D324 Project Management - Set 1 - Part 1

Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 1: A project manager is tasked with reducing work-in-progress (WIP) levels and managing workflows more efficiently for a software development project. Which agile methodology should the project manager adopt?

Scrum

Kanban

Extreme Programming (XP)

Waterfall Development

Question 2: A UK government project manager needs to follow the standard project management methodology for the government, ensuring clear project phases, predefined tasks, and roles. Which methodology should they use?

Scrum

PRINCE2

Waterfall Development

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Question 3: A company wants to incorporate continual improvement into their software development process. Which framework should they follow to improve efficiency with each cycle?

Waterfall Development

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Kanban

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Question 4: A development team requires an agile-at-scale framework that integrates multiple agile practices and provides a comprehensive view of roles, practices, and events. Which framework best fits this need?

Extreme Programming (XP)

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Scrum

Waterfall Development

Question 5: Which agile framework heavily emphasizes software engineering practices and design to improve the quality of life for developers?

Extreme Programming (XP)

Scrum

Kanban

Waterfall Development

Question 6: A project manager is implementing operational support and improving cross-functional collaboration in software engineering. Which methodology are they most likely following?

Scrum

DevOps

Kanban

PRINCE2

Question 7: What is the primary focus of a project in a portfolio?

Managing the overall program

Completing tasks with no clear objective

Operating more than one project simultaneously

Achieving a single, clearly defined objective

Question 8: A project is part of a larger program, increasing its responsibilities and criticality. What does this imply?

The project is no longer part of a portfolio

Collaboration with other project teams is unnecessary

The project is standalone

The project requires collaboration with other teams and the program manager

Question 9: A project’s schedule outlines the timeline and expectations for all involved but does not direct the project. What is the primary function of the schedule?

Directing project resources

Providing a detailed budget

Giving the project timeline and expectations

Monitoring industry standards

Question 10: What directly dictates how a project result should look and behave, and creates shared understanding between stakeholders and team members?

Schedule

Budget

Requirements

Industry norms

Question 11: Before deploying a change, which individuals validate the change implementation?

Project sponsor, change reviewer, and developer

Project manager, change requester, and change reviewer

Developer, change requester, and team lead

Project manager, change requester, and project sponsor

Question 12: Which issue arises from unapproved changes that dilute project resources, adding work and causing extensions to the project?

Project delay

Scope creep

Budget overrun

Resource leveling

Question 13: What type of change may or may not lead to a project change, such as a client deciding to alter website fonts or logos?

Scope change

Product change

Budget change

Project plan change

Question 14: In a start-to-start (SS) dependency, when does Activity 2 begin?

After Activity 1 starts

After Activity 1 finishes

When Activity 2 is completed

When the project ends

Question 15: Which type of dependency requires Activity 2 to finish only after Activity 1 has started, making it the rarest dependency type?

Finish-to-start (FS)

Finish-to-finish (FF)

Start-to-start (SS)

Start-to-finish (SF)

Question 16: What type of testing measures whether the system is stable and fast enough to work under different workloads?

Smoke testing

Stress testing

Performance testing

Regression testing

Question 17: A high-level system test run after code compilation but before deployment is known as what?

Regression testing

Performance testing

Smoke testing

Unit testing

Question 18: Which document outlines the work a vendor must deliver and is typically included with a request for proposal (RFP)?

Terms of Reference (TOR)

Project charter

Procurement Statement of Work (SOW)

Risk register

Question 19: What is used to compare the financial benefits of a project to its costs, often written as a percentage?

Return on investment (ROI)

Internal rate of return (IRR)

Net present value (NPV)

Payback period (PBP)

Question 20: Which document gives a brief overview of project objectives, is formal, and outlines project parameters for agreement among team members and stakeholders?

Risk register

Project charter

Procurement Statement of Work (SOW)

Scope baseline

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