SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Which of the following describes RFP?

Select one:

Requirements for a Project issued by the customer

Request for Project issued by vendor

Request for Proposal issued by the customer

Requirements for Proposal prepared by vendor 

The correct answer is: Request for Proposal issued by the customer

Question 2

The following closely resembles a software contract

Select one:

Purchase Order issued by the customer

MoU between customer and vendor 

Legal document containing Terms & Conditions

Requirements document prepared by customer

The correct answer is: MoU between customer and vendor

Question 3

The ownership of software developed in a typical project with T&M model rests with

Select one:

Vendor

Customer 

Jointly shared between customer and vendor

Escrow agency

The correct answer is: Customer

Question 4

Limited Tendering process is normally used for

Select one:

Select projects with unique technology

Maintaining confidentiality 

Eliminating competition

Identifying and eliminating weak vendors

The correct answer is: Select projects with unique technology

Question 5

The primary goal of agile methodology is

Select one:

Reduce documentation overhead

Produce time-to-market products/services

Develop product in close collaboration with customers

All the mentioned 

The correct answer is: All the mentioned

Question 6

The following is one approach for Risk Transfer in projects

Select one:

Buy insurance from third-party agencies

Distribute risk equally between customer and vendor

Customer managing risk

All the mentioned 

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The correct answer is: Buy insurance from third-party agencies

Question 7

Function Point (FP) Method of estimation is best used when

Select one:

Actual size of the final code (SLOC) is not known

Requirements are unclear 

Technology/Development Tools are not yet known

Water-Fall Model is adopted as development methodology

The correct answer is: Technology/Development Tools are not yet known

Question 8

SCRUM Meetings are conducted in one of the variations of

Select one:

Rapid Prototyping model

Agile Model 

Incremental & Iterative Model

All the mentioned

The correct answer is: Agile Model

Question 9

The key role of Program Manager is one of

Select one:

Resource Leverage across projects

Escalation point above Project Manager

Project Information Reporting to Steering Committee 

Relationship Management with customer

The correct answer is: Resource Leverage across projects

Question 10

The major goal of RAD model of development is

Select one:

Reduce cost of development and time

Identify erroneous requirements early in the project 

Prototype development before undertaking investment

Avoid Risk Management

The correct answer is: Reduce cost of development and time

Question 11

Identification of regulatory standards for development is done during

Select one:

Requirements analysis

Contract preparation

Quality Planning

All the mentioned 

The correct answer is: All the mentioned

Question 12

Requirements for Proposal is prepared by

Select one:

Vendor as self-assessment of its capabilities

Customer as part of investigating vendor potential

Third-party agency to assess credit-worthiness of customer 

Customer during the closure of the project

.

The correct answer is: Customer as part of investigating vendor potential

Question 13

Assignment of People to  activities in projects is done during the following phase

Select one:

Activity Planning

Resource Scheduling 

Skill Assessment

Project Monitoring & Control

The correct answer is: Resource Scheduling

Question 14

Warranty Maintenance of product commences when

Select one:

Acceptance and Delivery of the product is completed 

Integration Testing is complete

A separate Maintenance contrast is issued by the customer

Defects start surfacing in the delivered product

The correct answer is: Acceptance and Delivery of the product is completed

Question 15

Going by the experience of many IT projects in India, Fixed-Price Contracts are mostly advantageous to

Select one:

Customer 

Vendor

Risk Manager

Finance Manager

The correct answer is: Customer

Question 16

The following tool can be used for Project Status Reporting

Select one:

GANTT chart

MS-Excel

MS-Project

All the mentioned 

The correct answer is: All the mentioned

Question 17

Risk Analysis is done in Sprial Model of development after

Select one:

Every iteration

Requirements phase 

System Testing

All the mentioned

The correct answer is: Every iteration

Question 18

Software Product Quality is primarily determined by

Select one:

No. of Defects reported

Usability 

Schedule/Cost overrun

Marketability

The correct answer is: No. of Defects reported

Question 19

The role of Project Steering Committee is

Select one:

a. Escalation mechanism setup by the customer

b. Govern day-to-day operations of the project 

c. High-level monitoring of the project by key stakeholders

d. Report project status to the CEO

The correct answer is: High-level monitoring of the project by key stakeholders

Question 20

Critical Path in a project activity network diagram indicates

Select one:

Chain of activities requiring common resources

Path of least resistance to delay

Activities whose resources cannot be scheduled late

Activities which have zero or minimum float 

The correct answer is: Activities which have zero or minimum float

Question 21

Contingency measures in Risk Planning are provided for

Select one:

Preventing potential risks identified early on

Reduce the probability of occurrence of risk events 

Reducing the impact of risk should it occur

Minimizing the cost of risk mitigation activities

The correct answer is: Reducing the impact of risk should it occur

Question 22

To shorten the duration of a project, the following can be done

Select one:

Reducing the duration of activities on critical path

Eliminating non-critical activities 

Providing more resources to activities with large float

By employing critical-chain analysis

The correct answer is: Reducing the duration of activities on critical path

Question 23

The following method of project monitoring is more appropriate for T&M projects

Select one:

Weekly or Monthly review

Milestone based 

Decision-point based

Upon acceptance criteria

The correct answer is: Weekly or Monthly review

Question 24

Earned Value Analysis (EVA) helps in

Select one:

Cost-monitoring of project

Monitoring of schedule overruns

Monitoring of cumulative effort overrun

All the given options are correct. 

The correct answer is: All the given options are correct.

Question 25

COCOMO II is a software estimation tool based on

Select one:

Parametric method of cost estimation 

Function-point analysis of size

Analogical reasoning of past projects

Euclidian distance between similar projects

The correct answer is: Parametric method of cost estimation