First Quiz - CS326A

Your team is developing an e-commerce website. Midway, a key stakeholder demands additional features beyond the agreed scope.

What should you do first?

• Immediately approve the request to satisfy the client

• Reject the request outright to avoid delays

• Assess the impact on timeline, budget, and resources before deciding

• Ignore the request and continue as planned

A software project is delayed because developers underestimated the time needed for database integration.

What type of risk is this?

• Technical Risk

• Schedule Risk

• Cost Risk

• External Risk

Your project has multiple interdependent tasks. A delay in one task affects all others.

Which project scheduling tool is best to visualize dependencies?

• Work Breakdown Structure

• Gantt Chart

• SWOT Analysis

• Fishborne Diagram

Your project requires outsourcing a payment gateway service. The provider charges extra for customization.

What risk strategy should be used?

• Risk Avoidance

• Risk Acceptance

• Risk Reduction

• Risk Transfer

A competitor releases a similar product before your scheduled launch.

Which type of risk does this represent?

• Technical Risk

• External Risk

• Schedule Risk

• Cost Risk

A junior developer is assigned to lead a critical project component.

What risk does this pose?

• Cost Risk

• External Risk

• Technical Risk

• Schedule Risk

Your company is launching a new mobile banking app. To ensure its security, the team decides to hire cybersecurity consultants.

Which risk mitigation strategy is applied?

• Risk Avoidance

• Risk Reduction

• Risk Transfer

• Risk Acceptance

Which of the following best describes the purpose of project planning?

• Managing tasks randomly as they arise

• Ensuring a structured roadmap for the project

• Avoiding documentation to save time

• Delaying risk assessment until problems occur

The project is nearing completion, but the client suddenly wants significant changes.

Which project planning step could have helped prevent this issue?

• Defining project objectives and scope early

• Creating a Gantt Chart

• Skipping risk analysis to save time

• Allowing unlimited change requests

Your project faces delays because a key team member resigns.

What should you do first?

• Assign their workload to another team member

• Hire a replacement immediately without assessing impact

• Analyze project schedule and redistribute tasks accordingly

• Pause the project until a new developer is hired