Course Certification Workshop

Period 2017-02
Career Business Engineering
Professor Diana Balboa MBA, PMP
Type of Evaluation Group Activity N° 13 Page 1 of 4

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Group Information
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Instructions
Final Grade Group Activity N° 13
 The Group Activity N° 13 has 10 questions (10 points each one).
 Use black or blue pen. Answers that are written in pencil won't be
corrected.
 The Group Activity N° 13 lasts 30 minutes.
 Plan Quality Management

1. A control chart shows that the last eight pipes produced were all less than average weight. You need to inform
management that there is a problem because the situation violates the:
a) Rule of seven.
b) Rule of eight.
c) 50/50 rule.
d) 3 sigma rule.

2. Which of the following BEST describes the major constraints on a project?

a) Scope, number of resources, and cost
b) Scope, cost, and time
c) Scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, and customer satisfaction
d) Time, cost, and number of changes

3. Who of the following has primary responsibility for establishing design and test specifications?
a) Senior management
b) Procurement
c) Engineering
d) Quality control

4. A project manager is determining the factors that might influence specific quality variables. He has chosen to
analyze the color/size combination that will contribute most to the functionality of the new product. In what part of the
quality management process is the project manager involved?
a) Quality Analysis
b) Perform Quality Assurance
c) Perform Quality Control
d) Plan Quality

5. During the execution of the project, a new ISO version of standard 9000 is issued and the project team is meeting
with the quality department to determine how the standard will apply to the project. This is part of which quality
process?
a) Plan Quality
b) Perform Quality Control
c) Quality Analysis
d) Perform Quality Assurance
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Career Business Engineering
Professor Diana Balboa MBA, PMP
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6. All of the following are inputs to the Plan Quality process EXCEPT:
a) Enterprise environmental factors.
b) The project scope statement.
c) The schedule baseline.
d) Project work results.

7. All of the following are tools of Plan Quality EXCEPT:

a) Cost-benefit analysis.
b) A scatter diagram.
c) Benchmarking.
d) Cost of quality.

8. All of the following are parts of the Plan Quality process EXCEPT:
a) Benchmarking.
b) Cost-benefit analysis.
c) Inspection.
d) Design of experiments.

9. All of the following are outputs of the Plan Quality process EXCEPT:
a) Quality management plan.
b) Validated deliverables.
c) Checklists.
d) Metrics.

10. Which statement is TRUE of quality planning?

a) Quality planning should be performed regularly throughout the project.
b) Quality planning is done to compile a risk response plan.
c) Quality planning is done only during development of the project management plan.
d) Quality planning is not considered during project executing.

11. A quality management plan is created during which of the following?

a) Project Executing
b) Plan Quality Management
c) Perform Quality Assurance
d) Perform Quality Control

12. Design of experiments:

a) Identifies which variables have the most influence on a quality outcome.
b) Identifies which variables have the least influence on a quality outcome.
c) Determines what a quality outcome is.
d) Determines the methods to be used for research and development.

13. Which of the following BEST describes why quality is planned in and not inspected in?
a) It reduces quality and is less expensive.
b) It improves quality and is more expensive.
c) It reduces quality and is more expensive.
d) It improves quality and is less expensive.

14. Which of the following is an example of a tool used in Plan Quality?

a) Fishbone diagram
b) Quality audit
c) Cause and effect diagram
d) Benchmarking
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Career Business Engineering
Professor Diana Balboa MBA, PMP
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15. Team members are investigating quality standards that other companies are using, in order to help determine what
quality standards to use on the project. What part of quality management is the team involved in?
a) Quality Execution
b) Perform Quality Control
c) Perform Quality Assurance
d) Plan Quality

16. All of the following are examples of the cost of nonconformance EXCEPT:
a) Rework.
b) Quality training.
c) Scrap.
d) Warranty costs.

17. Testing the entire population would:

a) Take too long.
b) Provide more information than wanted.
c) Be mutually exclusive.
d) Show many defects.

18. Which statement BEST explains the phrase "Quality is planned in, not inspected in."
a) It is more expensive to determine quality by inspection than by planning.
b) Quality activities occur during the planning process group of the project.
c) Quality is part of planning, not inspection.
d) Planning for quality is after the fact.

19. The project team has created a plan for how they will implement the quality policy. It addresses the organizational
structure, responsibilities, procedures, and other information about plans for quality. If this changes during the
project, WHICH of the following plans will also change?
a) Quality assurance
b) Quality management
c) Project management
d) Quality control

20. A project manager has just taken over the project from another project manager during the executing process group.
The previous project manager created a project budget, determined communications requirements, and went on to
complete work packages. What should the new project manager do NEXT?
a) Coordinate completion of work packages.
b) Identify quality standards.
c) Begin the Identify Risk process.
d) Execute the project management plan.

21. A project is facing a major change to its project deliverables. If the project manager is involved in determining which
quality standards are relevant to the change, the project manager must be involved in:
a) Quality management.
b) Perform Quality Assurance.
c) Plan Quality.
d) Perform Quality Control.

22. A project is considered out of control and the previous project manager has quit. You are assigned as the new
project manager and have been asked to verify the quality level of the project and to recommend corrective action.
What do you do FIRST?
a) Review the project management plan.
b) Meet with the team.
c) Draw a control chart.
d) Create a risk mitigation plan.
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23. A project team has invited many of the project stakeholders to help them inspect quality on the project. Which of the
following would NOT be an output of this activity?
a) Quality management plan
b) Quality control measurements
c) Recommended preventive actions
d) Validated deliverables

24. Another project has had a major defect. A project manager has gotten his project team and the process engineers
involved in analyzing how this might affect their project. Which of the following would BEST describe what the group
is involved in?
a) Quality Analysis
b) Plan Quality
c) Perform Quality Assurance
d) Perform Quality Control