Start learning →

MBA Operations Project Management — practice questions

Explore 27 free Project Management questions in MBA Operations Information Systems. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Project Management with Quill →

Project Management questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 1–27 of 27.

A team is asked to build one new service, with a fixed start date and a fixed end date. That temporary effort is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A manager plans, organises and controls people and materials to hit a goal inside a set timeline. That work is:Read the answer and worked solution →A professional wants certification as a project manager from the main accrediting body. That body is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In one framework each step follows the one before it, in strict order. That approach is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The development, monitoring and control of a project together make up its:Read the answer and worked solution →Anyone involved in a project, or affected by what it delivers, counts as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A formal document is signed that authorises the project to begin at all. That document is the project:Read the answer and worked solution →A clear statement of what the project will and will not cover keeps expectations in check and prevents:Read the answer and worked solution →A scheduler uses network diagrams and schedule compression alongside one more technique to find dependencies. That technique is:Read the answer and worked solution →Project software commonly offers resource lists, linked budgets and one familiar bar chart of the schedule. That chart is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A document records the threats to finishing on budget, on time, in scope and at quality. That document is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the final phase, the artifacts are archived and the team members are let go. That phase is:Read the answer and worked solution →Before that, the deliverables are reviewed and inspected against the standard. That check is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Agile work runs through several frameworks. Alongside Kanban and extreme programming, the best known is:Read the answer and worked solution →Agile teams deliver work in short repeated cycles. Each such cycle is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The team meets to talk through the user stories and split the work between them. That meeting is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The person who leads that meeting, usually holding a certification, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A prioritised list of user stories and features waits for the team to pull from. That list is the product:Read the answer and worked solution →Scrum meetings, backlog refinement and retrospectives usually happen how often?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the agile wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the planning documentsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the project gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the project wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Waterfall or agileRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the project wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Project bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

A team is asked to build one new service, with a fixed start date and a fixed end date. That temporary effort is a:

  1. Project
  2. Routine
  3. Rotation
  4. Contract
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Project

1. It is temporary, not ongoing. 2. It has beginning and end dates. 3. It is a project. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

Open this question →

A manager plans, organises and controls people and materials to hit a goal inside a set timeline. That work is:

  1. Audit control
  2. Project control
  3. Book control
  4. Credit control
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. Project control

1. Resources are being steered. 2. A defined timeline bounds it. 3. It is project control, or project management. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

Open this question →

A professional wants certification as a project manager from the main accrediting body. That body is the:

  1. Project Institute
  2. Standards Registry
  3. Trade Council body
  4. Audit Bureau body
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Project Institute

1. It certifies project, program and portfolio managers. 2. It promotes a process-based approach. 3. It is the Project Management Institute, the PMI. _Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 9, Information Systems Project Management._

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Project Management question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

More Information Systems topics

Information SystemsOperations Management