Exam 3: Project Management

The length of the arrows in a PERT diagram has a direct relationship with the duration of the activity.

Technical feasibility is dependent upon determining human resources for the project.

Objectives are major independent pieces of the problem.

A commitment from management to conduct a feasibility study means that the proposed system is accepted.

What are the five major project management fundamentals?

________ on a problem definition are the things that must be accomplished.

Which of the following is a reason given by programmers for failed projects?

COTS stands for commercial off-the-shelf and refers to software packages that are purchased.

Which of the following is clarified by the project charter?

What are the three main categories of cloud computing?

Which of these is not an advantage of a Gantt chart?

The critical path is defined as the most expensive path.

Which of these statements about PERT diagrams is not true?

Which of the following is not a way in which systems projects are considered to be feasible?

When assembling a team, a project manager should look for people with both experience and enthusiasm.

Which of the following is a key service that ought to be checked when evaluating vendor support?

________ includes all the activities required to select a systems analysis team, assign members of the team to appropriate projects, estimate time required to complete each task, and schedule the project so that tasks are completed in a timely fashion.

An advantage of PERT diagrams is the easy determination of slack time.

Once issues have been identified, and objectives have been stated, the relative importance of the issues or objectives must be determined.

A disadvantage of buying computer hardware is the initial cost of purchasing the equipment is often very high.