formally recognizes the existence of a project and
provides direction on the project’s objectives and management.
a) Project charter
b) Preliminary scope statement
c) Business case
d) Project management plan
Examination Paper – Project Management
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IIBM Institute of Business Management
26. ICOM model, which is one of the major roles of project manager, stand for
a) Integrated Constraint of Mechanism
b) Inputs, Outputs, Constraints & Mechanism
c) Inputs, Outputs, Constraints & Money
d) None
27. A _______________ often includes sensitive information, so it should not be part of the overall
project plan for anyone to see.
a) Business case
b) Project charter
c) Personnel chart
d) Stakeholder analysis
28. Which of the following is not a suggestion for performing integrated change control?
a) Use good configuration management
b) Minimize change
c) Establish a formal change control system
d) View project management as a process of constant communication and negotiation
29. _______________ refer(s) to all the work involved in creating the products of the projects and
processes used to create them.
a) Deliverables
b) Milestones
c) Scope
d) Product development
30. Assume you have a project with major categories called planning, analysis, design, and testing.
What level of the WBS would these items fall under?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
31. Which of the following is not a best practice that can help in avoiding scope problems on
information technology projects?
a) Keep the scope realistic
b) Use off-the-shelf hardware and software whenever possible
c) Follow good project management processes
d) Don’t involve too many users in scope management
32. Having ascertains the portfolio of projects obtained objectives for each of them, we have to move
to the next stage of the strategy process to balance the objectives
a) Policy deployment
b) Strategy matrix
c) Project performance measurement
d) None
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33. What major restaurant chain terminated a large project after spending $170 million on it,
primarily because they realized the project scope was too much to handle?
a) Burger King
b) Pizza Hut
c) McDonalds
d) Taco Bell
34. Scope ____________________ is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign – off on
key deliverables.
a) Verification
b) Validation
c) Completion
d) Close – out
35. Project management software helps you develop a _________________, which serves as a basis
for creating Gantt charts, assigning resources, and allocating costs.
a) Project plan
b) Schedule
c) WBS
d) Deliverable
36. WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is also known as
a) Chunking
b) Unbundling
c) Both (a) & (b)
d) None
37. What is the first process in planning a project schedule?
a) Milestone definition
b) Activity definition
c) Activity resource estimation
d) Activity sequencing
38. Predecessors, successes, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, constraints,
imposed dates, and assumptions are all examples of ___________________.
a) Items in an activity list
b) Items on a Gantt chart
c) Milestone attributes
d) Activity attributes
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39. As the project manager for a software development project, you are helping to develop its
schedule. You decide that writing code for a system cannot start until sign off on the analysis
work. What type of dependency is this?
a) Technical
b) Mandatory
c) Discretionary
d) External
40. You cannot start editing a technical report until someone else completes the first draft. What type
of dependency does this represent?
a) Finish – to – start
b) Start – to – start
c) Finish – to – finish
d) Start – to – finish
100. __________________ is a term used to describe various procurement functions that are
now done electronically.
a) E – procurement
b) eBay
c) E – commerce
d) EMV
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