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Q2. All of the following result from quality audits EXCEPT:

1. Determination of whether project activities comply with organizational policies
2. Improved processes to increase productivity
3. Creation of quality metrics
4. Confirmation of the implementation of approved change requests

Q3. Management wants to look at how a project is doing, as compared to past projects. To make a valid judgment, management should compare his project to:

1. Benchmarks
2. Flowcharts
3. Bar charts
4. Trend charts

Q4. In general, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is:

1. Not often completed
2. Complete and 100 percent accurate
3. In-depth and thorough
4. focused on high-priority risks

Q5. You are working on a project with all the team members located in geographically different areas, and all communication is by email and chat. It is sometimes hard to infer the true meaning of these messages because you cannot see facial expressions or hear tones of voice. This is an example of:

1. Encoding
2. Medium
3. Decoding
4. Noise

Q6. You have a large, multi-year project. Because of the large scope and duration, you decide that you will plan near term work in detail, and for the rest, you will make a high-level plan. Once you move ahead you will plan, in detail, for that work. This is an example of:

1. Rolling wave planning
2. Ball park planning
3. Near wave planning
4. Just in Time

Q7. Management is sending a team of experts for a risk audit. You inform management that you have already completed the risk review process and did not find any shortcomings, so there is no need for a risk audit. However, management is firm on their decision. Which of the following is true about the risk audit and risk review?

1. A risk audit is performed to see the effectiveness of a risk response plan
2. A risk audit is performed to see if you are following the correct procedures
3. A risk review is performed to see if you are following the correct procedures
4. Both are the same but an audit is done by external experts and a review is done internally

Q8. When would a milestone chart e used instead of a bar chart?

1. Project planning
2. Reporting to team members
3. Reporting to management
4. Risk analysis

Q9. For your project, you have broken down the work package into activities and just now completed the network diagram. Which process is this?

1. Develop schedule
2. Sequence activities
3. Define schedule
4. Create WBS

Q10. In quality terms, one of the meanings of “out of control” is:

1. Someone on the team is upset
2. A data point on a control chart falls inside the upper or lower control limit.
3. Several data points on the same side of the mean within the upper and lower control limits.
4. A data point is within 1 sigma.