Project Management Quiz

A Gantt Chart is a:

• Diagram of a schedule WITHOUT an associated timeline.

• Tools to manage risk.

• Bar chart across an associated timeline that displays a project schedule.

• Tools to calculate time.

A milestone

• Designates significant events in the project.

• Is the total time required to complete a project.

• Is an extensive time-consuming task.

• • All of the above

A _____ is a unique venture that has a start and an end and that is conducted by people to meet established goals within parameters of cost, schedule, and quality.

• • Project

• Work

• Task

• None of the above

Below are the most common risks Except

• Funding

• Time

• Project Sponsor

• Project size or complexity

Below are the project closure checklist except

• Return items borrowed

• Conduct post-Project evaluation

• Make sure all documentation ends up in the hands of those who will need it

• Establishing project goal

Contingency planning is planning for a course of events that is other than what we want or expect. This is based on the following belief(s):

• • Something is always waiting to go wrong

• What will go wrong will be what you least expect

• It will hit harder than you thought possible

• All of the above.

In the Work Breakdown Structure, larger tasks are called…

• • Sub-projects

• Milestones

• Blocks

• None of the above

What does the T in the SPIRIT acronym stand for?

• Time-Bound

• True

• Training

• All of the above

What is a risk?

• Is something that will happen during the project.

• May or may not happen during the project.

• Is something beyond our ability to analyze and control.

• • Is the same thing as a constraint.

What might you use as resources for a project?

• People

• Materials

• Money

• All of the above