PMP Exam Mentoring Ch 8 Project Quality Management

1. At the sprint planning meeting, the scrum master reiterates that if by the end of the sprint the product increment that the agile project team is building does not meet the criteria specified at the beginning of the sprint, this work will not be included in the velocity for the current sprint.

What does the scrum master refer to?

• A. Estimate to complete

• B. Definition of done

• C. Project exit criteria

• D. Quality metrics

2. As part of the quality assurance efforts, the project team identifies that several deliverables do not conform with the quality requirements.

What should the team do next?

• A. Perform the Plan Quality Management process

• B. Review the quality management plan to determine what to do with the nonconforming products

• C. Document the findings and repair the deliverables

• D. Review the risk report to gain guidance on what corrective action should be implemented

3. As part of project planning, you review the lessons learned repository. You notice that although most of the projectmanagement processes have been properly performed on all of the past projects, the quality of deliverables was far frombeing perfect. You want to ensure that your project delivers better results and that quality issues are detected early in the project life cycle.

What can you do to achieve your goal?

• A. Estimate costs more accurately

• B. Validate scope on a daily basis

• C. Conduct recurring retrospectives

• D. Hire an external quality vendor

4. Your project team is in the process of implementing the activities specified in the quality management plan. The scope, schedule, and budget are clear and well defined. Therefore, you manage this project using predictive methods. However,since your next project is agile, you want to start experimenting with some agile practices already in your current project.

What can you do to achieve your goal as part of the process performed by the team?

• A. Suggest that the team use alternative analysis instead of document analysis

• B. Encourage continuous stakeholder engagement with the team members

• C. Incorporate team-building activities into product testing and inspection tasks

• D. Limit stakeholder involvement to shield the team from external distractions

5. The project you are leading has a current CPI of 1.0 and SPI of 0.8. You have been notified by the project management office that your project has been selected for a quality audit that is scheduled to take place over the coming weeks.

What should be your primary concern with regards to the audit?

• A. That the project falls back in line with the project schedule

• B. Finding errors, defects, bugs, or other nonconformance problems in the product

• C. Assuring that the project products fall within the sponsor's acceptance limits

• D. That the work performed lines up with company policies, processes, and procedures

6. A project manager working on a phone development project has met with the project team to determine the grade and quality of the product. The phone needs to have just basic functionality to be sold in emerging markets. What should the quality and grade be for the project?

• A. High Quality, Low Grade

• B. Low Quality, High Cost

• C. Low Quality, Easy Maintenance

• D. Low Quality, High Grade

7. As part of the process to develop the quality management plan, the project manager establishes the roles and responsibilities for the quality of the deliverables. The project manager decides that quality management will be performed by all team members throughout the project rather than being the responsibility of specific team members at the end of the project.

What is the project manager trying to achieve in this scenario?

• A. Incorporating traditional quality management practices into an agile project

• B. Avoiding responsibility in case the deliverables do not meet quality specifications

• C. Determining the areas of strengths and weaknesses of the team members

• D. Incorporating agile quality management practices into a traditionally lead project

8. An agile team has just completed the development of the final project's deliverable. The team members are seeking advice from the project manager as to their next step.

What should the project manager advise the team to do next?

• A. Determine the acceptance criteria

• B. Ensure that the user stories meet the definition of ready (DoR)

• C. Hold a project retrospective

• D. Verify that the deliverables meet the definition of done (DoD)

9. A project manager is implementing the quality management plan for a project to construct a natural gas pipeline. During this process, an internal audit discovers that while the project meets all applicable government regulations, there is a discrepancy with ISO 9000 criteria.

Which tailoring consideration did the project manager most likely neglect earlier in the project?

• A. Continuous improvement

• B. Standards and regulatory compliance

• C. Project life cycle

• D. Since the project meets all applicable government regulations, nothing was missed earlier in the project

10. A project manager is explaining the roles and responsibilities for the quality assurance process with the project team.

Who will play a role in this process?

• A. The project manager, project team, and management of the performing organization

• B. The project sponsor along with the project manager and project team

• C. The project manager along with the project team

• D. The project manager, project team, project sponsor, management of the performing organization, and the<br />customer