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Software Project Management Essentials
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1
Question
Software reengineering process models do not include restructuring activities for which of the following?
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Organizational structure
2
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At the end of a formal technical review, what decision can all attendees make regarding the work product?
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Accept the work product without modification
3
Question
Which of the following is NOT a valid software configuration item?
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Email
4
Question
Which of these is NOT an example of data restructuring?
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Data analysis
5
Question
Which ISO quality assurance standard most directly applies to software engineering?
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ISO 9001
6
Question
Which of the following is NOT typically an issue to consider when doing reverse engineering?
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Connectivity
7
Question
A project is best described as what kind of endeavor?
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A temporary endeavor
8
Question
Projects typically create what type of products or services?
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Unique products or services
9
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When is a project considered successful according to stakeholder-focused criteria?
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When the project meets or exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders
10
Question
Which software characteristics are used to determine the scope of a software project?
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Information objectives, function, and performance
11
Question
What are the 'triple constraints' in project management?
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Time, money (cost), and quality
12
Question
Which two aspects are commonly predetermined for projects?
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Both time span and budget
13
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In which project phase is feasibility typically carried out?
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Initiation phase
14
Question
Which project management principle defines and controls what functions are to be included in the system?
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Project Scope Management
15
Question
Which of the following are project management processes?
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Planning and executing processes
16
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What does a project scope statement tell you?
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What must be done and how it must be done (scope)
17
Question
What does a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) numbering system allow project staff to do?
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Identify the level at which individual items are found
18
Question
Which of the following does NOT describe how far to decompose work in a WBS?
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Until it can be done by one person
19
Question
What is the term for guessing how much time or money you need for work?
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Estimate
20
Question
Which of the following is NOT a part of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
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Time
21
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What is a project schedule?
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The order of when things will happen in a project.
22
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What is the term for a rough guess of how much time or money is needed for a task or project?
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An estimate.
23
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What is the diagram called when an activity or task is represented on nodes (boxes)?
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Activity on Node (AON) diagram.
24
Question
Which prior attribute of project managers do estimation techniques depend on?
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Experience.
25
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Which type of knowledge of project managers do estimation techniques depend on?
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Domain knowledge.
26
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Which aspect of software planning is said to never be an exact science?
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Software cost and effort estimation.
27
Question
What is a systematic attempt to specify threats to the project plan called?
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Risk identification.
28
Question
What type of estimation tools implement decomposition techniques or empirical models?
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Automated estimation tools.
29
Question
What does SLOC stand for in software estimation?
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Source Line of Code.
30
Question
Which size metric is commonly used for estimation in large-scale software projects?
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KSLOC (thousands of Source Lines of Code).