Instructions:

 Number of Questions: 20
 Maximum Marks: 20
 Each question carries 1 Mark.
 All questions are compulsory.

1
Which of the following is not a tool or technique of the Control Procurements process?
Expert judgment
Advertising
Claims administration
Inspection
2
A software team tracing the root cause of an application failure can use this to help determine the cau
of the failure:
Ishikawa diagram
Rummler-Brache swim lane diagram
Threading analysis
Deming chart
3
What is the process of random selection and inspection of a work product?
Control Charting
Flow Charting
Statistical Sampling
Benchmarking
4
A technique that iterates the project schedule many times to calculate a distribution of possible projec
dates is:
Monte Carlo Analysis
Montford analysis
Pareto Cost chart
Deming Analysis
5
Accreditation refers to which of the followings?
marking assessment
ensuring quality
meeting standards
cost effective care

6
 Atkinson suggests that all groups that are affected by a project, otherwise known as __________, sho
hand in assessing project success.
mentors
stakeholders
owners
partners
7
Different types of contracts are appropriate for different types of purchases. Which of these is not one
broad categories of contracts?
Cost-reimbursable
Time and Material
Fixed-price or lump sum
Fixed assessment
8
Estimating the type and quantities of material, people, equipment, and supplies required to perform e
is:
Estimate Activity Workload
Estimate Activity Input
Resource calendars
Estimate Activity Resources
9
Funding requirements for a project are usually in incremental amounts that are not continuous. These
appear as a step function in the graph depicting Cash flow, Cost baseline and Funding. Any gap at th
the project between the funds allocated and the cost baseline represents:
Management reserves
Contingency reserves
Cost variance
Charting error
10
If you are working on a project with constantly changing scope, which type of contract would work bes
hiring an outside vendor to complete a portion of the work?
Lump sum
Cost-reimbursable
Time and material
Fixed price
11
The process of Control Procurements falls under which process group
planning
Closing
monitoring and control
 executive
12
Root Cause Analysis relates to:
process analysis
quality audits
quality control measurements
performance measurements
13
The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the
estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are:
Budgetary, ballpark, and Order of Magnitude
Best case scenario, expected scenario, and current scenario
Most likely, likely, and unlikely
Most likely, optimistic, and pessimistic
14
The Close Project or Phase process is not performed when:
Cancelling projects
Closing projects
Closing project phases
Reactivating projects
15
A project is normally initiated by the project manager:
True
False
16
Much of the knowledge needed to manage projects is unique to the discipline of project management
True
False
17
Knowledge areas describe the key skills that the stakeholder must posses in order to have a success
True
False
18
Creativity is at its zenith during the __________ stage of the project life cycle
execution
conceptualization
completion
introduction
 19
Projects involves activities to be carried out in the _____
future
past
present
in vurtual mode
20
The goals of a project are sometime called _________
deliverables
process
mission
vision

 Attempts: 1

Assignment: 2

Instructions:

 Assignment 2 is based on the following text/paragraph of case study/situational exercise etc. You first
need to read this text and then answer the following MCMR i.e. Multiple choice multiple response
questions.
 Number of Questions: 5
 Each question carries 2 Mark
 All Five Questions are Mandatory.
 Attempts: 1

In Quality Assurance (QA), the quality of a project is guaranteed by performing all the activities that are being
planned from design to servicing and documentation that satisfies customer demands. It is a process of ensuring
that the project meets quality standards which is also defined as quality measurements. Quality Audit- is an
important tool for quality assurance. These audits help to improve performance of future projects by learning
lessons from previous projects. Quality audits are performed by many engineering industries by first designing a
quality metrics for a project and then analyzing the metrics throughout the project development. Quality Audits
are usually performed by internal (in-house) auditors or external (third parties) customer involved in the project.
Audits can be conducted on schedule basis for example, after each milestone or they can be performed on random
whenever there is a need or as ordered by top management. The main goal of Quality Audits is to identify
ineffective standards and policies used and replace them with best practices. Quality audit verify the execution of
approved change requests, corrective and preventive action and defect repairs. Quality Assurance Plan- Large
projects usually involve thousands of activities which becomes complex for quality assurance to track them. So
they should be collected in quality assurance plan for their efficient management. A standard for Quality
assurance plan is developed for an organization and it is the responsibility of project team members to develop
one which should include the following elements- WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) User Requirements and
Specification Activity to be performed When to perform the activity Who will perform the activity Quality
Assurance Output- Quality Improvement improves the value and usefulness of a project and provides benefits
to the project stakeholders . Quality improvement not only improves the quality of project management but
also it improves the quality of a product by following a continuous cycle known as The “Plan-Do-Check-Act” cycle
which is the source of Quality Improvement. As customer needs changes with time so this process helps to meet
their new requirements by getting their feedback on regular basis, it may also help to reduce costs by providing
long-term benefits for customer satisfaction. Plan a change in the right process for getting for improving it and
getting beneficial results. Do apply the change as a test case to test if it gives the desired results. Check the effect
of the applied changes in the entire system by analyzing it thoroughly. Act to apply the change to the entire system
based on the result of test cases if it provides the desired result. Follow the cycle for other processes for an
improved change. Barriers to Quality Improvement- Quality improvement bring changes in a product to improve
its quality but because of its complexity it is not always considered significant to be followed in every project. It is
the responsibility of top management and due to the risk that an improvement change would not produce the
desired results prevents the management from applying this policy. On the other hand, long-term benefits
produce by the improvement would overcome the short-term risk.

2 Estimate the key Quality assurance principles:

Cost benefit analysis

Cost of Quality
Planning
Designing

3 Quality Management is required because

For brand destruction

For Customer Satisfaction that leads to customer loyalty
To sabotage the organization’s reputation
Ensures high quality products and services by eliminating defects and incorporating continuous changes

4 Identify the stakeholders in Project Assurance:

External Agencies
Government Employees
Project manager
Quality Supervisor

5 Quality Audit is done by

Consultant (External Client)

Client
 In-house members
External Agencies

6 Identify the possible factors that restricts the improvement in Quality are-

Cost
People
Risk
Client